and dreams of a future with on. the phone lines explores the old to real effects of trumps immigration policy. between war on the ban on. conservation ease helping to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty snow leopards as the technology improves we're finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected the latest evidence suggests there are more cats than previously acknowledged but the snow leopard trust believes it's premature to downgrade the cats on the international list of threatened species.

french president emanuel macron received a rapturous welcome as he addresses the u.s. congress. hello i'm maryanne demasi this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. on me as political prices is deepening protesters return to the streets saying and agree transfer of power is not happening as promised. a sea of red in south africa as union stage and mass rallies over proposed minimum wage and just a dollar sixty an hour. and an indian guru with millions of followers is sentenced to life in jail for a. french

president emanuel has urged the u.s. to move away from nationalism and called on his ally to work with france to face global challenges made the comments in an address to the u.s. congress micron received a three minute standing ovation as he entered the house of representatives says the two countries share a very special relationship but he warned the u.s. against shutting out the world saying it needs to lead the way toward strong multilateralism. let me say we have two possible ways had we can choose isolationism withdrawal and nationalism this is an option it can be tempting to us as a temporary remitted to all fields but closing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not dolls but inflame the fruits of our citizens

we have to keep our eyes wide open to the new risks right in front of us than estabrook is life for us now in washington diane we know that president emanuel is very keen to patrol himself as america's main ally in europe seem to get a very positive applause there in the u.s. congress tell us more about reaction to his visit. it was a very interesting speech because he covered a lot of ground and he started out talking about the about the similarities in the long history that the u.s. and france has the ideals and the common goals that the two countries share but then he went on to say that france and the united states are sort of like a family and they do have differences and then he went on to highlight those differences and one of the things that he brought up of course was the iran deal.

france and the united states signed this deal we need to stick to it it it's not perfect but we should stick to the framework and potentially build upon it then he talked about some other things too and he mentioned isolationism in the dangers of that he also talked about a commercial war and the dangers of that talking about. these tariffs that the united states has imposed. and the threat that that has to the united states to the to the european union to france it could degrade wages and it could you do grade the middle class both in the united states and in europe then he went on to talk about the environment and the united states supporting old industries like mining and fossil fuels that threaten. the environment that threaten that contribute to global warming and finally said that he hoped at some point that the

united states might rejoin the paris accord so it was an interesting speech highlighting the similarities between the two countries but also highlighting the differences at the moment but he says those are differences that he thinks that the two nations can overcome and it's very interesting that you mentioned a few key policy differences actually between matt and there with. speaking about the iran nuclear deal he is trying to convince the u.s. it is a deal that must be adhered to is. ideology of multilateralism and of course his position on climate change what is the view there in washington do people think that this is a relationship the trump relationship is it one that has much mileage in it. i think it remains to be seen the president certainly seems to have a very cordial relationship with the president of france but it as

we've seen it he changes his mind what he's saying today he could he could pivot away from down the road but i think if you looked in congress today there was a lot of support in that audience i counted several standing ovations that necron got during his speech so will that have an influence on president trump i think that remains to be seen but certainly during his visit he's had an influence on president trump it's been a cordial relationship for the last year and so it seems that he has at least at this point had some sort of influence during the visit but will that influence continue going forward and have an impact on policy i think remains to be seen thank you very much from washington dan estabrook.

protests are continuing in armenia's capital as the political crisis unfolds thousands of people turned out to the streets answering a call from the opposition leader him to use as the government of refusing to negotiate a transfer of power and celebrations to after the acting prime minister and oust fresh elections to break and cast but critics say they don't trust the current government trying to see the electoral process the demonstrations began almost two weeks ago on the political reforms which the opposition saw as a power grab on the far stay away and now. the people on the streets in that tens of thousands why because those talks that would seem to go ahead with current suits between the acting prime minister and the opposition the acting prime minister who is part of the republican party that was said so i can see as party still officially holds the reins of power it is still the largest

party in parliament and a political force to be reckoned with and they were not willing to relinquish power before elections were going to go ahead they said they were willing to have elections but the opposition movement says under those terms no because we don't trust you to be able to oversee a free fair and transparent electoral process and that is why they have called for their supporters to come out and make their voices heard bring the city to a standstill and that is exactly what they have gotten done again today with the police but were to be seen near those acts of civil disobedience instead they surrounded the government buildings in the in the city center not far from where i'm standing now later. the leader of the movement the opposition movement will be speaking to all his supporters to all of these people back on republic square in the center of the city. and since filing that report robin a spoken to nicola passion young leader of the opposition civil contract party who

