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fifth legates title and fans policy on the streets of the city. it's been a day of bloodshed and of godless fond dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks with civilians bearing the brunt of the violence in the capital kabul at least twenty five people died a suicide bomb this session off explosives well the minutes of each other close to the intelligence headquarters says it carried out the attack and in southern afghanistan police say eleven people including children were killed in a suicide car bombing targeting a nato convoy in kandahar where nine people were injured in that attack including six romanian nato troops let's go to a correspondent jennifer gloss now she is joining us live from the afghan capital we'll start with that first double attack in kabul jennifer which is killed

a number of people including journalists. that's right elizabeth twenty five at least killed this in this morning's attack in another more than forty wounded it happens about eight am to be at the height of the morning rush hour in the shasta rock area of kabul near the intelligence headquarters i still says that was the target of the attack but civilians and a number of policemen were killed that first bombing was a suicide bomber on a motorcycle he detonated his explosives about twenty minutes later when first responders had arrived at the scene another suicide bomber dressed as a journalist blew himself up in oak rout of journalists a camera man reporters photographers eight of them among the dead there so this is a very devastating attack here in kabul the second islip tack here in the afghan capital in just over a week last sunday eighty people were killed when they were standing in line registering to vote in an i select tack. eight days ago more than one hundred ten

wounded there so kabul has become the deadliest place in afghanistan for civilians because of this series of attacks here. and jennifer just like last sunday we saw attacks not just in kabul but elsewhere in the country we're hearing of this second attack in the self. that is right a suicide car bomber in a minivan attacking a nato convoy attack the taliban responsible for that attack according to kandahar police that attack in kandahar killed eleven civilians including a number of children and wounded nine people including six remaining members of nato and two policemen now just a few days ago the taliban announced the start of their spring offensive and in their announcement they said they will avoid civilian casualties they will only target government and security forces but of course in this attack we see what happened so very often even though security forces may be the intended target

civilians bear the very very heaviest burden here the united nations says that the first quarter of this year more than twice the number of people have been killed by suicide attacks and complex attacks in the same in the same time in two thousand and seventeen a deadly deadly year here in afghanistan continues jennifer thank you very much for that phenomena jennifer glass with the very latest joining us live from kabul thank you. let's move on to other news now and an evacuation deal has been reached between the syrian government and some rebels in southern damascus where pro-government forces have surrounded a rebel and i still controlled neighborhoods off a nearly two week and to ground offensive the day it includes the palestinian refugee camp let's go to our correspondent zain a hold of now she is joining us live from beirut for more on this what more do we know about the evacuation deal and what opposition groups are involved seita.

well this is another evacuation deal or really what amounts to a surrender the rebel faction involved is attached to the sham an armed group formally known as the l no surprise they control a small enclave in southern damascus there is a pocket of territory in southern damascus outside state control as a strategy to sham they control a part of also eisel controls a number of districts and f.s.a. links opposition fighters control another district so this deal involves high especially the sham they're going to lay down their arms get on buses with their families and head to the north of the country to the opposition controlled northwest province of islam now a high especially the sham is forced to make more concessions to the government they are promising to release up to eighty five prisoners and they're also going to allow thousands of people to be evacuated from two towns and they are besieged loyalist towns in islam province the government has wanted this area evacuated from

a very long time because it really has been a burden because every time the government launches some sort of an offensive the rebels retaliate by targeting this town so thousands of people evacuated from the loyalist towns so this agreement really another win for the syrian government and its allies yes yet another evacuation deal that sees a battle scene territory to the government saying what does this mean for the war. well the syrian government and its allies they clearly have the upper hand on the ground this is the fourth agreement of its kind in recent weeks just a few weeks ago we saw the government declare victory an eastern hotel that was the main rebel stronghold just outside the capital thousands and thousands of rebels were forced to lay down their arms and leave and then a few weeks later we saw the rebels give up the color moon enclave that's in the northeast of damascus and now the government is using this threat of military action to try to recapture the northern countryside of homs that is a pocket of territory under the control of the opposition very strategic because it

