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this is zero. and i'm jane dutton this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a show of anger in iran's parliament after u.s. president donald trump pulls out of the nuclear deal. several explosions go off in the afghan capital targeting at least two police stations. pleasures prime minister seeks a third term despite corruption allegations in elections that put him against a former mental i'm santa hum wish with the sport our top story the finding n.b.a. champions the golden state warriors will meet the houston rockets and this year's western conference finals i have all the details later on.

iran's supreme leader has challenge the u.s. president of putting out of the nuclear deal saying his statement contained at least in his words ten lies donald trump announced washington's withdrawal from the twenty fifteen agreement on tuesday invalid to impose the highest level of sanctions against tehran inside iran's parliament politicians demonstrated and burned a u.s. flag they expected to vote on a response to trump's an ounce and iran's president condemned the u.s. for not respecting his commitments he says iran will remain in the pact but warns it could resume enriching uranium if its national interests aren't respected other signatories to the twenty fifteen deal including. france germany and the u.k. say they were great trumps decision but will remain parties to the agreement but

comes to receive support from the united arab emirates saudi arabia and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu has praised the u.s. president for taking a bold decision to pull out of a quote disastrous deal we have reporters covering developments in tech run london paris and west jerusalem but first this report from our white house correspondent can really help it. 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. deed 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 really help at al-jazeera at the white house let's go now to the first of our correspondents zain does ravi is in tehran so obviously this is not going to go down well then the supreme leader has some tough words about it. yes after the deal was the final nail went into the coffin of the deal as far as the americans and current concerned we heard from president rouhani and this morning we've had a flurry of response from other leaders senior leaders in the country on the floor of the parliament many m.p.'s burning an american flag informatics fashion we've also heard from the very influential. iranian revolutionary guard corps commander saying that the. getting into negotiations with the united states in the first place give them false legitimacy that this was a bad idea to begin with seemingly deviating from the president

a hardliner who had criticized the deal in the past however we do need to take our two for what the country's approach or reaction overall is likely to be from the supreme leader who has spoken this morning he said that the tribes decision was was a historical mistake and he said that his speech was full of lies and he both sided with rouhani he seemed to mirror a lot of what rouhani said last night the iranian president hassan rouhani spoke of course immediately after the announcement and he also did criticize the united states as not being a trustworthy negotiating partner so the really the signal there from the supreme leader's speech is really that we may disagree internally domestically in our iranian affairs but when it comes to the united states especially at a time when hawks in washington are beating the war drums iran has to present a unified front and what are they likely to do now to preserve the deal if they can . well on the practical side of things the supreme leader spoke again today about

the need to become self-sufficient and rely on domestic production domestic consumption rebuild and regenerate the domestic economy because as much as they would like to rely on their european partners i think the leaders here in iran are confident that diplomacy going forward while it is important to go through the motions is unlikely to yield. results but the economy so. that stability did not come from a deal in the end he did he pushed again the idea of becoming domestically self-sufficient on the other side is whether or not iran will begin to enrich uranium once more and produce nuclear materials capable of being used in nuclear weapons iran is part of the nonproliferation treaty it has said over and over again that producing a nuclear weapon is not in line with iran's overall policies or agendas but having the ability to enrich uranium once more having the ability to make materials that

could be used in bombs just political leverage that it is likely iran will once again want back all right saying let's leave it there. is in london we know that the u.k. says that they want to stick with the deal they want to stick with the business that's been going on between the countries but where does this leave them considering breaks it is now playing out. yeah i mean clearly you're quite right on the one level the joints of interest with the french and the germans the no that was released last night so that if they're aggressive it's an they want to carry on but they are slightly hamstrung in this peculiar situation compared to the other european countries because what they want to do when the government says repeatedly it wants to do a trade deal with the united states as its closest friends to replace the trade deals it's going to lose when the u.k. leaves the european union and that leaves them i think a little compromised so that in the last few days you had boris johnson the foreign secretary going to the states he's

