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hundreds of soldiers join antigovernment protests in the armenian capital as demonstrations continue for an eleventh day. hello and welcome. courses here and also coming up. guilty of attempted murder the surviving suspect from the twenty fifteen paris attacks is sentenced to twenty years in prison over a shoot out with the belgian police plus. what do you have as a bigger option i don't see. the french president on a mission to urge donald trump to save the iran nuclear deal. also this half hour protecting our rain forests readers and environmentalist gather for

a summit in indonesia. but here let's get you right up to date with that breaking story at this hour beginning this half hour in armenia where soldiers have joined thousands of demonstrators in the capital city there now into their eleventh day of protests and rallies the armenian defense ministry says it will harshly punish the troops supporting antigovernment protests there demanding the resignation of the prime minister. who's accused of a power grab and corruption let's talk now to our reporter robin for a city worker who's in the capital robin just take us through what the latest is what's going on there right now. however i'm standing on republic square at the moment where large crowds are again beginning to gather on this eleventh day of anti-government protest. most significantly today in addition to the

thousands that have been coming out. specially students and young people we see a brigade of peacekeepers they are part of the army and army they have participated in deployments and deployments and they have been seen marching down the streets of the capital towards the opposition movement now we've heard from the ministry of defense that they have. been severely condemned in the actions we've taken we have unconfirmed reports that their base at the carriage where they are garrison may have been spread by chemical by security issues. but that's the situation in terms of this opposition movement really keeping up its momentum and if the army. is stable to perhaps bring in more support from the military this would be very

interesting important development to watch closely generally when soldiers join antigovernment protests it doesn't end well somebody someplace does the situation feel quite tense does it does it look combustible. i think that the participation of the military will certainly give i should say some of them certainly. really lifted the spirits of the of the protest movement who feel that they are gaining traction across a white section of society that would have lifted that sale. but of course we know that. there are various factions there are different groups with the interior ministry the military and the police they are very disciplined. they are well paid and they will come out at large numbers last night the way incite

street and i i think there is the danger that this could escalate however i will say we are getting reports. the deputy. media has meant to give leaders including the prime minister president and we again i kind of confirm this but it looks as though there was a possibility that they may now be pushed into the prosecutor's office to have those charges against those opposition leaders who have been detained drawl now that may also be a sign of some sort of can see a tree move again a sign perhaps with the opposition will take it's. gaining ground. it's a very fluid situation at the moment and will have to really sort of get a grip on whether those reports coming at a trick within the fluidity that you're talking about there robin just looking at social media pictures there are pictures of it certainly looks like clanchy at the front protesting soldiers all people who are dressed to some sort of paramilitaries

perhaps is this an embarrassment for the government and are they now only really beginning to successfully play catch up do you think if they're trying to defuse the whole thing. we so those that i believe you say go all the brigade brigade. brigade and also the clergy. from the protested but their role may be stepping in that mediated we. already. believe and i think that would be silly to ensure that the church we haven't as yet. very much from the church think they can see to the resignation of the prime minister i think. their presence on the streets will indication of just how serious. the situation is becoming here in here ok robin to stay close purse the moment thanks very much robin for us to walk or our correspondent there

yet of on with that developing story. the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in twenty fifteen has been sentenced to twenty years in prison he's twenty eight year old. he's been convicted of attempted murder during the shootout in belgium that led to his arrest he was europe's most wanted fugitive after the attacks in paris the year before a separate trial is jus for the killing of one hundred thirty people in the french capital an accomplice was also sentenced in brussels and is there. for the charge in the brussels courts gave the twenty year jail sentence to both solid and sophie and i ery saying that this was for attempted murder in a terrorist context she said that it was clear that these two men had the intention to kill now this is in connection with a shootout with belgian police the two men were involved in back in march the twenty sixth and it was a few days later the solid to slam was finally caught by police in the mall in that

