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know i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up chemical weapons inspectors finally visit duma in syria two weeks after an alleged gas attack. opposition supporters clash with police in madagascar during a protest against new election rules. and excess baggage the online auction that's offering by as a chance to own their own piece of british aviation history. welcome to the program our top story north korea's announcement that it will immediately stop all nuclear and long range missile tests has been welcomed by western leaders u.s. president donald trump described kim jong un's pledges very good news while european

leaders say it's a good first step but some being more cautious especially japan kathy novak reports from seoul. north korea regularly tested increasingly threatening ballistic missiles last year including weapons that could have the range to hit the united states in september it conducted its most powerful nuclear bomb test. now north korea says those tests are over so it. should chip we will discontinue nuclear testing an intercontinental ballistic rocket test firing from april twenty fifth. the north a new contest ground of the d.p. r. k. one also be dismantled to transparently guarantee the discontinuance of when you click testing it's welcome news for the u.s. president who's planning to meet north korea's leader kim jong un within weeks donald trump tweeted north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear tests and close

up a major test site this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress look forward to our summit state media says kim jong un made the announcement as he chaired a meeting of the workers' party central committee a gathering to rubberstamp the supreme leader's decisions it was at a similar meeting five years ago that kim unveiled his signature policy to prioritize the development of nuclear weapons and the economy the message from the leader now is that weapons program development is complete and the focus will shift to the economy currently under pressure from a u.s. led sanctions campaign would you call kim jong un clarify that now that the t.p.r. case position as a wall of level politico ideological and military power has been successfully established it is the strategic line of the workers' party to concentrate all efforts of the whole party and country on the socialist economic construction kim

is apparently seeking to cement his position on the world stage following his meeting in beijing last month with china's president xi jinping talks with cia director mike pompei o in pyongyang and ahead of a historic summit with south korea's president monday and on friday. south korea welcomed the announcement calling north korea's decision meaningful progress for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the president's office said it will contribute to creating a positive environment for the success of the upcoming intercourse and to u.s. north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. with the us that north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it pledged to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you

can hear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. that speech to alan fischer who's live in washington alan tell us more about how this very important decision by pyongyang is being viewed over that. well i think the viewing it optimistically but no one stringer the banners thinking this is actually going to happen we've seen many examples in the past where before summit some negotiations the north koreans have promised one thing but then fail to deliver so the americans will be wary of this it's interesting that the announcement from the north koreans come just twenty four hours after donald trump said look if we don't get a decent summit if we don't have something to achieve if during the summer i don't think it's going in the right direction then i would respectfully leave and then suddenly the north koreans see this now we know that might pompey or who is the cia director had been in pyongyang over of the christian easter weekend to start

discussions. the administration continues to say that was the intelligence gathering trip rather than a diplomatic trip making sure that he has distanced somewhat because he is earmarked to be the next u.s. secretary of state and that hasn't been confirmed yet. that may well have been laying the groundwork for some sort of announcement but what is also interesting is that donald trump has said in this tweet that it's good news for north korea and good news for the rest of the world rather than a sum of a sudden gates of be doing in the last few hours on american t.v. and radio saying this is all because of donald trump that the north korean regime the north korean leader has moved this far in such a short space of time. all right thank you very much from washington alan fish out with all the reaction that. well north korea calls its governing ideology a jew chair a philosophy of self-reliance so how will u.s. talks to stop the country's nuclear program he seemed by the population algis there

is diplomatic editor james fazes been given rare access to the capital pyongyang. are all welcome to pyongyang certainly the cleanest most orderly and probably the most controlled place i've ever visited. rush hour in the city yet the traffic is like the roads a quiet although all of them a little comfy. no doubt this mix dreamily hardworking society everyone's driving for the good of the sky this is how workers percentage of. revenue slogans flags and drums. in this city the portraits in the statues tell the story of this isolated nation run by three men all from one family

the grandfather and the country's founder kim il sung the father kim jong il. and the son the current leader kim jong un who told he's too modest to have mosaics made of him but he's everywhere on the state controlled media on television and in the newspapers. in the center of the city the tallest landmark the jew che tower jew chair your self-reliance is the governing principle of this nation of twenty five million people our guide explained it's not about self-reliance of the individual but instead that individual koreans must do all they can to make their nation self-reliant we are holding the. apple in the fire for life there for lying in bed and the socialist power nation the death the main point and the nuclear weapons of course yes we made the nuclear weapons by our

own effort baron technique is death the main point of that to take. for years north koreans have been told the nuclear program is something that will keep their country strong and that the us is their mortal enemy both the messages that will now need modification as talks approach under some of the stiffest international sanctions ever imposed north koreans say jew check or self-reliance is the answer. in the subway trains inherited from east germany a growing old handful of new carriages were produced in north korea we were told this seat was designed by kim jong un himself. it seems the leader takes direct interest in many areas of national life he made a visit to the main shoe factory at the plant producing the korean national dish kimchi made of pickled vegetables we were told the air conditioning system was

