that's why i'm. with the listening post on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha. welcome to the news grid the cancellation. asian countries including north korea itself have been reacting to donald trump's decision to cancel the meeting. and. try to keep the wheels of diplomacy turning the void any sort of return to brinksmanship also on the grid the debate over abortion and it's not just a debate now island is currently voter referendum over whether to repeal a law which protects the rights of the unborn and in this strongly catholic country

has been an incredibly divisive issue. your inbox is full of. the subject line it's all about new online privacy those coming into effect today across europe we're going to explain to you if i can what g.d.p. is and what. the head of this. and it's africa day and thousands are tweeting in their mother tongues to draw attention to the many languages without online representation we're looking into what role facebook in twitter play in preserving or helping to fade out entirely which as i'm we're harding connected that's for the hash tag. you're with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live in it al-jazeera dot com on again off again who knows what the plan is right now for donald trump's meeting with kim jong un of course he canceled it

on thursday but now says it could be back on and certainly there is a whole host of other players who would like some clarity here and they have been speaking up this friday earlier officials from north korea said they remained open to meeting face to face with the u.s. to resolve the nuclear issue donald trump's decision to scrap next month's singapore summit cause concern with the international community with leaders expressing regret the meeting had been called off that includes north korea's regional neighbors who called on both sides to work towards a political settlement a big. it's very regrettable that the summit meeting will not take place but i respect president truman's decision and supported what is important is to have a song with that becomes an opportunity to address and make substantial progress on nuclear and missile problems and most importantly abduction issues. between the. two we really hope the u.s. and north korea will cherish the positive progress that we have made recently stay

patient express goodwill to meet each other halfway and stay committed to addressing each other's concerns so as to jointly pressing ahead with the denuclearization process. here's our white house correspondent kimberly how to talk us through this one kimberly officially speaking the summit is off as of yesterday but donald trump he likes to keep us guessing doesn't it. he likes to keep us guessing and he also seems to be a bit of an optimist on this despite some of the history between the two nations he was speaking to reporters on the lawn of the white house on his way to the naval academy in annapolis maryland where he is currently giving an address and what he really talked about is that he felt some optimism with regard to the fact that he liked the statement coming out of north korea and he did believe there was an opportunity to reengage in talks take a listen. to what happened we're talking to them down. there was

a very nice day the day without we'll see what happens. now we'll see what happens it could even be while we're talking to them now they very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see what happens kimberly does this just suggest to us that it's all on his whim you know a big summit like this you suspect it be a big team involved with lots of planning to make it happen but then well donald trump makes a decision and it all changes. yes and no we had a background briefing with a top white house official late last night and they really gave a bit more context on the face of it you're right it does look like there's a president who's just kind of playing back and forth in the wind but he is supported by a team that says they went to north korea this is the first whiff if you will that something didn't smell right with regard to things happening on june twelfth and

that was that they said the u.s. team went over there to kind of continue to lay the groundwork in singapore for for those discussions they waited for the north koreans they waited in the words of this white house official they were stood up then they tried to reach the north koreans on the phone and know what you would answer the call and this went on for quite some time so it was in that context that the this all of the starting to unravel according to the white house but the goal of the white house according to this official and a goal of the president is not ultimately this meeting and this meeting happening on the calendar date of june twelfth the goal is denuclearization so that's why you see a very eager president believing that he has an opportunity when that letter that he sent to kim jong un despite sort of boasting about the nuclear arsenal of the united states it was overall a very warm letter so there's this feeling that despite some of the harsh rhetoric coming out of donald trump even just almost

a year ago and more recently from his vice president his national security adviser the feeling that seems to be shared between the north korean leader in the u.s. president is one that there can be some productive conversation in the future and i think that's why you see this president trying to push this forward and being very receptive to the message that came overnight by the time zone of the united states for this u.s. president as you said ever the optimist is in the kimberley huckaback kimberly how is it on twitter if you want to connect with what else. respondent online thank you steven are you with us now specializes in international security in northeast africa at the age of pacific foundation is joining us from denmark today via skype there usually based in tokyo so maybe if i can get your opinion of that regional feel at the moment the leaders of japan of south korea and china they must just be sitting there thinking what next how can we possibly plan how can we think about moving forward when there's all this back and forth. well i do think there's

disappointment but also some countries within the region are seeing sensing opportunity with mr trump pulling back from the summit of first start with north korea because i think north korea has the most to gain from the cancellation of the summit mr kim has pushed diplomacy he stressed diplomacy he's even continued to reach out to the trump administration in the wake of this cancellation he reached out in a maximum engagement strategy with china with the south koreans and again with accepting a summit with mr trump and for mr trump to pull away unilaterally it makes it look like the united states aren't committed to diplomacy they're not committed to resolving the north korean denuclearization issue through diplomacy in terms of china china has the most to gain it's an opportunity to shape the evolution of the peninsula will it ever will the peninsula be probating that is the ultimate goal for beijing and when the united states pulls out it gives beijing the opportunity provide many carrots to some young to push it in the direction that favors.