has coordinated those protests i think that situation is that the republican party has lost his power and. republican party should recognize victory of the people and without any condition there is no any job political contest next in our process it is there it is pure fully absolutely armenian process and i think it is it is the only process we can last we did with dean in time of the armenian in vengeance that it is only movement that isn't connected to or even in the prayers or in the in the social media isn't connected with any foreign forces it is pure armenian it is pooled. armenian

process in this process express the villain go armenian people. large scale strikes have been held in cities across south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against changes to the minimum wage it's demanding action to end what union calls a crisis of unemployment on the t. and inequality and one has more from john is. now the candidate mark insisted that. the singing songs and chanting the i. learned this almost from the struggle against apartheid are so i think the freedom of the world that people will free the rule episode the dish bearings the office holder the attorney at present governor of the world the screwer of freedom and already taking the position that includes that made. for our little waves they're

rejecting the price minimum wage just on the three hundred dollars a month the burdens of a government who would agree to people here say. by the saudi man or fail to represent. a south style religious leader in india who has millions of followers has been sentenced to life in prison for rape. who is convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old one of his spiritual retreats in two thousand and thirteen indian security forces have been put on high alert in the northern state of righteous stan for fear of a backlash from supporters had a chance reports. known for its extravagant and sometimes different costumes also known bapu or bapuji us he's known his disciples around the world and in hundreds of hindu religious retreats known as a schrumpf. whose such as also rom say they meet people spiritual needs but some

are accused of exploiting their followers for money property and sex by offering them. i'm a one stop shop for everything you have being you have you have spiritual family problems this man and all the. security has been tightened across the northern state of raw just on that's after court convicted for the rape of a sixteen year old girl and sentenced him to life in prison up with 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 our own 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 ritual. many in india have called for tough

legal action against him and other self professed god men we demand his ashram 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 seized 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 and 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 ads. various political in india who support doing election time become.

above the law prosecutors are fighting back by using laws passed for the protection of children against sex offenders to stop religious leaders from breaking the law paul chatterjee on al-jazeera. so i have for you on the program legally contentious and unconstitutional trying to ministration is in court to defend its controversial travel ban. and where in chile atacama desert it says are worried about the light is just too much of it. welcome back weather conditions across much of eastern china fine away from shanghai down to hong kong about twenty five degrees celsius or so fine across taiwan but across more central and western parts of china and down across indochina it is looking like

a generally wetter picture at the moment and as you move into friday we'll see further brace of rain developing across the region that should become warm and dry in chengdu but sunny for annoy in vietnam he's going to be sharia times as you head across into south asia obviously we're waiting for the monsoon rain to arrive and the heat continues to build in many areas and temperatures a few degrees above average at the moment since some of the southern cities spangler is one channel here is another the issues are like of water a combination of drought ongoing drought expanding populations and increase urbanization but there is a significant shortage in many of the city's reservoirs so if you look at the forecast of the nothing really suggest an improvement there we've got to draw a fine conditions across the whole of india pakistan some showers across parts in the pool but you know this new delhi the highs of forty one degrees again staying about forty degrees ahead through friday on that warm weather continues to the weekend and indeed beyond.

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a come back a look at the top stories now french president of. the united states to move away from nationalism. and work with fronts to tackle global challenges made the comments in an address to the u.s. congress. protests are continuing in armenia's capital thousands of people turned out on to the streets gone through a call from the opposition leader who accuses the government of refusing to negotiate a transfer of power and large scale strikes have been held across cities in south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against changes to the minimum wage. and other stories we're following an israeli court has sentenced a soldier to nine months in prison for the two thousand and fourteen killing of a palestinian teenager. was shot during a lull in protests marking the day israel came into existence in one nine hundred forty eight the soldier was offered a plea bargain and as

a result he only admitted to negligence he says he didn't know his magazine contained live rounds of those he was only firing rubber coated steel bullets are a false it has more from ramallah. now dinora was involved in protests on the fifteenth of may two thousand and fourteen to mark the creation of the state of israel the sixty sixth anniversary of that date the day the palestinians refer to as nakba the catastrophe he was pictured shit throwing at least one stone towards israeli security forces but it was minutes after he was shown throwing a stone but he was then captured on c.c.t.v. footage collapsing and being taken away to hospital he his body was later exuma and it was shown that he'd been shot through the chest with a live bullet now the israeli border secure border police forces who were on duty that day had been ordered to use tear gas and rubber bullets but not live ammunition the soldier accused of killing him ben darry was initially charged with

