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this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes malaysia's former leader matteo mohamed wins a shocking election victory ending this sixteen year reign of the ruling party. nobody thought this was going to happen and if it did it would be years or decades donald trump wins the release of three american prisoners from north korea now they're flying home. i go and rage in tehran over donald trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal as protesters barn american flags. and the right to die the controversy surrounding a one hundred four year old australian who wants help to end his life.

i'm beginning this news hour in malaysia where there's been a stunning and unexpected upset in parliamentary elections for the first time in sixty years an opposition alliance will form the next government ninety two year old former prime minister mahathir mohamad will once again be back in the top job he replaced who became embroiled in a major corruption scandal while mcbride reports from kuala lumpur. kuala lumpur supporters of the opposition alliance gathered as counting began not knowing what the night would bring. on official results started to come in the growing anticipation of a major political upset. then

on a crackly video link appearance by the defacto leader of this opposition movement the pull of prime minister mahathir mohamad. shows. that. and likelihood is that they will not be on me their government the day began with malaysia's embattled prime minister najib razak voting in an election seen as a test of his credibility he was confident of victory. i believe the people will give a new mandate to paris and national we cannot vote based on slanderous edition 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 now jeep denies any wrongdoing but the controversy brought the return of mahathir

into the political fray accusing his form a protege of corruption at ninety two he remains a potent political force able to draw away supporters from the traditional molay base that has kept the governing party in power for six decades malaysia is now in uncharted territory and sure it seems even how power is meant to be passed on from one party to another as beers began to sink ain about what was happening at alexa council around the country so the crowd in this park has swelled the mood turned into one. of the the expectation that sixty one years of continuous rule by the same party could be coming to an end on this one extraordinary night tonight is a great day that i and i mean that people always want. everybody.

to cherish what is a fantastic the moment that you know for good. and now prepares to be sworn back into office a ninety two year old leader taking his country on a new unprecedented calls up with pride al-jazeera. rather than. well marketeers likely to be sworn back into office on thursday and he only served as prime minister for twenty two years before stepping down in two thousand and three marketeer is often given credit for transforming malaysia's economy into one of asia's fosters growing ones is returned to political life means he'll now become the world's oldest electricity elected leader david kopel and joining us now from kuala lumpur divya first of all we're hearing a lot of usually from the supporters i'm here but what about the former ruling party and their supporters what are they saying. that's a very good question very little has been said but what we do know is that the police have warned that there could be trouble on the streets and i've told people

to stay away so there could be some kind of agitation maybe a form of disappointment on the streets we're not sure yet it's still very early in the morning here people are still digesting the news of not waking up to the news that for the first time in malaysia's hengist history post independence they are going to have a new government but what i can tell you is that many people i spoke to say they are surprised they knew that a change some kind of a change is imminent but not this big of a change they figure that the party the ruling party that's been here for decades would maybe lose some seats because people have been disillusioned with the government mainly due to the high cost of living we shouldn't corruption scandals and the fact that the current governments had made a policy of dividing the difference of minorities here to rule they thought that perhaps that was a lot of strength with the current but i'm no party in the rural areas the urban

areas meanwhile had expressed discontent over a long time had usually tended to move towards off the opposition but the rural areas were always a stronghold so many people are surprised to see this kind of a change they're not sure what. is coming out next but they do know all the political parties quite well are all the political players i should say quite well divvy it obviously as you sing everybody's very surprised in terms of the voters and the people who turned out to put their votes into the boxes but what about the party itself is might have to actually in a position to be able to create a government given the fight i'm guessing this was almost as much a surprise to them and to his parties as it was to everybody else. well he does have since he was one of malaysia's longest leading leaders and while he was here although he did have a reputation for also being corrupt to a certain extent he also did bring malaysia to the international forefront he's

