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the president has been extremely clear that he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed iran's president says there will be severe consequences if donald trump stands by plans to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. you're watching al-jazeera live from headquarters here. also coming up a senior political leader with a twenty million his life is killed in a strike in yemen also ahead. he just started getting everybody in every single person on the side of anybody in. toronto police search for a motive driver plows into a crowd of pedestrians killing at least ten people plus. going back to. school

thousands of syrian children displaced by war find new classrooms enjoy. our top story the iranian president has warned the u.s. of quote severe consequences if it withdraws from the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement donald trump has until may the twelfth to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on the country that were eased in exchange for curbs on tehran's nuclear program hasan rouhani says that would be a bad idea. an attack on a i'm telling those in the white house that if they did not live up to their commitments the iranian government will react that will react firmly if anyone betrays the deal base should know that they would face severe consequences well that iran nuclear deal expected to dominate the state visit of the french president emanuel macron to the u.s. here arrived in washington on monday mr mccraw is urging the u.s.

president all trying to stick to the twenty fifteen accords alan fischer now from the white house. before getting going to work as a politician in the statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your board meeting to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of the issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries are the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods. the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there

was little chance of change on iran front the president's been extremely clear he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nuclear deal is at risk because of iran's actions the united states has significant concerns with iran with its blistering mick did ballistic missiles program its destabilizing malign influence in the region in yemen in syria and elsewhere iran's foreign minister is carrying out his own tutor in the us international inspectors see iran isn't through compliance but he warns the us collapsing the deal could have consequences politically it would be difficult for donald trump not to abandon the iran nuclear deal given his previous statements the first chance for president mccrone to raise the issue was of move veron george washington at a private dinner for the two men and their wives he will hope when german chancellor angela merkel arise through or visit in the coming days donald trump

might have something positive to see alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by a saudi led forces in the western province of hard jaw late on sunday details are emerging of another airstrike last week which killed who through second in command cell or al some odd he had a twenty million dollars bounty on his head from the saudis mike hanna has more now from the united nations. the wedding hall which was to have been the scene of joyous celebration was turned into a death trap this video which al-jazeera cannot independently verify shows the up to math of the airstrikes believed to being carried out by the saudi led coalition local officials said the first missile detonated in the men's section of the wedding party moments later a second one hit the side on which the females were gathered this footage released by the rebels. shows the horrific off the math's. a young boy

screaming and crying next to what appears to be the lifeless body of his father dozens of people were treated in the nearby hospital and they have no mercy towards children they've been killed without any remorse says this man a spokesman for the saudi led coalition says it will carry out a full investigation the u.n. has set that off the estimated ten thousand menes that have so far lost their lives in the conflict some sixty percent have been killed in strikes. there's been no formal response from the security council as yet its members have just returned from a weekend retreat in sweden but the office of the secretary general has issued a statement on his behalf condemning the attack it reads in part the secretary general reminds all parties of the obligations under international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure during armed

conflicts he calls for a prompt effective and transparent investigation and during the day details emerged off another saudi led air strike political council head. was killed in an apparent missile attack last thursday he barely. with sorrow and sadness i mooned to our yemeni people that did their martyr president saleh. he was killed on the nineteenth of april with six of his companions he was targeted in her data province on his way back from a meeting with local leaders by three airstrikes launched by the warplanes of the us saudi aggression sunday our summit is the most senior who feel leader to have been killed since the western backed saudi led coalition intervened in yemen just over three years ago mike hanna al-jazeera united nations peter soles for chatham house explains her significant

a figure was for the who thing isn't. some odd was the head of the supreme political council that was formed in august of two thousand and sixteen and he was sensibly a figure who filled the role of president in controlled areas but in terms of his decision making power on a day to day basis he was increasingly more of a figurehead than a major figure he came from the political wing and as the war continued the military wing and the more extreme wing of the movement really took over the overall decision maker for the who teases up the monocle hoofy who is generally recognized as the leader of the hoofy movement some odd came from the group's political wing. of the malek's half brother muhammad is effectively sort of the the ruler of the who controlled areas of yemen from son and his full brother the holic oversees security and on the ground

a lot of the country so realistically when you look at the structure of the group he was a political figure a figurehead who was overseeing an organization which was meant to bring the who these together with the g.p.c. the party of value to the silence the former president himself was killed last december by the who fees so what we're really seeing is a we're doing out of many political figures an increasing consolidation within the movement of military hardliners so it so again he's someone who had some significance he was symbolically important to the movement this will be a blow to the but overall it makes very little difference to the movement overall the former u.s. president george h.w. bush appears to be recovering after being admitted to hospital on sunday morning that's according to a spokesman for the ninety three year old contracted an infection that spread to his blood he was take to hospital the day after attending the funeral of his wife barbara bush. the police in toronto are questioning a suspect after

