the arm forgiven a witness documentary on al-jazeera my old team ask can back. it up but. new yorkers are very receptive to. because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. zero. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. share volatility in tit for tat tariffs trade tensions escalate between china and the united states the main power brokers in syria's war lay out

their vision for the future of the country but it's short on detail. marking fifty years since the assassination of martin luther king we look at his legacy. on the ones with the schools including the latest from the champions league quarter finals on the gold rush to give one of the world's biggest events the one. gold coast's. welcome to the program all top story china has hit back at us trade tower if spy imposing its own measures on goods from america beijing says it's introducing a twenty five percent tax on more than one hundred u.s. products including soybeans planes cars and beef u.s. president donald trump insists it's not a trade war but the tensions scaring investors with an early sell off street will

be live in new york in a moment the view from beijing adrian brown reports. it's forty years since china began to open its economy to the world encouraged ironically by the united states as a result their brands are among the first to benefit now chinese government officials are warning that four decades of cooperation is being recklessly endangered but on wednesday they responded with carefully targeted counter measures that will hurt a wide range of industries to employ people the tariff ruling committee of the state council decided to impose a twenty five percent tariff on one hundred six types of products in fourteen different categories including soybeans cars and chemicals made in america no mention though of aviation but on the commerce ministry website it says aircraft between fifteen and forty five tonnes will be subject to the twenty five percent

levy a boeing seven three seven eight hundred fulls into that category soya bean sales to china are worth fourteen billion dollars a year general motors sells more cars here than in the united states earlier this week china announced tariffs on a more modest three billion dollars worth of chinese imports including nuts fruit wine and pork that was a response to new levies on chinese steel and on a mini i'm supposed. to tell this is not the smoke before the fire this is the real fire the real trick the war the war is ongoing your don't necessarily need to impose the tariff or the ban imports to start a trade or. the latest us terrorists apply to industries at the heart of a trade strategy called made in china twenty twenty five part of president xi jinping same to turn china into an advanced manufacturing economy in doing so china

has been challenging the big us tech giants who accuse china of steel. and replicating their technology. u.s. business executives complain that the price of doing business in china means they have to partner first with a local company they say that puts them at an unfair disadvantage because they're required to hand over sensitive know how know how the chinese side gets to keep even if the venture goes sour we have a problem with china that's what president trump means when he accuses china of stealing intellectual property he doesn't have to sign off on the latest terrorists for sixty days that leaves time for negotiation but not much of a dream brown al-jazeera beijing. with a growing spat between china and the u.s. over trade tariffs is causing volatility on american markets stocks on wall street took a tumble on the opening dropping by more than four hundred points as go live now to

gabriel elizondo who is in new york and gabriel stocks might have recovered some of their losses but fears of a trade war still driving these markets. yeah wall street is not happy and that's to put it mildly there we've seen similar drop such as this on monday of this week as well we saw it at the opening bell here and wall street with the markets tumbling very sharp and very fast it has stabilized the markets have pretty much stabilized over the last couple hours but the bottom line here in the big picture is that wall street views this not necessarily as a trade war yet key word being yet most traders saying that these are peers to be like the opening salvos of what could be a major trade war between beijing and washington they could have major ramifications for not only the world's number one and two economies united states and china but for the world economy particularly worried now after china as my

colleague a german brown reported there did some reciprocity after the u.s. announced tariffs up to twenty five percent and fifty billion dollars china then doing it on wednesday as well the same exact thing these are affecting some companies in the u.s. or could affect some companies such as boeing and that's why you're seeing boeing stock drop on wednesday and that's what's also having an effect on the markets here but this and these are proposed tariffs at this point it's important to keep that in mind at least from the u.s. perspective they're still have to are open to public comment there will be some hearings but we'll be watching very closely in the coming weeks on how this affects wall street because if these tariffs go through from the u.s. standpoint they could go into effect as early as middle of the middle of may so they could do damage to global markets that small wiring for the trump administration could also hurt u.s. consumers particularly in areas of the u.s. that have been supportive to tromp why then is the administration pursuing this

policy. yeah this is going to hit middle america hard there's a whole host of people that this is going to hit but farmers primarily soy farmers in the u.s. china announcing their tariffs would be against soya imports from the u.s. farmers in the united states have already put out a you tube video saying that they implore the trumpet ministration to pursue free trade that this will hit middle america farmers middle class people now why is trump doing this there's a whole host of reasons but the united states has a lot of grievances against china china has been tying their currency some say unlawfully to the u.s. dollar for many years not allowing the currency to float with the dollar that's economic speak there but what it essentially means is that chinese products are artificially cheap and that u.s. manufacturers can't compete trump has been talking about this during the campaign when he was running for president said that he wanted to bring china back to the

