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al-jazeera. and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters. welcome to the news grid it could be very soon or not soon at all that's the message from president donald trump on a possible strike on syria he sent his latest tweet just a day after he warned russia to expect what he called a nice new smartness owl's will examine what this all means a temporary reprieve for some palestinians egypt has opened the crossing just for three days this is crucial for delivering aid to civilians in the besieged gaza strip which has been under israeli blockade for more than a decade but is it linked to the recent protests at the gaza is really be. order

and the international chemical weapons watchdog validates britain's findings that the poison used to attack a russian former agent was no we talked to a military grade nerve agent developed by russia we'll have reaction from london and moscow. and the hash tag made to go back has been trending in india and worldwide india's prime minister has been swung by protesters in time on the g eight because of it i'm satisfied it suits the say if you want to say you. you're with the news grid we're live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook live and that al-jazeera dot com donald trump is keeping the world guessing about when and if the u.s. will take military action against the syrian president bashar assad's trump says it's in response to an apparent chemical weapons attack in duma on saturday that killed at least forty people it injured many more while trump tweeted

a short time ago saying a possible strike could be soon or not so soon at all the u.s. there it is the u.s. and its allies france and the u.k. have been promising to go after the syrian government they accuse assad's forces of being responsible for that chemical attack but the government denies any involvement and international investigators are not yet in the country and russia has denied such an attack happen so here's where things stand at the moment the british prime minister to reason is holding an emergency meeting right now to discuss with her cabinet any possible military action meanwhile president assad's main backer that's russia has been warning against any such move moscow says communication lines with washington are active and the turkish president reza play berto on how the phone call with trump and puton while on the grounds. the syrian

government has taken control of duma that's the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus so syria also featuring high on the agenda when two of the most powerful men in the trumpet ministration testify in separate congressional hearings later on thursday and what you're looking at right there is the hearing of the secretary of defense james mattis who's appearing in front of the house armed services committee he's answering questions about the pentagon's budgets he's already facing pressure for the congressional approval for any possible military strikes on syria you can see him in that live picture right there let's listen to some of what he had to say a little earlier on. both the last administration and this one made very clear that our role in shiria is the defeat of isis we are not going to engage in the civil war itself you know you can look back to a year ago when we did fire missiles into syria unrelated to

isis and that was of course the use of chemical weapons and some things are simply inexcusable beyond the pale and in the worst interest of not just the chemical weapons convention but of civilization itself also happening on capitol hill right now the senate foreign relations committee is holding a confirmation hearing for mike pump a oh there he is he's trump's nominee to become the next secretary of state he's currently crime the head of the sea a now let's take a closer look at the state of play in syria itself so the syrian government and its allied forces are marked in red as you can see rebels are marked in green kurds are yellow the shaded area is controlled by turkey backed syrian rebel groups and i souls been pushed into small corners of syria as you can see the syrian government controls these air bases across the country and it's allied russian forces are

mostly concentrated in the west they also have a permanent air base in the taca and the naval ports in talk to us and now of course they're in charge of security of duma that's a suburb of the capital damascus iran also involved on the ground in syria coordinates closely with the russian and syrian military is and then there's a lebanese group hezbollah another assad government supporter and longtime ally. dominates areas around the west close to the border with lebanon well the syrian ambassador to the united nations says the global chemical weapons watchdog investigators are due to arrive in the country. the missions team the fact finding mission. will consist of two groups. these two groups with. separately to syria on thursday today as well as tomorrow on friday

we will facilitate the even of the team to anywhere they want. to check whether or not there was use of chemical substances well as the that or to the u.n. speaking earlier that is joining us from neighboring beirut is keeping an eye on developments on the ground in syria is a lot to tell us first of all about the significance of the government now in full control of duma. thirteen if i heard you correctly yes eastern now under the control of the syrian government undoubtedly a victory for the pro-government alliance this rebel enclave was a thorn in the side for the government at the doorsteps of damascus the capital the government seat of power thousands and thousands of rebels who are based there they were able to threaten damascus neighborhoods by firing rockets in recent years they even attempted to storm the capital so now the government declaring victory at one

