we headed to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have a presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and all of the onus for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens here matters. a key figure of the early twentieth century arab literary scene. and a feminist writer. had to have had time. so why did his story and in such tragedy. al-jazeera well the exposed the life and walk of maisie adda at this time on al-jazeera.

this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history . britain's allies ban together its spelling more than a hundred russian diplomats after the poisoning of a former spy. hello welcome to our jazeera life and that is also coming up egypt's president urges voters to turn out and have their say in an election that he's certain to win. saudi arabia threatens to retaliate against iran after accusing it of being behind miss on attacks from yemen. a civil rights campaign is more on the death of linda brown who helped bring an end to segregation in u.s.

school. will than twenty countries including the us canada australia and several european states are expelling russian diplomats it's all part of a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames almost russia which denies the allegation describes explosions as a provocative gesture she have or tons of reports 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 expansion 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 the deal would she would never 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 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 closed 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 has. washington. well australia is expelling two russians that it accuses of being undeclared intelligence officers prime minister malcolm turnbull says the nerve agent attack in britain reflects a pattern of aggression by the russian government a brazen attack the criminal attack in the united kingdom in salzburg on the fourth of march was an attack on all of us it was an attack on the sovereignty of every

nation that respects the rule of law and that is why we are taking this action today with another twenty three nice ones around the world we are defining this recklessness this small business of russia. second day of voting begins within hours in egypt for a presidential election that abdel fattah el-sisi is all but guaranteed to win 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 hashim a whole bar of reports. a crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president opted for to see once a comfortable win and the 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 yes to development i came here to say yes to all 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 will offer 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 no more than 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 c.c. will likely secure a second term by the general turned politician faces mounting discontent over the economy and armed 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 has about al-jazeera.

they'll far more missiles into saudi arabia if the saudis don't stop their bombing raids on sunday the his they sent several rockets across the border targeting airports in the country the incident is threatening to intensify yemen's war had a hoax has the latest. this is how yemen's heathy rebel cerebration the third round of the conflict with 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 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 armed forces to basically augment the capability of the missiles in order to make them more capable and who they 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 his fees 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 that. resources and the fans the honor of the people 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 nearly twenty two million people in need of humanitarian aid to survive. eight million yemenis are on the brink of starvation with over a million suffering from color the country's say face the diptheria outbreak with the conflict showing no sign of ending any time soon human suffering looks set to continue. is there now beijing is abuzz with speculation about the visit of what appears to be a v. vi pay a very very important person there are reports of a convoy with heavy security in the chinese capital and there's talk of a specially trained having rolled into town all right live now to our china

correspondent there in beijing who could it be. i wonder you know if you believe japan's media than the mystery guest the mystery v.i.p.'s is now in beijing is none other than the north korean leader kim jong un but as i say it is all speculation now this speculation really reached fever pitch in beijing on monday night when those reports in the japanese media said that a heavily armored train had crossed the friendship bridge between north korea and china in the city of dandong on sunday a train very similar to the one used by kim jong un's father when he visited china a number of years ago that train then apparently arrived at beijing railway station it's the oldest railway station here in beijing then a motorcade a large motorcade was seen going along chang an avenue that's the main thoroughfare here in beijing heading towards first the great hall of the people and then later

to the diet thai guest house which is traditionally where v.i.p.'s presidents u.s. presidents for instance stay when they come to beijing now apparently tiananmen square was cleared for a time juror monday afternoon so yes you know the speculation pretty rife that it is kim jong un but you know it is just that martine it is speculation there is a large media contingent near the diet high guest house on choose day the media being kept well away from the guest house as a heavy security presence there and martine if it is you know kim jong un the question is what has motivated him to come here has he been offered something by the chinese or the chinese threatening to enforce more sanctions against north korea but if it is kim jong un that it demonstrates very clearly that china does have some sway over the north korean leader i should also add that the south korean media are really treating this story understandably very cautiously and they are

suggesting that perhaps this v.i.p. is none other than kim jong un sr who of course is enjoying a very high. profar at the moment and adrian i mean it all sounds reasonably feasible doesn't it given the fact that we are expecting a meeting between the north and the south korean leaders pretty soon within the next month and then by the end of may we're expecting the big one the meeting for the first time ever of a sitting u.s. president and kim jong un absolutely right and china does not want to be left out of the limelight and china of course would very much like that meeting between president trump and kim jong un to happen here in beijing and you know if president from were to meet kim jong un before he meets president xi jinping that in a sense would be a loss of face for the chinese president and i think you know if it was