known for developments and he also very much put together the government that took over from him so he does have a lot of political allies he does have a lot of political reach and many people here are actually looking to him and i think he would be given a chance to actually bring together some kind of a government people are very frustrated with the current government they're tired they don't understand how they things could have changed so quickly but they also knew that they needed something needed to change there needed to be some kind of. a breakthrough with malaysia with the way it was going you know the price of price rises people were feeling that they weren't getting back what they were putting into the government so i think he will get a chance to put together a government and he is as far as a capable politician well over decades he proved certainly proved himself able to rule the country so yeah he probably would be able to put something together that

people may have some confidence in there if it does thanks very much in the ok minute let me give you some breaking news in the golan heights the israeli military says iranian forces in neighboring syria how far the rockets of their positions. have been heard in the area israel says it intercepted some of the incoming far so far no deaths have been reported. knox abrams is an assistant professor of political science at northeastern university he's joining us now from boston on skype thank you very much indeed for giving us your time what do you in context or terms regards the way that this has been playing out do you think given everything that is happening at the moment centering on iran that this is the kind of action that iran would take at this particular moment. well i'm glad that you're asking me

more about contacts than the specifics of what's going on there because this is a breaking story and it's very confusing in terms of the details but based on what's being reported and again i can't verify it but it's been widely reported that the rug is attacking israeli targets in the goal of striking military targets and this is a form of escalation because typically the sort of the battle between israel and iran in syria has been in one direction israel has been going into iran more times than we even know because most of the incursions are clear and dustin and it is israel doesn't hit a typically take credit for that but some people estimate that israel has made one hundred incursions certainly doesn't scores of them but including just yesterday i believe and so for a while frankly i've been waiting for iranian response and i ben in

a way impressed by iranian restraint in syria in terms of retaliating against israel and now if reports are true that restraint is starting to add as you rightly point out we only have this information coming from israeli media i believe at the moment of course we may hear more about that in the coming hours if the situation is as is being reported what are the risks that we are starting to see an escalation of the situation in the golan heights which could spill farther out. yes i mean it is true that israel is reporting this but also i believe that don't superficial syrian sources are also reporting the escalation but they report it very differently it is really so

emphasizes that the attacks are you running it there is a real emphasis that these attacks are different they're not from assad they're not from you know shiite militia groups they are you loving it and advocates of israel are also very emphatic to emphasize that point. what syria is reporting is that there are these really attacks inside syria south of damascus my exams assistant professor of political science at northeastern university we appreciate your time so thank you and it's. ok in just about seven hours from now three american prisoners held captive in north korea are going to be back on u.s. soil president donald trump plans to greet the men when the plane carrying them home touches down a military base outside washington d.c. their release comes as secretary of state might pump aoe travel to north korea to

finalize plans for a summit between champ and korea's kim jong un the president says he'll reveal the date and the location for the summit in the coming days we're going to have more on that and a moment but first kathy novak was more on the release of the prisoners. 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 us president has pushed the case for months saying there's been constant pressure likewise fighting very diligently to get the three american 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 career best not make any more threats to the united states they will be met with fire of fury.

like the world has never seen that 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 auto war india 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 ok let's go live to how does your castro who's in washington d.c. heidi first of all what more do we know about what's happening to the three detainees that are flying back to the u.s. . hi rob so what we know is according to mike.

excuse me the secretary of state that these three men were in apparently good health when they were released by north korea they climbed up the stairs to the plane by themselves and were treated by doctors we also have some reaction from one of the families of one of these americans the son of tony kim he was he's the accountant professor writing on the family's website that they were grateful for the release of their father and husband and of the other two men and that they were thankful for all those involved and to the president in particular for engaging directly with north korea it's notable too on the same website the family acknowledges that they first heard about their father and husband coming back to them after a year of detention north korea from the president's tweet now the white house press secretary said that this earlier this morning there were efforts made to engage directly with the families of these prisoners who are coming home it's still unclear whether they will be on the tarmac in the early morning hours when that

