the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. winning the will of the people hinges on the mass media and state p.r. machine it's going to overdrive. but just who is going fill in saying. we just don't know yet where the lines will be drawn between what kind of a set and what conduct that. some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for access the polling the media opinion the listening post base time on al-jazeera . a gunman claiming allegiance to i saw has been shot dead in a supermarket siege in southern france at least three other people have been killed it too but the clock it says she everything leads us to believe that indeed it's

a terrorist. fringe president's reaction from brussels to developments at home. but i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha with more on the breaking news out of france on the other hostage situation in the south of the country french media saying that police have shot dead the man who took hostages at a supermarket in the south west of france three people are reported to have been killed in three separate incidents around the town of tab two of them died in the supermarket we're being told the hostage taker reportedly claimed allegiance to eisele france's president and prime minister both say that this was an act of terrorism and money on background the president addressed the media in

brussels a short time ago here's what he had to say it to put the clock an iffy do not pick least everything leads us to believe that indeed it's a terror attack the police intervened in a very coordinated manner after what was first an attack against officers please allow me to express my utmost support to the police officers who support the life out of paris and of syria's paul brennan who can bring us up to speed with with the latest it appears that after a standoff lasting some hours paul this has been brought to a rather dramatic end. it certainly appears that way obviously the incident has evolved significantly from the three hours that we've been on air reporting it from around midday local time here three o'clock as it is now what we're now being told is that there has been a police operation to bring the standoff out that supermarket down in tied to and

we were told before the assault took place that there was just the gunman and a police officer as a set as the single hostage remaining inside that supermarket that everybody else as far as they were aware had either been evacuated or escaped the police now we know decided to launch an assault to bring that to an end we're being told that the hostage taker the gunman has been killed and that's been confirmed now by the interior ministry that despite the of the local gendarmerie who said that they were endeavoring at least to try to take him alive obviously for the purposes of questioning and putting him on trial for for what he had done and the other thing that we know a lot more about now is the evolution all of this incident through the morning as it first appeared there were fears that there were two separate attacks connected but separate attacks taking place in two close by towns

a place called caucus on the supermarkets in tire but what we now realize is that there were actually three separate incidents conducted by the same gunman that certainly the picture that's emerging what we know now is that there was a carjacking just before ten o'clock this morning a white opal containing at least two people was carjacked we believe by the gunman who has now been shot dead the driver of that car was seriously grievously wounded and the passenger in that car was shot dead the gunman then took that white ople car and drove to a place where he was where. for for c r s offices these are offices of the french riot police who were doing a job they were they were out running presumably as part of some kind of fitness regime that they undertake he shot those officers under us he was shooting at those officers he claimed to be a soldier dash and that was were the first indications that this was really a terrorist attack became it's started to solidify among those four officers that

was shot and one was injured wounded in the shoulder then the gunman it now appears quite clearly through that car a short distance eight kilometers down the road it's a straight road between caucus on in the town of safed he then got up and went into the supermarket the super who at that supermarkets two more people was shot dead and he took a hostage of a police officer so what we're talking about now is three people at least three people that we know of dead and two wounded plus now we're being told from the local area the death of the gunman himself paul will stand from from local media reports at least that dishpan mice have been known to the local police and that at some point during this this whole hostage situation he made demands.

yes those have not yet been confirmed i'm sure there will be updates the interior minister is almost certainly arriving into about now he departed from paris here a couple of hours ago he would have been taken down probably by helicopter in order to make sure he got there quickly and without any obstruction from the french rail strikes which it's taking place here at the moment he we expect to have a briefing from him in the next hour of maybe two hours but as far as the actual affiliations of this person goes what's emerging from local reports is that he appears to be a twenty five year old moroccan and it seems that he was known to the security forces to the intelligence agencies of course as a result of a number of terrorist attacks that have taken place here in france in recent years the intelligence agencies have been extremely proactive about trying to map out the influence of eisel particularly is in regards to radicalization via video and this