a great cheerleader nowadays for trump anyway and johnson said well we understand of course president trump's deep seated concerns about the iran deal but we think on balance it's worth staying in that and of course at the same time we can't wait for trying to come it's very nice visit to the u.k. in july and we think he should win the nobel peace prize and so they're trying to sort of balance on the head of a pin in this way and ultimately if they are in a peculiar situation where at the same time trying to do a trade deal with the united states is the most important thing to come out of breath sit there presumably deeply concerned the british companies trading with iran could there but the subjects of american sanctions which is a very difficult position to find ourselves in and so for those reasons i think they are more diplomatically compromised than european countries and i don't think you'll see the u.k. as being in the lead in trying to push back against what donald trump's been doing

thanks slowness has gotten natascha but let's pick up on that diplomacy line a moment it must really feel like failed diplomacy coming from france considering how much was put into trying to stop this from happening. and that's right so the french president or man or mark has really spent the last months trying his very best to urge donald trump not to withdraw from the iran deal we saw him out or mark or in washington really cozying up to trump trying to nurture relationship with the u.s. president in order to try and influence him on just that but at the same time when i'm out on my call left washington on that state visit two weeks ago he did say the time that he thought the tribe would pull out of this deal so the fact that that was trump's decision really hasn't come as a great surprise to many here in france as not to say that it's not a huge a disappointment now we heard from the french or foreign minister join me on

a little bit earlier and here for him the message was very clear it's consistent with france's line no matter what the u.s. is doing france wants to stay in this deal and it wants to work to try and protect it and that's why the french foreign minister said that emmanuel markhor is flinging himself into a new round of diplomacy today he is expected to speak to the iranian president on the telephone to reaffirm france's commitment to this deal and we know that the french foreign minister will be meeting his counterparts from britain from germany and from iran next monday natasha let's go over to alan fischer in west jerusalem so we know that this is going to a bit of celebrations on that side right now and also talk of some military maneuvers what's going on. well benjamin netanyahu is obviously pleased this is a big political victory for him given the pressure that he was putting on the united states but there's been a lot of honor he made this statement on tuesday said it was

a brave decision by the president and then he got on a flight to moscow yes there has been some military action in syria eyes normal with these instances the israeli ministry neither confirming nor denying that they were involved in any sort of attack inside syria itself the reports we're getting at all from out of media they are saying that the site that was targeted is a site where allegedly rainy and missiles were pointed at israel and therefore they are speculating that the israelis decided to attack this site and take those really in missiles before they could be used against israel and any sort of form of retaliation for the united states pulling out of the deal we are told that nine really in linked fighters were killed in this operation but as a say no confirmation from israel benjamin netanyahu while he's in moscow will talk

again about coordination with russian forces which suggests that certainly the israeli forces were involved in some sort of incident inside syria itself as far as political reaction well there seems to be a consensus in israel that most people believe iran is a threat to israel and to israel that there is a problem with iran that there should be some sort of action taking against them where they diverged of course isn't how that action is taken benjamin netanyahu and many people in his right wing government were very clear that they wanted the united states to pull out of this deal in the hope that it will collapse completely there are others including retired generals and former heads of intelligence here in israel who believe that the iran deal was walking the. the were in compliance and therefore should continue at least for the forseeable future there's a c. benyamin netanyahu not taking a lot of honor simply leaving it to donald trump seeing that this was

a brave decision and that kind of reflects the relationship that the two men have ellen fisher wrapping up that story they're moving on to other news now loud explosions have been heard in the saudi capital after who thier rebels said they'd fired a volley of ballistic missiles side the media say defense systems intercepted the incoming missiles who thier rebels in neighboring yemen say they targeted economic areas including the largest inland port in the kingdom has been targeted several times recently by missiles which the saudis say are manufactured in iran have been at least eight explosions in apparent coordinated attack on the afghan capital they happened near two police stations in carb or one buildings on fire in the interior ministry says there are still suicide bombers in another building i'm going to show who joins us now from kabul so it is still ongoing we believe tell us what you are