a tall possible president xi jinping would obviously like to meet the north korean leader before president trump did because remember traditionally north korea and china are supposed to be allies the relations between the two have been strained because of the north's missile program adrian brown live in beijing thank you very much indeed. in just a minute we're going to have a look at the weather and then. arrests after the deaths of over sixty people in a russian shopping mall fire plus. my brother was tortured and my sister was killed by bloom is. a new wave of rebel recruits take on mia miles military. hello there sometimes the weather from the air tells a bit of

a story and that's what we saw over indiana you can see exactly where this snow storm started on the area where we didn't see any snow we're told now we are going to see more wet weather across the region as we head through the next day or so but it looks mostly like it's going to be rain rather than snow across indiana has that system then pulling itself to get it working its way towards the east plenty of wet weather on not because that is feeding up the winds from the south it's actually quite mild in that area of rain is only over parts of canada really where we're going to see more in the way of wintery weather and as that system edges its way eastwards it will take the snow into the eastern parts of canada as well behind it it is a little bit cooler and there's more snow working its way towards the south as well say for some when you pick one degrees will be our maximum there and we also see plenty of snow we've had the towards the south with this little training area of cloud with us at the moment so for some of us over parts of the dominican republic it's been rather gray recently few outbreaks of rain around more still to come as we head through chews day and i think there's generally going to be

a few more showers around parts of the dominican republic and haiti even as we head through into wednesday for south america a lot of heavy rain here particularly down through the southern parts of brazil it's staying where it. for the benefit. of. documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera.

toughest take a look at the top stories here at our sara more than twenty countries including the united states have joined britain in expelling dozens of russian diplomats as a coordinated response to the poisoning of a form a double agent in the u.k. . in northern yemen of warmed more missiles or decide to arabia if the saudis didn't stop the bombing raids on sunday they sent several rockets across the border targeting the capital riyadh one person was killed and several others were injured. there's been a low turnout on the opening day of egypt's three day presidential election for president abdel fattah el-sisi is widely expected to win a second he's running virtually unchallenged. that flagrant safety

violations are being blamed for causing the deaths of sixty four people in a russian shopping mall investigators say foreign lands were switched off and emergency exits were blocked four people have been detained jonah hollow 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. the most difficult areas for us are the two collapse in a 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 ours 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 it's premature 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. miramar is showing off its military might in a parade in the capital naypyidaw armed forces day now in its seventy third year on a resistance to japanese occupation during the second world war this year celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massacring range of muslims forcing huge numbers to flee to neighboring bangladesh and in northern catchin state members of a rebel army say they face similar violence for years when a ripple. in northern new recruits are joining an armed struggle here there's no sign of nationwide peace that myanmar's government says it

seeks instead the rebel kitchen independence army is preparing for the next attack from the me and maher army. they burnt down the houses shoot people and rape women these are three tactics they use all the time but tactics the world has become aware of in the western state of retiring where hundreds of thousands of ring you 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 bernie's referring to me and miles form a name for 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 i am 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

kitchen 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. linda brown who is at the center of a landmark u.s. civil rights case has died at the age of seventy six she was only nine years old when she was barred from attending an all white school in the state of kansas in one nine hundred fifty four a fall that turned to the courts for justice and the supreme court would later rule unanimously that school segregation was constitutional let's speak now to derrick is a historian and author of here is and sharon is of the civil rights movement he is joining us live now from atlanta so brown versus board of education one hundred fifty four of kools was a massively important ruling wasn't it but it did not de segregate schools

overnight did it there was a lot of resistance to it there was a great deal of resistance is best in the south and several other cases were taking place at the same time and it took quite a few years before you would start to see a real breakthrough. i actually heard linda brown interviewed on the radio quite recently and she was ruing the fact that brown versus board of education removed segregation for children to move to the various schools but did not move to remove segregation when it came to teaches so she contended that teaches was still in a segregated situation and that was had a negative impact on black education absolutely what you found is that many of the role models that black children needed were not they did not have

access to they were. they were prevented from actually being involved in the lives of those children and and even though they had some of those people in those communities. it took quite a while before they were impacted in that you know. and now in the twenty eighteen linley preparing to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of martin luther king where would you say the education of african-americans is today well i think that in a lot of ways we're still very far behind i for an example i serve as a member of the board of an inner city afterschool program a mile from the headquarters of the international headquarters of the coca-cola company and these children in this community their school has been closed down.

