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this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian figured and this is that is a lie from joe coming up in the next sixty minutes calls for a snap election in on media sweeping changes to its government to the resignation of the prime minister of india on high alert after a religious leader with millions of followers worldwide is found guilty of rape and sentenced to life in prison plus. forty of an academic and hamas member of murdered in kuala lumpur on saturday is on its way to gaza. china's drive to go green in the limelight at the world's biggest car show. and i'm far a small have all the board including egyptian striker most of the star once again as liverpool head for five in the first leg of their champions league final.

opposition supporters are again demonstrating in armenia's capital got of and they're making major demands of the government the protests followed the cancellation of a meeting between the acting prime minister. leader nicole push indian he's promised to keep pressure on the government to meet all the demonstrators demands the acting head of the government has offered to hold a new parliamentary election saying the people are free to elect bush in the end but the opposition says that's not enough it says it has several demands for the government out of syria's robin for us to walk or reports now from yellow van robin what are those demands. well boasted. that before those elections can be held an interim government is going to take charge but crucially the interim government will have at its head

a member of the opposition movement which is going to be by all accounts. question yeah and i think that is the big sticking point because the interim prime minister the acting prime minister. and the republican party that was part of the state that belong to study seann said seconds yet he resigned i think they have no intention at this stage of relinquishing power just like that. but and this is the crucial issue is what the armenian people may want and today the opposition movement again calls for street protests acts of civil disobedience and that is exactly what we're seeing right now i've got someone quite interesting here to talk with to talk with me his name is bach said he and. i was working in policy public policy and strategy for the for the government to get into

that a bit he's now turned the back to the to an activist like what's going on here so i don't know if you know what about the start of the strategy which is this this sounds less strategy. and we have in different places people blocking roads and actually this strategy proves that it's working because they have no power over all the city now so we just started by i just came i just blocked the road when with one car and you have all these people who join i have no idea who these people. but i mean you can be sure that these people against the ruling party and against the government you are organizing yourself organizing has been spontaneous but there is some communication social me. facebook but also just say you know it's difficult mobile phone use yeah actually we're not afraid anymore at this we weren't afraid that we're not afraid now so yeah we have connections with different people with

legal question personally recording i think this by phone by what's up by facebook and we're just doing this but. it's not the nor deny system like there is no there are no there's no person like telling me what to do actually we're just doing things and different people are doing things and the city and we're just coordinating with each other who's doing what after that ok ok you've moved on now haven't you got rid of said such as you know the then you have. to get rid of the big rig rejects the republican party his political party the main sublethal full steam no i mean yes so so what's the next step the next step i think is they should they should understand that they're finished and they should understand that they should acknowledge the fact that he got pushing on is the new leader of the opposition and the people want him. my personal opinion is that and the members of parliament now are going to start one by one change changing changing their view

and saying that they're going to vote for question on in the parliament ok i'm going to have to do that ok so well there you have it right from part of the opposition movement strategy what they're going to get to next what they need is really now to get the parliament behind and with the republican party having the majority of seats they're going to have to probably start doing some behind the doors deals to try to get more of the suck you see and support is political supports the money as well that's involved in what you best interests they're going to have to work really hard to get the these people on board but of course they do have still for the time being a huge groundswell of public support here on the streets and yet if i back to you robin many thanks dave how serious of a thrust it will cause and yet at. a self-styled religious leader in india who has millions of follow us has been sentenced to life in prison for rape. who 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 roger stone paul chad again reports. known for his extravagant and sometimes strange costumes also on bup who or bapuji as he's known has disciples around the world and in hundreds of hindu religious retreats known as. 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 family problems this man in 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 ashot 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 asylum 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 over the period of trying have a lot of political patronage. various political party didn't in india who the boat doing election dying who did become all powerful and a god to lead and they did think that 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 really sort of the beginning of that reporters. journalists who's been following the case he says that saddam's conviction came out

to india toughened up its laws against rape then he started gaining popularity. there was nor were they on so many divisions of their own so many sections the two against him it was more important judges effect to see who saw fist against him in two thousand and eight that people actually started taking an interest in defining all who was god man is what he's about and then slowly other charges started coming out in two thousand and thirteen this that the case which has been decided today. a complaint was registered on this case the conviction that has happened today is under the p.r.c.'s a lot of the protection of children against section of fences and this is one of the first media coverage that i've been hundreds of other convictions but this is the first major conviction in there that law is again. there's going to be some more evolution recently they've tried to look at how the government has looked at introducing the death penalty for. you know where she living below twelve years have been sexually assaulted so there are obvious things which will happen. i mean