hearing about it. jane only thing just now that we are hearing is gun farmers small and small gun arms gunfire we spoke to the op police source who is dealing with the situation right now says that. at least one suicide bomber or attacker taking position in one of the. guest houses. across the district and police station now a number of explosions have been heard sporadic gunfire as you also hear from officer sources that the first attack the first courteney to attack on district thirteen of kabul district thirteen police station of kabul rather has ended we're also hearing from the ministry of public health saying at least six people have

been wounded and one of our sources on the ground a police source telling us that at least one police men have been killed now there hasn't been any claim of responsibility as yet on these courteney did attacks last week there was a an attack in kabul where the twin attack twin blasts rather. killing at least twenty five people ten of them were journalists and the journalists here and have in kabul in afghanistan say that that's the worst bloodiest attack against a journalist we also heard. another attack yesterday it was in close in eastern afghanistan in close where seventeen people were killed in a voter registration center now attacks have been concentrating on capital kabul in the past few days taliban has last week earlier this month has announced their spring offensive we also heard from northern afghanistan that

a district in baghlan province has fallen to the control of taliban thank you for that. hurt plenty more ahead on the news including. a show called. russia puts on a display of its military might. and you. know where every day more than one hundred women die during childbirth and the sixteenth the women in seventeen games for the new york yankees we'll tell you how they did it in. a riot at a high security prison. in indonesia has killed at least six people. have been told that several gods are being held hostage or death jail south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm there. outside the prison.

while this standoff here at the high security prison has been going on for seventeen hours between the highly trained and police with basically guiding the prison and inmates who all have been detained on terrorism charges so basically what happened last night a riot broke out the inmates broke through the door they broke out of the block managed to take. police officers and also take quite a lot of weapons and ammunition and what looks like happened after that is that. one of them according to my sources is still alive and is still being hostage right now at the moment as we speak during the day and also. has been negotiating with the inmates about a possible ending to this situation one of the demands that i heard is that they

want to meet their leader the man. who is. i still here in indonesia it's also been detained is actually currently on trial not taking it back actually from the prison it sounds so a lot of thanks i still be why should i was it possible that these highly trained police can be taken hostage by inmates inside their own prison u.s. secretary of state mike compare has arrived in north korea for another surprise visit it's his second trip after meeting kim jong un. last month he's expected to discuss kim's upcoming meeting with trump and the detention of three u.s. prisoners reports suggest they'll be released as a goodwill gesture kathy novak has more from seoul. this is the second visit for a u.s. secretary of state might calm pale to pyongyang it's not yet known whether he will meet the leader himself kim jong un but might pump aoe says he will be meeting with

senior officials in north korea to discuss the expected meeting between donald trump and kim jong un at the first meeting one might come pale with still the cia director he says the groundwork was laid for that meeting and now it's expected that the firm details are expected to be discussed the other item likely to be very high on the agenda is the fate of the three americans who are detained in north korea donald trump foreshadow that a decision on their fate could be imminent telling the public to stay tuned but still no details about whether or not they are likely to be released soon might pompei or says that efforts have been being made by the u.s. administration and he will be discussing that with officials in north korea michael pena is president of this ship gets news agency joins us by skype from take every good to see it what's going to say about the u.s. tearing up the new kid deal with iran surely that would receive is that the

agreements made with the united states don't necessarily mean much obviously many years went into the iranian nuclear agreement and the united states fully supported it and back to. work for it and then a new administration comes in and rips up the agreement so obviously if you're north koreans you have to worry that anything that you signed with the americans any deals with your make or are going to be worthwhile because they may change their mind later so if they see that the u.s. cannot be trusted where do you think it leaves the deal what do they have on the table to play with now. well the thing is i sincerely doubt that the kim regime really trusted the trump administration to begin with so in a sense it's not a new revelation that trump can't really be trusted so what i expect the north koreans would do is to make deals with china to somehow try to bring in china as