lies on the highway that links almost and how much to government control city so the government pushing ahead trying to recapture these besieged pockets of territory in and around the capital so the government undoubtedly holding the upper hand but pushing along with this military solution to this crisis there is no political solution or reconciliation in syria thank you very much for that finale that is dana hold of the very latest joining us live from beirut thank you. now missiles have heard syrian military bases and what the government is calling new aggression from its enemies without specifying who at least eight people were killed in the strikes which happened late on sunday in hama province and the aleppo countryside iranian state media denies that any iranian military bases were hit despite reports that they were among the target as well al-jazeera there is aleppo province. it's one of the strongest attacks on the

military civilians in aleppo described hearing a huge explosion and their description is in line with what the state is saying the first of the airstrikes killed eight people at military posts in the aleppo countryside but we haven't heard a full tally of deaths from the military yet it is clear the explosions were massive and the equipment used was sophisticated it is only like the strikes carried out by the western trio which had minimal damage what is clear is that the syrian military is still being targeted and this was a big here after the u.s. led airstrikes but let's get more on this now we're joined by retired jordanian air force general. he's live for us and the jordanian capital amman always good to have you with us on al-jazeera so what do you make of the fact that the syrian government has so far not pointing the finger at israel for these attacks when they have been quick to do so in the past do they know who attacked their military bases . it's highly

likely that the israeli conducted such strike using the price or gliding bomb would strive like a hundred kilometers or the bunker buster bombs according to the explosion which i saw. the video so it is reaffirming of their very very rigged line again. coincide with the. visit to israel and jordan so i think israel is keeping the balance between striking again kerry and being limited strike like this at the same time promoting its deterrent but that means that they would like to expand the scale of war anymore so they will keep on doing this limiting the capability of the opinion. once the war houses. shortridge. the which the iranian militia on the

bases in syria and we're hearing that at least eighteen iranians were killed in the how much tax and of course comes amid even more vising tensions between israel and iran there was an earlier this month on a syrian air base and homs that killed seven iranian military personnel and that syria iran and russia blame israel for what any of these countries will iran will syria respond to these strikes on syrian military targets. i think. that the balancing game between the two but i don't think they're in and would respond back to each attack as you mentioned previous attacks seven being killed so they will just keep on doing what they're doing and. the

environment all the situation in. syria is very delicate now concerning the me and so they would like to do it with specially with the coming nuclear negotiation over going me so it's very tough situation there and i think they will keep doing what they're doing and that is retired jordanian air force general. joining us live from amman thank you for your time we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including a u.n. security council delegation is now in myanmar after hearing harrowing stories from the hundred refugees and on the fish joyce bombed us back why the former president of malawi has returned to the country risking arrest and as for the bron james again for his status as one of basketball's weights job will be here with more. the new u.s. secretary of state is on the final day of his diplomatic talk of the middle east

mike pompei is now in jordan where his house talks with the foreign minister he underscored the importance of jordan's fall in helping solve conflicts and neighboring countries in particular the palestinians to reengage in talks with israel while also commenting on the recent protests at the gaza israel border and what many palestinians have been killed by israeli fire. about the activities of gaza over the past days and weeks we do believe the israelis have the right to defend themselves and were fully supported. key to that as you know for us in jordan is the palestinian israeli conflict this is we believe the main cause of stability in the region and its resolution is the key to achieving the last is the lasting and comprehensive peace that we want the two state solution remains the only path to the pieces we believe in jordan it is the solution that would allow for the emergence of a an independent sovereign palestine state with his jerusalem as its capital and