. of course this is a judicial decision not a government but this has been the tradition which vision is going to. fall in this i'm wonder facts and despite all the smoke that has been thrown into the face of the judiciary they have convicted him nigeria's president is vowing to track down a gunman who attacked a catholic church on tuesday the number of people killed has now risen to nineteen that includes two priests it happened in a remote village in benway state in central nigeria police say that the attackers burned nearly fifty houses nearby has been fighting in the region between for money herdsman who are mostly muslim and farmers who are predominantly christians since twenty thirteen more now from al-jazeera as ahmed idris who's in a puja. gunmen invaded the village of mumbai long. after dawn and started attacking tombs and places of worship in the catholic church in the area they killed at least one thousand people including two priests the nigerian

president ordered the immediate arrest of those who perpetrated the attack locals say the act was carried out by following the herd and have been in conflict with farmers in that part of central nigeria but there is no claim of responsibility they have been sitting tight attacks between the farmers and cattle reraise in central nigeria over the last decade or so so far this year dozens have been killed in that region the nigerian president described the attack as barbaric as vile and promised to track down the perpetrators and bring them to justice the police was unable to bring the situation under control after the police chief was ordered to relocate to been arrested to bring to an end this crisis the nigerian army was deployed in large numbers and is conducting exercises aimed at calming frayed nerves and also dealing with those carrying out those attacks it has made several

arrest however the attack still continuing. now to south africa where a nationwide strike has begun in cities across the country the federation of trade unions says staging the shutdown to protest against changes to the minimum wage it's demanding action to end what the union calls a crisis of unemployment poverty and inequality serious web is set at a demonstration in johannesburg malcolm how well observed these protests being across the country it's. getting. known to seek to deliver and this is probably the government development money the money for the young. women wades light of a little just if they'd need i'm just under three hundred dollars a month. say not a thirty four or five times higher that somebody with me from the federation of union south to disorganize today.

i would go. back and explain that the money that the federation of unions say. and even a minimum rate of two thousand four hundred. this proposed minimum wage is an insult to them a task of modern economy remote. to have a decent life them and their families but also we think that the proposed labor law amendments took a turn the right to strike is an attack on the labor movement an attempt if you like to see and stripped away because of that we put a precisely at a time when reading that i would have to struggle in order to defend what was in conditions of work and life and some of south africa's biggest unions don't agree with your position they've said that the proprietors minimum wage is a good starting point and that south africa's economy concept forward to pay people

more than i am and what do you say to them two things one is the let's not pretend that the issue of minimum wage was put on the table by them it was put by the mole to work cause of muddy gun during the month because the control it was put again under what has agenda by the a source of most full with the ten thousand and. the proposed twenty one an hour minimum which is the time to pull the potable water over this escalating two month for a decent living minimum wage that is a business the second is that the human the crew are to be above this and you knowing that have been condemned by the much abused the events here today is a question to see what could affect the this or that is this you know. along with the other of. the most militant the most determined section of the wicked world always to keep the foot of the good to been the result of working for us. the

confusion you know that i can get a decent wage and all of that out of the reasons of abundance and sold at a place of trust corporations and people along with the report can you explain why this south africa. in different directions was like upset the leadership of this for the russians not to. suffer to. take with. this. only does that have room to prison workers. other living in both him and the lives of the assistance of the wickedness of this country because timber struck doesn't take place in a solution is part of the book it uses. a given concoction and it is part of the book of the workers but that are currently on strike in a transport industry it is part of the workers that i am god but

a pitiful often of which increases in a public university sector so we say that we are the only thing that is alive the only thing that is willing to cut the budget of the strike and in dust sends this with the ration should be measured on the basis of numbers for me to organise bounce. a boat seven hundred. i think we've lost signal again american web reporting live from johannesburg with the news out from out of sara still to come on the program a matter of national security or an attack on muslims the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments for and against donald trump's travel ban. we'll have an exclusive report from north korea's side of the demilitarized zone ahead of a rare leaders meeting. no country hey no problem will stay keep going even without that man may man the latest from the n.b.a. playoffs coming up later.

