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this is zero. and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha with me and as the parana coming up in the next sixty minutes. the new u.s. secretary of state mike calls for gulf unity as iran dominates discussions on his first trip to the middle east. north korea says it will dismantle its nuclear test site next mom bought says little about his long way. but having analysis. guarantees for their safe return as a high level u.n. team visits refugee camps and that there and saving the natural wanda astray is

almost four hundred million dollars to help revive the great barrier. the newly appointed u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has been talking tough on iran during his first visit to saudi arabia where the condom is his first stop office three day trip to the very end pompei was seeking concerted international action to punish iran for its missile programs he's held talks with the king so mom and crown prince muhammad bin some on. the nuclear deal has failed to moderate the regime's conduct in many other areas i highlighted a few in fact read as only behave the worst since the deal was approved in yemen iran continues to support the violent who the rebels by providing military equipment funding and training this is in violation of the un security council resolutions who these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on

a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people. well we will continue to assist saudi arabia with this diversity and support its right to defend its own borders a political solution is the only way to advance long term stability in and then the suffering and i know we. and the saudi foreign minister says that both countries are on the same page when it comes to iran. saudi arabia is supporting the policy of president trump towards iran and we support the efforts related to the iranian nuclear case which we need to minimize we also need to see more inspections of iranian nuclear sites i think the problem with iran should be sorted out by imposing more sanctions on iran for violating international law and violating the ballistic missile accord and for interference in neighboring countries. to get more on this now with our senior correspondent who has reported

extensively throughout the middle east so what did you make of the new u.s. secretary of state and his very strong comments on every do they give us a further clue about just what the u.s. is planning to do with their participation in the nuclear deal it doesn't come as a surprise we know that he's aligned with the with the with the position of his boss president trump has always been critical of the iran deal describing it as floor. quite interesting moment because this statement comes just a few days before the may twelfth review of the iran deal trump could restore some of the sanctions many are concerned that if the stench as i was told that could undermine the iran deal it remains to be seen whether the united states of america will be able to convince key players like the u.s. like russia germany and france to review the whole deal but the general sentiment among many european countries is that this is something that needs to be maintained i think this explains why my comp aoe chose saudi arabia as the first leg of his

international trip because saudi arabia is an arch rival of iran and he has always been accusing. iran of destabilizing the region and using the hutus for example in yemen as a proxy to spread radical ideology in the region and like both of them said they are the same page when it comes to iran another thing that pompei added a new to this news conference was the gulf crisis saying that gulf unity that gulf unity is needed but are they on the same page when it comes to that yet do you think why settle the on the record is exactly as you said gulf unity is important i think he is saying more than that basically asking the saudis we've seen many to forces just of a he's pushing for an immediate end to the blockade imposed on qatar and the americans know that these are sort of no way in the near future to implement their policies in the region particular when it comes to iran stability in the middle

east in syria without having a united front to be able to provide significant political. assistance of the united states of america for the time being that won't be possible because the g.c.c. was is one of the most important blocs in the region. could disintegrate because of the ongoing political crisis and i think we might see in the near future a concerted continued push by the americans to bring all the parties to negotiate a political political settlement is it likely to happen tomorrow the day after i doubt it would because the tension still continues so that leads me to my next question you know are we any closer now to resolving it especially with this new secretary of state unlike the previous secretary of state rex tillerson who was said to have been more sympathetic to cut their side we also had that participation of cutters top military chiefs in these joint military exercises by the blockading

countries recently so where do things stand now i think with things could change for one simple reason over the past few months the general sentiment was even among saudi arabian allies that rex tillerson is someone who doesn't have the present trouble therefore he was ignored or many stances we see that we've seen. that when he was making statements about the need to come together and negotiate a political settlement. is different story his someone who is very close to president donald trump and if he comes to riyadh carrying the message of the needs to be an immediate and to the blockade this means that president trump wants to see an immediate and to the blockade when it comes to the g.c.c. now it will take some time because you were talking about a quartet of different countries saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt it would take some time particularly when it comes to convincing of the u.a.e.

