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it is ready security forces killed eight palestinians during protests along the gaza border hundreds more are injured. and watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. a form of brazilian president needed to silva ignores of course a loaded deadline to turn himself over to police after being convicted on corruption charges. the u.s. announces new sanctions against several russian government officials and companies . and searching for grace's gold why zimbabwean mine is of finding themselves in a legal battle with the former first lady. a come to the program our top story at least eight palestinians were killed on friday after israeli troops fight live ammunition and to gas and protest as

a long gaza's border with israel or than one hundred people were injured several of them now in a critical condition so weeks's demonstrations first began to mount palestine's anya landay an act of resistance against israeli occupation and land siege is hard to abdel-hamid has more from gaza. i asked over and over again why are you going there you've seen what happened last week i mean the bullets used by these really high velocity bullets we were in the hospital a few days ago and they're actually the it's not just the wounded they mainly at people nevertheless the many young people said we have nothing to lose at this date one young man was telling me i am sixteen i finished school i dropped out of school because simply it was a point for me to study there is nothing for me there is frustration that is anger not only had the blockade by egypt and israel but also at their own political

leadership at the fact that nothing is getting better people here young people did majority of those who are down there teenagers or in their early twenty's have only known war since they were born has only known hardship and they see no end in sight so many will tell you and it's quite shocking to hear especially when you're looking at the face of that person and he's so young that they have nothing to lose at this stage they will keep on getting the taking of the grievances right to dead fence for everyone to see obviously many of them are quite i would say ambitious day say that at some point they will be able to cross that says and you have to bear in mind that all of them are descendants of refugees so all of them have an original home town across the fence one has been international reaction coming in the united nations human rights office is warning israel against using any more lethal force. in accordance with international human rights law firearms may only

be used in cases of extreme necessity as a last resort response to an imminent threat of death or risk of serious injury. while a minority of protesters reportedly used means that could be dangerous the use of protective gear in defensive positions by law enforcement officials would have mitigated the risk and should not have led to recourse to lethal force. or friday's demonstration marked a second week of protests in a movement mobilized to express fresh station frustration with the conditions inside gaza and to draw attention to the plight of palestinian refugees while magellan jim reports from the occupied west bank on the struggles of the past in gaza palestinian demonstrators did what they could to frustrate israeli security forces. burning tires to obscure the view of soldiers using mirrors in an attempt to blind snipers tactics that reminded many of an earlier era of resistance but i'm

so proud of the fact that now all palestinian groups including hamas jihad felt that everybody are adopting this approach of peaceful nonviolent resistance which has proven to be the most effective way of dealing with the israeli occupation with dealing with the israeli oppression of the palestinian people and this definitely brings us back to three principles. said i and since we're going to sion and defiance of. these exactly what are the three principles that govern the feds and the father and that led to a change in the balance of power. in the first intifada which began in december one thousand nine hundred seven marked the first time that palestinians from all parts of society began such an intense resistance to israeli occupation. in the beginning boys threw rocks and people marched later fighters began attacking israeli soldiers and military targets it ended in one thousand nine hundred three and by the time it

was over more than one thousand one hundred people had died tires were also burned in the occupied west bank just outside the illegal israeli settlement of bethel where a small crowd of palestinian protesters gathered. throughout the day it was a game of cat and mouse that has become almost a regular occurrence on fridays after prayer incoming tear gas from israeli security forces would force them to run only to return a short time later hurling rocks despite calls by palestinian political factions for residents of the occupied west bank to come out and protest today attendance at the demonstrations was relatively low which really underscores a growing like a faith and palestinian political leadership activists say palestinian officials need more than ever to build trust one of the mean things is just like to show them . met honestly away from the situation to to executive people what how we can go out of the situation to see to see people who want to see an end to

