homes in that earthquake still live in this camp say i'm going to be up at the gallop the government raised our hopes and then abandon us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government will fail. al-jazeera is an investigative unit reveals tactics used by anti muslim organizations to instigate a fear of islam all were greater universities there are. those over places where they're recruiting this stuff is toxic he's a poison salesman we saw a number of attacks against women and men across the country completely skyrocket guys in front of the court so it is a good mix they are not there's blood flowing all over my legs al-jazeera investigations islamophobia incorporated.

this is al jazeera. hello i'm barbara this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes anger in iraq lawmakers burned the u.s. flag in protest over president trance the station to pull out of the nuclear deal freed from north korea three american prisoners are released in a goodwill gesture ahead of nuclear talks for next month. i much to know how you view your relationship with the president. donald trump's pick to head the central intelligence agency is grilled a perk confirmation hearing. we're live in kuala lumpur were votes are being counted in the country's tightest election ever. in sports rafael nadal's

record breaking run goes on clay court winning streak continues this time. and. thank you for joining us iran's supreme leader says don't try to pull the united states out of the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal is silly and superficial he accused the u.s. president of lying in a stressing to quit the landmark agreement if the remaining world powers can't offer trade guarantees said dr the reports now from tehran. the day after the united states tore up the nuclear deal iran set it on fire. members of parliament into one burned a printout of the international pact and the american flag a show of anger and disappointment over what they say is

a mistake by washington i thought all right all your more him if europe an important countries like russia and china fill this international vacuum perhaps there will be a low. 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 the. iranians woke up to headlines that highlight the country's internal divisions moderates who are currently in government want the deal to go on without trump hardliner stress the united states cannot be trusted and the agreement should be completely scrapped but both sides are bracing for an economic impact this is your division. the 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 i on wednesday iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei drew a line in the sand show me a beaut. days sure go hard for you all heard last night the cheap and impudent

remarks of the us president there were maybe more than ten lies mostly see it a threesome both the establishment and the iranian nation that he will do this and that and i will tell him on behalf of the iranian people mr trump you don't like hell you will. while there is a sliver of hope for the deal to survive the company said he knows iran is asking the remaining signatories for the impossible to stand by iran and ignore the global financial threat posed by the united states has. now said that the agreement will stay in place with participation of the three european countries i do not trust these three countries when i meet them would not go to him. while the full impact of renewed sanctions had yet to materialize on iranian streets traditional chants of death to america are getting louder once again

perhaps the clearest sign of iran's anger was a message from the supreme leader to the american president in it he said that many u.s. presidents have died in their bones had decomposed and the trump two will return to dust and become food for worms but the islamic republic company said it will remain standing same bus ravi olders here at the wrong. so angry response from tehran pretty predictably but at a cabinet meeting a few hours ago trump warned iran against pursuing its nuclear ambitions i would advise iran not to start their nuclear program i would advise them very strongly if they do there will be very severe consequence ok. well president trump has also threatened sanctions against any other country with links to iran and that could that shows for the remaining signatories as they try to salvage the nuclear deal and it's likely to mean a multi-billion dollar trade this feud between the u.s.

and some of its allies as for brennan reports now from berlin any nation that helps saran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states the message was clear america is out and the other signatories had better follow but they're not going without a fight. so it is it is unique this makes the united states the world's economic police and i think that's not an acceptable situation but. we will look at the implications that the withdrawal of the u.s. has for european companies and how the europeans can respond together. france germany the e.u. in the u.k. china and russia want to maintain the twenty fifteen agreement and iran has expressed its willing to but all sides understand the trade is the critical issue iran's acceptance of the nuclear restrictions was always dependent on the other

signatories ability to deliver economic benefits to tehran without economic benefits is frankly nothing in it for the iranians and so if president trumps sanctions force the signatories to cease trading with iran then the deal is surely dead. since the twenty fifteen deal numerous international companies have promised billions of dollars of investment in iran among the biggest the aerospace giants boeing and airbus have signed deals reportedly worth seventeen billion dollars and ten billion dollars respectively the french oil giant total has contracts worth four point eight billion dollars and the automotive group persia has invested four hundred seventy five million dollars can europe really protect globalized companies from the threats of u.s. sanctions what we. are both sides are protecting a war a company because we should know so. at the end what we

thought from a long american law it's no applicable law here in europe would go more here in germany believe there is no basis for what he is doing the iran nuclear deal enable trade between iran and the e.u. to double to almost twelve billion dollars for the first half of twenty seventeenth and china exported nearly eight billion dollars of goods to iran in the second half of last year a twenty two percent increase to defend that business france is preparing to launch a complaint against america with the world trade organization and the european union is examining so-called blocking legislation there will be frantic shuttle diplomacy at the highest level in the coming days paul brennan al-jazeera belin. who discuss this in more detail we're joined by trita parsi president of the nationally rainin american council he joins us live now from washington d.c.