negotiating table to negotiate this and a whole host of other issues that he and many other countries quite frankly think that china is not playing on a fair playing field when it comes to global trade so trump said that he would do this would potentially levy tariffs against china now that is exactly what he's doing and as many people predicted china doing the same thing now will it bring china the table to negotiate who knows but the bottom line is this is already as we're seeing on the markets having significant effects on the markets and potentially the global economy everybody hoping that this does not turn out to be a full fledged trade war that's right the markets don't like uncertainty today thank you very much in new york. iran taki and russia have promised to work together to ensure a lasting cease fire in syria but it is of the three countries have been meeting in ankara to discuss the crisis it comes as the u.s.

says it's preparing to put its troops out of northern syria a solid binge of aid reports. these are the three men deciding the future of syria the dervish president hosted the russian and ukrainian leaders to talk about how to end the conflict that's entered its eighth year what are the learn to draw as a guarantor country it's important to attain the territorial integrity of syria these fights have to be ended in the country has to be rebuilt on this we are in agreement the syrian public the civilians of those who are losing as a result of these fights there is a difficult process ahead of us but the light at the end of this tunnel is getting brighter we will not allow the face of syria to be darkened by terrorist organizations but each one of these three leaders has a different definition of what they called terrorists thirty has influence over opposition fighters who have been fighting bashar al assad's forces iran backs the syrian president and has sent thousands of troops in militia to support him russia

supports assad but is also very of growing sectarianism after isis defeat but in ankara the focus was on what brings together this diverging alliance. the people of syria especially those inside opposition held areas or the tens of thousands forced to flee their homes do not trust the countries who back the regime even if there is recognition of the humanitarian suffering. as they did. you know we have always emphasized from the perspective of the iran islamic republic that there is no military solution to the syrian problem we need to help stop the war in syria by peaceful means yet the three leaders agreed to expedite a political solution but it might be easier said than done. the less successful part of this initiative has been the political angle where the three countries

are wanted also to push the different actors in syria towards a political solution that effort has been hindered by the fact that even between moscow tehran and an anchor are there are still a number of divergences concerning the future of syria the future constitutional syria and even the role of us up as foreign nations declared their support for peace when you go on this day the syrian air force dropped sarin gas and in the province you were in syria commission says it killed dozens the majority of whom were women and children the leaders of turkey iran and russia say they are dialogue for the un's geneva peace process but people inside syria's rebel held areas say there pessimistic about a solution when attacks by parties backed by these three countries continue to happen some of the job. and car we can now speak to china from sales per university in paris she joins us from beirut thanks very much for speaking to us so

what was this meeting between iran russia and turkey really about why are they having this summit now. yeah in fact the timing of this meeting is quite interesting because the meeting comes if you days after the united states have announced pulling out their troops from northern syria and so the main purpose the main objective of this meeting is to redistribute the spheres of influence in syria after the rooster all of us troops now turkey in particular comes to this meeting with a very a specific a very precise objective in mind turkey in fact wants to increase its control over northern syria northern syria which is seeing today as the main stronghold of the p.l.o. idea and p k k kurdish forces in fact today is a haunted by the kurdish fear if fear that the kurds of syria would gain autonomy and that this might have

a domino effect inside turkey pushing kurdish turks to seek independence or at least autonomy and one very likely scenario in this meeting is that. their own and most court would agree to give on kyra free hand over northern syria with allow turkish troops to actually cross beyond three and go to jail or up to five and two men bush provided that indeed to turkey agrees to use its leverage and its influence over opposition groups in syria to bring them into the negotiating table because it's very important to highlight that today is a major player in syria and no solution to the syria problem can be found without turkey's in full and so you know i described there are a number of different dynamics that are at play one thing i want to pick up on you spoke about these three powers looking at their sphere of influence particularly the time when the u.s. is announcing its withdrawal from syria but there is some confusion over that how

is that going to play into the likes of mike and john bolton coming into the trunk cabinet and actually that we could now see perhaps a reframing of the u.s. purpose in syria much more in terms of iran's presence there. now most cool and to her own are actually winning time in taking advantage from the rift and the divergences inside the trump administration the divergences between the pentagon the white house and the state department so they are trying to benefit from that in older to make advances on the ground and try to find a certain a political solution in the diplomatic solution for the syria crisis in fact what's important to highlight is that despite the fact that most go and they're on have divergent interests in syria what they