the guarantor of the agreement and that may be what the recent visits of kim to china have been about to make sure that even if the united states essentially flakes out that china will still be there to make sure that the terms of whatever agreement are signed are stuck to sort of going back into the fold a what about japan well japan maintains more or less a hard line position it's you know in terms of the. north korean issue they're probably going to be the last one to act on it in terms of the iranian nuclear deal you know as of yesterday the foreign minister of japan says that the japanese government's position is that they support the deal and he said it very clearly so that twenty four hours later their major ally has has forsaken the deal so probably the japanese are going to go quiet for a while and they'll see how much pressure they get from the americans to change

their own position thank you for sharing your thoughts michael paine. thank persuading it was created to give up its nuclear weapons has been the topic of discussion in tokyo the japanese and chinese prime ministers together with south korea's president agree to increase cooperation to denuclearize the korean peninsula the first trilateral meeting for the three is a concrete action by the north for a permanent peace settlement. hypersonic weapons a new missile defense system and stealth technology have all been on display in moscow russia's armed forces are showing off the hardware at the annual military parade to celebrate victory over hitler in world war two president putin announced the new technology in his state of the nation address in march chalons has more from moscow. well the may ninth celebrations happen every year of course they serve two functions relief for russia and its leadership first of all their way of

boosting national pride and patriotism russia in its border years has suffered plenty of traumas but victory in the second world war is one thing that pretty much all russians going to agree was a great national victory but then of course there's the showpiece this is a chance for russia's military to display to the world all its latest hardware and technology the military has made great strides in the last couple of years because of its operation in syria it's learned a great deal technologically and logistically and now you get the may the night military parade is a chance to show off new systems like the s one hundred and the u. hypersonic missiles that's the kind of thing that we've been seeing this year at this parade in syria of course features in the diplomacy surrounding this parade as well binyamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister has come here he was standing close to putin as all the tanks rolled through red square but let's not kid

ourselves this is not about coming in hang out with putin i want to putin's favorite events of the year this is about coming here to talk about israel's concerns over iran's role in syria essentially israel is heading towards a kind of heightens military footing at the moment expecting some kind of lash back from iran or its proxies israel has been striking iranian and hezbollah targets in. side syria for quite some time there are reports there was another strike overnight just south of damascus so there seems to be an escalating situation there and the possibility of a direct confrontation between iran and israel in syria and israel wants to know where where russia stands on this a few moments we'll have the weather with rob are standing by but still ahead on al-jazeera the spanish language film featured big name stars that setting the scene at the cannes festival and in sports a record fourth straight french cup title for paris. we'll have more on that.

from the clear blue sky of the doha. to the french autumn breeze in the city of love. often concentrate on the details of tropical africa but it grows some very big thunderstorms that sometimes turn out to be hurricane later in the season but even now you've got some pretty big ones hundred eighty nine millimeters for this developing storm of the central african republic ok that's where it starts then it moves they always do they move from east to west and as it hit port harcourt it caused a certain amount of damage that this is clearly not because of the rain there's something else going on here said they develop it to be understood from wind must be involved now as the thing went through nigeria went through. need and into

southern ghana as well and it left figures an impressive forty four minute basis of rain twenty five a time it got to abidjan so what we know the second element of these thunderstorms we've seen elsewhere in the world but hundred forty kill me for that was just causes the thing sounds a sees the arc of cloud here so it wasn't just one time so this is a bunch a group of thunderstorms and they're going to keep moving in that general direction and of course be followed by the next one already developing this to see if you'll think that happens every day and actually gets worse and worse. the weather sponsored by cats are always. the birth of the zionist movement. and the establishment of a jewish homeland in palestine the crucial battle listed just respond simply getting jews into palestine at any cost hundreds of thousands forced to leave their

