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al-jazeera. hello i maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. we will be equal to the rest. the rest is a region that a strong warning to iran this trumps new secretary of state towards the middle east . and north korea says there is a real opportunity for a deal with kim jong un. and our other top stories a central american migrants about to attempt a controversial crossing of the border into the u.s. . and a protest leader is the surprise favorite to be our media's new prime minister after the ruling party quits the contest. i'm tatiana sanchez and

doha with the day's sports bosler now have won a lot of legal hit the streets to celebrate all the facts and plenty more coming up . come to the program our top story the united states is saying it's deeply concerned by iran's destabilizing and malign activities in the middle east the newly appointed secretary of state made the comments after meeting the israeli prime minister in tel aviv during his flying to the region earlier the former cia director held talks with saudi arabia's king sound none calling for unity among gulf allies as washington tries to muster support for new sanctions against iran to its missile program ari fawcett has more now from west jerusalem. in the middle east mike pompeo double down on the theme that has dominated his first international trip as secretary of state iran's threat to the region and the world

and the solidifying u.s. threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal iran and destabilize this entire region that supports proxy militias and terrorist groups that arms it is an arms dealer to the who the rebels. and iran conducts cyber hacking campaigns that supports the murderous assad regime as well compares arrival in riyadh followed a barrage of eight ballistic missiles fired into saudi territory by hooty fighters in yemen the u.s. and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran or combine that ticket and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions further violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his

talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought the iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing the do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem juggled for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago on maintain that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for negotiation that the us was committed to a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians there was no mention though of the recent demonstrations along the gaza border fence where israeli snipers shot unarmed protesters killing dozens and injuring hundreds might pompei was a different proposition from his predecessor rex tillerson who spent most of his tenure as secretary of state in

a state of at best semi detachment from the white house peo is seen as very close to president trouble in particular on the issue of iran and so that gives his words extra weight even perhaps especially when they mirror one of to listens frequent messages that saudi arabia's blockade on cantars should and they also stress to the foreign minister that go for unity is necessary we need to achieve it a report in the new york times said the message away from the cameras was more direct enough is enough stop the blockade by the time pump am moved on to jordan his chief aim seemed established laying the groundwork for tough action against iran clear two of the obstacles the e.u. russia and china have all warned against scrapping the nuclear deal the decision will be donald trump's the deadline may the twelfth are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. well done as to burt joins us live from washington and as harry was saying in his report there are a stark warning from light pompei zero when it comes to iran's role in the region

and of course we're all watching to see what will happen with the nuclear deal what's been the reaction to pompei is trip so far from washington. well so far we're not hearing much from president trump as far as the iran nuclear deal is going this national security adviser his new national security advisor john bolton was on the morning talk shows today and says as far as the around deal is concerned there is no decision at this point he said that the white house is considering those four pillars that french president emmanuel mccrone laid out last week while he was here in washington which meant keeping the deal staying in the deal but expanding it and of course when angela merkel was here later in the week she also reinforced that position but the clock is ticking the president has until may twelfth to make a decision whether the u.s. is going to stay in that deal or scrap it it's less than two weeks away the president has made no secret of the fact that he's never liked the deal so it

remains to be seen what is going to happen but again the clock is ticking as less than two weeks to decide. and. has already shown himself as secretary of state is keen to move swiftly how does his approach compared to his predecessor rights to listen. well he's much different he's much more hawkish than rex tillerson as harry pointed out rex tillerson was more detached from the white house he and president trump did not see eye to eye on a lot of issues he thought that the u.s. should keep stay in the iran nuclear deal he sort of sided with the europeans in that that this was a deal that had problems but it could be expanded and it could be improved in that the u.s. was obligated to stay with it might come peo was in the military and then was in congress and while he was in congress he was a severe critic of the iran nuclear deal he railed against it in fact during his

