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ha sing the. presidency to his protege. and this is 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. between the u.s. and russia ratchets up over suspected chemical attack and duma. and scarred for life surviving members of a family one of thousands to flee attacks in the democratic republic of congo.

has a new president ending in a six decades of castro will make al diaz can l. was sworn in on thursday succeeding eighty six year old raul castro last in america to a new man reports from havana. a historic moment without historic shift. chapter but with a similar script. thunderous applause president raul castro passed on the baton to his chosen successor. is clearly not the governing alone. organ of the generation off adel 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 cater 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 a party congress and the gradual and orderly transfer of our main responsibilities is made to the new generations there 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 imagine there won't be any drastic change anytime soon but something will change for better or worse. in there i'm not watching this i hope there is a change for the better that's what we're all hoping for. with an israel and subsidies almost gone. to transform cuba's ailing soviet style economy it's all for why were we sure of the means that he knows how to work 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. philip brenna is enough is a professor of international relations at the american university in washington d.c. he thinks cubans want someone with a new perspective most 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 he is going out so i think that there people are ready for a new generation i don't think they want the old generation 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 of south korea's president says the north has expressed a commitment to complete denuclearization it comes as u.s. president donald trump wants to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful and meeting is expected next month or in early june say director actually of state nominee mike pompei held a secret meeting with kim jong il in kenya and earlier this month as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for talks on many of the details of that plan beating us still unclear on that matter get to genspace an 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 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 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. chemical weapons inspectors are still waiting to enter dinner in syria to investigate suspected chemical attack the u.s. says russia has deliberately holding them up to tamper with evidence has had a in reports. access denied inspectors but the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons are on standby waiting to enter the area duma a visit to the side of the alleged chemical attack has been delayed for days investigation start the white house says russia and syria are trying. by 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 delayed the inspection a u.n. risk assessment team says it came under fire as a try to clear away 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. 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 of 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. new 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. yes concerns grow that possible evidence that the alleged attack may be tainted or even disappear before inspectors speak in their

investigation say a little piss with a young. well the latest serious dispute comes as donald trump's new national security adviser held his first meeting with russia's. castro has more 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 u.s. 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 smith of bolton's meeting with the russian ambassador came straight from the white house itself is indication that bolton has the administration's backing. iraq strikes against eisel targets in syria the government says it's fighter jets carried out what it calls a deadly raid against the group in the border area syrian and iraqi forces have driven leisel from most of the territory it once held iraq stepped off its campaign this week to clear the remaining pockets of eisel territory. the united nations says more than one hundred thousand people have fled their homes in the tory province the democratic republic of congo since the beginning of the here following

attacks by bullish or bust the government says only about a tenth of those people have been displaced and that it is in control of the crisis . of the conflict in a tory province and sent 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 with machetes then they caught my wife and started cutting her too she was pregnant so they cut the baby from her 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 any targets just across the road homes and businesses belonging to ethnic cleansing were 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 the congolese government control of eastern congo in a turi and lendu militias were their proxies tens of thousands of civilians were killed but now look kind of safari told us there is no conflict between the two groups

he's a lendu who says he haiti's hammon neighbors here in his house when the militia are attacked like many he thinks politicians planned the violence to further postpone congo's overdue elections. that they were waiting for elections so we can have new leadership this is our will but the killing started without reason where this was already prepared for linda with him up to start killing each other i consider this a deliberately planned conflict and. the government denies this since the attack began soldiers 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 alicia 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've nothing left to return to malcolm webb al-jazeera it to republicans in the democratic republic of congo. to the head of hair on al-jazeera 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 plus. most of all been a member for. a gym in the u.s. accuses of treating two black men like criminals. for the weather is now largely fine across the middle east though some wet weather there with 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 warm weather we have across that western side of it for the rest it's cold ankara 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 sas day elsewhere across the region it is generally fine dry warm and sunny thirty celsius there for kuwait city was still across the arabian 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 people we are still seeing some very heavy showers the only show a breeze is bringing some heavy downpours into were tense in there because soon it a bit wet weather coming into and a memory for that eastern side madagascar looking a little disturbed for much of south africa has dried unsettled.

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. tells the story of convincing old joined. to. this story. there is a top stories this hour cuba's new president says he'll continue the socialist

revolution often a six decades of castro will. swarm in 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 a warning from present donald trump that he'll walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful. and russia has denied accusations in the u.s. that it's trying to delay international inspectors getting to the sites of a suspected gas attack in syria is spector's a still waiting for access to do almost a week after they arrived more than forty people were reportedly killed in the alleged attack. the prospect of a global trade war has the in session a lottery fund concerned spring meetings of the i.m.f. and the world bank are on the way in washington d.c. and officials warn trade disputes will only exacerbate long term structural