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putting out is there a mind of top stories this hour members of iran's parliament have burnt a u.s. flag angry about president trump's decision to withdraw from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal tom called the agreement defective to its core iran's supreme leader accused of lying and said he made a mistake. as claimed responsibility for least eight explosions in the afghan capital one policeman was killed at least six other people injured in the civil tameness attacks yet two police stations in a couple. arrives in a high security prison for eisel sus. thanks in indonesia has killed at least six people as it has been told that the inmates stole weapons and are holding several guards hostage a devil jail south of the capital jakarta. returning to our top story on the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal iran's government is now looking at its options the

tiller pairs her as more. was the condemnation was swift the disappointment evident along with the u.s. plan documents representing iran's nuclear deal were burned in parliament politicians are now assessing their options at home and abroad i doubt all public you should read all your more him as little if europe an important countries like russia and china fill this international vacuum perhaps that will be a way to continue otherwise the islamic republic of iran will bring the us to its senses with its nuclear actions they have to know that under such circumstances iran has no commitment to remain in the nuclear position it was in before two. minutes after the u.s. pullout from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal iran's president hassan rouhani said the us has once more proved itself to be an unreliable negotiating partner. 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 newspaper headlines show disagreements on how iran should respond moderates won the deal to go on without trump hardliners though stressed the deal should be completely scrapped but both sides are now bracing for an economic impact this is your divisional withdrawal means more pressure will be exerted on the people and the country will go back to the days of resorting to smuggling to bring in goods and bypass sanctions. despite the u.s. pullout rouhani isn't giving up without a fight he championed the nuclear agreement in the face of hard line critics at home who said it was unlikely to succeed any iranian. hopes of still benefiting from the dealing keeping it alive now rests in the hands of the country's foreign minister who helped negotiate it following his president's speech divonne saudi you've tweeted that he would spearhead diplomatic efforts he hopes to convince other signatories to isolate the u.s.

not given suppression from the white house but that approach is questionable in the face of crippling u.s. sanctions on iran and the threat of secondary sanctions on countries and companies that does business with iran is not going to give the u.s. any concessions neither on it regional. role and its what it sees as its struggle against extremism nor with regards to its defense capabilities and its missile defense because it knows that the only thing that prevents the united states from attacking iran is its defense capabilities president rouhani has always said that his government pursued dialogue to avoid conflict but in his speech he spoke about all the wars with the us the kinds of things that the nuclear deal was designed to leave in the past. so the young al jazeera the tourney fifteen agreement set limits on iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting most u.s. and international sanctions to iran last more than one hundred sixty billion

dollars in oil revenue from twenty twelve to twenty sixteen alone after the deal it resumed selling oil on international markets it also gained access to more than one hundred billion dollars in assets frozen overseas new u.s. sanctions may see companies reconsider investing in iran and european firms may have no choice but to scale back or risk running foul of u.s. rules clearly a mayor is an international economics commentator and chief executive of mary sources she joins us from london always good to see you what is your response to the immediate economic impact this is likely to have. well i think there will be an immediate economic impact when it comes to oil exports there will be some impact but you know the chinas of this world are what likely to champion interest consumers you know as the supply situation a stretch but when it comes to investment and when it comes to you know countries

engaging with iran a country a company isn't getting was and it's getting very tricky here in our in market this relatively small it's eighteen million people and it's very it's a very difficult market to sit it's desperate in desperate need of reform so if you're a western company and you risk losing access to that we to see american market over doing business with iran well you're probably gonna opt for four for safety because those european companies have said look we're going to continue doing business with you might feel pressurised in not doing business considering they might have contacts in the us. where you know it's not it's not that they don't have an option once a country is on that sanctions list on that restricted list any company doing business with it will lose its access to the united states market and if it still has access it it might risk very big fines so they don't have an option if you're

a big bank you're not going to risk access to the u.s. market even if you're a big oil company you're not going to risk that access and that's where point and is in a very very tricky spot because they're just committed one billion dollars to develop the south park field and the mr sun going to run enormous has been has been very clear if you're out of the deal we're keeping the money how much damage has been done since trump took office considering his sentiment towards iran people were already feeling the pressure. yes people are feeling the pressure and every cautious and many companies have been cautious even before it and if you look for instance at b.p. their chief executive said look at this point it's there's a lot of hydrocarbon resources but i'm still not committing anything to iran because it's unclear because remember not all the sanctions were lifted only part

