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this is al jazeera. ironically this is the news live from london coming up international condemnation for another suspect chemical attack in syria dozens of people have been killed and many of them children. counting is underway after a high turnout in hungary's parliamentary election which the prime minister viktor orban party is expected to win. the nigerian army says it has rescued one hundred forty nine hostages held by iran. and i'm sorry it's all have all the support including sebastian vettel holds on to win at one barring grand prix for ferrari expanding its overall championship lead over in the west hamilton.

so the medics say thousands of people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel held area of the syrian government to dismiss the reports as a fabrication the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting on monday to discuss the alleged attack you can name has the latest and a warning you may find some of the images in this report distressing. entire families babies children adults dead the people who remained in dumas thought they could shelter from the air strikes in the basements of building instead witnesses say they suffocated from a suspected chemical attack i saw how that looked into docking dumas with chemicals many children have been killed in tents airstrikes by the syrian government and its allies began on saturday. witnesses report a barrel bomb with some sort of gas being dropped rescuers say they're struggling

to get to the survivors and retrieve the bodies of the dead because of a strong chlorine like smell they don't have the protective gear they need the health care system in duma has been decimated. unfortunately would deliver that number of medical suffering notes to go to. the sometimes the treatment and shoot people and we've seen people. have seen people should dine with them to get it's reported that ambulances and a hospital were hit by airstrikes and the red crescent can no longer operate leaving a small team of medical professionals with scarce supplies to tend to the injured the familiar cycle of recriminations denials and calls for action has begun using language heard after last year's confirmed chemical attack in qana coom which killed more than eighty people the syrians and the russians called the allegations

farcical and staged the russians offered to send their own experts to investigate and disprove the claims the united states called for an immediate end to the attacks and for the international community to respond it said russia was betraying its commitment to the u.n. and the chemical weapons convention people say life in duma already difficult after weeks of intense fighting has become even more. more miserable on sunday the syrian government says it met with members of jaish alice lamb and reached a deal exchange for the release of prisoners fighters and their families will be allowed safe passage out of duma jaish al islam has not confirmed this but with the syrian government's recent advances in duma it appears their options are increasingly limited natasha going to name al-jazeera i'm on the touch of that just talking about the deal we are receiving reports now the buses have begun entering doomer as part of the agreement between the army of islam and russia of the package

includes a ceasefire in the evacuation of civilians from the area which has as we've been hearing been under intense fire let's join atocha again live from amman natasha tell us more about this agreement and what we're beginning to see. well it can't be a surprise nic that jaish al islam fighters as well as their families are now making it appears a swift exit out of duma as you mentioned they've people in duma have been enduring several days of intense bombardment and of course now we have reports of a suspected chemical attack and the city already without electricity resources medical care as well as medical supplies really a crisis making it difficult for people to get treatment so it's not a surprise that after never reach earlier today with the syrian government and

fighters that it appears that now people are swiftly moving out of the city the agreement according to sources involves a couple of things for one that fighters and their families will be allowed to go to northern syria that those who opt to stay will not be pursued by the syrian forces and will not be forced to join the syrian army for the next six months the russian military police will be making its way into duma to guarantee that syrian forces stay out and to offer protection to those who agree to stay and for those who agree to stay again they are going to be offering being offered assurances that they will be not be harassed by syrian forces and then in the coming days once the russian military police establishes a presence in duma we're hearing that students will be able to return to universities that civilian crossings will open so that civilians can return for

trade again it's very difficult to imagine with duma being in a sorry state as it is that any of these things are really going to be able to get going but in any event it appears the deal is under way we should mention that officially. has not confirmed agreeing to this book. prior to this beginning one of the concessions that the syrian government says that it extract it from the fighters with that they would release prisoners or natasha thanks for that senate task and i'm reporting there from amman let's in from as siraj mahmoud who's a spokesman for the syrian what helmets and he says there is substantial evidence showing that this was a chemical attack. and we have a lot of the jews documented and. the what there is are states on the. list but it's small and by the way.