of those towns was where the suspected chemical weapons attack occurred on sunday morning and now we are hearing reports that the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons there inspectors will be arriving into this later tonight they're most likely to inspect the site and investigate on the ground in tomorrow now there are many questions are being answered whether or not the in the evidence is has been tampered with because the area is now under the control of the government and people who are now live under the control of the government may be too scared to talk to these chemical weapons inspectors but they will arrive and it's not clear whether this fact finding mission will stave off a possible military assault. syria's military is preparing for possible airstrikes by the united states and its allies it has been hiding aircraft moving into assets and evacuating potential targets including the ministry of defense an

army headquarters in damascus western nations are promising a response following the suspected chemical weapons attack in the city of duma syrians living in rebel areas welcome any chance to punish and weaken the syrian government but many in the opposition believe nothing will change. they already emptied all the military airports before and the talk shows that are conspiring against the syrian people and here we're hearing about a possible u.s. strike we don't believe anything. the last time they hit nothing happened even gave the regime advance notice to remove the planes if they hit again it will be limited . it's been several days since you asked president donald trump promised a swift response to what he called an atrocious attack last year his administration carried out a one off strike against syria over the use of chemical weapons now the possibilities involves something more forceful but the presence of iranian and russian troops

complicates the choice of targets there is a real risk of direct confrontation with the russian military negotiations on the issue of continuing to between. the russian federation i've seen all levels military political and the government although. i. have a conclusion that russia and america following themselves in the real deadlock they're facing a dangerous period. begin are. the so-called de confliction hotline that the u.s. and russian militaries use in syria to prevent a direct clash is being used the kremlin however is not saying what is being discussed. we understand that turkey a nato member is acting as a communication channel between the western alliance and russia there are behind the scenes efforts to try to deescalate what is being described as

a dangerous crisis a crisis that can lead to a confrontation between the united states and russia as well as a showdown between iran and israel. just days after syria russia and iran accused israel of attacking an airbase in the syrian province of homs iran's top advisor to the supreme leader ali akbar velayati traveled to damascus threatened to expel what he said were occupying u.s. troops in northeast syria saying the area east of the euphrates will be liberated iran lost seven of its military personnel in monday's strike not only did it promise a response its leadership promised to stand by syria if it's attacked and will be a limited strike it will be against. military installations airfields and all of those. things that can be repaired fairly quickly. will insist and the european partners or others will insist that the terrence

has to be reestablished. that means that the syrian regime has to pay a price for that that prices are likely to lead to the collapse of the syrian government which is further consolidating its control after its victory in the damascus suburb of eastern huta france has said if a decision is taken to launch a strike the government's chemical capabilities will be targeted and not russian and iranian assets the situation is unpredictable but one thing seems clear significant u.s. led military intervention to tip the balance of the conflict in favor of the opposition is not on the table. so the stakes are high the iranians actually telling the americans that their troops in syria are not safe and there are contacts to try to find a diplomatic way out of this crisis ok if they don't whether giving us the update from beirut thank you we'll now cross over to kimberly how could joining us from

washington d.c. because trump seems to be dialing down his rhetoric on the possibility of any military strike on syria kimberly how would you assess that. i think it has a lot to do with the fact that he had military experts weighing in on wednesday the general general dunford the chair of the joint chiefs of staff as well as the secretary of defense general james mattis you remember the public statements on camera that general mattis made on wednesday when he said that united states is still assessing evidence and that there will be options provided to the president if appropriate it seems that the experts in terms of those who have experience with military strikes throughout their very lengthy careers are giving the president some sobering second thoughts to consider and that may have a lot to do with the sort of stark contrast between the social media tweet on wednesday by the president where he was threatening russia with military action and

also now the tweet we're seeing on thursday where he's saying that he may attack syria soon or he may not at all so all of this coming in the context as the general is speaking on capitol hill and also again saying that the u.s. policy has always been to defeat eisel not to get involved in the civil war at the same time saying some things are inexcusable and beyond the pale i believe his words were exactly indirectly referring to the fact that the u.s. did have military strikes one year ago following the chemical attack in concha kuhn and now is considering that again in light of the suspected attack that has taken place in duma so it appears that there has been some careful consideration some input given to the president he seems to be heeding that but at the same time as you mentioned well the u.s. is doing this we see u.s. allies like france as well as the united kingdom. continuing to move forward in