supervised by the supreme leader and as an old people's home we were told he was the architect of this staircase such benevolence is of course matched by total respect kim jong un has never granted an audience to the international media he's never given an interview i got about as close as an outsider can get to him i was attending a performance of a visiting chinese ballet company in pyongyang when supreme leader kim entered the theater the crowd clapped continuously a standing ovation with cries of hooray hooray it only stopped when he himself signaled with his hands james frey's al-jazeera pyongyang. or president efforts to reach a nuclear agreement with kim jong un come as he threatens to pull out of the irani dail iran's president says his country's atomic energy body is ready with expected and unexpected actions as our army made the comments on state t.v.

but he didn't elaborate on what that might mean european politicians have been urging the u.s. not to abandon the two thousand and fifteen deal and which ironically to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions being lifted. russia's foreign ministry says inspectors from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons of arrived in the syrian town of duma two weeks after an alleged chemical attack their inspectors have been holed up in a damascus hotel until now have been repeatedly delayed from visiting the scene where pro-government forces are accused of dropping a chlorine bomb france has accused russia of obstructing their entry more than forty people died from exposure to chemicals after the attack according to the world health organization meanwhile syrian rebels and civilians in a countryside area northeast of damascus of started to evacuate north under a deal brokered with the government state t.v.

says over three thousand rebels will leave three towns in easton columnist for the course of the next three days it's the latest in a string of evacuations around the syrian capital that have seen more than sixty thousand people displaced as the government takes control. well to the south of damascus pro-government forces a pressing their offensive against i still fighters holed up in the palestinian refugee camp the u.n. agency responsible for palestinian refugees says it's deeply concerned about the safety of civilians there that's as pictures emerged showing government planes bombarding the area. now at least one person has died in violence between security forces and protesters in madagascar the demonstrators were rallying in the capital on time army riva against new electoral laws which the opposition says are meant to stop their candidate from running for president the city's hospital says at least sixteen more people have been injured in the violence paul mellie is a researcher with the chatham house africa program he says politicians using the

legal system against their opponents is nothing new in madagascar. the former president marc ravalomanana could be excluded because the people who have a conviction from running for president but the conviction that he has was really very questionable one he was out of the country having been overthrown in a coup it was a political trial many people don't think it is serious so it really depends on how that's interpreted when reveller manana was president he used the legal system to prevent a challenger running against him rajoelina or another key player in potential candidate was the guy installed in the two thousand and nine crew and spent four years procrastinating over the restoration of democracy and hope that he can create conditions that would keep him in power the current president and he has mere fact

that this legislation is being passed the toll would suggest that he too is equivocating a bit so there are real doubts as to whether the malagasy political elite a totally committed to the top priority which is to make a success or of this next election in twenty thirty in the end of twenty thirty democracy was restored in a meaningful process that people could expect to accept as legitimate but it really doesn't seems that everybody buys into the need to repeat and loud development and recovery to go forward because it is a very poor country we've huge development problems india's government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve after widespread outrage over a number of recent attacks you know it was approved by cabinet but requires parliamentary approval within six months to become law in the meantime suspects can be prosecuted under the old death have been widespread protests following the high profile rape cases which include the killing of an eight year old girl in kashmir.

still to come for you on the pile gran about the same family i'm on fourteen year old mohamed are you the youngest victim yet of israeli gunfire on the gaza border and we meet the women any yamin who refused to let the civil war stop them nineteen to read and write. how they were as the rain fades away from the afghanistan it's come back from mediterranean running through nose in egypt and through syria recently and you can see from the clouds where it's light to be focused wise is clearing up from the east side of that with the wind direction means it will cool down in egypt for example jerusalem down to nineteen baghdad on the opposite wind direction is up to twenty nine and the potential for the big thunderstorms exists here they tend to

kick up sandstorms as well but it's largely a rainy story runs across the border into iran stretches up towards tara so what couple of days here as well i suspect and the breeze you'll notice it's noticeable and i think it will be telling further sas for the arabian peninsula as a dry picture with picking up more dust so the picture on sunday could well be a pretty dusty world the eastern side of saudi arabia through qatar and back right i think that dust will ease come monday the breeze eases as well temp she was up to thirty nine is a forecast and there which beats mecca that's a pretty hot part of the world southern africa it's gone mostly quiet now we have seen a few big showers recently but really we're talking about a case no one's on the coast so if you're in south africa on the whole you can just enjoy the big wide open skies.

welcome back a look at the headlines for you now north korea's decision to hold nuclear and missile tests has been welcomed by leaders across the world including u.s.

