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the french president. to reject nationalism and isolationism policies of his host. i'm richelle carey this is. also coming up. i supporters of arminius opposition stepped up the pressure to install their leader prime minister. place in california make a major break in the serial killer case that dates back forty years. and one of the world's darkness areas for a look at what's threatening the skies. the president of france has used to speak rather to a joint session of congress to urge the u.s.

to reject nationalism and preserve the iran nuclear deal speech was critical of the u.s. president's agenda despite the two share and warm relations on state visit. let me say we have two possible ways head we can choose isolationism withdrawal and nationalism this is an option it can be tempting to us as a temporary remember if to all fears but closing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not douse but inflame the fruits of our citizens we have to keep our eyes wide open to the new risks right in front of us our house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on a crowded speech the president of the french republic. before a joint session of the u.s. congress french president emmanuel macross argued the united states should remain

part of the iran nuclear agreement it is true to see that this agreement. may know the address all concerns and very important concerns if this is true but we should not abandon its without having some seen substantial and more substantial than said. a day earlier in meetings that the white house might cross suggested the current deal to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief should be the cornerstone of a new supplemental agreement oh and it would address tribes concerns beyond twenty twenty five including limiting iran's influence in the middle east and halting ballistic missile testing we can change and we can be flexible you know in life you have to be flexible so despite criticizing the existing iran agreement repeatedly for years trump is now signaling he's open to recertify iran's compliance under the

terms of the deal but only if his criticisms are addressed with a deadline for donald trump to make his decision just weeks away european leaders are conducting a high level lobbying effort on friday german chancellor angela merkel will be the next to visit the white house she'll work to persuade try to remain in the twenty fifteen iran deal but iran says a u.s. withdrawal will kill it tehran has threatened to respond by pulling out of another agreement the nuclear nonproliferation agreement on weapons on wednesday iran's president question trunks ability to even comprehend the terms of any agreement show more color shift hot streak you don't have any background in politics you don't have any background in law you don't have any background on international treaties or going to tradesmen a merchant someone who builds towers for

a living make judgments about international affairs and well he's currently signaling he's open to the u.s. for maining in the deal negotiated with iran and five other world. powers given his impulsive nature there's still time for trump to change his mind and follow through with threats to leave the iran deal kimberley health at al-jazeera at the white house protesters have been back on the streets of the armenian capital after the acting prime minister cancel crisis talks with the opposition leader in a call passion and passion on says he is ready to lead the country lead the country into new elections his movement forced the former leader searched his interest sign on monday for mayor of an robben forestay walker reports. they brought the capital to a standstill. to say it was a carnival atmosphere. for others it was a need to be it's the police have ceased to intervene instead they have retreated

to protect government buildings said such is yesterday's news now his republican party still in charge is the next target of the protest movement. the young smell revolution. wasn't just isn't one child he going to buckingham. to be the prime minister acting prime minister caught in kind of pity and cancel talks with the opposition sheffield for wednesday said he was ready for elections but not on the street he's voting it's in new york each day i don't know of any country where the people's candidate is elected in that way that's why we have elections there are some in the citizenry who are disappointed how are we to measure their desire to have nicole push indiana going is the desires of others in the citizenry who want a different candidate nicole consolation and nicole taking actually the part from mr carr a pity it's not clear who else is willing to stand in the way of opposition leader

nicole passion. parties in parliament sided with his movements on wednesday and the international community is taking him seriously too we caught up with him fresh from talks at the russian embassy republican party has lost his power and the. republican party a short recognized victory of the people and without any condition as far as he is concerned and as far as this crowd is concerned because he is on the threshold of becoming this country's new leader and i shrink in a new democratic era the republic of armenia was was. was made of yet was the corridors of power but he has proven he could mobilize our millions in tahrir and then where his power is on the street and here on republic square probably for steelworker al jazeera arabic. international donors of

raise four point four billion dollars in emergency aid for syria falling well short of the un's target for this year the u.s. did not submit a pledge at this fund raising conference in brussels saying it's reviewing its support for the country meanwhile the a u is accusing russia of iran and turkey of escalating the conflict they use foreign policy chief medical marine he says the countries have a special responsibility to establish a cease fire going from the region refugee council says that as syria's government takes back territory the focus needs to be on helping refugees return home. this is a massive relief operation if these food water sanitation sham. education but also. the livelihoods. production that we know 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 vocational training and then we need to help them into my body holds it's very dangerous to say to a whole generation of of syrians you will you will you will have no hope you will have no future of course we will in his soul bitterness we need to give hope and that is what much of this money is is giving person i'm very interested in education and livelihoods creation that is also a you know a basis for one day one day bollman to return to the places of origin thousands of in many ways have protested to condemn a saudi that airstrike that killed a senior who's the leader last week sally all some odd had been head of the hooty administration since two thousand and sixteen rebels say he was killed with six companions conflict has killed more than ten thousand people in the past three years and caused what the united nations says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. place in california say they have cracked