sir thank you and welcome to al-jazeera as we were hearing their internal brennan's report there obviously are going to be well there are now are going to be increasing tensions between the european allies and the united states over this issue of the deal in who can or can't trade with iran i mean realistically no matter how much will the european nations have to keep relations going with iran and to keep the deal in place do you feel that their hands are tied that ultimately they would be writing checks they can't cash. actually you know i think they have the capacity to do so i think it's very much a question about political will back in the one nine hundred ninety s. when the united states first started imposing excessive sort of choice sanctions the european union acted in unison they threatened to take the united states to the international court in the hague they put into place blocking mechanisms and counter sanctions and the united states backed down and essentially adopted the law but promised never to implemented and that's what the clinton administration did they never implemented it so europe has plenty of examples in which once it is

united and acts with political will and strength that actually causes the united states to back off from some of its more. over aggressive demands of europe the question here is does europe have the leadership the political will and the readiness to do this i think there are some in europe that recognize that if they don't do it on this issue at some point are going to be forced to do so on some other issue because donald trump is is aggressively going forward and targeting almost all the agreements that he has with the europeans that we've seen a lot of response angry response coming out of iran and then there was an interesting tweet from the supreme leader he said i don't trust these three countries either if the governments want to make a contract they should ask for a guarantee or they will do just as the u.s. first of all what do you think he means by guarantee but secondly i mean we're talking a lot about trade because that's important but really it's the breakdown of trust that is doesn't look like it's really salvageable now. part of the

problem is that even if the europeans were to put into place some of these blocking mechanisms and other measures they cannot force their companies to trade with iran as your reporter mentioned many of them will nevertheless choose to just trade with the u.s. because if they trade with iran they will lose access to the american market and the iranian market simply isn't big enough for them to choose iran so i think he's hinting at that even if the european companies governments take a strong political stance if the actual trade goes down never the less than iran still has not gotten what it what it was promised and he wants to make sure that that doesn't happen we've seen pictures of anger coming out of iran the burning of the flag and the deal in parliament obviously those are pictures that are for global consumption but what do you think behind the scenes the iranian reaction actually is to what is effectively the end of this deal i think you're having a scenario inside of iran right now and which doors in iran who argue that

ultimately there can be a compromise with the united states that if iran agrees to restrictions in other things the united states would reciprocate and as a result win win situations can be achieved if both sides show flexibility and pursue negotiations and dialogue that argument that mindset of the is now on the severe threats and instead it's the other mindset the other narrative iran that is winning out the one this is no united states on the north circumstance can be. trusted because it is destined to betray its word it is destined to move forward with some form of enmity towards iran and as a result the only way to deal with the united states is to pursue an aggressive foreign policy and push back hard so see iran is that the more conservative going to get the upper hand now in iran's policy in the region in particular is

likely going to get much much more aggressive. trita parsi president of the national iranian american council source like you much very much for sharing your views with us thank you. now the u.s. president has said the details of a historic summit with north korea's kim jong un will be revealed within three days but it will not be held inside the demilitarized zone between the north and the south and this just hours after three u.s. citizens imprisoned in north korea were freed they're now heading back home in a move seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the summit kathy novak has more now from seoul the release of the americans is another sign of the thawing relationship between pyongyang and washington and improves the climate for the proposed summit between donald trump and kim jong un the u.s. president has pushed the case for months saying there's been constant pressure like was fighting very diligently to get the three merkin citizens back. reports that

