politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. he was the world's most wanted man the last meeting i had with him was off to the. bin laden was very nervous about nature has not met a western reporter patrol in part two of an exclusive two part documentary all jazeera speaks to those who met osama bin ladin he never showed up to the cheatwood near the west our new bin ladin continues.

lebanon awaits the results of parliamentary elections but unofficial reports say gains for iranian backed hezbollah. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. in this sworn in as russian president for the fourth time becoming the longest serving leader since stalin. europe steps up efforts to save the iran nuclear deal france says it britain and germany will stick to the agreement irrespective of the u.s. decision. and builds on a yemeni island over the presence of saudi and iraqi troops.

parliamentary elections according to unofficial results being cited by politicians . but how surprising all these unofficial results. more than. expected in one way or another why because. of course a representative of the. other group.

did not split. unlike for example. a stronghold of the prime minister. a number of seats. and one of the reasons why of course. there were many sunni politicians buying for. opposition from within his own community so he lost as a result. of the show results. clearly. a number of.

excitement surrounding them but it seems that the turnout is much lower than it was nine years ago less than fifty percent. well there was a lot of. our. saying well. they're not. some neighborhoods. they haven't. changed. and they were. because they were. taking part.

one so far only. two that's going to be very hard really to break the monopoly of the political establishment in this country and. sign up for the moment thanks very much. from. being sworn in as russia's president for the fourth time in office until twenty twenty four hussein was reelected easily in moscow percent of the votes. as president or prime minister eighteen is. with more. for presidential having the biggest election victory of his career he is seen by many russians these days as a kind of father of the nation. the last eighteen years of his rule have been a project stripping the country of any meaningful political. doctoring and

tailoring the media landscape so that critical voices are hardly ever heard when antigovernment protests do take place as they did over the weekend in many russian cities they often results in thousands of arrests when you ask russians what they like about hootin they say well this is what they told the polling organization levada recently that he has made russia great again he has essentially stopped the country from falling apart and so for many russians there is no real political alternative to let him leave who says he's the only person they can see in the role now this carries problems of course because russia has a constitution the constitution says that you can only serve to presidential terms back to back after that you have to step away so what happens at the end of this second of the two allow presidential terms he will have to find some way of

ducking away from from the presidency will he come back to in the future that's a question we don't know the answer to yet the other problem he faces over the next six years is whether or not he can use some of the methods that he's previously used. tub thumping national pride boosting measures like an exciting crimea and getting more involved in conflicts around the world can he keep on using those things to paper over the widening cracks in in russia's social fabric or will you have to work out new methods for doing that there are numerous problems that russia has economically and socially that his long rule has not found a solution to and it seems that he is concentrating at the moment on returning russia to the international stage and has not yet found an adequate way of dealing with russia's many. domestic problems. the french foreign minister says european

powers will stick to the terms of the two thousand and fifteen iran u.k. agreement irrespective of whether the us stays in or pulls out their joint press conferences german counterpart said he can see no reason to scrap the deal now this comes as britain's foreign secretary is in washington trying to persuade the trumpet ministration to stay in the agreement for as johnson's visit comes soon after the efforts by many. to persuade donald trump don estabrook reports with the may twelfth deadline just days away president donald trump's new legal advisor offered this assessment of the iran nuclear deal to a gathering of iranian dissidents in washington what do you think is going to happen to that agreement. that nuclear agreement. was president trump a longtime critic of the pact is threatening to pull out of the deal by saturday unless it can be improved on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani offered

a stern warning this solves mommy and energy i tell me if america leads to nuclear accord it will soon see that this will until historic remorse for it to shine in the united states along with four other countries and the european union signed the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran in twenty fifteen. under the j. c.p.o. way iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for the easing of sanctions president trump says the deal was flawed from the start in part because it allows some nuclear provisions to sunset in two thousand and twenty five. he's also blasted iran for its use of ballistic missiles in the region and has accused iran of supporting terrorism european allies have been pressing the u.s. president not to scrap the deal you came media say british foreign minister boris johnson is traveling to washington to meet with senior administration officials on the issue so it is really that visit followed similar meetings in washington last

month with french president emmanuel mccrone and german chancellor angela merkel who both agree the pact isn't perfect but think it can be improved in an interview on sunday britain's ambassador to the u.s. expressed optimism about keeping the u.s. in the deal. issues we have ideas we think that we can you can find some language produce much and that meets the president's concerns there are reports that former secretary of state john kerry who helped negotiate the j.c. under president barack obama is also meeting with foreign leaders to save the deal some republicans in congress say they aren't opposed to scrapping it but advised the president to be careful you need to have a clearer idea about next steps if we are going to pull out president trump maintains he still hasn't made up his mind what he'll do but time is running out dion estabrook al-jazeera washington. rebel fighters has