district of brussels well obviously was not present at the court his voice said he did not wish to attend and it was no surprise because in february at his trial he was present only on the first day he said that he believed. the trial was a false that muslims are not judged fairly and this silence was going to be his defense and he said that he wouldn't speak well he'll be learning all of this verdict in france where he is in jail in a high security prison he is waiting for another trial the trial into the paris attacks in twenty fifteen one hundred thirty people were killed on november the thirteenth solid islam is the last surviving suspect the foreign ministers of russia and china to block any attempts to sabotage the iran nuclear deal the us president donald trump house until may the twelfth to decide whether to keep the agreement going back to twenty fifteen he has previously called it one of america's worst ever deals the united nations is also calling on mr trump to stick to the agreement. the secretary general remains convinced that the joint comprehensive

plan of action continues to be the best way to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of iran's nuclear program and to realize the promised tangible economic benefits for the iranian people we hope that all of its participants remain fully committed to its implementation and long term preserve ration well that appeal follows another call from the french president emanuel much of his state visit to the white house for talks with donald trump. what do you have at the bit there are options i don't see it. what is the what if scenario or your plan b. i don't have any plan b. for nuclear against iran so that's a question we will discuss but that's why i just want to see on nuclear let's preserve this framework because it's better than a sort of north korean type of situation so again i'm not satisfied with the

situation with iran i want to fight against the listing. i want to contain their influence in the region so my point is to see don't leave now. as long as you have not a bit of option for nuclear and let's complete it with ballastic myside and the original containment. correspondent. from paris or what the french are expecting to visit. they're an odd couple both politically and psychologically both men could be described as mavericks now they have common interests of course because of their respective positions but there's little common ground between the two men what's happening here is the beginning of a special relationship why because two reason may the british prime minister is more or less buried by the brakes in negotiations at the moment and the german chancellor angela merkel has spent six months trying to get together a grand coalition so there's been if you like

a vacuum of political leadership in the heart of europe and this is where president macro has seized with alacrity this position now he's in constant telephone contact with president trump but as for any policy changes will have to wait and see the result of this three day state visit now he obviously wants america to stay on board with the the climate pact he's also said that he persuaded the american president to keep troops in the syria conflict and he hopes also that perhaps he can try and persuade him on the iran nuclear deal but the problem here is there are many skeptical voices amongst the analysis here in paris they feel like tony blair he could be getting too close to an american president and the american president will benefit from the relationship but it could actually scar the new political face of france and president. the death toll after

a nurse stroke on a wedding party by saudi led forces in yemen has now risen to at least twenty it happened in the western province of hard job more than a dozen others were injured who see rebels say another attack earlier on sunday killed six people the u.n. has criticized the campaign for killing big numbers of civilians. two more palestinians have died from wounds by israeli gunfire during protests on the border with gaza at least thirty nine palestinians have been killed in the four weeks of demonstrations against the israeli blockade palestinians are calling for a un investigation into israeli tactics of shooting unarmed demonstrators. aid workers in gaza say palestinian protesters shot by israeli soldiers have suffered devastating injuries the charity doctors without borders says it's treated more patients this month than all of the year twenty fourteen then israel launched its last war in gaza has been smith do this after injury therefore

become young in us it is very sad what is schema that he called a tal afar you may run out of luck last week he says he's been a regular protester at the border fence between gaza and israel before an israeli sniper shot him after injury the feet six hours after injury can be the scene of the limb an excellent result after six hours and get ition is very high it is for. to save his leg within that short time eighteen year old attala needed specialist treatment in the occupied west bank israel said no because he'd been protesting. in a neighboring ward use of our crowns a nineteen year old freelance photographer waited two weeks for permission to leave for surgery only an order from israel supremes court open the gates from gaza the health ministry says there have been seventeen amputation so far and most of those could have been avoided if the victims have been allowed to travel to the occupied

