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this is zero. hello and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha with me it is a product coming out for the next sixty minutes i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal us president donald trump in agreement described as defective to its core and imposes the highest level of sanctions against. iran's president of hundred harney says his government will bypass washington and the go shake for the other parties involved in the deal. the e.u. as the u.s. is top european allies express regret of a trump's decision and say they'll remain committed to the agreement and in other

news and unlike a premie year as the stars of the entertainment world gather for this year's cat film festival. we begin this news hour with the u.s. president's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal donald trump defied last diplomatic efforts by his european allies to stick by it or following his announcement there's been swift international reaction with more criticism than support first to react was iran's president who said the u.s. does not respect its commitments hasan rouhani said he's all of the atomic energy organization to be ready to start the investment of uranium while other signatories to the two thousand and fifteen deal including france germany and the u.k. have said they regret tromps decision but they will remain parties to the pact the european union's top diplomat. federica malvinas have the e.u. will preserve it u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has called on remaining parties to abide by the

deal but president trump did get support from the united arab emirates saudi arabia and israel promised to benjamin netanyahu has praised the u.s. president for taking a bold decision to pull out of a quote disastrous deal our white house correspondent kelly health reports. after much anticipation u.s. president donald trump made good on a signature campaign promise solidifying his america first agenda i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made. the u.s. negotiated the agreement with iran in twenty fifteen along with the united kingdom france germany china and russia to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief with the announcement the united states now bria imposes tough

economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sectors that had been lifted arguing iran did not live up to its end of the agreement. we have definitive proof that this arabian promise was a lie even though u.s. intelligence the united nations and european allies maintain iran has been compliant under the agreement trump cited a recent israeli report that iran had not been truthful about its activities before entering into the deal trouble also argues the agreement should have dealt with iran's military pursuits in the region and its ballistic missile program. capitol hill the top senate democrat disagrees and to me the right thing to do would have been to try and come up with our allies with an agreement on those issues and let the nuclear part of this continue as is because it's not being violated in any way

trumps predecessor barack obama the man who oversaw the deal called trump's decision a serious mistake in a statement obama said without the agreement the united states could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear armed iran or another war in the middle east. deede former democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders believes the united states is already on that path the road to the war in iraq did not simply begin in two thousand and three it was laid down brick by brick over a number of years ironically as the president tore up the nuclear deal with iran secretary of state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats. can't really help at al-jazeera at

the white house well it's going to live now to washington d.c. we're joined by correspondent shihab rattansi and reaction coming in thick and fast shihab including from barack obama who really spelled out why he thinks trump's made a mistake and echoing the thoughts of others who supported the u.s. staying in the deal right there in that vein that will go through and president obama said because it was a very detailed as is his way statement six points he made firstly it's a multilateral deal this isn't just a deal between the u.s. and iran this is a deal that was endorsed by the u.n. security council on the verge of the problem secondly it's working iran has scaled back its nuclear program that it has the most stringent inspection regime of any nuclear program in the world this isn't just about trust for iran is complying with the terms of the deal five despite all this talk and we heard quite a bit about sunset clauses there is no expiration on the demand that iran never

have nuclear weapons and six the deal does allow or the europeans and the americans if they so wish to start dealing with some of these other issues that we're hearing about the the the ballistic missile program or your own foreign policy having had this as a starting point so that's president obama's sort of rather detailed six points criticism of the trumps decision about these other points that we're hearing repeated around washington to even from some of iran's biggest foes they have fallen on deaf ears that haven't they she have so where to from here on how the u.s. deals with it doesn't have a strategy now. i think kimberly alluded to that of the end of her story there is this real fear that inevitably where in that incremental paul that we saw with iraq that this will end with regime change on the one hand i just heard the one of the state department person the state department point person actually on iran saying look once we get under the economic yoke again of really suffering economically

we'll bring them back to the table and then we'll have this great deal which will sort out all the problems that should have been sorted out in the original deal that is being treated with a great deal of skepticism not least because what the u.s. is asking from iran is a surrender of geographical sovereignty allowing international forces just to be able to go anywhere in iran and look wherever they want for what they perceive might be some nuclear program and secondly strategic surrender of surround strategic sovereignty is being surrounded that is iran can have an independent foreign policy in its best interest of house to all be sort of underneath the yoke of the e.u. in the u.s. but the presumably so these are impossible do moms that no country would ever would ever accept if these are indeed the exact demands of the u.s. wouldn't seems that they are so does this mean we having to regime change we know john bolton keno in the president's decision making as long as for a bombing campaign in iran when they might compare secretary of state long of a storm's enemy of iran and socks off to dalton gave his gave