confirmation hearing to be secretary of state he said he would do everything he could to try to stay in the deal but he is of similar minds with president trump in that this was not a good deal that it needs to be improved so you know we're now seeing a white house we're seeing a president who is surrounding himself with people that are more hardline than some of the people that he had in the white house originally and we're talking about. rex tillerson for one thank you very much from washington diane estabrook. or pompei has also been speaking out about north korea saying there is a real opportunity for a deal when u.s. president meets its leader kim jong un next month he specifically said pyongyang was show it's taking irreversible steps to get rid of its nuclear program and according to south korea there may be hope for this after kim pledged to dismantle its nuclear testing site during friday's historic summit kathy novak has more 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 you don't shit on 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 won't ever. happens nobody is going to talk to them moon phoned the u.s. president to brief him on the into korean talks the declaration signed their 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 imperialist

had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abbay that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al-jazeera sold. you with the news hour live from london still ahead for you. the tales of extreme brutality shocking accounts of a violent crackdown in myanmar as wrangel refugees me a team from the un security council. attempts to save one of the world's natural wonders the australian government pledges four hundred million dollars for the great barrier reef. and lewis hamilton wins the formula one grand prix in azerbaijan but things don't quite go to plan for red bull that's just ahead in sports.

hundreds of migrants from central america are about to try and enter the united states from mexico off to a month on the road they reach the u.s. border with protesters on the american side of the fence that to welcome them the migrants including many from honduras and el salvador hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. but the trumpet ministration has vowed to crack down on immigration. so in a moment we'll be speaking to rob randall's and sanusi dro in the u.s. . who is at the border crossing gate in the mexican border city of tijuana how close are these migrants from approaching the border. we are outside of the u.s. border gate in earlier only a few hours ago there was a large demonstration somewhere between two hundred and three hundred central american migrants it was rather festive scene you saw a lot of people singing songs sort of celebrating that they have arrived at at the

at the border at this point we are waiting outside of the gates of the border crossing to see when they arrive a lot of these folks have been traveling for over a month now of folks from central america from countries like honduras el salvador and nicaragua who are fleeing a number of different factors everything from from violence related to gangs violence related to organized crime extortion even persecution related to their sexual orientation now at this point we're waiting anxiously really to see when they arrive you can see behind me a lot of people crossing this is one of the most heavily transited borders in the world and we're unsure of how many will be crossing today we've heard that they could be kept off at fifty individuals that are allowed to cross we know that the organizers are hoping that the whole crowd is able to cross today somewhere around two hundred individuals that have been singled out by immigration volunteers that these are individuals who are better qualified to plead their cases for asylum in the united states but it's still an unknown as to when that crossing is going to

happen. and if these migrants refused entry to the united states what happens to them then do they stay in mexico what will the mexican authorities stay. well immigration advocates here in mexico i have interviewed dozens of migrants making sure that they can weed out those that can have a better case of pleading asylum in the united in the united states with mexico does also have asylum laws that are rather friendly to migrants and this is a bit of a special case where those that are unable to plead their case to u.s. authorities will will have an opportunity to make a case for asylum here in mexico many of them have already chosen to do so i will say however that there are a few that we've spoken to who tell us that they plan to cross illegally. at a later date but that most of the individuals that we've spoken to say that they do want to cross legally they do want to do this build the legal way through the

existing asylum laws in the united states and the rest we believe are going to plead their cases and hope to get asylum here in mexico all right thank you very much money. there. let's go to rob reynolds now who is in sun in sea drove the border crossing there just south of san diego and as manya was explaining that these migrants some two hundred of them have been on the road for a month it's been a grueling trip what sort of reception are they likely to get from the american authorities. well we've been told by experts in american law that the u.s. authorities are obligated to take any immigrants who make a claim of asylum and say that they are. in legitimate fear of having of being persecuted if they were to be sent back home they have to take

those people and process them now the u.s. government says that the processing. will be swift and expeditious the attorney general jeff sessions is sending more immigration judges down to this area to speed things along and the head of homeland security has said that people who are found to be submitting false claims for asylum might be prosecuted and if convicted punished not exactly clear how it would be determined whether there was a false claim or not but in general they keep the people who come and say to a u.s. border authority officer i want to claim asylum i have a fear of being persecuted in my homeland those people have to be accepted now once they're accepted there's a process and the process can be long and tedious we've talked to people who've