plane finally touches american soil in about seven hours time but we do know that president trump in the first lady will both be there in person to greet the americans personally trump has said that this moment is a great victory it will be i think a very special time nobody thought this was going to happen and if it did it would be years were decades frankly nobody thought this was going to happen and i appreciate him for doing it is allowing him to go. now that the release of these three americans has been hinted at for the last few days but according to the north korea's news agency it wasn't until secretary of state john pale arrived in pyongyang and suggested officially on behalf of president that these prisoners be relieved that north korea complied sending these men on their way home i want to want to ask you just on

a second visit by pompeo to north korea but there is a statement that's just being released on the news wires by the three americans who have been released by north korea they have issued a statement thanking the u.s. government president donald trump and secretary of state might compare for securing the release they say we thank god and all of families and friends who prayed for us and for a return god bless america the greatest nation in the world those men of course as you say heading to the u.s. in the early hours local time there to be greeted by the president and the first lady let's talk about my pump aoe in north korea there have been some pictures released of that meeting that he's had with kim jong un it looks very relaxed it looks very informal what more do we know about what happened at that meeting. well we know this was the second time in two months that the u.s. secretary of state former cia director the first time that he met with president

kim has met with the north korean president we know that according to the north korean news agency that he was redid warmly and that later on. was treated to a lunch with senior north korean officials and during a toast the u.s. secretary of state said that he was hopeful that north korea would have the opportunities that its people so richly deserve to economically advance and that statement is seen as an all of branch extended to north korea which has said in the past that in order to give up its nuclear ambitions a has to have the assurance from washington that it is secure and may be able to focus on economic recovery now also notably a senior north korean official said during this visit with that the progress made between these two countries is not the result of any outside saying sions which is seen as a rebuttal trump stance that it was his campaign of what he calls maximum pressure

that brought about this progress rob i do for now thank you very much indeed. plenty more ahead on the news tough questions for trump's pick to run the cia as our past comes back to haunt her. as a rock prepares for elections we speak to young iraqi voters about their faith in the electoral process. and in support of the goal that ensured this team will be playing premier league football again next season. while the release of three americans in north korea has prompted calls for more u.s. detainees to be freed from other countries the family of iranian american bank on the mozzie pressing the trumpet ministration to secure his release from an iranian prison his son is also in jail with him they are serving a ten year sentence in charges of spying and cooperating with the u.s.

government the calls for the release come at a particularly tense time in a very american relations as the u.s. gets ready to reimpose sanctions on the middle eastern nation. nothing nothing prepares you for the horror of having not one but two family members taken away from you. the feeling of the spawn and see the feeling of utter confusion of being stuck in a situation where your loved ones are in horrible conditions that have been held in situations which is deplorable and all of it being so unjust and unexplainable undeniably the relationship between the u.s. and iran is seriously complicated and very difficult right now and the message that we delivered to the white house was we understand those realities but we can't let those realities get in the way of the matter in imperative to save the lives of american hostages in iran or france says the e.u. is ready to challenge the u.s. or the world trade organization if sanctions on iran harm its companies the e.u.

is scrambling to protect its businesses after president trump threatened to target those trading with the ron paul brennan has more from berlin any nation that helped 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 up but they're not going without a fight. so if it is it is unique this makes the united states the world's economic police and i think that's not an acceptable situation if. 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 than 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 back when the original iranian nuclear agreement was signed part of that package was airplane sales but we sites are initial deals with iran air which included both seven thirty seven s. and triple seven s. all of that is subject to u.s. licensing has as it has been throughout the process so we continue to stay

completely inside the u.s. government process here. and that we're going to continue to do that going forward can europe really protect a globalized companies from the threats of u.s. sanctions what we expect with both sides protecting our companies because we should know so. at the end what we thought from the american role and it's no applicable law here in europe and it's no it would go more here in germany 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 seventeen 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. harlan ullman is a senior advisor of the atlantic council in washington d.c. he's joining us now from there thank you very much indeed for being with us. threat so one thing in force is another how likely is it that the u.s. would be able to enforce these sanctions if they come into operation it would be terribly difficult for the united states do this iran france and other countries will say that the united states violated the agreement so therefore sanctions that america may wish to impose are simply not legal there will be lawsuits that will be interested that will be put in place with the world trade organization and other judicial bodies secondary sanctions that america could threaten against european