manslaughter and deliberately replacing a rubber coated steel bullet with a live round in his assault rifle that was later downgraded that charge to negligent homicide with which he was convicted in a plea deal and he's now been sentenced to nine months in prison no an audience father has told us that he is deeply unhappy with that sentence he says the family will continue in its actions to try and show the true colors of the israeli security forces and indeed appeal this sentence and there's also been reaction from the committee member of the p.l.o. had an usher always been talking about double standards when the palestinian teenager had to me accused of other convicted of slapping an israeli soldier was sentenced to eight months and this police officer border police officer convicted of killing a palestinian he's been sentenced to nine months. president on all trumps administration has started its defense before the supreme court of his legally contentious travel ban on immigrants from several muslim majority countries the first ninety day ban

was introduced in january two thousand and seventeen targeting travelers from iraq syria iran libya somalia sudan and yemen causing chaos at airports trump said it was necessary for national security but courts in several states including hawaii ruled that the ban violated the constitution's prohibition on religious discrimination. the ban since been amended to remove iraq and sit down and include two non muslim states as well north korea and venezuela but opponents on gave it its aim is unchanged shavar tan see as life for south side the cream supreme court in washington where the arguments are being very yeah after the first part of this travel ban. what is the government arguing today. or they are going to all good this is not trouble about this is not trouble about to trouble free is the result of

a worldwide multi agency review process by neutral bureaucrats and officials who have decided and found that several countries those listed in the travel ban simply aren't cooperating with the u.s. in vetting potential u.s. immigrants without giving them real time information and not telling them about terrorist histories if they do then they can get off the travel ban like trying to get off the travel ban a few weeks ago for example this is not a muslim bomb in addition they say that any comments by president trump on the campaign trail where he specifically aust for a muslim but he actually declared he would issue a muslim there are relevant he made those as a private citizen on the campaign trail before he took the oath of office where he now swears sworn to uphold the constitution and the laws of the land in addition he's now being advised by cabinet level secretaries as bureaucrats who also have taken to uphold the constitution they're not biased if it was a muslim ban they say would be very ineffective because it deals with so few burzum countries to

a small percentage of the muslim population. right opponents say that the changes that have been made to the policy are essentially cosmetic what else have they have that counsel that lawyers been arguing today. well the main thrust of the opponents was was more about executive authority they say look congress has already looked at this problem of countries not cooperating with the u.s. in vetting potential u.s. immigrants and they've passed laws they've come up with a solution and they've rejected a mass travel ban on the entire population of a country they call for a specific vetting on an individual case by case basis the president can just come in and just say it was all for nothing all your deliberations and the law that you post means nothing especially since that law that was posted in congress specifically says people cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their country of origin that's there in the law so they say this is completely

overstretched overreach of executive authority in addition they say any reasonable person looking at how this travel ban has been instituted in its various incarnations and given donald trump's comments both before and after becoming president would have to conclude that there is animists that this hasn't been cleansed as the as the government's lawyers were saying this out of this this is based on a campaign promise which those around them are trying to fulfill no matter how unconstitutional or how unlawful yes cabinet level secretaries and bureaucrats may be advising him to do this to have this travel ban but that doing so because trump has told them get me a muslim but i have to say that in conclusion to do seem like the executives only see the justices wearing clothing more to the government's case than the opposition's case at least it seemed there was that sense about thanks very much and putting it all into perspective for us chad that the supreme court in washington. well hundreds of people are rallying in berlin after calls from jewish

leaders for residents to wear a cap it comes one week after an anti semitic attack in the city where two men wearing the caps were harassed and assaulted dominate came as life force and balin dominate quite a crowd behind you tell us who has turned out for this rally and why. omar in the point to make his many hundreds of people perhaps a function people have come here to descend through put in this evening as a show of solidarity with those people you mentioned those two people who were subjected to anti semitic abuse in the prince lower back area of the city last week why were they subjected to that abuse because they were wearing the keeper as you say and so many many people this evening have come here to wear a keeper themselves to show their defiance against those who espouse anti semitic causes the point also to make is this is just one demonstration among several taking place across germany there are demonstrations in africa in frankfurt and in parts where people as i say are wearing the jersey cover the keeper to as i say

show their defiance against those who aspire to the anti-semitic cause the point also to make here though is that there is a sense of concern i spoke to the a spokesperson for the jewish community here in berlin on last week and he said that if it is possible for people simply going about their normal business wearing their skull cap in berlin to be attacked in an area of good intense low very affluent area then where is safe certainly that was what he said to me last week the point to make though as i say is there is this sense of defiance against the evils of anti-semitism this desire to show their solidarity certainly that something we can see here in berlin and indeed across the other cities in germany i mentioned those other three where everybody has come out wearing skullcaps showing their support for their calls and trying to show the evils of anti-semitism for what they believe they are you know is it something that's always been that domination is think about systems there in germany of the ally. how much concern is there not just amongst the jewish community but the