a living enclave near the syrian city of homs under a deal brokered by russia a number of factions of homs the heavy weapons of the syrian army fighters are being taken to rebel held areas in the north a payment has also allowed the process of reopening the highway between homs and hama to begin it's being close to seventy is. but the rebels in yemen have launched more missiles into saudi arabia they were aimed at several military targets in the natural on border region in comic sites including oil storage areas were also said to be hit saudi arabia says as a defense systems were able to shoot down some of the missiles in the last few hours. strikes have hit the presidential office in the capital sana'a the city is controlled by the rebels at least six people have been killed the head of a provincial council in southern yemen is criticizing what he calls the un justifies saudi and military presence on an island in the arabian sea protests

began when emre troops forced yemenis to leave on thursday the island and seaport with easy access to the horn of africa yemen's prime minister describes the troops to play meant as an assault on the sovereignty. these forces are present in psychiatry or in volumes that can be understood there are illegitimate troops in these areas are there forces that belong to the who teach to be fought by the coalition here the answer is a big no. so ahead here on al-jazeera. praying for peace the attack on a church in central nigeria that is dividing this community plus. i'm lee wellings of malard cricket club in dublin which is about to start on islands first of a cricket test against pakistan.

welcome back cross northeastern parts of asia this weather system has given us a lot of rain and anti there's a risk of landslides across parts of japan as a result now this system is going to gradually work its way through but there will be wanted to little wriggles on it so the waves on this front will bring rain up again from the south but during tuesday's should be a good deal drier for tokyo much of a colorado sticking into drawing clear and then heading through into wednesday we see a little pulse of rain maybe giving some eyebrows of rain in tokyo for a time elsewhere fine across the korean peninsula so good for beijing there twenty nine degrees certainly woman that is further south in shanghai data across more southern portions of china we have got some rain to contend with in the forecast stretching across the far south away towards hong kong further towards unorthodox it should be fine in shanghai staying dry throat but gerry some heavy rain

developing is ahead on through into wednesday a few showers across indochina heading into southeastern parts of asia looking good for the philippines dry for most places manila thirty five degrees showers across borneo much of java valley lombok looking fine sunshine here looking fine choose day through kuala lumpur and singapore but the risk of showers increase on wednesday and we could see one of two showers affecting bangkok. sixty seven. promise for one people. but. the blair to be establishment of the jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration change the middle east. seeds of discord on al-jazeera.

again you're watching and as there has reminder of our top stories this hour the counting of votes is underway in lebanon's palm entry elections as blah supporters are celebrating unofficial preliminary reports that show games for the shiite muslim group and its allies official results are expected and a few hours time. the french foreign minister says his country will stick to the terms of the iran nuclear agreement irrespective of whether the u.s. stays or pulls out his german counterpart said he could see no reason to scrap the deal. in washington trying to persuade the trump administration to also stay.

about a man putin's been sworn in as russia's president for the fourth time and becomes the longest serving me this is stalin he won nearly eighty percent of votes when reelected in march he's already been empowered as president or prime minister for eighteen years. tunis is not a posse is claiming victory in the country's first local elections since the two thousand and eleven arab spring the conservative party says it's ahead of its secular rival nidal tunis by about five percent mohamed reports. the party supporters are jubilant after unofficial results show eighty five percent of the party won twenty seven point five percent of the votes it's made right from the need to spot the second with twenty two percent both coalition partners in the current government has them as his party victory is very important for tunisia and

for the democratic transition we don't yet have final results but the first clues show progress of enough and its success. sunday's municipal elections are the first to be held in tunisia since the revolution that and the dictatorial rule of president ben ali seven years ago around fifty seven thousand candidates have run for office in three hundred and fifty municipalities forty nine percent are women and more than half are under thirty five the poll is seen as an important step to words tunisia's transition to democracy and consolidating the gains of the revolution people are proud that their country wasn't just the birthplace of the arab spring but also its only success story so far and there's been a serious will hence as you see it the political system which we have achieved since two thousand and fourteen called partnership there is consensus this choice to support reforms will remain because it has for reference the two thousand and fourteen elections the elections were meant to be

a way of giving more power to municipal councils nationwide a worrying aspect is the low turnout of just thirty four percent only one in three eligible voters cast their ballot analysts see that as a result of voter frustration with the performance of elected officials they won't have any ground then they think they mean. they will not be able. to make ration more and more objective really good life in the country demoralized by high unemployment and weak economy and years of austerity young tunisians are demanding more than just the right to choose leaders and the lack of trust in leaders promises led to protests in january about the state of the economy how to divide our deceive you. and sasha was accusing egypt of using solitary confinement as torture but egypt's government has rejected the amnesty report which

