of resolution. what is the nature of the new regional and international alliances amid the raging conflict in the middle east. will increasing social unrest lead to a new revolutionary wave in the arab world. as the countdown for the end of the palestinian cause started what is the likelihood of success of that which is known as the deal of the century. what role has the media played in the region's issues. the twelve al-jazeera forum the goal of the arabs and the world amid current developments doha april twenty eighth and twenty ninth two thousand and eighteen.

demonstrators in armenia are holding another protest rally heeding the call of the opposition leader who forced the prime minister to resign. again i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up workers across south africa are on strike protesting against a controversial change to their wages. india on high alert as a religious guru who claims to have millions of followers worldwide his fund guilty of rape. the french president emanuel macro proposes a new iran deal based on the existing agreement one that the u.s. president almost trump has repeatedly threatened to pull out all. the acting prime minister in armenia as called for fresh parliamentary elections to

ease the recent tensions there opposition supporters are again out on the streets of the capital. after a call from their leader he's nichole he's promised to keep the pressure on the government to meet all the demands of the demonstrators robin for a stay walker is live for us in amongst the demonstrators on the streets of yet around robin this talk of fresh elections will that be enough for the protesters. well there's two but until we hear something concrete they're going to keep doing. what they really self organizing to do in order to to get what they want fresh elections but what the opposition movement really wants is to put an acting head of government in place at the moment looks like nicole question yeah the leader of the opposition and an interim government he would say he would be in control of the lead ins will states elections because what they need is to ensure that the

election process would be transparent would be would be free and fair as we often say and that means that that gives them a charge. to say to the previous decades of. manipulation vote buying vote rigging and so forth that the republican party which has been in power in georgia has been accused of so what we're seeing at the moment is street presence really quite interesting actually if you look behind me you'll see groups of people standing around. oh you just met with one of the organizers you know he told me he said he came in his car. and he managed singlehandedly to block this main intersection just by having. other people just joining him completely organically let's say he didn't know he had no idea who they were and they just came in their vehicles and they also blocked the streets the being to just shut the city down this is what they consider

disobedience to create chaos to show that they control it and as we see it nobody is going to say the moment the day that they think this agreement this. week we certainly have seen the unions wondering what i mean it's in the tens of thousands to see queuing to exit then discontent with the government. and they really feel that they have the momentum on their side and they're going to do their best to keep pushing to get what they want which would be really a continuation of what is turning into what very much looks like a revolution. if it comes to that i mean does that mean that what the armenian president is saying in the last ten minutes or so that he wants to start some sort of political dialogue would that go some way to diffusing the tensions on the streets or do those demonstrators to they want a complete root and branch reform of their political masters i mean do they want

the governing party gone do they want the prime minister and the president both to go as well. yeah i think that is the case they are no winning to compromise they are saying that they have the support of the armenian people and that support means that they get to push the agenda and they get to call the shots and that means an interim government. probably nick. and those elections and that is it and there's no room for discussion basically saying that the republican party such as parties is it is no longer relevant because it still has a majority in color and all the other parties can wouldn't be able to change the status quo and that is why i think that in any group for any form of compromise. if this toy a little bit of

a political element to this we have to bear in boy that russia is no accusing the armenians of holding some kind of color revolution with support from the west it's very interesting because that means they're not getting involved in this they're letting things run their course but if you look at the candidates at the moment the prime minister who is. perhaps the most suitable candidate for the russians study experience that he's got experience that. states company and if you company. you know with a straight well camouflaged t. shirt be it now he calls himself really a true armenian he stands on need to know the progression of the european just. but he's a democrat and so you know at some point there's going to be some serious negotiations that will have to take place and maybe do in public and maybe you know with the

government thank you but we will. be. ok robin thanks very much we'll talk later. initialize strikes me going in cities across south africa the federation of trades unions a staging the shut down to protest against labor issues is demanding action to and hold the union calls on unemployment poverty and inequality crisis malcolm webb is in johannesburg malcolm over to you. thousands of. disney speeches go to the moment the plan is all these people to march in the town and take everything to see the government buildings with me here was napoleon later rights activist for months on end cell he's come to the strike today the fight in the summer is the message of the strike today and this strike is about the living wage we cannot. allow.