this is. sort of a clarification. of what has been done. that. the consequences how children and women. that we have. regarding the arrival of the limits to the. billions. chemical attacks in syria have been documented by the united nations and chemical weapons investigators since the war began seven years ago the reports in duma come nearly one year to the day since the sarin gas attack on the village of conscious in italy at least eighty three people died at the us responded by launching fifty nine missiles on a syrian air base near homes president trump said that's where the chemical attack was launched from dimmers in eastern goods where the most deadly gas attack during the syrian civil war happened back in august two thousand and thirteen it's

estimated up to one thousand people died then as a result of sarin gas united nations has documented more than thirty three incidents involving chemical weapons in syria since their reports began in two thousand and eleven syria and russia deny any use of poisonous gases during the conflict the same song we can speak to richard guthrie who's the former head of the chemical and biological warfare project at the stockholm international peace research institute joins us now live via skype from bath in the united kingdom ever to tell us your time what do you make of this from the pictures that we've been seeing in the reports that you've been getting from on the ground is this a chemical attack. i think the evidence is very strong that there has been a poison in the air you can see it from the signs in medical science of people are showing that this is something that has affected the lungs it's quite difficult to make

a categorical assessment from here of what kind of chemical it might have been it looks very much more like a pulmonary affecting chemical such as corey there is a potential there may have been a nerve agent somewhere in there because there's a few individuals who assuming showing signs that are more consistent with nerve agents but the majority of the casualties that is possible to see on video or photographs consistent with a florida tag that's significant that we could be confident there was a police in there i mean that's the most important factor at this point right now the government as you well know has dismissed this is a fabrication could it be anything chemical attack from what you're seeing. the videos are from the locations the people posted too formal of course one has to be careful that those haven't yet been verified yes it is a chemical attack now the key question that underlies what you were asking is can

we be confident of working out who did early stages. the report or number of reports have talked about at least one canister falling from the sky. only the government forces that use either helicopters or aircraft so if the source of the chemical poison is connected with that canister falling from the sky that is extremely strong evidence that it was the syrian government forces carrying out this attack in those pictures we've been seeing victims receiving treatment tell us more about the kind of treatment that they need and what sort of treatment indeed is available in such a war ravaged area. in a war ravaged area the treatment is going to be very limited not been watching videos today of medical staff doing their very best with limited resources that is quite distressing to watch knowing that better medical resources would help them.

pictures of people being hosed down very key to make sure. as far as possible of whatever chemical agent is being used but chlorine is very specific it effects the lungs dissolves in the liquids the moisture in the lungs produces loric acid which eats away the inside of the lungs so protection for the lungs the inhalers the scene is some of the footage is very important but it's very clear that the medical equipment available in these areas is very limited and that's that's unfortunate what about the international community there we're hearing that there's going to be a special meeting of the u.n. security council last time around the country russia use its veto to stop that proceeding what more can be done. it is extremely difficult if you've got the united nations security council able to reach consensus and the russian veto off a dozen or so times last year activities resolutions decisions in relation to

syrian chemical weapons big moves that's happened since last year is that in january this year president of france put together a meeting of senior figure senior figures many foreign ministers attended a meeting in paris in january to put together a coalition to say that nobody should be able to use chemical weapons in the future with impunity and they took on a variety of obligations including good record keeping in terms of any future allegations to make sure evidence could be brought before a court but also there was an undercurrent of whatever happens if there's a future attack has to. what might come out of that city. any difficult to predict sort of very high political level but it will be very interesting to see and hopefully that will be some kind of justice for the victims of these awful weapons richard just great to get your perspective on this we appreciate it very much

richard guthrie. well let's get more reaction now from the united states says she have returned he is standing by in washington d.c. is she what has been the response over the well we are now seeing some reaction from the united nations you you mentioned this in just a few moments ago several nations of the u.s. the u.k. france poland the netherlands sweden kuwait peru and cote d'ivoire have called for a u.n. security council meeting on monday morning in a monday afternoon rather in new york meanwhile just in the last few minutes we've had reports that russia has also called for a meeting of the u.n. security council quote on threats to international security so all parties that in the security council about the asking for a meeting. some sort of meeting of u.n. security council this one specifically requested by the u.s. and u.k. and others about the about this alleged chemical weapons attack if it does occur one would imagine we'll see more harsh words from nikki haley the u.s. u.n.