of the sanctions and we're not quite clear as to what the sanctions regime is so when trump came in that got back got even worse and a lot of companies were just sitting on the fence wait wait and see what happens because you know once you've committed to dollars into it into an economy it's very hard to get them out thank you. votes are being counted in what's been billed as malaysia's biggest and tightest ever election the poll pits prime minister najib razak against his ninety two year old former mentor bob mcbride reports from kuala lumpur. malaysia's prime minister najib razak voting in an election that is seen as a test of his credibility. his coalition's lead has narrowed in the days before voting but he's confident he has still done enough to win. i believe the people will give a new mandate to barry san nasa now we cannot vote based on slander or sedition because the elections are not about that he has been plagued by the scandal over

the government's one m. d. b. investment fund that had hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly misappropriated jeep denies any wrongdoing. but the controversy has brought the return of the former prime minister mahathir mohammed into the political fray accusing his form a protege of corruption these. bribe money that he's received doesn't last you don't let a bit of money make you pull in the country forever this is what will happen if najib stays on as prime minister at ninety two he remains a potent political force in an election few are willing to call because there are so many things that president the soviet he said nobody would have dreamed it would you would imagine like decades ago just nobody's though he's willing to take it all with her to here could sway traditional pro-government voters in rural areas and helped galvanize opposition supporters in urban areas who are convinced it's time

for change a better future for our children and our grandchildren that's when we deliver that yes we know who that was the we did run the government is like the like is their own you know money but i feel that if the country's government more. honestly we have some bright minds in it at the militias should be ok but critics say the ruling on no party in power for sixty one years benefits from an uneven allocation of seats the opposition claims the odds have been stacked against it by the so-called jerram and ring of political boundaries this constituency in kuala lumpur was recently extended to include. thousands of extra pro-government supporters turning a safe opposition seats into a marginal one the fear for the opposition is even if they win the popular vote the ruling coalition will retain the majority of seats to stay in power rob mcbride

al-jazeera kuala lumpur every him surfin is the executive director of their medicare center for opinion research and he joins us from kuala lumpur very good to have you with us do you think could punch a hole make an impact well my tears campaign has certainly electrified the country he has galvanize a segment of the population that previously supported the ruling coalition so we believe that in the course of this campaign a significant proportion of the voters may switch sides and back him up but what really i think will determine the outcome of this election would be how much of the hard core voters for the ruling party can he swing and will that be enough to bring enough support for his coalition bearing in mind that in this election a lot of the larger opposition party the islamic party has decided to contest as a third force so in many of the districts we think there is going to be

a very close run thing because a proportion of the vote that is opposition is not going to doctor my theory but instead going to the islamic party ok and where does corruption and scandal stand in this election is that making any difference. well the issue of governance corruption and transparency a thing is first and foremost amongst many voters particularly those that are residing voting in the urban parts of the country the real class and above so it is a very serious issue that people are considering and talking about but i think beyond that the vice majority of the electorate is talking more about cost of living pressures arising from staying in regis and rising costs and that's also another issue that's providing some support for the opposition in this election all these issues and yet i'm hearing that there's not much enthusiasm for this but why

is that. well i think in this particular election year you have the election taking place on a wednesday it's in the middle of the week and although probably holiday has been declared the results that we're seeing in terms of turnout shows a significant reduction in turnout compared to the previous election we had eighty four percent in two thousand and thirteen and to the east and out is somewhere in the region of seventy six percent so there is a substantive reduction in turnout and i think most of this deduction in turn out is from the younger generation who would be more anti-establishment so i think there is a disadvantage to the relational position today heard it for himself and thank you . even a virus has reemerged in the same area of democratic republic of congo where another outbreak was eradicated last year at least seventeen people have died in because the world health organization says two tested positive for a burglar. and doctors without borders are sending teams to help prevent the

