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this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history . britain's allies together expelling more than one hundred russian diplomats to the boy's former spy. headquarters and. also ahead egypt's president urges voters to turn out in an election certain. to retaliate against iran after accusing it of being behind missile attacks from yemen and australia's major sponsors put the national team on notice as a cheating scandal. hello

the us canada ukraine and sixteen countries are expelling dozens of russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the poisoning of a former double agent in britain. daughter are critically ill after being found unconscious earlier this month well the u.k. accuses moscow of being responsible which it denies she have a town with more from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the

largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident the russian ambassador to the u.s. expressed his concern to deal with she would say union leaders that they meet again what the united states of america is doing today they are destroying what little remained of us russian ties and i would add that all the responsibility for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america. sloma however a different tone was struck on twitter the russian embassy asking the public for suggestions on which u.s. consulate to now close in russia u.s. officials said there expulsions weren't just about standing with the u.k. but about curtailing russia's covert operations against u.s. national security they presented all of those being expelled from the russian embassy the seattle consulate and the u.n.

as part of a pool of some one hundred agents moscow currently has in the country administration officials here said that with these expulsions some forty russian spies would remain in the u.s. but that russia's covert operations would be severely curtailed in all three statements from the white house the state department and the u.s. is u.n. mission there was unequivocal agreement with the u.k. that russia was behind the chemical weapon attack something that donald trump or sounded less convinced of in his statement so far she every time see washington. well as she had mentioned some of the diplomats being sent home from the u.s. are poster to russia's u.n. mission so here's some of what the u.s. and russian you want to hard to say and in response i think you're seeing an increasingly. move of bad judgment by russia and when we see these espionage tactics that are taking place right here at the heart of the u.n. we can't have that and this is really not just us but multiple countries saying all

of these actions have to stop this is not what we do. in any other place and it can't be acceptable for you to do this unfortunately russia is now being held accountable for a lot of things and they have a decision. that's very unfortunate very unfriendly we would have diplomats. expelled from here at their local leave by the second or the second of the. polls have closed off third day one if egypt a three day presidential election with which to his sisi is all but guaranteed to win so he's urging egyptians to have their say hoping a large turnout will give him a strong mandate to repair the economy and crush armed groups. reports. crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president i will fight to have c.c.

once a comfortable win and a huge turnout among the nearly sixty million eligible voters his supporters see him as the only man capable of leading egypt at a time when the nation faces many challenges and i'm an empty. i couldn't sleep from all the joy just to come here and say yes to my motherland egypt i came here to say yes to stability and yes to development i came here to say yes to our military and. i will vote for sisi for the sake of the coming phase and i have a bachelor's degree in business administration and i feel like i have not given what i deserve and i feel that this coming phase of a great things but the election has been widely seen as a false potential rivals to c.c. have either been jailed or dropped out of the race after a campaign of intimidation the only candidate allowed to run is

a staunch supporter of president sisi. whose leader of the centrist party told the media he doesn't want to challenge the authority of c.c. for critics who say the more that a candidate whose role is to give the impression of a legitimate election i don't think there's any question that it's a sham i'm not aware of any serious difference of opinion among you know political scientists or human rights groups or analysts i think the point of the election is to demonstrate cc's power and his popularity this is why the government is pushing so hard for a high turnout if there's a low turnout it will be bad optics for the regime. president sisi will likely secure a second term but the general politician faces bolting discontent over the economy and groups operating in the sinai peninsula the vote will last for two war

days a strong turnout could indicate a growing trust in cc's leadership possible but al-jazeera well let's look more closely now at the contenders locked out of this race mariano hollande has more on the. just two names on the ballot paper two men vying for egypt's presidency now in a country of more than fifty five million eligible voters you might think there'd be a few more candidates well it's not for a lack of trying over the last few months every other potential challenger for the presidency has either been detained disqualified or forced to abandon their campaigns completely so who's in and who's out first step semi and now we're talking top brass egyptian military here a retired lieutenant general a former army chief of staff a lot of them are awarded on his candidacy in a recorded video he also happened to mention he had information on government

corruption he was arrested soon after the army accusing him of not getting proper commission to run and forging documents and now they can do that and now the wrist this time abdel monday for two a leading opposition figure who ran in the twenty twelve race he was accused of ties to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. fics campaign was short lived a former prime minister with links to the military he was deported from the united arab emirates we had been living in exile he was then detained in egypt he subsequently pulled out of the race. opposition leader and human rights lawyer khaled early didn't stay in the campaign for long either he said he came up against frequent obstacles when he withdrew he said his supporters had been harassed and arrested another to enter the race and pull out was muhammad while sadat the nephew of egypt's assess and they said president anwar sadat he also cited