terms of the emergency cabinet meeting and also the statement that there is proof of that suspected and we will be speaking to need barker in the united kingdom in just a moment for the time being carefully halakhah thank you for that update from washing . before we cross over to london we'll cross over to moscow that is where were chalons is joining us from and how is russia viewing all of this and viewing what's referred to as trump's twitter diplomacy rory are they taking it seriously. well look i mean russia was saying for several weeks before the incident in duma that it was expecting some sort of provocation a false flag operation basically sets up by the united states in collaboration with the rebels using chemical weapons to justify u.s. strikes against the syrian government and its military assets and it's no surprise

that after the chemical events in duma over the weekend that russia is carrying on with this line and so we heard from the foreign ministry this afternoon at a press briefing that this is the russian position our position is perfectly clear imprecise we are not seeking escalation says moscow and we expect our partners to be wise enough to return to the legal framework and to solve the emerging problems together that's essentially what has been coming out of moscow for the last few days it's not really changing. it's interesting though that you're sort of speaking to very well connected analysts a guy called yuri barman who we speak to fairly regularly here in moscow he says that the information that he's getting from his contacts in the russian military are that the moscow believes the time of greatest danger has now passed and

that it is still expecting some sort of u.s. strike but that using this de confliction hotline between the united states and russia militaries in syria that the united states will basically tell russia seems like they did last time as well that it should move its critical assets and syrian assets and perhaps the radio assets as well away from certain sites and therefore when this strike comes it is largely going to be a symbolic measure. that allows people to let off steam and not actually that much is change will change and i think that's kind of in keeping with it was in a hotel it was staying in a report earlier ok rory thank you for that update from moscow and now it's over to barker joining us from london and we know that the british prime minister is holding an emergency meeting right now neve to discuss possible military action what are you hearing on that. you know those are the emergency cabinet meeting

was convened with a degree of urgency been given the latest tweet from donald trump you wonder whether or not that he might be off a little bit for the british government when it comes to making a decision about what to do next still we are expecting more clarity on britain's position on whether or not it will indeed support u.s. strikes against the syrian regime to resume a has indicated that she's willing to do that she feels that there is some moral imperative given the evidence that she has connecting the assad regime with the chemical weapons attack in duma over the weekend but how exactly britain will respond physically when it comes to committing weapons and so on and so forth really is very unclear right now there is some suggestion to that to reason may may be prepared to make the decision to commit militarily without running it past parliament that's already garnered a degree of frustration and anger from the political opposition they want the whole

of parliament to be considered when it comes to making such a big commitment and of course the british government will also have to calibrate its response to that of donald trump and his white white house on a weekend in which the u.s. president seemed to unilaterally declare war against the assad regime on social media the response here is likely to be comparatively muted ok i mean barker thank you for giving us the update from downing street now we'll cross over to my one bashar is al jazeera senior political analyst joining us from london and we'll just show you what's going on in capitol hill for a moment because that is james mattis he is appearing in front of the house armed services committee and this is what he said so far on he saying that the united states is committed to ending the syrian civil war through the geneva process can you make sense of all of this what matters has said right now and also the series of tweets that we've seen by the president donald trump. well look at might

sound at first sight as if there is a contradiction between what matt this is saying and one trump has said but that's not necessarily so although we must admit that there is a nuance between a president who continues to rush into tweeting stuff that he doesn't really either understand or does not follow through and a secretary of defense that is more sober more carefully reading the situation one thing some sort of a proof of some sort he says we know that that chemical attack has taken place but we don't know necessarily who is behind it so for the time being i think it's clear that while a military operation might still go ahead and mattis will still be running it and that will also help the united states play our larger a greater role in the diplomatic solution whether it's in geneva or elsewhere

moving forward so there is no contradiction between a military operation in the one hand and moving in the diplomatic process later on to find those of you ssion for the crisis in syria well where does the diplomatic solution lie right now when in fact this is one what one a far facebook viewer is asking he's saying received saying all we are hearing is whose turn it is to be on syria do any of these leaders actually have a solution to bring an end to the war. well i think the they do but each one according to their own whims and visions the russians see a solution for syria but one that is centered around their client puppet. the syrian president bashar al assad but in what's becoming more like the chemical republic the president has lost all legitimacy and even the country has been losing the dicta messy on sovereignty and that's why the likes of france the u.k.