a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk killing ten people and injuring fifteen others offices say it appears to have been a deliberate attack but so far there's no link to any organization or to a wider plot than you aleck is that. bystanders watched in horror as a rented van was driven at speed from a busy street onto a sidewalk full of people shoppers commuters students and residents were among the victims he just went on the sidewalk he just started getting everybody here every single person on the sidewalk anybody in his they wouldn't i saw about three or four bodies lying on the grounds on the people who were getting c.p.r. and have to go back and like really and information to me i just got marks and i thought you know it's not like you're just going to. run for office just so many people just shout stop the car not even just a kid will be. in this cell phone video

alone policeman confronts the driver who waves an object perhaps pretending it's a gun he's heard to shout kill me kill me but the armed policeman didn't shoot and made an arrest in front of the van used to cause so much harm we're all collaborating and we're all putting our our pieces together to see exactly what we have and at this particular point in time there's nothing that does affect the national security footprint we are looking very strong to it but the exact motive the motivation was for this particular incident to take place and at the end of the day we will have a false him answer and we'll have a full some account as to what the conclusion of this is police say the suspect is a twenty five year old student called alec from north of toronto he has no criminal record and it's not believed he's part of any larger plot involving national security toronto's mayor is calling for unity and healing. i hope that.

the world. united. a huge police investigation involving national security officials and. a clearer picture of the. soon. this is a city mourning the unexpected bloodshed that beautiful day in the spring.

welcome back across southeastern parts of asia we've got rosalee fine conditions across the philippines at the moment plenty showers show up across born that continues in the forecast for java again some showers in jakarta could see the odd downpour as you move through the malay peninsula the chance of a shower for singapore but kuala lumpur should be largely dry and fine a few more showers to turning around the gulf of thailand that does raise the possibility of a shower for bangkok during the course of thursday now down into a stray workhorses on site day tomorrow and over likely as seed largely fine conditions for many areas here so for sydney's no side chance of maybe with temperatures of twenty four degrees melbourne is a bit on the cool side otherwise relatively quiet conditions across western australia perth we're looking at some bright skies and highs of twenty two degrees and then as we head on through into thursday temperatures still seventeen degrees

melbourne but sydney coming up to twenty four across into new zealand then and really for the day look at that it should be dry and fine for both islands there and nineteen degrees as a high in auckland indeed has moved through into thursday may just see i wanted to show it on the western side of the south on and but it should be drawing christchurch with highs of eighteen. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that can set them free. through legal education classes and mock tribunals their dedication has led to staggering results you've been in prison for fifteen years and it's all ricin that they was. teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel education series at this time on al jazeera.

welcome back here with al-jazeera live from the top stories this hour iran's president hassan rouhani has warned the u.s. off quote severe consequences if it was brought in the twenty fifty nuclear agreement this comes as the french president emanuel is expected to urge donald trump to stick with the deal he is on the state visit to the united states. the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by saudi led forces in another air strike last week the second in command of the fifty rebels was killed. and police in toronto are today questioning a suspect after

a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk at least ten people died fifteen were injured officers say the suspects. appears to have acted deliberately. as opposition leaders say they want parliamentary elections to be held as soon as possible to prevent you see up from running the country from behind the scenes there were celebrations of the capital on monday after the sixty three year old resigned as prime minister after nearly two weeks of protests robin for a city walker joins us live now from europe and this idea of elections robin how likely are they to get what they want. well a piece of well that is going to be a for the opposition leaders and the people to really push the current parliaments which is comprised of most of the seats held by the republican party which was said party is his party and they are the ruling party.

it's going to be up to them to decide whether they're going to listen to the popular will of the armenian people who showed themselves in such vast numbers over the last few days here this morning. that there is obviously politics on everybody's minds but also today is the day of for memory remembering the armenian genocide as the armenians call it. but it's also a day in which there is a sense of calm and joy amongst the people who are gathering now on the square after yesterday's tumultuous events and celebrations. attention turns to celebration after eleven days of street protests that brought down a prime minister. it was a humiliating and to send his son. the man who has clung to power in the film the

soviet republic for a decade on monday he resigns to preserve the peace he said just now is off to soldiers and seen joining the crowds. we know that the country has been suffering specifically under the rule of the took mandates of the president with absolute lack of institutional freedom so be it the judicial be it the the police me or be at the. the health or culture or even the religious or the fact that they really took the initiative on individual individual basis to come to the street shows that ultimately institutions are formed by human beings and human minds and intentions. after the release of the leader of the opposition his arrest the day before. the crowds i the president since two thousand and eight his