twenty five year old moroccan person who hasn't yet been actually formally named what they're saying is that he was most probably radicalized in order to take part in this attack. other reports that have emerged from the local media as well as that his mother and sister actually turned up at the supermarket in an attempt to try and dissuade him or persuade him to give up but unfortunately from their point of view i'm afraid that wasn't possible and the police operation went ahead to bring this to a close and it's certainly now appears that the gunman himself is a been shot dead paul may thank steve brown and live in paris let's bring in and. cheli who is the founder of terrorist counter terrorism consultancy is a former french diplomat she joins us via skype from paris. and what are your thoughts on this incident today. well if you look at the lease apparently it's very close to. the case previous case is well

a kid there mare you remember mohamed merah case when me i mean the security forces have been. shot at as a car gets and then also the other kids which was you know a member in january fifteenth and they share which was also a stripper market and in this in that case also the guy am in the government has. targeted raids as a place to have a concentration of people so let's say the signature is seems to be very close to what has been already you don't face as of clem's even. terrorist that that. was the organization which i when the there hadn't been an attack in france for quite some time is that an indication that the security services doing a good job was to security failure. no you know it's always the simple question

when you have such a situation that easy to fake it or are not is not because of some of the let's say the context was. nuts really specific as there is no elections gerry's no a. foreign policy is this if you sit in france for a time frame pretty so i mean they it's just you know we are you know really of a. threat which is you also to what is going. for a front like in syria iraq so. let's say that is not specifically unfair because the guy you ok was i don't know if i as radicalize first but we have a you know least of most. twenty thousand people who are in the in that case france so first of all let's see more in the investigation but

still eight seems that. the game has been fighting well planned fight parisian good to talk to many thanks for being with us thanks thirty three british diplomats have been expelled from brushwood they were told to leave and retaliation for the u.k.'s expulsion of the same number of russian diplomats following the poisoning of a russian double agent britain has accused the kremlin of being behind the talks an attack on so gay script holland his daughter in england earlier this month rory chalons has more from moscow. moscow is carefully curating its message at the moment and the message that it wants as many people around the world to believe is that it is the injured party in all of this two. country men and women were hurt in a foreign land and they just want some answers themselves and they want to

cooperate and they're basically being frozen out by the british with its kind of anti russian hysterical position so the russian position today regarding the recall of the e.u. ambassador is that this is a deeply regretful move it says that the you know i think kingdom is essentially convincing countries to go along with it and the russian position and russia doesn't have any idea what's going on because the u.k. is just not talking to it and is doing things behind russia's back and it wants that to change. the european union this recall against basle to russia but of the philips is in brussels at the e.u. leaders summit he's with us now live the leaders basically giving their full backing to britain's prime minister. withdrawing their ambassador at least temporarily and adopting

a statement on the soul spirit. yes a statement that would have met i think all the british expectations and went significantly further than the e.u. foreign minister statement which was adopted on monday this new statement said that there was no plausible alternative but russian responsibility for the souls bre attack we just had some instant remarks from donald to the european council president in the last few moments age and he's been giving a press conference he's pleased that the e.u. showed full solidarity. unequivocal unity with the u.k. despite the tough negotiations over brics it that's the context the british got maximum solidarity from an organization with which they are conducting a painful divorce and i think that will please to reason may. suggestions that other e.u. twenty seven states might take unilateral actions of their own withdrawing

expelling i'm sorry russian diplomats from their territories just as britain did. was asked whether he thought that would happen and he said yes he thought such unilateral acts would happen starting on monday he was asked how many e.u. countries would follow britain's example his response more than one but i don't think it will be the whole group. many thanks to you probably phillips live in brussels. there's been a major shift in the foreign policy agenda of the white house donald trump has introduced his new point man on national security matters while saying goodbye to the man that he's going to replace the u.s. president tweeted i am pleased to announce that effective april ninth john bolton will be my new national security adviser i'm very thankful for the service of general h.l. mcmaster who's done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend will john

bolton brings with him vast experience and a lot of criticism the tashi good name reports. john bolton has worked for three republican presidents and caused controversy even among members of his own party now he joins a trumpet ministration apparently in turmoil analysts say bolton is a hard liner and donald trump is sending a very clear message by choosing him instead of a more moderate voice mr bolton didn't see a war that he didn't like you know when he was at the united nations as an acting ambassador there because he couldn't get confirmed by the senate he said you know diplomacy is useless it can might as well float out into the sea and sink i think what we can see is an escalation of tensions bolton has a history of imposing american military might he advocated the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three while ambassador to the u.n.