spent months and even more than a year in detention waiting for administrative hearings during those administrative hearings they're not all necessarily permitted to have lawyers lawyers are not provided for them automatically furthermore under some new guidelines that homeland security is using. families are separated grandparents from their of their their family groups children might be separated from their parents and. kept in separate detention facilities so it is not a pleasant prospect that these would be refugees are facing nevertheless many of them are determined to go ahead with it and as we've heard from many well who is literally just on the other side of this complex of border walls and administrative buildings over there they're going to do what they have to do in order to of void

the rampant violence and. discrimination that they face in their home countries in central america all right thanks very much will continue to track the situation there as those underage of migrants make their approach towards the border but for now rob reynolds and sons is so dry thank you. armenia's ruling party says it won't stop a protest leader who's led massive anti-government rallies from leading the country but only if the opposition unites behind him demonstrators have been rallying head of cheese days parliamentary vote to choose a new prime minister and demanding that protests lead and call fashion yun be chosen for the top job i mean his previous prime minister resigned a week ago after demonstrations were held against him robin foresee a walker has more from armenia second biggest city. and some of us will remember the events in one nine hundred eighty eight that happened in armenia a terrible earthquake which raised much of the city i am now the humidity and

which left a great many people homeless thirty years on many of them are still living without adequate accommodation and that is just one example of why so many people in our media are frustrated and angry with the government that has been in charge here for twenty years the republican party whose prime minister the opposition movement successfully ousted at the beginning of this week back on monday and all of a sudden we are now seeing the possibility of a new leader emerging in the media who is not from the republican party but who has led this opposition movement. and he has been talking about dealing with the corruption and his message has been very simple and has appealed to so many armenians and this is why tens of thousands of them have been on the streets with today's developments just galvanizing them further that the republican party is

nervous going to field a prime ministerial candidate when parliament is going to vote on tuesday is expected to select a new prime minister that means that the people's candidate nicole passion looks set to be the next prime minister of armenia and this is really an extraordinary turnout for this opposition movement and that's why we have again seen many people coming back out onto the streets of yerevan to show their support for him to maintain their momentum until that crucial vote on tuesday. u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say they stopped the syrian army from taking several villages along the border with iraq a statement was made just hours after the syrian army said it had retaken the villages meanwhile the government says it's made a deal with the opposition to evacuate around southern damascus syrian government launched an offensive in the area last week to push i sell out. three palestinians

have been killed by israeli forces in separate shootings in gaza the israeli army says one was shot dead after trying to damage the fence on the israel gaza border and in southern gaza two palestinians were killed when they crossed the perimeter fence and threw at israeli forces now to other developments the palestinian national council is set to meet in ramallah for the first time in nine years they're expected to discuss suspending the recognition of israel and recent political escalations as stephanie dec reports from gaza palestinians say they are living in crisis increasingly frustrated not only with the israeli blockade but also with their leaders. continue up this road along gaza sea front and you will reach the israeli controlled areas crossing for the vast majority of palestinians that's as far as they can go and we're told life in gaza is the worst it's ever been not only due to israel in egypt's blockade but also because of the seemingly

never ending infighting between the palestinian factions or miss amman mohamad or parents to eight children and their desperate. i have three sons living at home the oldest is forty all of finished university and have no work is almost dead there is no income and so there is no demand for anything the government instead of paying salaries for people to survive have cut the salaries well because fatah and hamas constantly disagree last year the palestinian authority which is based in the cut the salaries of its employees here in gaza by thirty percent this month salaries have not been paid a tool the lack of cash is stifling in already suffocating economy one of the first things you notice when you enter gaza is the division between fatah and hamas that checkpoint belongs to fatah and just a few meters down the road is another checkpoint and this one longs to have mass the two groups are as divided as ever and it's having a major impact on the people here the palestinian internal division has done for

about eleven years now and. is. high levels of poverty unemployment. close all of the questions between girls on the outside world and. the much as was taken by president mahmoud abbas about a year ago to the jewish. on monday the palestinian national council is due to meet in the i'm it's supposed to represent all palestinian factions and its decisions are binding but many groups such as hamas islamic jihad and the popular front for the liberation of palestine a staying away more bickering among the factions. well life here is becoming progressively worse so many people we talked to say they're fed up with all of the . no no no they do nothing for us i don't care about their meetings so many meetings all with no results all they care about is their own power. even many