and the saudi government that it's time to turn that chapter and move forward but when it comes to the details that's what i think personally it might take some time for all the parties to turn that chapter and to consider what happened over the last year. water under the bridge and thank you very much for that is how. well pompei is next office as railway he'll be meeting pa minister benjamin netanyahu is going live to westerners live and join our cause bond and harry forces are from everything that pompei has been saying on every harry so far he is likely to get and especially warm welcome from netanyahu i'd imagine. yes though the language that pump has been using both in brussels and now in saudi arabia. will be music to the ears of benjamin netanyahu who has been making iran his chief foreign policy strategy and talking about the perceived threat from iran

to israel's existence iran's activities in syria this is being benjamin netanyahu main message really to the to the wider world and indeed to voters here in israel for some considerable time so hearing pompei o talking about the iran deal as absent as a suitable fix he expects donald trump to walk away from it in mid may again what he said in saudi arabia about providing none of the necessary guarantees that iran will not get a nuclear weapon in the future the language is very much. the kind of language which will be very much welcome here in israel nothing has already called him a longtime friend of israel and it does seem that a large part of this trip is about laying the groundwork for what could be a very consequential decision in a little over a week's time and away from iran and on the domestic issues taking place harry has

visit as of course coming at a time of heightened tensions even for this part of the world with us on the go and protest at the gaza israel but what about are we likely to hear much on the israeli palestinian conflict from this meeting do you think. well the americans have already given israel a good deal of cover on what's been happening on the border fence between gaza and israel talking about how masses as having the lion's share of the responsibility for what's been going on there we may hear some more along the same lines obviously he is not as was the case with mike pence during his visit here in january he's not meeting any palestinian officials the palestinians have entirely rejected the united states as any kind of a broker in a peace deal going forward however we are all waiting for the donald trump peace plan to be unveiled and there is reporting that it may well come also in the middle

of may shortly after the moving of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem there will of course be a good deal of talk about that netanyahu has been extremely celebrate every about that u.s. decision about the significance of the date coming on the seventieth anniversary of israel's declaration of independence and so doubtless there will be language about that but we could get a good deal of welcome news as far as benjamin netanyahu is concerned coming in the middle of may the eventual decision on whether the united states will or will not continue with the iran deal the moving of the embassy and indeed we will wait to see what kind of language is published in the trump peace plan. or harry thank you very much for that said now that's how i feel also joining us live from west jerusalem. right now hamas is blaming the palestinian authority for the attempted assassination of the prime minister last month in gaza rami home

valorous caved on her while five guards were injured gaza's rulers say three of the authority senior officers planned the roadside bombing of his convoy the palestinian president blames hamas for the attack which is the way of reconciliation efforts with the rival fatah faction in the occupied west bank. now a un security council delegation has interviewed more than one hundred one hundred refugees who fled a military crackdown in the neighboring myanmar the team is visiting the bangladesh town of cox's bazaar where some seven hundred thousand one hundred remain in makeshift camps many of the refugees interviewed say they've been tortured and raped by myanmar the soldiers well it's cause live now to our correspondent charles stressed that he is in cox's bazaar so what has the u.n. security council delegation seen charles and what have they been saying.

well it started a very emotional response from some of the refugees that met with this delegation the smalling the british ambassador literally being held by a number of women who described the interior as being raped losing family members shot dead by forces the delegation were moved around the camp they were taken along the roads along which time style zones of really enjoyed refugees stood many of them holding up cards reading things like we want justice and we are not going goalie the delegation was then taken to a presentation that was given by both the military and military but they were shown some very graphic photos. yes of what they were told were refugees that had been killed as they tried to escape me and my we spoke to the british ambassador who's leading this bit in with the kuwaitis and. for her reaction and she said that she

was deeply moved by this that it's an investigation it's our investigation would obviously be the next in order to stand up no matter how they reflect these allegations are in order to prove these allegations and she said that the purpose of this visit was very much to assess the situation on the ground and move on to me and my speech on song suchi we believe also to have a very hot tightly controlled by helicopter of rakhine state and then for the delegation to go back to new york and to assess with other security council members on how to move forward it was very telling though in a press conference the chinese representative the deputy permanent representative for the united nations security council for china was pushed on china's veto power obviously fears that china would veto any stronger resolution condemning me and marple this alleged violence and he said that china was focused on three different