iran's president hassan rouhani has questioned the lead the legitimacy of demands for a fresh nuclear deal france has proposed negotiating a new agreement with tougher on building on the twenty fifteen agreement its nuclear program france's president emanuel knock wrong made the offer to u.s. president donald trump who is threatening to pull out of the deal reports. 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 mccraw on shoulders we have to make a burka he is perfect but as the parent barked on the substance of their bilateral

meeting from had a stern warning for iran they restart their nuclear program they will have bigger problems than they have ever had before his statement underscores the leader's key foreign policy differences truck favors was drawing from the iran nuclear deal as one of the signatories to it mccraw and wants to preserve the twenty fifteen agreement to limit tehran's nuclear powers before may deadline well. there to pull the u.s. out or not trump wants his concerns addressed those include a plan to stop brought trouble wants his concerns addressed those include a plan to stop iran's ballistic missile testing and limit iran's influence in iraq yemen levet on and syria a chronic greed they may need to address those issues to keep the deal alive celia home 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. trump 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 and it doesn't come from europe and not even from france the meeting between u.s. president donald trump and french president emanuel has highlighted key policy differences between the two leaders their divisions may address on wednesday before

a joint session of the u.s. congress can really help that al-jazeera at the white house the u.s. supreme court is set to hear arguments to decide whether president trump's latest version of a travel ban on citizens from some muslim countries is legal critics say that it's unconstitutional but the government says the trump is simply using his legal authority as president to safeguard national security the reports from a certain this man's brother is one of some one hundred fifty million people affected by the trumpet ministrations travel ban he's chosen not to be identified for fear of consular staff permanently banning his sibling from the u.s. he's a good life there's a nothing wrong ever and law abiding paying taxes doing everything the right way and now he's punished and he stuck a bribe just because he's from a certain country but under the terms of donald trump presidential proclamation issued in september of last year this man's brother should be eligible for a waiver because he's previously been admitted to the u.s.

for work however government statistics suggest only a fraction of thousands away replications have been approved if you are very anti-american the u.s. is supposed to be. you can be whoever you want to be here you can establish yourself regardless of where you come from what your name is what your religion is and. this is the exact opposite of the current version of the travel ban affects five muslim majority countries libya somalia iran syria and yemen there are also restrictions on north korea and venezuela but they're not being contested at the supreme court the government's case is based both on the president's constitutional responsibility to administer foreign affairs and the president's congressional authority to restrict the entry of aliens in the national interest. this isn't the first version of the ban which caused chaos at airports a week after the old trump took office the solicitor general will argue that this version of the ban is based on a worldwide review of immigration vetting procedure and it's not the judiciary zero

to intercede in matters of national security opponents of the travel ban say the president doesn't have unconditional power the law says immigrants can not be denied entry to the u.s. based on race sex mashonaland birthplace or residence in addition the first amendment of the constitution prohibits religious discrimination donald j. is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims and drink the united states and that's the campaign promise that opponents say is unconstitutional and that the administration is trying to fulfill it even as lower courts find it in violation of the law the government say. to the supreme court ignore what the president says don't take anything he says seriously restrict your review to a tiny sliver of the evidence that's before you and disregard the statements that have come out the president's own now a majority of justices appear to signal some sympathy with the government in

december when they allowed the travel ban to take effect as legal proceedings continue a ruling is expected by the end of june she ever attends the al-jazeera washington . police in malaysia say they believe two suspects in the killing of a palestinian academic and hamas member are still in the country but they don't know who they are all friday albats was shot fourteen times in the back while heading to a mosque in the city where he worked his body is now at the airport ready to be flown back to gaza not a serious florence louis reports from call. a final farewell for. the. mourners carry his body to a mosque near his home in kuala lumpur. the engineering lecturer who taught at a university in the city was shot dead by two men on saturday. i feel their whoever assassinated the fact he has carried out he missed it for this despicable act

when you fail to compete with palestinians in academia and in the scientific excellence. don't go and eliminate the scientists don't go and eliminate the distinguished scholars. was a member of hamas the palestinian group that controls gaza his family and hamas accuse israel's intelligence agency of ordering the killing a claim the israeli government denies it's not the first time mossad has been accused of killing hamas members in other countries from harlem. while being taken to its final resting place in gaza the family has only recently obtained a book called a chance on the body via the offing which has been told by egypt. while boche and his family leave malaysia his killers are thought to still be in the country police in malaysia have released a photo of one of the suspects. with an example of one with just following the

