they want to do terror an attack on the united states as the u.s. struggles to define its foreign policy salt lines examines the potential fallout so we don't see really is a strategy designed to get those talks started as if they expect us to render fire and fury trumps north korea crisis on al-jazeera he ruled for nearly half a century a controversial political figure in the cold in the middle east and one who was never far from crisis at home or abroad. in a two part series al-jazeera world tells the story of king hussein of jordan episode to. face. at this time on al-jazeera.

this is al-jazeera. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news hour live from doha i'm martine dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes passing the baton raul castro hands over cuba's presidency to his protege miguel diaz canet. south korea says the north may be willing to give up its nuclear weapons even if the u.s. doesn't with george troops from the peninsula plus. russian officials are working with the syrian regime to deny and to delay these inspectors. and rhetoric the u.s. and russia ratchets up over a suspected chemical attack in duma. teaching a better way of life to children who have never known peace in a divided part of the philippines.

but first cuba has a new president ending nearly six decades of castro rule miguel diaz candela sworn in on thursday succeeding eighty six year old raul castro here's a latin america editor lucien human. a historic moment without a storage shift chapter but with a similar script. under-supply was president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor scan is clearly not the governing alone. the generational fidel and raul remains intact comment army general role castro will remain the first secretary of the communist party and as such will lead the major decisions of our country now and in the future.

dia's canel is a communist party cato cording to castro has passed all the tests of loyalty to the cuban revolution. but the real end of the castro era will take another three years from. when the eight party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities are made to the new generations is then if my health allows that i will become just one more soldier along with the cuban people defending this revolution. on the streets there was no commotion and little excitement. i magine they won't be any drastic change anytime soon but something will change for better or worse. he said i'm not watching this i hope there is a change for the better and that's what we're hoping for. with an israel and subsidies almost gone. need to transform cuba's ailing soviet style economy itself or why were we generally means that he knows the world this is. knows the

mechanics of the system but is taking over added difficult time of renewed tensions with washington under president donald trump and while the us can and does represent a generational shift here in terms of the crucial relationship of cuba's powerful northern neighbor it's a back to the old cold war days you see in yemen al jazeera. well i've been speaking to philip brenner who's a professor of international relations at the american university in washington he thinks cubans want someone with a new perspective. boast of the country has been born since one thousand nine hundred fifty nine and in fact a majority of the national assembly. the majority of actually the central committee is now younger than dia's canal so i think that their people are ready for

a new generation i don't think they want the older generation to continue ruling what was interesting is that he picked as his vice president a person of the older generation salvatore brothers maysa seventy two years old but i think that was a bow to the older generation he picked a man who is not personally charismatic has no personal authority it was more symbolic to make him the first vice president the south korean president moon jai in says the north has expressed his commitment to complete dany canara zation it comes as u.s. president trump warns that he's prepared to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not truthful when the meeting is expected to take place next month or in early june cia director and secretary of state nominee might pump air held a secret meeting with kim jong un in pyongyang earlier this month as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for talks if i think that it's

a meeting that is not going to be fruitful we're not going to go if the meeting when i'm there is not fruitful i will respectfully leave the meeting and will continue what we're doing or whatever it is that will continue but something will happen when many of the details of that planned meeting a still unclear at diplomatic edited jane's base is inside north korea it has the latest. there's clearly plenty for both sides to continue to discuss one of the things they must work out is the venue for this historic summit where are they going to meet could it be here in pyongyang and some diplomats i've spoken to say that might be giving too much to the north korean side for a u.s. president to actually step foot in this country could it be in the the militarized zone where that intra korean summit is taking place in one week's time could it

perhaps be in china in beijing again diplomats saying that that would effectively give china a seat at the table something the u.s. may not like there are other countries neutral countries that are offering to be a venue for the talks we have norway we have sweden one in the region that's been mentioned is the capital of mongolia battle then you get what they might get out of a first summit most observers hope that there would be after a big meeting a process an ongoing process to deal with all the details but both sides would probably want something out of a meeting of this level and certainly the u.s. will be concerned about the three u.s. citizens of korean descent who are being held prisoner here in north korea president trump has already mentioned them and the fact that he's working to get their release. chemical weapons inspectors