things he said first it was ending the violence secondly it was coming to some sort of agreements accepted by pairing with me and with respect to an eventual repacked creation of these refugees and also looking at the root causes of this problem but then interestingly a journalist in the crowd asked the delegation members to raise their hands those delegation members to raise their hands those who called the ranger refugees the ranger and of course the myanmar government doesn't call them ranger it doesn't recognize them as citizens of myanmar. everybody in that delegation put their hands up in the chinese representative looked rather nervous but did not raise his hand i asked him afterwards. why that was the case and he said to china respects what the ranger call themselves whatever way you look at today's events it has been a big eye opener for this united nations security council delegation and as i say

they go on to be on well tomorrow as this visit continues charles thank you very much for that for now that is charles stratford joining us live from cox has been involved of aish thank you well as well as rock on state aid agencies a concern for civilians trapped without food and medicine in the most northerly state of caution thousands have fled a surgeon fighting between government forces and caution rebels as many on the home reports it's part of a conflict that goes back seventy years. these are fighters for the kitchen and dependents army filmed just last month patrolling the on klav in the remote northernmost region of me and and just within sight of government forces when they do it and i am one too as long as the berm ease keep coming at us we have to keep fighting just as the two weeks later these fighters were being bombarded mean massive military reportedly pounding rebel positions with these strikes and artillery in response to catch and threats to retake last year

a tree. kitchen rebels say they've been defending the right of the mainly christian minority to control the resource rich region for more than fifty years they accuse me in must soldiers of decades of atrocities and employing technics similar to those allegedly used by government forces against revenge and rakhine state burning down houses shooting people and raping women the government of me in my denies the accusations. it's not diversity is at the heart of conflict right across the country when me and madge gained full independence from british rule in nine hundred forty eight powell was unexpectedly handed to the majority berman's a deal that excluded numerous it's not minorities including the kitchen the country has been at civil war ever since eyes of the hundred thirty it's not groups and me and my have the kitchen is one of the most powerful

a seventeen years cease fire deal with the kitchen fell apart in two thousand and eleven and fighting resumed the decades long un reste has displaced mr mason one hundred twenty thousand could chin. she thing now they don't fire at the front line they fire at random anywhere so we don't know where they're going to drop we're so scared we don't know if it will happen when we're asleep that's why we're so scared we can't sleep at night. some armed groups have signed peace deals with the government others including the kitchen have not they say they don't trust the process or the government and have joined an alliance of rebel groups in the north now they're engaged in some of the worst fighting in decades but it's difficult to assess media access is strictly limited and data agencies are calling on the government to allow them access to media in the hall and al-jazeera there are plenty more ahead on the news al including we report from scotland because the independents are gaining new followers after the hear case breck's

a decision at its board and the. a contender for the catch of the season and major league baseball. now south korea says north korean leader kim jong un has probably promised to dismantle its nuclear test site that smug the pledge was major income summit with president hu and jay and on friday thought there's no word about the future of north korea's ballistic missile program or whether appealing again one of greater demands by u.s. president donald trump to get rid of its existing nuclear arsenal kathy novak reports from seoul. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pool in getting a nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and

journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway to join should only chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have to figure tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this. the willingness to allow visitors to the test center appears to be another concession before the planned summit with donald trump and the north koreans by this is the necessity. for any kind of negotiations because if they don't see that the want every. clear weapons nobody is going to talk to them moon phoned the u.s. president to brief him on the into korean talks the declaration signed there included a broad reference to denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula trump and moon

agree that more specific measures on getting rid of nuclear weapons should be discussed at the us president's meeting with kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abi that he had conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al-jazeera sold. for north korea's announcement comes just months after making

a series of major advances and its weapons program as arsenal has improved in size and range extending well beyond south korea and japan to and encompass the us mainland and much of the world last july it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile the fourteen with a range of more than ten thousand kilometers putting parts of the u.s. within range for the first time that in august a test of the mid-range process. twelve capable of striking the pacific island which hosts a major american military base within a month north korea conducted its nuclear test claiming to detonate a hydrogen bomb and finally in november tested its most powerful and filed this reaching into that and to continental ballistic missile yet that's the song fifteen that potentially puts most of the world within its range which has also made unverified claims that it's developed a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles but let's get more on this now and bring in particles in geneva is

a nuclear arms control specialist and former head of the verification and security policy coordination office at the international atomic energy agency is very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so what impact do you think closing the sites where they test nuclear bombs have on the nuclear program. well first of all it's not exactly clear whether north korea is going to close down the entire nuclear site or one of the tunnels where apparently there was a collapse closing down the nuclear side at the moment will not hurt significant work because you're going already stated last september after the last year of the nuclear weapon development program was complete and therefore they did not anymore and we've had the white house say that president trump and president moon emphasize that a peaceful future for north korea is contingent upon that is complete verifiable