west bank but only three patients have been allowed to leave gaza. for all of them including use the it was too late to avoid amputation now in ramallah use of other wounded leg will likely be saved. i was wearing a bulletproof vest with a press logo i was seven hundred fifty meters from the fence taking pictures as i headed away i got shot i tried to stand using the tripod and then another bullet hit me doctors in the occupied west bank say they've been shocked by the severity of the gunshot wounds. it seems the snipers deliberately shot to paralyze most of the injuries or under the knees or is difficult to reconnect destroyed nerves. when we go back to seattle after his amputation he seems perhaps surprisingly on phased you know when my wounds i will go back to the border and become from where i ended if he does he knows the risks israel says anyone closer

than three hundred metres to the fence is a security threat and risks being shot burnet smith al jazeera gaza still to come here on al-jazeera the president of nicaragua says he'll drop plans to change the pension system after days of violent protests plus. all the korean people he'd like to bring to. our diplomatic it is a james space joins us with a real look at the anti u.s. sentiment inside north korea. hello we've seen some rather lively downpours moving across the korean peninsula recently sold fifty millimeters of rain twenty four hours that's all making its way a swiss cloud drifting through the sea of japan into japan bright skies clear

weather will come back in behind this area of low pressure just moving out of the east china sea the yellow sea pushing across south korea will produce some rather heavy rain from time to time so still a little bit of wet weather there into south for the wettest weather will be into q.c. heading into honshu twenty two celsius the tokyo will move through as we go on into wednesday by the skies to start to come back in but it will take a while before we do see some decent spells of sunshine returning not circus the korean peninsula fine and dry has sold at around twenty two degrees we got a good deal of dry weather into the eastern side of china but the central areas it is looking pretty wet and that wet weather spreading all the way over towards the southwestern corner for a time as we go on into wet and stay that rain will tend to break up somewhat twenty seven celsius the in hong kong there's a bit of a northerly breeze here so at least it is dry it will be bright time to time that dry and right weather actually extending its way across much of the philippines we can get here with plenty of sunshine but lobby downpours continue for much of

indonesia. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships when mess was that somehow time as aiming to replace america and around the world all the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china part one on a jazzy. welcome

i.q. without zero recapping our top stories for you hundreds of soldiers are now supporting antigovernment protests in the armenian capital there around they're demanding the resignation of the prime minister you see him he's accused of a power grab and corruption. leicestershire the latest pictures coming to us live because what you're looking at right now is the apparent reported release of the armenian protest leader nichol us according to local television broadcasts he and two other opposition politicians were detained as they were committing quote socially dangerous acts that was according to the local prosecutor general's office in a statement put out yesterday there was a press conference in the government justify the arrest poll for the opposition leaders thousands of people have taken to the streets now is into its eleventh day of protests it's mainly comprised of a network of self organizing so-called self organizing opposition supporters led by the man you're looking at right now i missed at the scene and we'll get more on

that for you from our correspondent robin for a street walker throughout the coming hours. also recapping this hour an airstrike by saudi loaf. forces in yemen has killed twenty people attending a wedding party it happened in the western province of hug more than a dozen others were injured. somali forces have taken over a military base in the capital mogadishu run by the united arab emirates the order to end military cooperation between the countries follows the closure of a u.s. funded hospital mohammed a job reports now from mogadishu. senior somali military off source one of two of the u.a.e. based in mogadishu they say them play mentoring a government order to disband i mean what i've seen military training program what i want to we have taken over everything at this base from now on the government will fund the training and equip the soldiers train to. hours earlier you a minute to train is how did they left the base with almost everything they could

moving military hardware and other material to the port to be shipped back home that follows the u.a.e. suspending treatment a few days ago of the ship's side hospital which it funded on operated in mogadishu a sign of the gate reminds patients that the hospital remains closed security's tight staff or called in on saturday paid their final deal use and told more time for the past three years this facility asked for free medical treatment to maybe the poor displaced yet in mogadishu those of us disrupted by something closure are now forced to seek help house where. most of them end up here the turkish run at dawn hospital staff say they've seen an increasing number of patients in the past week the somali ministry of health says it's keen to take over one reopen the hospital her our plan was to reopen the hospital immediately if them or already said they are out completely which leaves our people in limbo so they should