ambassador directed at russia specifically and we can expect russia to repeat its charge of this is a false flag operation by jihadi rebels who are losing their fight against the syrian government and of course donald trump has been weighing in as. right the ministration response has been focusing on russia overnight the state department released a statement calling for an international response but spending most of this the statements attacking russia and this is a theme that donald trump picked up in his sunday morning tweets and he named president putin which is very very rare for the interim to actually criticize president putin in public he said president putin russia and iran are responsible for backing a big price to pay he then went on if president obama had crossed his stated stated red line in the sand the syrian disaster would have ended long ago. would have been history so the question is what is a big price to pay you mean wise don't try to mention vladimir putin by name he

usually tries to have a dual track policy whereby the administration takes very harsh action against russia but donald trump at least in public tries to be very very nice about a lot of putin talking constantly about their shared interest so this is a bit of a change jeff thanks very much for that update from washington d.c. she had written to them. well coming up on the news a white kenya has suspended the construction of a border wall along its border with somalia. angry protests by members of pakistan's the pashtun community they say they're being targeted by security forces. that we got support coming up in the half hours or the n.h.l. comes together to one of the young players who died in a bus crash. but counting has begun in hungary following a heated election campaign dominated by the issue of immigration the prime minister

viktor orban is seeking a third consecutive term and is expected to win box opposition parties could make up some ground tapping into public anger over claims of corruption against the government gena how has more now from the capital budapest. there were early signs of a record high turnout that could favor the opposition in preventing hungary's ruling party feeders and prime minister viktor orban from winning a third consecutive two thirds majority in parliament through what's at stake well we've already said everything about that what's at stake is the future of hungary it's not only posses a government or a prime minister that we're choosing for ourselves but a future as well voting is secret but all reveal that i voted for two votes for for d.s. because i thought that was the safest bet. in the past or ban has altered the constitution changing the electro law and curbing media freedoms and he's promised to go further

targeting n.g.o.s and civil society possibly even the independence of the judiciary . this is a country in which allegations of high level corruption rife in which public services like health and education are in desperate need of investment and yet state run media is full of scare stories about muslim migration and even an anti semitic campaign aimed at the billionaire george soros and his network of pro-democracy probably immigration n.g.o.s here he is surrounded by the opposition figures holding bolt cutters getting ready to tear down the fence that big band built to keep the refugees out and. opposition figures say hungary's future in europe is at stake twenty eight years after the change of regime this is the first election the beach has some not just political but he's told the core seconds. all about the hesitation between

a vest then the next who is our friends are barely in the poll really. most goal. this is under stake. yet it is the same opposition figures whose failure to unite behind a single party makes it so hard to be treated as and or panel the prime minister has used his power not just to undermine democratic values at home but also in building fences and rejecting refugee quotas to go and test the european union in a wider sense therefore a win that is not a two thirds majority win would amount to a substantial defeat. when i speak to generalize now he joins us from budapest what's the latest voting complete now. most polling stations have closed nic some are still open more than an hour after the official end of because they've been inundated quite simply with queues of voters

so they've been allowed to stay open that's probably the only news that we can bring you don't we certainly won't know a result for a couple of hours but a high turnout and it has been consistent throughout the day does suggest at least a large presence of potentially of opposition voters and therefore at least the possibility of an interesting result later let me talk to my guest now. she's an independent m.p. in the outgoing parliament thanks for joining us john what do you think is the possibility here of an unexpected result and perhaps not as big a win for obama and three does as they may have hoped we are assured that this lot of people almost seventy percent of voters is spectacular president we didn't expect it so many people voting today saw this is a really good news for one year in democracy that this also means that the stakes are high for this will win and feed us feel as if the stakes high you do think that as will win but perhaps not with the two candidates majority no fetus would not

