thank you there are champion no nine hundred ninety two to. the chance this is not just me but i'll read the fan thread to run announcement from some growth process and one dream dashed by sectarian attacks welcomed stopped being about sports team pure politics zero looks back and since all of that school basketball time out. he had a dream but he wasn't simply a dreamer but a man of action fifty years only us commemorates the death of civil rights leader martin luther king. alaric and i'm citizen this is al jazeera live from london also coming up iran

turkey and russia promise to work together to ensure a lasting cease fire in syria brazil's supreme court decides whether former president clearly the silver can stay out of jail during his appeal against corruption conviction and facebook comes clean now admitting that data up to eighty seven million users could have been properly shed with a british consultancy firm. thousands of people have gathered that the lorraine motel for the official ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary obvious us a nation of civil rights leader martin luther king jr events are being held right across the u.s. to honor the memory of the civil rights campaigner who was shot dead while on a balcony at the hotel in memphis tennessee the site is now a civil rights museum a former u.s.

president barack obama has been one of many speeches paying tribute. because of him because of his glorious words and deeds because of his hopeful vision and his moral imagination we found the courage to come as far as we have because of him and his fellow marchers barricades began to fall and bigotry began to fade laws changed but so did hearts and minds new doors of opportunity swung open for each new generation just look around we can see with our own eyes that america is fairer and freer and more just than it was in dr king's time people of all colors and creeds live together and work together and fight alongside one another and love one another its progress that expresses itself in a million ways large and small across this country of ours every single day we're right to savor that progress but we also have to take stock of all the work that

remains were right to remember that such progress didn't come easily that for every victory there were setbacks and defeats that for every two steps forward we often take a step back. ruslan jordan is live for us in memphis tennessee those and commemorations come emotional speech from reverend reverend jesse jackson and eros describing a moment dr king was assassinated. that's right it's important to remember that just the jackson was a man only in his twenty's a young minister himself who had recently joined the work of martin luther king jr and had come with him here to memphis in order to was support us trash workers who were on strike for better pay and really respect from the city government this was a situation where he literally was having

a conversation with him joking with him before they were going to go out to dinner and then suddenly he said he watched king die in front of him and you can imagine how traumatic that would be for anyone honestly and it's something that jackson has not really discussed even though he's been very much a prominent figure in u.s. politics and civil activism for the past fifty years it's only really been in the past year or so that he has started to talk about that moment you could essentially hear a pin drop to use the cliche but in an outdoor space with thousands of people from all walks of life here for this commemoration it was a rather remarkable moment for us refinement still going on in the states regarding did not have black men who have been shot dead by police that the push for the civil rights movement through black life matter if the mood is the tenor of the celebrations is it one of celebration of his life or is it one of when must still

keep this fight going. it's actually both sue in fact what people who are saying that apathy isn't an option are arguing is that had king that lived he was a the time trying to do was start a member of the program to love promote economic equality for all americans regardless of their background they said that had he lived to this day that he would have been saying that more needs to be done to confront the innate bias that seems to pervade law enforcement something which we should point out includes people from all races in the united states and so there's something systemic these people argue that kenya would be pointing out so but the big message has been through out the commemoration today has been that people should not be out pathetic that they should not simply look at their personal calls and think that's the most

important cause that they need to get out of their comfort zone put aside some of the things in their day to day lives and try to work positively for change because they say in that way all americans are going to benefit not just the people who might support one political position or one color see position or one view of how society should be constructed and to get your thoughts to us russ georgiev big test live from memphis tennessee. a senior u.s. official says donald trump has agreed to keep u.s. troops in syria a little longer it comes just twenty four hours after the american president threatened to pull out his soldiers from the country and they mounted the u.n. and of a regional power to step up their support kimberly hellcat reports. one day after u.s. president donald trump declared the united states will pull out of syria i want to

get out i want to bring our troops back home the white house was on wednesday attempting to make sense of the president's statements arguing the u.s. would withdraw but not just yet as this environment has changed because of the success under the president's leadership we're evaluating it as we go the softening of the president's position as the result of a national security meeting trump had with top advisers he was informed there was still work to be done withdrawal of the two thousand military advisors and special forces could allow eisel to regain a foothold in the region we shouldn't go into iraq on the campaign trail trump pushed an america first agenda arguing foreign conflicts have cost taxpayers too much it's a point he reiterated on tuesday well meeting with baltic leaders seven trillion dollars over a seventeen year period we have nothing. it's perhaps one reason trump is excel

orating withdrawal timeline the other is russia trump has argued nobody has been tougher on russia than i have a withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria would be a win for russian president vladimir putin whose forces have supported the syrian government of bashar al assad throughout the conflict the because it would also be a victory for iran israeli government believes the iranians are. having to use their forces in syria to attack israel accusation iran denies but one analyst thinks trumps desire to pull the united states out is simply part of a bigger strategy i think it's probably a good idea to put that on the table because it forces people to negotiate with you with a talk with you more seriously and i think you're always going to be there despite the president's sense of urgency the white house says the decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria will not be made by the president but instead by the secretary