quickly make up their minds. between mogadishu and i would have been frosty since june last year when somali government leaders resist that pressure from the u.a.e. and so did it b.-a to cut ties and during the blockade important qatar last month the u.a.e. shipping company dubai ports world was barred from doing business in somalia somali leaders condemned a u.a.e. agreement with the theo p. and the breakaway and clip of some island to manage the portal barbara and two weeks ago somali police intercepted a plane chartered by u.a.e. diplomats almost ten million dollars in cash was confiscated while the intended purpose of the funds was investigated as tension continues to rise it seems neither side is willing to back down mohamed atta al-jazeera english or somali. the syrian government has continued to bombard a suburb of the capital damascus to force myself isis they've agreed to leave the

southern enclave but they are yet to surrender the area they occupy which includes the palestinian refugee camp is one of the last near the capital that hasn't fallen to pro-government forces in nicaragua the president daniel ortega has withdrawn the proposed pension reforms that sparked a wave of violent protests killing twenty six people among the dead was a journalist who was shot during the clashes is imran khan. on the fifth day of anti-government protests residents are trying to stop more shops from being looted. but if we are defending this supermarket and these stores because we're not going to allow looting or vandalism. police are being criticized for what demonstrators say is the heavy handed response including gunfire a t.v. journalist is among the dead. angel governor was shot while reporting live on facebook one of his colleagues blames a government sniper. so far the police haven't commented on the desk but some

expect more unrest despite the president's announcement that we are protecting our hundred everything that has cost us so much that we have gotten i don't want anyone to target us we're ready for anything protesters were infuriated when the government approved the social security changes last wednesday to try and stop the widening deficit the united nations human rights office criticize the government for not allowing free assembly of protesters president daniel ortega said on sunday he would withdraw the proposed reforms but that hasn't been enough to call the younger. group isn't our representatives and delegates will be ready to go to the table for talks and make sure the first thing they approach is pensions. protesters still have other grievances including what they say is ortega's influence over the national assembly the law and the constitution such as eliminating presidential term limits imran khan. the police i'm a lazy i have really sketches of two suspects in the targeted killing of

a palestinian engineering lecturer. was repeatedly shot on saturday his family say by israeli intelligence agents israel denies causing the death of the hamas member florence louis has more now from kuala lumpur. malaysian police don't yet have the names of the two suspects but they have released computer generated images of the two men based on eyewitness accounts they've distributed at these images at various checkpoints throughout malaysia to try and nab those two men should they still be in malaysia now the police also say the two men are thought to be about one hundred eighty centimeters tall fair skinned believed to be of middle eastern or european descent they were at the scene of crime and fled on a motorbike a high powered motorbike police have narratives down to two possible models photos of which were also distributed or released at a press conference on monday and they've also appealed for members of the public to come forward if they have information about the two men now

a postmortem on fire has now been completed and fourteen bullets were recovered police say he died of multiple injuries to his body and head the bullets will now be sent for firearms and ballistics analysis to try and determine the type of weapon that was used the police chief did not say who is suspected of being behind the killing of five but a couple of days ago the deputy prime minister who is also the home minister of malaysia said he believed the suspects are thought to have links to a foreign intelligence organization. south korea says it stopped propaganda broadcast across its border with the north ahead of this week's into korean summit now it's an effort to reduce tensions on the peninsula and create a peaceful atmosphere for friday's discussions our diplomatic go to james bays has been speaking to north koreans about what they think of donald trump and the summit . this is

one way north koreans relax at the weekend. the last few days have been a diplomatic roller coaster because people enjoy the fun fair in pyongyang they're unaware of much of what's happened. ordinary people have not been told the cia director came his secretly that their leader is negotiating with the us all that he's planning a face to face meeting with the country's sworn enemy donald trump so when you ask people here about trump they tell you what they've been told repeatedly in the past by the state controlled media room for my money every korean gets furious when we hear what trump says he threatens to annihilate the entire korean nation is even a human he is a wolf. down by the river they were playing volleyball up.