have to set my joey i think that's pretty clear now by this high level of turnout i believe it will be around fifty percent plus a number of men dates for a fetus or maybe not and the question is by their opposition voters who voted for a position which parties did they vote for if they've made a tactical voting namely they voted for larger parties and more. candidates with higher chances this might even be. one of the possibilities therefore is a coalition government of some sort of the end of the day. the possibility of the not to have. an outstanding majority in governing alone if the fetus doesn't have a majority that will be a completely new situation in hungary something that no one expected no one is prepared for that probably be to seek for

a quality some partner or they may try to lead the country fine minority but just have never happened in hungary in the last thirty years so that would be quite surprised you'd consider that a good result i would be obese would be second spectacular and would demonstrate that time hearings are really one to get rid of or ban. and would give a lot of room for the opposition to change the country to something better. is there any possibility i mean we talk about the possible end of democracy going into this election and all of the threats and problems problems that picture obama has put up but it is in the end still a democracy is there any possibility at all of vote rigging of tempering with the results while the elections are not fair this we toiled for years ago and told this time p p or to the elections because there were so many many many police son that serve feed us by the election when other conditions but that hungary's a democracy and people could vote and seventy percent of what internet is pretty

high and that confirms if nothing else that democratic credentials here are still strong we leave it there which. will bring you the results as soon as there is. going to be a fascinating thanks very much to join the whole reporting there from budapest. being in the german army says it has rescued one hundred forty nine hostages all women and children held by boko haram in borno state in the northeast of the country that women children were being held in the village of yet the muddy coulda rescued people were not among the kidnapped schoolgirls and should book and she who are still missing are going to dress has the details now from which. the army said those rescue who are residents of yet a medic were believed in northeastern nigeria who were held captive by book or arm but they did not say for how long they've been held captive by the fighters the army said eight followed and over the rescue followed an operation that they conducted on saturday where they encountered bull quote our fighters and in suing

firefight they killed three of them and also captured five now all these people have been taken to hospital and are being treated and later to be profiled by the nigerian army and nigerian or forty's now what we have seen over the last few months or so is the book quite arms ability to continue to adopt its losses they've been chased out of most of the areas they have occupied but they are able to adopt in smaller groups to a type isolated and vulnerable communities recently within them launch during attacks on the capital coming to the outskirts of my degree which is a city that has been in their crosshairs for a very long time since the start of this insurgency the nigerian army said and the nigerian government confirmed that the book was around fighters have been sort of degraded but what we've seen over the last one year or so is this strategy bible quote to launch several types of operations suicide bombings daring attacks on

military formations attacks in isolated communities abductions and kidnappings in the north east of nigeria in other words spoken is telling the nigerian society that we're still very much on israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has angered palestinians by saying that there are no naive people in gaza and that those taking part in protests are mass military wing activists at least thirty palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since demonstrations along the gaza israeli border began ten days ago thousands more have been injured palestinians plan to hold protests against the israeli occupation for the next five weeks. well don't is in dog struggling to treat those promised immunes injured in friday's protests hospitals have declared a state of emergency due to a severe shortage of supplies go home and it has more from one of god. this is just one of the rooms and you have to understand that the whole hospital looks like this we have injured after injured now of this young man was had received two

bullets in his legs he needs further treatment he needs to get out of gaza for that treatment but that the moment he won't be able to and then we have this young man who is also in that situation these two were quite close to the fence however in the bed next door there is young amir he is only nineteen years old and actually he was not anywhere close to that no go zone he was watching for my father when he got hit by a sniper now what i showed you now is what you will see from room to room. patients suffering doctors working over hour to try to solve this situation certainly it is an emergency situation yesterday the health officials here in gaza have actually declared a state of emergency for the health system it is an overload. thousands of people from pakistan's pashtun community attending a rally in push over to demand rights and protection these so called passion