second term in office had ended but the point parliament formed of the constitutional changes he presided over swiftly appointed him prime minister with enhanced powers stripped from the presidency the peaceful protests that focused largely on high level corruption and persistent poverty in a volatile region they were closely watched by russia with. close ties with the kremlin said it would not intervene describing events as a domestic matter and crowds evident delight. well. again as i said we're going to see huge numbers of people congregating on republic square in just a couple of hours' time but today they won't be coming in protest today they will be coming together unified and walking from here to the genocide memorial on the

hill and so today i think it's a day of great symbolism for i mean it's remembering the past and remembering what happened yesterday but at the same time looking forward now to the future big long work ahead. towards. devoted democracy in armenia today day of reflection on everything that's happened so far today where you are robyn does it feel calmer than this time yesterday. you know even yesterday it was i mean things went a little bit crazy as the end of the evening when when when the remaining on the square we had you know electronic music and we had all of these kids driving around a high speed in their in their cars doing donuts on the on the center of the square oblivious to the sort of planes of protest of of some remaining policeman today i think everything is you know just it's just this kind of sense of of yeah

absolutely of peace and just relief that it's that they've achieved their main accomplishment and main goal which was the removal of said starkey's yeah and and it's appropriate really given today significance in the armenian calendar ok robin thanks very much. antigovernment protesters in nicaragua refusing to back down even though the president daniel ortega scrapped controversial pension reforms the proposed social security overhaul spot days of violent protests that left at least twenty six people dead he's gone home. people continued to come out in the streets of nicaragua despite president donnie it'll take a pic ching the reform to the social security system that is first sparked protests last week. of the thousands who marched through the capital minnaar war and monday this is now become about something more they are protesting against the

president himself the minute the minute or so they make it that their final seconds this protest is bigger than all the rest because people have grown tired people are worn out from the violation of rights rights of the people the violation of the constitution this was the vote that knocked over the glass as they say the president or take is now on his third consecutive term and has been accused of nepotism his wife is the vice president and for undermining democratic institutions to tighten his grip on power. and power. his critics will now add to that list repression police have used heavy handed tactics in dealing with protesters close to thirty people have been killed among them offices themselves was others have been the timing of these relatives saying outside a police station as they called for their loved ones to be released. what the president originally bullish in his response to the protests had on sunday struck

a slightly more conciliatory tone let me turn the symbol to the incidents of violence that have happened i regret about we express solidarity with all the families whose loved ones have died from the violence. and then as you did i saw in the footage but after that address police rushed to university campus that has become the bastion of the protests the students occupying it fought back at least one was killed and when i am alerting the army afterwards they promise to carry on what they need is the backing of the. country's powerful business community and the rest of the population. will hear the president will be hoping his concessions are enough to dampen the anger. john homan. at least well refugees have been injured in an attack by a far right group on the greek island of les boss greek media reporting the attackers yelled burn them alive as the target of

a sit in protest in the city of might eliminate about two hundred afghan refugees were demonstrating against living conditions the violence escalated when left wing activists arrived to defend the refugees. the former bosnian serb leader radovan cottage has started his fight against war crimes convictions a u.n. tribunal at the hague is hearing his plea you for a retrial in twenty sixteen he was sentenced to forty years in prison for genocide over the killing of eight thousand muslim men and boys in srebrenica in one thousand nine hundred five. the police in china have arrested a man they believe deliberately started a fire that killed eighteen people the blaze tore through a three story building on the southern city of ching new on state media is saying the building was used as a karaoke lounge and is reporting the suspect lit the fire and blocked the only entrance with his motorbike the north korean leader has visited the hospital where chinese tourists are being treated for their bus crash injuries are being housed thirty six people were killed when the bus fell from

a bridge on sunday just days before a rare summit between rival leaders on the korean peninsula al-jazeera has been taking a look at life inside north korea now we've been given rare access to the capital pyongyang our diplomatic as a james bays takes a look now a firsthand look at whether international sanctions are having any impact on daily life. north korea has been targeted with tougher and tougher sanctions by the u.s. and the international community of a what persuaded the country's leadership to pursue a diplomatic course and what effect to the having on ordinary people in this isolated country. we're being taken to a department store in the center of pyongyang despite the international sanctions the shelves here are full we managed to visit a number of shops in the city center all were marketplaces catering to the elite we

found no shortages and luxury items like chocolates and bottles of alcohol that were clearly smuggled in in defiance of the sanctions the official line is that foreign imports have been replaced by increase domestic production. bill you believe i don't know why others around us are starving us dear reporter when we return please tell them we are indomitable no matter what thank sions are upon us. the only medical facility we were taken to was a gleaming new hospital most of the equipment here was imported clearly a problem in the future when spare parts become needed we were shown the eyeglasses which is subsidized for north korean citizens you know what is amazing yes what's the name of the north korean brand oh our. hero yet not yet not ok but a recent u.n. report says the humanitarian situation particularly in rural areas outside the capital is poor before traveling to north korea i spoke to the un's top