and irreversible denuclearization but are we going to see i mean if we don't if we're not even sure if they're going to close down the test site for nuclear bombs could we see north korea get rid of all of its nuclear weapons. yes closing the nuclear weapons test site is only one part of the nuclearization so north korea would need to declare how many nuclear bombs they had there would need to be dismantled and infrastructure for enriching uranium or separating plutonium and making the high explosives and other components of a nuclear warhead would also need to be dismantled but what is not clear is what is meant by the denuclearization of the korean peninsula whether it is just dismantlement by north korea or also the removal of the nuclear guarantees or extended deterrence from the united states to south korea and if that wasn't made

clear at the summit at the end the korean side the much between the two kofi and leaders is that something that will absolutely have to be in the details when president trying to meet kim jong un to move forward with this denuclearization and whatever it means. i think so because north korea has consistently stated that's a hostile intent and threat posed to north korea by the united states needs to be removed first the forest would be nuclearized so i would assume that in any direct negotiations quickly north korea the united states that would be the request of the demand from the north korean side we dismantle our nuclear weapons and you remove your nuclear guarantee from south korea and maybe even japan. thank you very much for that. joining us live from geneva. now pashtuns in

the swat valley region of pakistan are holding their largest protest against what they say are decades of oppression by security forces demonstrations started in february after the police killing of an aspiring model police said he had ties to the taliban but there was no evidence of this thousands of justifiably killed over the years or disappeared. now a second march has been held in nicaragua demand justice after the recent killing of anti-government protesters at least forty three people died during demonstrations against social security reforms the u.n. says security forces may have may have been unlawfully killed may have unlawfully killed some protesters following the outcry of president daniel ortega stopped plans to overhaul the welfare and pension system. but in a few moments we'll have the weather with everton but still ahead on the news hour seeking asylum why migrants from central america headed to the u.s.

border may find their troubles are far from all of a china ng's to put its name on the movie making bad for the opening of the world's largest film studio and closing in on the twenty fifth spanish title joy bosler the need to do to be crowned champions later that's coming up in sports. from the waves of the soon. to the contours of the east. but we have some rather sporting weather across parts of western europe is a game of two halves western areas seeing some very heavy rain but over towards the east it's absolutely glorious lots of warm sunshine in charge here high pressure dominating proceedings there's a move out of the way you see this big mass of cloud producing some very heavy rain for many that'll be the case as we go on through the next couple of days ago the

temperatures really disappointing thirteen celsius the high average rate that's pretty bad man it's twelve degrees there for paris and london struggling to get to around eight celsius it gets worse it barely get to around five degrees in them then as we go on through monday lots of really poor weather just for the rubbish there lots of hot sunshine further east twenty eight celsius in vienna we could see some higher temperatures as we go on through the next couple of days for some warsaw at twenty eight vienna twenty eight as i said you can take twenty degrees of that for london here's the cloud in the rain lots of very heavy rain across northern parts of spain and portugal pushing across france and that's pushing its way further north was very heavy downpours over the next twenty four hours or so of course that southeastern corner of england maybe even with some snow with those temperatures struggling to five degrees celsius less bad as we go through the week . the weather sponsored by cat time riis.

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good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news out these are our top stories the new u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has court of all the world's worst sponsor of terrorism during his visit to saudi arabia is on the three day trip to the middle east he has called for major changes in order for the u.s. to stay in the iran nuclear deal south korea says kim jong un has promised to shut down the north's nuclear test site next month they said the north korean leader made the pledge during friday's summit of president. and the u.n. security council delegation has interviewed more than one hundred two hundred

refugees who fled the military crackdown neighboring myanmar that he was visiting bonn the patients cox's bazar with some seven hundred thousand one hundred remain and makeshift camps. group of five hundred refugees and migrants are about to reach the u.s. border after a month on the voyage they say they're escaping from violence and persecution in central america u.s. president donald trump wants them turned away rob reynolds reports from san diego on. him full of migrant rights supporters marched through downtown san diego near the end of the two hundred twenty five kilometer journey on foot from los angeles to showing solidarity for a group of hundreds of migrants from central america traveling to lure the us mexico border while the trunk administration is going to meet refugees at the border with guns and walls we're going to meet them with open arms and open hearts

