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april on al-jazeera. heavy security in beijing amid reports of a senior north korean official visiting china but there's no confirmation about the identity of the visitor. logs or robyn you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next thirty minutes vladimir putin visits siberia where a shopping center fire has killed sixty four people as angry protesters demand justice for the loss of lives. also a second day of polls in egypt's presidential election which president of the c.c. is certain to win. and civil rights campaigners mourn the death of linda brown who

helped bring an end to segregation in u.s. school it's. good to have you with us welcome to the program beijing is abuzz with speculation about the visit of a senior official from north korea which suggests it could even be the leader kim jong un himself a large convoy with heavy security has been seen in the chinese capital and it's reported a specially armored train also arrived in the city are china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. well speculation over who this v.i.p. guest might be began circulating here in beijing on monday night japanese media reported that an armored train was seen crossing the friendship bridge which separates north korea and china in the northeastern chinese city of dun dong on sunday afternoon that train then turned up at beijing railway station the oldest railway station in beijing then

a large motorcade was seen passing along chang an avenue in the center of beijing the main thoroughfare in the city heading in the direction of the di you tie guest house which is traditionally where heads of state and paid stay when they come to beijing now the south korean media is speculating that this visitor might well be kim jong un the sister who's enjoying a very high profile at the moment now if it is kim jong un then of course the question remains what has motivated him to come here is china threatening to enforce more sanctions against north korea or is china offering something to north korea but either way it possibly demonstrates the china still holds sway over north korea aaron brown that it's good for the correspondent in seoul that's kathy novak i mean the chinese themselves being very tight lipped about who's visiting north korea as adrian said and they meant security measures surrounding this visit i mean what is south korea saying. very little at this stage sale there

are as much public interest as you might expect here in south korea many questions from the media at a regular government briefing but at this stage the only thing the south korean government can continue to say is that they are looking into it closely monitoring it but they can neither confirm nor deny these reports that the mystery visitor could be kim jong un or could be his sister a lot of the speculation surrounds these pictures that adrian was referring to of this heavily armored train that was reported to have crossed from north korea into china and people pointing out that it seems to be a similar train used by kim jong un's father kim jong il when he traveled to china when he was leader of north korea now kim jong un has never left north korea for an official visit while he has been leader and when members of his government for example the foreign minister have traveled abroad they have flown so this seems to

be a train reserved for v.i.p.'s such as the leader himself or his sister and that is part of what's fueling speculation but when that visit was made by the leader kim jong il we weren't told of the details until after the trip had wrapped up so it may be still some time but before any of these reports are confirmed sale it didn't come through there were so many moving parts in asia pacific that would move to round the korean peninsula from missile launches to a successful olympics to a potential summit with president trouble me the timing is quite specific and quite apparent two months at the moment. absolutely there is such a turn around from late last year when we were talking about regular missile launches provocation from north korea and you wouldn't be talking about this in gauge went directly with the leader kim jong un but after he gave a new year's addressed reaching out to south korea and sent a delegation including his sister here to south korea for the olympics things have

shifted and now we're in this time where south korea is prarie preparing for a summit meeting between the president monday and kim jong un next month and of course the possibility of a big historic meeting between the u.s. president donald trump and kim jong un now of course china remains north korea's closest ally even though relations there have been strained so as israel was referring to some speculation as around whether this trip may be sort of. concerns in china that it may not be who would be the first world leader to meet kim jong un officially so he'll go for the moment because he will of course come back to you as that situation develops thank you over the top stories that the russian president vladimir putin has blamed for the fire that killed sixty four people in the shopping center or criminal negligence the president visited the site where the blaze took place in the eastern city of commuter a local people are angry