countries such as air bus will raise the temperature between america and europe in terms of our differences and so the united states has put itself in a very very serious position it cannot tolerate a trade war with europe and it cannot tell a rate a trade war with china yet by saying that it's going to forego sanctions relief with iran it is put itself into an impossible position the sanctions regime is enormously complicated and i'm not sure that the white house fully understands all the implications they're going to be lawsuits allies are going to say why are you doing to stop us and the americans at the same time or trying to impose tariff. impositions on our friends in europe and asia are going to come up with really strong arguments as to why. going doing away with the iran agreement makes sense we do not know what president trump's long term plan is if there is a plan b.

and i would only note to your viewers that when we went into iraq in two thousand and three there was no plan b. about what next what do we do the day after i hope the administration has a plan as to what it wishes to do now having threat sanctions against iran and second secondary sanctions against our friends what its plan is we need to see that in the event that the sanctions are in some way imposed at some point what impact do you think this is likely to have on life in iran which we must remember of course has existed for many years with sanctions previously many of the businesses that would have been doing business in iran haven't actually started yet because all of the threat of these sanctions would much change one of the assumptions perhaps of the trumpet administration is that by imposing huge sanctions we can either get the iranian government to accept new negotiations for

limiting not only its nuclear aspirations but also its ballistic missiles and its interference in politics in the region but on the other side of the coin iran is persian it's a very very proud people with thousands of years of cultural experience and to impose these sanctions to believe that iran will crack as a country seems to me to be a mistake we tried to do that in the vietnam war in the sixties and seventies escalate violence to make north vietnam quit that did not happen i think by imposing these sanctions on iran instead of getting regime change unfortunately we may be rallying the iranian public to support its government saying walk america has interfered before one thousand nine hundred fifty three and the most the deck. regime change in which the shah was returned we will not tolerate this and instead

of getting iran's government to do what we want we may end up with iran becoming even more belligerent more hostile and laying the groundwork for huge amounts of legal fees as people will sue in the international courts to make point the point that perhaps american restrictions are against international law this is the beginning i'm afraid of a huge mess with no clear way out really interesting to get your point of view harlan ullman of the atlantic council in washington thank you very much indeed for your time. still ahead on al-jazeera. and gunmen launched coordinated attacks in the afghan capital battling security forces for hours. also the situation at a prison in indonesia at least six people were killed. in sports there's an all south korean encounter in the last sixteen of the asian champions league and he's here with that story.

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you're watching all jazeera our mind our top stories this hour there's been an unexpected upset in malaysia's elections for the first time in sixty years an opposition alliance will form the next government ninety two year old former prime minister mahathir mohamad will once again be back in the top job replacing him as he put outside. the israeli military says iranian forces in neighboring syria have fired rockets at their positions air raid sirens were heard in the area and israel says it intercepted some of the incoming fire so far. no deaths have been reported. the u.s. president is to reveal details of a historic summit with north korea's kim jong un within three days it comes after three american citizens imprisoned in north korea have been freed they're now heading back home in a move seen as a goodwill gesture i can bring you some live pictures from alaska that is the plane

carrying those three individuals those three former detainees which has just landed for a stopover in alaska it will then head to a military base outside washington d.c. the men are expected to be met by president donald trump and his wife plan they land. in the u.s. could reimpose sciences on iran as early as next week to ensure it does not develop nuclear weapons that follows america's withdrawal from a landmark deal that limited iran's nuclear capabilities iran's supreme leader accused the u.s. president of lying. well let's get you more on our top story that shock election result in malaysia adding connolly is a research fellow at lowy institute for international policy and he's joining us now from washington d.c. thanks very much indeed for your time do you think that the incoming government is actually in a position to be able to form a properly setup government when it takes power. well the first question is whether

