it's old one. al-jazeera. ever your. syria's new power brokers gather the russian and turkish presidents meet in ankara their iranian counterpart is there to.

tell them to limit all of this says al jazeera live from london also coming up. this is just the start french oil workers begin their first day of gold in strikes that are set to run for months. donald trump says he wants the u.s. military to secure the border with mexico until its promised wall is builds. when he mandela's allies so on the radical left pay tribute to women they say should have been south africa's president. hello there a very warm welcome to the program just a few years ago they were practically enemies but russia and turkey sighs are only getting stronger that amir putin is again visiting his turkish counterpart rage up tired already when well the pair launched the construction of turkey's first nuclear power plant

a twenty billion dollar project that will be built by russia but it wasn't all about trade ties and the economy the two leaders have just held a joint news conference and syria was also on the agenda. this point we are in agreement and i hope the same concerns of russian friends are still the one the p why do you should not be able to exist we have to focus on our common goals and we will continue our collaboration in this respect well some a binge of aid has more now from ankara. they were not the talks between the two leaders was all about the bilateral relationship between turkey and russia it started off with the groundbreaking ceremony of the twenty billion dollars power plant thirty first nuclear power plant as it plans to join the name of the thirty one nations who have nuclear generated electricity turkey and russia saying that this is going to be

a clean source of energy and it is going to add to turkey's various. inputs of energy that it needs to for its object of by twenty twenty three to become one of the top lead leading ten economies of the world besides that there was a tourism economy defense that was also discussed between the two leaders president roger play of earlier on saying that s four hundred deal that is the missile defense system that is going to be coming by twenty twenty two turkey is a turkish decision alone hinting at the criticism that has been coming towards turkey from its traditional allies nato and the united states about acquiring russian missile defense systems so it was all about trade and development in strengthening ties but it is also worth remembering that you cannot untangle the issue of syria when you talk about the relationship between turkey and russia that was also discussed turkey needs russian help when it carries out operations along

its border two against what it calls terrorists the kurdish fighters that are on the syrian side of the turkish border and russia needs turkish influence to what it calls moderate rebels to try and bring about a political solution so it is on the face of it a win win situation for both countries who have been underlining their ties that have been becoming better and better in the last few months and that had written that had hit rock bottom earlier when turkey brought down a russian jet over syrian air. well at that same news conference president putin was asked about the former spy surrogates. poisoned with the nerve and agents here in the u.k. he said a statement from the head of u.k.'s porton down military research facility supported the russian position that no definitive conclusion could be made about who was behind the attack. school because. scotland yard is on record as saying they need a couple of months to complete this investigation within the framework of

information i have been given the head of the defense laborde treat which is based eight kilometers from the location where the incident took place told news agencies that they were not able to detect the country of origin that the agent was from they could not tell if it was manufactured in russia and they were not able to make that clear. u.s. president donald trump has been talking about the future of the u.s. military presence in syria and also about plans to deploy troops on the mexican border well kimberly how could joins us from the white house hi there kimberly and so this is twice now that we've heard make these comments about pulling out of syria. listen all comes in the context of a joint meeting here at the white house with the leaders of the baltic states they were of course here seeking some security assurances in light of some of the

russian expansionism that has taken place particularly in crimea as well as the fact that they were looking at sort of a riff affirmation of article five among nato partners something that the president neglected when he spoke to the leaders of nato last year that sort of pledge of mutual security that was reaffirmed this time but something that might have made some of these baltic leaders and others around the world a little nervous for some of the statements that the president made within that press conference namely that he hoped that he would have a future great dialogue with russia that it's a good thing that it might happen and also going he even further saying in fact that he believes that it may be time to withdraw u.s. troops from syria something that of course would make russia very happy given its support for the syrian government but the president signaling that it won't happen until i suppose completely defeated something he suggested he believes is very close and imminent but that there will be a decision very soon julie with respect to whether or not to withdraw u.s.