the lands of june for nine hundred sixty seven there is a deadlock in peace efforts now and we know that the status quo cannot be maintained we have a difficult situation but the challenge in us all is to make sure that this difficult situation does not get worse what are the harm it has more from a mile. we have to go back to this summer when president made his resume declaration was pave the way for moving the embassy the american embassy from tel aviv and jerusalem and that is due to happen on may fourteenth ever since the palestinians have been very angered have said that the u.s. is certainly not that mediator anymore and we saw that anger also when mike pence was visiting the region he was also supposed to meet with palestinian leadership that did not happen and during this trip where from what we understand at the u.s. secretary of state didn't even make an attempt to meet with the palestinians now to

have the palestinians and israelis engage face to face directly without anyone around them that would be extremely complicated especially that if you look at the past few years well as the jordanian foreign minister said the negotiations have been all but dead there were the deadlock there is nothing that has been able to kickstart them and certainly at the moment that seems also very far away pompei of enjoyment from israel where he met prime minister benjamin netanyahu a fierce critic of the two thousand and fifteen iran nuclear deal and us president deciding if he should withdraw from that agreement that reports now from jerusalem . in the middle east. seem 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. 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 took 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 their 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 remains of people thought that 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 for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago 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 have 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 is seen as very close to president trump 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 it which even 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 tougher 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 let's get more on this now we're joined by han cole he is a distinguished visiting professor at the center for gulf studies at catholic university very good to have you with us on al-jazeera as always let's start with the latest stop in jordan and both the jordanians and the americans are maintaining

their stomps on the israeli palestinian conflict compos first trip as secretary of state and we didn't really we didn't actually hear much from him on this issue that the visit was about iran it wasn't about israel and palestine and the trump administration basically has decided to go full bore on the israeli side to marginalize the palestinians even more than they had been marginalized in the past so this trip really wasn't about that it was about putting iran on the front burner . so if it was about iran he first went to pompei office goes to saudi arabia and israel of course against iran and this nuclear deal do you think that the u.s. will pull out of it the pump it will give pretty clear indications when he was in brussels to nato that he thought trump may well pull out if some kind of fix couldn't be found for the u.s.

dissatisfactions with the deal as it now exists and if they do pull out of it what does that mean for the deal well the the deal really doesn't have much to do with the united states the iran agreed to limit its nuclear enrichment program which was always for civilian purposes nobody is accusing them of having decided to try to make a bomb but they limited even further and in response the united nations security council lifted international economic sanctions against iran none of that is changed by the u.s. pulling out except that the u.s. may attempt to use the department of treasury sanctions against european allies and china if they invest heavily in iran of course be waiting and watching that date very closely as it approaches to see what they do iran was spoken about in saudi is

while the first stop but interestingly tying iran and with the ongoing gulf diplomatic crisis saying that iran is using it in a to its advantage using the division in the gulf cooperation council and pompei also saying that there needs to be unity that's of course in the news conference but we've had reports from the new york times that he used much tougher language that it needs to end and now it's enough what do you make of all of this because it's clear that pump aoe had the state department leak a pretty robust report to the new york times. tailing his pressure on the saudi government too and the blockade of cutter to find a way forward in negotiating with carter is also being alleged that he pressured the saudis to bring the yemen war to a conclusion that has become an enormous public relations fiasco and a massive humanitarian crisis doesn't seem to be going anywhere so despite his

tough talk and that iran was behind it and so forth he seems to want actually to take yemen and then the culture crisis off the table so as to mobilize the g.c.c. against iran and it remains to be seen whether he can do that that's a call thank you very much as always for your time we appreciate it and thank you. now a u.n. security council delegation has arrived in myanma after visiting the hinge of muslims sheltering in camps across the border and that they will meet with top myanma thresholds to check on preparations for the refugees repatriation earlier they had the harrowing stories of some of the seven hundred thousand refugees who were forced to flee their homes and rock'n stays the u.n. has described it as ethnic cleansing the military led campaign against them in myanmar well federal is the director of the asia pacific program of the international commission of jurists and he says international human rights investigations are adding pressure on government to change its course. field visit