recovery of the motorcycle we were able to trace the original image of the suspect on tuesday police found the motorbike. used by the gunman abandoned not far from where she was shot dead. the identities of the two men are still not known police are appealing for people to come forward to assist in the investigation. and flora's joins us now live from kuala lumpur so the body of. due to leave the country with the company by his family in the next hour or so florence the police any nearer to finding out who who did this well as family members and friends and hamas now have pointed the finger of blame at the israeli intelligence agency and the israeli government has denied those accusations israeli defense minister has even suggested that she could have been killed because of an internal dispute between palestinians but

a couple of days ago and this was on the same day that was gunned down malaysia's deputy prime minister who's also the home affairs minister said he believed the suspects had links to a foreign intelligence agency and the malaysian police chief at the press conference on wednesday refused to be drawn in to speculate on who could have been behind the killing and what sort of motives the killers could have had but he did say that the killing it appeared to be carried out in a professional manner and it's possible that the killers were highly trained however that is all we have at the moment the police in malaysia say they are doing their utmost that they're confident that they will be able to nab the suspect but it really is difficult to see just how how that's going to happen considering they don't really have much to go on all right clarence many thanks live in kuala lumpur . in minot to reuters journalists accused of violating state secrecy laws by acquiring official documents of once again appeared in court while owen and cure so

who were arrested in december while investigating abuses in rakhine state if convicted they could face a prison sentence of up to fourteen years last week a policeman who was appearing as a witness told the court that one of his senior officers gave the documents to the journalists to entrap them. in just a moment richard language's here with a weather update for us still to come here on the news are bearing a heavy load we meet desperate people who've traveled a long way to try to get into the u.s. . and it's for the japanese sensation stars once again for the l.a. angels steve tails coming up a little late. eighty's. from a fresh coast. to watching the sunset on the australian outback.

i thought we'd take a look at the brains of east africa the long rains are so cold during a march april easing off during the course of may particular across kenya now in nairobi we've had issues with flooding over recent days the certainly has been some heavy run effect of the rain affecting kenya's capital city calls and some real problems in the urban areas but when you actually look at the details you have to question whether or not there isn't a thing as that the ordinary the very nature of this rain means it comes in quite erratic form it comes in the form of showers some days you get the showers some day you don't last twenty four hours nairobi is fifty seven millimeters of rain this compares with an april average of two hundred eleven millimeters of rain so it's heavy but is it really as to the ordinary well over a period of four days have had as much as one hundred millimeters of rain so you can understand some urban flooding but i suspect that part of this problem is simply urbanization the population robie is about three point six million and it is

growing at four percent a year very very fast growth indeed and that may well be having some impact looking at our forecasts suggest there are showers effect in northern parts of tanzania into kenya and then further towards the east across uganda but at this stage it doesn't look as though we're going to see anything particularly heavy. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. he was the world's most wanted man the last meeting i had with him was off to. bin laden was very nervous about nature had not met a western reporter before in part one of an exclusive two part documentary al-jazeera speaks to those who met osama bin ladin he never showed the hostility towards me as the west i knew bin laden on all jersey is. still there are seven million lights in this school. each one

still. wants to be seen. to be. demonstrably true and. it is time to be with. the human children things. on. good to have you with us adrian for the going to hear and know how with the news hour from zero to zero our top stories this hour media's acting prime minister has called for new parliamentary elections to ease the recent unrest that opposition

supporters are again on the streets of the capital get out of an official call for that lida they called his promise to keep the pressure on the government to meet all the protesters to see. a self-styled religious leader in india has been given a life sentence in prison for rape. was sca victims. actually assaulting a sixteen year old girl at one of his spiritual retreats in twenty thirteen. and a nationwide strike has begun in cities across south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shut down protest against labor issues systematic action to end with the union calls a crisis of unemployment poverty and inequality. it's been a week since government forces in syria launched a campaign to regain the area of yarmouk from eisel fighters sits in the southern part of the capital damascus which was once syria's biggest palestinian refugee camp home to around one hundred sixty thousand people but most have now fled

because of the government siege and continuous bombardment it's estimated that there are one thousand two hundred i saw fighters in yarmouk and surrounding neighborhoods all applies of syrians in battle zones and the country's future is the focus of an e.u. summit representatives from more than eighty countries aid groups and agencies are meeting in brussels the e.u.'s foreign policy chief for the me has called on russia and iran to do more to end the war get a goal and is the secretary-general put all week in refugee council he joins us live now from brussels good to have you with us again so let's solve the situation in the last major territory in syria still in rebel hands in an area in which civilians and fighters continue to arrive as the result of evacuation deals in other parts of the country e.u. have said all my energies currently and in the coming weeks a dedicated to averting a fresh humanitarian disaster what do you fear could happen there.