a decades old murder case of arrested a former policeman they believe is the so-called golden state killer a serial rapist and murderer in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's. robber and also has more. forty two years after he began a rampage of murder rape and fear authorities in california say a man alleged to be the golden state killer is behind bars in a perfectly executed arrest by detectives arrested james joseph d'angelo seventy two years old living in citrus heights dns low was taken into custody at his suburban home near sacramento during part of the period when the crimes occurred he was a sacramento area policeman well very possibly he was committing the crimes during the time he was employed as a peace officer the golden state killer also known as the east area rapist allegedly murdered at least twelve people sexually assaulted forty five and broke

into more than one hundred and twenty homes across california in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's detectives collected massive amounts of physical evidence and tips but were an able to crack the case until recent advances in d.n.a. technology we all knew as part of this team that we were looking. for a needle in a haystack. but we also all knew that the needle was there d.n.a. collected from the crime scenes provided the crucial break we started some surveillance we were able to get some discarded d.n.a. and we were able to confirm what we thought we already knew that we had our man authorities say d'angelo was previously not under suspicion the golden state killer crept into victims' homes at night while they slept he often targeted couples he would tie up the husbands and then sexually assault their wives he then bludgeoned

some of his victims to death his youngest rape victim was thirteen years old we will do everything that we can to bring justice to the victims that suffered a month speakable harm. from the horrific crimes crimes that may now be solved by decades of religious investigation and detectives who never gave up rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles a self-styled religious leader in india with millions of followers has been jailed for life for rape who was convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old girl at one of the spiritual retreats in two thousand and thirteen security forces in the state of rajastan are on high alert to prevent a backlash from the supporters oppose lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. still ahead on al jazeera accusations of double standards after a light jail sentence for an israeli officer who shot dead a palestinian. are inside north korea looking at the country's military capability

ahead of friday's historic summit but the south. from the waves in the south. to the contours of the east. we still have some very wet weather into western parts of china more heavy downpours and the possibility rather way across into the southwestern corner of the northern parts of vietnam central there was a bit and i'm also seeing some live he said was to over the next hour or so further east it is fine and fly with some pleasant sunshine hong-kong twenty six celsius will still has to go wanted to friday and by friday we're looking at highs of around twenty eight in shanghai the wet weather will continue northerly winds coming through here meeting up with a sleaze something of a convergence so we are looking at some big and thundery down poles for some meanwhile some shop showers as per usual across southeast asia of the day showers

the wettest weather will be across malaysia maybe wanted to those showers getting down into java still suspect say a little bit wet weather there which accounts a bit further north i suspect that's where the heaviest downpours all set to be some of that rain also making its way up into thailand over the next day and i think becoming increasingly cloudy dull and humid as we go towards the weekend those showers join up with a showers that we have across southern parts of the thing go to the line of cloud is making their way towards sri lanka's southern parts of india still seeing some heavy showers as we go on through the next couple days central areas still seeing that he building that pool at forty to. the with sponsored by cats on race. disillusioned with life in their own countries since the arab spring and looking desperately for a new sense of identity freedom and self-worth collignon of the work i don't feel like system my own country the country creamed about demonstrated for some salt to

achieve many things al-jazeera world views the stories of those deciding to emigrate in search of a new life and nationality. to freedom. or watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now the president of france has used a speech to a joint session of congress to urge the u.s. to reject nationalism and preserve the iran nuclear deal and then will knock on criticize key policies of its host president onil trump despite the apparent warm relations between the two during his state visit to the u.s. . protesters are back on the streets of armenia's capital after the acting prime

minister canceled crisis talks with the opposition leader mccall passion young says he's ready to leave until new elections are held place in california have charged a former police officer they suspect of being the so-called golden state killer serial rapist and murderer in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's seventy two year old joseph james stansell was held after d.n.a. from his home matched crime scene evidence. and israeli court has sentenced a border police officer to nine months in prison for killing a palestinian teenager in two thousand and fourteen demiraj who was shot dead during protests marking the day israel came into. stance father and human rights groups have condemned the sentence asked to bring it every facet of courts in the occupied west bank. four years ago nadine nora took part in these protests in the occupied west bank town of between us he was one of the group of young men and teenagers throwing stones towards israeli security forces israel says they were instructed to use rubber coated bullets but when the seventeen year old was shot he

collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead later an autopsy on his examined body would show he'd been shot through the chest with a regular bullet medical volunteer mohammad saleem was there that day he arrived in time to see a second teenage boy shot through the chest right next to him through a sauna and he was like walking so his face was sort of this their accent and when he reached almost here he was shot in the back and then he turned around and fought he gave first aid to the victim muhammad abu diaa but he too died no proceedings were brought in the case of one would i would die here but the killing of nadeem was different at one stage israeli border police officer who pulled the trigger was indicted for manslaughter. ben derry was initially accused of deliberately placing live rounds in the magazine of his assault rifle which should have been firing only rubber coated i mean in a plea deal that accusation was dropped and he was convicted instead of negligence

his sentence nine months in prison now deems father has fought a long legal battle on behalf of his son from the moment he says he found alive bullet in the backpack nineteen was wearing when he died and a kid in nor i have proven that israel has no justice or fairness when it comes to palestinians i prove this with evidence because the cares of the d.m. is one of the strongest piercers in the israeli palestinian conflict by evidence that proves an idiom was intentionally killed palestinian activists say a double standard is at play highlighted by the case of i had to mimi the palestinian teenager convicted of assault and incitement to slapping an israeli soldier her sentence eight months the child slapped the soldier and received almost the same sentence as the soldier who put an end to the life of testing and child so you can compare the standards there's a justice system is following the israeli police have declined to comment on ben

derry sentencing the judgment criticized him for aiming at the upper body of someone who presented no immediate threat to having a live round in his magazine but it found no intention on his part to load that bullet or fire it at nineteen nora harry force at al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. thousands of germans wearing jewish caps have rallied in support of the jewish community comes awake after an attack in berlin were two men wearing the caps which are cocked hat were harassed and assaulted time and again has more. many hundreds of people have come here to the center of buildings to take part in this demonstration of peaceful protest as it were against the sorts of scenes that we witnessed last week when two people were attacked by a person who had seen them wearing the jewish keep the skullcap and who had screamed anti semitic abuse act and then the point to make here is this demonstration here is just one of several taking place in german cities in three other places there are similar sorts of demonstrations the point being made is the

pride that members of the jewish community feel in their face and the fact that they want to highlight the evils of what they consider anti semitism to be this also some other point to make the german government has been very clear that it feels that anti semitism must be stamped out wherever possible and certainly that's something that the chancellor angela merkel has made very plain in several speeches since the events as i referred to earlier that we witnessed the anti semitic abuse that took place in the prince lower back and area of this city berlin so just to repeat that there are many hundreds of people here this is not an isolated demonstration taking place there are those cross germany today or highlighting what these people consider to be the evils of anti-semitism. the supreme court's conservative justices have indicated they're likely to uphold donald trump's travel ban accordance with hearing arguments on the president's contentious executive order which targets travelers from predominantly muslim countries trump says the ban is needed for national security critics say it discriminates against religious

groups and violates the constitution. hundreds of migrants who have captured trucks attention and anger with their journey through central america have began arriving at the us mexico border many plan to seek asylum and apollo reports and. 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 we've traveled 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. 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 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 i just want to. south korea has unveiled the main meeting room for friday's historic enter korean summit it will be the first direct talks between leaders have north and south korea and more than a decade. and will discuss nuclear program and a formal end to hostilities the room will use is the house of peace on the south korean side of the village a. now we have correspondents on both sides from pyongyang our diplomatic editor james phase takes a look at the military's role in north korea first though kathy novak reports from a village inside the demilitarized zone. this is a farming village unlike any other in south korea it's inside the heavily guarded demilitarized zone that separates the two koreas north korea is just over a kilometer in that direction villagers who strayed over the border in the past were arrested by north korean guards so farmers get