protection movement says the security forces are carrying out judicial arrests and killings of matheson as the. fury and frustration and push all the posted above the chanting crowd photographs of pashto said to have disappeared or be killed these protesters blame the police and the military i think this was this was an emotional eruption. did these young. they get there and they started this moment and i think they believe you will continue this moment across and it's not only from the tribal identity and even the pakistani. society they are also supporting the. woman. thousands of pashtun have moved to the southern port city of karachi fleeing from their homes in northern tribal areas to escape violence along pakistan's border with afghanistan but pashtuns say they've been targeted by the police and the army

since the emergence of the pakistani taliban whose leaders are also said to come from close to the pashtuns northern tribal homeland. the most recent killing in karachi was not. an aspiring pashtun mortal who his father says had no links to rebel groups pashtun say they want the senior police officer involved in the killing of not keep to face the death penalty. they deny these anti-government demonstrations and say their demands a simple first demand was to arrest the second was stop him alleviation pushed women specially the tribal women and children at the security check the third was it took the land mine which was given in especially. with the. it is not but a support for the protests grows the government may be forced to do more to show that pashtuns are not being targeted rob matheson al-jazeera. still come here on

al-jazeera i i. confrontations and celebrations in brazil as former president lula da silva begin serving a prison sentence for corruption. the female activist driving change in attitudes to the role of women in libyan society. and rafael nadal wins again on his return from injury but is it enough to get spain into the davis cup semifinals are will tell us. hello it's been raining recently in afghanistan turkmenistan and if you see the climate let it slide quite clearly that still quite active and it trails down through iran towards the gulf not behind it the weather's fine again it start

raining terror on twenty one degrees is the forecast here there's a small circulation in the eastern med to shout seem likely in turkey syria lebanon attempts to help about twenty or below as a result of that it will keep winding up of the next day or so becoming quite active i think in northern syria and east and turkey a few showers a quite possible iraq west and iran but generally speaking it's looking quite fine here but you still got snow chef in the high ground all for example northern afghanistan took my stand as an example. so this was the remains really these bits of cloud here might give a few spots of writing i think nothing more than that is generally drawing it from the dusty picture throughout the arabian peninsula we see an increase in rain in the last day or so and in the full cost certain image via dancer but swan and into south africa looks like a good line there and that's the one to watch for developing shows and i think they'll become quite big in the next day or so not in the western cape but in

central and eastern parts of south africa. the scene for us when they're on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. and. every. i don't get a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera and medical staff say dozens of people were killed by a suspected chemical attack in the pussys rebel enclave of duma in syria many more including children have been receiving treatment. the politician from hungary is ruling if it is party says it's likely to lose its two thirds majority in sunday's general election and the immigration prime minister viktor orban is still expected to win a third consecutive term. the nigerian army says it has rescued one hundred forty

nine hostages held by boko haram in borno state in the northeast of the country. police in germany say they don't know why a man drove a van into a crowd in the city of munster which killed two people there's been a heightened sense of security in europe to similar vehicle attacks in the u.k. france and sweden but german officials say complete security is not possible against lone attackers dominic kane reports now from once. on a normal weekend in april the center of minster should be packed with tourists and locals this weekend was not known the violent incident that killed and wounded so many was still fresh in people's minds particularly those who were trying to find out the attackers mosts. inman started i.e. four for. the perpetrator was known to police we have had three criminal proceedings against him in minster and another in and these accusations are from

two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen. but none of those gave any inkling that he was capable of carrying out saturday's attack. as the immediate sense of shock following saturday's incident has begun slowly to recede it's been replaced by a sense of grief and condolences with germany's politicians coming to pay their respects to those who lost their lives and many people in this city are asking the question how could such a thing happen here in munster. but i think. something like that shouldn't happen it's shocking i hope this doesn't happen more often than others will bring themselves to do something like that. we didn't think that could happen here and that someone because of his private problems drove into a crowd with their vehicle that is not comprehensible for the moment investigators say there are no signs of what they call