what i fear is that the war will now move from eastern guta next week damascus to the northwest which is it live it lip is a small province there are two and a half million civilians there they are under armed opposition control half of the civilians there are internally displaced already so we cannot have a war in what is essentially a gigantic refugee camp we must avert the war moving there now i mean what would be the result of any assault on live apart from. many civilian deaths how many people would be displaced as you say some of them are already internally displaced and where would they go no that's the that's the

point they have essentially no place to go now and also the armed opposition fight this to a large degree come from elsewhere in syria so this situation is screaming for talks local agreements peace talks. end to war talks for the sake of the civilian population there. some of the groups there have been put on terrorism lists one of the things i fear the most is that we will again hear this this notion that well we're fighting terrorism so let us do what what we need to do militarily but there are many many more women children wounded elderly civilians there than there are a bad guy in between them so what can this donor conference in brussels chief with the war on syria now dragging on for so many years to what extent has donor fatigue

sets in. well i was really afraid of it in the beginning of this year i haven't seen in recent years this lack of generosity as we saw in the first three months the whole humanitarian appeal for syria was funded to the tune of seven percent at the end of march now it is roughly it was roughly a quarter. funded both the syria operations that give help to many millions of civilians both in a position and in government controlled areas and to the operations for more than five million refugees in the neighboring countries lebanon jordan turkey and iraq now today more pledges have come and i am looking forward to hear how much of the total appeal will be covered hopefully all of it will be covered we need three and

a half billion dollars as u.n. and non-governmental organizations like in the region refugee council for syria and we need another five billion dollars to care for the refugees in the neighboring countries ok how will that money be spent on the humanitarian relief program. well it is this is a massive relief operation it is food water sanitation shelter. education but also. the livelihoods. production that we now need to see we need to give hope to a whole generation of syrian youth that have really seen nothing but war they need to have education book ational training and then we need to help them into livelihoods it's very dangerous to say to

a whole generation of syrians you will you will you will have no hope you will have no future of course we will only saw bitterness we need to give hope and that is what much of this money is is giving person i am very interested in education and livelihoods creation that is also a basis for one day one day bolland to return to their places of origin good stories so many thanks indeed for being with us. secretary-general of the norwegian refugee council speaking from brussels. police in mexico say the three film students who went missing in guadalajara last month were kidnapped tortured and killed by a gang after being mistaken for other gang members the deaths of spawn strong condemnation and protests around the country john holeman reports from mexico city . this is one of the pockets of protests that have sprung up in mexico since authorities and now that three films students who disappeared last month were

killed the state prosecutor's office for hell isco in southwest mexico says they believe that they were murdered by a drug gang and that their bodies were then dissolved in a suit. los indios isn't it is this according to the indications in interviews that is where they were known to have beaten one of the students once they were hitting him that is how he was killed and they had to execute the other two students. the wounds in mexico never really closed after forty three students were taken by police in collusion with organized crime in two thousand and fourteen the having you around me was full of hundreds of thousands of people protesting and this is another reminder for many the authorities can't or won't protect the innocent stuff . we're indignant angry we want justice in the area where the students were taken with people disappear every day we want it to be an area of freedom and security

now a new president a many political leaders a two to be elected in just over two months and they're going to have to get to grips with a murder level that's the highest in two decades and with many in a population that are both scared and indignant. dozens of migrants from central america who received the attention and anger of president donald trump of the gun arriving at the u.s. border with mexico are expected to eventually turn themselves in to u.s. border authorities meanwhile apollo reports from t one. 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 our 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 think that