the three had been moved from a labor camp to a hotel in the capital was followed closely in south korea there they received better food and medical treatment this is what we know about the three men kim jong il is a south korean born u.s. citizen who worked as a religious minister in his early sixty's he was detained in twenty fifteen on spying charges a year later he was sentenced to ten years hard labor at a government arranged news conference he apparently confessed to stealing military secrets while working with south korea a claim rejected by seoul two of the men have been detained since donald trump became president kim hawke song was detained on suspicion of hostile acts in may twenty seventeen believed to be an ethnic korean born in china he emigrated to the us in the one nine hundred ninety s. he worked at pyongyang university of science and technology. who goes by tony kim was arrested in april twenty seventeen he also worked at the university and was accused of hostile acts trumper had been suggesting that unless the north koreans

take real denuclearization steps that he wouldn't go to the summit well the north koreans have given him something else very easy for them to give and now the summit will absolutely go ahead donald trump used to call the north korean leader a little rocket man and warned of a hostile reaction to further threats of attack from their west korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire of fury. like the world has never seen but in march there was a dramatic turnaround when president trump announced summit plans after a visit by a south korean delegation to the white house the man who is now u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh followed up with visits to north korea to lay the groundwork for talks with president trump as three americans celebrate their release the family of student otto warm beer will be thinking of what could have been arrested in north korea and held for seventeen months he returned to the u.s. in a vegetative state and died days later one because parents have lodged

a wrongful death suit against the north korean government kathy novak al jazeera soul let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett and kimberly what have you heard about the condition of the city remain and is the white house giving any more details. will the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o did speak with reporters on board the flight when he first left north korea with those released hostages in fact saying that he had been there for a total of thirteen hours had spoken with the north korean leader for approximately ninety minutes and as you point out the white house certainly seeing this as a goodwill gesture the fact that these three detainees have been released in fact the u.s. president saying i appreciate kim jong un for doing this in terms of their condition the secretary of state says the fact that doctors have examined them that they were able to board the plane on their own without assistance they seemed to be in his

words in good health they said they would have a better readout of their condition once they landed in japan where they were transitioning to another flight to the united states because there were better medical facilities there in order to conduct a more thorough examination of the condition that they were in certainly this is being hailed by the white house as a diplomatic achievement they certainly feel and this was the words of the secretary of state mike pompei o that this is an example of donald trump's peace through strength policies that has been another sort of manifestation of that if you will something that they very much hope to continue as they look toward this summit that will take place between the u.s. president and the north korean leader kim jong il and rather kim jong un and i should point out that in fact again the day in the time of that summit not yet released but we are expecting court to the secretary of state that that could be released early next week asked in a cabinet meeting here at the white house whether or not the president thought he deserved a nobel prize for this it she's been so far of even getting to this point he said

that he sort of shrugged that suggestion off saying that if he's able to sort of achieve denuclearize ation that this would be the greatest achievement he could hope for and really how can we the laces from the white house can release thank you . well still to come on al-jazeera for this news hour. gunmen launched coordinated attacks in the afghan capital battling security forces for hour it's a new initiative to train midwives in nigeria where every day more than one hundred with died while giving birth. and the houston rockets but their place in the n.b.a. is western conference finals and the will tell you who they're set things in sport . now donald trump's pick for cia director says she won't allow the hues of harsh

interrogation tactics on terror suspects she now has full is facing tough questions from u.s. senators at her confirmation hearing she admitted the cia learned lessons from its interrogation program after the nine eleven attacks in which she was accused of overseeing torture techniques she says should never allow that to happen again even if ordered by president trump. my moral compass is strong i would not allow the cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral even if it was technically legal i would absolutely not permit it she would not follow the were if you felt that was no i believe that cia must undertake activities that are consistent with american values so the latest now from share britain in a washington in that little clip we just heard there gina housefull was very clear that she wouldn't use torture no matter even if she was asked by the president

himself so tell us what she wasn't so clear about who was being grilled. what she actually believes the problem with her using this nuremberg defense is what she's doing for both of the most contentious issues that surround her surround overseeing torture destroying evidence of torture is her main argument is i was just following orders so when senators were asking about what do you actually think is torture immoral she wouldn't answer point blank when she was asked about destroying the evidence of torture she said he said look we had to protect we had to protect the those doing the torture that was a main concern the one our sexual why don't just pixelate the faces of those people doing the torture so that we did have a record of evidence of what the cia was up to she said well i'm not technical i didn't she distrusted every bit of a part of the concept so there are all these questions which left those skeptical of her becoming cia director still skeptical the way the senate is about going to