once the migrants reach the border they will ask for protective refugee status in the u.s. says an attorney accompanying them on their journey you have to show that you will suffer persecution in your country of origin and based on your race religion nationality political opinion or because you are a member of a. a particular social group. because the central american migrants are fleeing rampant violence and not persecution as north traditionally defined are well they may find it difficult to obtain asylum. central american countries have some of the highest murder and violent crime rates in the world we spoke to raina came from el salvador last year she asked us to disguise your identity for fear of reprisals against family members back home she fled after criminal gangs attacked her family and i love my son in law they left his dead body on my doorstep and shot him fifteen times he was only twenty three years old than our entire family all of us

were targeted once rayna reached the us she requested asylum then spent the next nine months in detention rayna is waiting for a hearing to decide whether she will get asylum she has no doubt about the fate that awaits her family if they're sent back. we know that i'm certain we would be going to our deaths u.s. president donald trump harshly denounces groups of central americans traveling to the u.s. calling them dangerous and the border patrol has begun subjecting migrants to harsher treatment like separating children from parents in detention as a message for. president that i would tell president to have mercy on us and to give us an opportunity to live for migrants for asylum

is a matter of life or death. san diego. tamale now a gunman had killed at least fourteen ethnic twa rigs in the north the attacks on friday and saturday were in the malacca region on the border with the share the regional governor says government led to al qaida targeted mostly young men and moat desert villages. and al qaeda linked groups have been fighting for six years both seeking to control the region gravels known as the movement for the liberation of other while the declared independence of april two thousand and twelve that was just after president all of them from mali thought it was pushed out in a quote but three months later they lost to the al qaeda linked group on the imposed chivian know and publicly destroyed many muslim shrines in early two thousand and thirteen from stepped in and helped mali and forces take back the region two years later mali is government settled on a peace deal with the twa gravels but violence persists despite the presence of

french troops and un peacekeepers father says northern mali has now become a haven for ice of fighters. well me a quote is the executive director of the african immigrant caucus and he says these latest attacks are an attempt to provoke the twa rigs into a larger conflict. the. hard. conflict and disagreements we have. we have our government has been embalmed uncle ever scenes independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty because their asses separate ethnic groups have always argued that they want to separate they want their own country now that is very hard for them ali has to accept and reality for all of africa to us because it is based on walther and ethnicity and there are only five percent of the mali and population and they will be landlocked and so they have always argued it did for this as you mentioned as few years back the inside the

most recent. peace deal with the government was so five p. as to be holding why will the terrorists. target them it will seem that. they are trying to get dead to arabs to once again pick up pick up the gun and the stabbing lies the government of mali i think may be the reason why they are trying to target the two errands and get them fighting again. philippine president of the league of the third there is calling on filipinos in kuwait to come home amid allegations of worker abuse the philippines bad workers from traveling to kuwait earlier this year after the deaths of seven filipino domestic workers in separate incidents that their days had the bad as their permanent about two hundred sixty thousand filipinos are still living in kuwait both sides recalled their ambassadors last week after two filipino embassy staff were arrested for allegedly encouraging maids to flee. part francis has offered his

condolences to the even parents of a british toddler who has died after a divisive legal battle that alfie evans case sparked a medical ethics debates that's resonated far beyond the u.k. had a hot explains why. my gladiator has laid down his shells and gained his wings at two thirty am haven't father took to social media to announce his twenty three month old son has lost his battle and passed away on saturday morning the parents added they were heartbroken and thanked all their followers for support. the toddler had spent the last eighteen months of his life in intensive care being treated for a rare degenerative brain disorder doctors overseen his care argued further treatment for the terminally ill child was futile prolonging his discomfort and that he should be able to die peacefully. under british law courts can intervene

when parents and doctors disagree over the treatment of the child. the head of the catholic church got past the involved and met with alfie's parents kate and tom and appealed for their wishes to be followed in. italy even granted alfre citizenship so he could be moved to vatican hospital to keep him alive on a ventilator if british courts allow him but a judge ruled in the local doctor's favor to end his suffering a move condemned by officials in the largely catholic poland who criticized the health service in the united kingdom the paper is one of the first to respond following the announcement of his death and he posted his sympathy on twitter he went on to preach for sound ethics and science but alluding to the evans's case in course to want this to inform them entirely in this situation it is fundamental that we improve our awareness of the ethical responsibility in respect of the human kind and the environment in which we live while the church applauds every effort in

