some have fled the horror of war only to be entangled in bureaucratic limbo with their lives and dreams of a future court on. fault lines explores the all too real effects of trumps immigration policies. between warring on the ban on a just. the nature of news as it breaks this was a great election about it was going to win but it was about by how much with detailed coverage the syrian civil war moment said to the street what is new different is that each day some people will live until to morrow many innocent people will die from around the world the bats and balls are several years old the really good players could end up trading a cricket academy and maybe one day play for the national team.

oh. passing the pass on the all castro hands over cuba's presidency to his president miguel diaz coming out. of there more carl this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up south korea says the north may be willing to give up its nuclear weapons even if the u.s. doesn't withdraw its troops from the peninsula plus. russian officials are working with the syrian regime to deny and to delay these inspectors. the rhetoric between the u.s. and russia over a suspected chemical attack in duma and. sunny. teaching a better life to children who have never known peace and devise a part of the philippines.

has a new president and the six decades of castro roll. on and on thursday succeeding eighty six year old raul castro. reports from having. a historic moment without the store except chapter but with a similar script. under-supply president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor. is clearly not the governing alone. or going to the generational for dell 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. he is canelo 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 the safe it was probably when the eight party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities is made to the new generations it 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've been i magine there won't be any drastic change any time soon but something will change for better or worse. but i'm not watching this i hope there's a change for the better that's what we're all hoping for. with an israel and subsidies almost gone dia's canel needs to transform cuba's ailing soviet style economy it's a why were we generally means that he knows the world loses. 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 back to the old cold war days you see in human al-jazeera how that south korea's president says the north has expressed a commitment to complete denuclearization and comes as u.s. president all drunk want to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful the meeting is expected next month or early in june cia director is actually a state nominee pompei held a secret meeting with kevin johnson in pyongyang earlier this month as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for talks on many of the details of that meeting a still unclear that might get a tense bases inside north korea with 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 middle tries 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 to 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 rises in a rebel held area near syria's capital damascus have agreed to lay down their weapons as part of an evacuation deal breaker by russia meanwhile in the western region of homs the government stepping up its offensive to retake remaining battle held territory then whatever for. they surrendered without a fight rebels in to mayor 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 people often used 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 still 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 now 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 who 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. all russia has denied accusations it's trying to delay international inspectors get into the site of a suspected gas attack in syria the team from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived last saturday and is still waiting for access to the area and near damascus more than forty people were reportedly killed in the last attack almost two weeks ago i was going to. it's 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 and that moreover we contacted the syrian side so that all documents including visas were provided to the inspectors as soon as possible. we have credible information that indicates that russian officials are working with the syrian regime to deny and to delay these inspectors from gaining access to duma 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 as far as i know their discussions are still going on with all our colleagues in damascus and all other interested parties. to ensure that the team can go in we are working hard to have them go in

safely as possible and as quickly as possible so even mas as the director of the win without war project of the center for international policy he says the a.p.c. investigation is important but only if us step. we can't get around the fact that the syrian government and their russian allies control the territory we're talking about so clearly there's a lot more blame on their side but we should also take a step back and understand that this investigation in itself is barred from a siting responsibility so we need those inspectors to get access unfettered immediate access we also need to take a step back and realize this investigation by itself won't help advance accountability in and of itself we need to see solutions that advance an end to this conflict certainly we are going to need a long term process of accountability here that process of accountability is needed going to need the kinds of fact finding missions that the o.p.c. w. has bravely been attempting to do for

a number of years but none of that is going to meet none of that's going to be possible until we end the fighting until we end the conflict we can't allow the fighting between the russians and the americans their war of words we can't allow that to be the impediment here because let's face it if we're waiting for the u.s. and the russia to become friends the only thing that's going to happen is the people of syria are going to continue to suffer and in a war that needs to end right now. comes as donald trump's new national security adviser held his first meeting with russia's ambassador. from washington d.c. . with the appointment of john bolton as the new national security adviser a big looming question had been what impact that may have on the u.s. a stance toward russia and now two weeks into the job it appears that bolton may be pushing the administration in a more aggressive direction according to the white house bolton met with the russian ambassador to the u.s. today in the u.s. in the white house and listed several points that the russians would need to