a climate of fear for his withdrawal and then this will console serving members of the military aren't allowed to run for the presidency consoler says he tried to resign three years but had been rejected each time when he did put his hand up to run he was given six years in prison for what officials called actions that undermined the military system the only man to stand against president sisi is moosa was stuff a moose and openly proces c. politician who until the day before he rejected to run was part of the campaign to get sisi reelected his name on the ballot paper means sisi at least has some competition international rights groups have called this election a fosse as it stands the outcome looks likely to favor the incumbent president. the fighters in northern yemen have warned they'll fire more missiles into saudi

arabia unless the saudis stop bombing the country on sunday the fourth several rockets across the border targeting airports in riyadh the incidences threatening to intensify yemen's war how the hawks star has the latest. this is how yemen's who think rebels cerebration the end of the conflict the saudi led coalition a series of missiles were launched into neighboring saudi arabia on sunday night. and the gyptian construction worker died one attack in the capital riyadh and several other people wounded. the saudi coalition was quick to react and claimed they had successfully managed to intercept several missiles. the kingdom says it has been targeted by some ninety police stick missiles launched by the who sees and pointed the finger of blame at iran. and to the work of iran must stop supporting the terrorist groups and organizations iran becomes like an appendix in the world's

body it should rectify that situation other was the world will rectify it. but analysts warn this proxy war between both sides looks no closer to ending the cooks falls who have operatives on the ground in yemen have helped the who are these and the yemeni forces to basically augment the capability of the missiles in order to make them more capable and say you know if you don't negotiate with us we will continue with more sophisticated weaponry more missiles being fired and there will be more dead on the side of saudi arabia which is something that can sustain. hundreds of thousands gathered in the capital sana'a monday to mark the third anniversary the saudi led coalition launched to fight for who feels in support of yemen's government. after three years of persistence the hopes of yemenis have been achieved there is a national yemeni army that is strong and protects its land and its. forces and the fans the honor of the people and there is

a government that meets the demands of the yemeni people and strives to maintain their abilities and provides them with the means to live that enables them to hold strong in the coming years. or not the conflict has led to what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis at least ten thousand people have been killed in yemen and maybe twenty two million people in need of humanitarian aid to survive. eight million yemenis on the brink of starvation with over a million suffering from cholera the countries say face the diptheria outbreak with the conflict showing no sign of ending anytime soon human suffering looks set to continue. outages there are weather check coming up next and then arrests after the deaths of more than sixty people in a russian shopping mall fire. my mother was tortured and my sister was killed by me why a new wave of rebel recruits are taking on real mars' army.

from brisk noise and fuel. to the warming trend cool to this of southeast asia. hello there the rain is pulling itself together now over parts of china we're already seeing that rain over parts of the sichuan province and that's gradually making its way towards the south they say for queasy i think we'll see increasing amounts of cloud and increasing amounts of rain there during the day on wednesday that's also going to be affecting us in the northern parts of vietnam as well meanwhile a bit further towards the south you can see a little circulation to the east of the philippines this area of cloud here is a developing storm that's working its way towards the north and strengthening of it does say fortunately though looks like it should stay away from land say for the philippines lots of clouds maybe the old light shower but nothing like it would have been had this storm edged its way towards us instead that we want to weather

over parts of borneo there and down through java some of the showers in java look pretty lively and those are also stretching up through parts of symmetry as well as we head towards the west though there's just a handful of showers here most of them are of the sri lanka some of them here a very heavy but there's only a few of them about for the northeast looking largely fine and dry and pretty hot now i'm not put the thirty nine degrees already even in new delhi we're up at around thirty eight meanwhile out towards the west and here in doha it's also getting warm now our temperatures up a thirty five on choose day. there with sponsored by the time race. the consequence of. choosing drugs. or for. that just doesn't go away. tonight it's true for the last couple years. he's homeless. follows a group of u.s.

veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get their lives back shelter at this time on al-jazeera. top stories on al-jazeera more than twenty countries including the u.s. now join britain in expelling dozens of russian diplomats it's a coordinated response to the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. there has been a low turnout on the opening day of egypt's three day presidential election where president. is widely expected to win a second term he's running virtually challenged with potential candidates either

locked up or forced out of the race. the fighters in northern yemen have warned more missiles into saudi arabia unless it stops bombing the country on sunday several rockets across the border targeting airports in riyadh one person was killed and several others. investigators say smoke alarms were turned off at a russian shopping mall where a fire has killed sixty four people exits were also illegally blocked in the building in the city of chemical four people have been detained jonah hall reports . firefighters had battled the blaze for hours by monday morning with most of the fire put out drone footage revealed the horrifying extent of the damage combustible walls and ceilings entirely collapsed where once they'd been cinemas and a children's play area they'd been full on sunday with families on