research and application directed to the care of our suffering brothers and sisters she is also mindful of the basic principle that not everything technically possible or doable is thereby ethically acceptable this is not the first time the pope has gotten involved in a case pitting parents against the british state last year the british high court ruled a tummy ill baby charlie god's life support be switched off mourners gathered to pay their respect to our evans short life but his death has reignited an international debate over who should decide for end of life care for sick children . al-jazeera. now the versions are of a break between leaders in london in the scottish parliament in edinburgh westminster is insisting on taking back powers from the european union which scotland says should belong to a future independent government reports aberdeen's known as the granite city it's

a tough place a bit intimidating looking at the unions don't like being told what to think. the ports attracts workers from all over the world for oil and renewables and the north sea fishing industry it's an important place for both scotland and the u.k. and so the opinions of these people matter identity politics which seems to shape so much nowadays is very pronounced in aberdeen the people have voted by some distance to remain british in the scottish independence referendum but then in the brics it vote they said they would rather be europeans than simply british citizens and now it appears they can't both in this confusion it was crawfish national party thinks it may have another opportunity christian is a french national who married a scot and who now works in local politics with a party that wants independence from the u.k. if that sounds confusing then his explanation is that he identifies as being a european and so he believes do an increasing number of scots living here as an

amazing discussion the discussion of identities i'm scottish i'm proud to be scottish i don't need to have a better word the usual french of course i'm french you can be both of you can be british you can be european yeah i'm a citizen of the world i got a message but there is any such a thing than citizen of the world and i am one of them the latest polling suggests that forty eight percent of scots want independence from the u.k. and fifty two percent don't and when you look at voting intentions for an independent scotland it's clear that the young by a wide margin want scottish independence while older people are against it it's the identical demographic splits to the brics it votes the young identifies european the old see themselves as british the polls show that the younger people particularly are very disillusioned with the way that westminster is operated and keen to show that they are as european as anybody else in the last independence

referendum four years ago the yes campaign lost by two hundred thousand votes but that was before breakfast. if the scottish independence movement wants another votes a chance to change the minds of people in aberdeen it will surely waits until it knows the time is right and if it fails scotland while the generations change they may still get that chance barnsley al-jazeera in aberdeen. sixty more refugees from caps and ahead into the year west to have a settlement between the us and australia the group includes afghans pakistanis and ahead the us had agreed to take it around one thousand two hundred fifty refugees from australia's overseas present camps in order and powerful in ukraine's man assad but so far they've only allowed two hundred forty people refugee advocacy groups say the deal is a failure. the australian government has announced almost four hundred million dollars in funding to help save the great barrier reef

a comet changes course to water temperatures rise which is killing call on the world's largest reef but. it's one of the seven wonders of the natural world the australian government wants to ensure its around for future generations to enjoy we recognise that the reef faces a number of challenges we've had significant bleaching events in twenty sixteen and twenty seven as we raced around the world in the great barrier reef is no different do with. researches say a third of the reef was cooked to death as water temperatures rose one degree above average in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen due to a combination of climate change and they only know weather cycle co reeves are home to around twenty five percent of ocean life but coral bleaching has destroyed nurseries for many kinds of young fish meaning only the toughest species have survived the bulk of the money will go towards improving water quality but not

everyone has welcomed the announcement the problem with the things as i said with the roof package is it makes people think something is really being done and it's amazing that the package is always come forward just a few months before the world heritage committee is ganymede again you know ask whether we should. be put on the endangered list the australian government hopes its conservation work will inspire other countries to follow its fleet we are spearheading a group among scum of countries many of. you manage your significant coral reefs in the caribbean in the pacific in the indian ocean and they look to australia to provide the technical expertise to scientific research and the best practice management of coral reefs but conservation groups say the government is ignoring the biggest threat to the reef climate change they want if emissions continue as they are the great barrier reef won't survive victoria gates and be al-jazeera. to