of the children will tell you there are no opportunities here they see their parents struggle their elder siblings complete their studies but find no work they've never left gaza and yet still seem aware that something is missing stephanie decker al-jazeera. hammad always is a political analyst specializing in the middle east he joins me now from washington once very much for speaking to us how do you explain the timing of this meeting now . well there is no a good time for the p.l.o. to meet as long as a palestinian dominant groups there are two groups here fatah who dominates and controlled and see the national council and the p.l.o. and hamas who controls gaza but both of them are not and they are seeing group hamas is not part of the p.l.o. that is not bound by what the national council will decide in your report reporter

assert that it will represent the palestinian people it does not appear and see as since one thousand nine hundred six did not change the blood all the people who are in the law the b. and c. the fellas and i still count some are where are pointed or they are all there of the legal the legal age to stay in power they will be making decisions on behalf of science i mean interviews are here in just just on the point you're making about the p.l.o. i suppose the idea is that when it was founded certainly at that time the idea here the purpose as you well know is to be an umbrella for the palestinian factions and you mention the mass of course a mass will be absent from the meeting as you rightly say how much of a shadow does the hamas fatah rift cost over this meeting.

world in the rest between them means nothing now at this meeting but for hamas not to be a part of the p.l.o. and the policy and national council that the world recognizes that means that any decisions taken by the p. and c. maybe they are binding in a front of the world but they are not binding binding all palestinians to abide by what comes out of this meeting plus we need to talk about about what our boss is acting with a dictator mentality in order only to bring his own people to do whatever he wants to do without delivering anything to the palestinian people the p.l.o. have failed since one thousand nine hundred three when very good nice israel's right to exist and signed they also agreement to this day they did not offer the palestinians anything in fact they are still cooperating and coordinating with the israelis while the israelis are continuing to occupy more palestinian land and

killing more palestinians and blockading half of the palestinians in. gaza were about two million palestinians are living in very big prison so all what is going on now means nothing to the palestinians people means nothing even for the future of the palestinians but then as long as israel is not a corpse you know now i was just curious. you were mentioning that the current circumstances and gaza also difficulties for palestinians in the west bank as well is there some small glimmer of hope that this meeting for could produce the opportunity for some sort of reform or a vital ization of the organization. i'm afraid the end result of this meeting is going to be more fragmentation of the palestinian movement and the law and the b. and c. the only glimmer of hope for the palestinians or for home for hamas to join the

p.l.o. on equal footing not a dominant power like fatah has doing now or hamas shouldn't be a dominant power should be democracy where people will elect their representatives to the palace and national council which is a parliament in exile for the palestinians well thank you very much appreciate your perspective on this mohammed a waste but analysts specializing in the middle east joining us from washington want to bring you some news just into us the ukase interior minister has resigned amid a scandal over the treatment of immigrants from the caribbean amber rod was under pressure after the newspaper the guardian printed a letter where she talks about a target to increase the deportation of immigrants a british government's been forced to apologize for its treatment of people who arrived to work here decades ago it's part of the so-called win rush generation of migrants who came to fill the u.k.'s labor shortage after world war two.

so ahead for this hour tens of thousands of nicaraguans demand justice for protesters who were killed in a government crackdown. corruption the economy in the fight against boko haram as nigeria's president prepares for talks with donald trump we look at the agenda. and rafael nadal's rain continues on high in boston and i have the details of that in sports. alan and most of europe is still enjoying a nice bit of warm spring in fact the want has increased in many countries poland germany for instance but further west it's rubbish in short there is nothing like spring where there's a lot of cloud they wish maybe hines was going on because you got

a warm front in there you think well that's or it isn't it that's the top of the woman beyond it beyond paris look at london's max and only eight degrees out is sunday never put you want on monday and then at the wind and the rain seven degrees now it's more like february this is really nasty get out into france as well she gives you a pretty poor northern spain and only thirteen in madrid that's not going to last much longer than monday the whole thing collapses the coldest being blown in about a fourteen or time you get to choose to by which time we've driven the potential story weather into the western med it's warm water here of course a lot of green could be thunderstorms i'm going to circulation of denmark and. norway and sweden which will be more particular spring like but not as cold as it was at temperatures actually are recovering that well in north africa middle twenty's if you're lucky thirty six in tahrir but look at morocco and algeria in tunisia we start at sixteen we go down to thirteen.