a day out rushes investigative committee at work in the remains of the shopping mall in the siberian city of command over says a security guard had switched off the alarm system some fire exits were blocked and cinemas packed with children watching cartoons were said to be locked to stop those without tickets from sneaking in. for one person from an upper window was the only hope the emergency services in came out over have confirmed dozens of deaths with some bodies yet to be recovered. in the us leave the most difficult areas for us to collapse in the miles because they've almost entirely fallen through to the third floor now bit by bit we continue to remove the construction. witnesses describe children becoming separated from adults as the mall filled with choking black smoke survivors were visibly distraught this boy eleven years old

jumped from a fourth floor window doctors say he's responding well to treatment but his parents and little sister didn't make it out. of course i'm shocked by what's happened nothing like this has ever happened before and compare of those it's the first time and i feel so sorry for the people the children who were there this is terrible i'm speechless investigators say the primitive to discuss the cause but they have identified serious violations in the construction and use of the mall converted from what was once a factory for people including the mall's owners have been detained. well there are reports that north korea's leader kim jong un is in china japanese and south korean media say a convoy with heavy security was seen in beijing on monday there's also been speculation about an armored train seen near the border that north korean leaders

have used for trips to china in the past we had a march showing off its military strength right now as you can see with a parade in the capital armed forces day now in its seventy third year on earth as me and more as resistance to japanese occupation during world war two this year's celebrations come at a controversial time though with the army accused of massacring muslims forcing huge numbers of them to flee to neighboring bangladesh well any of mars northern kitchen state members of the rebel army say they face similar violence for years the battle for control of the resource rich area has this place more than one hundred thousand people as wayne hay reports. in northern new recruits adjoining and struggle here there's no sign of nationwide peace the government says it seeks instead the rebel kitchen independence army is preparing

for the next attack from the me and. on the houses shoot people and rape women these are three tactics they use all the time. the tactics the world has become aware of in the western state of rakhine where hundreds of thousands of rigging year have fled to bangladesh because of attacks by security forces the united nations and others have called it ethnic cleansing the kitchin say they have faced similar violence for years it's estimated around one hundred thousand are in camps along the border with china because of fighting between the kitchen independence army and the myanmar army which some still call burma referring to me and miles form a name a cease fire which had lasted for seventeen years broke down in two thousand and eleven and the battle for control of the resource rich area restarted. and so did the attacks on civilians which kitchen soldiers say are continuing. my mother or

my sister was killed by burma's army my house was burnt down and very sad and feel helpless so i made the decision to join the army to fight back myanmar's military generals rarely speak publicly while the government consistently denies that soldiers carry out abuses when the party of me and my state councillor aung san suu kyi won the election in two thousand and fifteen she said peace in the ethnic minority areas was her priority but negotiations with the rebel groups have stalled the kitchen independence army doesn't agree with the process and has instead joined several other groups to form a so-called northern alliance the alliance has sought help from china which is worried about fighting and refugees spilling over the border. the chinese government is helping a group negotiate with the boonies they coordinate meetings and help us develop methods to use in negotiations. has civilian rule but in rebel held areas of

kitchin state they know it's the generals who still hold the power for now the kitchen have little trust in the peace process so will continue holding their positions in the mountains of northern me and wayne hay al-jazeera the head of the european council has about turkey's president in bulgaria hoping to patch up relations ties have been strained since turkey's failed military coup in twenty sixteen donald tusk said the e.u. is still waiting for answers to a long list of concerns including the jailing of journalists but resupply berta one was more upbeat saying he's happy to move on from their problems so. we truly hope that the stage of bad relations between the e.u. and turkey have been left behind i mentioned during our meeting that both sides need to work more actively and we discussed what we need to do you know to improve our relations well the u.s. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to

discuss security concerns in the middle east it's seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter iranian influence in the region. meanwhile a top fundraiser for the u.s. president donald trump allegedly received millions of dollars from a united arab emirates political advisor last april and according to an investigation by the associated press george nader got the money just weeks before he began handing out a series of large donations to u.s. politicians considering legislation targeting that's hard to call him explains. george nader is not well known in washington and not often photographed but he is closely linked to the leadership of the united arab emirates and now the associated press is reporting he is also linked to a top trump fundraiser businessman elliot brody according to the a.p. nader wired two point five million dollars to brody who sponsored a form where congressman ed royce spoke and called for cutter to be labeled