and calling for the resignation of politicians investigators say a smoke alarm system had been turned off and exits were illegally blocked in the building where four people have been detained including the head of the company operating the correspondent joins me now from moscow and really the situation has turned very quickly from grief to anger. yeah i usually put in stays away from domestic tragedies tragedies that clearly could have been avoided. this is interesting that he has chosen nothing to visit camera interesting of course that this is also going on when there's such a big diplomatic story brewing with russia right at the center of it all these diplomatic explosions they say all politics is local but i guess when it comes to something like this there are some politics that are more local than others and

this is a very sensitive moment for vladimir putin as he begins his fourth term in office he talks about criminal negligence and carelessness but as someone who's been at the top of the russian power structure for eighteen years now you know you have to be aware the kremlin has to be aware that when the nation's children are being burned in their cinema seats and eleven year old boy is forced to jump from the four story of a shopping mall to get away from the fire this just killed his parents and his younger sister well you know this is a system that putin has to have some responsibility for and that's why this is taking some very delicate management i think for the chrome and forcing putin to go to camera for. sure locals assure russians that the people responsible for this and other local level are going to be punished of course what makes his tragedy even more poignant is the fact that despite it not being really a recovery operation rory this shopping it's a new shopping reconverted from what

a warehouse. yeah obviously the investigation is ongoing and the full facts are not available yet perhaps they won't ever be but the rumors that have been coming out about what went on inside this shopping mall as the fire spread pretty horrific the you know people been talking about the doors to the cinema as being locked up that's the. sprinkler system the alarm system had been deactivated just as the fire was taking holds the family members going to identify bodies the more being made to sign nondisclosure agreements that something that has happened in in russia before in previous disasters it's all kind of feeding into the sense of public anger i think also perhaps the death

counts in this tragedy is being artificially suppressed perhaps we're being told sixty four people is not the full extent of this obviously what does happen and what comes out of any further investigation as we get it with you are thank you for joining us from moscow. the second day of voting has begun in egypt's presidential election which the incumbent of the fact that r.c.c. is certain to win opponents have called for a boycott of the vote after all the serious challengers to sisi withdrew saying they faced intimidation theses only rival is this the firm looser a former supporter who the opposition says is a dummy can do that now voter turnout in the election is being closely watched and sisi is hoping for a large turn and that will give him a strong mandate to repair the economy and crush armed groups those. reports.

a crucial moment for the band seeking reelection president of the fatah has sisi wants 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 impish. 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 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. 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 sisi will likely secure a second term but the gentle town politician faces balloting 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 all still ahead here on al-jazeera don't know why but there was torture and my sister was killed by them is . why new wave of rebel recruits are taking all to be involved military. and going the distance these small rural villages that producing some of the world's best long distance runners. had either we've had some rather old snow in parts of europe recently so in the southeast where we've seen some rather orangey snow and it's also been affecting us in the southwest and parts of russia as well and all of this is thanks to dust

picked up from north africa in the sahara and brought into the southeastern parts of europe on the storms that we've been seeing and recently as just being one after another here's the latest one then and that's going to continue its way through ukraine and into russia there is we had three choose day but then there's another one brewing behind it and that one's going to be working its way steadily northwards over the next few days of the could well be more dust across this region meanwhile towards the west there's also some rather active weather here but it looks a little bit cleaner plenty of wet weather there plenty of heavy rain and under that rain it won't be too cold so we're looking at a top temperature of around ten in london and around eleven in paris so lots of wet weather there but not feeling too chilly across the other side of the mediterranean then this is where we're seeing more of those storms is the next one that's pulling it said. together over the north coast of libya and that's gradually edging its way eastwards giving us heavy rain and some strong winds as well so expect there to be a fair amount of dust in with this system towards the west it's looking

a bit calmer for some wednesday with a twenty one has a maximum in robot. welcome

