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russia to sixty u.s. diplomats out of the country just the latest movie with the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. . where i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up demanding answers in venezuela a jail riot that killed sixty eight people puts the spotlight on the country's overcrowded and violent prison system. another diplomatic breakthrough on the current korean peninsula the leaders of the north and south agree to meet for the first time in a decade. i'll do everything i can to make up for my mistake. and the damage it caused. and the surliest brand cricket captain steve smith breaks down as he polish for his role in

a cheating scandal. russia's foreign minister has announced the expulsion of sixteen u.s. diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k. so your lover office said moscow was also closing the u.s. consulate petersburg it's just the latest in a string of tit for tat expulsions announced by moscow and countries siding with the u.k. blaming russia for the nerve agent attack were chalons reports. well we've been waiting for several days only for russia to come out with its response to all these diplomatic expulsions the western nations processing of the moment and on thursday evening in moscow we did get some clue from a lover of the russian foreign minister about what these are going to be let's listen to what sergey lavrov had to say mutable that sort of girl in me.

there will be myriad measures but not only stopping it that the us ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy would deliver him the content of these retaliation re measures against the united states they include the explosion of a similar number of diplomats and they include our decision to withdraw our consent to the operation of the united states consulate general in some petersburg as for the rest of the countries everything that concerns the number of people who leave the russian federation from diplomatic missions is also mirrored. while jon huntsman the u.s. ambassador to russia was summoned to the foreign ministry earlier and he was told that there are fifty eight personnel in moscow that are being declared persona non-grata from the u.s. embassy and to consular staff from the consulate here in. who are now persona non grata as well this impeded by

a consulate has two days in which to wrap up or operate sions and shut down as a very fast and all the staff there being kicked out while they have a week to leave the russians are also clearly quite concerned i think about yulia script hols recovery they have been looking around for something to throw in london today earlier in a press conference given by maria is a car of the foreign ministry spokesman she said that the united kingdom was breaching a consular agreements drafted in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight between the united kingdom and what was the usa. so are they supposed he gives access or promises access to citizens of the u.s.s.r. now russia in the united kingdom obviously while the script. comatose in the hospital access to them was important but not absolutely essential but now you describe how is so we're being told conscious recovering and perhaps going to be

talkative sometime soon well that makes things very very different and russia's foreign minister has renewed demands to be given access to u.s. cripple the daughter of the former russian spy who was also poisoned with a nerve agent as our moscow correspondent reported missed cripple is recovering well in hospital and is now in a stable condition doctors say she is improving rapidly although it's unclear if she will be able to speak to investigators mr cripple remains in a critical condition. united nations is calling on venezuela to launch an investigation into a prison riots and a fire that killed sixty eight people in the city of lengthier describing the death toll as appalling rights groups and the opposition have been quick to blame president nicolas maduro for not dealing with overcrowding and violence in the

country's prison system so far there's been no official government statement allison program reports. families outside this business well in jail are desperate for news he cannot get the money on when i don't know if my son is dead or alive they won't give me any time updates or information my son has been imprisoned there for one year i know he's been be in there before. a riot then a fire broke out here hours earlier in the central city of l.a. and. many of them still alive but of those who did in there even the ones that are life suffocating to death they have to do something to get them out because the dying inside they need oxygen someone please get them out this time pass the engines mounted the relatives clash with the police that fired tear gas on the crowd this is the fourth major prison riot in the last five years leaving more than eighty people dead before counting this last incident at least thirty three

thousand inmates are held in temporary police cells in venezuela for lack of space in prisons in appalling conditions. and it's a pretty. well. some . people really. like the medical attention he. human rights advocates of longer announced the deteriorating conditions in mates face in venezuela in prisons last year alone at least thirty seven have died in another riot always leaving families desperately demanding explanations by the government that seem never to come or we can go now live to alexander who is the end guitar in colombia i sound

joe i was saying earlier president jerome is getting some of the blame for the state of the prison system are we getting any clue out of the government and their responses to what they think. now to more than twenty four hours after one of the worst tragedies to hit a detention facility in venice where there's still hasn't been an official statement coming from the government or the minister of prison services who all too many plea is responsible for anything that happens inside prisons in jails in beneath well and this of course that sparked outrage in the country and internationally with the u.n. humanitarian human rights office sorry demanding. from the venezuelan government and asking for a speedy end for investigation and about what happened inside this jail on a wednesday the only official information is still from

a twitter thread that were sent out by the office of the attorney general of venice with the late on wednesday in that tweeter trades he essentially put gave the death toll at sixty eight he said he was appointing for prosecutors to investigate what happened but he was also fast in blaming the mates in. starting the fire that caused all these that we saw some of the anger from some of the families of the sleeve involved in your report what are they calling for now what do they want to happen now. well dozens of them are still in frame in front of the police station where the incident happened and what they're hoping to to do is to recover the bodies of those who died and discover who of them