and the united states would say we will have to uphold the ban on the use of chemical weapons and hence i said needs to be punished and deterred for the use of chemical weapons for the united states there's a lot of ambiguity and that's why all those who are criticizing the trump rushed to go to war after the chemical attack it's because they say there is an absence of strategy because in the end of the day everyone knows there is no military solution for the question of syria and hence if the united states going to take out an attack this attack comes in the context of what where is the strategy because you cannot one week say you want to pull lot of syria and then next week you want to say you want to attack in syria just after a year when you said you have to pull out completely from syria and that the president before you mishandled syria so really a lot of confusion around what the heck does the american president want and what is his endgame diplomatic or otherwise in syria and i want to thank you. let's take

a look at the online reaction to what is going on in syria well politicians have been reacting from the u.s. including democratic member of congress and former soldier she tweeted off unfortunate and brutal history of waging regime change was has failed to mention xerox and libya in there as well and she also adds that minute she action should be the last resort not the first and u.s. senator and democrat chris murphy wrote let me get this straight. we are going to bomb syria because assad attack civilians but next door in yemen we are eagerly participating in a bombing campaign that has killed thousands of civilians and just over a couple of hours ago the russian embassy in u.k. called the apparent chemical weapon attack fake and last attempt staged by the white helmets for the benefit of foreign backers but of course there are fellow republicans who are supporting trump's threat to attack syria and one of those is

congressman michael mccaul who tweeted we in congress can do our part by sending the seas a serious civilian protection act to the president's desk and hold those human rights abuses accountable now from the u.k. labor party leader jeremy corbyn suite is saying parliament must be consulted before any military action is taken against syria meanwhile a member of the british parliament john lemon wrote a strong message saying frankly if we don't take action humanity is dead we should have acted before now now as different countries decide whether to strike syria activists still uploading videos after the suspected chemical attack and this video posted on facebook appears to show a device described as a bomb lying on a bed in a room with a hole in the ceiling and activists say the unexploded devices evidence of the attack in duma it said to resemble a barrel bomb parts of fuel oil shrapnel and other materials however not everyone

seems to believe as well some including this syrian pm harby he's. a savvy pharisee's a syrian m.p. who polices fake and he has also said a chiro boy can break this bed if he jumps on it but a two hundred fifty kilo sarin bomb falling from the sky cannot cause the latest attack and he also added this pictures well now in the u.k. former british prime minister tony blair has got people talking in these. he came to british media and he says the u.k. should all military action in syria of course lots of people are talking about on social media including alex when he says it's like the last fifteen years just melted away and i've been taken back to two thousand and three and this activist says tony blair the man who lied about weapons of mass destruction took britain into war in iraq on a lie now wants britain to invade syria and this man should have been tried as a war criminal those are some of the full thoughts from people but people also

sharing different pictures and this is one of them is to say no no war with syria of course there's the peace sign there as well and there's also a dr seuss the hashtag hands off syria some people have also been sharing pictures of syria before the war started in twenty eleven and they've been using that beacon to exist or come alive on facebook throughout the show that says here your thoughts on syria or any of the stories you think we should be following while our online team has interviewed experts on their assessments of what comes next after the u.s. tried to carry out missile strikes against the syrian government so here you can read about what types of missiles could be used than what russia's likely response will be if of course that happens it's all on the home page of al jazeera dot com keep her comments coming we are getting a few at the news grid we're on facebook at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera we're on twitter as well our handle is our ageing was use the hash tag a.j.

news grid and you can also whatsapp us or send us a message on telegram plus line seven four five zero triple one one four nine. now a key lifeline to the gaza strip has been reopened allowing some vital supplies to reach the besieged territory of the it off ahead border crossing with egypt will remain open for three days last year it only functioned less than forty days leaving tens of thousands of people on a waiting list to get outs well this comes at a time of heightened tensions in gaza as a protest against israel and its blockade at the border enters its second week kerry faucet has more. almost thousands of people here in iraq in the south of the gaza strip for what is a very rare opportunity you can see the desperation to get onto one of these buses they are processed here inside the hole the people who are on the list and whose documents are stamped and ready to go across and then put on these buses they're

