in europe april al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working proud is here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be very. liberally particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we leave to tell the real stories just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audiences across the globe.

the u.s. warns of international action after seventy people are killed in a suspected chemical attack in syria. again on piece of watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up brazil's former president begins his twelve year prison sentence ending your long fight to stay out of jail plus. guerin's of voting to choose a new leader for a heated campaign dominated by immigration. also this half hour trading opium for honey some farmers in afghanistan are harvesting beans instead of growing poppies. the united states is warning of a global response against syria reports of

a chemical that's in the rebel stronghold of eastern to confirm. syrian medics say at least seventy people have been killed in a suspected gas strike in duma the syrian government is calling it a fabrication and a hoax to has more warning you may find some images in this report disturbing. believe it or not these children are the lucky ones basic and crude emergency care for victims of a suspected chemical attack but they survived they didn't these are the latest victims in eastern as regime forces at closer to defeating them planets in the rebel held pocket medical sources on the ground say victims appear to show symptoms consistent with mixed nerve or chlorine gas exposure syrian state media has dismissed talk of the regime using a poison gas as fast sickle. local hospital staff say many of the victims of saturday's attacks were treated for suffocation only a few number of physicians and medical staff are lived. through the are in the work

manual there are these right now are there shield in basements and use indorse you know chemical weapons like chlorine or similar products by the fact that this gas goes down to the basement and those people are now or taking shields from barrel bombs are getting docks acute those chemical weapons and that's where the casualties are high and that's who is the high number of people. the syrian government forces stepped up their offensive on the rebel held duma after a ten day truce collapsed. the russian brokered cease fire fell through of a disagreement over evacuating rebels hundreds of fighters and their families were convoyed out of jumah but josh al islam one of the main rebel groups refused to go to lane present assad's overall conquest this is the most important the biggest city in the area and by capturing it actually they would be just finishing

off all. the presence of the opposition in this i mean very important strategic area surrounding the mosque is not only that they would be evacuating the area from the malls for the. position of force which is jason islam or the army of islam. with the latest standoff between acid government and the last rebel held town scenes like this looks set to continue. out as their u.s. state department has also issued a statement saying this russia ultimately bears responsibility for the brutal targeting of countless syrians with chemical weapons russia's protection of the regime and failure to stop the use of chemical weapons in syria calls into question its commitment to resolving the overall crisis bruce fein is the former us associate deputy attorney general he says there are a range of options open to the western world. well i think there are. a

menu of possible retaliatory measures that could be taken by the west the united states the europe could list i believe russia as a state sponsor of terrorism based not only on the complicity if you with the cole belligerency with syria in using chemical weapons in syria but also now we have a second incident in great britain where it seems quite clear that russia used chemical warfare to kill or at least attempt to kill two or three of its expatriates and that would in a pose very very strict economic sanctions against russia stricter than those that have been posed after ukraine. it's a very grim prospect but it may well be that the only way you could deter additional uses of chemical weapons because

a one strike fair didn't do anything when it was attempted about a year ago by mr trump. is to threaten to arm mr assad's opponents with chemical weapons so it's like a nuclear weapons. the former president of brazil luis de silva has now begun a twelve year prison sentence off being convicted of corruption he entered a jail in the city of quite a few hours ago when the sentencing house divided brazil while his supporters are protesting against it many others a celebration saying the guilty should pay for their crimes. reports. did not go without a fight he defied a friday deadline to hand him self into police then on saturday he addressed his supporters outside the metal workers' union headquarters near. nazi did. the crime that i committed is a crime they don't want me to repeat my crime was to put black people in poor

people in the university able them to buy their own home if that is the crime i committed i'd like to say that i will continue to be a criminal i he's the victim he says of the campaign to block him standing i'll tell you his presidential elections elections many believe he would win. since dilma rousseff impeachment we have seen a coup d'etat starting in two thousand and thirteen they have been trying to get rid of not only delma but lula and the left wing parties so i support is in south paolo delayed his exit while others came to see him off at the airport saying farewell to the man they praise for lifting millions of brazilians out of poverty through the chains brazil had a huge influence across latin america yet the reaction to the full of this once great political leader has so far been muted the house because he's become just another victim of the corruption scandal sweeping brazil. lou this heartland but