he took a hard line against north korea and iran by pushing saying sions. the united states has followed a policy for over four years sensually of deferring to european efforts to negotiate with iran i think it's clear that that policy has failed the season politicians returned to the front line of foreign policy gives him an opportunity to shape the president's views on north korea and iran at a critical moment trump has spoken of wanting to rip up the iranian nuclear accord and he's due for a much anticipated meeting with north korean leader kim jong un in may the talks with north korea go poorly trump a walk out and say you know that didn't really get us anything and done john bolton to say look i told you we should strike north korea john bones but on the record he said twice in the last six months u.s. should attack north korea even within trump's inner circle there's disagreement about whether bolton is the right man for the national security job is ideology is

thought to be aligned with his boss and he's already tried to ease fears that he pushed the united states into another conflict saying he will be one voice among many who are advising the president and there should be a free exchange of ideas as an ever growing number of trumps right hand men and women have learned bolton's biggest challenge may be keeping the continued faith of president trump and his job natasha going to eight zero zero zero s. kimberly how could i white house correspondent joins us now live from washington d.c. said appears that. all of this media speculation since denied by the president's spokesman about the future of eight. was actually writes combining. right we've certainly seen this playbook from this administration before you have to remember that donald trump is a reality t.v. show president that's where he came from in terms of not only his business experience but certainly he's

a master marketer so he likes the drama he likes the intrigue he likes to have people kind of waiting with anticipation for his next move he knows how to produce a good story in other words so certainly this is a just another example where we've seen this where we had repeated denials that anything was changing and then we have this abrupt announcement h.r. mcmaster is leaving but in terms of who is replacing him as natasha pointed out her package there really the differences between a charming master and john bolton are quite striking whereas a charming master was very much a moderating force he favored the iran deal he favored commitments to nato allies pushing back on russia really saw any sort of military action towards north korea as a last resort john bolton is the complete opposite of all of those positions he's been very dismisses as she pointed out of international diplomacy and really has when it comes to both iran and north korea been a very aggressive thinker so certainly when it comes to diplomatic circles there

are many that are concerned about some of these positions that john bolton has taken care of many thanks to the white house correspondent kelly help at the live in washington where the u.s. has complained to the world trade organization accusing china of the theft of american intellectual property it comes a day after president donald trump announced that he was imposing sixty billion dollars worth of worth of tariffs on chinese imports china is planning to retaliate with three billion dollars worth of taxes on american exports that include pork and steel share indices across the world for them as investors fear trade war between the world's two largest economies some people call it a mirror a tariff or a mere attacks just use the word reciprocal. if they charge us we charge them the same thing that's so it's got to be that's not the way it is for many many years for many decades it has not been that way and i will say the people

we're negotiating with smilingly they really agree with us i really believe they cannot believe they've gotten away with this for so long well let's get the view from china scott hyla reports from the financial capital shanghai firing back china responded within hours to president donald trump's announcement of the tariffs beijing said it's planning to impose three billion dollars in tariffs of its own targeting one hundred twenty eight u.s. goods bound for china focusing on agriculture wine fruit nuts and pork products but also recycled aluminum and steel pipes this is china vowed it will not back down from a trade war while insisting the friction should be resolved through negotiations. if the dispute continues china says it could damage the broader picture of cooperation between the world's two largest economies it's telling the us to pull back from the brink. it's a destructive move china and the us a world trade leader i think it's going to

escalate gradually it will damage the economic relationship between the two countries and that will have a negative impact on the global economy both nations have said they're going to start legal action through the world trade organization here in china's commercial capital shanghai there's growing concern over a trade war with the u.s. they're worried about jobs in there worried about chinese businesses. it may affect employment in china since export is a big part of china's economy there's a lot of low and industry but in many people's jobs at depending on export. so i watch a lot of news of course china will fight back but the point of doing business is that we both it doesn't work if america is the only leader china has to protect its own to the increased trade tension could prove to be a challenge for chinese president xi jinping who by a measure passed during the national people's congress earlier this month to remain