from the u.n. security council particularly one focused on human rights violations is a rare thing the security council hasn't had a field is it in southeast asia since two thousand and twelve when they visited east timor and in addition to that the i.c.c. prosecutor the prosecutor of the international criminal court has sought willing that may lead to a preliminary investigation of crimes against. the e.u. has extended its arms embargo the u.s. state department is reportedly conducting interviews in bangladesh that could be a precursor to a determination about genocide for u.s. policy purposes so there's a lot of pressure right now on the government of myanmar to respond and this is an opportunity for the government to change course and begin to cooperate with some of these inquiries there are few things it could do a front that would show its good faith to extend its cooperation to the international fact finding mission that's been mandated by the human rights council or for instance drop charges against reuters journalists wall and enjoy also who

are being prosecuted right now for it for reporting on military atrocities in rakhine so we do hope that the government will take this opportunity to take some action. well always former president joyce on the says she isn't afraid of being arrested after she returned home from four years of self-imposed exile or police have confirmed an outstanding warrant for corruption allegations that anna holmes reports. jubilant crowds good hearing to welcome home the woman made me cool. and. i'm as happy as a woman who just delivered a baby because we missed our mother joyce that is back and as free as any citizen of malawi. many supporters that feed malawi's former president might never return to four years after leaving my law we entered corruption come out joyce banda is back on home soil my thoughts are you surprised but you know if you. and i'm sure

it will that you came bundle was malawi's first female president and the second woman to lead an effort in country but that legacy is being overshadowed by the biggest financial scandal in malawi's history widely known as cash gate it came to light during her time in power politicians civil servants and business people all stand accused of pilfering tens of millions of dollars of government money through companies that didn't actually provide services more than thirty million was taken and just six months foreign donors pulled a hundred fifty million dollars in aid devastating for a country reliant on made around forty percent of its budget it also hit bundles really action bid she lost the vote in two thousand and fourteen and left malawi accused of abuse of office and money laundering the warrant for her wrist is still active speaking to al jazeera bunda said she has no reason to be afraid if she has

done nothing wrong. you know what did you do as a woman i will not be imprisoned in twenty two out so what happened before and. peter methody could took over as president come into power with a vow to clean up the system and get the a donas back but on friday thousands of malawians matched in protest at alleged corruption and poor governance during the thirty cars four years in office. bundeswehr two incomes as malawi prepares for elections next year local media reporting a possible deal between with thirty k. and panda but bandit would not be drawn on his plans for now she says she simply wants to see family and friends after four years away media on one hand and his era . in a few moments we'll have the weather with steph but still ahead on the news hour the promise of economic growth from the presidents of the u.s. and lige area together the two prepare to meet at the y.

. childs and start training his legs a back and fan goes to great heights to watch his team that's coming up with the jones for. the nice big sky used by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello there it is hot to over parts of europe at the moment it's in the eastern half where we have the hottest of the weather these pictures are from warsaw they were taken yesterday but already today the sun has returned and it's currently around twenty eight degrees so very very warm and it looks like the temperatures today will be topping out at around thirty degrees so here's the temperature chance across europe then you can see the oranges in yellow colors in the eastern half of europe indicating where the very warm weather is and this hot air gradually gets pushed eastwards as we head through the next twenty four hours or so so we'll see

more of this without war over in the east the temperatures there will be rising whereas for warsaw on tuesday the temperatures will just be easing a little bit there's likely to be the old thunderstorm too so there's the thunderstorms that we've seen already in that warm air over the eastern parts of europe but in the west of europe it's very very different it's really quite cool with this some of us have even seen some snow and this area of cloud is bringing us some very heavy downpours and some strong winds as well those winds could be gusting up to eighty or ninety kilometers per hour and we're also likely to see around seventy millimeters of rain which could give us a problem with flooding so cool lead as well as top temperature in london just of six degrees today fortunately it's warm so far. there with sponsored by qatar airways. from promising forests with drones to surviving drone to the small. award winning environmental solutions

program which homes now would move over for them to a real job but. making the people communities and organizations addressing some of the greatest man might environmental problems threatening our planet's. new season our birthright so an al-jazeera. we here to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we covered this story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have presence here all the time apart from being good government sources very important to be a journalist you know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global the policy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens there matters.