the crowds here was small all those elsewhere in brazil came out to celebrate his imprisonment. will eat all the politicians who stole who took money from brazil from security from health care how many people died whitening lot of hospitals that's all dirty money if they go. they should go to prison. now there is just one of the many business people and politicians from across the political spectrum to be caught in the web of corruption investigations sweeping brazil that he is by far the biggest to some a martyr to others just a common criminal gang. top story in europe today the polls have opened in the younger in parliamentary election following a heated campaign dominated by immigration these are pictures from a polling station the capital but the past the prime minister viktor orban is favorite to win a third consecutive term he has made immigration almost the exclusive focus of his campaign john a whole has more now from budapest. hungary's election is likely to return victor

or by a third consecutive term in power he's freed as party consistently polls in the lead as much as anything else because of a divided opposition on the left on the far right that has found it impossible to cooperate with each other reducing the chances of a meaningful challenge what will be watched extremely closely however is whether he is able to regain the absolute majority that he's used in the past to alter the constitution to change the media laws the electoral law gradually over time reducing the voices of dissent in the press and in civil society this is a country in which a majority of voters probably don't support the government but probably aren't able to beat it at the ballot box this is a country in which corruption is rife in which public services in health and education are crumbling but in which the public discourse is dominated by stories of fear and hate put out by the state run media to do with refugees to do with

george soros the billionaire philanthropist and to do with outside meddling powers it is a system that viktor orban has built he calls it illiberal democracy basically nationalist values over individual freedom but his critics call it simply authoritarianism. thousands of mourners have attorney generals in gaza for the ten palestinians killed by israeli forces during friday's protests along the gaza israel border at least thirty people have died since the demonstrations began last week thousands of protesters are camping along the border to demand the rights of return for palestinian refugees. among those buried was a palestinian journalist yes taja the thirty year old was shot in the stomach while covering the protests on friday fourteen other journalists have been injured since the demonstrations began lane days ago june reports now from the occupied west bank . that despite the blue protective vest he was wearing and despite the fact that

the word press was in place and on the front of that best palestinian journalist yassin or doesn't know was shot by israeli forces while covering the massive protests in gaza on friday yes it died early on saturday. night at his funeral in gaza hamas leader is a tribute well i did not buy i salute all the journalists in precise who lost their lives in the same way those who have gone through the road of suffering in order to portray the reality for an oppressed people a frustrated people and the season gaza and all across palestine but it's the image of dignity for a proud people a brave people a straightforward people brave able to turn the table and the hardest of times. palestinian journalists gathered in the occupied west bank to commemorate. according to the palestinian journalist syndicate seven other journalists were also injured in protests on friday the syndicate describes them as deliberate crimes

committed by the israeli army and called on the united nations to do more to protect journalists in ramallah there was shock and anger. the journalist they want to send a message saying that even the generals in gaza organised by the same. for the first a voice as opposed to his second as a journalist their duty is to cover up what they have been yes it was thirty years old well known and well liked yes it was a gentle soul this is how everybody describes them he was a gifted journalist a gifted photojournalist and a documentary filmmaker in leaves behind a wife and a two year old child. and he has united everybody in sorrow i'm in mourning because he was so so gentle and so gifted and so

dedicated journalists stood in solidarity with their dead and wounded colleagues this is not going to make us feel helpless or helpless it will i think as it did before make us more determined and now won't the syndicate has more tools at its hand to defend the rights of journalists to expose israeli actions and to attempt to hold it accountable in international forums so that's a new window of hope if you will that we didn't have before words of encouragement at a time when strength and fortitude may be needed more than ever before. ramallah in the occupied west bank. still to come here on al-jazeera a movement to change to meet women in libya seeking a more equal society. welcome so it'll be sarajevo skyline but the return of the cable car means so much to the people.