as leader in definitely a big trade war with the u.s. could slow china's rapid growth critical to his long term vision it's got harder al-jazeera shanghai and the e.u. is asking the u.s. for a permanent exemption from a new type of some steel in early minium a joint statement by twenty eight european leaders says the new tariffs the part of the trade conflict between the u.s. and china on friday trump temporarily excluded the e.u. and five other countries from a ten to twenty five percent duty on steel imports but only until may. syrian state television is reporting that rebels have agreed to surrender in a second area in eastern guta rebels in the southern part of the old clave have been negotiating with russia following a similar deal that had our stop a day early as then to hold a reports. there is no ceasefire here the pro-government alliance is bombing into submission the densely populated town in the northern pocket of the

now divided eastern huta enclave is controlled by the rebel faction jaish al islam . the russian military and the syrian government want the rebels to surrender negotiations have stalled i do not in particular demonstrate that there is still ongoing very active and violent histories and people continue to be disgraced there is really no safe place in a lot of these areas that ms report they've been sheltering in underground shelters in basements that even have not been able to be limited from the violence syrians who aren't afraid to go to government controlled territory have been streaming out of duma for days numbers vary but syrian state media says they are leaving the besieged town in their thousands passing through the government checkpoint that. hundreds remain trapped in duma particularly those who fear arrest or even execution because of their role in the opposition they are demanding an

internationally monitored safe passage to other rebel held areas. those people are wanted by the state for opposition related activities they include medical activists civil defense volunteers and medics the united nations says there are one thousand humanitarian and medical workers who are trapped in eastern huta with their families who fear for their future the government calls them terrorists accusing them of hiding behind humanitarian work. the syrian army and its allies have recaptured most of the rebel controlled enclave in what has been one of the fiercest bombing campaigns in the past seven years the remaining towns in the southern part of the enclave are controlled by filing. that rival faction agree to what amounts to a surrender deal with the russian military it says it wants to end the suffering of the people at whatever cost that cost involves leaving their lives and homes behind . several thousand are being bussed from a town once controlled by after hour

a sham fighters who are now along with their families on their way to the rebel held province in the northwest. it has become a place where rebels who agreed to hand over territory to the government are sent and more often than not civilians accompany them but it isn't safe it too is a target for the care of its armed forces which are vowing to recapture the whole country. being built facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg ascent to addresses employees in a closed door meeting later on friday he's likely to be questioned about the controversy over a political consultancy firm's misuse of user data earlier this week zuckerberg admitted that his company had made mistakes it's been alleged that cambridge analytical accessed fifty million facebook users information in order to manipulate voters in the twenty sixteen u.s. election the phone denies any wrongdoing a u.s. house committee has called on zaka book to testify chile is one of the latin

american countries that is in dire straits when it comes to water droughts a common as the precious resource becomes ever more scarce it in the latest part of our thirst series coinciding with world war the world was a forum in brazil latin america editor lucien human reports from pain. the seventy year old. is the last farmer left on what was at one time a lush agricultural area just an hour from chile's capital but now there's no water not even for his horses. that for more than a century provided water for residents and agriculture has all but dried up and as elsewhere in the country it's brought on by drought over use of local aquifers and according to many a privatized water supply system you'll be able to get. i think the government should intervene and make a law to bring water from the angles into a river here but there are people who divert the water because they own it and they

prefer it ends up in the ocean in order to create scarcity and then sell it to. chile's current water supply laws were introduced within thirty five years ago by former military leader pinochet it's a system governed by free markets rules with reduced state oversight too often at the expense of poor communities. that separation of water and land rights has brought some problems for traditional farmers and has benefited audacious businessmen and some speculators which is what we're trying to combat. chile's government has increased fines to prevent hoarding a comprehensive reform bill to better protect the eco system and people's human rights to potable water is now before congress but officials say the source of the problem is not just to owns the water but also the increasing demands of agriculture and industry ten years ago people used to come right here where i'm