a statement john bolton did come in and talk to members of the press and he was asked quote what about people who believe this action is a precursor to boots on the ground in iraq mr bolton said quote they would be badly mistaken the caps the is bolton doesn't was also boots on the ground he's actually often off for bombs from the sky and i think that's what evan is very worried about now is where this inevitably leads especially as seems to be by saudi arabia and israel she have thank you very much for that for now that she has been tons and joining us live from washington d.c. . and iran's president was quick to respond hassan rouhani said his country has fulfilled all of its commitments to the deal. they've done nothing except put empty signatures on pieces of paper without doing anything about it the iranian mission on the other hand has agreed to everything and accomplished all its responsibilities we had some duties based on that agreement and we have delivered

all of them but today we can see which is the country that doesn't respect international agreements we've done nothing wrong is not acceptable that the u.s. is pulling out let's go live to iran now our correspondent zain verjee is joining us from the capital and you know many people saying zain that what might happen to the deal will depend on what iran will do so what are they planning. well if there are any hopes of iranians benefiting from this deal or this deal staying alive now in whatever form it may really in the hands of the foreign minister of iran jawad zarif who helped negotiate the deal after president hassan rouhani spoke the foreign minister sent out a tweet in and he said in response to u.s. persistent violations and unlawful withdrawal from the nuclear deal as instructed by president rouhani spearhead a diplomatic effort to examine whether remaining j c p

a way participants can ensure its full benefits for iran outcome will determine our response that really does signal that this deal in the same way that it was a major policy initiative of the obama administration was also a major success at the time for the administration of president hassan rouhani he championed the deal that was what helped propel him in his last presidential campaign and win reelection and so it's an important part of the foreign policy initiative and it's something despite the fact that it is now very much hampered with the u.s. pullout it's not something that they're willing to let go without a fight but how difficult will it be zain for the president and the foreign minister to sell staying in the deal to those hardliners and the critics have always been against it and precisely because they said that the u.s. could not be trusted. well there's a couple of things to consider here yes hardline critics military hawks here in

iran were very much against negotiating with the with the united states and its allies over any sort of nuclear agreement assume supreme leader himself saying that he was fairly certain it would not work out because as he said years ago the united states was not a reliable negotiating partner something which rouhani has said that it is now been proven once again. but going forward this really is a moment where people here in iran leaders here in iran are closing ranks behind the president despite the fact that he has gained some on popularity despite the fact that he has been criticized for his economic policies as well as disagreement i think when it comes to iran versus the united states people definitely close ranks behind their leaders and so despite the fact that he may suffer some i told you so moments with some of his colleagues in government. it would seem that he is

enjoying support from the military stablish minutes whether as well as other lawmakers in the country the same thank you very much for that joining us live from . a diplomatic editor james bays has more now on the reaction from around the world to the u.s. decision. president trump's speech in the diplomatic reception room of the white house put the u.s. and breach of one of the most important diplomatic agreements in recent history a deal that helped to negotiate the diplomatic reception around the world dismay if not surprise in recent weeks the french president emmanuel mccraw and the german chancellor angela merkel came to washington to lobby trunking the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson even went on the cable t.v. show the u.s. president is known to watch over breakfast all these efforts failed and the u.s. has three closest european allies issued this statement it is with regret and

concern that we the leaders of france germany and the united kingdom take note of president trump's decision to withdraw the united states of america from the joint comprehensive plan of action together we emphasize our continuing commitment to the j c p a way this agreement remains important for our shared security. the european union pledged to stay in the deal and make it work without trump the european union is the thurmont to act in accordance with its security interests and to protect its economic investments but there is a major problem ahead trump's new ambassador to germany rick grinnell has already tweeted that german companies should wind up their operations in iran could companies from europe and elsewhere now face secondary u.s. sanctions causing major strains between washington and its allies iranian president hassan rouhani said his government will wait

a matter of weeks while it seeks guarantees from the europeans that the deal will still benefit them even those pushing for the deal survival know there's a risk of it dying a slow death and that diplomacy could be replaced with a slide towards further conflict in the middle east james pays out zero at the united nations a french president a man that khan had been trying to persuade donald trump from where the drawing from the deal natasha buckley has more from paris. well emanuel tweeted very quickly after donald trump's announcement saying that france germany and the u.k. deeply regretted the fact that donald trump decided to pull the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal now i think that donald trump's decision would not be any surprise to him at all mark or it was just two weeks ago when the french president was in washington on a state visit that he said that he believed that donald trump would probably pull out of the iran nuclear deal but nevertheless that doesn't mean that in france