twenty five years of useless. but hectic negotiations that has been in the dust of the situation while officials may be disappointed at the dearth of demonstrators outside gaza they also feel their message this time will resonate with the international community what helps us a lot is the social media the ability of young palestinians to use social media and put on submit to the. actual. objectivity ality on the ground the fact that israel is a ruthlessly shooting civilians shooting peaceful demonstrate that this is unacceptable the expectations are high the great march of return will inspire more unity for the moment at least there is a small simlins of hope that seems to be rising above the usual political divisions mohammed atta the mullah in the occupied west bank l c baden as a former israeli minister of justice tell me earlier that it was ok what the palestinians were hoping to change. the question of whether or not it is excessive

use of power is the and i must admit that most of the israelis saying you know it is a palestinian provoke they're having their problems with egypt with their own. leadership with the studio authority they are coming close to the to the fence after we actually we do from gaza destroyed all the settlements there a true that we are still having some a limb and so for ruling the day through the sky and the sea but this is not a reason to. have these demonstrations against us especially when they don't ask is saw. what actually these young people who are really suffering we all admit the suffering in the small stream

which is so densely populated but what do they really want to form us if they want peace if they want negotiations we are ready to negotiate but as you know hamas is not ready to negotiate with us. the former brazilian president lula da silva as ignored a court order deadline to turn himself over to police is supporters are rallying in his hometown of south bend indiana to camp. is holed up at the metal workers union building who has arrest has been ordered so he can begin serving a twelve year sentence for corruption. well sam cali is a genest in sao paolo and says that despite his controversial past noon a remains an incredible politician in brazil. because of his approval ratings in opinion polls that his approval rating is growing as these convictions and accusations have mounted against him it's because brazil was suffering at terrible economic crisis

right now and many people look back to. mandates that it's been two thousand and three as you thousand and ten as the best years in brazilian history basically millions of people like that out of poverty into a new middle class you know you presided over a you know sustainable economic growth and you had an eighty seven percent approval rating when he left office now he's a much more divisive figure. poll suggests that around fifty percent of the population won't see him joe but he remains by far brazil's most popular politician if there is an attempt to arrest him it's unclear whether there would be violence the brazilian police are known to be extremely violent love today they said that they would not be any unrest if they tried to arrest him we know that lula still has some legal provisions of him but like i say it's unclear from monday about about how this case will proceed but for now he survives to fight

another day or another weekend at least the united states has announced more sanctions against russia for what it's called what it calls its malign activity around the world including meddling in the us presidential election the sanctions a targeted at seven on a caucus and seventeen senior government officials who are allies of the russian president vladimir putin our white house correspondent can really help it reports. for weeks relations between the united states and russia have been deteriorating but this time for russian president vladimir putin it's personal on friday the administration of u.s. president donald trump announced it's. action in his many weeks against key allies of putin including his own son in law what we would like to see is the totality of the russian behavior change the new us sanctions target thirty eight russian entities seven all of guards are named including putin's personal friend oleg

deripaska he's the billionaire founder of n group the largest operator of siberian power plants dura pasta made headlines last year for his reported links to paul mann afford trumps former presidential campaign chair seventeen senior russian government officials and one state owned trading company have also been singled out the latest move comes in response to u.s. accusations russia meddled in the twenty sixteen us election its intervention in ukraine malicious cyber activity and its backing of syrian president bashar assad who the u.s. accuses of using chemical weapons against civilians. the russian government calls the latest sections of a stake and has always denied meddling in any us affairs nobody's been tougher on russia than i have but it took months for trying to get tough on russia he was granted the power by the u.s. congress last summer. but waited until last month to impose sanctions the white

house escalated its response weeks later joining nearly two dozen other countries expelling dozens of russian diplomats and closing a russian consulate in seattle the actions were a collective international response to the recent poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in britain still when asked this week if putin was a friend or foe trump replied we'll find out i'll let you know i mean it would be a time when i'll let you know you know to find out very quickly the white house says despite the new sanctions against russia donald trump has invited vladimir putin for a meeting here in the united states time and date still to be determined kimberly helped at al-jazeera at the white house. in syria state t.v. is reporting government forces have launched a ground offensive under the cover of as strikes into the last rebel held area of eastern guta at least forty people have been killed in the bombing of two my while