bussed to the crossing itself and taken across to egypt this is a rare thing the last such crossing took place than two weeks ago in twenty sixteen there were only forty two days of crossings in up twenty seventeen there were thirty six days so when these things happen a real desperation to it to make the most of it the last time there was a crossing again it was meant to be a three day periods such as this one which was announced this week in the end only one day of crossings took place so when people get an opportunity to get out of gaza something so difficult to do given the israeli i said blockade and the others that have been in place here on the southern rougher crossing they tried to make the most of that opportunity. if they didn't get no one and i'd applied for two years but only now i'm on the list i was supposed to go last time i hope this time i can get children to share my thoughts on the sram there is no future in gaza if i don't travel my future will be destroyed completely. to nominate a koran says officials should take care of the people where are the officials to

give us chances there are seven in my family are we each supposed to pay four thousand dollars bribe egypt signs the security situation on its sinai peninsula as a reason for the heavy restrictions which continue to be imposed on this border with gaza egypt is also understood to be trying to calm the situation inside gaza and this particular opening should be seen in that context as the humanitarian situation here continues to worsen and the reconsideration that egypt is backing between the fucker led palestinian authority and hamas which continues to control gaza continues to fall to. all and a whole. page you'll find a tab dedicated to israel palestinian news just click it's and it'll bring you to this page with all the latest updates and all the develop it's you are with the news grid and if you're watching us on facebook live we've got a story coming up about a syrian mother and for a quest for answers she searches for missing family members and coming up in just

a moment it's decision time for trump as the president considers whether or not to certify that iran is living up to its commitments under the nuclear deal. thank you. the at at the. we're still got some rather lively right into parts of the middle east big area of cloud just around that eastern side of iraq pushing across into iran has produced some very heavy rain here flooding rains for some asti fifty four millimeters to friday just twenty four hours just into that western side of iraq you can see have a cloud and rain makes its way up into azerbaijan into georgia i mean yes they'll sing some wet weather as we go through the next couple days this is them really is kind of stuck here a little bit of wet weather too over towards afghanistan kabul at twenty three

degrees twenty three degrees celsius the beirut but the fun the fine and sunny weather will continue here as we go on through the next couple days little change as we go through sounds like just rather eastern side of the med i'm afraid for eastern parts of iraq on the other hand the right still in place as you can see it pushes over towards western parts of iran still a bit of wet weather that into northern areas too up towards the caspian sea had a little bit of rain recently around the gulf him cause a few spots of fright on the day that's clearing through the a little more cloud as we go on it's a sad day but a low cloud too just around western parts of yemen fab a cloud recently into well south africa stays a little wet into central areas for friday but dry for the. stories of life. and inspiration. and

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. now the international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed british findings that the nerve agent nobody told was used against the russian former double agent and his daughter last month so the poisoning of. his daughter yulia sparked a global diplomatic crisis with the u.k. and its allies accusing moscow of meaning behind that attack catherine stansell joining us from london what exactly did the o.p.c. w find. well the o.p.c. w. used four different laboratories to test environmental samples from salisbury where the incident happened as well as blood samples from yulia and sergei screwball and the police officer who was first on the scene when the pair were found slumped in the park and the results from all four of those laboratories came back the same that it was a military grade nerve agent. that was found in all of these samples the one thing

that the o.p.c. doesn't do is attribute the source of the blame so we don't know the background we don't know where it came from that is not their responsibility but the findings of the report is that it was in fact a chemical nerve agent that was involved and at the time as we're saying it really did spark a global diplomatic crisis now that this has been revealed how is the u.k. responding. british foreign secretary boris johnson came out almost immediately to say that this is just proof that russia was behind this attack he actually says and i quote only russia has the means motive and record and that the kremlin must give answers now so very strong words from the foreign secretary in the last hour moscow is actually responded their foreign ministry says that they don't accept the findings of this report they say unless

they have access to the same samples themselves to do their own analysis that they are not going to accept this conclusion so that's what's coming from the other side . for further discussion on the findings e o p c w and the u.n. security council will be meeting next week at some point to discuss these findings so. there will be a lot more political. debate and. back and forth going on sounds like it ok catherine stansell for the time being thank you for that update from london we will stay in london and cross over to mary in the mozzie who has more of the international news. that's right to rain we begin with afghanistan at least fourteen people including a political leader have been killed by a taliban attack in the country gunmen stormed a district government compound in the southeastern province of gaza any local governor seven policemen and five intelligence officers are among the victims the district is now on the control of afghan security forces civil rights activists in