there is no great disappointment at the fact that the u.s. will no longer be part of this deal not only for the many people here who worked on the deal but of course those trying to maintain and preserve it most notably the president himself because him at all michael really has been at the forefront in europe of leaders trying to persuade donald trump over the last few months to stay in this deal markel has always said that this deal is the best there is at the moment in order to stop iran developing nuclear weapons in order to try and ensure some sort of stability in the region and that is why we can expect to see marco now with other european leaders really presenting a united front we heard from the e.u. foreign policy chief frederica more greeny also saying that the e.u. is determined to try and preserve that deal now exactly how this is going to happen or have to see we know that european leaders will be meeting in brussels next week . trance allows what has prompted israel to mobilize some of its reserve troops

although it hasn't given details of the location or scale the israeli military says it will be on high alert for a possible flare up with neighboring syria force that has more now from jerusalem. well and you know also said that israel's army was ready and prepared thought any threat that might come its way and that whoever tested it would find that out the army itself in the run up to trump's speech had instructed local authorities in northern israel to open public shelters that have been reinforcements going up there after a briefing to israeli media in the last couple of days of a potential limited iranian strike in northern israel as it turned out though after trump speech the reports of explosions were coming from the other side of the border inside syria southwest of damascus near in a rain in military base there were reports of explosions the syrian state media blamed that on an israeli strike israel typically does not comment on such matters

there has been welcoming here of this move of donald trump's from israeli politicians but it's worth noting that the head of the israeli army just a few weeks ago at the end of march in the newspaper interview he said that the iran nuclear deal was working the j.c. p.o. a for all of its faults appeared to be working that it was likely to put off iran getting a nuclear weapon for another ten to fifteen years. while as we mentioned triumph an elf that has prompted as well to mobilize some of its reserve troops. now israel has reportedly launched an air strike at an syrian army base in the kissel area south of damascus killing two people syrian state media says the government or defense system fired it and destroyed two israeli missiles.

an israeli soldier convicted of killing a wounded palestinian has been released from prison after serving half of his initial eighteen month sentence supporters carried. on the shoulders he was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting at the. as he lay wounded and a head broad street in two thousand and sixteen the palestinian man had already been shot by israeli soldiers who say he attacked them with a knife. there are plenty more ahead on the news hour including only reaffirms north korea's commitment to denuclearize ation during a seaside stroll with his chinese counterpart xi jinping. his protest leader is elected prime minister after spearheading a peaceful revolution and third division team. look for a fairytale ending in their french. against paris.

says his chief diplomat is heading to north korea to prepare for a summit with kim jong un my pompei i met him in the north korean capital last month before he was sworn in a secretary of state both washington and pyongyang have agreed on a date and location for the meeting but no further details have been released for more we can. kathy novak she is live in seoul so what is expected. to visit this time kathy. well this is secretary pompei a second visit to pyongyang when he made the secret trip a few weeks back he was still the director of the cia he said at the time when he met the leader kim jong un it was to lay the groundwork for the expected summit between kim jong un and us president and donald trump now we're finding out that a secretary of state might pompei o is going again to pyongyang before he actually goes and makes that trip that was announced and he says that it is to firm up those

details around the expected meeting donald trump of course has said that a date and location has been set but didn't actually reveal what those details were so it seems that my pail wants to go for about not only those details but also the agenda to make it clear what the united states expectation is out of the meeting what it expects north korea to do in my pump aoa has repeated that is complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization and the other thing that is going to be on the agenda is the fate of the three americans who are still as far away as we know being held prisoner in north korea might pump a zero says the u.s. has been pushing for their release for the past seventeen months and donald trump has foreshadowed that there could be a decision on that imminently saying that the public should stay tuned but no further details have been coming from north korea or indeed from the families of

the americans who remain detained in north korea with kathy given that paul has arrived in north korea is on his way to north korea on the same day that the u.s. has pulled out of this historic deal with iran how is that decision likely to play into negotiations over north korea's nuclear program. definitely interesting timing donald trump seemed to refer to this saying that the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep them that seems to be a reference to his own promise to pull out of the nuclear deal but of course north korea is likely to view this more broadly as the united states as a country not necessarily just in terms of the president who happens to be in charge at the time because of course north korea has only been ever led by members of the same family and right now kim jong un the third leader of north korea is in charge and he is the only person really who makes decisions on behalf of the