disease disease from spreading. what is needed to deal with that you ball outbreak you still have in place treatment centers so all those who are infected with the virus can be treated appropriately and timely it is also. it is also important to have in place contact tracing teams who will follow for twenty one days old those who may have been exposed to the virus it is also important to work with the population saw to make sure that the burials are done in a safe and secure way having a baby in nigeria is a major risk for women the un says more than one hundred die each day while giving birth a lack of access to health care means many expectant mothers have babies in their villages a window gun reports from ben we state where a veteran midwife is trying to improve standards of people in the village called

her mom and galley she's one of the oldest women living in this part of mccurdy in the jury essential been restraint and mina garber is her real name and she's healed as a savior by the other women she sent in goes in the local language which means each additional breathing assistant or a midwife. i mean there's been delivering babies in her village for more than fifty years. and i think she would be. now going to was a well the i.g.b.t. they come to me the poor and they need help sometimes they come with nothing and i can't refuse them so i take care of them even when they can't pay me. mary alex is grateful she didn't have any money but i mean i had her deliver her baby just a few hours ago she's naming her baby happiness the story of mary alex is one that is repeated a thousand times over but the challenges faced by ameena can be extreme this is

what's left of the clinic she says a group of men set it on fire a couple of months ago and she can't afford to rebuild it it is devastating not only for her but for those women who rely on her. government figures reveal almost seventy percent of deliveries in rural areas happen at home the nigerian government's now introduced a program to better train birthing assistants like ameena so we're just going to train them and ask them so that they can how it's good that is why i didn't buy d.d.'s the just. during pregnancy. improvement to the continent. but in benelux state there are more challenges to overcome governments health workers seven went on strike for several weeks now this is why private and charity wards like this one are packed with patients making the situation even more difficult for mothers and their babies in the minas makeshift clinic another

expectant mother arrives she's given what is described as herbal medicine concocted by a minute and then it's a case of waiting and waiting. in the organ al-jazeera mccurdy invented the state central nigeria emergency crews on wise beguile and say they are poised to evacuate more people as love continues to spew from callao up seven hundred people have already been ordered to leave their homes five days after the volcano began erupting volcanic gases also spreading across the island. zero fourteen wins and counting in madrid for world number one. and most cold nights.

the red carpets rolled out again in the south of france for the cannes film festival twenty one movies are competing for the top prize the palme d'or but this is focus isn't on hollywood as charlie and in the reports. can 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. money. and i want to go to ben is a psychological thriller starring happy about him penelope cruz and it is setting the tone for a festival that this year will champion cinema. on the driver. why

are big hollywood blockbusters almost entirely absent from this year's line up and the headline grabbing soul of 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 one trailer 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 and industry still reeling from the harvey weinstein scandal can is when many of his alleged sexual assault took place it can no longer be a two week celebration of male brains and female beauty. issues of gender inequality and sexism arrive and head of the jury kate plant. it 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 is 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 said fulfill the people say the seven percent of women directors in the film industry the cons always has a higher number twenty twenty three percent but there's a number of women directors say to me well if i'm selected the cameras i hope it's not just because i'm a woman i hope it's because i'm a director the government an artist oh 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. it's time for sports thank you very much.

defending n.b.a. champions the golden state warriors will play the houston rockets this year's western conference finals golden state to the finals for the fourth consecutive year on day beating the new orleans pelicans hundred thirteen two hundred four to take a four one lead in their playoff series the when that was golden state's fifteenth in a row and the playoffs at home match in the chicago bulls a wreck or streak of from one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety one said corey who had missed a game one of the series through injury had a team high twenty eight points for the hosts a feel good. you still get a little bit better with there when you start to get so excited still. six weeks is too. appreciative to just be another point. the houston rockets said sponsor the second conference finals in four years off to beating the utah jazz one

hundred twelve two hundred two in game five of the series chris paul scored a career high forty one points to reach the finals for the first time having failed to make it pasta second round of the playoffs and on previous attempts. the performance that chris put out there if he didn't make it the kind of style that something's wrong. you know means a lot but again i don't want to downplay and i know you know i'll get criticized but all year has been good. i'm just indebted these guys just for the experience we've had all year the road trips the locker room and how they've done it you know what if we keep going and keep having success great but these guys you don't can't take anything from they've shown it every step of the way and i was really problem and what they did to new york yankees and the boston red sox will take them major league baseball rivalry overseas in two thousand and nineteen with two regular