or not the king will invite martir mohamad to form a government here is not very popular with the royals and it is ultimately the king's prerogative to invite the opposition to form a government and this is not a system that has been set up to transfer power it's not something that the system has ever done and in fact it was my dear mohammed himself who in the eighty's and ninety's really rigged the system to make sure that it wouldn't do that so the key question is will the system respect the results of the election will the king will the armed forces the police the national security bill that was passed last year actually had a provision to allow the prime minister which is. still not as caretaker prime minister to establish a state of emergency in a broad range of scenarios so we don't know yet that there will actually be able to form the new government but if he does this coalition is extremely fractious and it's unclear they'll be able to cooperate. to retain a majority in parliament given what you say and i understand that there is the of

course this process that has to be gone through but we are and then we are in the early stages of that assuming that they are allowed are invited to form a government what do you think the reaction of the supporters of the original government are going to be are they just going to follow through with this putting in place. that's really the key question this is a system a civil service system that was set up to support the national front government that has just lost the election so how will they react given that there are key political supporters are no longer in power they've never had to serve any other political masters and one of the key reasons that my dear muhammad was named to head the opposition coalition last year was because the thinking was the civil service the police the military they would listen to him because he had been prime minister in the past because he comes from that national front background and so whether or not they're willing to listen here now now that he's ninety two years

old and leads an opposition coalition that's really one of the key questions going forward i'd like to ask you briefly about the foreign policy of malaysia because it has a very delicate balancing act that it's been maintaining between china and the u.s. essentially hedging its bets against both sides do you think that that policy is going to continue or do you think we're going to see some changes and if so where. it's unlikely to change that much i think months here and potentially anwar ibrahim the jailed opposition leader who has pledged to give way to once he's released from jail in june they come from the same background as the current government and they are used to balancing militias foreign policy very carefully as well so i think that's unlikely to change in the main but my head here is also said that he's going to review all of malaysia's deals with china that they have struck over the over the years and one deal in particular was this deal by which the current prime

minister was bailed out of a massive corruption scandal in which he stands accused of stealing over six hundred million dollars and so that's likely to get a look beijing's unlikely to like that they're not going to want those agreements open to scrutiny so that's one of the key things to watch going forward really interesting to get your view on this erin connelly thank you very much for your time. my pleasure donald trump's controversial nominee for cia director has testified before a senate committee you know hospital has spent thirty three years working for the agency most of it undercover but it's the work she did interrogating suspects that has some questioning her integrity to head the cia to go hang has more from washington. you knew there were going to be protests gina haskell is controversial she was in charge of the secret prison in thailand when added on the shiri was tortured but republicans on the committee

across the board said that was actually ok with them it's very easy to sit back and criticize the work of the agency with the benefit of hindsight haskell says she wouldn't torture people now the democrats were not convinced the answer yes or no do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral senator what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to answer the question and i think i've answered the question i have not just she went on to say that she doesn't believe torture works but with a caveat she never said what she supervised waterboarding was torture we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees and i don't i don't think it's noble whether interrogation techniques played a role in that she had to answer for another controversial move she sent the order demanding ninety two videotapes of people being tortured destroyed she blamed her boss and republican seemed convinced of her innocence we're holding you responsible

for drafting a cable at your boss's direction make any more sense than holding a senate speechwriter responsible for the boring speech of senators you have on the senate floor. senator all deferred. some of warned giving her the job would send the message that the u.s. like president trump is ok with torture at least one democrat now says he doesn't agree making it likely she will be the next leader of the cia. al-jazeera washington israel has ordered a senior representative from the agency human rights watch to leave the country within two weeks the interior ministry says it has terminated the residency permit of u.s. citizen. who is the group's israel and palestine director is accused of promoting a boycott against israel human rights watch has denied the accusation and says it will challenge the decision in court iraq's large population of young voters are