government in north korea and is in a position to keep any promises he makes if he chooses to do so whereas north korea historically has been somewhat distrustful of the united states making references to deals made with libya for example libya deciding to give up its nuclear weapons and then the fate of the leader colonel gadhafi using that as an example of one needing its nuclear weapons for protection and if you look historically also at inter korean summits between the leaders of north and south korea there had been agreements at those summits but then changes in the leadership of south korea and indeed of the united states caused those agreements to break down so many analysts are saying that it sends a questionable message to north korea as donald trump tries to pursue a deal for north korea to give up its nuclear program that north korea would then be watching the united states pull out of another deal it made just

a few years ago elizabeth cathy thank you very much for that but now that kathy novak joining us live from seoul. north korea's leader has pledged his continued commitment to denuclearize ation animating with the chinese president xi jinping it's chems second visit to china to see if china correspondent adrian brown has more. when kim jong un's second secretive visit to china was confirmed on state t.v. s main evening news bulletin in a seven minute report this time kim was welcomed by president xi jinping in the northeastern city of dolly on close to the border with north korea and it's not clear if kim asked to come or was invited but it happened just a few weeks before the north korean leader's planned talks with u.s. president donald trump kim appeared to suggest the prospect of that get together was being undermined by trump what he said if relative country stuck there hostile

attitudes and threats then there's no need for north korea to have nuclear weapons like kim's powerful sister kim jong accompanied her brother her international profile continues to grow the chinese side but thought hard about the backdrop they wanted for this visit and beyond these waters the korean peninsula dali and offering a picturesque setting as the north only ally chinese leaders want to ensure they're not sidelined in the future diplomacy over north korea after a long strain in relations because of the north misawa nuclear bomb tests the two sides are hugging again president xi has accepted an invitation to visit north korea possibly next month so possibly before kim shadrack meeting with trami china didn't have a seat at the recent historic summit between leaders of the two koreas and it won't

be present at the kim from summit either so president xi wants to ensure that kim's priorities align with his adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. tourism as government has suffered his thirteenth defeat in recent weeks over its bricks of plans and the house of lords members of russians upper house of parliament washed up against the promise of plans to leave your single market after the u.k. breaks from the e.u. and the m.p.'s back to the amendment to remove the fixed date to leave the march twenty ninth next year from the legislation. the man who led weeks of opposition protests in armenia has been chosen as the country's new prime minister. was elected by parliament after weeks of demonstrations forced him to resign the talks are going to end reports from yet of on where supporters are celebrating. the public square vibrated with excitement.

i am overwhelmed with emotion and i can only say that we're very happy that we're free from these prisoners shackles we have hope that the new prime minister can take care of people's needs including freedom of speech. our people have finally reached a moment of victory. our media so-called people power movement scored a victory with members of parliament electing opposition leader. as prime minister . i want to thank you for this vote and for your stance and i only want to say the following i served the people of the republic of armenia and i served to the republic of armenia. it was the month of fasting and surprising developments in the small former soviet republic since gaining independence in one thousand nine hundred one our media and say they've dreamed of a new dawn for democracy. you want to live in free independent country at

this moment we are very very happy we have a man like this as our prime minister who is at our side and we are confident he will help us realize our dreams to leave. free to have freedom of speech. seen as the day the government finally responded to the will of the people who have all the good party has been a dominant force in the political system in fighting for the last ten years normally as it surged sarkozy and he gave us as authoritarian leader who broke his promise when he said he would not become prime minister after the term and the aam is riding a tidal wave of popular support but now he faces the task of governing on the top of his to do list is tackling poverty and corruption the people of armenia will be watching closely they want this second chance of democracy to work but they also

want an improvement in their everyday lives natasha going to name. your of on our media. still ahead on the news hour. thousands of hungary and the protest against what they describe as the authoritarian brutal prime minister viktor obama. sri lanka's parliament sits for the first time since of a suspended during a political crisis in april. and the sports world had a number one simona halep the stands winning streak to the team to. the on. the back hello there we've got another weather system that's developing over parts of north america you can see it on the satellite picture galloping its way across the plains