beijing's national interests japan as well as very interested in what's happening but i think they're quite happy that mr trump has pulled out they sense that he's engaged with this without proper planning without proper preparation as you mentioned in your lead up without teams on the ground going through the long and extensive preparations that's needed for a summit of this kind and last is the south korea's president move his or has given a lot of political capital to make this happen and for mr trump to pull out unilaterally without any consulting with the south makes mr moon. look like he hasn't done the right work work to ensure that the north comes to the table as well as mr trump understanding what denuclearization means in the context of north korea let's assume stephen that journey twelve is not happening i mean officially it's not right now and even though there is this talk of what could happen let's just

assume it's not then what how do you how do you move forward how do they build trust where surely there isn't much at the moment. well i do think there's a couple proposals on the table in particular by the russians and the chinese it's called the double freeze the south koreans and americans agreed to freezing their joint training their joint exercises. in exchange for the north koreans freezing their nuclear development as well as their missile testing now this is one option i think that both countries need to go through a tit for tat a quid pro quo of confidence building measures such that they can slowly move forward in a process in which the north feels comfortable that gradual incremental denuclearization process ensures regime security and for the north americans that denuclearization includes biological and chemical weapons. and short range missiles submarine systems and of course nucular nucular weapons and

this is an incremental process it's going to take a generation it's going to take comprehend. verification that are very intrusive and this will not be a one one day deal it's actually going to be a twenty year process of denuclearization if it does start just quickly i've had a comment turned from one of our viewers who sent in a message on whatsapp and just basically said here they're playing dangerous games and this might turn out to be catastrophic what is your view on that given that previously we had fire and fury and totally destroying north korea and all of that do you think there is a chance of falling back into all of that again. stephen can you hear me all right i think the pictures for isn't actually that's a shame it would have been nice to get his view on that but that was stephen maggie joining us from denmark as they usually based in tokyo able to give us that regional perspective from there just before we move on. the doomsday clock you

might have heard of this before it's maintained by the bulletin of the atomic scientists it's a kind of a symbolic representation of how close we are to a manmade global catastrophe as we were trying to discuss it now only four months ago it was moved forward thirty seconds it now sits at. sea and just want to zoom in there we go two minutes to midnight this is the closest it has ever been to a doomsday scenario since nine hundred fifty three when both the u.s. and the soviet union tested their first nuclear devices that what is interesting though is the reasoning or at least parts of it where the u.s. and north korea are concerned of highlighted it here hyperbolic rhetoric and provocative actions by both sides have increased the possibility of nuclear war by accident or miscalculation i think about it that was just at the end of january and only yesterday we had trouble speaking of the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed by the north koreans before saying at the bottom there you talk about

your nuclear capabilities but as a so massive and powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used one wonders what the atomic scientists are thinking now about as they said provocative actions and maybe you want to get in touch with us. who is at zero who sent in that comment. be it on twitter if you want to reply to the thread there at a.j. english look for the tweet around fifteen hundred g.m.t. you twelve minutes ago facebook dot com slash al-jazeera for the live stream if you want to watch an comment as you go comment amongst the selves and then that number as well plus one seven four five zero one triple one four nine that'll cover you on telegram and on whatsapp to send in any thoughts and contributions as well if you can help us tell the story. ok we are moving on a once in a generation votes that is what island's prime minister is calling today's referendum on abortion laws currently the irish constitution says the life of the pregnant woman and the unborn fetus are equal that means it's only possible for

a woman to get an abortion if her life is at risk the prime minister and other repeal campaigners want people to vote yes to change the lorn allow abortion in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy many on the no side though quite abortion to murder and want the law to remain as it is now just to put on and in context now do that with this map from the center for reproductive rights all these countries in green are without restrictions as to reason so you don't need to justify the countries in the budget the orange have some restrictions that based on socio economic and health grounds but here in the middle are and one of the countries in red where abortion is allowed only to save the woman's life or is prohibited altogether that's all those red countries you'll note it's the only country in europe with such rules most of those are in africa asia the middle east and parts of south america so here's neve barker covering events for us from dublin today i may have

been this is extremely contentious tell us what's at stake here. company stress how contentious and how divisive this debate here is in ireland i've come across families that are pretty much divided right down the middle there's a clear division between urban and rural communities geographically between east and west between old and young why is it so contentious well because both sides of the debate one side voting yes to repeal the eighth amendment the other side voting no to keep it both sides believe that they're defending human rights but no can't believe they're defending the rights of the unborn child the yes camp believe the defending the rights of a woman to make often a very difficult chance decision rather to end a pregnancy under a whole series of different scenarios and situations including rape incest cases of fatal fetal optimal realities where there's no chance of the child living outside