a terror based motives the search of the perpetrators home showed he had imitation firearms and other weapons some media reports suggest he previously suffered psychiatric disturbances ministers of stress the difficulty they face in protecting germany from these so-called lone wolf attacks. despite all efforts international community despite doing and having to do all that is humanly possible to protect our citizens unfortunately complete security is not possible and yet time and again we have to do everything in our power to continue to reduce perhaps even to prevent such crimes but for many germans the central question is why do these crimes happen dominick again al jazeera minster meanwhile police say they may have foiled a potential attack on the berlin half-marathon on sunday they've arrested six people aged between eighteen and twenty one whom they suspected of preparing a grave city in danger violent act one of the apartments raided by police before

the race was also search in connection with the two thousand and sixteen christmas market attack. brazil's former president saluted the silva has started his twelve year jail term for corruption you're right prison under the cover. of the after finally agreeing to hide himself in following a twelve standoff with authorities his supporters who protested against his imprisonment all of a celebrated saying the guilty must pay for the crime. correspondent who joins us from couldn't tell you what we know about looters first day in prison. but he's in the federal police prison on the outskirts of could a keeper as you say he arrived that last night after a medical check. before he was flown here in an hour or so flights away from sao paolo a special cell was prepared for him on the top floor of the prison separate segregated

from the other prisoners he asked for television to be installed in the cell mostly so that he could watch his favorite football team quote indians who played a good big games of the day and. he said to have been watching not but the fact is despite this relative calm but this is still the former president of brazil or once a hugely popular figure now imprisoned in the beginning of his twelve year and one month sentence for corruption and money laundering charges it is said that he won't necessarily stay at that prison including chiba he may well be moved to a prison closer to his home city. in the next year bonds he was of course favorite to win in the upcoming presidential election where does this leave brazilian politics. well he's left a huge hole in brazilian politics he's been a dominant figure even before he served as president of brazil from two thousand

and three to the end of two thousand and ten he was a big trade union leader he had stood in previous president elect he's a figure on the brazilian political stage but generations just very difficult for both his friends and his enemies too busy to live without him so i think his own. work his party is now scrambling to find a potential leader candidates for the october presidential elections himself has said that from his prison cell he will continue to can exert influence he will put his name forward before the august deadline for the october elections that almost certainly be turned down but he still continues to present his innocence he says he doesn't even own the apartment blocks which he said to have been refurbished in his name in return for political favors say he's still professing his innocence but at the same time prosecutors have said there are other cases against him they are going to pursue those and it could well be that twelve years and one months in

prison is it is extended and even if it not he is excluded from politics for at least eight years seventy two year old won't be back on the political scene for at least that length of time all right daniel thanks very much needed couldn't you so do american migrants traveling across mexico in a caravan have protested outside the u.s. embassy in mexico city against donald trump and his anti immigration policies the demonstrators who have traveled from the mexico border to the capital have called for justice for my roots groups trick and good donald trump who has deployed the national guard to reinforce the border every year thousands take part in what's called a caravan trying to ensure safe passage for migrants and draw attention to the right. kenya has suspended the construction of a seven hundred kilometer wall along its border with somalia locals say the partially built wall has helped prevent members of the on group al-shabaab from

crossing into kenya but some analysts say it does nothing to stop fighters who are already in the country from and they're on the kenyan somalian border is catherine soy. this is what is meant to keep out fighters based in somalia part of a larger government project to protect the. kenyan county town of mandela clan elders say the border barrier has helped along with other security measures including arming vetted civilians and better cooperation between different clans and security forces. for there to be peace we have to look out for. us if my neighbor result issues. the enemy. husband was killed almost three years ago when gunmen attacked a bass he was shot trying to protect christians who are the target.

for ten years and we have six children when i look at them i see him i will never forget him. and there has been an entry point for. sympathetic locals say to aid them with crown wars making the situation worse some security analysts say building a barrier is not in itself a solution. needs to its. people here monday or on all the parts of these countries so there. you have the building or just give it a wall because it's not i was just a fence i think for me i think demonstrate they maybe to you from the policymakers when it comes to dealing with us about even after all these years in this region the attack has mainly target holds who come here to walk in schools who towels and parties. where most people from other parts of the country come.