good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour these are our top stories at least eight people have been killed in missile attacks on a number of syrian military bases while the government is calling new aggression from its enemies the attacks took place and hama province and they collect our country side iranian state media denies any of it several military bases were hit despite reports that they were targeted. the new u.s. secretary of state is on the final day of his diplomatic tour of the middle east. now in jordan where he defended as rails right to protect itself when asked about as rails use of deadly force against power. in protest as in gaza and i saw has claimed responsibility for a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed at least twenty five people

the first blast went off close to afghanistan's intelligence headquarters the second was treated as people rushed to help victims. well the latest killings come a week after sixty people died in kabul during one of several attacks on voter registration sentence an explosion near another center north of the capital in baghlan province killed six people from the same family on the twentieth of april gunmen had a voter registration center in this province killing a police officer and that same week armed men killed two police officers in jalalabad city as they guarded a voting office and attackers earlier kidnapped three employees and two policemen from a voter center in goa province well let's get more on all of this now we're joined by now in kabul he is a political analyst and former journalist very good to have you with us on algis there so we are seeing yet another attack in the afghan capital and once again in an area that is supposed to be secure why isn't it.

it's because the government has continued continuously proved its failure in terms of protecting the capital and its main areas which have got routes a balik importance both in terms of protection of the terms of. you know maintaining security in order for the declared parliamentary elections and that failure has today resulted in as we've reported at least twenty five civilians killed a number of them are journalists. how worrying is that for journalists in the country and for their ability to work from. it's extremely worrying for journalists community because this attack once again

highlight the fact that afghanistan remains as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the entire world last year we lost twenty journalists in afghanistan and it seems that the president is continuing and even expanding. perpetration of such attacks is going to prove disastrous in terms of. you know journalists being able to exercise their profession. and especially as we've mentioned we've seen a number of attacks on voter registration centers across afghanistan this is ahead of parliamentary elections that are taking place in a toilet and that have been postponed over the last three years so if things continue at this rate will these parliamentary elections actually take place will the millions of afghan adults who don't have any form of identification actually be

able to register to vote. i believe it's going to be very difficult to have elections for violence continues . in afghanistan on such a large scale we have noticed. remarkable rise of violence across the country since the announcement of. the elections and a significant amount of these attacks have been directed to. you know voter registration facilities so it's going to be extremely difficult for the government to organize elections this is obvious they managed to bring down the level of violence is significant especially if you thank you very much for your time on this that's not upsetting for joining us live from kabul now sajid javid has been

appointed the new british home secretary following and divides resignation job that is the first minority politician to hold one of britain's top four government jobs his predecessor stepped down over her handling of the one brush immigration scandal deny the government had targets for the deportation of my friends but documents and her office proved otherwise let's get more on this now our correspondent charlie engine is joining us live from london things are moving very fast in the u.k. charlie what's the latest. well amber rudd had been under sustained pressure over the treatment of those wind rushed families to settle legally in post-war britain but had their right to remain questioned the final blow came when the guardian newspaper leaked documents that seemed to undermine what she had said about those deportation targets firstly she said there weren't any targets then she said she wasn't aware of any targets but now it seems that there were targets she made them and her department was aware of them so it seems that the decision for her to

resign came soley from herself the prime minister did try and persuade her not to because she was a very popular member of the conservative party in her resignation letter she says that she inadvertently misled the house of commons over those targets and but there's no accusation that she lied it just seems that she wasn't really keeping on top of all her briefs and immigration is the most political of those briefs so the prime minister has moved fast in appointing javid until a few hours ago he was the communities and housing minister now he is the first nonwhite home secretary that britain has ever had and bearing in mind that this scandal has done disastrous things for conservatives popularity among ethnic minority groups he's not a bad choice they've got local elections coming up on thursday and they're going to need to claw back those numbers now another reason he was chosen is because he was on the remains side of the bricks at issue as was the rudd and treason is going to