classified hearings on the nomination have so have more luck in getting some answers because she's in charge of the classification of her own record so we don't still even in the public domain how many people's torture she oversaw what exactly her role was all we have is her denials that she did anything illegal. so skepticism still there regarding her nomination but all three d. think that she will when it. it's difficult to say it's not the republicans need a simple majority john mccain of arizona is ill so he's not going to vote so she could win it with a fifty forty nine vote sen rand paul that was the republican has said he will not vote for g. the house cool it does seem to be sticking to that right now you didn't stick with it when it came to compare the secretary of state so you could just pick one democrat to switch there's a lot of speculation about how charlie sheen which some of the jury mentioned was that he's a democrat of west virginia who might be facing

a tough election in november in a republican state but also the democrats but it easier for her for them to vote for her because of president obama president obama was the one who said we should move forward we should look back we shouldn't hold anyone accountable for torture his own cia director john brennan who incidentally is supporting geno housefull himself said he was a fan of torture and found a rendition where you used to kidnap people and some of the third countries to be tortured he later said he was a great friend of waterboarding he also repeated what do you know how specific maybe maybe some valuable intelligence comes from torture it can't be ruled out even though the senate intelligence committee said it can't be ruled out in this in this case so that has made it easier for the democrats perhaps to to have cover in voting for house bill because of our experience and because of the trompe and argument that this is somehow a great feminist movement to have someone who oversaw torture and black sites to not become the head of the cia shepparton see with the latest from washington d.c. on that controversial nomination she had thank you. now counting is under way in

malaysia tied to the fourth election vote pitted the prime minister najib razak long ruling coalition against the resurgent opposition led by his one time mentor and former prime minister mahathir mohammad finally joins us live now from kuala lumpur as well and some seeing reports that the opposition is ahead what more can you tell us. well the election commission is announcing the official results in dribs and drabs of the latest we've got they've counted one hundred seventy six hours of two hundred twenty two seats no party is able to form an outright majority but if we take into account the alliances that they're likely to make which still got the opposition alliance ten feet ahead of the ruling party and there's been no concession speech yet by the ruling alliance we do know that the prime minister was supposed to have held a press conference here four hours ago he didn't show up we are at the headquarters

of being the prime minister's party it's the strongest party in the office in the ruling alliance now for three other ministers have known. holding a meeting with the prime minister at his residence now one of the ministers the youth and sports minister was asked to comment on the results so far and he said of course we will respect the rule of the people the prime minister will hold a press conference at eleven am local time on the day and as i said. only one hundred seventy six feet have been counted as yet so it's still still not able to call this election as yet ok so early days it does seem that the opposition is doing quite well a do we know what the reasons behind that would be. well it's the mahathir factor he is a divisive figure but he is also someone who's been able to unite the disparate coalition into a really

a real force to be reckoned with you know he left the ruling party after being in it for so many years and after leading the country for twenty two years he's known as the father of modernization in malaysia so he still has a lot of political clout a lot of respect left and importantly his party was able to ghonim a labor vote because his party champions molay rights whereas the other parties were seen as more multi-racial and more more liberal parties so this was a crucial point in winning over voters in the. majority. foreign with the latest from those results still not final there in kuala lumpur florence thanks for the moment thank you. now gunmen launched coordinated attacks in the afghan capital killing at least seven people including two police officers seventeen others were injured when three separate explosions struck kabul followed by gunfire the government says at least eight suicide bombers took part in the

attacks overall which one of which was claimed by eisel the other claimed by the taliban jennifer classes in kabul she spoke to us about what the government is doing about the growing number of attacks in afghanistan. but interior minister went on television actually to defend his police forces and his security forces now he says in his defense the interior ministry doesn't have enough of the intelligence equipment to try and prevent these attacks and he says that the attackers are getting help from outside from from organizers outside of afghanistan he says the intelligence services do have some of the equipment needed to try and slow these attacks but the interior ministry has a lot to take care of they're trying to they're trying to protect voting centers to try to protect embassies they're trying to protect ministries and we just learned in the last couple of weeks the scope of the afghan security forces are actually down by more than thirty five thousand over last year that's army as well as police