community at large this is an issue that is getting worse in other parts of europe as well. one thing to say is that certainly here in berlin both the authorities that's the official force the police have said that there has been a growth in the number of anti-semitic incidents in the past five years specifically in the last twelve months and twenty six hundred forty seven saying they saw an almost fifty percent rise in the number of anti-semitic incidents i have to say that other jewish organizations say that perhaps those numbers are greater than what the authorities have they point to perhaps a sixty percent rise in anti semitic incidents from a political perspective angela merkel the german chancellor has said that anti-semitism has to be stamped out that's a sentiment shared by her coalition partners the social democrats the new foreign minister has spoken about the need to stamp out anti-semitism that germany given

the legacy that germany has historically that anti-semitism can never be allowed to continue in this country and demonstrations like these are a sign of how the jewish community wants to show its defiance against those who espouse anti semitism thank you very much dominic cain with all the latest on that protest rally there in belin. the e.u. says russia iran and turkey are causing an escalation of violence in syria instead of helping to reduce it speaking at an international fund raising conference in brussels e.u. foreign policy chief federico greeny said the three countries had a special responsibility to establish a ceasefire the un is seeking seven billion dollars in aid money at the conference the e.u. has refused to engage in reconstruction efforts in syria until there is meaningful until there is a meaningful peace agreement. now in light pollution is threatening to undermine our ability to search for life on other planets it's even happening in chile's atacama desert one of the darkest areas on earth atacama is home to some of the

world's most advanced telescopes but light pollution that has increased up to thirty percent compared to a decade ago you see in human reports now from the parnell observatory in northern chile. at sunset the views from the european southern observatory located in chile's at the camera desert are breathtaking but it's a night when the deep darkness and unique atmosphere and conditions of the at the camera turned these guys into heaven for astronomers. but at the pattern al observatory scientists probe the universe with giant telescopes but at twenty six hundred meters above sea level and one hundred fifty kilometers from the city of uncle for gas that these starlets guys are being threatened by light pollution we are in very isolated place in chile but we can see still how close from the cities from the mines so it's it's very it's very disturbing to see

all of these lights. from space you can see just how contaminated by light our planet is becoming making it more difficult to see the stars. although chile's government has introduced standards to significantly reduce street lighting in cities near observatories cheap lights are increasingly illuminating homes store signs and billboards especially in the cities of last a then a and. but the impact is growing needs well no measurable so it's no longer a threat it's a reality. it's happening at a time when astronomers like the number seven men believe they've never been closer to making the discovery of all time the great for adventure of humanity right now is happening here which is that we are looking for life in the universe and that is happening right now here in become a birth. and for that darkness is crucial this is sort of structure may look

familiar it was used as the location for the lair of the forces of evil in the james bond film quantum solace. but in fact the reason why it is practically underground is to keep the lights from leaking out at night from this pattern as residents of some one hundred and fifty astronomers and technicians. noise in chile will house seventy percent of global astronomical infrastructure in less than five years along with the world's largest telescope but astronomers are sending out an s.o.s. warning that if mankind continues to over illuminated the skies we will lose the time long ability to gaze and be guided by the stars you see in human out to see that several pattern as. well as more of everything we're covering right here this is the address al-jazeera dot com.

but look at the top stories now french president emanuel macron has urged the u.s. to move away from nationalism and to work with france to tackle global challenges back and made the comments in an address to the u.s. congress he also warned washington against shutting out of world saying it should be part of the solution back when made the comments in an address to the u.s. congress that. let me say we have two possible wave had we can choose isolationism withdrawal and nationalism this is an option it can be tempting to us as a temporary remember if to all fields but closing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not dolls but inflame the fruits of our citizens we have to keep our eyes wide open to the new

risks right in front of us. well protests have been continuing in armenia's capital as the political crisis there unfolds thousands took to the streets on string a call from the opposition leader who accuses the government of refusing to negotiate a transfer of power and celebrations to off to the acting prime minister and else fresh elections to break the impasse. large scale strikes have been held in cities across south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against changes to a minimum wage demanding action to end what the union holds a crisis of unemployment poverty and inequality. all now to india ourselves stalled religious leader with millions of followers has been sentenced to life in prison for rape. who is convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old girl at one of his spiritual were to retreats in two thousand

and thirteen indian security forces in raja stan are on high alert for fear of a backlash from his supporters and israeli court has sentenced a soldier to nine months in prison for the two thousand and fourteen killing of a palestinian teenager but the noise was shot during a lull in protests marking the day israel came into existence in one nine hundred forty eight the soldier was offered a plea bargain and as a result he only admitted to negligence only your headlines witness is next.