need to keep that delicate balance of leaver's and remain as in her cabinet going forward especially with the issue of the customs union coming up on wednesday so yes things are moving fast here in britain and we can expect to make the windrush issue an absolute priority for his new department and probably also see an inquiry into how it came about and maybe some possible reform in the home sector bob thank you very much for that charlie angela joining us live from london. now they use chief breaks and they go she said michel barnier is in arlon to discuss the potential impact of bricks that on the irish border cross over the border and visit northern ireland in the coming hours when northern ireland will be the u.k.'s only land from to you after it leaves the block both sides want to keep the border open finding a way to do that has proven elusive so far lawrence lee has more from the irish city of dunbar. this is all about the european union's chief negotiator

demonstrating that they're in listening mode and caring mode and understanding the concerns of people either side of the irish border both here in dundalk and just fifteen minutes up the road in newry the closest town in the u.k. in northern ireland this year bonnie is meeting communities individuals people from places like the chamber of trade human rights organizations young people who say they are desperately worried about the potential for the united kingdom leaving the european union leaving the customs union and potentially a hard border going up with things like road blocks separating the two countries and dividing communities a mystery body unquestionably is painting this as the organization of the european union and indeed the republic of ireland understanding what communities want listening to them saying to the united kingdom you must leave the border open you must stay in the customs union listen to the concerns of these people and

portraying it as being in stark contrast with the absolute chaos frankly is of the moment inside the u.k. government which can come up with a position in the context of the resignation of the british home secretary under rudd the divisions that we know exist inside the british cabinet over brick says this will be a chance for the chief negotiator to say to the u.k. you must change your position and tell us exactly what you want to do and really presume their advantage. now as weeks of protests continue and the gaza israel border the highest authority in the palestine liberation organization is up for election for the first time in over two decades while the palestinian national council will elect a new executive committee of the convention and it's also a platform to discuss potential successors to president abbas the pay and say has around six hundred ninety members which include representatives of various factions independent military personnel and other side. ca sions bought many of them

a boycott in the convention how mass which governs gaza the popular front for the liberation of palestine and islamic jihad or not attending but some believe the meeting is important as it's a chance to revive the palestinian national movement stephanie decker reports now from gaza. 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 and egypt's blockade but also because of the seemingly never ending infighting between the palestinian factions almost salman mohamad 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 to the lack of cash 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 fact 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 crossings between goes 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 law 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 staying away more bickering among the factions. well life here is becoming progressively worse so many people we talk to say they're fed up with all of them. no no no they do nothing for us i don't care about them. 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. condemned the council meeting saying it undermines

attempts to unify palestinian people. confirms that any council that doesn't carry the unification idea of the palestinian ranks is a council but never expresses the whole of the palestinians it is a council hits the unity of our people and it's the organization and its legitimacy and its representation over all palestinians to top. editor and democracy activists has been released from prison officer cream court judges cut has an eleven year sentence for insulting the king. to continue his calls for democracy and elections which have been delayed by the military government the campaign it was jailed five years ago articles calling for changes to the norwich protect the monarchy. the fight against boko haram will be on the agenda when president meets donald trump in washington jerry and leaders came to track of dollars of stolen or money. reports from

a. party came into office promising to defeat. but with just over a year left through the end of. their armed groups to pose a significant threat. the attacks in the northeast continue while he hopes to use his visit to washington to acquire military hardware to fight. in the heart of the nigerian president would be three prong again. to secure nigeria to revive the economy and to fight corruption in whatever we have america can collaborate with nagin in this three program again and the president will be talking with the american president of. the nigerian president is under pressure to tackle the rising violence in the country from boko haram attacks in the northeast to communal fighting in central parts of nigeria is expecting

a delivery of fighter jets and 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 is actually looking for important countries like nigeria for. political interest so. invited the nigerian president is important to see how nigeria can be offered to be part of the american west and into 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 officers 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 to save the ministration could also use a visit to father america's economic interests in africa at a time the continent is looking to china for loans on economic aid with stringent conditions. general elections next year will almost certainly be discussed by party . president trump. to head. and. it's. coming up with joe. thank. you.