weaknesses and the global economy chapter ten save up for. 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 firm'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 all of you should work together to resolve disagreements without using exceptional measures the i.m.f. chief economist blamed the impulse for protectionism on the inequality that's been an integral feature of 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 over 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 and now ten years off to 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 i'm sure in prosperity for all those overseeing the current framework of globalization are doomed to repeat mistakes she ever time see al-jazeera washington. more protests are expected along gaza's border with israel on friday as palestinians continue weeks of demonstrations ahead of a can of verse three the fifteenth of may is when they'll mark seventy years since the start of the first arab israeli war on the formation of the state of israel. was the law on thursday thousands of his what israel's arab minority rallies and protests demonstrators gathered at a small coastal village which has become one of the symbols of the palestinian struggle 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 the 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 their independence exactly testify to this event for we're here to remember and to teach our children so they will keep the memory alive. more than five hundred villages little demolition. people who were displaced and people who were killed this is catastrophe humanitarian political heritage historical and national. 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 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 called. israel's capital jerusalem. we all praise 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. that was the israeli prime minister kicking off 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 and the beaches to celebrate a national holiday a very different picture here of course that same historical legacy is viewed through an entirely different prism

a prism of pain and catastrophe seventy years on. so africa's new president has cut short his trip to the u.k. to deal with violent protests back home. calling for calm in northwest province where demonstrators are demanding their region's the region's leaders step down. corruption demanding better jobs and housing improved roads and hospitals. argentinians a protest. much as one thousand percent the country host the g twenty summit this year is under increasing pressure to get its economy in order trends about reports from. the march of the candles thousands of people on the streets protesting against a rise in utility rates in the last months. media 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. margin time has got to generous subsidies on services like water electricity and gas during the previous administration of cristina fernandez de kirchner the current government. that argentina has the lowest prices on services in the region and they need to cut back on government spending to reduce that but me and i travel 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 crime and. it is 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 profits. 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 hiking 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 fifty 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 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. for 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 make their expense. thousands of students are. demanding an end to profits making in higher education police used pepper spray and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators it's the first masters under the new government of president sebastian pinera. constitutional court struck down a law that would have for profit universities. yes but this company has fired three of its stuff up to two black men accuse them of racial profiling that

is of the men being kicked out of the gym have gone viral. two black men going to their gym to work out but instead they find themselves treated like criminals in a series of videos that went viral. said he in a friend were asked to leave a fitness club in new jersey despite the fact they were members and checked in at the front desk. here. for no reason. at least. the man who appeared to be the gym manager called the police nobody was arrested but the two men say it was a clear case of racial profiling by the gym employees in a statement the company l.a. fitness it mid colt saying in part regrettably our staff unnecessarily escalated

the situation and called the police rather than work through it clearly this is a long time member with the current ballad membership we are currently exploring potential training content and opportunities to better train our staff the incident comes amid controversy at a starbucks store in philadelphia after the store manager asked two black men to leave because they hadn't bought anything it emerged that they were waiting for someone to take part in a business meeting the incident led to several days of protests and a boycott starbucks hash tag on social media after an initial defending his officers philadelphia's police commissioner on thursday apologized to the arrested men and so messaging is important and i feel miserably in this regard i implore a lot like many other folks but that is still no excuse starbucks has also apologized and said they would close nearly eight thousand stores next month for one day for racial bias training for their employees as for l.a.

fitness three employees involved in that incident have reportedly been fired gabriels on al-jazeera new york. and finally a u.s. senator who has made history by casting a vote in the chamber whilst holding her baby go out in a small tammy duckworth became the first senate member to give birth whilst in office the double amputee iraq war veteran brought along ten day old maya. day as she voted against president nominee to run senate rules were changed just a day earlier to allow babies on to the chamber floor but it seems this baby's treating the historic moment like it's no big deal. really. give her a little before we got here so she's been a little when i want you to help her it meant so much to be accountable and view to do my job and take care by b.b. the same time.

to go with these all top stories the president says he'll continue the socialist revolution often in the six decades of castro rule miguel diaz canal was sworn in on thursday sixty to eighty six year old raul castro did as well as the first cuban leader not to afford the nine hundred fifty nine revolution south korea's president says the north claims it will give up its nuclear weapons program without precondition of removing u.s. troops from the south the comments from n.j. in front of a warning from president donald trump that he'll walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they're not fruitful the meeting is expected next month or in. russia has denied accusations from the u.s. that it is trying to delay international inspectors getting to the site 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 reportedly 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 thousands of arab israelis are valid in protest on the seventieth anniversary of the creation of israel known by palestinians as nakba or the catastrophe was. demonstrators gathered a small coastal village which has become one of the symbols of the palestinian struggle. south africa's new president has cut short his trip to the u.k. to deal with violent protests back home so there is calling for calm

a northwest province by demonstrators that demanding the region's latest step down their cues to promote him a pallor of corruption. and thousands of students have marched into his cattle santiago demanding an end to hike to profit making in higher education riot police used pepper spray and water cannon to disperse demonstrators as the first mass today rally under the new government of president sebastian pinera says i had lines pledge occasion as next. fast furious and sometimes fatal mongolia's child jockeys are risking their young lives writing to women are they being exploited in the name of tradition one on one east investigates on al-jazeera. education. the universal rights to expand. and offer better prospects. to a better life yet around the globe. an institution.