address in order for relations to improve between the two countries topping that list is the russian meddling the us presidential elections of two thousand and sixteen also the russian attack on a former russian spy in the u.k. and the situations in ukraine and in syria now it is has not been uncommon for president trump to undercut the public statements of his advisors we saw that happen earlier this week with the ambassador to the u.n. however the fact that the now smit of bolton's meeting with the russian ambassador came straight from the white house itself is indication that bolton has the administration's backing the first case of a u.s. system detained an accused of joining eisel has taken a new turn a judge in washington d.c. has blocked the suspects transfer to saudi arabia where he also houses them ship the unnamed man was detained while solicit working with iceland syria last year

he's been held in iraq for seven months without challenge the cases seen as a test of the trumpet ministrations pledge to get tough on americans who fight for groups. iraq has launched as strikes against eisel targets in syria the government says it's fighter jets carried out what it calls a deadly raid against the on the group in a border area so in an iraqi forces have driven isel from most of the territory it once held in iraq stepped up its campaign this week to clear remaining pockets of eisel territory. still ahead head on al-jazeera and flamed by inflated prices they got into the ins protesting a mosque being built the macho of the candles. and a new mom on a mission to make sure however it counts in the u.s. senate. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never

sleeps. probably the weather is now largely fine across the middle east though some wet weather there would a wintry weather too over the high ground but not just big area cloud just around the caspian sea joining up with some wet weather that we have around armenia georgia azerbaijan and that's going to be the case as we go on through friday possibly have a little bit of snow over the higher ground cool enough there a woman that we have across that western side if you are further east it's cold and correct twelve degrees celsius cloud and rain coming in across turkey filtering its way across northern areas of syria and we're going to see some wetter weather coming back through as a go on into saturday elsewhere across the region it is generally fine dry warm and sunny thirty celsius there for kuwait city was still across the raven peninsula a window of around thirty four degrees might just catch the old spot of rain down towards the southern end of the red sea but i think essentially it is looking fine

and dry but a bit away weather still making its way into were northern parts of most bay but we are still seeing some very heavy showers the on the show breezes bringing some heavy downpours into were tense in there to see a little bit of wet weather coming into antenna marie for that a suicide madagascar looking a little disturbed for much of south africa has dried and settled. the women sponsored by cats own and use. the scene for us when they're online which is a very nice time in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sept there are people the little choosing between buying medication and eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

and again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour he was named president says he'll continue the socialist revolution also the six decades of cast for. this war then on thursday he succeeds eighty six year old raul castro. south korea's president says the north claims that will give up its nuclear program without a precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments from n.j. in photo a warning from president donald trump that he'll 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 getting to the size of a suspected gas attack in syria inspectors are still waiting for access to almost

a week after they arrived and forty people were reported killed in the alleged attack. more than thirty palestinians have been killed and one thousand five hundred injured in gaza protests in the past three weeks many a still waiting for urgent medical treatment has been a speck reports gaza's hospitals are full of young men with injuries where the bones have been shattered by israeli bullets and this is mohammed he's 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 and one of the problems the hospital house is it's 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 is not in a lot of pain and with me in doc is doctor takes it all tunnel one of the major

surgeons here dr first of all have you got enough equipment to treat these sort of injuries and those of us with a no enough because we have we did for chance of him a six year to suture one of us could have surgery and a patient like a mahmoud what are the chances for him what's what what might happen with him who were injured in the pretend artery and vein and may have a destructive of the muscle the left of the born sinner fix it or mom would know we had four amputation above me if this vision dance fear that was fun or does that maybe is the c.e.o. 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. so africa's new president has cut short his trip to the u.k.

to deal with violent protests back home posers calling for calm in northwest province where demonstrators are demanding the region to step down their kids supra palo of corruption and a demanding better jobs and housing improved roads and hospitals. was attending a meeting of commonwealth leaders in london. argentinians a protest against utility rates which have soared by as much as one thousand percent the country host the g twenty summit this year is under increasing pressure to get its a quantum economy in order to isabeau reports from buenos aires. it was called the march of the candles thousands of people on the street protesting against a rise in utility rates in the last months. media maybe now a local resident says the situation is getting worse each day and.