that it has given us a lot of electrical activity lots and lots of thunder and lightning and it's still putting itself together as it works its way towards the east i think there's a chance of seeing the old severe thunderstorm over parts of illinois as we head through wednesday and then that system gradually edges its way eastwards still giving a little bit of snow over parts of canada towards the west to here we've got yet more cloud of rain that's making its way across parts of calgary there as we had three thursday but it's still very warm in denver with a top temperature of thirty two degrees and if we head for the south we've had this system with us for the past few days really has been lingering across this region more wet weather still to come then across the bahamas cuba and jamaica there as we head through wednesday and thursday but the hispania area it is a little bit drawa now so not completely dry but certainly not as many showers as we've seen down towards south america and it's in the south here where we're seeing lots of thundery activity currently lots of what weather there ever post a year ago i and across parts of argentina including force in buenos aires that

system is expected to stay for wednesday and thursday in fact it should only eventually as we head into saturday. the i.

scared where ever you are. going to have you with us on the al-jazeera news out these are our top stories the u.s. president says the united states is with a drawing from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal donald trump said the agreement is defective to its core adding he'd be imposing the highest level of sanctions against. iran's president says the u.s. withdrawal from the deal is on your full and accused washington of not respecting

its international commitments rouhani said ted on is now ready to start your brain and richmond and all the signatories to the deal including the e.u. and russia have expressed regret over trump's move america's european allies have pledged to uphold the deal but trump's decision has been supported by israel the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. let's get more on this now we're joined by trita parsi president of the national iranian american council he's joining us live from washington d.c. very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so we've heard from the iranian foreign minister who said it would be talking to the other participants to see if they can ensure that it's ensure its full benefits for iran do you think mr policy that the other countries will want to stay in the deal. all these certainly want to stay in the deal but do they have the backbone particularly the europeans to be able to provide the type of guarantees and protection for their own companies so that they

can continue to be engaged in the iranian market without getting sanctioned by donald trump that's where the question is the desire to stay is there the desire to make sure the deal remains in place is there but this is going to take much more backbone from europe than what they have shown so far because we've already had the u.s. ambassador to germany you know tweeting that it shouldn't do business in iran so just how much pressure will european businesses be under if they stay you know could they face u.s. sanctions oh absolutely there could definitely be u.s. sanctions there will be u.s. sanctions the question is will there be european counter sanctions and measures that protects the european companies from these american sanctions is europe willing to provide this and will it be convincing so that the companies decide to stay in the iranian market this is a very heavy lift if they can provided then the iranians clearly will stay in the deal my fear though is that the europeans are going to have

a tremendous difficulty being able to provide this and as a result we're more likely going towards a collapse of a deal as a result of the crisis that trump has decided to initiate and this crisis is something that certainly some american politicians are taking very seriously we have heard from bernie sanders who said that you know this is essentially a very dangerous slippery slope if you like for foreign policy does the u.s. have a strategy for how it deals with iran now. i think we're now starting to see that the united states actually do does have a strategy and it's a strategy of setting the stage for a major military confrontation with iran everything from what they're doing with saudi arabia and israel what is happening right now with the israelis bombing syria i think we're starting to see the pieces fall into place and the plan is to have a confrontation and this is why i think the european effort to try to appease donald trump was doomed to fail from the very very outset but he are not

a peaceable but why would the u.s. want a confrontation with ted on especially when the president donald trump speaks often about having less conflicts in the middle east being involved in less conflicts in the middle east there's definitely a side of donald trump in which he would like to be less involved but there's also a side of donald trump that absolutely wants to sell more weapons to the saudis and that are willing to engage militarily as long as someone else is footing the bill and turning it into essentially a for profit venture we have seen that in the very same sentences that donald trump says in which he on the one hand says that we should get out of the middle east and on the other hand says unless of course the saudis are willing to pay for it must pass it's very good to get your thoughts on this that is trying to pass a joining us live from washington d.c. thank you you thank. now to iraq where parliamentary watchdog says three hundred

twenty billion dollars have gone missing over the past fifteen years because of government corruption that's one of the many issues away on the minds of iraqis as they prepare to vote in the general election on saturday and one can report from baghdad. these warplanes should have cost iraq less than a million dollars each instead they cost the thirteen million dollars apiece brought him there are g.e. is a member of the parliamentary transparency commission which looks at deals done by iraq's government and any allegations of corruption he says it's one of many examples of corrupt deal making. our financial experts estimate from two thousand and three until now more than three hundred twenty billion u.s. dollars went missing and is untraceable most of this money went through corrupt contracts one example is a check warplanes steal the price tag for each jet is nine hundred seventy five thousand u.s. dollars but the iraqi government purchased them for thirteen million u.s.