the gov. to say. oh do not be where we exploited badly take. the money and so we coming here to fight for them so that they can have a deeply teddy. just like any other profession. in the heart of and still king about them wages twenty one hour which is the next half of the salary of nearly three hundred dollars a month some other unions saying that's enough they saying that's a good start and the south africa's economy can afford to pay because of all the not so what's your message to those other unions who are contradicting the tape today you know those those you know on this committee god of those corporations which exploit in the way because. we need to dream close all this become families

must attend we must know how much for fees are they making how much does it cost. oh oh this must be quantified so that whenever we talk we talking about something that is transparent this this corporations. that newton from are going to end with giving a dignified silence and the ruling a.n.c. has been in power for the last twenty four years and they brought the changes that workers have been hoping for you know people are more exploited that is the only change we're exploited ted is free my kids. we are not there we're cousin and protected anyhow and the unions was not taken seriously. and hence we organize a big much like this now evidence of people you can see how. angry that angry because i mean recently of the eighty was increased to fifteen percent. it

increases. the cost of living here everything is expensive and this people they want they want a dignified life has this you know you said to unions. you know thank you very much that was napoleon webster who was a former miner a labor rights activist tending to strike. throughout the day as a progressive welcome thank you. the nigerian president is vowing to track down the gunman who attacked a catholic church on tuesday the death toll has now risen to nineteen including two priests the attack happened in a remote village and venue state in central nigeria police say the attackers also burned nearly fifty houses violent clashes between philosophy herdsman who are mostly muslims and farmers who are predominantly christians have been occurring in the region since twenty thirteen minute rist joins us now from the capital of

butcher just explain to us what happened here. well basically peter gunmen invaded the village of my lawn and then started attacking washing pots in the church and setting homes on fire eventually according to the spokesman of the state governor the death toll this morning has risen to nineteen with dozens of others injured and some people as well missing in that particular part of central ny jenner by the way this is this is an area that is that has been a flashpoint in coming religious and of course. tribal violence in central nigeria over the last ten years or twenty we've seen a rise in cases of attacks between communities between herdsman and farmers and of course between. religious and tribal. communities in that particular area hundreds of people have died over the last twenty years or so especially in

bed with nest and plaque to states which used to be one state before they were split up by the nigerian military government some decades ago so the government is asking for argent help to contain the situation the nigerian government has deployed the police in large numbers in that area at one point the police chief has been ordered by the president to go there to sort out the problem to bring the attacks to an end however the attacks still continue it took the nigerian government it took the efforts of the military to be there to bring the situation under control however that has not succeeded in totally calming frayed now spare we've seen tit for tat attacks between full any herdsman and indigenous farmers in that particular area and farmers by the way i. think are saying that the full name

hartman are driving their cattle onto their farms destroying their crops and that's the reason why. they feel aggrieved and the fool and you say the farmers are actually farming on cattle routes and basic native grazing areas in those parts of the country how about the basic thing what environmentalist are saying is that the effect of climate change is pushing more and more cattle herders from the arab down to the south of nigeria where there is green grass in the water for that cattle thanks very much. a self-styled indian religious leader who claims to have millions of followers has been found guilty of rape was convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old girl at one of his spiritual retreats and twenty thirteen indian security forces have been put on high alert in the northern state of iraq to stop following if he is the case may provoke violent protests has pulled him. known for his extravagant and sometimes strange costumes. or bapuji as he's known

has disciples around the world and in hundreds of hindu religious retreats known as a. guru such as a psalm say they meet people spiritual needs but some are accused of exploiting their followers for money property and sex by offering them a one stop shop for everything you have being you have you have spiritual and your whole family problem this man and all the us saddam was arrested by police investigating the rape of a sixteen year old girl in raja stein the seventy seven year old responded to an exorcism request from her parents who believed she was possessed by evil spirits after us i was charged his followers protested and scuffled with police. the allegations made against completely false and there is no truth in it is not alone he has millions of followers who support him and will continue to do so us arm supporters say the guru practices black magic and can instantly transform fortunes

but the guru has also been linked to the mutilation of four young boys in an alleged sacrifice ritual. many in india have called for tough legal action against him and other self professed god men so we demand his ass shot his religious center be seized by the government he should be put behind bars and all his property throughout india no matter what it is should be sentenced a solemn as forty six year old son not only on are also accused of other crimes including the rape of two sisters over a period of ten years in the city of swat. police said saddam's son admitted the sex assaults and fathering a child with one of his victims but nearly all witnesses in the rape case changed their mind about testifying fearing expulsion from the community at least two witnesses were shot and killed that case is continuing these kind of. dying have

a lot of political patronage. in the various political party didn't in india who. doing election dying who did become all powerful ended. and. they are above the law prosecutors are fighting back by using laws passed for the protection of children against sex offenders to stop religious leaders such as god men from breaking the law paul child or john al jazeera and we have a development on that story for you coming to us out of india we understand that saddam has been sentenced now to life in prison he could in theory appeal against that sentence whether he will or not remains to be seen because as we've been reporting over the past few hours there are still multiple outstanding case he's against him and those cases have yet to go to cope with the top line on that story is that he has been sentenced to life in prison. still to come here on al-jazeera in a pulse quake three years on thousands of survivors are waiting for