back you're watching al-jazeera i'm so whole robin a reminder of our top stories beijing is abuzz with speculation about the visit of a high level delegation from north korea a large convoy with heavy security has driven to a guest house in the trying these capitol used to accommodate heads of state and its reporters an armored train earlier crossed the friendship bridge from north korea. also its second day of voting in egypt for the presidential election which the company of the fact that it's easiest to win opponents have called for a boycott of the vote after all serious challenges to sisi withdrew saying they faced intimidation. and russian president vladimir putin has claimed the fire that killed sixty four people in the shopping center a crude criminal negligence c visited the site where the blaze took place in the eastern city of coming over local people angry and calling for the resignation of politicians investigator says smoke alarm system had been turned off and exits were

illegally blocked in the building. twenty four countries including the united states canada and australia have expelled russian diplomats it's a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames on moscow russia denies the allegation and described the expulsions provocative gesture she every time she reports now from washington d.c. . 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 her gratitude to 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 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 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 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 administrative

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. but russia was behind the chemical weapon attack something that donald trump or sounded less convinced of in his statement so far she had. washington. well as you have mentioned some of the diplomats being sent home from the u.s. all from russia's mission at the united nations here's what the u.s. and russian u.n. ambassadors have to say 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. which you have there 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 and the very unfriendly wolf we are working for diplomats. expelled from here that they will have to leave by the second by the second only. now meanwhile has shown off its military strength with a parade in the capital naypyidaw of forces day now it's seventy dollars million miles resistance to japanese occupation during world war two now this year's celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massacring rohingya muslims and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee to neighboring bangladesh and in members of northern kitchens state to rebels say they face similar violence for years as wait here reports. in northern me and my 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 myanmar army. they burnt on the houses shoot people and rape women these are three tactics they use all the time. that 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 bernie's 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 burmese 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 u.s. side 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 close ties between the three countries the white house says it's part of an effort to counter radio influence in the region. now the real estate company owned by donald trump's son in law and gerrard is under investigation for falsifying documents with the new york building department a local tenants' rights group say that cushions companies attempted to evade procedures beds to protect low income housing kristen salumi has more from new york or in the home area and see where it has lived in her tiny one bedroom apartment

for more than thirty five years she says living conditions became unbearable in two thousand and thirteen after the building was sawed in the new landlord began to renovate this is where the ceiling caved in but even when she was offered ten thousand dollars to leave she refused to give up her rent stabilized lease which limits how much landlords can charge her for rent i really didn't have a lot of money to fund other parmeno look for someplace else you know this is my home so where was i going to go she didn't know her landlord was jared kushner until she hired a lawyer to sue and won a year's worth of free rent a new appliances questioner has since stepped down as c.e.o. of the family business to work in his father in law's administration but now the manhattan based cushion or companies is accused of lying about the presence of rent regulated tenants and more than eighty work permits at thirty four buildings over a four year period tenants advocates say doing so allowed them to avoid greater

oversight including surprise inspections of construction projects it appears that cushion or companies you deliberately used invasive and destructive construction practices to harass tenants out of their apartments and to hide what it was doing from the government it had falsified. not one not two not three permit applications but eighty permit applications lying on permit applications is a crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment questionnaire companies bought this building in queens in two thousand and fifteen renovated it and sold it just two years later for sixty million dollars a profit of nearly fifty percent during that time the number of rent stabilized tenants dropped from ninety four to twenty five question or companies didn't respond to our request for an interview but told the associated press who first reported the story that the mistakes were unintentional clerical errors the

questioner company's city council member richard torres who launched an investigation said the actual number of rent controlled units could be found in other city documents also buying building permits is not simply about bureaucratic paper shuffling it is a profound korat for the affordability around regulated units which is the greatest source of affordable housing we have sewage says she's just one of a handful of tenants who didn't leave during the renovations and the new ones are paying three times what she does and rent kristen salumi al-jazeera new york will sing in the u.s. linda brown who was at least central u.s. civil rights cases died at the age of seventy six she was nine years old when she was barred from attending an all white school in the state of kansas in one nine hundred fifty one the supreme court would unanimously rule four years later that school segregation was unconstitutional and the browns case is seen as a critical point for black rights in the u.s. . it is a story in an author of heroes and shares of