myanmar of welcomed a commitment by facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg to tackle hate speech on the site facebook has been accused of helping spread and he rang the propaganda social welfare ministers on a three day trip to bangladesh to assuring the refugees that their repatriation is a priority more than seven hundred thousand range have fled myanmar from bangladesh following a military crackdown last august a senior member of the government delegation told our jazeera that that visit to the camps is to encourage refugees to return and to show that there was no ethnic cleansing. this has always been. in the press in the media have a glancing in these words. if you know the fact that we're here the fact that we're willing to accept them back to where they had lived before then i think it's a very solid demonstration there's no added clinton if there were any and clinton

would not have you know accepted them so we are really i just want to make sure that the message is very clear that really have no hesitation we are doing our best to make sure the environment is conducive for the same for to we have committed ourselves to the three international criteria as you know safe voluntary and dignified so we're doing our best to ensure that they come back not only in terms of the hard stuff of building to set up but also to make sure that they have a decent living livelihood a decent means of work we're doing our best to shore and to be. visit has enabled us to give the our side of what the conditions are in your mom so i think most of them when we asked if they are willing to come back

the majority said yes. i think it was a very productive meeting. amnesty international says a number of people being sentenced to death while white dropped in two thousand and seventeen it's figures don't include china set to be the world's biggest executioner and a new report highlights how for middle east countries resume capital punishment last year and even barbara schwarz. amnesty international says the global picture is continuing to improve last year they counted at least nine hundred ninety three executions that's four percent fewer than in twenty sixteen and thirty nine percent fewer than in twenty fifteen and there's been a marked drop in death sentences passed at least two thousand five hundred ninety one were recorded in twenty seventeen a yearly fall of seventeen percent but there's a major caveat to these figures don't include china amnesty says it's by far the world's biggest executioner carrying out thousands of death sentences last year but statistics are considered a state secret now eighty four percent of all recorded executions took place in

just four countries iran saudi arabia iraq and pakistan iran executed at least five hundred seven people last year more than half the recorded global figure amnesty says courts very often rely on confessions made under torture when passing death sentences and several countries in the middle east resumed executions in twenty seventeen after years of not doing so one continuing practice that amnesty calls disturbing is executions for drug related defenses something that's against international law we have not been used in the lot of countries malaysia and iran. and indonesia singapore notice other countries and this is contrary to some of the obligations that this country of day to national human rights along standards and the fact that some of these countries are actually even now taking steps to reform their own national laws to align it with international laws and

regulation is a is a testimony to the fact that they agree with us in the usa the only country in the americas executing people the number of states carrying out executions rose from five to eight and while there was progress in sub-saharan africa nigeria sentenced six hundred twenty one people to death last year more than any other country in the region so a mixed picture and amnesty international says its public campaign to get the. death penalty abolished we'll go on. from london for you in about twenty minutes time now back to during my in thank you will see you later well president donald trump is widely expected to say iran is not sticking to what side of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal under an act passed by the u.s. congress the president has to certify every ninety days that iran is complying with the terms of that deal but trump a staunch opponent of the agreement has refused to do it twice already his administration believes iran's violating the spirit of the deal with its test the

ballistic missiles but in fact over the past two years inspectors from the international atomic energy agency have filed a report saying iran is sticking to its side of the agreement that nuclear deal between iran and six world powers lifted crippling economic sanctions in exchange of were strict sions on iran's nuclear program that speak to any say about syria top uneasy she's a research fellow at the royal united services institute joining us from london thanks for speaking to us so at the time of his last waiver in january president trump said that would be his last and the next sanction waiver is scheduled for may the twelfth what will the president do then. question up until that couple of weeks ago i think it brought expectational was that. that line was a way through or it trumpets. you were incorrect originally congress to find a way to six what are to perceive their weaknesses namely at least the size that

they actually and it's so cool santa clause and i think the impression was that there was progress made to buy the rights in discussing issues and some sort of fire agreement would have been found and therefore the likelihood out. as not being abstract or to survival of the deal was the crazy right not that perception changed with the nomination of bolton. recently and it brought perception is that now the trump nation might be more inclined to worse re-imposing their you know terrorist action from the us and therefore putting a few i understand your threat so just for sake of the sake of clarity though if trump does not renew the sanctions relief that doesn't necessarily kill the deal as a whole. it doesn't however what sits under severe pressure especially for days you're inside because the what has been the so far their

reaction off the obama is that even if they us the withdrawal from it which is what the fact that. they were being state sanctioned. they would run would still comply under its obligations if. it's not. so what it means is that basically you together with russia and china. would need to drop the package studies enough or you run to continue to comply with you even if you are three imposing sanctions that we know would hamper severely depressed before investment and trade especially part of your hide so we can create ok and to help us understand this when terms of a test run has violated the spirit of the deal how so well we know that. greece moderates up the deal if there is no real evidence that the iran violated as it was the correctly mentioned at the beginning of the report that they