dollars for each one the reason for the corruption he says are simple. there are no investigative institutions that hold accountable those corrupt iraqis have a saying that goes much unprotected money encourages theft it's not just the major cases of corruption that concern iraq is cronyism and nepotism permeates all levels of society and you don't have to go far in baghdad to hear those stories. business owners have long complained that the system pavers those who pay bribes and have contacts. corruption is serious in iraq one simple example is that import of goods and groceries the dental from kuwait saudi arabia u.a.e. on the rest of the region our government does not encourage national products or support iraqi farmers this is where corruption is apparent government officials make money from those contracts with those countries and it's always the obviously

my wife has graduated from the teachers in stewart seven years ago and still got a government job due to. political analysts who research corruption cases in iraq say it's too late to get the stolen money back. no one can eradicate corruption it runs deep in the iraqi institutions but whoever the new prime minister is could make a fresh start that could prevent any more corruption but what has been done in the past cannot be compensated eradicated or vote against anymore in two thousand and seventeen two thousand arrest warrants were issued in iraq on corruption charges two hundred ninety people have been arrested and so far cases are going through the courts but the still anger from many in iraq over corruption allegations and politicians are regularly criticized on social media for serving only their own interests fighting that perception will be a challenge imran khan how does there baghdad. to hungary now where thousands of people have protested against what they call the authoritarian rule of promised

a victory and the right wing nationalist was elected for a third straight term last month on an anti immigration agenda now the reports. that. police pushed back demonstrators trying to get into the parliament building in budapest. hundreds of people gathered early on tuesday before parliament's first session since last month's election when for prime minister viktor orban some also formed a human chain around the building shouting dictator. the protests. against the government and also in protest against that opposition is because we think that they all are here to make. later in the day a huge crowd gathered carrying a hundred garion and european union flags. support for all bands anti immigration stance particularly in rural areas gave him a landslide victory but his opponents call his widow illegitimate because of changes in redrawing district boundaries and extending citizenship and voting

rights to ethnic hungary and in the neighboring countries. one hundred thirty three of one hundred ninety nine members of parliament taking the oath come from all bands fish party and its small ally the christian democratic people's party. for all ban approval by the chamber expected on thursday is a formality meaning he'll serve a third term in a row his fourth in total as premier. the voters made a decision about who should govern the country and who should play the opposition role everyone must respect the decision of the voters this is the basic rule of hypocrisy. but obama also has just the two thirds majority that allows him to amend the constitution unchallenged he's promised an amendment giving parliament the final say over any efforts to settle foreigners in the country and the law imposing a twenty five percent tax on foreign donations to civil society groups that support

immigration. opens critics accuse him of removing democratic checks and balances including a crackdown on parts of the media his economic policies have put hungary on track for economic growth of four percent divided opposition into the mix and it's unlikely that these protests will dent popularity. al-jazeera. emergency crews on hawaii's big island so they're poised to evacuate more people as continues to spew from ken away a seven hundred people have already been ordered to leave their homes five days after the volcano began erupting. gas is also spreading across the island. sri lankan president. has urged unity as a power struggle threatens his ruling coalition he was speaking at the first sitting of parliament since he suspended it and april but often and as reports from colombo politically there will be some things to watch the group

of ministers that were from the president's party and voted for the no confidence motion against the prime minister choosing to cross the will of the house to the opposition this if they will sit as a separate group not to join the in the rajapaksa group and the joint opposition but sit as a separate group and support president might have on the city center the government those left over have sort of regrouped there's been a cabinet reshuffle to distribute some of the portfolios that were headed by that group that has left the government and very much to be seen how the government maps out its way forward the infighting is something that it will have to get over the president taking everybody again by surprise at a political rally yesterday saying that contrary to what many people feel that he will retire in twenty twenty to say that he still has a lot of political life left in him so a lot of things to see over the coming months now and polls opening in the next

half hour malaysia's election on wednesdays billed as the country's tightest ever the incumbent party. has held power for more than six decades but discontent among the rising cost of living and a corruption scandal could bring political change florence louis reports from kuala lumpur. malaysia general election could be described as a battle between having the incumbent is not your browser the son of a former prime minister he's seeking reelection on a promise to among others increase cash handouts to lower income groups and raise the minimum wage to offset the rising cost of living down in new. if there are this year we will study the increase from a filing bring it to a higher salary you want to know how much we're till after the ninth of may the rule applies to me not me and andy. in this recently released campaign video he