the last rebel group jaish an islam is still holding out russia and the syrian government has been pushing for a deal with the armed group but so far it's refusing to withdraw the conquest and to move with seo president bashar assad's biggest victory over the rebels since two thousand and sixteen. in without is there a step ahead. defiance from south africa's former president jacob zuma as he appears in court time for a multi-billion dollar arms deal. an argentinean football is rocked by a child abuse scandal two of its most famous clubs. follow the weather set ferat across australia over the next. in the process of pulling away might just catch the old road shall it just all lapping along the

coastal shools of queensland but for the most part it is looking fine dry and sunny and pretty warm getting up to twenty celsius in adelaide similar temperature for sydney and also for brisbane twenty degrees in melbourne as we go on into sunday those temperatures picking up further so we could touch the three in adelaide lots of warm sunshine around then further west with getting up to around twenty one in perth it should at least be lucky fine and dry here as he fought in try to into much of new zealand but south autumn will see some rain just sliding its way in as we go on through the next day or so at least for a time seventeen celsius in christchurch twenty two in all clear and then increasing cloud just spilling into the fosse out of the country as we go on through sunday twenty celsius there for all to hear it does stay five and dry with a warm sunshine still a little bit of warmth to the sunny side across japan over the next as i take it getting up to twenty one degrees but some cool wet and some wintry weather for the

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a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera palestinians have been killed as the israeli army is fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters close to the gaza border a week off to demonstrations to mark planned day again. from a brazilian president unit to silver has ignored a cold shoulder deadline to turn himself over to police and united states is imposing new sanctions against russian businessmen companies and government officials close to president putin. will now to south korea where the former president park geun hye has been sentenced to twenty four years in jail and ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines she was found guilty on sixteen of eighteen charges of abuse of power bribery and coercion in a case that shocked the nation kathy novak has more from seoul. this is a scandal that has gripped south korea since twenty sixteen and the nation watched

the climax live on television but popgun hey boycotted the trial and wasn't in court to learn her fate but could it be the court sentences the defendant puck and head to twenty four years in prison and fines her sixteen point eight million u.s. dollars. fark was found guilty of sixteen of the eighteen charges including abuse of power coercion and of bribery and said to have taken millions of dollars from the country's vegas conglomerates in exchange for favors the corruption scandal sparked months of protests in central seoul culminating in parks impeachment was also found guilty of leaking sensitive information to her long time friend chess and she'll as president park allowed to dictate policy even though she had no official government role the pair was found to have conspired to extort millions of dollars from major companies including samsung in february chair was sentenced to twenty years in prison samsung's air and group leader j.

wiley's was tried separately and convicted of bribing pock through payments to foundations check controlled he was sentenced in august to five years in prison then released on appeal. some of these protesters pointed to that ruling asking if lee was released why was parked found guilty. been an angry reaction from outside the court from these supporters of poc and hey there are conservatives who dislike the current liberal president moon j.n. and their demanding parks release. they represent a generation a style just for the time when pox father park chung hee was president he was a military general who came to power in a coup and was eventually killed by an aide a traumatizing event for a young poc and hey. we will keep fighting until there is a new government in power and will not let her out we need to fight injustice but

the number of park supporters paled in comparison to the hundreds of thousands who regularly turned out for the candlelight protests president came to office on a liberal agenda promising to stamp out corruption in a statement his spokesman said they say history not remembered repeats itself we will not forget today kathy novak al jazeera soul. a former south african president jacob zuma has appeared in court to face corruption charges relating to a two and a half billion dollar arms deal in total he faces sixteen charges including fraud racketeering and money laundering katherine sawyer has more from durban. this is a significant moment in south africa's history for the first time a former head of state is in the dock facing corruption charges jacob zuma looked subdued as a judge adjourned the beginning of his trial to june to give lawyers time to prepare. for a journey to the eighth of june twenty eighth. outside the courtroom he supporters

we had when he came on stage he said the court proceedings had been politically instigated. by in two thousand and five i was in this same court facing the same charges i have never heard of anyone having charges dropped then reinstated the judge dropped the case because if the matter had been politicized. zoomers african national congress party has kept its distance unlike in his previous scandals but party members arrived at court dressed in syria despite warnings not to from party headquarters supporters auxerre cards come from across this region. stronghold of the former president they've even been. vilified and that it was done by him till the very end he is accused of receiving bribes to use his influence in the a.n.c.