and security forces so it's an uphill battle for them. still to come on this news hour israel's prime minister heads to moscow looking for assurances over his government's military actions in syria as iraq prepares for elections we speak to a young iraqi voters about their faith in the electoral process and their sixteenth when in seventeen games new york yankees and they will tell you how they did it in sport. how it is still raining in western iran and iraq in syria the big swirl in the system is pretty obvious because the head of it all is halfway now between the caspian and the black sea so it's over the caucasus doesn't feed any more moisture

in so the thing will slowly fall apart but the immediate future the still significant rain to come out of it now media possibly georgia certainly turkey in the north of syria south of it the sun's come out again twenty seven in beirut bit of a breeze from across egypt and the showers extend down towards cuba and having gone through baghdad there will be further rain in the northern portion of this place i think it's back down south which is more cloud by this time given this is still here not to be about the day the one hundred millimeters of rain come out of the sky from northern syria northern iraq and bits of turkey that will produce some rather unpleasant conditions flooding in particular and of course you can see showers the east of that still there in iraq to the sides apart from the casual thunderstorms showing up in the saudi arabia you just watch a change of wind direction as this thing goes through i think briefly what is g.'s bit of a showering down through bahrain but that will be cut off by the time we get to friday though that massive cloud suggests thunderstorms in north and saturday.

jail should never be a country club and anyone who spent time in our facilities will tell you we are the furthest thing from a country club and we know our approach is going to be incarcerated and at the mercy of a sheriff's controversial approach to punishment and reform sheriff hold a credible amount of power and are allowed to run the jails in the way that they see that and we see a lot of abuses american sheriffs on al-jazeera. a shock to me to go to jail and show al-jazeera is an investigative unit reveals tactics used by anti muslim organizations to instigate a fear of islam all of a greater universe there are those over where they're recruiting this stuff is toxic he's a poison sells well we saw the number of attacks of mostly women and men across the

country completely skyrocket guys in front of the courts holding a good mix the monitors blood flowing all over my legs out zero investigations islamophobia incorporated. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has addressed is this isn't a call out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal saying iran will negotiate or quote something will happen there's been an angry reaction in tehran with politicians burning the u.s. flag in parliament from prison also promised to reveal details of a historic summit with north korea's kim jong un within three days but says it

won't be held within the demilitarized zone has freed three u.s. citizens as a goodwill measure ahead of them. and counting is underway in malaysia's most tightly for selection in prime minister najib razak long ruling coalition is facing a resurgent opposition led by his one time mentor. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been in moscow the russian president vladimir putin israel is concerned about russia's growing closeness to iran and the involvement in syria but russia has its own interests in the middle east says rory chalons reports now from moscow. all these meetings with ready made putin are important said benyamin netanyahu before flying to moscow on wednesday but this one is particularly so for israel's prime minister arriving for russia's victory day military parade was an astute courtesy call the holiday celebrates the soviet role

in defeating naziism and bloody may putin believes the world isn't grateful enough for russia's sacrifice a. special you. today some try to face from history the fate of a nation but save europe and the world from slavery from extermination from the hose of the holocaust they try to distort the events leading to the true heroes of the gotten and by history. we will never. has to happen. but netanyahu wasn't here to walk you about history he was here to talk about what's happening now in syria one of netanyahu concerns is russia's intentions to send the syrians the s. three hundred air defense system the previous generation of interceptor missiles he watched drive past him when moscow more importantly he wants to know whether putin is still listening to his worries about iran. it's difficult to believe that seventy years after the holocaust in the middle east there's a country that wants to eliminate israel it's

a good occasion to discuss this problem with the russians military intervention in syria has succeeded in making it a relevant power that governments in the middle eastern region have to talk to now but most goes finding that it's a partnership with tehran is testing the limits of a previously decent working relationship with israel jerusalem appears to be reaching breaking point israel has already shown its readiness to strike iranian targets inside syria on tuesday night there were reports of more colorful direct constants in israel and iran in syria will be disastrous for russia and that's why russia will do every sink to try to avoid this kind of collusion to use both military contacts and diplomatic contacts. a russian capacity is not unlimited of course. and in this regard.