of defense based on conditions on the ground kimberly helped get al jazeera at the white house iran turkey and russia have promised to work together to ensure a lasting cease fire in syria the leaders of the three countries have been meeting in ankara to discuss the crisis asama benj of aid is the and said this report. these are the three men deciding the future of syria the turkish president hosted the russian and ukrainian leaders to talk about how to end the conflict that's ended its eight year what other will learn to draw it out 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 are 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 call terrorists turkey has influence over opposition fighters who've been fighting bashar al assad's forces iran backs the syrian president and has sent thousands of troops and militia to support him russia supports assad but is also very of growing sectarianism after ice in defeat. but in ankara the focus was on what brings together this diverging alliance. really that's it we're looking to take steps towards implementing the decisions made in sochi first of all to form in geneva under the un auspices a constitutional committee which will work towards a framework in which syrians can determine the main parameters of the state structure of their country. was. 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. 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 peacefully. 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 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 i know. there are still a number of divergence as concerning the future of syria the future constitutional syria and even the role of us up. as foreign nations declared their support for peace one year ago on this day the syrian air force dropped sarin gas and hunchy

whom in the province the un syria commission says it killed dozens the majority of whom were women and children the leaders of turkey iran and russia say their dialogue is being ready for the un's geneva peace process but people inside syria's rebel held areas say they're pessimistic about a solution when attacks by parties backed by these three countries continue to happen some of the job. and car. china has hit back at u.s. trade tariffs by 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 selling beans planes cars and beef the trade tension that scared investors with an early sell off on wall street on wednesday but markets have since valid and jim brown has this report. 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 falls 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 the boss of. this is not that there's 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 u.s. 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 no how no how the chinese side gets to keep even if the venture goes sour we have a problem with china today that's what president trump means when he accuses china of stealing intellectual property he doesn't have to sign off on the latest terrorist sixty days that leaves time for negotiation but not much adrian brown al jazeera beijing. you're watching al-jazeera still to come on the program the war of words between russia and the u.k. over a nerve agent attack eight south and a new case study reveals that when it comes to pay men and women are far from equal .

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zealand enjoy the sunshine twenty two in oakland sixteen christ church that's quite naturally considering we're in early april and i give you sunshine for thursday and probably friday although the chance of showers certainly increases in the south on friday. white supremacist is on the rise in the u.s. and its adversaries to beaching them from. faultlines investigates the anti fascists. against intolerance. this is untrue from on al-jazeera. non-violence does attempt to appeal to the more conscience of the mainstream now the jury's still out. if the nation has one.

welcome back reminder of the top stair or stories here announces there are thousands of people have gathered at the lorraine motel for the official ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. a senior u.s. official says donald trump has agreed to keep u.s. chips in syria a little longer just a day after the american president threatened to pull out if soldiers from the country and demanded the u.n. and other regional powers step up their support and beijing imposes judaism more than one hundred u.s. products less than eleven hours after president trump unveiled tariffs on chinese goods. brazil's supreme courts is deciding whether former president who is enough

c.e.o. lula da silva can stay out of jail while appealing against a corruption conviction lou could be barred from running in this year's presidential election if the judges don't rule in his favor life in america it's certainly see a new man who is in brasilia so do we know his fate yet the same. certainly not sue the judges have been debating talking lots and lots of legal terminology but it's been going on now for more than five hours the fist judge is speaking right now it is a real cliffhanger it's believed that the judges are almost tied in that this the deciding vote will be cast precisely by the chief justice who is speaking at this moment but she hasn't indicated yet which way this will go but as it is right now it will be many many many more hours before we know what the final vote will be what the former president's faith will be we understand he's listening to this

attentively from the middle union workers headquarters in sao paolo but it may even be delayed until tomorrow so we'll just have to wait and see so you can imagine he's glued what else is it. his fate. well his fate but not only his but also the presidential election he is the front runner would be the front runner for october as presidential race but beyond that of course what will happen to the. choir wash corruption probe in this country many legal minds believe that if legal that if. he is popularly known is allowed to stay free while he exhausts every last appeal this will be the death of this corruption probe because it will allow politicians hundreds and hundreds of them who are under suspicion or a diet meant or investigation for corruption and other crimes to basically remain

free for years and years before facing a jail cell and that that of course will discourage all plea bargaining agreements with the investigators and that has really been the cornerstone of this very celebrated carwash investigation so far many parents within human life in brazil. russia has lost a vote calling for a joint investigation into last month's nerve agent attack in solsbury the motion 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 honestly 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 british scientists determine what's the poison was but that isn't the same thing it was not

a chalk they said but don't ask us which country it came from because it isn't our 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 others to advise on who me who made the near vision 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 subjects had been to lead it. the russian side roundly accused by the u.k. and its allies of dissin from asian 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 and 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 and neither the british nor anyone else would 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 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 laura. sleep al-jazeera in london. opposition leader julius mar their bio has won sierra leone's presidential runoff election mother bio of a serial aon people's party won nearly fifty two percent of the votes cast in the march thirty first poll he defeated the ruling all people's congress candidate some are come are who received just over forty eight percent. the criminal