in favor of a french arms company and later to protect the company from investigations. this group in fighter jets filmed a few years ago were part of the deal some legal and political analysts say that the state has enough evidence to guarantee a conviction one must remember that is former financial adviser should be a shaikh was in fact a good. victim of corrupting him the state at that time showing four instances in which it said it could prove and did prove that zuma had circumvented his duties under the constitution by doing favors for shake and his business interests as a consequence of being on what the state termed as a sort of corrupt retainer this is a matter that has divided south africans but many of them including zuma supporters say they are tired of waiting for so long for answers they hope they would have to wait many more years to get up by ticked no matter what that verdict is catherine saw. at least ten people have been killed in

a series of bank robberies in the western nigerian city of offer. or policeman and six civilians died during the shootings local media say the gunman first targeted a police station before using explosives to enter the banks. now to zimbabwe where the former first lady grace mugabe is accusing miners of invading her farms to illegally mine for gold mine is a suing her for defamation it's one of a number of controversies she's had to deal with since her husband was forced to resign from the presidency in november. as more from miles away. this is grace mugabe's farm in just outside the capital harare one of several properties the mugabe family owns. zimbabwe's former first lady says these men recently invaded her property and are illegally digging for gold that belongs to her the men say in fact their families have been working in this area nearly fifteen years remember.

mrs i'm going to just as a way in twenty three thousand here security guards give us four hours to clear out we were told to take all our things and leave some of the miners have sued grace mugabe for allegedly calling them thieves and invaders they are demanding a one hundred thousand dollars in compensation mugabe says the intrusion on her land is politically motivated the rights of a person who has service rights in the person who has any rights should be respected in this instance the legal argument that's being put forward is. our client has the surface rights and. and the mineral rights jaring the land reform period in zimbabwe property was seized from white commercial farmers and given to blacks and bobbins people were resettled in this area by government the soil is said to be good for growing and below the surface rich in minerals. the government dismisses mcgovern's claims that she's been victimized i'm not sure way she's being

a crybaby and not following the legal process just like everyone is in court to the courts to tool to ensure that justice. is for the allegation that she is behaving. he has been lifted off i am not aware of any problems except that she is indiscreet we put. these miners in villages which is a longstanding dispute is just one of several controversies facing greyson gabi the police say they are also investigating a case in which she allegedly smuggled two million dollars worth of ivory. tobias overseas then there is the accusation that the ph d. she received four years ago was fortunately obtained the mugabe family took the farm in the early two thousand people living in the area were told to leave since their them regardless of our disagreements with villages and farmers over the use of the missouri dam and other resources these minus a grace mugabe is no longer the country's first lady and there's not have the

political authority to remove them they insist they are here to stay with the grace mugabe likes it or not how to get us out of there. to have argentina's most famous football clubs are caught up in a child abuse scandal and then go alleges that line is at the independent a club or encouraged to sell themselves for sex while young players were also allegedly abused at the river play club to raise a bar reports for one as ours. football is much more than a sporting argentina it's a national passion that in the last week has been shaken to the core of. the a seventeen year old player within the indian being told the club psychologist that he and another young player had been encouraged to sell themselves for sex at least seven miners were prostituted and ten others are believed to have been potential victims prosecutors say there could be more giorgi gross gif would ongoing but many

children were contacted but did not fall into the trap and we are also investigating the potential of the crime known as grooming in many cases they were not successful in carrying out their attempted activities but we are going to ensure that these people no longer have the chance to approach children. but the sex abuse investigations have spread to other clubs. runs a rape victim association and filed a complaint against river plate when she received information that young players were also abused between two thousand and four and two thousand and eleven. a doctor that worked at the club wrote to us she had to prove that children are also part of a ring she had to take time off because she was told not to get involved we also received a letter where a former player says that children were forced to prostitute themselves to be allowed to move forward in their careers. lucy has been receiving threats since she can talk to the authorities and is now using what is known as