season games set to be played a london but for now the teams are continuing to basle home soil on tuesday they met at the yankee stadium for the first of a three game showdown. john carlos stanton made two home runs the are in judge ahead to tie breaking single to help new york to a three two win they're now one sixteenth of the last seventeen games. for those to be no fairytale finish in the french cup for third division. three as they were beaten in the final two nailed by mom just twenty two hundred seventeen fans watched the opening game in this year's cup campaign but one hundred fifty bus loads of supporters made the trip from the small french town in paris she hit the post four times inside the opening twenty five minutes before giovanni also finally opened the scoring for the french champions is and then scored from the spot as

p.s.g. became the first team to win four consecutive french cup titles. we are very happy that we've won this trophy and that we could share it with our fans with our families it's always great to achieve something like that there will be celebrations and i think we shouldn't take these things for granted when our careers are short we want to have the chance to live moments like this so we have to make the most out of it realized the clash of the titans an italian in a cup final holders eventis are getting ready to face rivals ac milan in rome a wednesday both sides were received by italian presidents. at the. palace ahead of the title clash milan are bidding to win the six cup final but first since two thousand and three while you they are looking to win the trophy for fourth time in a row they're set to be crowned syria champions for the seventh time this season it could be their fourth domestic league and cup double but captain john you should

befall says they are taking their potent they're not taking their opponents for granted. if i am not wrong together with my team and i bleed for finals against me one to one by them on penalties one won by us after extra time and one won by us from penalties that means that it's difficult at the match against milan and ninety minutes because they always play balanced games. look at the noise did more for us this was a larger world cup because we have a young team because of the enthusiasm of the supporters that push thirty five thousand of them to buy a season ticket because of the desire that the players have to win something there's just over a month to go until the world cup in russia and the country's football union has been punished by feet over racism they've been fined thirty thousand dollars after french players that were racially abused by russian fans during a friendly. pol pot was one of those who faced monkey chants the stadium in san

petersburg will play host to seven world cup games during the tournament english football club or leeds united to have began their controversial tour of the second tier team have faced widespread criticism for green to visit the asian country is in the midst of an army crackdown which has displaced more than seven hundred thousand muslims to bangladesh the british government has also advised against travelling to parts of the country still needs or will play them our national team or was there before facing the league's all stars two days later. tennis now on wall number one simona halep is bidding to extend her winning streak add the madrid open to fifteen matches on wednesday the double defending champion in the spanish capital beat the in-form belgian in the samaritans six love six three to progress to the last sixteen on tuesday their mania now takes on czech christina for

a place in the quarterfinals. while number three and home favorites got to be in had a much tougher task against croatian world number fifty dawna. by wimbledon champion eventually prevailed six one in the third set children all face russian as athena and of round three. and there was no such fight back from men's wald number three a good god dimitrov he lost in three sets to form a walled number one around it will now play fellow canadian denis shop of all of in the last sixteen. meanwhile while number four juan martin del potro won his first match on clay this season to make it through to the third round the arjun time is impossible so more in straight sets. really and that's it for me back to jane thanks very much for that one and that's it for me jane for this news about adrian finnegan will be here with more on the

day's news and just remember we got a lot on the topic that we be leaving with today tearing up the radio in agreement by the trumpet administration and the fallout from that fact and lots more to be found on our website also a little bit later on. may on al jazeera venezuela will hold a snap election as president maduro aims to retain control what lies ahead for a country that has been waiting for light at the end of

a long tunnel of people in power the top u.s. general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for results as beneath our oceans we all skip the seabed is a territory still to be claimed. commemorating seventy years from now al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict may on al-jazeera. to. the farthest finisher.

getting to the heart of the matter if will stuff like injury the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on top to al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you.