urges voters to look at the polling coalition's track record but he's also been linked to a corruption scandal involving one m. d. a state owned investment fund allegations he denies. you his challenge is a man nearly thirty years his senior so enraged by the scandal that he's returned to politics. i've returned to work to rebuild our country perhaps because of some mistakes i've made in the past and because of the current situation. former prime minister mahathir mohamad formed a new party and forged an alliance with old animals including people here once in prison he still has the stop to draw in the crowds at opposition rallies the alliance made up of four parties is campaigning on a promise to rid the country of corruption it's also pledged to remove the goods and services tax that was introduced three years ago the latest survey by might take offense at suggesting the main opposition bloc. for alliances has made some

gains it's also likely to win the popular vote. but in malaysia's first past the post system is the party that wins the most seats in parliament that takes power the gerrymandering of the melody. that has conspired over the past few years and also recently. was done in a manner to allow the national to continue to perpetuate its power in this country it will be a close friend laurence li al jazeera. we have the sports news still ahead on the news out of the fight for survival of the swans in self and look to scape a premier league of relegation.

thank you very much there was to be no fairytale finish in the french cup for third division side as they were beaten in the final two nil by paris sandra man just two hundred seventeen fans watched their opening game in this year's cup campaign bought fifty bus loads of supporters made the trip from the small french town to paris p.s.g. hit the post four times inside the opening twenty five minutes before giovanni lascelles of finally opened the scoring for the french glamour club at and cavani scored from the spot as p.s.g. became the first team to win four consecutive french cup titles now turned their attention to avoiding being relegated to the fourth division one goal may have

sealed the fate of three premier league teams a southampton edge twenty in a vital relegation battle the lone goal in the seventy third minute from an early dini in short the west brom and now relegated ofter a is in england's top league their result move southampton to thirty seven points meaning the now three clear of swanzy and almost certain of remaining in the premier league qatar to help continue their impressive a run in the asian champions league with an impressive away win over the u.a.e. . in the first leg of their out of sixteen visitors to hell took the leads in the sixteenth minute through use of a lot of b. they then doubled the advantage before half time their rivals hit back with two late goals of their own but it wasn't enough to hell winning it for two. now this is just over a month to go until the world cup in russia and the country's football union's been

punished by fi five of racism they've been fined thirty thousand dollars after french players were racially abused by russian fans during a friendly and petersburg paul pogba was one of those who face monkey chants the stadium in st petersburg will play host to seven world cup games during the tournament. meanwhile officials behind the joint twenty twenty six world cup bid from the united states canada and mexico have promised that fans won't be denied entry to the u.s. based on their vice president donald trump is look to implement a travel ban on residents of six middle image or eighty countries but the u.s. government has told fee for the eligible athletes and fans from all countries will be allowed to enter fee for war vote on june thirteenth to decide the world cup host the united bid by the three countries are up against morocco. fever has also handed guatemala's former secretary general had to throw here a lifetime ban from the sport for bribery to hear how did netted taking kickbacks for his help in securing media and marketing rights for wild cup qualifying matches

he was sentenced to jail last october as part of a widespread u.s. investigation that saw more than forty others accused of bribery as well. english football club leeds united have begun their controversial talls me an ma the second to tame a faced widespread criticism for agreeing to visit the asian country mars in the midst of an army crackdown which is displaced more than seven hundred thousand russian jim islams to bangladesh the british government has also advised against travelling to parts of the country still mates will play the myanmar national team on wednesday before facing the league all-star two days later. one of the biggest rivalries in a major league baseball is heading overseas the boston red sox and the new york yankees have announced their play two games in london next june is the first time the regular season games we played in europe the n.l.p. has been slow to make the move compared to all the u.s. sports the n.f.l. and n.h.l.

