kitschy to be offensive will provoke that's about it as people get setting the stage for a serious debate. up front at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . where ever you all. brazil's supreme court rules that former president lula goes to jail a decision that could up end the next election. hello again on this show without jazeera live from doha also coming up sierra

leone's new president is sworn in find out why hopes of a smooth transition and now in doubt. facebook reveals millions more people now caught up in its previously scandal the first thought plus. the bells ring out as americans honor the memory of martin luther king jr fifty years after his assassination. brazil's supreme court has ruled that former president lewis in asio lula da silva must start serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption they voted six to five to deny his request to remain free until it possible appeals so he could be arrested theoretically within days unless in america editor libyan human reports from the brazilian capital brasilia. the die is cast as demonstrators for and against

brazil charismatic former president lula da silva gathered outside. the supreme court narrowly voted against his petition to remain free while he appeals a twelve year corruption conviction this means brazil's most popular politician and the frontrunner for october's presidential election must go to jail it's a victory for brazilians unwilling to accept any other verdict are more i represent the death of the supreme court and less it puts little or why the pressure on the supreme court justices has been an intense and not just out here on the streets and shortly before the vote the head of the army came out publicly and said that he will call of duty eight impunity this is seen as a number president unveiled threat become an institution that is not supposed to weigh in on politics at least not since the end of the military in brazil back in

one thousand nine hundred eighty five. for the escalating tensions was this banner in front of the court openly calling for military intervention. the court decision was a blow not just to lose his political future. hundreds of other politicians under investigation or suspicion of crimes including two thirds of congress were anxious for the court to set a precedent that many argue would have been the debt. of the nationwide corruption probe the investigation has even implicated current president michel tamar. meanwhile supporters of lula da silva who lifted tens of millions of brazilians from poverty during his presidency insist he's a victim of political intrigue started coming to you historically every time you have a president who cares about the working class here she becomes a parget of this kind of sabotage promoted by ideally. lula was found

guilty of accepting a seaside apartment in this building in exchange for helping a construction company obtain government contracts he insists he's innocent but the seventy one year old politician who's ignited political passions like no other in brazil has lost what may be his most important battle you see in human brasilia. the man who once ruled sierra leone as the leader of a military gent has now been sworn in as president julius the mother now only won a runoff election with fifty one point eight percent of the vote but the ruling party's candidate now says the hill challenge is the result because of alleged voting irregularities omitted arrest reports from the capital freetown. after a difficult month. electoral officer addresses the nation hoping that this time the contentious electoral process is finally over.

at that supporters of the no party to clear the streets in celebration of. julius want to be o. one time military head of state is subsequently sworn in as democratically elected leader who he acknowledged the divisions and demanded citizens to also take responsibility the answer. was. he. says. the. need to endure the opposition now has a week to challenge us in a tree court after ten years in opposition center leone's he was mighty powerful

its leader was a pivotal time. you're watching to see how the president. and minority will do what they do exactly as. unlike his two one half months as military leader this time julius b.-o. will have five long years to keep his campaign promises to a nation bruised by africa electioneering. al-jazeera frito. now the size of facebook's privacy scandal is bigger than first thought the social media giant has now revealed that the personal data of eighty seven million users was improperly shared that's thirty seven million more than initially reported as it grapples with the fallout the company has unveiled a new privacy policy with extra rules for third party applications or apps and the changes include cracking down on apps that can get information about events that people are hosting or attending facebook also says it will better protect

conversations between people that take place in closed all secret groups and it's tightening the review process for all apps that requests uses information about things like phases videos and status updates or monday facebook users will receive a notification telling them what i say use what information is being shared and how to delete say no longer once. well the company's chief executive mark zuckerberg says he's committed to restoring facebook's reputation as alan fischer reports facebook has come in for heavy criticism after it was revealed the data of millions of users had been shared with outside parties initially it was thought by media sources the breach took in fifty million users now it's been revealed by facebook itself after an internal review the figure is much higher eighty seven million facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg told reporters on a conference call he plans to step down and the company would change the way it