a still waiting to enter duma to investigate the site of a suspected chemical attack the white house says russia is purposely delaying the inspection to tamper with evidence lopez who diane reports. access denied inspectors with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are on standby waiting to enter the area duma a visit to the site of the alleged chemical attack has been delayed for days the investigation stalled the white house says russia and syria are trying to buy time to tamper with evidence we believe it is an effort to conduct their own staged investigations russian officials have worked with the syrian regime we believe to sanitize the locations of those suspected attacks and remove incriminating evidence of chemical weapons use security concerns to lay the inspection a u.n. risk assessment team says it came under fire as a try to clear

a way for the inspection days later inspectors are still waiting to go in the u.n. says discussions are taking place in damascus to ensure the o.p.c. w team can go in safely and as quickly as possible i think you could understand the ju-ju. the volatility of the situation the dangers involved we don't want to telegraph what will happen but the discussions and planning is ongoing thank you. more than forty people were reportedly killed in the alleged attack almost two weeks ago syria and the strongest ally russia have denied the use of chemical weapons they also refute hindering the investigation was going to. its absolute rubbish a lie that russia prevents inspectors from entering duma we don't know what made them think that from the beginning we were sincerely interested in sending o.p.c. w. inspectors there we made public statements on that. moreover we contacted the syrian

side so that all documents including visas were provided to the inspectors as soon as possible. the u.s. u.k. and france retaliated by bombing several syrian government sites now it's not just western powers that are keeping a close eye on the pending inspection all the parties have agreed to allow the o.p.c. w. teams access unfettered access immediate access to these sites you know we can't get around the fact that the syrian government and their russian allies control the territory we're talking about a race against time as concerns grow that possible evidence of the alleged attack may be tainted or even disappear before inspectors began their investigation see a locus with a young al-jazeera well while those tough was are coming out of the state department president trump's new national security adviser john bolton they held his first meeting with russia's ambassador to d.c. castro joins us now from the u.s.

capitol and difficult to to know exactly what the objective was but it seems that john bolton has quickly got down to business with dealing with this russian issue. that's right in march he and it was a big question when john bolton was appointed the new national security adviser a few weeks ago exactly what impact that would have on the u.s. a stance toward russia and now that he's in his second week on the job there is some indication that he who is a hard liner on russia may be pushy the administration in a more aggressive direction now according to the white house that released a statement about this meeting between bolton and the russian ambassador it says that bolton said that relations between the two countries may improve but only if several points are addressed by the russians topping that list is the russian election meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections also the attacks on a former spy in

a former russian spy in great britain and the situations in ukraine right now in syria now it is not uncommon though for president trump to undercut publicly stated positions of his advisers we just saw that earlier this week with the ambassador to the u.n. but however knowing that bolton's meeting that this was announced by the white house itself is an indication that bolton does have the administration's backing and don't both and is well known for his hawkish positions on so many things how does his position on russia differ from the us with the president's. well just earlier this week we saw president trump cancel some planned saying sions against russia he also has deliberately avoided striking russian targets in those american led air strikes in syria and last month he famously congratulated russian

president vladimir putin for his reelection win so these two men though john bolton the national security advisor and president trump are said to be very close they get along they usually see eye to eye on these national security issues and so it may be that bolton is chipping away now the president when it comes to russia although ultimately any sort of measures taken by the united states of course must be signed off by trump and you never know what he's going to get. live in washington that iran has launched strikes against targets in syria the government says its fighter jets care about what it called deadly raids against the group in a border area syrian forces of driven from most of the territory it once held iraq stepped up its campaign this week to clear remaining pockets of eisel territory. we got in the world to come on this al-jazeera news hour including on malcolm webb the

tory province in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of people here fled there since the beginning of the militia attack their villages did things like this will be speaking to some of the people that run away some of those that stayed behind. a warning from the i.m.f. about trade disputes between the u.s. and china and what they could mean for the global economy. and the turkish cup semifinal is abandoned jail we'll tell you why in school. and the sudanese president omar al bashir has fired his foreign minister after he spoke out about the government's failure to pay its diplomats ibraheem gondolas said embassy staff hadn't been paid for months and that sudan had fallen behind in paying rent for many of its diplomatic missions sudan is short of foreign currency