a green on nevertheless is that the syria the solution to the syria crisis should be a regional one and not a western driven one they want to be those who craft and design the future of syria and to make sure that this future actually guarantees their interests and this is why exactly they have put in place a paddle diplomacy which is embodied today by sochi and previously by the stand up process actually sochi is a way to bypass classical western diplomacy represented by the european union and by the united states janet thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us from spoil university joining us from beirut thank you. he with the news hour live from london much more still to come indonesia's national oil company takes the blame for a huge oil spill and fire off of borneo. how donald trump's military threat is

impacting on the u.s. travel plans of a caravan of central american migrants. and in sport you know challenge former australian cricket captain steve smith says he except as tampering. russia has lost a vocal in for a joint investigation into last month's nerve agent attack in seoul's very emotion was blocked at the o.p.c. w. the chemical body investigating the incident britain also dismissed russia's offer of help saying it was highly likely moscow was behind the poisoning of a former spy laurence li reports who tried to kill the scruples weeks on from the incident there remains no determining piece of evidence that puts beyond doubt the question as to who was behind this. of course the samples taken from the scene could help scientists determine what's the poison was

but that isn't the same thing it was not a choke they said but don't ask us which country it came from because it isn't all job we are one hundred percent certain that this is from the nova chalk family of nerve agents a military create nerve agent who provided that information to the police and to the government and that has really been our role in the us it's not for us to advise on whom who made the nerve agent or where indeed it came from. all of which is a bit embarrassing for the british foreign secretary who apart from comparing vladimir putin to hitler in recent weeks had seemed to suggest that he'd been told by the same scientists that the poison had come from russia they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt which was seized on by the russian embassy in london it's pointed out that over the course of four nights the british side seemed to have changed its story

nor did it help the british case that some tweets from the u.k. foreign office on the same subject had been to lead it. the russian side roundly accused by the u.k. and its allies of disinform ation is by now in full flow arguing that the u.k. can't stand up its arguments and along with its allies in washington has made the whole story up to conjure up a new cold war but it is washington has become fixated with the fight against a nonexistent so called russian threat this is reach such proportions an acquired such absurd characteristics that it's possible to speak of a return to the dark times of the cold war. in the middle of all this the experts from the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons met at the hague at the behest of the russians moscow has said all along that many countries have novacek the neither the british nor anyone else will be able to prove that the nerve agent came from russia the seeming lack of

a consistent argument from the british side has only strengthened them. in a court of law the burden of proof rests with the accuser and while it is true that most of the british parliament and indeed many european governments seem satisfied with the british assertion that it was overwhelmingly likely to the russians did it so the russians can still say you can't say for certain that it was us and they will continue to do so until and unless the british can provide categorical evidence gloriously al jazeera in london or in other developments a criminal investigation has started in russia after the second deadly mall fire in just eleven days one employee was killed and six firefighters injured in a blaze at a four story shopping center in moscow investigators say they're looking into whether the fire was caused by negligence last month sixty four people most of them children died in a fire at a mall in the siberian city of camera. egyptian authorities have shut down an

independent news website and also arrested its editor in chief. rest happened a day off the president sisi won a second term in office with ninety seven percent of the vote reports say he must be a website was find in its offices were raided after republican an article from the new york times on alleged election irregularities. well now indonesia's stay or company has admitted a ruptured pipe is responsible for a massive oil spill off borneo island at least five fishermen have died in a fire related to the spill and a state of emergency has entered its third day as local officials warn residents not to light cigarettes in the area step boston reports from jakarta. oil polluting the bay of the city of balad and several mia by villages the spill has spread over an area of around twelve square kilometer us residents have complained

of a strong smell of fuel in the area hundreds have reported health issues such as nausea and vomiting police have warrant against lighting fires. on saturday shortly after the spill was first notice a fire broke out in the water near a chinese cargo ship with five fishermen who were in a small boat in the big at the time died. but up on is home to one of indonesia's largest oil refineries the country's state energy company back there mena initially denied the oil leak was from one of its underwater pipelines but now says it was. you know you. ought to be investigated further we found that this is our crude oil leaking from a broken pipe by fishermen held a protest at the mayor's office demanding compensation to spill stopped them from earning a living if those have been damaged and they can't reach their fishing grounds