hello there we've still got an awful lot of cloud over parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing that cloud from saudi arabia all the way through iran is stretching up into afghanistan then up towards kazakstan as well and if this eastern region where we've got most of the wet weather as we head into sunday so i think afghanistan is looking pretty wet there and then gradually as you head further north that's likely to turn to snow over some of the mountains behind it there's also a fair amount of cloud at times and maybe just the odd showers but nothing too significant as the next system gradually edges its way eastwards there's also a fair amount of cloud over parts of saudi arabia at the moment then and that's also affecting us here in doha and stretching a bit further south so even over a puff of the u.a.e. there is more in the way of clouds and that could just give us a few spots of rain is likely to stick around as we head through monday today for the south it's fine for most of us in there if we had down towards the southern

parts of africa we're seeing a fair amount of wet weather that's stretching its way southwards from angola and down into namibia does look like when talk is going to see quite a few downpours there on sunday and on monday to to the south of all of that still staying dry force in cape town twenty two degrees our maximum for the east staying rather unsettled here for many of us in mozambique we can expect to see some heavy showers. a story fourteen hundred years in the making. a story of succession and leadership. tells the story of foundation and the emergence of an empire. the caliph episode one.

you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories so far this hour the u.s. is warning of an international response against syria reports of a chemical attack on the rebel stronghold of eastern confirmed syrian medics say the seventy people have been killed in a suspected gas strike in duma the syrian government is calling it a fabrication. the former brazilian president lula da silva has arrived in prison to begin a twelve year sentence for corruption last year lula was found guilty of taking bribes from an engineering firm in return for helping the firm to get state

contracts. and the polls have just opened in the home here in parliament to election with the prime minister viktor orban favorite to win a third consecutive term he campaigns being dominated by one issue immigration. has started his tour of the u.s. ahead of talks with president trump on tuesday mr trump is said to want to ease tensions between the gulf countries after initially supporting the blockade of cata the enemy is first stop miami from their. after. a crucial visit. tun months into the blockade that was imposed by saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and egypt the gulf diplomatic crisis is likely to be at the center of talks between shaped i mean been hammered out of fannie and us president donald trump i think all the parties have to come to the table with not sitting at a conditions. if the country willing to engage in

a productive. serious discussion. and willing to sit and discuss. the issue of our sovereignty is an issue that in the be addressed the qataris charm offensive in the u.s. is in full swing. it curious crowd gathers at the landmark bayfront in miami what an exhibit promoting the gulf nation is underway while trying to lobby three the rocher will move on to other u.s. cities in the coming weeks my belief as ambassador was that relationships matter not just between governments but between people who feel very honored i mean they can choose any more of the world that they chose miami and we see that narrative playing out over and over again and we see so many different countries throughout the world choosing miami to do business trips in miami. and visit try to create more economic opportunities i met bin jasim is qatar's minutes of economy he leads

a delegation of businessmen seeking to expand trade with the us for us the blockade the state whatever from economy point of view will find we can live with all of those companies as the gulf diplomatic crisis drags on the qatari government continues to diversify its trade potus cottle's investments in the u.s. for example as to mated at one hundred forty six billion dollars. including ninety two billion dollars in plane purchases for carter's national carrier the u.s. has a long standing relationship with the gulf rivals it's been trying to broker a deal but his been no breakthrough so far raising fears of further instability in the region about al-jazeera miami. one persons die in a fire at the building that bears the u.s. president's name the blaze began on the fiftieth floor of the trump tower in new

york donald trump has tweeted the fire has now been put out in canada the sporting community is in mourning after fifteen junior ice hockey players from the same team were killed in a bus crash the humble broncos were traveling near the town of tuesday all in suspense one province when a truck crashed into them mike hanna has the story a scene of devastation and three kilometers of highway sealed off by police the hockey team was on its way to a must win playoff game in the northeastern town of nepal when when the crash occurred there were twenty nine people aboard the bus including the driver rescue efforts were hindered by the remote location and helicopters were flown in to ferry the injured to hospital everything about this family about this tragedy is unprecedented and it's overwhelming. including the trench. of support our organization has received hockey is the game that links all communities in the far flung reaches of canada's north and all we're touched you know