and is facing an economic crisis the central bank has been full city valley the sudanese pound twice since january we can talk to joke jock who's executive director of the research organization known as the suit is situation he joins us via skype from syracuse in new york abraham gundel must have expected this kind of retaliatory action from the president when he made his complaint public. certainly the rule will have expected these reaction although it wasn't. something that he would have yet to do since a lot of insiders do that a year. jumping off what is actually a sinking ship the sudanese government has not been able to rise above the crash in economic challenges and so being critical within the system is something that is

increasingly happening these days and the government and the president himself is not very merciful mood in the action because some of these internal critics and how hard is it i mean he mentioned different arsenal having been paid for perhaps seven months and that many of the rental payments have been paid on sudan's diplomatic missions abroad. absolutely i mean they there was a kind of jubilation last year when the united states government lifted sanctions over of sudan that had been and maybe you're a destructive force in this in the news economy and and so people thought that things would change but they expected international investment and the expected returns to some of the political gestures that khartoum has made to the united

states actually have not accrued so the the inflation is reaching now sixty percent the currency has lost a great deal of value over the past year and they may come from for more oil haven't shrunk a great deal because of the south sudan independence but also because of the prices of oil and the conflict that is going on in darfur and blue nile and the mountains have eaten into the economies force and so this indeed was an open secret that diplomats who have suffered and they were not doing their work to represent the country of iraq and what doesn't al bashir have planned them to to try to stand what sounds like a particularly tough situation. well i mean this wouldn't his government has been trying to to increase revenue from mining particularly gold mining and was expecting that now that the sanctions are lifted there would be ability to

borrow more money but the. prognosis for my american the well been have not been particularly. promising to inspire a kind of international investment so that the sudanese government is able to borrow money but having nothing to this of this kind happening the the sudanese government is not going to turn to lifting any kind of subsidies on who and fuel which will then become a serious political liability going forward as we've seen last year there were very very massive protests against their eyes in the prices of commodities all right joke matter john thank you very much indeed. thank you man you day now the u.n. says more than one hundred thousand people have fled their homes in a touring province of the democratic republic of congo since the beginning of the year following attacks by militia on civilians the government says only about

a tenth of that have been displaced and it's now in control of the crisis welcome way it has been to the conflict area in it turi province he said this report. rochelle good to see will never know her two older sisters militia killed them with machetes before cutting her we met her family in this camp for displaced people in the democratic republic of congo they fled their village when the militia attacked who ran into more fighters down the road also cut off her sister's arm her father told us how his wife was killed. i was running behind my wife and children they grabbed me and started cutting me with machetes then they caught my wife and started cutting her to that she was pregnant and they cut the baby from my stomach many of the people in the camps tell similar stories of attacks by men from the lendu ethnic group we went to some of the villages day fled these are the remains of one family's home they fled when the attackers came some of their possessions

they left behind the house on fire they did the same in the house next door as well another family lived here and they ran a business they were repairing motorcycles and selling spare parts also completely destroyed and it's a similar story of destruction as you go down the street. many of the homes on this side belong to people from the hammer ethnic group they weren't the only targets just across the road homes and businesses belonging to ethnic land with destroyed as well. as being conflict between the two ethnic groups in the past in the one nine hundred ninety s. in two thousand uganda and rwanda for the congolese government to control of eastern congo in a tourist and lendu militias were their proxies tens of thousands of civilians were killed but now look on a safari told us there is no conflict between the two groups he's a lendu he says he haiti's hamma neighbors here in his house when the militia are

attacked like many he thinks politicians planned the violence to further postpone congo's over to elections and the world progress they were waiting for elections so we can have new leadership this is our will but the killing started without reason this was already prepared for linda when him or to start killing each other i consider this a deliberately planned conflict. the government denies this since the attacks began sense all just to take control of the villages. it's difficult to identify the enemy right now army intelligence working to identify who killed and burned houses and who was behind the massacres we've arrested some militia who are already facing justice. the army says the area is now secure and people should return some have many more have not because they still don't feel safe because they have nothing left to return to malcolm webb al jazeera it's eerie province in the democratic