the womb at the moment those different situations. allowed here and ireland to go ahead with an abortion and it means that tens of thousands of women here in ireland go abroad to the nearest country where it is allowed to the united kingdom often in situations in circumstances that are very uncomfortable very difficult very challenging for them for both sides definitely feel that they are doing the most compassionate thing in voting either yes or no in this referendum nieve take us through what happens after the votes of the different scenarios and whether this is this just a simple yes no sort of referendum. the vote itself it is largely right now pretty straightforward polling started at seven o'clock it ends ten o'clock that's twenty one hundred g.m.t. we've seen by boxes delivered all over the country even to the most far flung

islands on the west coast of ireland but it's very different when it comes to the count so that begins only on saturday we won't know the final results until saturday afternoon whoever wins and i use the word win in inverted commas whoever wins this fate will have an impact on legislation going forward the government and the current prime minister the tea shockley override backs repealing the eighth has already come up with a proposal themselves they say that they're willing to introduce a law that would allow women to be able to have abortions up to twelve weeks only with medical input into that as well after that women would have to seek greater legal permission to do so and of course would have to seek also more advice from specialists to any later than that particular late term abortions beyond twenty four weeks though would continue to be banned for that many people here

particularly in the no camp that is a step way too far this is highly sensitive and really continues to be one of the most divisive questions in bold my irish history as knaves says twenty one hundred g.m.t. the polls close that is under six hours from now maven the team from london will have all of that later on tonight here is leah what have you gleaned online today i mean judging by what makes it that that the level of division in opinion it's really seen that online is talking about ireland though it does not allow absentee ballot voting which is interesting because if you live abroad then you either have to not vote or you have to go all the way home to vote and many people are doing just that. i'm going home i'm going i'm going home i'm going home to hundreds of travel back to ireland to vote in the referendum the dominant message especially on the page where this video was shared is to vote yes the yes campaign is much larger online than the no campaign the account where we took this video has three thousand

followers there's also home to vote no campaign however it is much smaller this page for example has about one hundred eighty followers in comparison now we have been speaking to some of you who are choosing to go home to vote here's why you said you're doing it. i think home to these commandments because i think that. as a woman. we deserve our reporting for you to be deserved to be going to take you through her pregnancy mind that pregnancy and unfortunately many do. you know question think we should be having to think. because i think we're not we're not going to you think right i think people are leaving the country and having to leave here on think abortion and you know me i guess i'm going to take me back as far as twenty percent of the country codes. to vote no because i want every life to be protected

in women including. i just don't think that abortion is that the government is proposing. to extremes. too. far reaching. so that's a reason why i'm going to vote. the home to vote campaign is an extension of the same campaign in two thousand and fifteen for the vote to whether or not gay marriage would be accepted in that referendum it passed and it was the first vote to do so in a referendum nearly two million people voted in that the but it's largely still unknown how many came home for the vote and what impact they played in the results social media is also playing a big role in this referendum especially when it comes to facebook earlier in may facebook blocked foreign groups from buying political ads the next day google said it would not allow any referendum ads on their platforms adding to ireland already strict campaign laws if you're in ireland we would love to hear from you especially

which way you're going to vote y. and any any ads that you've seen online that have impacted your decision you can get in touch with us as always with a hash tag. thank you very strong opinion piece here at al-jazeera dot com from human rights activist who argues. the think the headline was down here in oregon the law works to the detriment of women and that having abortion as a criminal offense actually pushes women into in some cases unsafe terminations practices it is one side of the argument you can read of yourself down to zero dot com on an abortion referendum it's time to say yes as in the opinions section now the european union has implemented a new law which promises more control over your online data is the general protection regulation g.d.p. are giving everyone extra access to all rights i should say to access the information companies hold on them more protections over anything that can be used to identify them and the right to be forgotten in all means they can even demand

the company deletes everything it knows about them but implementing lower has been chaotic with many organizations saying they just aren't ready here's one example with paul brennan in berlin. european data holders have had two years to work out a game plan for g.d.p. but the protection law intended to create a level playing field for data use has hit smaller groups hard this youth football club in berlin uses membership data to circulate newsletters and fixture lists the staff are all volunteers g.d.p. are is a major headache we have a home page and actually i love having photos of every team on the on the home page but you know we're not sure if we can stay do it you're not going to be ready by friday i am not completely. it's awful for europe's tech companies g.d.p. are is an incentive to innovate his nibs. cappuccino at this trade expo in