a terrorist supporting state later brody donated the max contribution five thousand four hundred dollars to royce in total the a.p. says brody gave six hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions since he began lobbying against cutter at the time he didn't have any business dealings with the u.a.e. but in january he apparently signed a contract with the u.a.e. for more than two hundred million dollars there is no evidence he used the money from nader or the u.a.e. to make those campaign contributions but legal scholar bruce fein says he could still be in legal jeopardy even if you're not paid if you're operating on behalf. of a foreign country you need register even if it's volunteered services that you're trying to do something there van and it's obvious they're talking to the crown prince those highest levels and so there were jeopardy is there whether he can prove a financial connection or not a search of the database the tracks for lobbyists does not indicate brody has

registered for his part birdie told the he has long advocated tough position against cutter he reportedly filed a lawsuit on monday accusing cutter of hacking into his e-mail and leaking them to reporters charges cutter has denied his e-mails were given to the new york times and it appears to show a pattern of brody telling foreign leaders about his access to trump and then pushing them to sign deals with his defense company nader is reportedly cooperating with special counsel robert mueller and after these stories it seems likely miller might want to talk to brody as well. al-jazeera washington. sara leone's hotly contested presidential runoff has been postponed until saturday the election had been scheduled for tuesday but was then laid by allegations of fraud in the first round by the reports from freetown. protests outside city leone's high court as judges deliberated and then not the fight in the order

suspending the country's presidential election runoff. on this site a protest to support is asking for you. in the last election good luck chinese not to carry a pregnancy out. and here are those who wanted the bill to boy. he just won't want to see well we want to see change in this country we want change which will allow our children to be able to go to school in fact we need a new government in order to change a country. eventually the provost protesters want. on saturday. a high court judge issued an interim injunction stopping the point the presidential election earlier this month has sharply divided steadily on many years say the country has not been this polarized since the end of the civil war in two thousand and two some of already started finding the issue of tribalism something

that has raised concern among sort of the us and the international community. activists believe what they call selfish politicians for pushing the country to the edge it's basically everything. we could have done without the country being for. there's a lot riding on. the national electoral commission is now under pressure to deliver and credible vote something several union school will lead to the healing of relations of a decrease. freetown a photo of a mother cradling her baby during a university entrance exam in afghanistan has gone viral so a crowd funding campaign has now raised more than fourteen thousand dollars to help pay for. education costs to help her achieve her dream of becoming

a doctor a twenty five year old mother of three passed the exam the coach of australia's cricket team is reportedly set to resign as the fallout from a cheating scandal escalates investigators have been sent from the sports governing body cricket australia to south africa to look into the incident to a church shocked the world an australian player was caught on camera tampering with the ball as you can see during a match in cape town and it's prompted major sponsors to question their support for the national team. has more from sydney. there's no precedent in australian cricket for this sort of investigation so it's unclear what form it would take but there are no doubt many questions that need to be answered including what if any involvement the coach had in there also calls for further sanctions on the leadership team and we've been getting some mixed responses from people outside the

sydney cricket ground on what sanctions should be should be a place. you can do this not in an international. stand down stay standing down but then again every team cheats. just got caught not only. but i think you should have. more responsibility on this trillion sports commission said the players involved should have immediately been sent home and that there needs to be an overhaul of the culture within the sport we think that one of the good things that's come out of this situation is that the public has set a very strong message to the leadership of the sport about where they brought along and what they consider to be totally inappropriate standards of behavior and destroying athletes in the green and gold act and conduct themselves with the utmost integrity as the cricket australia investigation plays out here in the wake there are doubts about how much you can salvage the reputation of one of the most

popular and idolized sports in the country. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera more than twenty countries including the u.s. have now joined britain in expelling dozens of russian diplomats it's a coordinated response to the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. . so this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we. and together we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to finance international. news there is been a low turnout on the opening day of egypt's three day presidential election where president have been fatah his sisi is widely expected to win a second term he's running virtually unchallenged with potential candidates either

locked up or forced out of the race. for the fighters in northern yemen. and to saudi arabia unless it stops bombing the country on sunday they sent several rockets across the border targeting airports in riyadh one person was killed and several others injured the u.s. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security concerns in the middle east not seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter iranian influence in the region there are reports that north korea's leader kim jong un is in china japanese and south korean media say a calm voice with heavy security was seen in beijing on monday and there's also been speculation about an armored train near the border that north korean leaders have used for trips to china in the past neither beijing nor pyongyang are

commenting. showing off its military strength right now with a parade in the capital armed forces day now in its seventy third year mean more as resistance to japanese occupation during world war two but this year's celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massacring muslims forcing huge numbers to flee to neighboring bangladesh. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next.