investigation has begun in russia after the second deadly mall fire in just eleven days one employee was killed and six firefighters injured in the 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 cameron from. indonesia's state oil company has admitted a ruptured pipe is responsible for a massive oil spill off borneo island at least five fisherman have died in a fire related to the spill and a sate of emergency has entered its third day local officials warn residents not to light cigarettes in the area facebook says the personal data of up to eighty seven million uses may have been improperly share with the british political consultancy firm thirty seven million more than previously thought last month it was revealed

that the use information was obtained by the firm cambridge analytical which worked for donald trump's presidential campaign the news corps an international outcry has forced facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to testify before a u.s. congressional committee next week ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . well the started taking steps to protect their users by changing the terms of service for the first time since twenty fifteen that's gone on to the website just in the last few hours but we also know that facebook could never put a number on the the the users that perhaps had the data breached it was the media that suggested fifty million no senior executive in facebook says that after their studies they're seeing eighty seven million how they got to that figure we're not entirely sure but just in the last couple of hours mark zuckerberg has jumped on to a conference call with a number of reporters to talk about these figures and what he said is we didn't

take a broad enough view of what a responsibility is and that was a huge mistake on the back of this facebook's share price is down again down sixteen percent since the scandal first came to light. back now to that breaking news actor sierra leone that we have the result of the presidential election in freetown for his life what will create tells of the results. well basically even before the end of the announcement after the they started first by announcing the official results scored by the ruling party candidate when it was clear to all. outside this hole why the announcement was made by the way that the ruling party candidate got forty eight point one nine percent people iraq. and celebrations are still going on across. certainly on in the streets of the

capital and nobody cared to listen to what the president elect got actually so vitally julius mudd that dio who is president of this country for less than three months in the ninety's is now the new president elect for seventy on you scored more than fifty eight percent fifty one percent of the vote and as we hear now he will be sworn in in the next few minutes or so as president elect to the you know gratian will probably take place at a later date to be announced he'd actually story here julius monday buel representing the people's party has won the presidential election runoff here instead and i sure wasn't without its problems the cow was delayed and the west some demonstrations do you think people though recognize that this is the right and proper result. well basically this

results started sinking in just a few days after the last vote was cast and when the tally were telling a vote started a lot of people realized it was growing it was actually more like a delay on the part of the losing side to try to ask for a recount in several districts instead of your own that of course sort of stretched the time for the results to be formally announced a lot of people expecting this results to come out two days after the election but because of protocols because of changes and demands as well as complaints by some of the political or one of the political parties the results were delayed as that now but for many civil unions are not of them started believing even before this result was announced by the election commission believing that it's the opposition party that is winning this particular vote acme interests lie for some freetown

result of the presidential election millions of french commuters have faced a second day of travel chaos as a result of rolling stone expired because i was in paris had to push their way onto the future that were running many say the state run rail company s.n.c.f. says eighty six percent of trains were canceled nationwide a wednesday workers are protesting against the government's proposed labor reforms fair to get much more on our website just click on al-jazeera dot com. good to speak of the top stories on al-jazeera thousands of people have gathered at the lorraine motel for the official ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr events are being held right across the u.s.

to honor the memory of the civil rights campaigner who was shot dead while on a balcony of a hotel in memphis tennessee the site is now a civil rights museum earlier revery reverend jesse jackson paid tribute. i've been blessed by god to come back here fifty years later. and every time the scale becomes law. suit was still roll the blood still loses. this is the site of the crucifixion. not far from here is the really rich and the new hope. the new possibility is a senior u.s. official says donald trump has agreed to keep u.s. troops in syria a little longer it comes just twenty four hours after the american president threatened to pull out his soldiers from the country and demanded the u.n. and other regional powers step up their support the u.s. is conducting as strikes in syria and has about two thousand troops deployed on the

ground and the leaders of turkey russia and iran have announced they'll work together to ensure a lasting cease fire in syria speaking at a summit in ankara iran's leader hassan rouhani blamed the u.s. for backing eisel fighters in syria turkey's president called on all parties to respect syria's independence this people. opposition leader. has won sierra leone's presidential runoff election b.-o. of the sierra leone people's party won nearly fifty two percent of the votes cast in the march thirty first poll he defeated the ruling all part all people's congress candidate summer a comma who received just over forty eight percent. and china says it will tax fifty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods spent came less an eleven hours after the president unveiled tariffs on chinese goods aging says it has introduced a twenty five percent tax on products including soybeans. the top stories next up

its fault lines. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new charis on imports of steel and alum in your brother five gene would mean faster data transfer ten times faster than forty we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera this time on al-jazeera. we gained access to a group of militant at the fascist known as it did for a film and now they don't usually like cameras around some cover their faces and others want to voices disguised just stick their head out of the ground and suitable to be sure to belch.