handled users' data in the future. we have to go through every part of our relationship. and make sure that we're taking a broad enough you have our responsibility it's not enough to just connect people we have to make sure that those connections are positive another brand people closer together. it's not enough to just give people a voice we have to make sure that people are not using our force to hurt people or to spread misinformation and it's not enough to give people tools to sign it. we have to ensure that all those developers protect people's information to our next guest facebook didn't tell any of its users back in twenty fifteen that information had been accessed by the firm cambridge analytical which was contracted by the trump presidential campaign to help election ad targeting it know faces questions about the number of think new stories posted during the election and the presence of russian operatives on the service the company also had links to another firm

which provided analysis for the vote leave campaign in the british e.u. referendum. of the eighty seven million potentially affected users more than seventy million are in the u.s. mark zuckerberg will face a u.s. house committee next week to discuss the scandal and several states are investigating what happened and if any laws were broken alan fischer al-jazeera washington. americans across the country have been honoring the memory of martin luther king jr fifty years to the day after he was assassinated civil rights leaders reflected on dr king's legacy and urged that his vision of a nonracial egalitarian society be applied to today's america also and jewel of reports from memphis. bells rang thirty nine times once for every year martin luther king jr lived his life was short but king changed millions of lives ending segregation and securing voting rights for black americans

we will and i were at the dinner when. some of the proud owner of the one behind me . shot him killed him in the round six zero on the on a before the ninety six year brutally murdered. at the lorraine motel thousands gathered to honor his work and their own activism it was that dallas feelings of being a second class citizen that i had experienced during my life mad life time and i asked sad enough is enough speaker after speaker walked on stage to talk about what king meant to them and what challenges they see facing society today apathy hunger was racism war dreamer in the mall ameena we should be talking about love and justice and helping the poor and treating the strangest right so we have to reshift the narrative we have to care for the poor people's campaign the national poll for

more revival earlier on wednesday a march through the streets of memphis. to mason temple the place where king delivered his mountaintop speech the night before his death the mood of both of them it's largely celebre trink because of the political and economic advances achieved since one nine hundred sixty eight but sadness hovered at the edges all day and lost over the gathering at six zero one pm local time the moment when james earl ray fired a rifle and king standing on the balcony outside his hotel room number three zero six one of the speakers asked the crowd on wednesday what are you doing tomorrow on april fifth are you going to continue working to honored martin luther king jr is like a see a spirit a call to action as the world honors a life well lived. roslyn jordan al-jazeera

memphis tennessee. three buses carrying expelled diplomats have left the u.s. embassy a mosque and they all of the first of sixty ordered to leave the country by fez say as russia retaliate so its diplomats being kicked out of the u.s. america and other countries made the move in line with the u.k. which accuses moscow of being behind the poisoning of a former russian double agent in southern england the kremlin denies the allegation . still to come here it is there the battle to control the nile and why a dam built by ethiopia is making waves downstream. a mentor thomas of the commonwealth games on it strikes me as gold coast but unlike the olympics some big sporting nations are missing now that's not china is not a united states are what is the medal here really count.

hello some spring rain is developing for the middle east and we've had a good blow of sand running up through eastern iran recently in turkmenistan this next band of cattle bring a bit of rain with it it's a temperature change in temperature as it plowed slowly east which is twenty six ahead in tashkent nineteen behind in tehran but it kills back through northern saudi and towards egypt and that cloud will be sick enough to do swansea's showers and they won't just stay there as we more of development so it might suppress some of the dust for example in the indus valley in iraq baghdad at thirty one degrees c. right in the middle of the potential for showers which extend down to the east and south of iran through kuwait and into saudi arabia kuwait slim to twenty five degrees because of this now the result from the sas which should be crease to be carrying dust and skies are certainly not blue an increase in the greyness interest shows here rather more obvious when you get to friday big ones quite possibly on

the western side of saudi in mecca is held back thirty four thirty two in doha just on the edge of the shah potential. dipping down through africa the biggest shows should be in the tropics but in fact we still got a potential of some fairly big ones down through angola and zaire and even touching zimbabwe as for south africa well by many. hold the benefit of people. so bad they see all the our guys. who witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera.