change in the u.s. position on iranian nuclear deal. mind serve as a catalyst. as a move for escalation in the region indeed following u.s. president trumps decision to pull out of the neatly a deal with iran israel stepped up military readiness along the border with lebanon and the golan heights the israelis think attacks from iran's regional proxies such as hezbollah are coming the middle east's complex patchwork of tensions and conflicts could soon be even more combustible whether russia wants it or not rory chalons al-jazeera moscow at least six people have died in a riot or the high security prison for eisel suspects in the al-jazeera has been told that several guards are being held hostage and that polk jail which is south of the capital jakarta security forces are trying to restore calm the other the rest follows the arrest of three suspect that eisel gunmen and his of planning to

attack in jakarta as police headquarters set fasteners more now from outside the prison in that book. it's a serious blow to the highly trained in the anti terror police brigade after several of their members have been killed during a hostage situation at one of the best protected prisons in the country it all happened after a group of inmates managed to break out of their cell block and get hold of weapons and ammunition one of the demands of the inmates is to be released as soon as possible and also to meet with among. the self-proclaimed leader of icily in indonesia who is currently on trial for an attack in shock after in two thousand and sixteen prosecutors say he planned this attack from behind bars the situation at the highly protected prison raises a lot of questions about the notoriously overcrowded detention centers in indonesia where often mobile phones and laptops can still be found

a similar riot took place in november last year and after the riot police found myself flak. an elderly academic preparing for voluntary suicide says he has no hesitation about ending his life david good all has said that he hopes his story will encourage others to take a more liberal view on assisted dying so like a year ago his story. it's not the end that he wanted but it is one that he has fought to have one hundred four years old the australian scientist david good old has spent the last few days saying goodbye to friends and relatives before joining halfway across the world to end his life. dr no wrong with very. he's not suffering from any serious illness but is stressed by his increasing dependence on relatives to look after him he played tennis until he was ninety

years old and perform to the theatre group as his physical condition deteriorated made worse by a fall his daughter karen provided round the clock support to avoid going into a care home ultimately it was dr google's own decision to go through with the assisted suicide one that his family has had to come to terms with he's lived. a really good one hundred four years and. you know whatever happens whatever choices i'm a. they're up to him assisted suicide is approved in the australian state of victoria where dr goodall once lived and where he previously attempted to take his own life because he's not terminally ill he was denied the state's help to kill himself an advocacy group exit international raised money for his trip to an end of life clinic in switzerland and accompanied him along with his relatives the quite

common question that poll if you're sick sick no chance of recovery should you go to get lawful help to die you'll get eight out of ten people in most western countries will say yes to that the question really is why hasn't that translated for the democratic process in evolution of legislation harder to answer. we think that it's fear on the part of many politicians that they'll be targeted because of their support for something that they would see as controversial in this case ultimately it came down to one man's desire to choose what he said would be a peaceful dignified death a decision dr google hopes everyone can sympathize with as well as respect. al-jazeera it's nichole prime first full day as a really and prime minister he was voted in by parliament on tuesday after meeting weeks of protests he's already made his first trip to the disputed region of milk

or no kind of it's recognized internationally as part of us or by zhang but has been controlled since one nine hundred ninety four by ethnic armenian forces question here the said he's ready for talks with. about the issue but once the separatists to take part to azerbaijan said his trip showed either navy ignorance. iraq's young voters will play an important role in the country's elections on saturday iraq has one of the youngest populations in the world but years of conflict has left many this that unsure whether they will even vote well some of the reports. iraq's second largest university remains reminders of the fight against isis are everywhere in mosul but the grooms in charge corridors don't prevent young people in mosul from seeking a better future there are a cross-section of iraq's diverse society from all communities including sunni

sheraton christian. as in most parts of iraq opinion about whether to vote is divided other encourage people to think outside the box and go and vote so decisions must be based on integrity and not on sectarian or ethnic lines. while others disagree. it is better if we boycott the elections the main reason is that i have not found anyone fit for office for leading iraq among young people in the capital baghdad also have mixed opinions about whether the election will bring change almost sixty percent of iraq's population is under twenty seven years old and many face a lack of opportunities and limited prospects but in a country where opinion seems to be divided this seems to be consensus among the youth that there needs to be change at the top. in the run up to the election the government has banned discussions on politics in all public universities but opinions can't be silenced and there are no point i hope that we can have