troops from syria something he says he will make in quote close consultation with others unless he also told kimberly about the statement he made regarding the mexican border yeah that's a little bit of unexpected news coming out of this baltic summit here at the white house that it was really of a domestic nature and that is that the president is mulling over the idea of putting u.s. troops along the southern border with the united states and mexico he said in fact that he believes that this is necessary to protect the united states from illegal immigration something he's been discussing with his defense secretary take a listen we have very bad lawyers for a hoarder. and we are going to be doing something which i think you would general matters we're going to be doing things military a letter or two we can have a wall of proper security we're going to be guarding our border with the military it's a big step we really haven't done that before certainly not very much. now why is

the president talking about this now because it was unexpected well there are couple of reasons number one there's been increased reporting here in the united states of a supposed caravan of illegal immigrants that is making its way out from central america towards the us mexico border that's on the mind of the president also he's frustrated that the u.s. congress which currently is not in session this week neglected to put in place some sort of perturb permanent protections for illegal immigrants who were brought here as children they're often known as dr recipients remember the president ended that program look to congress to address it finally and they did and he also within that attempt to get a deal there didn't get the funding for his border wall so he's been on a tirade for about three days about his frustrations over the issue of illegal immigration and now saying yesterday in fact that there will be a legislative effort by this white house to try and close what he calls loopholes that are allowing illegal immigrants into the united states now this unexpected announcement he'll go even further in terms of trying to rein in what he believes

is a serious national security issue with the deployment of u.s. troops to the southern u.s. border with mexico can be how could they live for the latest from the white house kimberly thank you. now trains have been canceled across france as well where workers strike against president a man with kong's planned reforms in paris just one in four trains has been running as well unions demand the government give up its plans to cut benefits and pensions natasha but now reports from paris. it was chaos for commuters in paris as the rail strike began to hit with most trains cancelled many passengers were left stranded some stations were nearly empty as many travelers chose to stay home or take alternative transport i think the strike justified you have to defend public services and everyone has a right to strike but i believe the royal uprighted must be reformed. drugs israel unions have called for three months of rolling strikes and protests they're angry over the government plans to reform the national rail company s.n.c.f.

and scrap some of the workers' special privileges such as early retirement. are not backing down we won't give up these fights or give in to the government school of the objects or not we are protesting far blights as well workers and to keep our privileges france's government says s.n.c.f. must change as it's deep in debt and must prepare for twenty twenty when the french rail network will be open to foreign competition and the e.u. rules like a strong six with reform this reform is necessary for commuters yet in seattle where workers so it must be completed you know many people in france they did these strikes will be a man or michael's biggest test since he came to power in there he has promised to transform from this economy and he's been pushing ahead with an ambitious reform agenda but it will not be easy to reform s. and see. if macro fails the remainder of his presidential term will be tarnished as a huge failure on the other hand if he succeeds he will be seen in the months and

years to come as someone who was capable of reaching out to the unions and doing exactly what he was elected to do and that. was to reform the country reform. past presidents have tried and failed to reform a sense there is determined to succeed much now will depend on the result of france's powerful trade unions the al-jazeera paris. the u.n. refugee agency says it's disappointed by israel canceling a deal to relocate half the african refugees living in the country just hours after it was the ninth prime minister binyamin netanyahu faced intense pressure from right wing groups over the deal which would have led at least sixteen thousand africans stay and see another sixteen thousand resettled in western countries steph dekker reports now from tel aviv. the deal was on then it was off this was the reaction in tel aviv by some who had

hoped that tens of thousands of asylum seekers from eritrea and sudan would finally have their legal status resolved. is one of them he made the dangerous journey from eritrea in the horn of africa alone at the age of sixteen he's been here for six years and is fluent in hebrew he shows us his immigration papers that he needs to renew every two months shit. is first of all there is racism in this country and this is a difficult disease especially among the politicians this we could have dealt with but then there's the issue of a government takes twenty percent of the money we make and puts in a deposit we can only see this money when we leave the country this puts huge pressure on us. the deal would have seen just over sixteen thousand african asylum seekers resettled in western countries under the auspices of the united nations and in exchange israel would process and resolve the status of up to twenty thousand others who would remain in the country something it hasn't done it would also