almost two hundred fishermen are affected the impact of the pollution on marine life still needs to be investigated residents are working with emergency services to get rid of the oil and right amount of this out urgent police to speed up the investigation and bring those responsible for this bill to justice they also want the government to act fast or clean up the oil and limit damage to the environment step by al-jazeera. the mexican government has begun handing out transit humanitarian visas to a caravan of migrants trying to reach the united states about a thousand or so migrants many from central america have camped in southern mexico since the weekend some are hoping to reach america where they plan to climb asylum but many have been pushed off by u.s. president donald trump's promise to use the military to protect the southern border . john heilemann joins us now from the task for america a migrant hub in mexico the mexican government is saying that people in dispersing

but what have you been seeing on the ground match on. where you can probably see them behind me and up against this people are still very much here at this sort of makeshift camp set up in a field in the state of what hakka and what's currently happening which you'll probably be able to see through this window is that the mexican government is actually handing out visas to people for a safe conduct to go through mexico visas for twenty days to a month so far as we are right now it's not true that this caravan is disbanding their plan is to march first to pueblo and then after that to mexico city along the route they're going to decide which people they think might qualify for asylum in the united states and then small groups of those people not the caravan itself will then travel to the united states border to try and get asylum quite a journey down barking upon one of the people in the caravan telling you what's the mood like. you're exactly right it is quite

a journey you have to say that makes curry safer for them than usual because they're in this caravan usually people traveling up this route are open to extortion kidnapping by criminal gangs especially here in mexico putting guatemala as well this is no cakewalk so people have to be fairly desperate to try and attempt to in the first place people are telling us quite harrowing stories a man was telling me that his son was killed male salvador and he just tried to get out another family will speak about intimidation by the maoris gangs. that really dominate salvador and honduras other less dramatic stories about economic hardship people just saying i can't get ahead where i am a moaning almost too little to live on i have to make this trip to try and get a better life in mexico of the united states and send money back to my family so these people are really saying. they have no choice but president trump's obviously been sending a lot of tweets about this caravan. sort of worrying about the threat of some sort

of invasion of migrants onto u.s. territory and the people here the message when i've asked about is put yourself in my shoes i haven't got any possibilities or could be in danger in my home country what am i supposed to do or thanks very much john heilemann bringing us all the latest where you can see the caravan that has gathered that mattel has from marathon huge on now events are being held across the united states to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr his memorial in washington dozens of people gathered for a rally calling for an end to racism king was standing on the balcony of a memphis motel when he was shot dead on april fourth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. roland jordan is live for us now in memphis tennessee and it's certainly been a busy day of events and commemorations that describe the atmosphere for us. marty and the mood here in memphis is as much one of celebration as it is

a very committed to what martin luther king. was working for until he was killed at the age of thirty nine here comes in like ten sixty eight there you heard from speakers through help to take here at the national civil rights museum about the need for people to exercise their right to moan about the need for people to actually get involved in the political process whether it's running the office themselves or at least showing up to public meetings and we've also heard people saying that there is a real need to attack the systemic causes the brake system it was assigning as well as too much was going on the getting quality these points had been a real time several times through the day very much at the mall to action as it is a remembrance of the work that martin luther king jr. and so what are some of the issues that speak discussing that what have people been focusing on.

the one thing that byrd instances people toward choosing not to exercise their right to own even though mostly for a candidate in the united states sixty five it wasn't until one hundred years later this large part because of the work of king and other civil rights activists that the voting rights act was actually signed into law and so what some of the speakers have said is that he thinks that it doesn't matter whether they vote in a local election or any national election these speakers say milk your vote actually counts and people died so that you could actually go to the polls and. challenged pastor bell for this candidate that we've also heard a lot of other speakers say that the energy. who have been leading the bullets for some control for black blood splatter. would against such harassment at b.p.

is. to be embraced and supported once again just as back in sixty eight citizen children it must just been hearing this commemoration here. thank you very much roland jordan in memphis tennessee where a celebration on the remembrance continues on that this is the fiftieth anniversary of the last music sas nation. it's more to come for this hour a new u.k. study reveals that when it comes to pay men and women a fall from the. escaping to new shaws a boat carrying rango refugees arrives in malaysia but the government physic could lead to an influx. it is a bruising. and we hear from tiger woods on his comeback from korea ending injury as he prepares for this year's masjids.