have played in london since two thousand and seven while the n.b.a. has played eight games there in the last seven years. the stadium and the infrastructure in this city gives major league baseball every opportunity to put on a first class is that we hope that this series will be the beginning of a relationship with london that persists in a continuation of increased exposure for major league baseball here in europe the g.t.o. the italia is back on home soil with the fourth stage being raced in philly chris frame continues to struggle in his quest for a third straight ground when he's fifty five seconds off the lead and is still suffering from injuries they sustained before the controversial eye opening time trial and west jerusalem the two hundred two kilometer state was one in and out health sprint by belgian ten well an australian bar and then a still holds the latest pink jersey though with two more days left in philly before the race heads to the mainland. rugby is experiencing

a huge boost in popularity across africa and up to three teams could be at next year's world cup in japan south africa have already booked their place in kenya morocco namibia to nazir uganda and then bob way will compete to join them at next month's africa gold cup earlier we spoke to the president of rugby africa abdel-aziz bush and he says he's very hopeful about the expansion of the sport across africa. we still have to work very hard because we still need to improve. our work or most in the country where the ruby do not exist like like sudan or like other countries cup a very the other country so but most of the time there is easy access to direct b. if the people want to play rugby we hope that this time off we go we have a someone union coming from the repair shop also to do with to the work of so then

we would have a three unions we would have south africa. and a team who wins the the gold cup and then. phil mickelson says he's excited to be paired with tiger woods for the eye opening round of the players' championship the two thousand and seven champion will also play with welcome to think the rickie fowler when the unofficial fifth major gets underway in florida on thursday because then says it's been four years since he was last pad with which for a tournament opening round and he wants it to happen more often. you know i don't know how it's going to play out but i just know that. we seem to be bringing out the best in each other and. we've been playing some really good golf lately and i'm hoping that we have a great week i think everybody here wants to see it want to see us play well i think we're we are playing well it's a good golf course golf course for us to showcase and i would love for us to

continue this all the way into the weekend as well tennis now and women's world number one simona halep has extended her winning streak to fourteen matches as she reached the third round at the madrid open the remaining overcame at least merton's in strength that she'll now face kristina after the six left six three when. former wimbledon champion patrick of it if it has also continued her winning streak now extending it to seven matches this off to be to monaco with of porto rico six three seven six to reach that round also in madrid. and here to finance it at dusk zero has joined some of tennis's a leeds players such as rafa down if i talk a bit of it for andy murray and more he's reached his fifty five hundred eighty well tall victory in madrid and he did so with a seven five six four when i was a tally in paolo a lot n.z. to reach the second round to just go is the forty eighth man ever to hit the five hundred win. and that is all this ball for now more later. thank you very much

tatyana now finally this bulletin it is one of the most prestigious and glamorous events in the movie calendar the seventy first annual cannes film festival is underway in the south of france and for the next eleven days twenty one movies will be competing for the top prize the palme d'or charlie engineer reports. the crown jewel of the international film festival circuit opening this year with the spanish language film for just the second time in its seventy one year history. my uncle. and i want to go to ben is a psychological thriller starring happy about penelope cruz and it is setting the tone for a festival that this year will champion art house cinema. a driver. why are big hollywood blockbusters almost entirely absent from this year's line up and the headline grabbing so low a star with story is not in the main competition we've got really interesting

competition coming from people like spike lee and also a return of laws as well so we're going to see some interesting big names coming into the main competition but also those fresh faces those new voices of the art house might actually surprise and that might be the big story that comes out of the festival this year. each year it can briefly focus is the world's attention on the film industry an industry still reeling from the harvey weinstein scandal turn is where many of his alleged sexual assaults took place it can no longer be a two week celebration of male brains and female beauty. issues of gender inequality and sexism are rife in head of the jury cate blanchett is calling them out would i like to see more women in competition absolutely will do i expect and hope that that's going to happen in the future i hope so we're dealing with what we have in front of us and you know our job as industry members away from the festival. is to keep working towards positive change. but the festival says it will

not bow to what it calls positive discrimination set for us all the farm people say the seven percent of women directors in the film industry the council is has a higher number twenty twenty three percent but there's a number of women directors say to me well if i'm selected for campus i hope it's not just because i'm a woman i hope it's because i'm a direct government artist. other controversies a red carpet ban on selfies and no netflix the online distributor has fallen out with the festival but it can brings back glamour to art house cinema but audiences should be pleased. london. and that's it for me and isn't a product the best news hour but i'm back in just a couple of minutes. jail

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museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasise the contribution of migrants right up to the present day to western culture. because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things that mrs ford to me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new life it is a part of life is culture. this is a boon for blind people right now and technology there is so much going to help people it's phenomenal thanks for calling i'd rather sit there and what are you looking like today we get to that client with their day to day tasks and give them more and up and send this feels like it's a little gift that sure is a tomato exploration process and we have that technology available to us tag no.