republic of congo. more protests are expected along gaza's border with israel friday as palestinians continue weeks of demonstrations ahead of a key anniversary may the fifteenth his when they'll mock seventy years since the start of the first arab israeli war and the formation of the state of israel. on thursday thousands from israel's arab minority rallied in protest demonstrators gathered at a small coastal village which has become one of the symbols of the palestinian struggle are a force that was there for thousands of people arriving here in this field near the town of at least this is designed to symbolize the right of return by palestinians to their original homes their original villages which they lost so many of them hundreds of thousands of them in the creation of the state of israel

in one nine hundred forty eight it is a moment known by palestinians as the nakba the catastrophe they're choosing this day the day that israel celebrates its seventieth anniversary to make this point the mormon might be here in solidarity with all these people demonstrating for their right to return to their independence exactly tast so this is about for we're here to remember and to teach our children so they will keep the memory alive. more than five hundred villages with demolition. people who were displaced and people who were killed this is catastrophe humanitarian political heritage historic admission that. the message this year is every year is that the independence of israel equals the catastrophe for the palestinians but this year it's being uttered with an extra feeling because this is the seventh year anniversary of nine hundred

forty eight it's also the year it was donald trump intends to move the u.s. embassy to what he calls israel's capital jerusalem a lot of movies. is still a jewel in a suit we all praised the historic decision by president trump to recognize jerusalem as our capital and to move the embassy there of the world's biggest power thank you mr president thank you america good to see a lot was the israeli prime minister kicking off our national celebrations after sunset on wednesday their celebrations which have continued throughout thursday with a ceremony at the president's residence also military fly past over jerusalem and indeed millions of israelis taking to the parks on the beaches to celebrate a national holiday a very different picture here of course where that same historical legacy is viewed through an entirely different prism a prism of pain and catastrophe seventy years on. all thirty palestinians have been killed and fifteen hundred injured in the protests so far since they started three weeks ago many of still waiting to be transferred out of the territory for urgent

medical treatment bennett smith reports. because hospitals are full of young men with injuries where the bones have been shattered by israeli bullets and this is mohammed is twenty four years old and he was injured two weeks ago on across the other side of the room is nasser also twenty four with the same injury in one of the problems the hospital has its running out of these metal rods this operator says that they have to put on the like to try and keep the bone in place while it heals and at the other end of the room is seventeen year old mahmoud he was injured three weeks ago this poor guy's in such in a lot of pain and with me in doctor is doctor takes it all tunnel one of the major surgeons dr first of all have you got enough equipment to treat these sort of injuries and those of us with know enough because we have we did for tons of them that six here to see would shut four of us get ourselves ready and a patient like

a mahmoud what are the chances for him what's what's what might happen with him who were injured in the appropriate artery and vein and may have a destructive of the muscle the left of the born in the fix it or mom would know we had four amputation above me if this vision dance fear that was fun or does that only maybe of the limb are you ready for tomorrow. i don't know. dr thank you very much for talking to us the hospitals all of them concerned that they haven't got enough equipment to give the people the treatment they will need when they come in with those leg injuries. in yemen forces loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh a fighting with their former who three allies for control of a key outpost the battle for the red sea port of al maka is the first of its kind between the two sides since this is killed salah in december accusing him of betrayal the change in their leaders by praise salah forces is added yet more

complexity to a three year conflict there's kill ten thousand people in this place three million others. still to come on this al-jazeera news out of thousands of protesters demonstrate against france this labor reforms. inflamed by prices soaring as much as a thousand percent was billed as the match of the candles in argentina. the rough and the downs not just to have records enough to want to tell a monster title continues but one state name is out gently telling will install. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. have got some rather wet weather pushing into western parts of china over the next day

or two easing over into central areas i think faced impossible and we try twenty six hours is a rather cloudy humid day there on friday for hong kong saturday i will with a southerly wind is just pushing the wet weather a little further north was still a few showers along the spells of right i have towards the southwest and going to join up with the odd that we have into northern parts of vietnam but essentially i think it should be largely dry sunshine the showers as per usual across southeast asia central and southern parts of the philippines being slim seeing some lively showers as we go on for the heat of the day and that's going to be the case as we go through friday probably gathering a little more to southern areas as we call on into friday often a little bit wet weather there into the gulf of thailand moving across the marshes and wetter weather here from time to time the usual stuff really just going on to join up with the wet weather that we have sliding across the bingo little area of cloud there into southern parts of india into sri lanka still a chance of want to those lively showers up into the northeast of india but they