are still alive or not we understand that a police officer walked out of the police station reading a list of the survivors and also a sort of improvised morgue set up inside the police station to try and and facilitate the recovery of the bodies some of them have been given to their family members but they're now waiting for i.d.'s or other paperwork to be able to bury them and they're also of course asking exactly what happened how the fire. erupted the spread so fast the inside the facility and why wasn't the police able to save more of the mates inside the cells now we also understand that these police cells were made to hold just sixty sixty detainees or suspects because they're expected to say there for just forty eight

hours you said more than two hundred were being held there and many of them were already convicted criminals good to torture alexandrian p.s.e. their life was on that vengeance went to prison or at the north korean leader kim jong il meet the south korean president moon j.n. on the border between the two nations on the twenty seventh of april the announcement was made on thursday following talks between representatives of both governments it comes just days after kim jong made his international debut with a surprise trip to china the leaders of the two koreas have held talks only twice since the korean war kathy novak has more from seoul. well it is just a month now until south korea's president will meet north korean leader kim jong un forming up the date for the first intercalary and summit since two thousand and seven is another sign of improving relations between the two koreas which remains technically at war the agreement was made at

a high level talks between south korea's unification minister and his north korean counterpart if the second time does two men have met this year and they remarked on how much has changed since they last met in january when it was decided that after two years of the two countries not communicating they would come together at the winter olympics in south korea. i'm certain that this is quite a positive development since we are living in a divided nation i feel more relieved when we settle things peacefully rather than being in a dangerous situation i think this is good i hope this happens more frequently. and young. single going on in the i usually don't pay attention to news but i now pay more attention as we hear more good news rather than bad news like nuclear war so the mood amongst much of the south korean public and certainly the south korean government is one of cautious optimism but there are still some skeptics the agenda still hasn't been agreed to for the into korean summit and many will want to be

sure that denuclearization is up for discussion and of course this all comes after that surprise visit that kim jong un made to china for a meeting with xi jinping china's top diplomat young cho is in south korea to brief south korean officials on the topics that were discussed at that meeting valuable information as they go ahead and plan the intercalary and summit next month. still to come on the program to trees amazed as the u.k. . to go till breakfast which is turning out to be fall from child's play in the room. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now across europe we've got a big area of low pressure moving in across western arizona's one big spiral low

pressure all across the region so we're pulling in the moderate to fifteen degrees london and a lot of cloud of that race of rain just nine certainly cool conditions in the iberian peninsula the nice sort of twelve in madrid moving through into the start of the weekend that low pressure moves little bit further towards the east give you some heavy snowfall across the alps the southerly flow on the eastern flank a low brings warm air in across australia but we're up towards also the twelve degrees celsius and conditions remain quite across parts of russia there temperatures around the freezing mark in moscow southeastern parts of actually fairing quite well with some sunshine there in ankara on the other side of the mediterranean we've got showers along the coast of all cheery and fairly strong winds coming in from the desert giving temperature of twenty eight degrees in chuen us further towards the east we've got a lot of sun blowing around parts of egypt sudan and chad nissho and that's going to continue through into the weekend very high levels of dust blowing here becomes a bit quiet as you head through into saturday as we move into central parts of

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back that's going to remind all of the top stories here on al-jazeera russia's foreign minister has announced the expulsion of sixty u.s. diplomats and the closure of the u.s. consulates and some petersburg is the latest move in a diplomatic route over the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. . in the united nations is calling on venezuela to launch an investigation into the prison riots and fire which killed sixty eight people in the city of a lengthier describing the death toll a cooling. on the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to meet face to face next month for only the third time since the end of the korean war sixty five years ago. so let's get more on our top story and

speak to she had her town say who's in washington d.c. she have i understand that the white house has responded to this breaking news that the russians all expelling some diplomats. not the white house the state department of state about the briefing was a bit late it's currently it's still currently underway but we have the gist of it to vary a bit of a survey after survey but their main message so far in the state department briefing is russia is not serious about being a co-operative world player not interested in and dialogues of interest between the u.s. and russia and that's before there is no justification for this response to to the us is response. so it's very old actually there's a look there's no justification for russia expelling the u.s. diplomats to which the obvious question and it was thankfully also as well didn't you just expel a bunch of russian diplomats and then they sort of went well that's not really the

point the main point is that these two people were poisoned in the u.k. something goes russia didn't denies any involvement in but it was a very circular argument they just kept on saying look there is no justification for russia to expel sixty u.s. diplomats and then said we also reserve the right to take further action to which the question was he would mean that could be for this is not over yet it's not just hit for tat that could be more u.s. retaliation for this russian retaliation and then the state department spokeswoman became a vase of again but the key message there was there's no justification for russia to expel these diplomats one line was actually russia shouldn't act like a victim which is very interesting so then there was a question you remember when the when the russian diplomats were expelled the u.s. made the case that most of those if not all of those being expelled were spies who were acting on the diplomatic cover so the question was asked sir russia is making