my toughest take a look at the top stories here it out there brazil's supreme court has ruled the former president lewis and naseer lula da silva must stop serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption they voted six to five to deny his request to remain free until they exhaust all possible appeals so he could be arrested within days. the man who once ruled sierra leone as the leader of a military judge has been sworn in as president julia spear now really won a runoff election with fifty one point eight percent of the vote but the rival

parties candidate now says he would challenge the result because of alleged voting irregularities. commemorations are being held in the city of memphis and across the united states to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr thousands gathered for a day of speeches and marches to honor his legacy. that donald trump is agreed to keep u.s. troops in syria for the time being at least just a day after he said he wanted them out the u.s. president is said to have changed his mind after meeting national security advisers his white house correspondent kimberly how it. 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 all 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 pad 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 should not 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 throughout the conflict. because it would also be a victory for iran israeli government believes the iranians are planning 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 in this 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 help at al-jazeera at the white house well meanwhile three of the other big foreign players in syria russia iran and turkey they're be meeting in ankara the leaders spoke about the usual

things improving aid delivery and reducing fighting but they still have big differences of a serious future from turkey's capital a summer binge of a performance. these are the three men deciding the future of syria the turkish president hosted the russian and ukrainian leaders to the. about how to end the conflict that's entered its eighth year what other. 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. really that city should we are 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. 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 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 but that effort has been hindered by the fact that even between most quarter iran in an arc or 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 hunchy hoon 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 are pessimistic about a solution when attacks by parties backed by these three countries continue to happen some of the job. and car and the u.n. says up to one hundred thousand people have now gone back to raka in syria five months after i saw was driven out in the u.s. but campaign a u.n. team visited the city earlier this week for the first time since it was freed it estimates that two thirds of homes are destroyed while most residents still have no access to clean mortar city leaders say still riddled with unexploded devices i saw made rocket the de facto capital of its self declared caliphate and it captured the city in twenty fourteen. that donald trump is only dead u.s. national guard troops to go to the mexican border declaring that illegal migration has reached a point of crisis the president wants him to boost patrols along his long promised

big new border before it can be built to. the border came after days of agitated tweets from president trump expressing alarm at so-called caravans of migrants moving through mexico toward the u.s. the president has directed the national guard personnel be deployed to the southern border the department of defense as you know has long supported the efforts of v.h.s. to protect our nation's borders the guardsmen who are often used in times of emergency in the u.s. will not have contact with migrants nor will they assist in processing them at the border instead officials say they will assist border patrol agents with surveillance by air and on the ground it will take time to have the details in place but we are beginning today and we are moving quickly the number of guardsmen to be sent to the border was not specified trump is said to be frustrated by a lack of funding from congress to build his long promised border wall until we can

have a wall in proper security we're going to be guarding our border with the military that's a big step we really haven't done that before both the obama and bush administration sent national guard units to the border at different times on similar assistance missions the administration called on congress to pass tougher laws making it more difficult for migrants to request asylum and to allow migrants to be detained for longer periods of time despite trump's rhetoric about hordes of migrants entering the u.s. records show that migration from mexico has for years been in decline with little hope you'll soon get the border wall he promised this may be the best donald trump can offer his supporters robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. eighteen hostages who were abducted in southwestern cameroon have been freed by the military they include twelve european tourists the group was held for several days by an armed

group which wants independence for the country's english speaking area protests and violence in the region of intensified in the last year or so. ministers from egypt sudan and ethiopia era holding talks on who controls the world's longest river egypt which depends on the knob for water is worried about a dam being built up stream by here burner smith explains with help from a graphic design team in the north east of africa the waters of the nile irrigate crops that feed millions of people the white nile flows from uganda through south sudan and into sudan and the blue nile from ethiopia into saddam and in the capital khartoum they converge on the world's longest river heads to egypt not far from the border with sudan ethiopia is building what will be the largest diamond africa a one thousand six hundred eighty square kilometer area is being flooded to create