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refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new award winning documentaries and live news and. i've got to commend you all i'm hearing is good journalism on on and . tiresome take a look at the top stories here at out in syria the president says he'll continue with the socialist revolution after almost six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canel was sworn in on thursday and he succeeds eighty six year old roald castro south korea's president says the north claims it will give up its nuclear program

without a precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments remain jiah in follow a warning from president trump that he's prepared to walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful. and russia has denied accusations from the u.s. that it's trying to delay international inspectors from getting to the size of a suspected gas attack they're still waiting for access to the area in duma almost a week after they arrived in the country. feiss in a rebel held parts of the capital of syria damascus have agreed to lay down their weapons as part of an evacuation deal that's been brokered by russia meanwhile in the western region of holmes the government stepping up its offensive to retake remaining rebel held territory then to hold a report. they surrendered without a fight rebels into may or have agreed to leave accepting an offer from the syrian and russian military for safe passage to rebel areas in northern syria hundreds of

fighters are to be evacuated along with a few thousand of their family members they didn't want to repeat of the pro-government alliances military assault against what was once the rebel enclave of eastern. but. after the brutal regime displaced the people of. it now wants to do the same here sold to prevent prevent further destruction we accept the surrender this will save the lives of civilians. as part of the deal the rebels handed over their medium sized and heavy weapons the town in the region northeast of damascus has been under siege for years more than one hundred thousand people live there half of them internally displaced the deal avoided a military offensive. the army and its allies are now giving the rebel factions that control the other towns in the enclave twenty four hours to surrender or face

a stepped up bombing campaign the pro-government alliance has been using the threat of military action to force their opponents to lay down their weapons without a fight it has given i so forty eight hours to leave the districts the armed group controls in southern to ask us or face an all out military offensive those districts are under siege and the army has sent reinforcements to the front lines. and in the past seventy two hours and after months of a relative lull in the fighting the opposition controlled northern countryside of homs was heavily bombarded. they started a military assault on northern homs and neighboring southern hama to pressure the negotiating committee that represents the opposition to surrender these areas are supposed to be deescalation zones agreed in a star no we're looking for a solution that doesn't involve the military option. the opposition is in talks with the russian military a cease fire is now in place until negotiations resume on sunday the pro-government

alliance wants the enclave returned to state to rule the opposition however is hoping for a long term ceasefire agreement a lot of people in the northern countryside of homes don't want their town to be destroyed we don't want war we want peace and we don't want to be displaced that is what we want but if the regime and the russians launch a military assault rebel commanders have said they will fight back rebels are increasingly under pressure their territories are under siege the syrian government and its allies are in a strong position and are clearly pushing ahead with a military solution to crush the rebellion. beirut. the french interior ministry says only one hundred twenty thousand people have attended rallies across the country against president mackerel riot police to gas against protesters in paris it's the latest in a series of demonstrations by public sector workers and students against the

president's planned reforms from paris the. there was some clashes between protesters and police but overall the march in paris was peaceful public sector workers and students were united in anger against the government's plans to reform public services and universities they say the changes would reduce their rights if you lose your peril struggle at micron or fight for our beliefs we may not win but we won't surrender and it's a very big issue in all of it we support the royal workers and the social movements this cherry much injustice we have to mobilize people against the president's reforms it was a similar picture in some other cities across france including math say and we are the government wants to overhaul the national rail company law s.n.c.f. which is deep in debt and scrap some stuff benefits rail workers say that's unfair that the benefits of compensation for unsociable hours and low pay for the government needs to stop treating us like fools by saying that they are open to