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 up to the number nine the speaker or the current government. that argentina has the lowest prices on services in the region and that it needs to cut back on government spending to reduce that but me and i travel warning in fact that 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 them. it is a pizza restaurant that was turned into a completive in two thousand and twelve when the owner decided to close down fifty 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 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 high can you tell it the services 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. thousands of students have marched in july's capital santiago demanding an end to profit making and higher education rights police used pepper spray and. demonstrators it's the first mass juden rally under the new government of president sebastian pinera. constitutional court struck down a law that would have banned universities operating for profit it's a blow to reforms providing free tuition for low income students and that to buy pena is free to. say you has banned meat imports from several

suppliers in brazil in a move that will hit more than a third of the country's exports to europe european commission says the measure was adopted because of quality control issues the ban affects twenty percent in processing plants mostly dealing and poultry the country lost hundreds of millions of dollars asked year over a tainted meat scandal. security forces in senegal have fired tear gas at protests in the capital dhaka demonstrations potential changes to electoral rules for many concerts running in next year's presidential election reports. more than just words are being changed in sites in the girls' 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 to live in a 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 that's. what 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. new and 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. and head 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 the right it's not a privilege it's not something that's you know you you going to have one day and be withdrawing the other and the fact that they are there is a blanket ban it is a violation of their right to be forthcoming. in 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 liberate them from the presidential race for the opposition this latest piece of legislation is another after provocation for the ruling party it's much needed change with the presidential elections just ten

months away both sides say at stake is senegal's democracy considered one of the most stable in africa at least for now nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car. for decades the philippine island of mindanao has been rocked by violence as ethnic groups fight for more autonomy from the government now a new museum is going back to the to expand its diversity and promote a message of peace from mendell to mother 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 tribes been fighting for its incestuous land the belong to the people the largest ethnic group in the kaci with more than fifteen million people belong to more than one hundred tribes. the limits 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 who might and last year president of the good are there to 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 safe 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 thinking that 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 limits that everyone here can trace their origins from the new muds the matter who they fight for now everyone was. and that is what we want. always remember from one source. what we 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 bath to kinship. i am among these children read about forests 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 the peaceful life is one they've never read no. fun. and finally a u.s. senator has made history by costing a vote in the chamber holding her baby. this month tammy duckworth became the first senate member to give an office the double amputee iraq war veteran brought along ten day old. first day as she voted against president nominee to run nasa senate rules were changed just a day earlier to allow babies on to the chamber floor but it seems that this baby's tracing the historic moment like it's no big deal. it's a. little before we got a little sleep but i want you to tell you it meant so much to be accountable and

mom and beauty do my job and take your buy baby at the same time. this is al jazeera these are the top stories cuba's new president says he'll continue the socialist revolution often in the six decades of castro rule. sworn in on thursday he succeeds eighty six year old raul castro does canalis the first cuban leader not to have fought in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution. south korea's president says the north claims it won't give up its nuclear program without a precondition of removing u.s. troops from the self the comments from n.j. and follow a warning from president donald trump that he'll walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful the meeting is expected next month or in early june. russia has denied accusations from the u.s. that it is trying to delay international inspectors getting to the sites of a suspected gas attack in syria they're still waiting for access to the area in

duma almost a week after they arrived more than forty people were reported killed in the alleged attack almost two weeks ago. it's 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 and that moreover we contacted the syrian side so that all documents including visas were provided to the inspectors as soon as possible. south africa's new president has cut short his trip to the u.k. to deal with violent protests back home so around opposers calling for calm in northwest province but demonstrators are demanding the region's leaders step down suprema pallo of corruption thousands of students have marched in chinese capital santiago demanding an end to profit making in higher education but police use

pepper spray and water cannon to disperse demonstrators as the first mastered rally under the new government presence about him can the era and the e.u. has bound me to imports from several suppliers in brazil in a move that will hit more than a third of the country's exports to europe the european commission says the measure was adopted because of quality control issues the ban affects twenty percent in processing plants mostly dealing in poultry those are your headlines we're back with more news here on al-jazeera after the strain. getting to the heart of the matter if more stuff i can do the turkish cypriot people calls you today and says let's have told us would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there are two people think that peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on top to al-jazeera.

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