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now the price of pepper around the world has fallen to add his full cost to stay low because of oversupply from vietnam and india but one remote region and southern cambodia sinks to be immune from the slump when hey reports from kampong or pharma say they produce the world's most expensive peppa. there is no machinery in sight to pick this precious commodity harvesting kempon paper is labor intensive growers say hand picking is necessary to achieve the highest quality possible behind we let them out because they had a bomb maker bought we don't use fertilizers or chemicals into whether he makes the pepper deletions and spicy it's different from other areas in cambodia in the other countries. the paper from this region has become sort after around the world two

years ago it was given protected geographical indications status by the european union it's a standard used to identify products that have a link to a specific country or region like scotch whiskey or palm a ham products from here are exported mainly to the united states europe and japan which is in contrast to pick from other parts of cambodia the cambodian pepper industry is growing quickly but outside this region it has a problem it's competing with and to a large extent relying on its neighbor vietnam which is the largest producer of pepper in the world because of a lack of infrastructure and investment cambodian paper is sent across the border through middlemen for processing cutting into farmers slim profits the cambodian government is promising to invest more in facilities and marketing as an example it's looking to the success of campout which has benefited from foreign investment and is largely self-sufficient when it comes to processing it's also been immune

from the price slump caused by oversupply that seen the price of black paper fall by around sixty percent to below three dollars a kilogram camp or prices have remained stable as high as twenty eight dollars a kilo still last year the regional so produced more than it could sell the industry leaders say done not concerned about low prices spreading to their products prices not so we call them through to the point that the method but i think you can give it a price for a. current. from the east because this is a huge market for production with growth. so yes. it's a niche market with a big price tag that at the moment other farmers around the world can only dream about wayne hay al-jazeera camp or to cambodia. it is time for sports now here's joe elizabeth thank you will the streets of boston and i have been hosting a huge party overnight after the city's top football team clinched this spanish

league title hundreds of fans turned out to celebrate bass's seventh fleet crown in ten seasons and twenty fifth overall the victory added to the cup del rey that barcelona won last week and it means that this is bosses eighth domestic double in the history of the club now all i needed was a point against deportivo to see them take the trophy but leno messi went above and beyond that he scored a hat trick to lift his team to a four to victory on sunday giving coach a nest of unvetted day the title in his first season in charge. i don't feel like someone who won the league i don't know if that's ever happened to any of you to be the coach of a team that won the league or of one in greece but it's the first time i've done it in this league like a friend of mine said i wish it went to my head and i was sitting here throwing up confetti but i'm pretty calm i think maybe as time goes by i will realise a little more that this doesn't happen every day well sunday's win also keeps

barcelona unbeaten in the league with three much is left to play as boss and continue that run they'll reach another milestone spanish football writer ben haywood talks us through barcelona's impressive season so far. doesn't have been very impressive this season you know not just this season seven titles now out of the last ten and this isn't you know impressive a little bit different in terms of in some of the last name than a world record transfer to paris and your man and list of the never came in as coaches change things around switched over for four to tighten things up it's perhaps not the. you know the you know the beautiful bustling that we've seen in recent seasons but very very effective bosses are not offensive league they've been very very strong and lean and messy you know obviously impressive tonight but interested throughout the whole season as a goal scorer and also as a creative leader is still you know for me that the best indicator of her ability