a better situation the now and i hope whoever is elected can bring change to improve things that's why we have to vote. there are no service seems no security and iraqis have a status in the world. to change the constitution and change the government we have to get one president not multiple ones. not everyone gets the opportunity for higher education but many of those who do cannot find jobs. a model a.b. graduated from but that university five years ago despite his frustration with iraqi politics he hasn't lost hope. do i feel optimistic that the situation of the elections will be very different i will say no but there will be a small change and that's a step in the right direction. and with that cautious optimism young iraqis get ready to elect another government hoping politicians will rise above sectarian divisions and corruption to work towards a better iraq some of the out of the fact that. the ebola virus has

reemerged in the scenario of the democratic republic of congo where another outbreak was eradicated last year at least seventeen people have died in because of the world health organization says two of them tested positive for ebola. and doctors without borders are sending teams to help prevent the highly infectious disease from spreading this is the ninth outbreak in the d.r. c. in the past forty years what is needed to deal with that you paula 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 so to make sure that the burials are done in

a safe and secure way. in mozambique sounds of people have turned out for the funeral of opposition leader and rebel commander afonso. like a mother died of a suspected heart attack last week at his rural hideout in central mozambique he was sixty five years old a comer headed the opposition renamo group for almost four decades the funeral was attended by mozambique's president who's vowed to forge ahead with peace talks with the successor the having a baby in nigeria is a major risk for women the u.n. says more than one hundred die in childbirth every day the lack of access to health care means that many expectant mothers have babies in their villages to me the island dogon reports now from ben with state where a veteran midwife is trying to improve standards. people in the village call her mama and galley she's one of the oldest women living in this part

of mccurdy in the jury essential when receipt i mean a garbo is her real mean and she's hailed as a savior by the of the women she sent in in the local language which means each additional breathing assistant or midwife. ameena as been delivering babies in her village for more than fifteen years. know that she would be. not going to. become to me the poor they need help sometimes they come with nothing and i can't refuse them so i take care of them even when they come to me. mary alex is grateful she didn't have any money but i mean 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 and 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 prosecute them so that they can how is that why i didn't buy the just the just things. during pregnancy you will encourage me to confront and talk. but in benelux state there are more challenges to overcome the government's health workers seven went on strike for several weeks now this is why private and charity words like this one are packed with patience making the situation even more difficult for mothers and their being. in the minas makeshift clinic another

expectant mother arrives she's given what is described as herbal medicine concocted by a mina and then it's a case of waiting and waiting. in the organ al-jazeera mccurdy eventually state central nigeria. still to come on this sound now we're going to have the latest from one of the most prestigious and go on the movie calendar at the cannes film festival plus we'll also tell you this a former world number one survived a tough test in madrid and he will have all the details in sport.

it's one of the most prestigious and glamorous events in the movie calendar seventy first annual cannes film festival is underway in the south of france france for the next eleven days twenty one movies will be competing for the top prize the pound though with plenty more being shown out of competition and as charlie angelo reports the focus this year is away from hollywood. 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. and i want to. is a psychological thriller starring penelope cruz and it is setting the tone for a festival that this year will champion town cinema. on the 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 way the petition 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 an 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 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 i mean 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 people say the seven percent of women directors in the film industry the cannes always has a higher number twenty twenty three percent but there's a number of women directors say to me well if i'm selective the can is i hope it's not just because i'm a woman i hope it's because i'm a director the 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 charlie rangel al-jazeera london. ok it's time now to go to andy

in doha for the sport. thank you barbara well some important games for a number of teams the top and bottom of the english premier league just getting underway chelsea still aiming for a top four finish in champions league qualification while a point for huddersfield will ensure they don't get relegated that games just kicked off tottenham also i mean for the top four they play newcastle in a few minutes time. if you analyze all in going to its theme this. season to feel is to call the bullet we do game lift to finish third this in is mostly successful but they understand the people will more southampton manager mark hughes has suggested dark arts may have been applied before his side's crucial game against relegation rivals swanzy so handsome winning that game one nil result that pushed the swans it's the brink of relegation but before they gain southampton mysteriously have their hotel booking in swansea cancelled it meant