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 dreamed about demonstrated for and sought to achieve many things in al-jazeera world here's the stories of those deciding to emigrate in search of a new life and nationality passport to freedom at this time when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to leave it would just be when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and given away in refugee camps al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you the winning documentaries and live news on al-jazeera i got to commend you all i'm hearing is

good journalism on air and online. a come back a look at the top stories this hour secretary of state says the u.s. is deeply concerned by what he calls iranian aggression in the middle east has met the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu off the early holding talks with the saudi king in riyadh. also been speaking out about north korea saying there is a real opportunity for a deal when u.s. president trump meets it see the conjunction next month and all the korean leader has promised to dismantle his country's nuclear testing site as soon as may.

so let's take a closer look at that u.s. policy on iran and north korea with not fitzpatrick the director of the nonproliferation program at the international institute for strategic studies joins us live from washington that's very much for speaking to us so let me start with north korea then. so do you share that might be optimism about there being a real opportunity for a deal or do you lean towards a sense of skepticism regarding kim jong un's rhetoric i think like most analysts we all have to be skeptical but i do share secretary of state pump a view that there is a real opportunity here i think the new leader relatively new leader of north korea has presented the u.s. administration with a possibility to move toward peace i don't think that north korea is going to give up its nuclear weapons as quickly as the administration is suggesting but there is

a real possibility here that if they're not going to give up their nuclear weapons if they're not dismantling and then actually declaring your stockpiles and handing them over to completely different things can there be a deal without them handing over those weapons i think there can be a deal that lays out a goal and then sets forward a process to try to get there north korea's not going to give up its weapons before it gets something concrete you know especially if they see the united states. walking away from the iran nuclear deal north korea is not going to enter into another nuclear deal without getting something concrete in return and the divergence on the sequencing north korea wants benefits up front united states wants benefits up front and they'll have to work out some deal maybe sequencing. simultaneous changes so what happens if donald trump walks away from the iranian

nuclear deal. it's all up to how iran responds iran doesn't want to be seen as the party to be blamed they want to keep the world focus of attention directed at the united states for walking away from the deal but i'm sure that the hardliners in tehran will demand that iran take some steps and i think we'll probably see some steps in two areas one is with regard to the limits that iran accepted under the deal. they will change some of those limits though work more toward getting some centrifuges ready to be reinstalled and then on the inspections right now they're under a very intrusive inspection regime i think they'll probably dial back the level of cooperation with the international inspectors so the world will have a lesser sense of what iran's nuclear program is up to if president trump if the

united states fails to live up to its obligations as part of that that is the patient in this deal do you worry about what options would remain to contain iran's nuclear program. this is the big question what's the alternative if the united states walks away from a deal that was deemed a good deal by the six major powers and by iran there's no alternative that has been proposed by the united states other than piling on more sanctions and hoping that iran would bend under pressure and make more concessions iran of course is not wanting to be seen to be bending under pressure and insists that there will be no renegotiation of a deal i think the best that can be done is that the united states and the europeans make a side deal among themselves that if iran were to. launch

intercontinental ballistic missiles or increase its regional activity or increase its nuclear potential then they would sanction but i don't think we're going to get a deal involving iran that will be any way better than the current deal appreciate you sharing your analysis for this thank you very much mark fitzpatrick joining us that director of the nonproliferation will have them at the light up alas. a u.n. security council delegation has met hundreds of rango refugees who fled a military crackdown in myanmar the group has been assessing the situation across the border in bangladesh where some seven hundred thousand rangar are living in makeshift camps charles strafford reports from cox's but. this is how the british ambassador to the united nations was greeted a refugee camp close to the bangladesh border. the twenty four un security council delegation led by britain peru and kuwait came to assess the situation on the ground for more than