standing to go sailing and the extreme reduction of the water levels of the lagoon is caused just by an overwhelming taishan of a vital resource but by climate change and this will soon have a dramatic impact on water supplies to the capital santiago. a recent study suggests that by two thousand and seventeen. santiago will have forty two percent less water experts say relying on nature to solve this looming crisis is not enough we need to get another supply we depend largely on how much rain or snow we have in a year in a given year we need to pour water from all the places ocean. water. in the meantime those who depended on the. will have to look elsewhere for water if they are to save their way of life you see in human i'll just sita by nick chile brazil supreme court has failed to reach a final agreement on whether former president lewis ignacio little of the silver

should go straight to jail if he loses next week's corruption appeal the eleven judges will now vote on april fourth more than a week after his appeal hearing the court also narrowly voted six to five that lula can't be arrested before the end of the trial he faces a twelve year jail sentence and the appeal will be heard on monday peru's president has done an about on his resignation pedre public was in ski now says that he will face his impeachment in congress was in ski step down on wednesday following corruption allegations and vice president biden because of his color was said to be inaugurated as the new president. a shark alert has been issued to swimmers in western australia after one hundred thirty whales died after stranding on a beach rescuers are trying to refloat some twenty others which are still alive the stranding is in hamelin. is nine years to the day since eighty whales and dolphins died thomas reports. a fisherman found the pilot whales in

distress early on friday morning. volunteers ran to the beach but couldn't save many one hundred thirty have died the ones i see go back in the water they actually come back. again i watch one of them happen three times and still you wouldn't see local government workers brought trucks onto the beach to remove the carcasses . but why it was like. the whales beached themselves in exactly the same place as a group of eighty did on exactly the same day in two thousand and nine no one knows for sure why whales beach themselves these did in new zealand last year some think

it group tried to rescue a single whale and get stuck themselves others speculate they get confused by submarine sonar rough weather is another possibility scientists will carry out all tops or use on the carcasses to look for clues an opportunity like this is one that vets and other marine experts will definitely take on board so they can learn more about what these animals eighty you as well as the different sizes it was a family say on a lot of females males young calves this provides really good interesting information that scientists will benefit in the long run the priority now is clearing the carcasses before they float away dead whales in the sea attract grey. white sharks close to shore and people police are warning them not to go swimming andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. it's good to have you with us a very unforgiving here in doha the headlines in al-jazeera police have shot dead

a man who took hostages at a supermarket in southwestern france earlier in the day three people were killed in separate incidents around the towns of caucus on and crib that been reports that the hostage claimed allegiance to i saw it too but the quacky decision an iffy do not take east everything leads us to believe that indeed it's a terror attack the police intervened in a very coordinated manner after what was first an attack against officers please allow me to express my utmost support to the police officers who support the twenty three british diplomats are on their way home after being expelled from russia they were told to leave in retaliation for the u.k.'s expulsion of the same number of russian diplomats following the poisoning of a russian double agent britons accuse the kremlin of being behind the nerve toxin attack on surrogates cripple at his daughter in england earlier this month u.s. president donald trump has named foreign policy hardliner john bolton as his new

national security advisor he replaces h.r. mcmaster that is the third appointee in just over a year bolton's been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran the us has complained to the world trade organization accusing china of theft of american intellectual property it comes a day after president donald trump announced that he was imposing sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs on chinese imports china is planning to retaliate with three billion dollars worth of taxes on american exports that include pork and steel share in the season across the world of fallen as investors fear a trade war between the world's two largest economies. peru's president has done about turn on his resignation but republicans in ski says that he will face impeachment in congress stepped down a wednesday following corruption allegations vice president part of his car was said to be inaugurated as the new president syrian state television is reporting

that rebels have agreed to surrender at a secondary of eastern rebels in the southern part of the play have been negotiated with russia following a civil deal similar deal it had a day earlier. there's the headline news on al-jazeera but after the stream next. we understand the difference. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current events that matter. and here in the stream now live on you tube the united nations estimates that by twenty twenty five two thirds of the world's population will face water stress conditions by.