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spirit. against the odds. out is there a selects palestinians. welcome back you're with al-jazeera reminder of our top story so far today the acting prime minister in armenia has called for fresh parliamentary elections to ease recent tensions opposition supporters are again out on the streets of the capital get a call from their leader nicole has promised to keep the pressure on the government

to meet all the demands from the demonstrators. a nationwide strike has started in cities across south africa the federation of three unions is staging the shop and to protest against labor issues is demanding action to end what the union calls an unemployment poverty and inequality crisis. a self-styled indian religious leader who claims to have millions of followers has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of rape was convicted of sexually assaulting the sixteen year old girl of one of his spiritual retreats twenty thirteen. france has proposed negotiating a new deal with iran building on the twenty fifteen agreement to curb its nuclear program president emanuel macro has made the offer to the u.s. president donald trump who is threatening to pull out of the accord micron's on a state visit to the u.s. can really help it sin washington. u.s. president donald trump welcomed french president emmanuel macron to the white house with a state dinner to celebrate the bond between the two nations. what

appears to be a warm friendship was on full display earlier in the day trump even somewhat oddly decided to white dandruff off mccrone shoulders we have to make a burger he is perfect but as the parent barked on the substance of their bilateral meeting froth had a stern warning for iran they restart their nuclear program they will have bigger problems and they have ever had before his statement underscores the leaders key foreign policy differences truck favors was drawing from the iran nuclear deal as one of the signatories to it mccraw and was to preserve the twenty fifteen agreement to limit tehran's nuclear powers before may deadline on whether to pull the u.s. out or not trump wants his concerns addressed those include a plan to stop iran's ballistic missile testing and limit iran's influence in iraq yemen levit on and syria

a chronic agreed they may need to address those issues to keep the deal alive. news on iran we disagree on the j.c. but i believe we can come up with something that can deal with the fundamental issue of the j.c. which is the nuclear issue but also deal with these other three issues that are included. trump again suggested gulf nations need to make a larger financial investment in syria's future stability and security following the defeat of eisel the countries that. are there that you all know very well are immensely wealthy they're going to have to pay for this but the meeting appeared to do little to ease fears of a looming trade war with no sign trump had agreed to exempt the european union from tariffs on steel live aluminum imports set to take effect on may first we have the very first issue on trade which is overcapacity is still in a limb in him it doesn't come from europe and not even from friends the meeting

between u.s. president donald trump and french president emanuel mccraw has highlighted key policy differences between the two leaders their divisions mccraw may address on wednesday before a joint session of the u.s. congress can really help get al-jazeera at the white house well as we've been hearing that donald trump warning tehran a bigger problems if it restarts its nuclear program the iranian foreign minister said his country may abandon the deal if the u.s. pulls out we've said that the united states has not lived up to its to its side of the bargain that is to its commitments to lift certain sanctions not to impede. economic relations between iran and its economic partners it has done all of that it has prevented. basically dissuade threatened companies from engaging with iran so the economic benefits of the of the new here we have not been at that

level that had been promised us judge has ruled against the white house decision to end a program that protects young undocumented migrants it's the scheme known as back up it's shielded thousands of so-called dreamers from deportation and gave them work permits the judge said canceling it was unlawful and ordered it to resume he's given the government ninety days to explain in more detail its reasons for ending dacca alan fisher has more now from washington. well supported to remember what dr is the deferred action for childhood arrivals program a barack obama program which essentially protected the children of people who came here as undocumented migrants from deportation and also provided them with two year ruling what parents know donald trump's white house decided it was scrapping the program it said it was going to be challenged in the courts by texas and other states didn't think it would be able to defend the docket program and therefore it

was ending there have been a number of court cases to this point but i fed tool judge in washington d.c. has essentially said that the government needs to come up with a better explanation in his ruling he said that the decision was arbitrary and capricious because the department failed to adequately explain its conclusion that the program was unlawful put a stay on that decision for ninety days which means that the government can appeal but this comes on the back of similar rulings by courts in new york and california as far as the white house is concerned you'll remember the donald trump said that baca is dead he has lambasted democrats saying that they don't want to work with him to come up with a new program but after being told of this latest decision by the courts the white house said it is come clean studying the decision. dozens of migrants from central america capture the attention and the anger of donald trump o.