says dozens of human rights activists journalists and opposition supporters face horrendous physical obese behind bars. want hussein is amongst those detained by egypt he's been in the vip from jail for more than five hundred days he was detained without charge by authorities in two thousand and sixteen on holiday in cairo. and international human rights organizations have repeated the egyptian authorities to release jailed journalists from his same volley as in egypt campaign as amnesty international he says the conditions faced by those in solitary confinement in egypt presents a horrific. climate to egypt very anonymous sources because of such treatment prisoners suffer in secret you can find not only r.c.m.p. interview treated but actually have to seen since sometimes over four twenty five or twenty four hours a day living alone incidents with absolutely no meaningful human contact with no

more with only five minutes to go to pass from most. very poor ventilation with without result. sometimes with denial of family visits the cells are very filthy people have to sleep on the ground and support for extended to person experience not to mention that i see some substance abuse first printing been serious for over four years. one of the last bastions of free press in cambodia has been sold to a businessman with links to the government the plan penned post has been brought from a strain. sivakumar g. prime minister hun sen has cracked down on independent media in the past year journalists complain of harassment by secret police and several outlets have been shut down reporters without borders say independent media is in ruins and reporters operates in

a climate of terror cambodia supremes court has rejected the request to release form opposition leader chems so car ahead of his trial so karr was arrested in september on treason charges has been in pretrial detention ever since he denies all allegations against him in haiti has more from bangkok. this is really now the end of the line for him so car when it comes to taking this case through the courts to try to have his pretrial detention nullified this all started in september when he was arrested on treason charges and then in march the municipal court in the capital phnom penh ruled that that initial period of six months could be extended by another six months that was appealed unsuccessfully by kim so cause a legal team and now the supreme court has upheld the decision by those two lower courts so he can now be held until september and crucially that takes us past the

general election in july and of course critics of the government led by prime minister hun sen say that is what this is all about it's about stamping out any significant opposition to the ruling cambodian people's party in that election there's also over the past year and a half been a significant crackdown on independent media in cambodia and now we've had what was really seen as the last truly independent outlets in cambodia being sold this is the phnom penh post it is being sold to a an investor in malaysia who also owns a public relations firm that has among others counted among its clients the cambodian prime minister who in sin so clearly that raised a lot of concerns the phnom penh post ran a story about the sale about who the publication was being sold to and the new company owners ordered that that story be taken down now we've had the editor in

chief of the phnom penh post on monday being fired and several of the editorial staff at the publication resigning from their position so clearly this is being seen as further deterioration in the media landscape in cambodia. in nicaragua a commission has been set up to investigate the killing of at least forty five protesters during anti-government demonstrations more rallies have been held to demand justice for the dead protest against the president started last month when daniel ortega proposed reforms to social security spending plans were abandoned following widespread protests funerals have been held for some of the forty five people killed by attackers in northern nigeria bandits raises a village on could do in a state on saturday region seen an increase in violence by cattle rustlers and gangs disputes over territory are continuing to escalate elsewhere in nigeria president obama do biharis government is under pressure to prevent such attacks

ahead of elections next year to milan and again reports from benny state an attack on a church it's a fighting a community the police are taking us to a small town called it's in bend with state in central nigeria but long is a small farming community a place with no history of violence until now there are photos of tool. because. the attacker was devastating for people here they accuse ethnic feel any herdsman of being behind the attack there was a morning mass here when a group of gunmen stormed the church and started firing people say the shooting lasted for over an hour sixteen churchgoers died that day including two priests and

children. there have been disputes over land across central nigeria between mostly christian farming communities and muslim herdsman for many years people here say they are afraid because the attack in belong is creating divisions they say the attackers wanted to provoke religious conflict and they call on the government to put a stop on this now are for government to exist will it get him isn't he was our capacity to stop people from killing our people no why should i not a woman if one. should die we should be able to be free i say clock in our environment to mean what to do our walk to fatwa and to wash it got their freedom conjugal cry but the moment you try to color it in terms of tribes in terms of political mission in terms of religion you know a difference in the purpose for the fight and that is well been told in the people

so fight for all. the. many here fear the attack on the church was intended to sell fear and hatred between communities and this is why this plight the violence people here continue to preach they say that for generations they have always lived peacefully together despite the religious differences what binds them together they say is chunkier of then the killings in the village of. duggan al jazeera been with state central nigeria. starbucks says it's entered into a seven point one five billion dollar deal with nestlé to form what it calls a global coffee alliance agreement gives the swiss food giant the right to sell starbucks products around the world outside of the company's coffee shops some five hundred starbucks employees will also be joining us says rights under the deal

which has yet to be approved by regulators there's a week ireland will finally play its first ever test cricket match after pushing to be part of the sports elite game for decades pakistan are a point for the historic fixture. reports cricket is being played in ireland for over two hundred years but they've not been part of the one hundred forty one years of the most prestigious form of the going test cricket until now. the malahide ground in dublin is about to stage olens historic first test with pakistan on the visitors it's been a long struggle to be recognised a quick its top table. auden's team features experience pros many who have played in english county cricket around the globe but this is the moment that craved every time we've kind of been given obstacles got passed was we've done a work culture we've produced the results against big teams and we've been knocking on the door so to finally you know get the appreciation i got that chance at the

top is going to be great but this was ruled as stand accused of favoring the established powerful nations. expensive those who were growing the guy the bosses of world cricket the i.c.c. have reduced the amount of teams in next year's world cup from fourteen to ten now in a brutally difficult qualifying competition in zimbabwe the west indies took one of the qualifying spots and the other one went to the new test nation afghanistan but that meant there was no price for ireland in the past if these players wanted to play test cricket that have to switch their allegiance to england brian boating here was the hero went on and famously beat england in the two thousand and eleven world cup the big pakistan in its autumn of four years earlier the i.c.c. one the guy says they would view the decision to reduce while cup places a clear admission of a mistake but to life on and it was absolutely heartbreaking it was especially when it comes down to the last game. so like obviously there's just

a minor difference between the teams who went through the last of the teams who didn't so it's just a shame really because if you look at like other sports like football or whatever they have there are more teams involved in the world cups that's the only way to grow the sport the effects on the interest and on the finances of irish cricket could be irreparably damaging so they need test cricket to succeed and to attract jarosz public how do you sell how do you market a five day game to a public it's only used to a game that sort of lasts six seven hours well we do it by saying be part of history come and watch up a major to you know your major sport come up play against one of the world's finest so you get a positive response. probably all. i can't control the decision making of pickett's bosses and i can't control the unpredictable skies over dublin in my but i can demonstrate on the field why on and should have been parts of pickett's pier was told with the guy long before now they want to have a doubling. of the world's best surface have been going head to head in california

over the past few days but not in the ocean and so they've been competing also official waves at the found us cup the artificial wave pool is the brainchild of champions half a kelly slater has taken ten years to develop as compete on identical sized ways mean meaning competitions come down purely to technique a combined well team won the in the world title ahead of brazil places team usa had to settle behind them. that they should be very inefficient. in the water pushing the sprawl off. why did that swell. somewhat on the solitary. or funny but if it's everybody at a. race. all the top surfers in the world of the marching course everyone is saying. it's

really fun to make it bigger smaller faster slower. regions. go without is there are these all top stories the shia group hezbollah and its allies are reported to be making gains in lebanon's parliamentary elections that's according to unofficial preliminary results being cited by politicians and lebanese media. is expected to be announced in the next few days it has been possible to have already been out celebrating things have been the first parliamentary elections and nine he is. the french foreign minister says his country will stick to the terms of the iran nuclear agreement irrespective of whether the u.s. stays or pulls out at a joint press conference his german counterpart said he can see no reason to scrap the deal and it comes as britain's foreign secretary is in washington trying to persuade the trunk of ministration to stick with the agreement that amir putin has

been sworn in as russia's president for the fourth time in was reelected easily in march getting nearly eighty percent of the votes he's already been in power as president or prime minister for eighteen years. the rebels in yemen have launched more missiles into saudi arabia they were aimed at several military targets at the natural border region economic sites including oil storage areas were also said to be hit saudi arabia says its edge offense systems were able to shoot down some of the missiles in the last few hours saudi led coalition air strikes have hit the presidential office in the capital sana'a the city is controlled by the rebels at least six people were killed one of the last bastions of free press in cambodia has been sold to a businessman with links to the government the phnom penh post has been bought from its history in. both sivakumar ji promise zones and has cracked down on independent

media in the past year complain of her assessment by secret police and several outlets have been shut down starbucks says it has entered into a seven point one five billion dollar deal with nestlé to form what it calls a global coffee alliance agreement gives the swiss food giant the right to sell starbucks products around the world outside of the company's coffee shops some five hundred starbucks employees will also be joining nestle's ranks under the deal which is yet to be approved by regulators as i headlines more news here on al-jazeera of the inside story. the united states navy is.