throughout canada we see teens going out into the into the caribbean winters on buses all the time and you know it's all a thought in parents and fans minds about what could happen and unfortunately. mourners gathered in the hockey teams home town of humboldt that has a population of less than six thousand and the sadness made even more acute by the fact that everyone in this town knew everyone who died or was injured on this day mike hanna out as heir at. law as a bill cosby have called for one of the jurors to be removed from the u.s. comedian's retrial for sexual assault the juror allegedly said he thinks cosby is guilty defense lawyers say it demonstrates he may be biased cosby's retrial beginning on monday involves a woman who says he drugged and assaulted her in two thousand and four his first

trial ended with a hung jury. libya has long been one of the world's strictest male dominated societies years of conflict and an increase in lawlessness on the marginalised women even more but female activism is on the rise in some areas. reports now from misrata. their voices are not often heard it but a community leader is determined to change that she wants women to play a bigger rule in improving society. at this fair she and other female campaigners have taken the initiative to fundraise for those most in need the sick and the poor . the income of the spare is dedicated to cancer patients in the city other than that we've also created job opportunities by opening a weaving workshop for poorly and we've also trained. but it is not easy

women find themselves at the back of every queue and it comes to seeking help even when it is not for themselves women here say they're the first female activists to do this type of work helping others in the city of misrata and they're planning to continue but in a maze dominated society they say they face a lot of the challenges. a radio announcer says in libyan society social restrictions on women are a major handicap and whenever a woman progresses she gets picked on not just by the men but other women too she tries to address those issues through her radio show where. there are several obstacles derailing women's activism i faced a lot of difficulties at first our society did not accept the idea of a female presenter media used to be politicised during the former regime and as

female activists in order for us to express ourselves we need a lot of strength and resilience. this presentation to cancer patients is proof altima and her friends are making some progress it is want to step out of time but they remain hopeful gender equality is not just a distant dream. what i do hate. misurata. two people have been killed and dozens were injured after a van rammed into a crowd in the german city of munster the driver died at the scene after shooting himself officials say the incident was not terror related the cable car is back as part of the skyline of sarajevo for the first time since it was destroyed during the bosnian war in one nine hundred ninety two the twelve million dollar reconstruction projects taken two years to complete his poll to judge. the serial cable car climbs high above the bosnian capital up the slopes of mount tri

babbage the venue for the bob sleigh vents in the one nine hundred eighty four winter olympics it was popular with families for walks and picnics but when serb forces beseeched the city in one thousand nine hundred ninety two month trip of each became a place of horror artillery attacks were launched from it slopes snipers took up positions to pick off victims and for years after the war few people dared to venture there for fear of triggering landmines at the reopening there were emotional memories boy. that is a symbol of sorry and of our generation for those who remember i remember that we grew up in the same neighborhood we were rather mysterious and even used to open a floor and try to get out and the lowest levels it was it was some seven meters high and our entire generation was mysterious we love it that is the symbol of sarajevo. dino remembers the construction of the original cable car almost sixty

years ago as a seven year old he even helped the workers later he was one of the first passengers. yes. or when i was a kid the queue used to go all the way down the street people used to wait for two hours to get a scene from. the old cable car used to transport up to three hundred thousand people a year the new one may take even more. we expect more than five hundred thousand passengers a year and i'm aware that this is an ambitious saying but i'm convinced we can make it for those who make the trip there will always be a reminder of the war the mountain station will be named after the first victim of the save the siege bieber was killed on march second one thousand nine hundred ninety two guarding the old cable car paul chowder john al jazeera beekeeping is being used as a way of helping afghanistan's economy and to counter the opium trade it also gives

women the chance to earn a living in a country where few work outside the home his math. the business of bees is honey for nineteen year old student frozen. in a northern afghan village where few women work frozen as bees gather nectar from the flowers near her home frozen collects their honey and sells it making her a rare local female entrepreneur a lot easier to endanger at first there were lots of issues because the village i live in is traditional and women are not allowed to work outside the one i started beekeeping i realize it's easy when i told the people about beekeeping and they accepted it and allowed me to do the job. three years ago frozen got a loan and bought two beehives in her first season she sold enough money to pay back home and still make a profit now twelve of the blue boxes surround her family home last year she made