they do not get to take books home and yet just a few miles away there are other schools where all the resources are there all the facilities are there so it's they have higher quality teachers and some of these schools are failing and this is in a city that is known as one of the elite african-american run cities in this country so if it's that way here you can imagine how it is in some rural. and smaller cities yeah ok thank you very much terry gilliam talking to us live from atlanta georgia thanks. now the u.s. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security concerns in the middle east that is being seen as an indication of close to ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an

effort to counter it rainy and influence in the region. syrian government forces have regained control of the early all of her until last month this was an area that was the last rebel stronghold close to the capital damascus the russian defense ministry says six and a half thousand people left southern towns of as part of an evacuation deal there now in the northwestern province of idlib as the honda now reports. bus after bus arrived in the rebel controlled province of idlib in northwest syria thousands of people transported across a divided country rebel factions surrendered their strongholds in eastern huta after what was one of the fiercest offensives launched by the pro-government alliance fighters their families and members of the opposition deported as part of a negotiated with. a bird everything even the bunkers we were hiding in if we left the bunkers we would get killed by air strikes i can't describe the

situation we were in it was over. almost two thousand syrians were killed and thousands were wounded in the attacks appeals for medical supplies for those trapped in a war zone went unheeded as extremely sick people who couldn't receive proper treatment because of the lack of medications as a result of the siege more than ten thousand people have been displaced and not all are fighters some didn't want to risk arrest or be forced to join the army they left with whatever they could carry. we left our homes behind everything has been destroyed we left our history. we left all that behind because we have a place of constant since. eastern huta has been under the control of the opposition since two thousand and thirteen not long after the government besieged the enclave. it wasn't only under siege came under fire for years it was always an important military objective for the government being so close to the capital but

the pro-government alliance was busy fighting. on many fronts and it was always just a question of time when it would turn its attention to the rebel stronghold. it has been one tragedy after another for syrians caught in what seems to be an endless conflict. so lousy. we lived in bunkers our lives were in danger we left after the international community let us down. it live has become what some describe as a dumping ground over the years tens of thousands of rebels and their families who surrender territory to the government were sent here and there is little sign that they just like those who have been recently displaced will ever return to their homes and. beirut the head of the european council has met turkey's president in vogue area hoping to patch up relations ties have been strained since turkey's failed military coup in twenty sixteen donald said the e.u.

is still waiting for answers to a long list of concerns including the jailing of journalists but president. was more upbeat saying he's happy to move on from there 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 used to scots what we need to do you know to improve our relations now the courage of australia's cricket team is reportedly said to resign as the fallout from the cheating scandal escalates investigators have been sent from the sports governing body cricket australia to south africa to look into the incident which has shocked the world and australian player was caught on camera tampering with the ball during a match in cape town has prompted major sponsors to question their support for the national team.

these are the top stories here it out as there are more than twenty countries including the u.s. have joined britain and its spelling dozens of russian diplomats as part of a coordinated response to the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. earlier this month 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 salzburg incident and together we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to flout international law and undermine our values there's been a low turnout on the opening day of egypt's three day presidential election where president abdul fattah el-sisi is widely expected to win a second term is running virtually on challenge with potential candidates either

locked up or forced out of the race to the fight is in northern yemen have warned they'll fall more missiles into saudi arabia if the saudis don't stop their bombing raids on sunday they sent several rockets across the border targeting the capital riyadh one person was killed and several others were injured the u.s. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss security in the middle east it's seen as an indication of closer ties between the three countries the white house says is part of an effort to counter it raney an influence in the region. mia maher is showing off its military might in a parade in the capital naypyidaw. days now in its seventy third year and it allness million miles resistance to japanese occupation during the second world war this year celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massacring muslims forcing huge

numbers of them to flee to neighboring bangladesh linda brown who was at the center of a landmark u.s. civil rights cases died at the age of seventy six she was nine years old when she became the focus of a court battle in one nine hundred fifty four that led to the desegregation of public schools right those are the headlines witness is next. on counting the cost facebook and the big data economy the business model at the heart of the world's largest social network coming under scrutiny america's gun inside the biggest regulated weapons market in the developed world counting the cost.