dialogue each time the president or a minister speaks they say we're ready to talk about everything but we won't change our minds our concept of dialogue the french president says that these reforms are necessary to reduce high unemployment cut debt and create opportunities but he must convince the french public of his agenda which is why over the past few days he has been on something of a charm offensive my calls given to read television interviews and on wednesday in eastern france he spoke to protesting grell workers. i respect people and i've always respected the rail workers i've never insulted the rail workers we need this reform distance if needs it some analysts say the protests are macros biggest political test since being elected media a year ago in america cannot back down on his reforms because if it backs down in front of the strikers from the railway company it's over for him he cannot reform

or anything else until the end of his mandate are we. since opinion polls suggest the tide is turning in macross favor with more people supporting the reforms than the strikes but that's unlikely to deter trade union leaders rel workers a promising growing strikes for several months a few people here intend to give up their fight in time some. al-jazeera paris. queen is birth has come a wealth leaders to appoint her son prince charles as the next head of the group she's made the appeal the formal opening of the commonwealth heads of government meeting in london leaders from fifty three countries representing a third of the world's population are in attendance the queen has been head of the commonwealth since nine hundred fifty two it is my sincere wish that the commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations

and we'll decide that one day the prince of wales should carry on the important work started by my father in one thousand nine hundred forty nine by continuing to treasure and reinvigorate our satiation and activities i believe we will secure a safer more prosperous and sustainable world those who follow us but it was from that meeting in london that south africa's new president had to cut short his trip and go back home to deal with violent protests that cyril ramaphosa has called for calm in northwest province where demonstrators are demanding the region's leaders step down they accuse supra maholm up elo of corruption and demanding better jobs and housing along with improved roads in the hospitals president dr opposer was attending that meeting of commonwealth leaders. security forces in senegal have fired tear gas at protests in the capital dhaka

demonstrators are i'm going about potential changes to electoral rules fearing it will block many candidates from running in the presidential election nicolas hucker pulls out from. more than just words are be changing sites and he goes parliament. i the fight is over electoral reforms to the country's constitution the opposition is accusing president like you sell of tweaking the constitution ahead of the presidential elections deliberate political rivals any candidate wanting to run a political campaign will have to have sixty seven thousand signatures for the support of one percent of the electorate with three hundred political parties in senegal this new law would reduce the number of candidates for the upcoming presidential campaign the opposition says the proposal are a blow to democracy. reforms on the constitution should not favor anyone nor should it discriminate against anyone changes should be made in the interest of

the general public but these reforms seek to eliminate political rivals the government says the reforms are needed to simplify the election process and reduce state costs and subsidies allocated for campaigns and this is. i'm fighting for this law because it's just a question of common sense it will make our democracy more efficient and so the people better. as the debate rage on inside the parliament anger spreads to the streets shops and schools are closed the city center is in lockdown something was no democratic i'm disappointed i thought we were past this and that we were a more mature democracy we should allow people to express themselves freely without the use of force. ahead of the vote the government is banning demonstrations in the city center police are out in full force firing tear gas several key figures from the opposition and civil society have been arrested. it's a variation of a freedom of speech in the sense that people are not able to get their voices heard

peaceful protest is a right it's not a privilege it's not something that's you know you you can have one day and be withdrawn the other and the fact that they are there is a blanket ban it is a violation of the right to peaceful assembly and the last two years the popular mayor of deckard khalifa saw an opposition figure karim waters were both sent to prison accused of embezzling state funds both deny the charges saying the sentences were politically motivated to eliminate them from the presidential race for the opposition this latest piece of legislation is another after provocation for the ruling party its much needed change with the presidential elections just ten months away both sides say at stake senegal's democracy considered one of the most stable in africa at least for now nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car. the prospect of a global trade war has the international monetary fund somewhat concerned the spring meetings of the. washington officials warn trade disputes will only

exacerbate the long term structural weaknesses in the global economy she have or tons of. bankers and finance ministers from the i.m.f. one hundred eighty nine member countries are meeting in washington on the tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis the phone's world economic outlook is optimistic about growth over the next couple of years they warns that aging populations lackluster productivity and the possibility of a global trade war will lead to a downturn so countries in our view should work together to resolve disagreements with alex using exceptional measures the i.m.f. chief economist blamed the impulse for protectionism on the inequality that's been an integra feature off globalization however he insists the trading system is not to blame public optimism about the benefits of economic integration has been eroded over time by longstanding trends of job and wage polarization coupled with