started arriving in the u.s. in the u.s. border area with mexico the asylum seekers will eventually turn themselves into the u.s. border authorities he is a man well apollo reporting from. more than one hundred central american migrants have arrived at the us mexico border for many of these men women and children the journey has been the ultimate test of physical and mental resilience. the most difficult thing has been traveling on the train because the children became seriously ill some of them fainted so you see it's difficult after traveling for a month from honduras carlos and his family are tired hungry and anxious. each one of us here has a story and each one of us has a case to make we've traveled all the way here with our families because we all have something bad that's happened in our lives and. these new arrivals are part of a larger group of migrants seeking asylum in the united states most say they're

fleeing violence or persecution in their own countries including hundred el salvador and guatemala. the vast majority who want to get across and seek political asylum some with attorneys that are helping them prepare too but to answer questions when interviewed by u.s. immigration officials in the united states the department of homeland security announced recently that any illegal entries into the country by members of this migrant group will be referred for prosecution i know you know now if you want to the asylum seekers are being helped by immigration activists and charity volunteers who are providing temporary shelter medical aid and food but their journey doesn't end here many central american migrants who have arrived at the border plan to turn themselves in to u.s. authorities in the coming days but the process for seeking asylum in the united states can be long and has no guarantees from a. the next step is still unknown when. the one of. thousands of

survivors of a massive earthquake in the powell three years ago still in makeshift shelters they say the government hasn't lived up to its promise to provide them with permanent homes here sabina stressed out. it's. from the air and basket this looks like any other but all these huts have flimsy walls made of tar polish and bamboo but the magnitude seven point eight earthquake shook this part of the world three years ago nine thousand people died almost four thousand of them were from district one hundred and fifty two families took shelter on this hill top. meyer daunce willage is a day's walk from here so our house was swallowed by the river here it impossible to sit inside during the summer in the winter it's cold and damp and when the wind blows we are sometimes afraid that our roof my get blown off. almost eight hundred thousand homes were damaged by the queen each family qualifies to receive three

thousand dollars for rebuilding but so far only one hundred nineteen thousand families have a permanent home the rest remain in temporary shelters meyer dongs family are qualified for the grant except they have nowhere to build because experts say their villages are unsafe geologists have identified more than eighty families here who can no longer return to their villages the government has said that they are going to resettle them but the process is extremely long as the decision to allocate land has to be made by the kaput. across the country to do hundred eighty six areas are identified as high risk for quake damage around four thousand families need permanent relocation they are frustrated with the delays and so are the government representatives about it we've been elected for just around a year and we've processed all the documents necessary for this area the problem is

the country system runs a very slow. the government estimates ten billion dollars would be needed to really get the country not soft at the quake donors have pledged four billion dollars for reconstruction but the government says that the money has not been handed over yet incredible baskets. i was of the pledge amount we already have agreements for two point six billion dollars we're not in a position to say that there's a budget crunch and we can't give any help we're committed to rebuilding as soon as possible. local government leaders want to build a model that is here but for new parties living under these sheets they just hope that by next winter waltzer protect them from the wind and rain. as is even less in the district in the. last nine years on the web site it's always there for you twenty four seven al-jazeera dot com you can get lots more on all our top stories and lots of links to our news programs as well here on al-jazeera.

this is al-jazeera these are the top stories so far the acting prime minister in armenia has called for fresh parliamentary elections to ease the recent tensions opposition supporters are again out on the streets of the capital get a van after a call from their leader nicole has promised to keep the pressure on the government to meet all the demands of the demonstrators robin for a street walker is in the capital city around. the corner. the people are back on the streets a very very fluid see them doing the request would say it's there. they're actually set talking about their will to go this movement that this movement is the use of the to the streets full to the most take. five. and not have to leave the active right it is representing the form of government

that is designed to be says i can see. you're going to go ahead circulate where i don't think it's a teacher by the opposition. a nationwide strikes taking place across south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against labor issues its demanding action to end quote the union calls on unemployment poverty and inequality crisis. a self-styled indian religious leader who claims to have millions of followers has been given a life sentence after being found guilty of rape and was convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old girl that one of his spiritual treats and twenty thirteen indian security forces have been put on high alert in the northern state of russia stan following fears the case may provoke violent protests the nigerian president is vowing to track down gunman who attacked a catholic church on tuesday the death toll has now risen to nineteen including two priests the attack happened in a remote village in benyus state in central nigeria the police say the attackers also burned nearly fifty houses fighting between full lonny herdsman who are mostly

muslims and farmers who are mostly christians has been occurring in the region since twenty thirteen the french president has proposed negotiating a new deal with iran that builds on the twenty fifteen agreement to curb its nuclear program emanuel macro made the page to the u.s. president on the trump who is threatening to pull out of the deal up next it's a selects all season but by from the. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new tariffs on imports of steel in alum in your brand by g.m. will mean fussing days attack time what time starts at that point we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera.