as we head into wednesday more of us getting away with a dry day but we'll still see some rather lively showers through jamaica through cuba and up into the bahamas as well if we had down towards south america well here it's now a little cooler for us in santiago i am one is always we do have some showers around and some of them rather life.

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us president says his decision on whether to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal on tuesday america's allies have been trying to convince trying to preserve the international agreement which has limited iran's nuclear capabilities has more from the white house. after months of diplomacy and high level meetings at the white house between the u.s. president and his counterparts of france germany and a monday the foreign secretary of the u.k. donald trump announced he had finally made his decision trump tweeted he would make his decision public on tuesday or whether to withdraw the united states from the iran nuclear agreement. the announcement follows a last minute effort by u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson to persuade try to keep the u.s. within the deal even with top trump administrators including secretary of state

mike pump aoe but not donald trump in the absence of a presidential meeting johnson penned an editorial in the new york times newspaper and has been appearing on multiple u.s. t.v. networks urging trump to remain in the agreement he will be tougher on iran but not throw away that the the heart of the deal which is all about stopping then getting a nuclear weapon the deal was negotiated in twenty fifty and under the administration of u.s. president barack obama and included other european countries as well as russia and china it's designed to contain iran's nuclear program for civilian use only. trouble was to get out of the deal unless it's fixed to address iran's missile program and tehran's other military activities in the region on monday on twitter he called the deal a mess and criticized the man who helped negotiate it former secretary of state

john kerry along with the president trump advisor rudolph giuliani is also criticizing kerry and what they call his shattered diplomacy this follows media reports kerry recently met with the iranian foreign minister job as a reef at the united nations i don't think that we would take advice from somebody who created what the president sees to be one of the worst deals ever made is the labor. signal u.s. president donald trump is preparing to withdraw from the iran deal still france britain and germany have indicated they'll remain in the agreement regardless of the u.s. decision kimberly healthy at al-jazeera at the white house well the iranian president says he is committed to the deal as long as iran's interests are protected. your own chim are down about a job. regarding the nuclear agreement if our interests and objectives are protected by other parties to the agreement except america and we will be committed to it if america leaves the agreement it will not mean anything actually it will

mean that the agreement got rid of evil that used to live inside it however if our objectives and interests are not protected we will choose our way if america's goal is to weaken iran we confirm that we will face that forcefully and with no hesitation or going back any american mistake or miscalculation will be met with a strong response that will make it regret it and feel like it is committed a strategic mistake. well let's get more on this law we're joined by garth bond and andy gallagher has life arise and washington d.c. and an eleventh hour letter and a from democrat senators to the president urging him not to withdraw from the deal. your twelve prominent democrats putting forward this letter this eleventh hour letter as you said no surprise really remember it was the democrats and the obama administration that put this agreement in place in twenty fifteen they strongly believe that this nuclear deal is the best deal possible under the circumstances for the safety of the region let's just read you one quick ed from that letter from those twelve democrats it says in part if

the united states unilaterally withdraw from the g. c.p.o. way iran could either remain in the agreement and seek to isolate the united states from our closest partners or resume its nuclear activities are the scenario would be detrimental to our national security interests and it's not just the democrats in this country that feel strongly that this agreement should stay in place of course you have you saw there in cambridge report that you had the home secretary from the united kingdom boris johnson here on monday merkel has been speaking to the president as well as president mccrone of france they have all urged president trump to keep on working with the other people in this deal to keep it in place boris johnson perhaps put it most succinctly he said look it's not the perfect deal but do not mr president throw the baby out with the bathwater but given that everything that donald trump has said about this deal with including that it's the worst deal ever. is that

a certainty andy that he will leave leave it. well nothing with this president is certain remember that we did with the nafta deal he talked about leaving that all together is now renegotiating with these different trade partners it's not certain what he will do a president micron when he was in washington d.c. told a group of reporters that he thinks the president will pull out of the deal for domestic reasons in other words to carry to fulfill those campaign promises he made when he was running for president remember he's never made any bones about this he says this iran nuclear deal is a horrible deal he doesn't think america gets anything out of it he says he's also worried about iran's missile program and iran's what he calls its activities supporting terrorists in the middle east he also thinks that they're not even sticking to the deal something that many human yet knew or who are. also backs up so at the moment you've got all of trump's allies from one side whispering in his

ear telling him to keep and stay in this deal it's the best we can do of a bad situation and you've got people like netanyahu saying something entirely different i think one of the key questions here is that if trump on tuesday afternoon announces that the united states is pulling out of this deal where does that leave your up where does that leave france britain germany in the other part is they seem to be saying that they will stay in the deal will the united states penalize them for that will they leave them alone for that it's all coming down to the eleventh hour it really depends what president trump says but the ramifications for the region for this partnership between europe and the united states all of it is on the table and thank you very much for that is andy gallagher joining us live from washington d.c. well the nuclear agreement was one of barack obama's signature foreign policy achievements but donald trump has called it one of the worst deals in history it was signed by the five permanent members of the u.n. security council germany the e.u. and iran in july two thousand and fifteen and week later it was endorsed by u.n.

security council resolution of an equation reduce the number of sent. of huge machines from twenty thousand to about five thousand to ten years of centrifuges and needed to enrich uranium a material that can be used to make a nuclear bomb have been pledged to enrich a maximum three point six seven percent of its uranium for fifteen years additional limits were put on its research and development of advanced centrifuges have also been moved to the core of its main heavy water reactor and filled it with cement it's not allowed to build any new reactors for fifteen years to be sure that iran is complying inspectors from the international atomic energy agency have access to its nuclear sites and exchange for all of this the us and un agree to the sanctions but they can be imposed again evolve as found to be violating the deal well at a shot of measures a national security and foreign policy analyst and he says donald trump would be taking a huge risk if he pulls out of the agreement without a plan b.

well about this not a perfect it is not perfect has a lot of flaws it's imperfect but again without a good replacement and also without a global malty party agreement that includes all the p five p. five p. five plus one iran and the united states any idea railing of this agreement will be disastrous and it's just going to embolden the hardliners in iran to do what they do and again as i said nothing. we do doesn't mean that iran hey there is just this particular issue president from a huge risk making a mistake without being a good backup on. our friends in germany and britain and france and so on and so forth. so they want to watch the news they. continue as lebanon's prime minister on a sectarian power sharing system despite his poor showing and. says.

to have lost a third of it seeing its preliminary results show that. in more than half the seats in parliament. there was a clear winner and lebanon's election. hezbollah and its political allies won the majority of seats in parliament it's being seen by some as a victory for iran the group is backed by iran it's the only lebanese party that has an armed wing and its electoral gains further empowers it politically hezbollah's leader called for cooperation. before the poll i stressed that there is a reality in lebanon and that is that no one can eliminate the other even if we have disagreements we want political stability we need to cooperate. the general elections was a loss for lebanon's prime minister saddle had no longer heads the largest block in

the legislature but he still retains the majority of seats allocated to suddenly muslims how did he faced opposition from within his own community have accused him of being too lenient with hezbollah which is fighting in neighboring syria when asked if he plans to change that approach the prime minister said the focus should be on development and improving the lebanese economy. i disagree with them on many issues and will continue to disagree with them but what do i told the lebanese people. working on services like electricity water roads and instead focus on political challenge levanon can't handle political crises. clearly indicating his willingness to continue working with his political rivals he has led a national unity government since late two thousand and sixteen a cabinet that includes members of hezbollah. and the last election in two thousand and nine it was the pro western approach saudi alliance headed by saddle that won

the majority of seats in parliament since then iran's influence has been growing not just here in lebanon but across the region and it has been at the expense of saudi arabia. saudi arabia used to play a role in lebanese politics. for the better. i would be a was busy with other conflicts in the region like yemen the war there is a priority for riyadh but also saudi arabia was aware that there are lies in lebanon where no longer united and they couldn't be a force to confront his blog but riyadh will not leave the ground for iran. for now however there is little indication that lebanon is heading towards political instability lebanese politicians are talking about putting their differences aside and now that the election is over. beirut. nigeria's ami has confirmed it's rescued more than

a thousand captives the hostages were rescued from several villages in borno state that mainly women and children and some young men who were forced to become fighters for the operation involved twenty two and the multinational joint task force. the capital. the one thousand people who have been rescued by the military actually rescued were actually rescued along around the bomb area which is on the fringes of the some piece of forest with no and i've heard of boko haram fighters trying to infiltrate that particular area and they've extended actually they reach into neighboring adam our state where some book or i'm sure said bomb was detonated bombs last weekend killing at least fifty people in the town of movie they've also from that particular area extended their reach into cameroon so the fighters actually members of the multinational joint task force that. comprises soldiers from cameroon nigerian child republic as well as being

a republic which is not directly affected by yet it's contributing forces to the fight against now that is called named operation d. point it's holding simultaneously as the army or regional forces launched another operation called operation last all on the shores of the lake chad try getting particular islands why they suspect a book. and i carry from where they're carrying attacks now that particular faction is actually are like to this next state in west africa a group that the military in the region is trying to see that they've been denied access to arms and ammunition and freedom to operate in that part of. the world. we value. the women who. are torturing it's.

completely destroying. the world. committed to getting the child. would be the first woman to run the. confirmation hearing amid criticism of. torture against. who is gina housefull the intelligence veteran endorsed by six former cia heads to

become the agency's next director she is not only a highly respected nominee but she is among the most qualified that will ever serve in that role or as critics have called her the head cheerleader for waterboarding it sends a signal to the rest of the world that we do not value human rights and the people who engage in even the worst acts of torture are supervised people who do so can end up becoming cia director and serve at the highest levels of government house who ran a secret cia prison in thailand after the nine eleven attack under her watch at least one terrorism suspect was water boarded and has pulled later ordered videotapes showing enhanced interrogation sessions to be destroyed a senate report labeled those techniques torture it's very concerning because those of us that worked on the torture report know some things that are classified and. that this is an important part of this woman's career the cia has selectively

declassified some details on how schools thirty three years working for the agency from an undercover agent in africa and eurasia the chief of station in several overseas postings to deputy director but last week haskell reportedly offered to withdraw her nomination to lead the agency telling the white house she didn't want to have a confirmation hearing that may potentially damage the cia's reputation president trump pushed back monday tweeting my highly respected nominee for cia director gina haskell has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists haskell's test before the senate is scheduled on wednesday where tough questions will surely await hijau castro al-jazeera washington. u.s. vice president mike pence has called on the old guys ation of american states to drop venezuela's membership he also urged the president to suspend the elections

scheduled for later this month saying that be a shadow i call on all of our freedom loving neighbors in this hemisphere to take three concrete actions the time has come first and foremost to cut off venezuela's corrupt leaders from laundering money through your financial systems secondly the time has come to enact these are restrictions that prevent venezuela's leaders from entering your nations and finally we call on all freedom loving nations across our hemisphere to hold me accountable for destroying venezuela democracy. meanwhile my daughter has expressed solidarity with his palestinian counterpart during much more the botha's visit to caracas mother has proposed further economic cooperation with palestine and to use a government that cryptocurrency for transactions but as well as longstanding diplomatic relations with palestine recorded some bass there from tel aviv during

israel's two thousand and fourteen gaza war. we hope that sooner rather than later on the basis of international rights under the united nations mandate the negotiations that will return to palestine its territory and the right to exist or resumed. i have also proposed that the palestine been as well a commission except the petro as a crypto currency for the exchange of commerce the payment of transactions and the creation of a binational fund for financing for the joint palestine venezuelan development in which we will contribute twenty million peytral for technological and industrial development between our nations. now argentina's foreign currency and a recent interest rate hike could for threaten the much needed economic reforms promised by the government when he came to power two years ago president but he's here mark evolved to attract foreign investment after years of isolation but his

plans now hang in the balance as to raise a boy reports. came to power in argentina in a suprising victory over two years ago. following eight years of tight currency controls during the government of cristina fernandez occasionally he's promised to reconnect the country with the world's financial markets appeal to the majority but for now things are not going as planned argentina has chosen a path of a gradual approach toward solving very deep economic problems that it has for many decades this gradual approach has its shortcomings. solutions are not easy solutions are not fast our results are coming out slow so some people that have you know very fast expectations that this would be a quick solve clearly they were wrong i am actually has been reluctant to implement shock austerity measures that we heard the countries most fond of and that's why

inflation and deficits continue to be the main economic problems and that's why workers have been taken to the streets on a regular basis to fight for salary increases until now argentina has relied on foreign debt to cover the fiscal deficits. they are for every piece of deficit there is a place served the did this growing instead of the international markets the problem is when you try to cover your dificid with dish and the type of crisis that can bring about last week the economy seemed to be out of control when policymakers had to raise the benchmark interest rate to forty percent in an attempt to stop investors from taking their money out of the country. was the central bank's governor for almost six years he says the government made a mistake i think it was a mistake from the government to allow foreigners to buy notes from the central bank the notes of the central bank are used to absorb excess liquidity but excess

local liquidity so we should be allowed to absorb not to bring in dollars as you do with other bonds and that's one of the reasons why argentina is on the edge once again i didn't seem to have had a history of hyperinflation and the economic crisis and that's why people do you worry when the u.s. dollar starts going up on the central banks start selling billions of dollars worth of research the government. says it has taken the necessary measures to control the situation but many here are wondering whether it would be enough for the government has vowed to cut back on government spending even. more to reduce the deficit the impact is likely to be seen on the streets in the weeks ahead. to hawaii now where emergency teams are asking more people to move as new fissures have opened up pushing more lava out of the ground and into residential areas

dozens of homes have been destroyed killer way or has also been a toxic gas into the air since it's of option on thursday around two thousand people have been evacuated so far well let's get more on this now our correspondent rob reynolds is joining us live from hole so more people being asked to leave their homes but are they listening rob. well in fact elizabeth the people are being allowed to go back to their homes a stance of lea to. salvage their possessions and some of the traffic that you see on the main highway behind me consists of people who are going into lay loni estates the most active volcanic area and trying to get their personal possessions out but some people are staying and we've talked to officials who do acknowledge that people are staying despite the risks and they are willing to take those risks which include as you mentioned the presence of toxic sulfur dioxide gas and we were

able to take a brief about an hour and a half long visit inside lee lonnie estates. escorted by a specialist from the hawaii national guard who's trained in in chemical and biological warfare he had a monitor with him to monitor the sulfur dioxide i asked him if the that gas could cause unconsciousness or death and he said yes it certainly could with with the right concentrations that we also saw people in the process of getting their personal possessions out of their homes that are threatened by the eruption i talked to a young man eighteen years old he said he was helping his family and he'd never lived in any other place in his life he lived in that home his entire life he seemed to be almost in shock and on unable to really process what had happened in such a very short period of time talk to his dad who said looks like we're going to lose

everything but you know that is the risk that you take for living on the flanks of the volcano we went up as close as we could to the actual lava flow is a fresh lava flow that was cooling and about as close. but from where i'm standing for that sign there i stood and it was like standing in front of an oven just an intense heat and that was a fresh lava flow something that had flowed in the last twelve twenty four hours or so masses of magma covering a road and behind it of course unfortunately destroying many houses and we've seen a lot of people here who are asking questions when they're going to be able to go home no one really knows the governor of hawaii david eagleman gave a press interview earlier today said it seems that the volcanic activity has eased off somewhat there's

a slight pause in the intensity but whether that means that this episode is over or will begin again or what really only the mountain knows rob thank you very much for that that is robert analyst joining us live from. hawaii thank you. but to kenya now a heavy rains have destroyed large swathes of farmland and displaced a quarter of a million people accost wanted to enter someone's travel to khalifa county to meet pharmacies have lost their land. nothing could stop the sabbat the river from destroying them that provided people with something near to self-sufficiency with abundance of fruits and vegetables used to grow here in third. that's been replaced by silty sand these are only a few of the farmers who have lost their livelihoods my land was around the corner there. like everyone else spent on tin katana has no insurance to cover his

losses that. may have been a thing this was the schooling of. all the. it one of the places that escape the floods this is how it should be two crops of maize a year but people may be poor but it's rich land the original course of this river was right over there beside the tree line it didn't just burst its banks it changed course completely surging right across this land destroying homes farms and all of the crops the danger now is that the false is here right across this bank a short distance away this family is afraid they could lose everything to the floods that changing lives making more people dependent on aid right now longer term many will consider moving to towns following the path of urbanization the

nearest town is melinda and jobs here are hard to find. back beside this a back a river it's raining again and these farmers what the kenya government to do more efficient now is but. everybody is crying here. not all one family about a thousand families are crying because they've got little lost everything i think we'll see you know ten days or so but block. already been displaced. the the people are now dependent on hard pressed to beat demand and the government is coming under heavy pressure to devote more resources to the crisis andrew simmons. still ahead. of the presidential office and. killing at least six people.

to join the protest movement and. which is about. from brisk listening. to the i'm trying to this of southeast asia. hello there the rain is gradually beginning to pep up over parts of china once more the last system looks like it's trying to clear away but don't choose they still just about clinging on to this little patch here just in the northern parts of vietnam and into the southern parts of china and then on wednesday it will spread further northward so it's here across the growing she in guangdong province and then working its way northward all the way up into going she

said lots of heavy downpours here the east coast isn't looking too bad shanghai getting to around twenty three degrees a bit further towards the south a look at the showers that we've got over vietnam and into cambodia they really get going at the end of the satellite sequence and i think over the next few days we'll see more showers get going here as we head through tuesday and wednesday that also be spreading down through thailand as well to the south of that there's a better chance of a joyous day so looks like there were a few of showers in kuala lumpur and singapore as well as we head across towards borneo always more showers here to the south of that though it is dry in java over towards india and for most of us it's been fine and dry but hot recently and now things are beginning to change this area of town is working its way in from pakistan and so forth in new delhi there's a chance of seeing more in the way of cloud perhaps a few showers on choose day but heavier rain though will be to the north. the weather sponsored by cats own and grease. on counting the cost

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good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news our top stories u.s. president donald trump says he'll announce his decision on whether to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal on tuesday america's allies have been trying to convince them to stay in the deal which is limited iran's nuclear capabilities. nigeria's army has confirmed its rescue is more than a thousand captives the hostages were rescued from several villages and foremost state mainly women and children and some young men. said to continue as lebanon's prime minister under the sectarian power sharing

system despite losing a third of the seats from the mary results from sunday's election. and its allies winning more than half the seats in parliament. matthew levitt is the director of the counterterrorism program at the washington institute for near east policy and he says the election has made hezbollah the dominant player and lebanon. saad hariri may continue to hold this position but he's far far weaken and hizbollah as a party both at home across the border in syria and across the region now is for certain going to be emboldened the rift between riri and saudi arabia and other gulf states backers was a net negative for him it was embarrassing for him but i think that the larger issue here has more to do with hezbollah and its allies. and then it does with hariri per se a great many lebanese just did not vote voter turnout was very low many of these

just felt that whatever happens the same people be in power nothing matters there's already been a lot of concern in the united states in washington d.c. about the u.s. government's continued support for the lebanese armed forces which is largely ascribed to supporting the glue that holds lebanon together and the entity that can keep hezbollah a day many will now see has being has the not just the dominant but the power in lebanon and will see less of a distinction between hezbollah the designated terrorist political and military party and hezbollah the element lead to the government the second issue is how effective has bowl itself this is all coming just before president trump decides to amend or or fix or perhaps to completely nix the iran deal that could have some significant implications not only for iran for for his ball. ok six people have been killed and saddam led coalition air strikes and given the way it's time to the

presidential office in sanaa which is controlled by helping veterans have been fighting the colonization since two confident fifteen and twenty gates people points. witnesses say they heard will save the head before two loud explosions as bones hit the presidential office in the center of the controlled santa the strikes damaged not only the intended target but all say businesses and houses nearby. a jet target at the presidential office the neighborhood is full of people unemployed youths were at work we rushed to rescue people who were there who were trying to rescue a man from underneath a car and a child on the iris type target us with no mercy for human beings. citizens have nothing to do with what is going on we are not leaders no leaders work in these offices we are doing our routine daily work. a spokesman for the saudi led coalition defended the airstrikes say they targeted

a high level meeting of who the leader is. targeting the presidential palace was targeting first and second rate leadership there was confirmed intelligence information they were monitored through intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems. saudi arabia and its allies have been fighting against the since twenty fifty when they intervened to support yemen's internationally recognized government led by president abbott robbie mansell heidi after three years of fighting and no end to the war in sight analysts say the saudi led coalition has changed tactics and is concentrating on targeting. but it's a risky strategy the fighters and their supporters say they're more determined than ever to continue their fight for control of yemen victoria gate and be out there. new york's attorney general eric schneiderman has resigned following accusations he

physically abused four women schneiderman had positioned himself as a voice for victims of sexual harassment he used his authority as new york's chief law enforcement officer to sue film producer harvey weinstein to faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. a seventeen year old girl is in a critical condition and india after allegedly being gang raped and set on fire a man's been arrested in connection with the attack that happened in the eastern state of jadick and on the same day a sixteen year old girl was murdered there she was also and burned alive the latest victim suffered first degree burns to seventy percent of her body. yes mean her son is the global executive director of equality now that's an international advocacy group for women's rights based in new york and she says promised in that interim order must do more to deal with the rising number of rape cases in india. it took a lot of international pressure to get him on board i know christine legarde called

him out from the i.m.f. and when he was in london people protested initially his response to all of these is let's ignore them and they will go away and give them back there is government complicity almost in the silence i think the government needs to do a lot more first speak out about it and then ensure that the justice system really functions for justice to be done in these cases because otherwise there is no deterrence these are going to go on. before the senior chinese official who was once a major candidate for a leadership position has been found guilty on charges of corruption size one of the highest level politicians to be convicted under president xi jinping and to corruption crackdown he was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes and abuse of power in april the fifty four year old admitted to taking bribes of more than twenty seven million dollars. the leader of italy's five star movement has dismissed a call by the president to form a neutral government said you're much avella made the suggestion after another round of talks aimed at breaking two months of political deadlock failed the two

parties with the most parliamentary seats the populist five star movement and far right have suggested you elections be held on the eighth of july let it move putin has been sworn in for another six year term as russia's president has now been in power for eighteen years or a challenge reports from moscow. it was a long walk to a bloody putin's inauguration broadcast live and step by step on russian state t.v. through endless kremlin corridors he's walked for eighteen years of marring the pictures along the way downstairs across hallways finally him to the brights moscow may sunshine and a drive in a brand new russian made limousine. at last he entered the kremlin's ornate alexander roski hall where dignitaries were waiting but still the american wasn't over finally on to the podium to deliver the type of oratory the presidents the

world over to live or on inauguration day when. taking office as president of russia i'm acutely aware of my colossal responsibility to each and every one of us a multinational population most sponsibility to russia a country of great victories and achievements to the fauzia history of the russian state and our ancestors humility and the thanks expressed so then a pledge to all russians. to suggest as head of state i will do everything to increase the strength prosperity and glory of russia in order to meet to surtees demands and justify the hopes of my country's people following the biggest election win of his career but he may have putin is perhaps as secure in office as he's ever been he has no meaningful political opposition despite the arrest of thousands of anti-government protesters and his critics he's cultivated a father of the nation type persona but though the sun shines cloud still gather on the horizon. once the carefully choreographed the out tricks of

a glorious inauguration ceremony have faded from memory flooding a person will have to address to the questions one is what happens next at the end of this six year term when constitutionally he has to step aside from the presidency and also can he continue to use an assertive foreign policy to distract us from russia's persistent social and economic problems political analyst dmitri already has his doubts. but he's called native dissonance we've been raised from our knees therefore we should live better but instead we live worse that means putin will have to restore the economy but the economy has its own restrictions russia's lost its status as a reliable borrower investment is slowing and hampered by sanctions domestic business prefers to flee and asked for what happens in six years time no one yet knows in two thousand and eight sputum temporarily swapped jobs with prime minister dmitri medvedev to sidestep the constitutional limits theoretically he could repeat

the trick in twenty twenty four he's just announced material is staying on as prime minister whether putin does or doesn't if you believe putinism lens when his presidential term finishes will reach alan's al-jazeera moscow. thousands of armenians have gathered to show support opposition leader and accomplish ahead of tuesday's parliamentary vote was supported on stage by being an american heavy metal star search tank here the lead singer of the band system of a doubt. has become hugely popular after spearheading weeks of mass protests robin foresty a walk of reports from the head of a man on the emergence of a revolutionary brad. yes. when the band performs this song to tens of thousands of armenians on tuesday the crowd would know how to sing it back. by step has become the anthem for

a revolution. to. stay composed the music. cannot hide we came to the conclusion that it needed to be in a courageous rock style as the song as a call to step up those steps should constantly be heard in the music. penned by opposition leader nicole passion yun the lyrics along with his protest walk inspired thousands of armenians to join the movement both the resignation of former presidents and prime ministers said. and bringing passion to the threshold of power. smart young armenians such as hiking his brother have led a highly effective image driven campaign our success has many many many

details in all. this. the target helped craft past nonviolent revolutionary persona that dress called all the people who should join us he'd be aired yeah dad we didn't allow him to shave all the details we discussed so we had to plan in yet have our own street stalls you can pick up a passion yen t. shirt or a baseball cap that says have courage you call passion and in his movements messaging has been so effective they've become like a brand. placards like rubin have become the pop art of the movement it is perceived as a threat. but i don't like the rigid. framework of that we're not selling anything we're just trying to set ourselves free from

from tyranny. opposition organizes providing him with his paint but the inspiration ruben says he's here it's a love trying through filtering through most of the over express what my friends are feeling were people feeling on the street and when people see that those words and washington we connect so it becomes a dialogue. about connecting and communicating with this culture a culture of resistance. of adversity will cause al-jazeera. and other sports news to the head all the news out of the french cup final that could be one of the biggest mismatches ever as in the world christine fighting a pension validation paschal.

now one of the world's fastest growing tourist destination south africa is hosting the continent's biggest travel trade show this week but the growth of the tourism sector is often hunted by another kill and destroy mining malcolm webb reports. it's the first time the medic easily families visited a wildlife park the first louie in follows a park a few hours drive from their home in south africa it's the continent's oldest reserve famous for its leopard and herds of endangered white rhino it's been futile

you know it's a great experience to see these things liars i haven't been seeing them in television the parks wildlife and vast stretches of untouched wilderness attract tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world every yeah most of the surrounding countryside is also pristine but not all of it just four kilometers from the park is there. an open cast call mine has been here for more than ten years and the company that runs it's now wants to expand right up to the park boundary. people living around here complain of the frequent blasting and coal dust and then the park the manager says if the mine comes into its buffer zone it'll be disastrous. of course elephants are sensitive to sounds of good crocodiles so if this disturbance elephants cannot communicate if this disappearance and explosive crocodiles are finding their nests and so forth this well and its area

once is gone. it's never recovered the managers of the mining company called him delhi say they're looking into using digging machines instead of blasting and they say they employ more than a thousand people from the community and more expand. the tourism creates thousands of jobs in the surrounding area selling services and goods such as ham craft as well as the sixteen hundred people employed in the park itself jobs that conservationists say on the threat if the mining expands the municipal med doesn't agree he backs the expansion if forty two percent of all of our youth is unemployed it's a ticking bomb time in. there is just because it is. because you want to see them getting jobs which it is putting food on the table ten delis coal mines one of many cases in south africa and the cross the continent in mining conflicts with conservation and the tourism it brings extractive industries make up

about thirty percent of africa's g.d.p. but four times as much as tourism campaign is say this thing has blighted by corruption and benefits far fewer people. back in the park people working here at the mining won't drive the wildlife away and with it the tourists and their jobs market al-jazeera to the to the south africa it is time for sport now his tatyana thank you very much we start with tennis and former world number one maria sharapova continues to bounce back from her recent four match losing streak reaching the third round of the madrid open share opposer had her serve broken in the opening game by romanian irene a big kid but the russian he won the tournament in twenty eight fourteen was able to overcome her hire an opponent in straight sets her photo winning seven five six one. second seed caroline wozniak he had

a tough task getting past australian ashley barty in her second round match the dana eventually winning in three sets six two four six and six four. i ever in the men's troll form a wild number one and two time champion at this event know about djokovic has continued his boot from a long time elbow injury with a straight sets win over it kind of early has also battled injuries and with forces out of the australian i played with the brits injury this into the second round with his seven five six four win. and it was a big day for young canadian dentist appalled a lot of us he got as fast as the wind on clay he beat american tennis some going six one six four to reach the second round the nineteen year old who plays the ben wopat next. men's world number one rafa nadal has blitz the clay court season so far having won both the monte carlo and bosler in open titles he's won forty six

straight sets on clay and is the defending champion in madrid but he needs to win his home event to stay ahead of roger federer in the wild rankings are always very happy to blame both events in both cause i really. don't play with more motivation on one by shiny fees than on the. name of the court is my name or is the name of the court. for me to say my blame front of my home i could be in in two beautiful this. part of the playing in my county so this is always a special situations and i enjoy this minute looking to cause the biggest upset in the history of the french cop when they made paris found a man in tuesday's final of the side from western france of currently trying to avoid being relegated to the french fourth division while last month p.s.g. claimed their fifth title in six years pearce tree is one of the richest clubs in

the wild they paid a record transfer fee of two hundred sixty two million dollars but neymar in august they r.b.i. could afford to pay his wages for just sixteen days. total annual budget of two point three million dollars almost all of sixteen thousand people from the town take it to the final. it's the charm of the french cup the opportunity and history of the french cup the mid-level teams to get to the final and enjoy it with all the supporters from the little town they'll be here with all the supporters it'll be the same for us for stadiums and the start the fronts but we were spectum. what does it mean to have fun and enjoy the game. play is that for a competitor having fun means to fight when you're a competitor and you're on the pitch they need to have the courage to look the players at harrison jermaine in the eyes and to confront them if they enter onto the pitch saying these players i watch on t.v. are my idols they're players i admire when they want to have fun so i hope my team

will be ready. later this week island will finally play its first ever test cricket match after pushing to be part of the sport elite game for decades pakistan of their opponents for the historic fixture in dublin and officials are already talking about a possible game against england there were reports of cricket has been 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 guy test cricket until now the ground in dublin is about to stage a historic first test with pakistan the visitors it's been a long struggle to be recognised a quick its top table. arlen's team features experience pros many who have played in english county cricket around the globe but this is the moment they craved every time we've kind of been given obstacles got passed was we've done a work culture we've produced a result 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 rude of 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 haven't i bryan boding 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 woke up places a clear admission of a mistake but to life on and it was absolutely heartbreaking 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 on the finances for 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 that'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 a major two you know your major sport come up play against one of the world's finest so you get a positive response. probably. i can't control the decision making of pickett's bosses and i can't control the unpredictable skies i've adopted in my but i can demonstrate on the field why should a big pots of pick its purest form with the guy long before. they want to have

a double. teams have come from around mexico and beyond to compete in the national championship for a traditional sport that's more than three thousand years old the bowl game was played across all major civilizations including the attack a mayor in what was then the mezzo america region that now includes countries from mexico to costa rica players use their bodies but not the hands and feet to keep the foliage rubber ball which could weigh up to three and a half kilograms and martian basketball has reeves and other versions of the game players trying to get the ball through circles on a whoa. and out of the ball for now more later. thank you very much tatiana and that does it for the al-jazeera news out for man is a problem thank you very much for watching. of all my friends and coworkers were detained i am the only one survived they were

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