a million refugees living here seven hundred thousand of whom flipped the crackdown by the myanmar military which began in august they heard stories like these. i was raped they killed my husband they burnt my two year old son i saw five men rape a twelve year old girl and then kill her we want justice for mutely thousands of refugees lined the roads as the delegation of vehicles passed many held signs demanding justice and help. in the coupon refugee camp the delegates were split into groups to listen to more stories from victims of violence one man told them the myanmar government would never tell them the truth do your investigations from your own countries he said britain's u.n. ambassador said it was vital the international community act with one voice we need to go back and evaluate what we've seen on this trip and see if we can come together to build on the unified feeling that the security council had back in

a band when it called on the government of myanmar to do certain things to protect their way and allow them to go back in conditions of safety so i think that's the immediate short term priority myanmar has banned any independent investigation into what the u.n. says is ethnic cleansing of the ranger. doesn't recognize them as an ethnic group he calls them. what was then the burmese government stripped ranger of their citizenship in one nine hundred eighty two last november the security council passed the resolution demanding beyond muffled to military action against the rangers but the potential veto power of myanmar allies china russia has stalled anything stronger than that as a news conference china's representative stated his country's position. is to seize majlis to cease fire so he's to try to find a solution to something. at least

just present the root causes when a journalist asked the u.n. delegates which of them used the word ranger china's representative appeared not to understand but didn't raise his hand later he told me china respects what richenda call themselves united nations security council delegation came here to assess the magnitude of this crisis and what they've seen today and some of the stories that they've heard of no doubt giving them a fair indication of just how terrible the situation is here. it's fair to say there will probably hear a very different story in we have from the government and that means translating their findings into concrete unified political action at the security council could remain a charlie for some time yet trial stratford al-jazeera problem or a future you can't go on with the. malawi's former president joyce banda has told al jazeera that she knows nothing about an arrest warrant against her for corruption allegations and

a return to the country on saturday after four years abroad and was greeted by hundreds of supporters on the left malawi after news in power during a scandal known as cash gate when tens of millions of dollars were stolen from the state police a new arrest warrant issued in july last year remains valid on the told us she's not planning another presidential run but would not rule it out if that was popular support romney did anybody being what they are. people i don't want to bitch and then it would be site we swung at which they are i'm not going to start dancing on a one either they are. right i'm not and i am not going to do and it's not in this is out of line for me only the president but i know i was president and i'm proud. and i am the first president i'd want to read the night before to put on who and who and people went yeah i want to tell other your time even my route where people

were dressed well as. you did or did it was like them and i will not be imprisoned in twenty two out so what happen before i'm just on my porch might but bible by. the australian government has announced a new cash injection to help save the great barrier reef it's pledged almost four hundred million dollars in funding to restore water quality and protect coral climate changes calls water temperatures to rise which is killing coral on the world's largest reef as victoria gate b reports. 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 were keen eyes at the race faces a number of challenges we've had significant bleaching events in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen as we race around the world in the great barrier reef is no

different to with great stress research as 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 coal reserves 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 packages always come forward just a few months before the world heritage committee has got a mate again yet asked to say whether we should be put on the endangered list the australian government hopes it's conservation work will inspire other countries to

follow its lead we are spearheading a group among scum of countries many of the time and we manage 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 the 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 gate and be al-jazeera. they said little bit of news coming to us from syria state t.v. they're saying that there have been enemy rocket attacks that's how they describe it against military break bases in the aleppo countryside and also in rural hamma there is no specification on the source or origin is all of these rocket attacks across this story and bring you updates and information as it comes in to us but i

want to take you to nicaragua now where thousands of people have taken part in a protest demanding justice for the killing of anti-government protesters at least forty three people died in demonstrations against the government's proposed social security reforms catherine stansell has mall. the center of the capital managua turned into a sea of blue and white as thousands of demonstrators were calling for an end to the young rust. it began on april eighteenth when president daniel ortega announced an overhaul to the welfare system that would have seen taxpayers paying higher contributions in exchange for lower benefits he since backs down on the proposal but it didn't stop the catholic church from organizing this second demonstration if it will may go where really got oh well this is the moment when the people have to take control no one owns nicaragua it is up to the nicaraguan people to decide this story and their future but even if your former boss. this is