president donald trump who hailed it as good news international weapons inspectors have finally visited the syrian town of duma two weeks after an alleged chemical attack there and at least one person has died in violent clashes between security forces and thousands of opposition supporters protesting about a new electoral laws and that madagascar. well in other stories are following palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force against protesters four palestinians were killed by israeli gunfire on a fourth consecutive friday of demonstrations on gaza's border and they include a fourteen year old boy but it smith reports. that the riot are you had dreams for some most mothers a good education marriage children. but a bullet to the head from an israeli sniper means this family now has to bury fourteen year old muhammad ali you along with those dreams. for the in the heart

alice says. i used to tell him one day are living conditions will improve political divisions will and i have been pushing him to continue his studies despite everything. but how much was protesting near the gaza israel border fence at easter on friday if he was throwing stones they probably weren't very big. this family video from last year shows mohammed at the zoo he slight aged just thirteen here it's hard to imagine six months later he posed a serious threat to the israeli military. death prompted an unusually strong reaction from the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process nicholai martin off said it's outrageous to shoot our children how does the killing of a child in gaza today help peace it doesn't it fuels anger and breeds more killing . a former israeli military spokesman responded please go to gaza engage hamas and get them to stop sending people to defense stop palestinian incitement and organize

riots at the border and donald trump's advisor to the middle east stepped in a full investigation by israel of mohammad are you is underway as we mourn the tragic loss of a young life we must all resolve to avoid causing more suffering by responses to his death. mohammed's father says he couldn't stop his son joining the protest for palestinian rights moved doesn't. there he was always smiling always teasing to me his father who was not a kid but to brave the whole neighborhood loved him never said no to anyone he just want to see our original village in israel. says. was buried the day he died the youngest victim so far but the palestinian great march of return bernard smith al-jazeera gaza. when all the developments the family of a palestinian engineer in malaysia say he's been killed by the israeli intelligence agency mossad amasses confirmed university electrified the al bush was

a member of the faction has been no israeli response there are reports. this is to an identified gunman opened fire at. the thirty five year old palestinian engineering lecturer was ambushed as he was walking to was in nearby boss in the capital kuala lumpur colleagues of the university are shocked and by the killing so we don't see any thing dangerous week or so the only thing that we can see of is. the only thing that could be is because of his expertise in his field of electrical engineering. a neighbor told reporters that he saw two european looking man nearby shortly before the shooting. there are butts family blame israel for the killing. of. the israeli mossad is to be held

responsible for that because the israelis can't tolerate any well educated arab and particularly palestinian mentality israel considers any well educated distinguished arab or particularly palestinian figure as the real big threat for israel hamas which controls gaza said was a member of the palestinian group has repeatedly blamed israel's spy agency mossad for targeting its members including into. a tizzy an expert in jone technology was shot in his hometown. in december to resume police said the killers of one hundred three posed as foreign journalists hamas said he was instrumental in developing drones and was a command of its armed wing. brigades. on meaning police say they've arrested more than seventy people as anti-government demonstrations enter

a second week protesters want the new prime minister. to step down they're unhappy at what they see as a power grab by the former president who's changed the political system to give himself more power sarkozy is offering talks with the opposition but they say they'll only accept his resignation. well south africa's president several rama post is promising to address the long running problems in the country's north where protests against a regional leader it descended into riots and looting angry crowds in northwest province want crimea supra beller to resign afrin soy has moved from mike. the situation today's column the road that vehicles are moving freely but a lot of shops is still closed and right now we are in one of the hotspots this is a petrol station that was vandalized today in the protests that there was. a shop has been completely wiped out and destroyed those of butchery inside the fuel parts

here that have been destroyed in some instances nozzles have been pulled out of the pipes and back there on the road a traffic light that has been uprooted and we also have an a.t.m. machine here that has been destroyed and this is the situation in many parts of too many shops that have been destroyed and looted businessmen a very for a very devastated but despite this incident there are genuine grievances here people are saying that the public the loop delivery is just a mess they're talking about the state of disrepair the health system that is not working properly houses that are the lucky day ted they want jobs for their young people and the bottom line of it is that they won the premier the leader of this province was also a member of the governing party the a.n.c. to step down they say that he hasn't done his job well now serum or poor who was here held a long meeting with the leadership of this province and when he came out he said

that he wants people to give them more time to consult particularly with the communities that have this grievances people are saying that they are going to wait for the outcome of those consultations but they're very impatient this is the only answer that they won the only outcome they want is for the premier to step down they say that he is a stumbling block to the development of this province or now to yemen where years of civil war has left many children without access to even the most basic education many women in particular of never had the chance to learn to read or write but in a rural part of tires province one group of women is determined to make up for lost time as marianna honda reports. they make this journey most days a long winding sometimes dangerous parts. this is a remote area whist of the city of tire yes it's also one of the battlegrounds of