humanitarian official in new york. their. nutrition problem also malnourished children especially there are too many women having a really hard time too often dying in childbirth it's the u.n. security council that voted in the international sanctions and the netherlands is the council member that administers them. in all resolutions there's a view very clear passage where it says the these sanctions are not meant to have adverse negative effects on the people of the pier again that's the official line privately even western diplomats will tell you there's a stigma to donate in humanitarian aid to north korea for example an important program by the n.-g. o. the global fund to fight malaria and tuberculosis was cut earlier this year sanctions are having an effect in north korea but perhaps not the one the

international community wanted james pays zero. a u.s. senate panel has narrowly backed the nomination of the cia director mike pompei o as secretary of state the republican rand paul changed his vote after earlier saying he would oppose the appointment that gave pompei over the eleven votes needed from the twenty one member panel. while my pompei a has risen rapidly from the fringes of the republican party to become one of the president's most trusted advisers he came to congress as a tea party republican from kansas in twenty ten and served until trump made him the head of the cia last year a former u.s. army officer pompei osha's trumps views on north korea and iran and has said he would support regime change in both countries he's been accused of promoting anti islam views one saying muslims are a threat to america. children have fled the war in syria and are confronting another problem jordan is home to almost a quarter of a million of the young refugees and is trying to help them with an education but

money is tight as an economic crisis bites matushka nam reports now from amman. playing piano in front of her classmates before heading to school was once unimaginable for sidra after fleeing the war in syria the twelve forced to drop out drop out for two years and why a film of those of us are now there was a school of the refugee camp but i didn't like it i love studying here in aman because i study with my friends and the level of education is better. this unicef center helps a drug transition back to school impoverished children such as syrian refugees come to learn everything from english to communication skills to play and obtain psychological support to cope with the trauma they've endured come on feed them enough see one of my sons a has psychological problems the psychologist at the center has helped him he is now listening to me and he is better and this has been the biggest benefit unicef says thirty one percent of syrian children in the

kingdom are not enroll in any formal or informal education program yet this year there are more syrian refugees in the jordanian school system than ever the ministry of education has implemented a double shift system to meet the need unicef is also providing cash assistance to encourage children to stay in school fifty five thousand students are receiving about thirty dollars a month the money helps pay for the cost of transportation uniforms and school supplies unicef says the economic crisis in jordan is making it harder for all children living in poverty its educational program is operating with a more than one hundred million dollar deficit this year this is now a prolonged crisis and so it is becoming increasingly challenging for us to maintain interest in funding these very important programs but the reality is on

the ground there we see increasing vulnerabilities educating children is seen as a long term economic investment in jordan and at the centers all nationalities are coming together and learning to get along natasha getting old zero man. because it will be in the heart with the top stories from al-jazeera the iranian president. as one the u.s. of severe consequences if it withdraws from the twenty fifty nuclear agreement donald trump has until may the twelfth to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions on that country after the sanctions will ease in exchange for curbs on tehran's nuclear program housen rouhani says that would be a bad idea and. i'm telling those in the white house that if they did not live up to their commitments the iranian government will react firmly if anyone betrays the deal they should know that they would face of the consequences the iran nuclear

deal is expected to dominate talks between the french president emanuel macro and the u.s. president on the trump is on a state visit to the u.s. he's urging mr trump to stick with the twenty fifteen accord that may the twelfth deadline draws close. the u.n. secretary general has condemned an airstrike on a wedding party in yemen more than thirty people were killed in the attack by saudi led forces in the western province of hugger on sunday in another air strike last week the second in command of the who the rebels was killed. police in the canadian city of toronto are questioning a suspect after a van was driven onto a crowded sidewalk at least ten people died and fifteen were injured officers say the suspects alec and asin appears to have acted deliberately but so far there appears to be no connection to an armed group or to a wider plot. i mean as opposition leaders say they want parliamentary elections to be held as soon as possible to prevent that you see and from running the country

from behind the scenes there were celebrations in the capital here of an on monday after the sixty three year old resigned as prime minister after nearly two weeks of protests the new interim prime minister has promised to release everyone who was detained during the rallies. antigovernment protesters in nicaragua refusing to back down with thousands continuing to demonstrate in the capital despite the president daniel ortega scrapping the controversial pension reforms that sparked protests leaving at least twenty six people dead those are the headlines so far today the news continues here on al-jazeera after rebel education by. australia's multibillion dollar international student industry is booming but it has a dark side one of many used examines widespread revelations of sexual assault on foreign university students and how does their education matter the universal

rights to expand the rides and author ben some must leave the post to a better life yet around the.