after the african dust has blown right across iran to turkmenistan tajikistan it's in this basic cloud here but there's another frontal system running slowly into western iran that'll produce a little bit of rain it in these studies was as well leaving the temperature at nineteen in terra with some big showers around it's not fade away completely out of that cloud bands to exist through iraq and by across two knolls nishi for the shah potential look at the contrast in turkey in the caucasus up into the warm early spring twenty one degrees or so because it's twenty six in tashkent all that order now the clouds thickens while trying to get to friday may seem likely iraq western iran the real focus possibly some in kuwait as well given the thickness of the cloud you might find the same developing in next day or so across eastern saudi down through to bahrain qatar probably not the u.a.e.

and back through the western side of saudi significant thunderstorms possible here and you know what that means but of what the flooding we see a bit of rain recently just teasing you in the western cape not really affecting the the drought in cape town but anyway the clouds fading away into and if anything it'll be a lousy dry picture on thursday in south africa but not so from governor owens i this does look quite wet. white supremacy is on the rise in the u.s. and its adversaries to beaching them from. food lines investigates the anti fascists. against intolerance. this is and to frack on al-jazeera. non-violence does attempt to appeal to the more conscience of the means now the jury's still out. if the nation has one.

perception. documentary. from around the globe. it was a big sound but i don't. believe it's journalism. debates and discussion there's a lot of misunderstanding the distortion isn't the only argument i find against that is all corded. see the world so much to see the strictures on zero. welcome back a recap of the top stories this hour stocks have rallied on wall street since

taking a tumble on the opening bell so over renewed fears of a trade war between the u.s. and china the world's two biggest economies. the leaders of turkey russia and iran of announced they'll work together to ensure a lasting cease fire in syria. and a caravan of a thousand also central american migrants adding to mexico city instead of the united states as originally planned those who qualify for u.s. asylum will be processed on. brazil's supreme court is deciding whether former president luiz inacio lula da silva can stay out of jail while appealing against a corruption conviction could be barred from running in this year's presidential election if the judges don't rule in his favor that speak to a latin america editor and human who's following the story from brasilia what's at stake besides the fate of former president. well marion there's no question that whatever the result it's going to have

a very significant impact on brazil both in the short and long term if he is allowed to remain out of prison this means that he would be able to continue running in the election campaign remember there are elections in october in this country and even if he is not ultimately allowed to run if the electoral court bars him from doing so at least until august he would be able to continue to promote his vice presidential candidate who would presumably replace him that's the first part but just as importantly the ruling is going to set a judicial priesthood dent if lula is allowed again to stay out of prison this means that scores of other high ranking politicians and businessmen who are currently serving sentences there are currently in prison on corruption charges they would be allowed to be to go free and many say that would this would mean is that ultimately it would spell the end of brazil's most widespread corruption probe it's an ongoing corruption probe which has hundreds and hundreds of politicians

including the president shaking in their boots. this is about political prospects but there are a broad implications here as well any indication of which way the ruling could go absolutely. well you know this is really a cliffhanger mariyam from what we are hearing this is a five of the of the judges are going to vote in favor of the motion five against and it will all depend on the eleventh judge who will be who will cast the deciding vote and we have no idea at this hour just which way that will go but what i can tell you is that just about a block and a half from here there are people protesting both in favor and against keeping president of the former president free there's a lot of pressure on the court to and in a very significant development the head of the army has weighed in saying that he would reject. or that he does reject impunity this is being seen by many as

a very not a very veiled threat. president to threat that would be considering that the army is not supposed to be involved in politics at all and that this hasn't happened since the return to democracy in brazil and the end of the military dictatorship back in one thousand nine hundred eighty five. you go it gets more and more interesting thank you very much i latin america and italy see in human and present absolutely israel says it's arrested ten palestinians suspected of planning an attack on a navy ship off the gaza coast the disclosure follows mass protests along the israel gaza border in which eighteen palestinians have been killed since friday israel's defense minister has warned that the protests will be met with force. reports from gaza. they six in a certain routine is taking shape at this camp ibrahim and his friends have been here since the beginning their tent is name. now known as the israeli town of the

only twenty five kilometers away from here this is where it brings family were kicked out from before they became refugees. we had three wars and nobody cared young people are gone and everyone looked away arab leaders said the right thing on t.v. but under the table they sold us out so now we are imposing our existence in a peaceful way. these are the early days of a six week campaign to demand the lifting of a decade long israeli blockade on gaza and a right to return for some one point two million refugees living in this trip there are several encampments along the border the fence is just beneath that sand berm and are soldiers are just behind it now the people you see in the background they're actually in the so-called buffer zone imposed by israel that's where most of the stone throwing protesters were killed or maimed on the first day but there's more going on in gaza than just protests. it's evident from the cross-section of