. referred to that line ten times the political price of it ran five own obligations so even was not certified to deal in the. present and seventeen couldn't really say that it brought you to comply we did a little bit of a show what do you say to that is that the lifting of sanctions from the u.s. side was not proportionate to the steps taken by your brawn to curb its own nuclear or big asian which is a way to say that there is not enough evidence to say that you're wrong. so they are now referring to the theory of that which means basically issues which are broadly consider outside. the church to me thought. which is not a matter which there is. in a weekly or ok we'll leave it there we thank you very much for your time with us on al-jazeera thank you well to learn more about iran's nuclear deal you can log on to

our web site al jazeera dot com there you'll find an in-depth interview about the subject on an earlier so if up runs fast with the has none. so hurt is back with a story that has gotten hundreds of thousands of people talking online sarah was meant to be a routine trip to the indian prime minister to norway a defense exhibition in the southern state of tamil nadu but narendra modi's visit has instead been overshadowed by widespread protests and that's because people have been blocking traffic on the roads leading to the airport they wearing black t. shirts waving flags and releasing black balloons and some protesters even climb the walls of the airport and chanted go back mostly and in fact that the have been trending worldwide go back moti now politicians from the ruling as well as the opposition parties have been at the forefront of these protests and this protest is

actually about this river it's called cavalleria it's the main source of water for the people who live in the state of town on the do but it also flows from the neighboring state karma taka and that has created conflict over water sharing between the two regions in fact the indian supreme court ruled on the issue in february it determines how much water should be given to karnataka tamil nadu based on their population numbers it also instructed the government to set up a water management board to ensure the ruling is meant is but murray's administration has missed the deadline to do to do so and people in tamil nadu say they favor fast run out of water unless the commission is put in place to ensure karnataka doesn't take more water then allocated now on the ground locals are finding it hard to access drinking water and many farmers are losing their livelihoods because their are unable to irrigate their fields and some so short media users have shared a clip of

a seventy seven year old protest explaining why he's on the streets despite his age . while the mom and her hubby to be just in my life even going to prison while fighting for social. justice on april third i tried to set my life on fire in protest of clarity and sure i want the government implemented what of management board and that's why i'm here. now interim oh these government says it's delayed the creation of a company management board to avoid an ressa around the time of karnataka state elections which actually happens next month but critics lie accident politician kemal has a son who's also been tweeting about this puts it down to the ruling party not wanting to hurt its chances in the election this story started with the river but has grown dramatically online and of course has been trending like i said earlier worldwide but people point out including mohamed that it's also trending in modi's home state of gujarat and i want to show you this tweet because this is from by

their among things is a movement that is yet to spread across india well we have a lot of followers in india as a regular get in touch with us and if you all there is one say hey your thoughts to get in touch with us the hash tag is a.j. . sara thank you well a former top chinese official who was once a contender for leaders a position has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption son is one of the most prominent figures charged as part of president xi jinping anticorruption crackdown are china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing like his trial the political downfall of syndrome time was swift state television showed a remorseful son confessing his guilt just a year ago he was talked of as a future chinese leader on thursday the former politburo member pleaded guilty to a range of bribery charges amounting to more than twenty seven million dollars he

told the court he seriously violated the law but it received a fair trial. i deserve the punishment i am guilty i'll accept whatever sentence i receive. sune was dismissed from public office and expelled from the communist party in september that was just a month before the party congress where president xi jinping was reappointed leader for a second term without indicating a successor soon had been party chief of chunking one of china's fastest growing cities replacing an even more flamboyant figure bocce ly also once tipped as a future chinese leader singh's demise comes as president xi jinping intensifies his anti corruption campaign since it began more than five years ago more than a million party officials have been disciplined but soon is one of the most senior figures to have so far been brought down analysts say she's campaign is really