a panic green. river plate is one of the most famous clubs in the country it is a more tie sports club that operates host health for young players recruited from other parts of argentina or abroad the sexual abuse can both involve young players that live here because they do not have any relatives. has been investigating the abuses and says there is a common pattern. kitty and there are two cases where we see a similar situation we see individual cases but they happen inside the club with children that have a very vulnerable economic situation who are not from whether cyrus for example a thirteen year old that is from shock or who has nobody transferred to i was a day and pedophiles try to take advantage of that. the dream of becoming a big a star as you know an intimacy has left hundreds of children exposed in argentina and even though the argentine football association says it will now look at conditions in the hostess where the young players live that won't repair the damage

that has already been done. it is how will. facebook admits it failed to stop data from being used by the consultancy firm cambridge analytic a the british company is being investigated for using information gathered illegally in political campaigns including the us election and the u.k.'s bricks at referendum john hendren reports from washington. facebook's chief operating officer sheryl sandberg acknowledged the company failed to protect users data showed the company could have protected their data better years ago she made it years ago agents in a series of television interviews this is what she had to say we don't know what data or if they have any data at all right now we were given assurances by them years ago that they deleted the data we should have followed up that's on us we are trying to do a forensic audit to find out what they have restarted that the u.k. government is now doing their own investigation they have precedence so we're

waiting we don't know at all what data they had that eighty seven million people we notified or people whose data might have been accessed by cambridge analytic so we're giving the most conservative possible estimate and notifying those people but once we can do our audit if we can hone it down and be more specific we certainly will be facebook shares have some more the. fifteen percent and wiped out eighty billion dollars in market value since march sixteenth that's when the new york times in the london observer reported that a company called cambridge analytic got access to millions of facebook users data to congressional panels are now looking into whether russia access that data and whether anyone from the truck campaign had a role in providing it on april fourth the company disclosed that eighty seven million users had their data compromised that is up from a previous disclosure report of fifty million users facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg will testify before congress on april tenth and eleventh.

hour top stories this hour israeli security forces have killed at least eight palestinians after they fired live ammunition and take gas at protest as on the gaza israel border over a thousand people have been injured in one thousand nations human rights office is warning israel against the use of lethal force in accordance with international human rights law firearms may only be used in cases of extreme necessity as a last resort response to an imminent threat of death or risk of serious injury while a minority of protesters reportedly used means that could be dangerous the use of protective gear in defensive positions by law enforcement officials would have mitigated the risk and should not have led to recourse to lethal force former brazilian president lula da silva has ignored a court ordered deadline to turn himself over to police as supporters are rallying in his hometown of sal binondo to camp where lugar is holed up at the metal workers

union building who as arrest has been ordered so he can begin serving a tall the a sentence for corruption. the united states is imposing new sanctions against russian businessmen companies and government officials including associates of president vladimir putin a target seven russian oligarchs and the twelve companies they own or control as well as seventeen senior russian government representatives. in syria state t.v. is reporting government forces of launched a ground offensive under the cover of as strikes into the last rebel held area of eastern guta at least forty people have been killed in the bombing of duma where the last rebel group is holding out south korea's former president park and has been sentenced to twenty four years in jail and ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines she was found guilty on sixteen of eighteen charges of abuse of power bribery and coercion bach is said to have taken millions of dollars from the

country's biggest conglomerates in exchange for favors and the former south african president jacob zuma has appeared in court to face corruption charges i relate to a two and a half billion dollar arms deal in total he faces sixteen charges including fraud racketeering and money laundering that's it for myself in the team here in london more news coming up from doha after counting the cost which starts now. getting to the heart of the matter if moscow for congealed search is approved the bill calls you today and says let's host would you accept given as we've been good to you in the turbulent facing realities are you willing to make that call the are always ready for told you for taking this you hear their story on talk to al-jazeera.