people who come and go from the camps each with their own message i mean in many i came in their best clothes to show that teenage girls here have the same dreams as any other teenager in the world it's our traditional dress embroideries dress and we all love this we came here to send to the world we are a peaceful baby book and am i speaking as a letter girl i know you don't have. our own lives our rights they tell us that we are terrorists we are. everything bad in the world but we are peaceful people who look for peace or have to live for me to send for a cure for. just live our lives when we get to be human beings just like that. this momentum is also felt away from becomes. is an accountant turned artist his

friend was killed on the first day of the protest he says his continuing the passion they share in the shared i bought on this time we are all part of it we've gone through a lot we can't anymore we're on the verge of explosion that's why people are trying by any means to make things change. is that pent up frustration that's bringing them together as elated from the world disappointed by their leadership the people of gaza expressing their spare near defense that keeps them segregated from the rest of the world put up the. dozens of rango refugees who fled a military crackdown in myanmar have safely reached malaysia a boat was intercepted off the island of langkawi on tuesday and the now being held in a detention center around sixty thousand rangle live in malaysia with many viewing the muslim majority nation as a safe haven florence louis has more now from atlanta and kept us day after week that c.

have made it to malaysia but shortly after arriving they ended up here a detention center their boat was intercepted by coast guards on tuesday in waters off long island in northern malaysia. aid workers from muslim non-governmental organizations tried to gain access to the refugees but were told to wait for permission. but we came here with the intention of giving basic medical treatment to the refugee refugees who have just arrived especially the women and children with some food and clothes. it's not known how long the refugees will be held at this immigration detention center officials are questioning to find out whether human smugglers brought them here authorities also want to assess whether they are who they say they are people fleeing persecution malaysia is not a signatory to the un convention on refugees it does not recognise their rights or grant them legal status yet sixty thousand religion live in malaysia viewing the

muslim majority nation as a safe haven of sorts. tens of thousands of revenge are used to escape myanmar by fee each year persecution and violence the exodus lote after south east asian countries crack down on human trafficking networks but rights groups warn an upsurge in violence in myanmar may see more boats arrivals particularly when the monsoon season ends in september around seven hundred thousand ringette have crossed into bangladesh from myanmar since august following a military crackdown that the un has described as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing florence al-jazeera. state malaysia. as prime minister survived a no confidence motion in parliament the opposition and called for the motion. of economic mismanagement an elephant and his reports from colombo. the prime minister has come out with torrijos after this no confidence motion

a mammoth twelve hour debate from the early on as of wednesday morning now essentially when you look at the numbers at the end of the day hundred and twenty two m.p.'s voted with the prime minister they voted against the no confidence motion but a seventy six voted for it a former twenty six m.p.'s decided to abstain from voting ultimately it is the prime minister who has come out on top this time but if you look at the bigger picture it's the government that is weakened with the joint opposition obviously kind of laughing all the way to the bank in terms of see the government schooling having problems within the different parties the party of the president the sri lankan freedom party and the party of the prime minister of the united national party now as to what happens over the coming days the coming weeks will remain to be seen because different people have different opinions those who have seen see that the prime minister is just one member of the cabinet that they will continue

even though they refused to support the prime minister this is for the president to decide whether there's any action to taken against them there kicking in their heels and saying they're there to stay but obviously the prime minister's supporters you know being for blood saying this should not have happened that it was very much politically driven asking for the relevant authorities to end centrally to take action to root out those who had come out against the prime minister would weaken the government. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is set to testify before a u.s. congressional committee next week following the company's privacy scandal so it will appear before politicians to answer questions regarding facebook's use and protection of user data last month it was revealed that the personal information of fifty million users was obtained by a british political consultancy firm that works u.s. president omar trump's campaign. railway staff striking in france have been joined by adeline and garbage workers as well as employees from

nine universities the protests began an opposition to reforms by president emanuel which will strip benefits from some state employees on a gager ports from paris. strikes marches and a spring of discontent french workers are known for airing their grievances on the street for the nation's railway employees it's the biggest call to action since twenty ten not even a year has passed since emanuel back home was elected but he's already entered into a faceoff with the state sector he's failed to win hearts and minds amongst those whose working conditions he wants to reform the prison my cross showed is true colors actually because people may have been waiting for a couple of months to see what would happen with the new government and expecting some liberal measures some progress in this and they just realize that this is a government that only ruled in favor of the wealthiest but the government remains