expected to play an important role in saturday's parliamentary election many want to see a change of leadership but years of conflict have left the youth disillusioned and some of them say they might not vote at all or some avenge of it reports. iraq's second largest university remains god reminders of the fight against isis are everywhere in mosul but the bombed out rooms and charred 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 an encouraging people to think outside the box and go and vote 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

for boycotting is that i have not found anyone fit for office for leaving iraq 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 a lack of opportunities and limited prospects but in a country where opinion seems to be divided there 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 were no i hope that we can have a bit a 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 you have to get one president not you multiple. not everyone gets the opportunity for higher education but many of those who do cannot find jobs a model a b.

graduated from baghdad 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. 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 division and corruption to work towards a better iraq some of the job al-jazeera back that. gunmen have 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 couple followed by gunfire the government says at least eight suicide bombers took part in the attacks one of which has been claimed by isilon the other by the taliban jennifer glass is in a couple. of them the 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 trying prevent these attacks and he says that that 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 pull these attacks but the interior ministry has a lot to take care of they're trying to hurt them trying to protect voting centers to try to protect embassies are trying to protect ministries and we just learned in the last couple of weeks ago the afghan forces are actually done by more than thirty five thousand over last you know that army as well as police and security forces so it is uphill battle for them at least six people have died in a riot at a high security prison holding eisel suspects in indonesia al-jazeera has been told that several gods are being held hostage at depok jail for the capital jakarta

unrest follows the arrest of three suspected eisel gunman accused of planning to attack jakarta's police headquarters in the has more from outside the prison in devil. it's a serious blow to the highly trained in the anti terror police brigade after several of their members have been killed during the 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 jakarta 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 the trench and sanderson in tunisia 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 i still flak. hundreds of people have protested in montenegro after the latest attack on a journalist the protesters in the capital of the government has not done enough to tackle violence against the press there have been a number of incidents recently including on tuesday when a reporter was shot outside the home but essentially how far the tear gas and water cannons at protesters in the capital of santiago hundreds of students have been marching against sexual harassment they want the government to implement gender equality in schools and universities several protesters have been arrested. persons of people in mozambique have turned out for the funeral of opposition leader and rebel commander. the farmer died of a suspected heart attack last week it is rural hide out in central mozambique aged sixty five the head of the opposition group for almost four decades. still

ahead on al-jazeera all the sporting clothing rough on the dollar's record breaking run goes on this time at the madrid open.

an elderly academic preparing for voluntary suicide says he has no hesitation about ending his life david goodall who does not have a tom an illness said he hopes his story will encourage others to take a more liberal view of assisted dying so new gay ical reports. 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 has stressed by his increasing dependence on relatives to look after him he played tennis until he was ninety years old and performed 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 goodall'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 be able to get lawful help to do or 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 through the democratic process into evolution of legislation a bit harder to answer mine leigh. 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 something i go out to sarah and it's time for the sport isn't me. thank you very much for your ventus of one the it's holly and cup as they look to complete a domestic league cup double they thrashed ac milan for nail in the final it's the fourth straight time event since of one the corporate sally and thirteenth overall you they will now look to add to this trophy by winning saria they need just one point from their final two games to win a seventh consecutive league title. our former manchester united manager alex ferguson is out of intensive care after surgery for a brain hemorrhage the seventy six year old underwent an emergency operation itself

for the royal hospital on saturday ferguson is the most successful manager in the history of the british game now how to still got the point they needed to avoid relegation from the english premier league or in their part to open the scoring against chelsea and huddersfield were able to hold on for a one one draw for chelsea to qualify for next season's champions league they must now win their final game of the season at you castle and hope liverpool lose at home sort of rights and three other games to tell you about title win as manchester city have set new records for total points and goals scored in a premier league season a three one win over brighton taking their gold charlie to one hundred and five in tottenham made sure of their place in next season's european champions league with a woman will win against you castle now southampton manager mark hughes has suggested a dark arts my have been a play before his side's crucial game against relegation rivals swarms the