over a long season and you know boston are thirty four games as you mentioned on a big stage no team has ever won the league you know unbeaten at the end of the season so if they can achieve that and let's remember there's a classic go ahead next weekend against real madrid and it really will be an impressive achievement in the english premier league also thank his last trip to much seen i said before stepping down is also manager ended in defeat it still said wealth of anger here was given an unusually warm welcome welcome and a falls from former united manager also alex ferguson but then paul pogba gave united in the early lead before hundred atari and equalise for also just after the break and let's be heading for a draw until mom one for léonie scored the winner in injury time it means banga side a winner lists in their last eleven games at old trafford program to try to win football games and twenty five changes and so overall i'm disappointed because

we lost a game and all the rest thankfully to man united because. they had a nice gesture before the game and. the first time i get a trophy before game you know so much new. it was very classy from them the nearest team in major league soccer los angeles f.c. have have had a hollywood ending to their home debut their club has a diverse ownership group that includes actor will ferrell and basketball great magic johnson and the new stadium in downtown l.a. cost three hundred fifty million dollars a sellout crowd of twenty two thousand was on hand for the first game alone cyma sent them into a frenzy with a free kick in start stoppage time to clinch a one nil win over the seattle sounders. now when cards a shown by a ref to a player it's rarely a joking matter but an official in the dutch had a sense of humor he appeared to trip over every test on him player but the player

so it slightly differently and he tried to book the referee for diving luckily the cheeky move didn't actually get him punished for real. or for fans who often go to great lengths to support their teams travelling long distances buying expensive tickets but we think we found one of the most dedicated fans ever. this turkish no second to club delhi for was banned from the stadium for twelve months but he wasn't prepared to watch the scene on t.v. instead he rented a crane and let his fellow fans in the chance unfortunately he was later brought down by police and didn't get to see the end of his team's five nil victory. a massive hole from le bron james is help the cleveland cavaliers avoid an early exit from the n.b.a. playoffs the cavs were taken on taking on the indiana pacers and the decisive game seven on sunday defeat would see le bron missed out in the second round of the playoffs for the first time in his career and despite battling leg cramps the

thirty three year old stepped up when it mattered most scoring forty five points as the cavs prevailed one hundred five to one hundred and one of the toronto raptors of the next opponents is hard to put into words but you know that's why he's the best player on the planet. he put us on his back and you know just going to basketball facilitate and. just being aggressive. you start thinking like this it could just be known as human nature. the other side of my brain was like you know make someone known as go. just real for them a place you know you're a leader well sunday's other game so another big call this time from james harden the houston rockets star had forty one points as his team crushed the utah jazz in game one of their western conference semifinal series on monday the boston celtics stop this second round against the philadelphia seventy six ers there at the second

round of ice hockey stanley cup playoffs as well and the washington capitals level the best of seven series with the pittsburgh penguins at one one alex ovechkin scored in the second minute of the game for the capitals and they built on that for for victory came three is on tuesday in pittsburgh it was a tight game two between the nashville predators and winnipeg jets these teams were locked for four after three periods and it took double overtime to separate them kevin fiala with the winning goal for nashville as they tied their best of seven series at one one. the new york yankees on an amazing run in major league baseball they won their ninth consecutive game on sunday c.c. sabathia struck out for a while or two run homer from gary sanchez helped the yankees to a two one victory over the los angeles angels who are missing the injured sure hey tony. a brazilian surfer has been officially recognized as new world record holder

for the biggest wave ever ridden roderigo pasha was confirmed as setting a new log at the big wave awards on sunday he surfed this wave last november off the portuguese coast measured up at twenty four point three eight meters based on the previous best by just sixty one centimeters and to put that into a little bit of context that's just over eight stories tall. another award given out on sunday was the biggest wipeout of the it happened on the same day and at the same event british surfer andrew cotton got the t.v. a sauna dissipates into the surf in spectacular style and that is all the sport for now but that as incredible stuff thank you joe and that does it for this news out have another full news bulletin for you in just a few but it. because

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