in twenty four thirty six. what killed. along the border with somalia. watched his friends die but he says the security situation at least within town and the surrounding areas has improved and as. we have the protection of the bodies we do not live in one neighborhood breaking the past we have spread out to other areas where there was a fairly. people leaving here may have found relative peace but several paths of the region remain unsafe some of this travel is occurring for the east taking a route so dangerous that they have to be escorted by armed police who themselves are a target catherine saw al jazeera and dara north east and kenya. the america has begun his tour of the united states ahead of talks with the us president donald trump on tuesday the gulf crisis in the blockade against carter is likely to be

high on the agenda the aim is first stop was in miami and florida from where. has this report. for. a 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. and us president donald trump i think all the parties have to come to the table with not sitting at the conditions. if the countries are 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. charm offensive in the u.s. is in full swing when. it curious crowds gathers at the landmark bayfront in

miami what an exhibit promoting the gulf nation is under way one finds to many three the roach 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 in miami. to come and visit and try to create more economic opportunities said jasim is qatar's minutes of economy he leads a delegation of business been 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 of those countries as the gulf diplomatic crisis drags on the qatari government continues to

diversify its trade part of qatar'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 qatar national carrier the u.s. has a long standing relationship with the gulf rivals it's been trying to broker a deal of has been no breakthrough so far raising fears of further instability in the region about al-jazeera miami. libya has long been a highly male dominated society because of conflict and an increase in lawlessness of marginalized women even more female activism is on the rise in some parts of the country as mahmud reports now from misrata. their voices are not often heard but fatima a community leader is determined to change that she wants women to play a bigger role 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 it's whom 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 challenges. if 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. 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. misrata. still to come. on scott high there in shanghai where one organization is teaching

about the damage of plastics because the nearby getting sea river puts the most plastic in the world's oceans than any other river. stop drop and roll the wheels fall off for one driver at the latest cynical race. what makes this moment this era we're living for so unique this is really an attack on itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important. to publish it. to be offensive or provokes it's all about the nice people do. setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. discover. programming from around the globe challenge your perception

but i was hearing sounded so far fetched that i thought there were five behold it was true groundbreaking documentary. fearless journalism life let me. see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. everybody in the longest river in asia has become one of the world's most polluted the young sea has long been a lifeline for millions of chinese but now plastic from the river is slowly killing life in the east china sea and beyond scott hide the reports now from shanghai.

three generations of new ijaz family are out cleaning up plastic along the mouth of the gang's the river one of the worst spots in the world for plastic pollution. but . i'm here to protect the ocean there's a lot of trash on the beach we saw a video where turtle and held a straw and it bled a lot so when people try to help get the straw out of it's no littering endangered species. one of the biggest plastic consumers in the world china's numbers are staggering for instance package delivery services in two thousand and sixteen used fourteen billion the plastic bags and with the rapid increase of food delivery options it's estimated that sixty million plastic containers are used each day many cannot be recycled. one campaigner at the environmental group that organizes these volunteer cleanup outings says people seeing the pollution drives the message home

alone. i think we can look beyond the numbers when we're talking about the marine waste to the public statistics of their abstract it's easier to bring them here to see with their own eyes and participate in activities like this that's a more direct way to make the public realize the severity of the problem. according to an environmental journal the yangtze river and its tributaries here carries one point five million tons of plastics into the sea each year through some of china's biggest cities the last one here in shanghai before it meets the east china sea and then the plastic makes its way to the pacific ocean nature magazine recently reported that what's known as the great pacific garbage patch is much larger than previously thought twice the size of france and containing seventy nine thousand tons of plastic china's environmental protection ministry admits there's a big problem and recently announced that a restructuring plan is in the works. to plan that will create better conditions

for fighting the battles against pollution and improving ecological environment we're obliged responsible and have every reason to do a better job in coming days. and the pace of that job needs to quicken as scientists predict that if the flow of plastic into the oceans is not slowed by two thousand and fifty the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh the fish it's got to al jazeera shanghai now let's get all the latest. nick thank you so much and just a few hours time the winner of golf first major of the year will be crowned at the masters over night leader patrick reed and his nearest challenger warry malcolm roy took to augusta of course just a short time ago read leads by three shots for michael roy heading into the final round the american is bidding to win his first major title meanwhile mcelroy would become just the six player in history to win all four of golf's majors if he can