southampton winning one no on tuesday result that pushed swanzy rights the brink of relegation but before the game southampton mysteriously had the hotel booking in the swans he cancelled it meant a team had to stay sixty kilometers away from the stadium and then an expected police escort to help their journey to the ground all that disappeared as well i'm not a woman it's just in swans you had anything to do the losers move you it was swarms you from. positions to respect our hotel booking maybe know those things you can use to your own benefits and use them as a more big factor and we go to bluebird outside as well because we were. on the coach and. the waitress ones you but we were going to do that we were too focused we got off the bush some and walked. close at stake in a big step towards the asian champions league quarter finals the japanese side secured a home whenever china's shanghai i saw a p.g. in the first leg of their last sixteen cy young was winning it three one there

looking to make it to the last state for the first time since two thousand and eight. olsen came out on top in that all south korean side with the su on blue wings they claimed one nail home first leg when olsen have never won the competition the blue wings time when is. english a second series side at leeds united have lost the first game of their controversial tour of myanmar fans at the young football stadium were treated to a surprise when by an all star team made up of players from the domestic league military operations of force more than seven hundred thousand ringgit muslims to flee the country. i want to basketball's biggest name steph curry looks to be getting back to full form and fitness at just the right saw on his golden state warriors team into the n.b.a.'s western conference finals and insights of a third championship in four years alan grayson reports. the golden state warriors made it for western conference finals in

a row as they wrapped up that playoff series with the new orleans pelicans on cheese day the win was all say the fifteenth in a row in the playoffs at times including the chicago bulls record straight from one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety one. that perry who had missed game one of the series due to injury during a team high twenty eight points to help the warriors to a one hundred thirteen to one hundred four victory yeah i 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 i'm out there mr six weeks is still. appreciative would just be another point so. yeah. like i said i could see to get better to get much on record saying. i got some. minutes some other point. the worry is will me caritas stay in form against the side

that broke their run at 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 won points to help them to a one hundred twelve to one hundred two win on she say and seal the series for one hundred thirty three year old will now play in his first conference finals after 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. you know means a lot but again no not all of them play and i know you know i'll get criticized but all year has been good. i'm just in there this guy just for the experience we've had all year road trips the locker room and how they've done it you know what if we keep going keep having success great but these guys you know can take it away from

their shoulder every step of the way and i was really proud mother did. game one of the finals will take place in houston on monday telling gleason algis there are no joke of it she's dismal season has continued this time out he was beaten by britain's car at him and ground zero the majority live from edmonton is on his way to the world's top twenty but it's the sixth straight soreness in which he's failed to reach the quarterfinals. rafa nadal continued his perfect clay court season beating faces no one forty eight sets in a row on clay and opening a record on this surface if he wins his next match in straight sets and of the new record for any surface nadal believes joke of it can get back to the top of the game. nothing is easy in our sport and i really believe that he knows that i know everybody knows how difficult it is they all the

time. on this board is amazing and it will continue doing. a lot of great things in the field but i don't have any doubt of that and rico but i mean has one stage five of the tally with the overall race lead remaining the same winning the sprint finish in sicily australia's ron dennis stays in first place overall just ahead of title holder. top of france champion chris froome is a minute behind the leaders he sees the first big climb of this year's zero with the wind is heading up. ok but it's a sports looking for more lighter. and that's it for me rob matheson for this music i'll be back in a moment to walk by the. largest

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award winning playgrounds take you on a journey around the. amount to see. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today and says let's have towards would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there are people think the peace corps unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea here their story on talk to al-jazeera. hoping to rebuild a country that went through insufferable conflicts and economic uncertainty iraqis are getting ready to cast their vote for a new government. what path will the country take in an election that was delayed one sora. iraq elections on al-jazeera.