persistent subpar growth in median wages many households have seen little or no benefit from growth now these trends in our view are more due to technology than to trade others argue it's precisely the floor to decades old economic prescriptions of the i.m.f. and world bank that have led to such disillusionment with global capitalism. they tend to force governments to cut spending on health care and pensions for example on education and this is all over the world and they also tend to promote macro economic policies that will slow the economy unnecessarily and they're doing that right now as the world economy is actually growing pretty well now ten years off of the global financial crisis the i.m.f. is warning that once again stock markets and risky assets are overvalued unsustainably and could crash causing devastation for those who never felt the

benefits of what was called the recovery it often seems of meeting like this that despite the scholarly discussions about mustering the global economy and ensuring prosperity for all those overseeing the current framework of globalization are doomed to repeat pos mistakes she ever times the washington. taking to the streets to protest against the high can you tell us he rates in the last few months prices have soared by a thousand per cent. twenty meeting this year and is under pressure to get its economy in order to raise above reports from. the march of the candles thousands of people on the streets protesting against a rising utility rates in the last months. media a local resident says the situation is getting worse each day.

it's always the same thing it's us the workers who are struggling to make ends meet we have to pay the price of the government's austerity measures this needs to stop now. martin times got used to generous subsidies on services like water electricity and gas during the previous administration of which he never named the speaker or the current government. but argentina has the lowest prices on services in the region and they need to cut back on government spending to reduce the pain and trap bring him back but people here say that they simply cannot pay their bills . an example of what's been going on can be found here at la behind a. pizza restaurant that was turned into a copper dave in two thousand and twelve when the owner decided to close down. fifteen people took over the restaurant and are splitting the profit. but now

they're concerned about the rising electricity bill which has gone up from sixty dollars a month to eight hundred and fifty in the last two years. so it was a shock especially for us we struggled so much to keep this restaurant open we wanted to paint it and fix it all that money we had was used to pay the electricity bill this forces us to raise our prices so less people are coming in we are afraid of being forced to shut down because we cannot pay the rent. the hike in utility services has an impact on inflation that remains one of the highest in the world. the government says it is hoping to bring it down to fifteen percent this year but most analysts believe it could be much higher than the more. of the same inflation rate we had during the previous government a similar physical deficit meanwhile we have to control the prices by force because if not they will spiral out of control the historical problems of the economy are

the same so it's not clear to me how the government expects to get the economy in order. the government insists inflation will go down later this year and the hike in utility services is necessary for the country to grow. but on the streets many have lost confidence that the so-called economic prosperity may come at their expense. this thousands of students have been marching in the chilean capital santiago they're demanding an end to profit making in higher education riot police used pepper spray and water cannons to disperse them as the first mass student around the under the new government of president sebastian pinera last month chile's constitutional court struck down the law the would have banned universities operating for profit it's a blow to reforms providing free tuition to low income students and that's true but

the criticism. that for decades the filipino island of mindanao has been rocked by violence as ethnic groups fight for more autonomy from the government now the new museum is going back to the islands roots to explain its diversity and to promote a message of peace from mindanao to linda hogan reports. it is playtime the teacher says and his students are grateful it is not often the case for children of the middle but tripe. for generations the child. has been fighting for its incestuous land the monopolist belong to the people the largest ethnic group in the country with more than fifteen million people belong to more than one hundred tribes the new meds are considered one of the poorest minorities in the world and most of them are in mindanao the philippine government claims more than seventy percent of the communist rebel group that you

people's army are you mike and last year president of the good that there did threatened to bomb lumet schools saying they were responsible for spreading subversive ideas tribal leaders have asked for schools to be declared peace sanctuaries there are no rebels here the same place for children should never be a battle zone. it is so painful for us we witness the fighting we hear the gunshots from our classrooms but perhaps instead of this criminy thing us they should instead help us provide quality education so that at least this children can grow up to live a life of the ignorant the the region of mindanao has long been held back by conflicts with armed groups from different tribes battling the government for greater autonomy. but this museum aims to promote unity and harmony it is the first in mindanao that they'll see the

history from the perspective of the new meds that everyone here can trace their origins from the odds the matter who they fight for now. everyone wants a new one and that is what we want got about the people to always remember that they've gone from one source so what they want to say is more going to be overcome this museum aims to be a repository of our region's history and its protected war that has divided tribes here for generations curators say they hope that this will start day when you path to kinship. home of these children read about forest stars and fallen angels in areas where children have grown up with violence books are a luxury. teachers encourage the children to aspire for more but that's a challenge when a peaceful life is one they've never. been