china now the country has unveiled the world's biggest movie studio which is a billionaire found the hopes will rival hollywood the eight billion dollar complex which includes a thing park as an area equivalent to more than two hundred football pitches the owners and want to go for able to host at least five hollywood projects just in the first year for the operation they want to turn the northern port city off qingdao into a global film production. for the second year in a row u.s. president donald trump has skipped an annual gathering of celebrities political leaders and journalists and washington d.c. he chose instead to attend a campaign style valley in the state of michigan the voters helped him win the two thousand and sixteen election is dynasty book. i was invited to another event tonight the white house correspondents dinner ready when

i'd much rather be in washington michigan than a large thank you president donald trump drew cheers from supporters at this michigan rally as he took sweig said everyone from the press to former u.s. presidents flew to michigan snow big hundreds of journalists and celebrities who turned out for the annual white house correspondents' dinner in washington last year he was the first president in nearly four decades to boycott the gala where comedians and correspondents traded barbs with the commander in chief as the press gathered for a dinner and jokes about the process didn't turn the only person that still watches new ones to be a millionaire and things me. although i'm not sure you'd get very far to get to like the third question and be like i have to fill in the fox and friends. trump stood before an audience of roughly ten thousand toting the success of his get

tough approach with north korea interrupted by chance of the. bell no bell from the audience will have a meeting over the next three or four weeks are going to be a very important meeting the nuclearization of the korean peninsula. trumps nearly ninety minute speech was a chance for him to connect with his base mostly white middle class voters who continue to support his policies but it was also a missed opportunity to connect with the press and possibly show a sense of humor china doesn't ideas guy he's got loads of ideas you gotta love him for that he wants to give teachers dances and i support that because then they can sell them for things they need likes of live. thank you larry ok thanks the president did send a surrogate his press secretary sarah huckabee sanders stood in for trump and for

her she said it was an opportunity to interact with the press in our less contentious serving diane estabrook al-jazeera washington. still ahead all the news out acknowledging is making cinema go away and even more a mess of experience at sports the n.f.l. draft its first amputee athlete for behavior that story. australia's multibillion dollar international student industry is booming but it has a dark start when used examines widespread revelations of sexual assault on foreign universities to deserve. may on al jazeera. marking world press freedom day al-jazeera shines a light on this important issue and examines the state of freedom of the place around the world people in power the top u.s.

general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for resources beneath our oceans we ask of the seabed is the territory still to be claimed commemorating seventy years from now but al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera. it is time for sport now his job elizabeth thank you the playoff picture is becoming clearer in the n.b.a.

there's just one spot remaining in the second round after the boston celtics but their progression they beat the mo will keep box one hundred twelve to ninety six in a decisive game seven of the series about how do you want to playoff series since two thousand and one and twenty six points apiece from al horford and terry gross share in short the drought would continue the celtics so one of the league's youngest teams with an average age of twenty four and a half they face the philadelphia seventy six is next. it's huge and being put in this position. you know such early stages in their career with big responsibilities and degree i felt like they hamlet really well the golden state warriors open the second round of the playoffs with a one hundred twenty three to one hundred one victory over the new orleans pelicans that's despite the absence of steph curry who intends to return from a knee injury for game two later liberal james's cleveland cavaliers face a decisive game seven against the indiana pacers and the houston rockets begin

a best of seven series with the heat utah jazz the boston bruins have made a flying start to the second round of ice hockey stanley cup playoffs they thrashed the tampa bay lightning in the opening game of the eastern conference semifinal patrice bergeron and rick nash each school twice in a six two victory and two of the best of seven series will be played on monday. elsewhere the sun is a sharks be the vegas golden knights off to two periods of overtime to level the series at one one two games coming up later the pittsburgh penguins can take it to nail lead with a win over the washington capitals as kelly winnipeg jets who face the nashville predators. baseball fans were denied a much anticipated showdown between japanese stars massa hero tanaka and shanghai otani attorney was missing from the los angeles angels lineup against the new york yankees because of a minor ankle sprain yankees pitcher to knock the opportunities to steal the

limelight he struck out nine batters across six strong innings yankees eleven to one winners in this game they won eight consecutive games outscoring their opponents by sixty two runs to seventeen in that time. meanwhile a catch of the year no money from the atlanta braves game with the philadelphia phillies. should. it be going to a good thing she. believed outfielder odell harrar with this incredible effort to prevent a home run philadelphia needed more of that the braves were full one winners in this game. a one handed american football player has been drafted to the n.f.l. for the very first time she came griffin had his left hand amputated when he was four years old because of a birth defect that prevented his fingers from developing now twenty two years old