adamant france has public debt is dragging the economy down and a program to reform labor laws education and reduce spending is necessary. we will continue with the transformation of these great french public service until the end calmly with great determination it's nearly fifty years since the student riots which ignited a generation demanding change in post-war france they spread across the country tapping into the anger benny felt at the time the screws of sixty eight is inevitably drawing parallels with today's strikes but they're still far away from that nevertheless students are very angry at president matt khan's plans to reform entrance procedures for universities making them more selective they say is just one way of making higher education more elitist. and these scenes filmed at the university

a move here have also inflamed the country last month students there were protesting against president mccombs reforms and to be faced with an attack by must men armed with sticks and stun guns inside a lecture theatre a shocking show of force law so because of the involvement of a law lecturer and allegedly taking part in the assault. students are continuing to strike but they are more wary and fey repercussions like louise who didn't want to be identified whatever we do we try to get in politics we just feel uses because nobody is listening to us anyway so hearing now is happening something that we finally can speak out those striking say that this is just the beginning of the campaign both sides are equally determined but ultimately it will be public opinion which decides who will win out on a diagonal al-jazeera paris. including.

the commonwealth. gold coast. you know. what is a. really count. it's

dead line day for thousands of british businesses to disclose the difference between the average earnings of male and female employees the so-called gender pay gap has revealed huge disparities in pay between the sexes with eighty percent of companies paying men frequently no more than women new fokker ports from london it

is among comfortable truth about the society we live in when it comes to pay men and women a fall from equal this company employs mostly women it's hoped that by exposing the pay gap it will help empower women in the workplace it's created say not to pay discussion about pay and. place it creates a sort of option for people to think again about whether that is discrimination that wolf says perhaps how that this evening when the new findings honorees. thousands of british companies employing more than two hundred fifty people have been forced to disclose pay details around eighty percent pay men more than women thirteen percent including the tech giant apple pay women more than just eight percent including big chains such as k.f.c. mcdonald's and starbucks say they have no gap at all. among the worst

offenders is the low cost airline ryanair where women make up only three percent of top earners that's excluding most of the company's management to a based in ireland ryanair blames the figures on men mainly filling pilot roles. the construction industry and the financial sector also have large pay gaps the average woman employee at barclays or lloyds bank can expect to be paid more than forty percent less than the average man. there have been some high profile pay to speech too with actress claire four who plays queen elizabeth of the netflix series the crown earning less than her male counterpart. the british prime minister's vowed to tackle what she called the burning injustice of gender inequality only thirty percent of m.p.'s are women we have to do with those stereotypes about what kind of jobs men and women can t. about what leadership looks like why it is that men and women ask for

a pay rise just as often as each other but men of four times more likely to get it i know their gender pay gap denies this data is hopefully starting a conversation about how these people are out of touch with all the bashing going on in our country the government says that this isn't simply about naming and shaming companies into paying men and women equal amounts of money it's about kick starting a public discussion to try and make the workplace as representative as the world around us there's no punishment for pay gaps although companies that fail to publish their figures face legal action some politicians argue that without a major. societal shift hefty fines are the only way of forcing firms to close the gap barker al-jazeera london. time for round up of all the days for now weirdly thank you very much wednesday's champions league quarter final first exit just got on the way including a clash between two english premier league teams and they know messi is returned to the barcelona starting lineup. having not my did passed the quarter finals in the

last two seasons no goals of the new come yet nor to on field where liverpool are primed to run away the leaders of england manchester city but whoever comes so will face quite a task to start the trophy from viral madrid in the extraordinary christiane i've been out on who scored one of the greatest goes in the tournament history on tuesday madrid star stunned fans of the second goal against eventis when i was shouted age is no barrier to share that this is an produced an overhead kick so good even you very supporters gave him a standing ovation when i was three no women's they're in a very strong position for the return home leg against the italians and with one of the people to go we can say this was one of the most beautiful goals in the history of football perhaps not as nice as the one i scored in glasgow in any case this is the most recent one of these what has more value not to last was having to look i don't know if it's the most beautiful goal in history but it was extraordinary i'd say that at this moment for the past couple of years even cristiana rinaldo has