i will. each one of us here has a story and each one of us has a case to make who travelled all the way here with our families because we all have something bad that's happened in our lives a million. of 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. and the vast majority who want to get across and seek political asylum some are already organized with attorneys that are helping them prepare to 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 that 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 and 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 for many the next step is still unknown and up. to one. the democratic republic of congo's main opposition party has held its first public rally in two years in kinshasa it was called by new leader felix k.t. it is seen as an attempt to show his ability to unite a fractured opposition elections a shuttle for december but the some uncertainty as to whether they'll go ahead under simmons reports. in the capital of such a large volatile country and political rallies like this one are a rarity firstly because there are opposition supporters here and also more importantly there's no sign of violence. this man felix she security the

newly appointed leader of the u. d.p.s. the union for democracy and social progress wants to take the presidency from joseph kabila and for those wanting to know why the security forces want breaking this gathering up he dismissed rumors of a trade off deal with kabila in which he would become prime minister and cabello would remain in power. only be distracted leave them to their own distractions we must prepare and you must prepare yourselves to get me to win this election. he came to relaunch the struggle for change in this country there must be an election and we must respect the rules of the game the support look strong but in a democratic republic of congo there's a divided opposition she's a kennedy is one of two figures vying to topple woman a half decades of rule by kabila whose policy appears to be divide and keep on

ruling his refusal to stand down at the end of his latest term led to protests that were crushed with violence in kinshasa dozens of people were killed. the catholic church brokered a deal kabila could stay on for one more year and organize elections due in december then stand down but this is a place where certainty of progress can be hard to find government and opposition accuse each other of supporting militias in gauged in violence and the displacement of nearly one and a half million people in castle in the east kam the seventeen thousand polling stations needed for this election see a free and fair ballots there are serious doubts and an increasing distrust of kabila he's been attending a summit of the southern africa development community in angola it's called for all parties to create the right environment for peaceful and credible elections andrew

symonds. leaders of north and south korea idea to hold their first direct meeting in more than a decade on friday they're expected to discuss bringing the korean war to an official end the meeting will happen on the southern side of the truce for the age of panmunjom kathy novak will take us to that venue in just a few moments but first our diplomatic editor james bass has an exclusive look at the demilitarized zone from north korea it takes over two hours to drive from the north korean capital pyongyang through the countryside to the d.m.z. the demilitarized zone the road is bumpy but very quiet it's also in places extremely wide one pyongyang resident speculated to me this was so aircraft could land with reinforcements in the event of conflict once we reached the d.m.z. security was tight we were not permitted to film in certain areas our guide

was a north korean army captain he showed us the layout of this frontline zone this is not an international border the korean war officially never ended it was simply paused with an armistice or truce. is it possible for you to show us where the meeting on the twenty seventh will be taking place between field-marshal kim and the president of south korea. if you know it's the peace house on the southern side so this is the first time any of your leaders government crossed to the southern side to him is that. yes we continued on the route that the north korean leader will take for his historic meeting on friday past the building where the one nine hundred fifty three armistice was negotiated and the hall where it was signed by the north koreans and by us general on behalf of his country and their allies fighting under the u.n.

flag it's estimated that in just three years up to three million people were killed as a professional soldier how hard is it going to be with your field marshal sitting down with those that have been your enemy going into what i want is a key if dear supreme marshal is with us surely all the problems will be solved peacefully and that's what we firmly believe and we were taken on to a tall a building and up some stairs where you could view the line that separates communist north korea from democratic south korea. from the north we have this vantage point of the demarcation line the blue hot stone there where in the past military officials from this country have met the other side and just over that building is where the historic summit is supposed to take place. this is also being suggested as a place where kim jong un could meet donald trump no venue for that planned meeting

has yet been formally announced the leaders of countries whose forces have been facing off against each other for decades will soon be meeting face to face james days out zero on the north korean side of the de-militarized. we're often reminded that the two koreas remain technically at war an armistice not a peace treaty ended hostilities in one thousand nine hundred fifty three and it was signed here at the joint security area at panmunjom the two sides agreed then to establish the four kilometer buffer zone between north and south known as the demilitarized zone or d.m.z. it's still heavily guarded on both sides and has been the site of tensions over the years north korean soldiers killed two u.s. army officers in one nine hundred seventy six landmines injured south korean soldiers and twenty fifteen and late last year a north korean defector what's shot by fellow north korean troops as he ran across