the same allegations about various people from the from the embassy from the consulate the on the other diplomats who are being expelled now are they also spies then because what russia is saying and the. spokeswoman refused to answer she just said we're very proud of our state department personnel and we're still reviewing the list that briefing is still underway there so i don't have there been any more more interesting developments but that's the message there for the moment no justification for these explosions he had just one question the u.n. chief until you get terrorists is already said look relations are going to fame way as if this is back in the cold war always with those two words mentioned at all in this briefing by anybody. no as yet i mean it was clear the sort of rhetoric we're getting from the state department was the sort of rhetoric we would hear from the cold war and you have to remember this is nothing new despite what donald trump has been saying about the need for closer relations to vladimir putin

the state department the pentagon various other arms of the military have been very hostile to russia despite the headlines don't try to make about saying what you know which was pretty decisive a barack obama would say this that we need to have closer relations with russia the pentagon the state department other arms of the government have been very hostile to russia since donald trump became president receiving also the arms to ukraine for example. and they being russian enemy number one actually the military have been sort of the white house paper so this cold war atmosphere in the administration is nothing new interesting that we haven't heard from donald trump since since the the russian spies were expelled from the u.s. it's very interesting to see whether we'll hear anything further from the white house actually and we're told from himself about all of this he's not usually quiet for long she have it sounds like thanks very much for let's get back to that press conference. now in court of california the funeral is taking place in the state's capital sacramento of an unarmed black man who was shot dead by police officers

eleven days ago thirty two year old stefan clark was pursued by the offices who believe he pointed a gun at them but investigators only found a mobile phone near his body hundreds of people are attending the service in sacramento with a civil rights activist al sharpton set to read the eulogy gabriel elizondo is following following developments for us in washington good just tell us a little bit more understand tensions are very high and indeed the unrest is even growing why is it provoking so much anger. yeah you're right this shooting of stefan clark happened over a week ago and there wasn't a lot of media attention about it in the ensuing days but as more information started to come forward and the true scale of what happened started to be revealed outrage did grow and it started on the streets of sacramento and it's been building every day since mr clark was killed it's now spread national we've seen protests

calling for justice as far away as new york city as well primarily because as you mentioned twenty two year old black man an armed in his grandmother's backyard when he was shot by two sacramento police officers over twenty shots were fired at him and he was pronounced dead at the scene also there's a lot of outrage because it's come to light that the two officers involved in the shooting had on body cameras but it's right after the shooting took place they actually were heard turning off the audio on the body cameras so they could talk amongst themselves without that audio being saved or transmitted that's led to a lot of suspicion that perhaps they were very aware of what they had done shooting this unarmed black man stefan clarke immediately after it happened so there has been street protests that have been building over the last several days and now

professional athletes are also joining the movement to call for justice the athletes primarily from the professional basketball team from his hometown in sacramento have joined the call asking for justice now is the funeral this is what is going on right now in its early stages we see hundreds of people at the funeral and activists are calling for more protests in sacramento later on thursday evening we expect that the eulogy for mr clarke will be given by famed civil rights activists out sharpton that should be coming up very soon to be. to see what sharpton says he's a very nationwide no on a civil rights activist it gives you an idea of how big this case has now become again clark shot in a back n.p.r. of his grandmother's home and all his family said he was doing was knocking on the back window asking his grandmother open the door because he forgot his keys and i when he was shot in the game and we were just saying pitches a river there. like

a very emotional funeral thanks very much for that update for now australian cricket coach darren lehmann has announced his resignation in the wake of the ball tampering scandal in south africa the fourth test which begins on friday in johannesburg will be his last in outfront came after the three disgraced australian cricketers caught cheating made emotional apologies to being handed bounds from the game reports. the world's best test match bots men facing the australian media in the culmination of what's been by far the hardest week of his career i made a serious error of judgment and i now understand the consequences. it was a failure of leadership. violated ship to say the way. it

hurts. former captain steve smith the vice captain david warner all banned from playing for the next twelve months on bosman karma bancroft is by the nine months or three conspired to use a pipe it's a manipulate the ball during saturday's play in the test match against south africa bancroft also face the media when he landed in perth and repeatedly apologised not a second has gone boss since last saturday when i haven't wish to turn back home and do the right thing during the launch brighton. it is something or regret for the rest of us back in south africa came yet another twist as coach darren lehmann cleared of being part of the conspiracy by an initial investigation tearfully resigned his position after speaking with her family. a few days. it's brought on. ultimately responsible for the culture the. decision for a just twenty eight years old smith to become one of australia's biggest sporting

stars want to work together to get their few hundred he became the country's junkies captain in twenty fifteen and twice when australia's most prestigious cricket prize. you know the true story now a spectacular fall from grace smith is no longer brand ambassador for one of australia's best known banks or broke the serious but warner and bancroft have lost contracts with the sports clothing company and a wealthy management company has cancelled its estimated fifty million dollars sponsorship deal with the game's administrators cricket australia smith and warner banned from playing in the indian premier league which cost them close to two million dollars h. smith may still have a bright future in the years to come but the former captain my never be able to repair the damage from the ball tampering scandal which has shocked the sporting world they welling's al-jazeera. noble peace prize winner.