that same had to stay sixty kilometers away from the stadium and then an expected police escort to help the journey to the ground dissipate as well i'm not a woman it's suggesting swans you had anything to do the things you just maybe oversells swanzy firms in positions to respect our hotel booking maybe know those things you can use the room benefits and use them as more being in fact turn . the bluebird outside as well because we were. in the coach and. the waitress ones here but we were going to do that we were to focus we got off the bus some and walked events is getting ready to face a similar enemy it's how you cut fun of us starts in a few minutes time a trip to the president's palace for part of the build up to that game in rugby land kids win the trophy for the first time in fifteen years uva aiming for a full strike operates out. cinema or if i am not drunk together with my

teammates i played for finals against milan two won by them on penalties one won by us after extra time and one won by are some penalties that means that it's difficult at the match against milan and that ninety minutes because they always play balanced games. they're noisy but they're more and for us this is why i joined the 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 shimmer analysts have taken a big step towards the asian champions league quarter finals the japanese side securing a home win over china's shanghai a side page in the first leg of their last sixteen times the honors winning it three one they're looking to make it to the last state for the first time since two thousand and eight. also came out on top in their all south korean style would be c. one blue wins they claimed a one nil home win in the first leg in that one also have never won the competition

while the blue wings are to sign with us. now english second to team leeds united have lost the first game of their controversial talk of myanmar fans at a young gun full stadium treated to a surprise run by starting light a fire from their domestic league military operations of force more than seven hundred thousand or a number of muslims to flee the country the leeds manager doing his best to keep his focus on the football. you know we were just before the fall just a beautiful. part of basketball's biggest one steph curry looks to be getting back to full full fitness at just the right time his golden state warriors saying into the n.b.a.'s western conference finals and insights of a third championship in four years alan gleason reports. the golden state warriors made it cool western conference finals in their battle as they wrapped up that playoff series with the new orleans pelicans on cheese that the win was all say that they'd be in

a row in the playoffs that time including the chicago bulls record straight from one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety one. kyrie who had missed one of the series due to injury scoring a team high twenty eight points to help the warriors to a one hundred thirteen to one hundred four victory yet feel good feel confident with their. time we can still get a little bit better with the ball and things like that when you start to get so excited still when i'm out there misses six weeks is still. appreciative to just be another point so. yeah. like i said i could see to get better to get my song or a good scene. go. you know minutes i'm out there playing. the arias will make caritas stay until i'm against the side that broke their run of three straight years as the top team in the west the rockets advance to the second

conference finals in four years after eliminating the utah jazz chris poole scored a playoff career high thought you want points to help them to a one hundred twelve to one hundred to win on she say to seal the series for one hundred thirty three year old will now play in his first conference finals of the failing to make it past round two of the playoffs and nine previous appearances where you know again obviously super and you know the performance that chris put out there if he didn't make it the kind of style this is here so something is 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 and 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 know can take it on from they've shown it every step of the way and i was really proud of them and they did. game one of the finals will take place in

houston on monday alan grayson is there a. now a joke of it sure is that dismal season has continued this time around he was beaten by britain's column in the ground zero of the madrid are going to let me since i moved into the world's top twenty for the first time for a joke of it it's the sixth straight so innocent has failed to reach the field. from what i'll continue to with his perfect clay court season beating down once a series straight sets now no doubt has won forty eight sets in a row on clay an open era record on the surface if he wins his next match in straight sets you have to if you stop. and recur bicycling as one stage five as you're at it sally with the overall race leader remaining the same passively winning the sprint finish in sicily australia's run then a stays in first place overall just ahead of time to hold on to france champion chris froome is

a minute behind the leader thursday night sees the first big climb of this year's year with the riders heading up mount etna ok that is i suppose looking let's get back to proper in love and they thank you very much for that now just before we go firefighters in poland they've had an unusual problem to deal with after an accident on a motorway twelve tons of liquid chocolate yes it was spilt when the tanker hit the central barrier and then flipped over the lhari driver broke his arm no one else though luckily enough was hurt the emergency services though say that as chocolate cools it's actually harder to clean up than oil or snow but infinitely paced i guess. much more on that and everything else we've been covering on our website out is iraq dot com that's it from me and the news our team mereological have more news from just a few minutes all seems like. 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 people in power ross 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 also get the seabed of the territory still to be claimed. commemorating seventy years from nakba al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera.

children dream of becoming a sister. few a father from the start and then set the. scene in just from iran. held back by society struck a. second day reaching for the stars in this documentary on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. with ever your.