a military escort to their rice fields to go through. we have to report every time we enter and exit the village were farmers so we have to go out just tell our crops but so many restrictions apply to us which makes it very difficult when the one nine hundred fifty three armistice ended hostilities in the korean war the two koreas set up a village each inside the d.m.z. as a sort of model of what life is like on either side the south koreans call ketone on the other side a propaganda village they don't believe people really live there when south korea erected one hundred meter flag pole the north put up a one hundred sixty meter flag pole villagers are close enough to hear propaganda broadcasts from the north but they say they haven't heard any since monday after south korea announced it would stop broadcasting its messages across the border for about two hundred residents evacuation drills and a curfew from midnight to sunrise are a way of life but in exchange because this land is under un command locals don't

pay taxes to the south korean government with about seven hundred acres of farming land per family the average incomes are higher than those of other farmers and men are exempt from mandatory military service. the thirty five students at the only school inside the d.m.z. get personalized attention with only about five children per teacher and us soldiers visit to teach english. if you're not a direct descendant of an original resident and want to move here you have to be a woman and marry a local man men don't have that option because the south korean government doesn't want them taking unfair advantage of the military service exemption. they are everywhere but you're not allowed to film them we only got these pictures when we first arrived in pyongyang before it was explained politely but very firmly that taking pictures of military and security personnel was forbidden. the north korean

military is believed to have over a million soldiers this city was badly destroyed during the korean war most of the buildings were built in the decades immediately after the conflict the military history of this now isolated nation is revealed as you travel around the capital city. this monument marks the defeat of the japanese who occupied korea until the end of world war two a few years later the korean war which had a devastating human cost on both sides this is a country that was forged in war and is still even now on a war footing. yet younger koreans at this school of thought the history of the korean war war images are displayed in the corridors. older koreans meanwhile need no reminders the hunan during those americans is just hearing about them makes my heart tremble my father was killed by the americans

when i was twelve so whenever i hear about those americans i get overcome with hatred it makes my heart tremble suma law forthcoming talks will center on north korea's nuclear program but the country has a substantial conventional arsenal to the principal target of their artillery guns the south korean capital seoul earlier there in the other half of this divided land i spoke to a lawmaker a military expert who told me the world should not only focus on the nuclear threats. well you know the biological weapons are all honestly more fearsome the nuclear weapons from our perspective the destructiveness of a one ton nuclear warhead can be achieved with only four kilograms of anthrax in terms of casualties and souls it is estimated that north korea has stockpiled over five thousand tons of chemical weapons some good all military first is a longstanding north korean strategy in recent years the leader kim jong un has

added another track a cautious and partial opening up of the economy now for the first time on friday he'll be adding in high level diplomacy jamesburg out jazeera pyongyang. light pollution is threatening to undermine our ability to search for life on other planets it's even happening in a common desert one of the darkest areas on earth seen a minor ports in the parnell observatory in northern chile. at sunset the views from the european southern observatory located in chile's at the comma desert are breathtaking but it's a night when the deep darkness and unique atmosphere of conditions of the at the camera turned these guys into heaven for astronomers. but at the pattern and 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 on gas that these starlet skies 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 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. and it's 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 sit in a and. but the impact is grainy as well manageable 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 greatest adventure of humanity right now is

happening here which is we're looking for life in the universe and that is happening right now here in become a bit 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 it light from leaking out at night from this pattern as residents of some one hundred and fifty astronomers and technicians north 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. ruining 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 jinnie. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories right now the president of france are used his speech to urge a joint session of congress to reject nationalism and preserve the iran nuclear deal and will mark on criticize key policies of his host president donald trump the spike the apparent warm relations between the two during a state visit to the u.s. let me say we have two possible ways head 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 fritters of all

citizens. we have to keep wide open to the new risks right in front of us international donors have raised four point four billion dollars in emergency aid for syria just half of the un's target for this year the u.s. did not submit a pledge at the fund raising conference in brussels because it says it's reviewing its a sport the foreign policy chief is urging russia iran and turkey to help the stablish a cease fire or testers are back on the streets of armenia's capital after the acting prime minister canceled crisis talks with the opposition participated in a call question yond says he is ready to lead until new elections are held as moving force the former later searched our kids into resign on monday. in california have charged a former policeman they suspect as a so-called golden state killer a serial rapist and murderer and the one nine hundred seventy s.

and eighty's seventy two year old joseph james to angela was held after d.n.a. from his home matched crime scene evidence the u.s. supreme court's conservative justices have ended kate and they are likely to uphold donald trump's travel ban the court has been hearing arguments on the president's executive order which targets travelers from predominantly muslim countries trump says the ban is necessary for national security critics say it discriminates against religious groups and violates the constitution. or the headlines keep it here inside story is next. to scramble to salvage the iran nuclear deal french president.