the linebacker was selected by the seattle seahawks in the fifth round of the draft he joins his twin brother who was signed by the team as a quarterback last year. barcelona could clinch the spanish football league title later their eleven points ahead of let it go madrid so all they really need is a draw a single point from their match with deportivo la coruna on sunday too in their twenty fifth league of crown it also be their third title in four years andres iniesta is still to be at the center of the celebrations when that title comes he announced he'll be leaving the team at the end of the season. munches says he sealed english premier league title weeks ago in there and actually against west ham later but the big day with the day scenes in manchester united host also will now united will be wanting to shore up their second place in the standings but perhaps more interesting will be the reception given by united manager joe zimring or to his also counterpart also venga is leaving at the end of the season after twenty two years they've had a frosty relationship for

a year is stretching back to unring year was in charge of chelsea it's certainly kept journalists and fans entertained i don't really read. what you say is but i'm on dice told me i find it odd too for disconnected use reality and disrespectful you know years especially since. i'm not because eighty years without. a piece of silverware that's failure of. i think boring is ten years without a doubt or that's very boring. i played against arsenal i don't know twelve fifteen eighteen times. and only once you didn't know i respect team of course i respect him a lot and i don't want to go into individual you should leave me give me a little bit of peace for my find reaks and not try to push me into

a final confrontation you know i want to go peacefully. and. we knew as well because he's a great manager. sebastian vettel will start from pole position for sunday's as a by john formula one grand prix it's the third time in a row he's at the front of the grid for a race this season and the tight back could offer some thrilling racing later at that incest ace qualifying. ghastly had to swerve to avoid his teammate brendan hartley who had a puncture in the sadie's pairing of lewis hamilton involved terry potus will start second and. sebastian did a good job they were quickest all weekend they've also got a phenomenal car this year and that really happy with the job the team did to get us from where we were yesterday to where we are today and we did also a great job so we're in a we're in the mix this is the best track to ever take i think so doesn't mean it's impossible but we're going to give everything on the try and give sebastian a hard time all right that is all for me for now back to you liz thank you very

much joe now finally there's a bonus on the days i'm gone to the movies and watching on a flat screen a quickly being replaced by what's called immersive film experiences it's on show that they try back a film festival in new york. to call up. taking virtual reality a step further this is to trace back a cinema three sixty twenty seat virtual reality theater. all the film start at a designated time just like a regular movie but that is where the similarities to a regular theater going experience in the films are viewed in three hundred sixty degree. sam's. in the woods what is seen and heard is all through a headset with noise canceling earphones. what makes this spiritual reality so much different is we're all in the same room here together all watching the same films

through these goggles and we just swivel in our chair and see us three hundred sixty degree view of the movie three sixty used to be considered a novelty gimmick but it's quickly expanding this is the first year the tribe because film festival has curated it as a standalone experience so cool what that what the storytellers are doing to really use this tool of three sixty it's traditionally a live action although there's a lot of great animation in three sixty as well i think the people that say that it's a gimmick they think of it that it's going to be three d. or something like that it is not its own media so i think once you have an opportunity to experience it and experience the best of it then you understand that this is a new tool in a new grammar that's being developed for entertainment it's all part of trade because of virtual arcade and second year it's where people can experience what's called immersive storytelling through virtual and augmented reality. they're twenty

six interactive exhibits of rooms scale virtual reality filmmaking. every film festival is trying to evolve to meet the needs of how the medium is changing right everybody is watching t.v. not just movies or using virtual reality all this stuff is happening and if you're a festival that showcasing the nature of an art form you want to be on the cutting edge increasingly to build viewing experience being reflected all around us three hundred and sixty degrees gabriels on no new york. and that does it for this al-jazeera news out of and do stay with us because hasn't saikai is here with another full news bulletin and it's a couple of minutes thank you very much for watching.

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a strong possibility that the very crude that. could have been brought to your table by him is brave individual right here in the land of the free. because tricked into immigrating and trapped by unscrupulous profiteers. to jane slaves cause of slavery a twenty first century evil. the nature of news as it breaks this is one of the areas where protesters had blocked the road through the bonding higher than anything else they go by with details coverage now there's a big screen really hard to stop the debris one striving for the good of the state from around the world this museum aims to be a repository of our region's history and its protected war that has divided the tribes here for generations.