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right it's time for the. thanks very much we start in turkey where the semifinal of the turkish cup between two of the country's biggest teams has been abandoned

istanbul rivals about che were playing in a tense atmosphere with the sheet is already down to ten men when fans through objects out of the sheet just player and hit coach send all goodness on the head he was taken to hospital the sheets as players left the pitch with the referees and the game was later abandoned in the spanish top flight barcelona are just one win away from securing the league title it's after the second placed side in the league to go madrid suffered a surprise three male defeat to real sausage out on thursday atletico trail passer by twelve points the title race could now be over when basso next play on april the twenty ninth. meanwhile chelsea kept their slim hopes of a top four finish in the english premier league alive with a two one win at burnley antonio conto side now trail fourth place tottenham by five points only the top four qualify for next season's champions league football fans attending matches at this year's world cup in russia will be able to watch

replays of incidents reviewed by video system referees on big screens inside stadiums football's world governing body fee for hope it will make video replay technology more spectator friendly as it's used to the world cup for the very first time this system has been criticized for being confusing for fans trials in domestic competitions this season. well number one rafael nadal is now just three wins away from a record extending eleventh title of the month column mostest tennis part of it djokovic has come back from injury was halted on thursday helen gleason has more. where better photograph an adult to make his return to the a.t.p. tour than at a tournament he's won a record ten times and where he only lost four matches since his debut in two thousand and three. twenty one year old russian karren catch enough was the spaniard latest victim in

monte carlo on thursday in the must win this tournament to stay at number one in the rankings and playing in just his second toner meant of twenty eighteen after suffering a hip injury at the australian open he looked like he'd never been away needing just eighty minutes to wrap up a six three six two victory. up next wild number seven dominic team who we lost twice on clay last season and it. didn't show the need to be on my. all the energy. highest intensity possible blank aggressive let him play from his a position as he has a big big shots on. shots with incredible power and specially for us you know what bothers him on court this is going to be so difficult to stop him so i mean to try to avoid. team came from a set down against the one novak djokovic to reach his first monte carlo quarter

final and despite the defeat there were encouraging signs for djokovic he was continuing his comeback from an ongoing elbow injury. i have played some some great tennis in the last couple of matches you know still some ups and downs but you know every match here in monte carlo had had some some periods of brilliance and ten is that i've really enjoyed and i want to play and so that obviously gives me a lot of positive energy for what's coming up. so an early exit for joke of it but in a doll's bed for a month the color crown number eleven on a fifty fourth title on clay continues against team on friday helen grayson is their. former cycling champion lance armstrong has agreed to settle a long running suit brought against him after he admitted taking performance enhancing drugs armstrong who was stripped of all seven of his tour de france

titles was being sued by his former sponsor the u.s. postal service the u.s. government and fellow cyclist floyd landis they wanted one hundred million dollars in damages off to he admitted to cheating in the end strong agreed to pay five million to settle the case as if competing in a cycling tour as a professional writer isn't hard enough the leader of stage three at the tour of croatia almost had his competition ended by careless driver nikolai brock no was forced to dodger a versing white van it must have knocked him off his game though he ended the stage last. organizers of the london marathon urging runners to reconsider dressing up in costume sunday's race is said to be the warmest on record forecasters have the temperature peaking at twenty three degrees and officials are concerned about heat stroke while top elite athletes who will set off earlier on sunday and more about setting a new record time tonya one jiri will try to defend his title from

a time marathon when a. three time olympic track gold medalist can any save the kayla. you know what motivated me of course. i want to train or i want to train my base you know i. record of course i don't know when and where but. what makes me hungry you know. it's a record and that's all the sport for now more later and that's all for me and the al-jazeera news abba to stay with us laura will be the season just a moment. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join

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