the dams lake how quickly this is done is one of egypt's main concerns. have to believe us. to believe he took it to believes in. his inability lays asian of resources we approach. into corporations at a cost of almost five billion dollars the great ethiopian renee's on star or harness the power of the waters of the blue nile ethiopia wants to bring electricity to the seventy percent of its population that doesn't have it on the world bank estimates ethiopia could export a billion dollars worth of electricity every year. the dow will regulate the flow of the blue nile as it heads into sudan and the sudanese are very happy about that at the moment depending on the season the river floods or it's too low a steady year around the flow of water will significantly boost harvests but

downstream on the nile in egypt is where there's potential for conflict over ethiopia's plans from above you can see how much egypt depends on the nile the country's pretty much all deserts the only strip of color is the blue of the nile and the green of its cultivated banks ninety percent of egypt's water comes from it one study suggests that if the dams lake in ethiopia is filled quickly which means over three years then that would divert enough water to kill off fifty one percent of egypt's farmland and when you consider that egypt's population is expected to hit one hundred seventeen million in twenty thirty or thirty percent increase from now you can see why its government is so worried about ethiopia's down the commonwealth games have officially began on australia's gold coast with an opening ceremony that showcased the traditional culture of its indigenous people athletes from seventy one nations and territories representing more than two billion people

and are competing for two hundred seventy five gold medals andrew thomas is there. 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 all territories of the commonwealth i am from pakistan i resembled islands 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 there's

a low caribbean countries he was some of the world's best jamaica trinidad there's a lot of stuff after cons 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 i'm at two americans and as the rest of the world i'm a lot as a couple of nations. the commonwealth games also reserve spaces for sporting minnows yet jim cook will box when a row a tiny pacific island nation most famous is the place australia sends on wanted refugees its entire population is thirteen thousand people is quite a big deal back in the role and since everyone knows everyone everyone will be there 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 when it came you going you know we wish we were leaving we wish but we don't want to pay five hundred dollars just generating so much effort he has a genuine trust and if anyone is going to dare i australis another right organizers have to meet high expectations under thomas al-jazeera on australia's gold coast. let's have a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera brazil's supreme court has ruled that the former president who is in asio lula da silva must start serving a twelve year presence sentence for corruption the case has divided the country and cast a shadow over this year's presidential election which lula is favorite to win a latin america editor lucien human reports from brazil where. there are still

a small number of procedural disputes that have to be ironed out that involved his last appeal to a lower court which he lost just a couple of weeks ago after that's ironed out it's expected the judge said he'll moral who preceded over his trial will sign the arrest warrant that would be arrest order which means that he would then have to serve his sentence in the city of could be devout almost immediately so that said about a week to ten days we calculate the man who once ruled sierra leone as the leader of a military judge has been sworn in as president julius beard narrowly won a runoff election with fifty one point eight percent of the phone but the rival party's candidate says he'll challenge the result because of alleged voting irregularities they have a week to lodge an official complaint in court. americans across the country have been honoring the memory of martin luther king jr fifty years to the day after he was assassinated bells rang out near dr king's grave in atlanta georgia and in

memphis tennessee where the civil rights leader was shot dead on a motel balcony in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight facebook says the personal data are eighty seven million users was improperly shared that's thirty seven million more than first reported last month it emerged that uses information was obtained by a political consultancy in the u.k. which works for u.s. presidents election campaign facebook boss mark zuckerberg will soon testify before u.s. congressional committee. three buses carrying expelled diplomats have left the u.s. embassy in moscow they all the first of sixty ordered to leave the country by thursday as russia retaliates to its diplomats being kicked out of the us america as well as other countries have made the move in line with the u.k. which is accusing moscow being behind the poisoning of a former russian double agent in the south of england the kremlin denies the

allegation coming up next here at al-jazeera it's witness. a story of blackmail. and. i have strength i have a story of courage award and the feeling is real. passion. and a very serious just.