about eliminating political rivals since soon had also been accused of plotting against the leadership a conspiracy said to involve the country's former security chief joe young carrying who was jailed for life three years ago now soon is facing a lengthy imprisonment adrian brown al-jazeera beijing well the corruption on the crackdown rather on corruption has been one of president xi jinping signature policies he began the campaign certainly after taking office in two thousand and twelve since then around one and a half million fs have been brought up on charges but critics accuse see if using the crackdown to remove rivals and hence his own power china's parliament recently voted to remove term limits on the presidency paving the way for seats of possibly rule for life. well take another quick break on the news grid but for our facebook live viewers we've got a story for you about

a nigerian artist using an unusual medium to raise awareness of issues in his country and coming up in just a moment why a legendary italian goalkeeper. telling him he has been for a part of stories coming up with.

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thank you thank you joe's here to tell us what people are talking about in sports thank you yeah the usa for champions league is one of the most talked about sporting events in the world but real madrid's dramatic quarter final win of eventis on wednesday spot conversation right around the now you say station remarkable comeback from three nil down and that's high level at a three three they were poised for extra time when the referee would rail madrid a contentious penalty renowned i converted and they booked their spot in the last four and the heat map of tweets right across the globe well it certainly is hoped as you can see this map combines the words you say element driven elder and phone and you can see incredible traffic across europe and latin america nigeria kenya

and south africa to along with malaysia and indonesia. the phone was stephanie a top trend after his fear eous reaction to the penalty decision the forty year old was sent off after laboring the point with english referee michael oliver in a glittering career that includes the world cup win before and has never managed to win the champions league in his what he said about the ref after being sent off clearly you cannot have a heart in your chest but a garbage bin on top of that if you don't have the character to walk on a pitch like this in a stadium like this you can sit in the stands with your wife your kids drinking your all sprite and eating crisps as you can imagine before lit up social media with those words this was cartoonist omar mani's take a turn the referee into says mistreats oscar thing krauts with me from still fuming in the background sports sites bleacher report imagine before we'd be doing this at home a picture of the referee there michael of

a pinned to his dart board but this cartoon on instagram is more poignant as it underlines that performs career ends with a whole host of trophies in his cabinet and in that twenty three year career but not the champions league and still he was only focused on that referee. what he did what it could have said anything to the referee and he should have had the sensibility to forgive me because what he did is to commit a crime against sportsmanship and that's why i said the words i have to say which is so committed my son did to me i don't think he deserved it not at all but we can't change that either anyway and what happened at the end is not going to change nor raised everything the perform is for football and i still think he's an amazing player and you just need to think about everything he did throughout his professional career and maybe he can play next year maybe this is not his last match and even after the scenes yesterday performed still commands respect this video fernando consoling the italian off to that score well has been viewed more

than two million times. well social media is about to be dominated by the n.b.a. playoffs in the united states major league baseball has just started its new season and if these highlights are anything to go by it might be an entertaining season ahead. that's why it really seems that they only think of the game because i think i was a fish because well this was the scene at fenway park as the boston red sox fi stuff for the new york yankees there's no love lost between these two rivals and there was not one but two bench clearing brawls during the contest but that wasn't the only big hit on wednesday. now that you do that smashed up to seventy one good . teams down and he looks to be one of the. detroit tigers pitcher jordan zimmermann was taken to hospital for x. rays after being hit in the georgia in that game with cleveland he somehow possed

concussion tests and is expecting to be pitching again in five days time but let's finish with a feel good moment and three daughters from one philadelphia family had a nice remember at the phillies game with since ninety they were invited onto the field adults with the team mascot but it got even better when they were surprised by their father an air force major he'd been away on a six month overseas deployment. i'm. back with more one thousand nine hundred gnc of and i'll hand you back to doreen so thank you for that update thanks for watching the news grid you can keep in touch with us here on social media. as a news group in all the other ways to connect our right there we will see you back here and. that will be on friday see you then thanks for watching.

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around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp. the government raised our hopes and then abandoned. politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. to simple eunice's every gang member will find in a climate of fear rhetoric is easily abused the poor lines investigative new initiatives to combat gangs simply being used to target the undocumented and. we started hearing kids report that some had been picked up and this power is there even though kids were just literally being disappeared trumps war on gangs.