been the best center forward that is out there without taking anything away from the other that he transformed himself in this role and we can only congratulate him for what he has done because. across europe are paying tribute to four way complier write a will cain says died at the age of sixty one wilkins had been treated as a london hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest last week he won i.c. four caps for england and caps in the side ten times the midfielder also played for chelsea manchester united and milan throughout a club career that spanned three decades. commonwealth games is officially underway in australia how different for years it's one of the world's biggest multi-sport events with most countries competing having once been part of the british empire the unusually rainy weather could dampen spirits as thousands of athletes from around the world join the opening ceremony on the gold coast for the first time men and women will have the same number of mental events with australia

and england expected to battle it out at the top of the medal table for the games also provide an important sporting opportunity for smaller nations around the world hundred thomas has no. australia's gold coast has a new multicolored village six thousand athletes and officials will live in these apartment blocks and use their services for the next ten days the athletes permanent homes are seventy one countries or british regions or territories of the commonwealth i am from pakistan i'm told i look barbados most places represented were once part of the british empire the games are a colonial legacy of course some of the world's biggest sporting nations like the united states china france germany japan they're all missing some athletes don't think that matters a commonwealth medal may not be as prestigious as an olympic one but in certain

sports the commonwealth games can hold their own in my field hundred metres. countries he was some of the world's best. there's a lot of stuff africans of foster marvin as well so you know if you look at the olympic final there's those i mean you know two or three to americans and it's the rest of the world and a lot those accommodations. the commonwealth games also reserve spaces for sporting minnows yet jim cook will box from the roof a tiny pacific island nation most famous as the place australia sends on wanted refugees its entire population is thirteen thousand people is quite a big deal back in the role and. everyone knows everyone and everyone will be they will have their eyes on to win the competition starts. the games which include a flat six hockey mountain biking shooting and even lawn bowls are spread across venues that stretch the length of australia's gold coast and into the neighboring city of brisbane as well ticket sales have been slow only gymnastics is completely

sold out but along the beach front on wednesday there was still enthusiasm we came from the united states of america and we're absolutely excited to be here man this would have been no other time we would have came down here going you know we we we wish but we don't want to pay five hundred dollars just generate so much if he has a genuine interest and if anyone is going to do the right australasian or the right organizers have to meet high expectations andrew thomas al-jazeera on australia's gold coast well two of australia's disgraced cricketers have said they want to pale against playing bans football tampering former captain state smith and batsman cameron bancroft by the announcements on twitter smith was given a twelve month suspension by cricket australia for his low in the instance in south africa bancroft who was caught roughing up the ball with sandpaper in capetown was banned for nine months is what smith says any stable answer would give anything to

have this behind me and be back representing my country but i meant what i said about taking full responsibility as captain of the tape i won't be challenging the sanctions i've been imposed by cricket australia to send a strong message and i have accepted them. tiger woods has described his return to golf as a miracle the fourteen time major champion is preparing for this week's masters at augusta having missed the last two years because of injuries and of course off the coast problems woods hasn't won a major title since the two thousand and i lewis open and years ago but now a year after having his spine surgically fused together he's in with a chance of winning a fifth masters title come sunday night. it is a bit is a miracle you know i went from a person. who really had a hard time getting up walking around sitting down to now swinging the club. when

the truck has won twenty nine. it is a miracle and it's really exciting to say talk with by people but this is such an garcia who returns to defend his title gusto it's been an eventful twelve months for the spaniard since winning what was his first major he got married had a baby daughter by design after the thirteenth hole of the coast and now he's trying to hold on so that famous when his green jacket. this is my first family friend in a major and a green jacket so it's new to me but you know i'll try to go through the things that i know help me and you know hopefully you know get off to a good start distance darren and really enjoy the we should point out there are still no goes in the champions they games barcelona rome liverpool versus magic city a we'll of course update that when i'm back in studio and radio going on thanks i'll actually. right well that's it for now but remember you can get it get you news on

your sports of course sports as well right here al jazeera dot com for comment analysis and video on demand remember you can watch us life fair as well. but my colleagues will be with you as much more the day's news stay with us. paint the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that that are

choosing between buying medication or eating they say is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who is an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al jazeera. april on al-jazeera. from the stories beyond the headlines faultlines examines the u.s. his role in the world's fifty years since the death of martin luther king we examine the impact of his assassination and the state of race relations in the u.s. today the award winning show thrives returns for another season with stories about solutions to some of the greatest manmade environmental problems as the first meeting since the braggs it vote is set to take place in the u.k. we examine how relevant the commonwealth is today between corporate and public interests up to the last drop unveils the longstanding rule for water in europe april on al-jazeera.

we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera. official saying donald trump has agreed to keep u.s. troops in syria a little longer. hello and see to us this is al jazeera life from london also.