a march for peace and justice peace only comes from god all the parishioners are here to protest against his criminal government murderers who cruelly killed people all of us standing here say enough is enough. these are the largest street protests in nicaragua since the end of the civil war in one nine hundred ninety and have been the most violent during our take as rule at least forty three people have died in demonstrations and confrontations with police the un accuses the government of using excessive force as well as trying to shut down t.v. stations reporting the unrest or take a has agreed to hold talks there no date has been set it's not clear who will be involved or if there will be conditions attached the catholic church has agreed to mediate or take the is the last of the latin american revolutionary still in office despite facing the biggest direct challenge to his rule he's given no indication that he will step down or bring forward elections due in twenty twenty one

catherine stansell al jazeera. well tens of thousands of people have marched through the spine of city of pamplona to protest against the acquittal of five men on gang rape charges. it's the fellow consecutive day people have demonstrated against the ruling which ordered the men to be jailed for nine years on a less a felony of sexual abuse the men are accused of gang raping a teenage girl at the san fermin bowl running festival in two thousand and sixteen i sure as president mahmoud abbas will meet donald trump in washington on monday to discuss economic and military ties the talks take place in a time when china is strengthening its ties with africa while the u.s. is increasingly looking inwards al-jazeera is ahmed address reports from on what these talks might achieve. in the. heart of came into office promising to defeat boko haram but with just over

a year left through the end of his first term the armed group still poses a significant threat the attacks in the northeast continue while he hopes to use his visit to washington to acquire military hardware to fight back or in the heart of the nigerian president ruby his three pronged agenda to secure nigeria to revive the economy and to fight corruption in whatever we have america. would make this three pro game the president will be talking with the american president. the nigerian president is under pressure to tackle the rising violence in the country from boko haram attacks in the middle east to criminal fighting in central parts of nigeria. it's expecting a delivery of fighter jets in arms from the united states but they're not expected for another two years a long wait for

a government just product we need to war against. with a beautician coming from the white house some believe the meeting could focus more on what the americans want the west actually looking for important countries like nigeria for. political interest so invited the nigerian president is important to see how nigeria can be off it can be part of the american west and in the west and your political interest for now there appears to be little american appetite for nigeria's hydrocarbons after the discovery of huge results of shale oil in the united states the nigerian president will want to see the return of monies and as it's stolen by politicians and government officials and stashed in the united states some of that has been tried down during the obama administration but two years later report treating the assets is yet to begin. it's not clear if

the visit will quick and process so money is save the time but ministration could also use the visit to father america's economic interests in africa at a time the continent is looking to china for loans and economic aid with stringent conditions others say nigeria's general elections next year will almost certainly be discussed bible hari was a candidate and president trump ahmed al jazeera. so i have for you in this or carolina powers to this tennis title win some new wheels. to head with tatiana. in the us civil war slavery. there is a strong possibility that the very truths that you are using could have been brought to your table by in

a slave ritual right here in the land of the free the foreign workers tricked into emigrating and trapped by on scrupulous property. to jane slaves because of slavery a twenty first century evil on al jazeera. it really is the international perspective that said al jazeera parts of their news outlets are you interested since about every outing up on the plates of power outages means journalism is about public service and making a difference in people's lives i'm amazed every day by reporting on al-jazeera and the places that my colleagues go it inspires me to take a different approach to how i report news new york.