replacing ultimatum issued by the israeli government last year be deported to an unknown african country or face an indefinite time in jail but activists tell us that even this now cancelled deal which put some hope was floored this is the first time we had a chance to take part to take responsibility to share the burden with the world and say look. it's hard for us blah blah blah even though it's not hard where we're benefiting at konami cleaner but let's say it's hard for us we're doing state we're we're going to take our we're going to take our share and taking refugees we're actually from a modern state from a democracy state we're trading we're saying ok we're we can't even take care of sixty thousand we're throwing them back to the world many of the african asylum seekers we've been speaking to live here in southern tell of the that they will tell you that there was a short lived moment of hope but now it is back to the uncertainty that they have experiencing here for years and they say they don't know what is really government

will do next these people have been living in a legal limbo for years under the constant threat of prison or deportation we're told this is all part of a systematic strategy to force them to leave israel human rights activists say this is an inherently racist policy aimed to preserving the identity of israel as an exclusively jewish state and it appears that a plan that would allow up to twenty thousand asylum seekers to stay in israel and get some form of legal status was something that those in the country's far right didn't tolerate for even whole day stephanie decker al-jazeera television still ahead on the program the first sentences and the down in the u.s. as part of the investigation into russian temporary the presidential election fifty years on from the assassination of martin luther king the sanitation workers he was in memphis to support are still fighting for better treatment all that more when we come back.

hello and welcome to international weather forecast well spring is stuffy in the air for many parts of your opiate is going to come with showers as well but temperatures up into the twenty's as we look at the weather conditions through wednesday but sorry some heavy rain across parts of the u.k. into france and switzerland to break conditions across the i be reemployed sure on the some of the flows take a warm up across austria through into parts of poland there with nineteen in warsaw and even moscow not looking too bad six right into tennessee head on into thursday so about stay still some snow over the northern alps and some more dry conditions moving across western areas for the next hour of low pressure heads in here towards friday so on the other side of the mediterranean we've got fine conditions along

the coast from morocco algeria tunisia looking fine for the towards the east as well less in the way of dust in the air things are generally improving physicality wise car look at highs of thirty one as we head through thursday further towards the south there is still plenty of dust around parts of chutney share mali into northern parts of nigeria carry through on the trade winds otherwise some heavy showers across coupon leiber ville that could be quite wet at times not across west africa would like to see some scattered showers but lagos in nigeria should enjoy some sunshine with highs of thirty two. thank you so much champ you know i'm going to learn to. read about all the different threats that run i'm not in the front group. one dream dashed by sectarian attacks with them stop being your votes for the dream pupil the two zero looks back on some of that.

time out on. our mind of our top stories here on al-jazeera russia has agreed to speed up the delivery of the s four hundred air defense missile system to turkey the move was and i was by president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart rage of tayyip erdogan to talks and. trains have been canceled across france as railway workers strike against president manuel back pounds to cut their benefits and pensions. u.s. president donald trump says he wants to deploy troops along the mexican border to

crack down on illegal immigrants he says he's discussed the idea with his defense secretary jim mattis. the special counsel investigating russian connections with donald trump's presidential campaign has handed down its first sentence lawyer alexander's father has been sentenced to thirty days in jail on the twenty thousand dollars fine for lying to federal agents working well but most investigation he was found to have lied about his interactions with a senior trump aide when she had her time say he has the latest now from washington . the special council may have begun his probe as an investigation into allegations of alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election but over the months it has expanded its scope greatly into the business dealings of various associates of donald trump notably paul mano for donald trump's former campaign. alex found as well as one of those poor mamma for hired to help his

lobbying work for the ukrainian government years before the presidential election well as one got into trouble was when he was being interviewed by the special counsel he wasn't forthcoming about some communications and some documents with the amount of deputy on the pomona for his business associates in ukraine so. goes to jail not because of collusion with russia but because he lied to the special counsel and that's the significance of this conviction and sentencing that this is a warning to others not to lie to the special counsel place in london are investigating the murder of a teenage girl shot to head in a drive by shooting she is now the forty seventh person to be marriages in the u.k. capital since the start of twenty eighteen the murder rate in london so far this year is higher than new york here's a hayward medical teams try to save but to nation melbourne's injuries were