my. this is where i met a young medical student. i don't have a. five year old american people but the american government i hate american imperial. imperial i don't like why. all the korean people. at the prison crawl. no date or venue has yet been set for the meeting between supreme leader kim jong un and president trump one report says the u.s. leader would like to meet him alone with only interpreters diplomats here of told me that would give kim who knows the nuclear issue intimately a big advantage kim jong un is half the age of donald trump but he's already run this country for more than six years and while the trumpet administration's policy on north korea has evolved during more than one year in office the north korean

leader has built on the nuclear strategy inherited from his father and from his grandfather james by al-jazeera pyongyang. environmentalists and politicians are joining forces to try to save fragile rain forests in the asia pacific region a summit is being held in indonesia where delegates from all over the region will try and build on the commitments made in the paris climate accords on the agenda will be the rapid rate of deforestation in papua new guinea and or thomas reports now from talia. this machine should not be operating these logs should still be standing as trees most of this land should still be forest in twenty sixteen papua new guinea supreme court ruled that the special agricultural business lease or a.b.l. which allowed logging in this part of the east sipek region was invalid and illegal logging did stop for a few months but it's restarted since the same is true across the country.

according to some there isn't the political will to enforce logging bans after s.a.b. elsewhere made illegal new types of licenses were issued for the same areas instead in rural areas many say logging companies have more sway than the government does over police and officials and basically paralyze the public service system so that those public service systems so. them rather than the interests of a nation or its people people here in a remote part of east new britain oil and say representatives of logging companies tricked them into signing away their rights to log their land giving very little in return. there was no proper clearance with the local communities at all people weren't aware of what was going to happen to the forests and the land local say deforestation has taken away a source of food and traditional medicine they say that the local weather has changed and that the locals leave a barren often burned landscape in their wake the logging doesn't just change the

way this landscape looks it completely changes the way it feels as well it's cool in their hearts out here just two years ago this entire area was covered with virgin rainforest. now where i've been walking marks the dividing line between that forests and the devastation all around of broader consequences what you're regulated off the climate in this sort of specific but it's where would right so with the loss of forest we have negative impact on the climate the malaysian company operating here. or r.h. accuses the tractor's of trying to stifle p n g's economic growth it says here in east new britain it funds infrastructure upgrades and provide significant support for education services and health logging companies in papua new guinea are certainly a powerful economic force also own shopping centers hotels and businesses in i.t.

and media when al-jazeera first ran ripples on communities looking industry in january the country's main national newspaper ran an article accusing us of being biased and politically motivated the article did not mention that the newspaper it appeared in is also opened by andrew thomas al jazeera papa new guinea. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories hundreds of soldiers have joined antigovernment protests in armenia as capital demanding the resignation of the prime minister. was accused of a power grab and corruption rob interesting a walker has more now from the armenian capital yet over. large crowds are again beginning to gather on this eleventh day of anti-government protests perhaps most significantly at the daily beast into the thousands that have been coming out in this is basically students the young people we have been seeing. brigades of

peacekeepers they are part of the army it army being a cut is a page in deployments foreign deployments and they have been seen marching down the streets of the country to in support of the opposition movement meanwhile the three opposition politicians who were arrested on sunday have now been released they include nicole who was detained shortly after holding failed talks with the prime minister. the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks and twenty fifteen has been sentenced to twenty years in prison up to slump he was convicted of attempted murder in the shootout in belgium that's led to his arrest a separate trials jus for the killing of one hundred thirty people in the french capital. the foreign ministers of russia and china have pledged to block any attempts to sabotage the iran nuclear deal now the us president donald trump has until the twelfth of may to decide whether to keep the twenty fifteen accord he's

previously called it one of america's quote worst ever deals now the french president emanuel macro says he plans to appeal to mr trump during his white house visit a little later on monday the u.n. is also urging the united states president to stick to the original agreement you're right up to date with all the top stories up next it's inside story i will see you very soon ali. pakistan's cash tunes a rise up thousands them in straight against what they say.