is your sport now tatiana. thank you so much barcelona have secured the spanish league title with a record four games to spasov to elena messi hartrick evolved as side to afford to victory at deportivo on sunday giving them an unassailable lead over a second place at less accommodate in the standings these were the themes as barcelona fans celebrated the team's twenty fifth the league title is the second piece of silverware path to have won this season after also but in the capital right title. ok joining me now live from madrid is ben haywood spanish football writer for gold telecom thanks for joining me ben how impressive have boss alona been to when this season and it wasn't getting very impressive this

season you know not just this season the seven titles now out of the last ten and this is and you know you dress a little bit differently in terms of in some of the last name was trying to work through transference of paris as a man and is that going to take a man as coach change things around first of all for to tighten things up it's perhaps not the. you know the beautiful ones to learn that we've seen in recent seasons but very very effective bosses are not expensive lou they've been very very strong and you know missy you know i've seen presidents and i better dresses throughout the whole season as a gold store and also as a creator you mentioned. that how is the pricing that they've done so well in his first season in charge. i think it is surprising to us you know because it was the name of the party and someone that was a sense of a sense of motion or you know again it's the border there are a lot of things you know mrs ponto town being signed with the troops so they had

been signed all sorts of things going on with some of the fans weren't happy the last five one of it's your legs to damage it in spanish or go back and a lot of times was during the during the worst you know so domestic double cover their way on a league you know has to be seen as quite as turnaround really in an impressive season doesn't make up for them being knocked out of the champions league. well i think it does you know a lot of fans feel very disappointed by that you know the nature of that loss of business a lot of fallout from the first leg to lose three no away in rome very very disappointing but you know it was a real madrid go for a third term did he win in a row but that shouldn't take any of the shine of what was in order to you know leave is still you know for me the best indication of quality over a long season and you know barcelona thirty four games as you mentioned and being staged no team has ever won the league you know unbeaten at the end of the season

so if you can achieve that let's remember there's a classic go ahead next weekend against real madrid and it really will be an impressive achievement the champions league shouldn't detract not really much absolutely thank you so much as always for your insight ben heyward spanish football writer for goals are calling. in the english premier league othen benghazi last trip to manchester united before stepping down as off no manager and in an agonizing two one defeat paul pogba gave the host the early lead but had to make the tare an equalizer far just after the break and looked to be heading for a draw and till one felonies scored the winner an injury time it means of anger thigh to when the earth in the last eleven games the old trafford a big three points for united then elf five care of third place livable in the table with a game in hand. manchester city's still the english premier league title weeks ago but now they're one goal short of the premier league record having put four past west ham on sunday city have scored

a hundred and two goals this season the current mark to beat is just one hundred three the sadie's driver lewis hamilton won the formula one azerbaijan grand prix on sunday to take the to take over the championship lead from ferrari's sebastian vettel but in an incident packed race it was a disastrous day in backing for red bull heading grayson has more. lewis hamilton has struggled to match the pace of sebastian vettel so far this season and it looked like he would be second best again as the ferrari driver led from pole him back but this would turn out to be anything but an ordinary race the circuit proving to type to some in the early stages the battle for top dog at red bull has been building between max which happen and daniel ricardo and that came to a head on the track. card a running into the back of his teammates and red bull leading back to with no points to share. that saw the

safety car come out with just a few laps remaining in savings valtteri bottas leading the way from vettel but the german drive the last places to hamilton and teammate kimi raikkonen on the restart and just as bought us looked to be cruising to the win a puncture ended his race. handing victory to a subdued hamilton with reichen and taking second and said you were as putting post india on the podium for the first time since twenty sixteen really quite an emotional race to be honest about three did such an exceptional job today and really deserved to have the win. sebastian did a great job i think was really really fortunate say surfers are a bit odd to be up here but i got to take it i mean i didn't give up i kept pushing but definitely a very untidy race for me but hamilton's unlikely when sees him move four points ahead of vettel in the drive the standings f one now returns to europe for the spanish graeme free in two weeks' time alan grayson just there. tennis now and the

king of clay otherwise known as rafa nadal has won a record eleven the title the boss alone i open the spaniard beating a great teenager stefan also to the past six to six one in sunday's final is needles fifty fifth career title long clay and a seventy seven overall the back to one year old has now won nineteen successive matches and forty six consecutive sets on his favorite surface. and that is all the sport for now more later. thanks very much tatiana well that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in just a couple of minutes with much more days.

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still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. ever do is being an alarmist it's being waged and it's being measured. and it's not just i phones that almost my face i mean most often these days at the moment we are in a state of the universe let's start something that was. rather take the risks of democracy and the risks of dictatorship digital dissidents on al-jazeera.