too severe the seventeen year old died on the pavement the victim of a suspected drive by shooting this you need to shoot. i'm come back. you know what i just somebody is in the photo you know tenacious family say she was in the wrong place at the wrong time many people in tottenham told us that it feels like things are getting worse that if the life of the young girl could be taken but no one is safe. there's a real sense of soul searching hare as to how and why a seventeen year old girl could be shot dead in the street there's also fair and prostration about the escalating violence in london. less than an hour after tunisia was shot police were called to another shooting and stabbing one boy he was left with life changing injuries london's murder rate for this year so far is

higher than new york's and there are hundreds of knife crimes reported every week in the u.k. in london police say they're often driven by territorial gangs and drug. sefton henry was in a gang for sixteen years went to prison but now goes into schools to try to prevent young people from being into gang culture he says poverty and discrimination are only part of the problem the communities have to take responsibility in themselves what they do in what are they doing to contribute to the situation and what are they not doing that can actually make a change and is unity isn't it when people come together and actually deal with the problems for themselves every time with saying all governments governments we need the governments but what is the actual people doing to. this problem. police are linking monday's incidents many in tottenham hope to nisha isn't just another

statistic in a long battle against london's gun violence and the heywood al-jazeera in north london. tributes have continued in south africa and winnie mandela who died on monday as well as praise for her life there's been criticism of the a.n.c. the odds say with what she had trouble relationship catherine sawyer reports now from johannesburg. economic freedom fighters celebrate the life of the mandela through songs of struggle. that it's a political party largely supported by young people and reaches the same populist ideals of the woman who kept the anti-apartheid campaign alive when i has ben nelson mandela was imprisoned for twenty seven years. because of her fibrin politics and apologetic positions some would say maybe tension leadership and post apartheid scandals we had an uncomfortable relationship with the leadership of the ruling african national congress she helped build the leader v.f.s.

julius malema led supporters in paying his respects saying he relates to his struggle and land his equally abrasive politics from when he. was to close out the club back to. where there were a lot. of this is one. reason for the war rather. keep on going with malema and we need particularly close she stood by him when few within the a.n.c. dead too after he was expelled from the party she continued to see and give him political advice through the yes' and in time he says he will not tire of defending her legacy and fighting for what she stood for. many here say that we need

mandela's politics was misunderstood that's just human and made mistakes but i. side of my life should not overshadow what they believe is a greater liberalism. women like. told us they are angered by the ongoing debate about how checkered life we will make sure. that her legacy continues. if there is seems out to very have character with we knew it must know she has cloned yourself into a menu a nice i am one of the freedom fighter will be given a state bridal next saturday we need people who want to remember the significant role she played in the country's leiber racial struggle for which she surfeit at the hands of the apartheid regime she was fighting but others see the controversial side of her life. to be leashed away cathy zoi al-jazeera jehad is back. hundreds of vehicles have been queuing at petrol stations in the city's capital

khartoum as a major fuel shortage enters its fifth day the crisis has caused major overcrowding on public transport and has also hit cooking gas supplies the price of a gallon of gas has jumped to eleven u s dollars on the black market nearly ten times its official value the sudanese government says the crisis is due to renovation work at an oil refinery north of car too. that was on april fourth one nine hundred sixty eight the moth and martin luther king was shot in memphis tennessee it was in the city to support black sanitation workers in their struggle for better pay and equal treatment fifty years although the city's sanitation workers are in another standoff with their employer jordan has been to meet some of those involved in the struggle then and. my name and back rigidity. and i think they.