fourteen hundred fifty dollars that's more than double the average annual household income in afghanistan as it gave i think it prudent to be keeping arrived in our village frozen showed huge interest and i was happy i supported her because it has been my dream to have a daughter who could find a job like this and make a future for herself the hives are part of a long term project across afghanistan partly sponsored by aid agencies farmers who might have grown opium poppies are encouraged to keep bees and collect honey instead. roseanne's honey is sold in this shop in the nearby city of mazar e sharif and demand is said to be growing. here we want the government to stop importing poor quality foreign honey and instead improve our own afghan honey. human rights watch says nearly three million afghan girls still don't go to school and only thirty seven percent of teenage girls can read and write but frozen says she's determined to create a more golden future for herself by studying economics and building her honey

business slowly rob matheson al-jazeera. thousands of christians have been celebrating all the doc's easter the church of the holy sepulcher in jerusalem it's the sites of the holy fire ceremony that's been smith explains that here in the old city just behind just the gate is the church of the holy sepulcher the place where christians believe christ died and rose again from the dead and today that church is packed with thousands of orthodox christians waiting for a miracle waiting for what they say is the holy fire. and when the greek and armenian patriarchs entered christ's tomb they waited for what they believed was a light and a higher job sent by god an orthodox christians believe. but a flame essentially a light and a flame emerges right out of the stone of christ's tonight getting to the event

itself is not without difficulty and not without controversy most of the orthodox christians in gaza haven't been given permission to come here. and palestinian orthodox christians in the west bank have to apply for israeli permission to be given access to the quota that will allow them to come to the church that even those people here have been stopped from and surround the israeli police say to my fear of crowd control you know the docs or party say they're taking it too far and denying people the right for access but now as you can see the flame must come all these flames have been really starting to flame that came from within. the holy supple and from here this flame will be carried across to the eastern orthodox churches all over the world there after waiting

a tele be there for even to take this flame to sow fear to yet have on to moscow soon after. and there were other centers of the orthodox faith and these people genuinely believe they've seen a miracle taking place. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. is warning of an international response against syria if reports of a chemical attack in the rebel stronghold of eastern ghouta are confirmed syrian medics say at least seventy people have been killed in a suspected gas strike in duma the syrian government is calling it a fabrication. the former brazilian president lula da silva has arrived in prison to begin a twelve year sentence for corruption last year as he is widely known was found guilty of taking bribes from an engineering company in return for getting the company state contracts. i'm doing

a very conscious very conscious thing i told the comrades that if it depends on my will i would not go but i will go i'm going because they will say tomorrow that is out of the way that lula is no i am not hiding i'm going to go there so they know i'm not afraid so they know i'm not going to run and i'm going to prove my innocence. let's take you live now to budapest because victor or byron has just cast his vote as the polls have opened in hungary's parliamentary elections with the prime minister favored to win a third consecutive term a heated campaign has been dominated by just one issue immigration about four hundred thousand people pass through hungry in twenty fifteen on their way to western europe creating a rift between mr all ban and other e.u. leaders. thousands of people have attended funerals in gaza for the ten palestinians killed by israeli forces during protests on friday along the border at least thirty people have died since demonstrations began last week. two people have

been killed and dozens were injured after a van was driven into a crowd in the german city of munster the driver died at the scene he shot himself officials say the incident was not terror related one person has died in a fire at the building that bears the u.s. president's name the blaze began on the fiftieth floor of the trump tower in new york donald trump has now switches the five is out you are right up to date with all the top stories up next it's fault lines are a couple the top stories in about half an hour. getting to the heart of the matter if mostafa kinzie the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept given i was leaving here you and attend to me facing realities are you willing to make that call they are always ready for talks but they're not directly for taking decisions here this story on talk to al-jazeera.