the border not far from where i'm standing. this year as relations improved between the two koreas this village has once again been used as a venue for high level talks within the d.m.z. the military demarcation line marks the actual border between north and south in this room when i walk over to this side of the table i'm crossing into north korea so it was significant when earlier this year a delegation from the north stepped over the border for talks after two years in which there had been no official communication between the two countries and when north korean leader kim is on the need south korea's president monday in the end of the month the meeting will be held in peace house on the southern side it will be the first time a north korean leader steps on south korean soil since the korean war u.s. president donald trump has announced that he said to his treasury secretary to china within days to the goetia ongoing trade disputes over the past few months the

today sions of impose tariffs with some with billions of dollars on each other and threaten more such measures in the future sparking fears of a trade war all this is overshadowing one of the world's biggest also shows of the world's biggest also markets that's kicking off in beijing. so. sport liverpool fans see the team take a big step towards the european champions league final.

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successful teams in european football will meet later in german champions bar in munich host holders realm of trade in the first leg of their champions league semi final showdown twelve champions around the trade are bidding for a third successive european title trail who have had a disappointing legacies and have won their previous five matches against fire. to do this for the only team of the i don't think they are the favorites me the side the favorites it's the flame the final and it's completely different to last season is a different much different conditions from last year we cannot compare the two was a lot of the important is that we're in the semifinals and that we play a good game. it was a memorable night at anfield as liverpool beat roma five two in the first leg of their champions league semifinal mohamed salah was once again front and center for liverpool he scored twice to take his tally for the season up to forty three liverpool went five up in the second half but two late goals for roma have given

them a glimmer of hope for the return like in italy now we have to. work again a drone that's no problem we would have visual yeah there would have been broke for us to do when we win five no because it's brohm would have tried everything to strike back anyway so that's not a big difference and i but i learned tonight is that we can win the second game as well even when it will be different. well let's get more from our correspondent lee wellings who is live from the liverpool really an incredible match and once again was the star. for the much of the focus was on my salad because of his incredible season of course he was there signing from in the summer and it was a case of could he do it again but of course he could i mean he was the man who won the match for liverpool and gave them this this big cushion with so my goodness and finish is we've come to expect that kind of quality from him and he's taken himself

into a level is a good footballer now he has become a superstar is no doubts about. being appreciated when he left the field and it wasn't the only reason but did force their way back into a debate in those two goals give them a chance of trying to live up to what i did do have hope but masala has caused them serious of course the people do have a very good strikeforce and contribution now there were some clashes outside the stadium before the game what can you tell us about that. there was unpleasantness outside the ground in a very serious incident involving a fifty three year old man believed to be an irish mine believed to be a liverpool supporter who is in hospital in a condition described as critical after an attack by legibly bar the fans of some scuffles between barber difficult finds not far from here close to kickoff reportedly break. i'm the man is that in serious condition he's in a neurological hospital receiving treatment have come out and said it was

a minority that condemned what has happened. said i shocked by what's happened and obviously all over this man hoping the recovers but it could well be action against the actions of the us. and big match later today that's defending champions around madrid take on fire in munich but do you think liverpool are now the favorite faffed about performance last night. it's interesting isn't it people would never be. considered favorites when you consider that. to be considered. if. you can see.

it. will not give an inch. thanks so much for the catch up with you a bit later. and be a champion. book their place second round the playoffs. for one series victory over western conference in san antonio the warriors even without star man steph curry who is sidelined with a lack. they do have kevin durant's twenty five points on tuesday of one nine hundred ninety one they figure. going to get better. different. focus on a different different game. well the boston

celtics have taken a three two series lead over the no watches box they won game five ninety two to eighty seven boston are looking for their first championship for ten years. to see chris. and the philadelphia seventy six ers are through they finished off the miami heat five games philly winning one hundred and four to ninety one on choose day and will face either boston or milwaukee. when you have a taste of success it sure you know feels good in taste great when you start you know winning in the end sing and someone would not be telling the truth if you know you'd say you you'd go to predict this. and in major league baseball the japanese sensation shohei otani is proving once again how good he really is l.a.

angels pitched a one hundred and one miles per hour fastball and the game which is the fastest by starting pitcher this season. the twenty three year old who's also in extraordinary headers to rock out seven leading his side to win eight to seven win over the incentives for the first two better to say. this is. just amazing and that's all your sport for now i'll be back with more later but for now it's back to you adrian brody thanks dude that's where the news grinds to a whole peter they'll be back here on al-jazeera in just a few moments to update you with a system day's top stories also you get. started

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