want to know pick the. people how was how we have about a peep out. on how bad the the children either a of evil we have we had a. sewing or flower found the jump was also dangerous eckel cole and robert walker were crushed to death while they were waiting out a rain storm in the back of their trash truck the city didn't care so leach and hundreds of others went on strike in february one thousand nine hundred sixty eight martin luther king visited the city three times to support the workers the second march turned violent after police clashed with some of the protesters get to gail row by my day and i would really then they'd invite to the table row but still leach was grateful and asked to be a male hit my phone of me and my. family visiting right here not even hide all

camera right now he really was the guy sanitation worker did i hear they were going to say listen mr colton is a welcome here some would have been as mayor right now he had no benefits maurice spikey is one of the union leaders for today's memphis sanitation workers black and white the sanitation workers along with the police and all. government employees are in a standoff right now with the city over a new contract what they want better pay and health benefits as well as better working conditions still a problem here after fifty years we asked for can you believe it or not air conditioning in our trucks can you imagine working in the memphis heat when it's one hundred five degrees out here and you have no refuge from the heat. baxter leach received seventy thousand dollars to cover the retirement pension he didn't get while he collected the city's garbage a blessing he calls it still leach says today's workers shouldn't have to worry

about earning an honest day's pay or about being treated with respect due to be a man and showed all who will bowl will be a male. what are the. i'm a not no boy the quest for fair treatment seemingly neverending rosalyn jordan al-jazeera memphis tennessee went in with disability in india say they feel invisible and those who survive sexual violence struggle to access the criminal justice system the government has passed legal reforms but many activists say they're not being properly implemented and tasha going to him has for. each day the counselors at this new delhi call center offer a voice of compassion and support to the visually impaired it helps that some of

the staff can relate to their experiences because they too know what it's like to navigate through life with a disability binny kumari says just getting to and from work with rickshaws and cabs carries constant risk and as it keeps my cell phone to the situations make they have to take me to goodison he says that in my. places they would have headache in different routes but if they do let it miss and i might miss a scant. bit doesn't it but not all women with disabilities in india have fared that well according to human rights watch report they face a greater risk of sexual violence yet from the initial contact with police to judges in court they struggle to get help the judges who are they completely indifferent to the distress that the woman is going through within the courtroom

and as you know in the courtrooms of very cold and indifferent the indian government implemented reforms aimed at combat and sexual violence five years ago after an attack that made news around the world. in december twenty twelve new delhi student was beaten and gang raped on a bus she eventually died from the attack activists say those reforms must now be properly implemented what we would like is more more to be done in terms of enforcement across the criminal justice system police responses medical responses and courts and finally compensation systems many say the broader goal is to educate indian society so that women with disabilities are no longer invisible natasha al-jazeera. you're watching out as they are his or her mind of our top stories are says agreed

to speed up the delivery of the s four hundred air defense missile system to turkey the move was announced by president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart wages tired or doing the talks in. well the two leaders are also set to discuss the war in syria on wednesday with iran's president has some rouhani has just arrived in the turkish capital. u.s. president all tramples voted to send the u.s. military to secure america's southern border with mexico chuck made the announcement at the white house adding that it would be a big step he also spoke about syria saying that he wanted to pull out u.s. troops from the region unless countries like saudi arabia offered assistance. or the primary mission in terms of that was getting rid of isis we've almost completed that task and will be making a decision very quickly in coup ward nation with others in the area as to what we'll do saudi arabia. is very interested no decision and i said well do you

want us to say maybe they'll have to pay but a lot of people you know we do a lot of things in this country we do. for we we do it for a lot of reasons but it's very costly for a country and it helps other countries hell of a lot more that it helps us well trump a spoke with saudi arabia's king solomon on the form where he discussed the war in syria the conflict in yemen and the gulf crisis the us president also spoke to the emir of qatar and said the gulf diplomatic crisis must and a saudi led bloc of countries severed ties with qatar last year accusing it of supporting terrorism qatar denies those allegations trains have been canceled across france as well we work a strike against president manuel mccollum's planned reforms she's day's walk out is just one of more than thirty strikes that are set to one for months across the country the rail unions are demanding the government government give up its plans

to cut benefits and pensions you are up to date those are current headlines the stream is up next and we'll be back in just under half an hour's time thanks accompanied by. our my name is linda i'm an activist from brooklyn and i'm in the city. i haven't yet k. also in the screen we are live on al-jazeera and you tube today a radical history of martin luther king jr was speak to those calling for a new retelling of the civil rights leader's life in the uk.