has returned to pakistan for the first time since she was attacked by the taliban six years ago the twenty year old met the prime minister in what was name motional homecoming saying she's dreamed of returning home for many years but i was shot in the head by masked gunmen on her way home from school in twenty twelve she was targeted because of her outspoken support for education for girls. preliminary results show a landslide win for abdel fattah el-sisi in egypt's presidential election after three days of voting results show sisi who had no credible challenger won twenty three million out of the twenty five million votes cast is only rival the staffer moved three percent of the vote but turnout was fifty two percent. britain's prime minister to resign may is touring the country to mark one year before the u.k. officially european union but pro european groups often referred to as remain as are refusing to give up hope of staying in the e.u. or u.k.

correspondent barnaby phillips reports. she didn't vote for bret's it to put on a rapid tour of britain starting in a scottish textile factory the prime minister urged the country to embrace the idea of leaving the e.u. i believe that we can negotiate a good agreement which is terrorists free in this friction is trade is possible so we maintain those markets in the e.u. but also that we open up markets around the rest of the world brics it provides us with opportunities. but who's this campaigning against sit outside downing street boris johnson or maybe not but his impersonator and these protesters believe bret's it can be stopped with a second referendum on the final deal from her because she ations between britain and the e.u. will a student just speaking for a generation that voted overwhelmingly to stay in europe and this is one direction

for a few. infighting to mobilize and try to persuade our parents and grandparents many of the like minded back to back to back i'm not sure anymore but it's not the right deal i'm a number i direction from here but all the older generation persuadable i travelled from london to the english market town of spalding west seventy percent voted to leave the e.u. the challenge for those trying to stop bricks it is to change people's minds in towns like spalding and that still feels like an uphill struggle there is a measure of ensuring. that i don't think you can leeway. to this get only bert back in london not much sign of rallying round another and to. group sets off on a battle bus tour around britain supported by some big names in british politics all right except that whatever happens in terms of any effort. to stop it would take it

to a different course in the one the people's in the verse roy said so it's very difficult but i think millions of people believe the country's made it or was. this just come on. this isn't sustainable meanwhile the prime minister travelling all the through northern ireland wales and england in one hectic day says there's no turning back but if the bricks that referendum of twenty six deed was meant to settle the issue of britain and europe for want some for all while it doesn't yet feel that it has to be phillips al-jazeera london. two u.s. astronauts have completed a six hour spacewalk at the international space station drew feustel and ricky arnold installed a new wireless santana and removed the leaky hoses from a radiator as they floated outside the station two hundred fifty miles above earth the space walk was thirty minutes shorter than planned though because of a problem with one of the astronauts spaceships by sun arnold arrived at the space

station on friday likely to stay until august. let's give you a mind of the main stories on al-jazeera russia has announced tit for tat measures in retaliation to sanctions imposed over the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain more than one hundred twenty russian diplomats were expelled by twenty eight countries in a show of solidarity with the u.k. . mutable good. news there will be mirrored measures but not only stopping it that the us ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy would deliver him the content of these retaliation rematches against the united states they include the expulsion of a similar number of diplomats and they include our decision to withdraw our consent to the operation of the united states consulate general in some petersburg as for

the rest of the countries everything that concerns the number of people who leave the russian federation from diplomatic missions is also mirrored. also in new demands to be given access to repel the daughter of the former russian spy who was also poisoned with a nerve agent is a mess that mr paul is recovering well in hospital and is now in a stable condition doctors say she is improving rapidly although it's unclear if she will be able to speak to investigators mr powell remains in critical condition . at least sixty eight people have died in a fire in the overcrowded cells of a police station in venezuela relatives of prisoners have fought with riot police outside the station after being given little information about what happened. the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to meet face to face for the only the third time since the end of the korean war sixty five years ago they announced one follows high level talks in the militarized zone between the two countries south

korea's new joy in will meet north korea's kim jong il moon in the same port the village on april twenty seventh minutes to say the north's nuclear disarmament will be a critical point the funeral is taking place for an unarmed black man who was shot dead by u.s. city of sacramento twenty two year old stefan clarke was killed by officers who say they thought he had a gun but investigators found just a mobile phone near his body. as for the headlines but don't go away next stop is history and i'll go back in about half now.