human civil war and with these women must go to reach the only place where they can learn. that. we walk long distances past villages and valleys to get here we learn because we did not have education at least of a knowing about on a we didn't know any of the alphabets but thanks to our teacher now we can read and write and we can also teach our children for some of these women this is the first time there put a pin to paper grandmothers mothers young women learning what most children might be taught in they first or second year of school and so hungry to learn that on this particular day more than forty women were crammed into a small building it's part of a meta elka ladies home she's the teacher and the creator of this makeshift education center as your own cost and in her own time she's taught dozens of women to read and write in metaphor to be fair the education of women in the countryside

is very low and i've made it my job to try to change that there is no support from anyone i wish that all sisters anyone who is educated might do their bit to educate women and girls in rural areas few children and ruled have made it to school in the last three years of human civil war to. control much of the north including the capital some dark. their president against government forces fighting in support of exiled president admitted abu months or hardy and backed by airstrikes from a saudi led coalition of mainly arab states the power base lies in the south including the strategically important port city of aden. the province of thai ease with these women live lives right in the middle. of the goddess and most of the schools are closed now and we are in a remote area in this war so it occasion is

a positive thing for women instability widespread poverty and unemployment affect all the women here elkan lady also teaches skills that have enabled students to generate their own income things like knitting and sewing for these women knowledge really is our medium to hunt down to zero. the american football player calling kappa nick has been given amnesty international's annual ambassador of conscience award two years ago captain excited kneeling during the u.s. national anthem played before all n.f.l. matches in response to the disproportionate number of black people killed by police the amnesty award recognizes in their words an inspiring contribution to helping human rights. now it's the end of an era for europe's busiest international airport and a massive opportunity for air enthusiastic three years after it closed the contents of london's heathrow terminal one are being auctioned off item by item to the

highest bidder the barcode locked in for an airport furniture bargain. we've joined the plane spotters on heathrow airport perimeter because this could potentially be a big day for aviation enthusiasts the entire contents of the historic terminal was up for sale the bidding has now become. your way three thousand forty nine seventy nine forty nine seventy nine let's roll again please the first of two auctions is now well underway and squarely at aviation lovers most of it taking place here online i think retro signs think novelty fixtures and fitment just looking at these items there seems to be strangely more interest in departure signs than a rival signs read into that what you will the problem is that many of these bids a sealed meaning that buyers don't know exactly how much they're bidding against the auction house responsible for all of this says the pricing these items is way too complicated there's simply no precedent for selling things like this. following

auctions will focus on bigger assets including security machines escalators baggage carousel four thousand seats of one hundred ten check in desks things that might be useful to other airports it was once the busiest terminal in europe opened by queen elizabeth the second in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine and billed as the home of british airways at the time planes could only carry one hundred fifty people they can now carry more than five hundred at its peak terminal one handled more than nine million passengers a year but after the refurbishment of terminal two next door it became surplus to requirements and closed its doors in two thousand and fifteen so what next for the terminal will he post the remaining tightlipped is expected to be dismantled to the coming year is a relic of a bygone age giving way to a new bigger and bolder era in aviation.

let's remind you of the top stories this hour north korea's announcement that it will immediately stop all nuclear and missile test has been welcomed by western leaders u.s. president donald trump described kim jong un's pledge as very good news while european leaders say it's a good first step but some of the more cautious especially japan alan fischer has more from washington the north koreans have a history before big summits of offering things that they never follow through on so while there is pleasure in the united states there is no daylight because they want to make sure that what the north koreans are promising they will actually follow through on and our other top stories inspectors from the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons have arrived in the syrian town a duma two weeks after an alleged chemical attack that inspectors had been repeatedly delayed from visiting the scene where pro-government forces are accused of dropping a chlorine. syrian rebels and civilians in

a countryside area northeast of damascus have started to evacuate to the north of the country under a deal brokered with the government state t.v. says over three thousand rebels will leave three towns in eastern color moon over the course of the next three days it's the latest in a string of evacuations around the syrian capital that have seen more than sixty thousand people displaced india's government has approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under the age of twelve after widespread outrage over a number of recent attacks the order was approved by the prime minister narendra modi but requires parliamentary approval within six months to become law there have been widespread protests following a high and number of high profile rape cases including the killing of an eight year old girl in kashmir. and least one person has died in violence between security forces and protesters in madagascar demonstrators have

been rallying in the capital one town and now a revolt against new electoral zz which the opposition says are meant to stop a candidate from running for president the city's hospital says at least sixty more people have been injured in the violence. erupted eight with all of our top stories but we'll have much more on everything for you in about twenty five minutes time i'll be back with the news hour so do join me then but that's off the inside story which starts now.