get his hands on the masters green jacket later both are under pressure from a handful of big names including one hundred stenson john ramey and rickie fowler though fowler started two shots behind on nine under par and tiger woods is nearing the completion of his final round on his first appearance at augusta since two thousand and fifteen eagle the fifteenth hole to go three under for the day. sebastian vettel has won the formula one bahrain grand prix for ferrari extending his championship lead over lewis hamilton the german lead from position but was chased down by mercedes valtteri bottas in the closing laps of the race but that all managed to hold him off to win by less than a second battle to make can be right can and was less successful should retire after running over a ferrari in the capping during a pit stop or any champion and mercedes driver lewis hamilton came from night to finish third. christian to win although find the back of the nat for the tenth

real madrid game in a row on sunday but his side had to settle for a draw against local rivals athletico madrid in their spanish league clash gareth bale set up the set up or naldo for the opener shortly after half time but just four minutes later and griezmann level four athletico the draw means four points clear of rio in second place in the league standings. well there were two it games in the english premier league on sunday chelsea were held to a one line draw by west ham and arsenal came from a goal down to be southampton three two meaning they're now just three points behind chelsea in the race for a top five finish. we're leading one knew they came by two two two and every time i believe we have shown great spirit and won the game even if it be end of a game it was a b. take two but i must say when you come to the emirates you see who boarded you see

gold and. what's what you want to give to our front. and tennis world number one rafa nadal made it two wins out of two on his return from injury to help spain reach the semifinals of the davis cup playing in his first event since a hip problem forced him out of january's australian open adele thrashed world number four alexanders a rub in straight sets to level spain's quarterfinal with germany at two matches each jabbered for then defeated feeling all schreiber any thriller to win a tie for spain and from maybe delighted home crowd. spain will now meet defending champions france in the last four they made it through to a third street semifinal with a three one win over italy world number eleven lucas police sealing their progression with a force that went over fabio fognini france are bidding to win back to back davis cup titles for the first time in more than eighty years. croatia also reached the

last four on sunday after a convincing three one win over kazakstan the world over three martin challenged russian mikhail christian in straight sets a book he started. with the united states in september. it's been another golden day for hosts australia at the commonwealth games they added six gold medals to their tally on day four in the gold coast five of those came in the swimming pool including a clean sweep of the medals in the men's fifty meter backstroke is mitchell arc and took the title they also had a one two three finish in the women's fifty metres butterfly filed taint campbell winning her third race of these games that saw a extend their lead at the top of the overall medal table they have thirty one gold twelve more than england and second place. the sporting world in north america has been paying tribute to the fifteen members of

a canadian junior hockey team the humble two broncos who died when a truck hit their boss on friday various n.h.l. . teams showed their respect to victims journeying their games on saturday the chicago blackhawks and the winnipeg jets had broncos on the back of their jerseys the humble broncos were on their way to a game when the accident happened near the town of tisdale and the province of saskatchewan. it's been a bad day for the mechanics in the latest indy car around sebastian board has started on pole but finished well down the field after hitting one of his pit crew to this van drove off for his left rear wheel had been properly attach lease tire left rolling down pit lane after responding defending series champion joseph new garden eventually claim the wind to move to the top of the standings. finally north korea's capital pyongyang held its annual international marathon on sunday with few hundred trent's from around the world participating the race is part of the

celebrations to mark the one thousand nine hundred twelve birth of north korean founder kim il sung approximately four hundred runners from forty three countries took part that's down from more than a thousand competed in twenty seventeen north korea's won the men's full marathon while his compact kept high gear on won the women's race and that's all your sport for now it's now back to nic for those very much they will look for to see a little bit later that is it for this but i will be back with that coupled with its with the whole for you will see the.

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