a civil rights movement she he says despite progress made since the one nine hundred fifty s. racial inequality remains a major issue throughout most of the u.s. . in a lot of ways we're still very far behind i mean sample i served as a member of the board every. intercity afterschool program a mile from the headquarters 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 so the 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. can out of a small role village that's producing some of the world's best long distance runners because she lives in central ethiopia at least eight olympic medalists world title and world record holder has come from that it's inspiring a new generation to do the same to leave a real village life and make it into the world sporting stage stephanie decker reports. it's barely seven o'clock in the morning these two are already late. coach entire shape to his busy warming up his students something he has done here in the for the past thirty years this rule village almost three thousand metres above sea level in the highlands is at first glance just like any other but world class athletes are born and bred.

in sport in the immigrant the from the will to the securities their determination and their how to book and all sorts of weather pulling stunts if you bring them out late from somewhere else it will be difficult for them to place a fleece for the first few weeks once he gets used to teach he would be fine and then once you get back to the ground level it will be much easier. there's been a lot of debate and research as to why this small rural villages produce so many world class long distance runners now one thing is certain the dedication and determination of these young men and women to make it and it's very possible that you'll be seeing one or more of them at future world sporting events. according to coach entire u. seventeen year old messer taffeta is one to watch we ask her about her dreams in my second and my dream like other successful athletes from my village like turn ash.

and others i want to run in the olympics and i want to break the records and i can see that in my dreams. for many running offers the only way out of this village life can be difficult children tend to cattle and help take care of the family from an early age there is incredible pride in those who went from here to international sporting fame. and that can be seen at the local government office proudly displayed on the wall posters of local heroes medalist and world record holders. shows us his training log book at home the image. entries for tour and from when she was thirteen years old she is now the five thousand meter world record holder and remains the youngest ever female world champion winning gold at just eighteen. it's these role models that are inspiring this new generation all the determined but not all will make it the coach says it's

essentially down to hard work and that's something many of these teenagers are already used to further inspired by the fact that dreaming big in this small village the olympic gold in world records really can't come true stephanie decker. in central ethiopia. your challenges there i'm so whole robyn these are all top news stories beijing is abuzz with speculation about the visit of a high level delegation from north korea a large convoy with heavy security has driven to a guest house in the chinese capital used to accommodate heads of state and it's been reported an army training area across the friendship bridge from north korea to china. now a second day of voting has also begun to egypt's presidential election in which the incumbent of the sisi is certain to win opponents have called for a boycott of the vote after all serious challenges to sisi withdrew saying they

faced intimidation. and the russian president vladimir putin has blamed the fire that killed sixty four people in a shopping center or criminal negligence he visited the site of the fire in the eastern city of come out of a in siberia the people there are angry and calling for the resignation of politicians investigators say a smoke alarm system had been turned off and exits were blocked in the building. cambridge analytical whistleblower christopher wiley is expected to face questions from members of british parliament in the next few hours they'll be asking him about the involvement of the company he works for in the breaks it campaign fame rich and a little and facebook and a growing pressure from the public and governments after widely revealed that the data fifty million users was exploited to influence the twenty sixteen us presidential election the ousted catalan president will remain in custody for a little while longer after

a court appearance in germany decided whether to extradite him to spain carlos pujol was denied bail out but day after day he deemed eight was deemed a flight risk he's being living in belgium in exile but was arrested on sunday while traveling through germany is wanted in spain on charges of sedition and rebellion following a referendum in october last year. when maher has shown off its military strength with the capital with a parade in the capital naperville armed forces day now in its seventy third year honors me a mars resistance to japanese occupation during world war two this year celebrations come at a controversial time with the army accused of massive massacring regular slaves those were the news headlines i'll see you in half an hour. al-jazeera. where ever you.