paris there are voice activated devices that don't actually share any data at all the consumers will get to choose right and they'll know better so they'll choose for equal features they'll choose the one the protect the privacy rights get it wrong though and a twenty four million dollar fine is a genuine worry it is it is and it's particularly worrying because you cannot be sure that you have implemented the rules the right way at the moment the recent deluge of g.d.p. our emails shows the ongoing uncertainty some ask customers to explicitly opt in others put the onus on the customer to opt out and others simply mention updated privacy settings. the facebook bridge and it's a scandal may seem a world away from the g.d.p. or compliance requirements of a small sports club such as this but the fact is that even seemingly innocuous data

when put together really starts to matter lobby groups and campaigners have broadly welcomed g.d.p. are as a reset button a wake up call they say for e.u. citizens to engage with some fundamental questions do i really want to continue giving this company my data and when need to do that is that it isn't necessary for much for me and to make a conscious attempt or a conscious decision what data they share a recent survey of german companies revealed that just twenty five percent of them expected to be able to meet the g.d.p. our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin. and robertson with us now visiting professor of cyber security at the university of warwick joining us via skype from coventry nice to see you again ian. paul brennan pointed out in his

report that companies have had two years to get themselves in order for this was that long enough to for everyone to make it happen. i think that's probably a reasonable timescale i mean we the university of aren't here have taken actions to to ensure that any additional data that we're keeping for research purposes is now covered by the g.d.p. our point in appropriate data controllers but we were already looking after student data in appropriate fashion we feel for a long time before then so really we were tidying up and making sure that we were to come right absolutely everything and i really feel that many companies will be in doing that in the first place and shouldn't have left it to the last minute. what worries me the take please is the things which you see on the news today and what should probably be speaking about and that you see suggestion as somehow in

g.d.p. are is actually blocking access to sites outside the european union particular ones in america can you explain that a bit more to us because yeah i saw the word blocking being used as well and that seemed a bit well ambiguous perhaps. i think it probably is ambiguous and reflect the people who are putting the news on the sites which you're reading and i would use the work we draw all the service in a sense that g.d.p. r. is not an organization in a sense it's not something that the one great wall around europe looking anything at all this is more company is particularly large companies from the states and i can think of the ones that only chicago tribune los angeles times and others taking the view that they may not be compliant and therefore the whole lot guilty and actual colleagues say the fines are quite large four percent turnover is

maximum. and therefore because they're late in actually getting compliance organized they have fallen aaa with drop on their service he is from europe in the case of some small companies and your colleague also mentioned small companies in berlin. small companies obviously may feel that the cost of compliance is greater than the profit potentially make and i have seen a number of u.s. companies particularly in gaming and a field saying well we didn't want to work in europe anyway and change the law you know we were just keeping out of it just quickly in favor of g.d.p. how did they get a little boost perhaps by the facebook cambridge analytics issue it seems like something which just reinforces what they've been trying to implement over these past two years. yes the timing seems fortuitous doesn't it i mean i assume a trial or accidental getting knee to the lead time to g.d.p.

are actually. quite clearly it does appear that a lot of companies particularly in the social media field have been collecting data in a very non transparent manner misusing the days or losing the data and giving the days away. and now they're actually faced with a genuine legal process by which people can actually say that data without a lot of people eat or i would like you to restrict what you're doing with it and if you don't comply then we have a legal means for recourse here. in terms of timing i think the other thing which take into account here is that europe is being very active in opening up its financial system than. movement called p.s.p. to. hand if you think facebook is. and you came with a little scandal is bad then you can imagine what would happen if

a large amount of financial data also drifted away in exactly the same and big u.s. fashion or in the small usa robertson thank you so much for your time do appreciate it joining us from coventry today. thank you very much room just to reiterate something that was in paul's report a little public service announcement for you because i know you have had a lot of e-mails with regards to g.d.p. but i do read them carefully i looked at the phrasing of a couple in my inbox and of got more literally arriving at the moment but here's one paraphrased where being more specific about your data rights you do not need to take any action if you continue using our site you are agreeing to these terms that this is basically the do nothing option what it's saying is we've updated our privacy policy the onus is on you to read it and to understand it chances are you won't do that so then it becomes about you i just trusting the company that you're dealing with another e-mail i had looked like this they said to continue to receive the latest news let us know by clicking the link before twenty fifth of may it's quick and easy and you can choose how we can tell you this is more of the opt in

situation or an active choice i've called it i have to click the link and tell the company whether i want to hear from them or not. though it does come down to the same thing the onus is on major's a action otherwise i just have to conform to whatever the company wants me to if you want to understand more about g.d.p. then can i suggest this counting the cost seem to do it on one of the most recent episodes under the headline how your new internet rules could change your life it's a big topic it's good that our longer form programs can take the time to go in-depth in this case not just the law but the billion dollar day here industry as you see has i'm sick of hosting that one counting the cost it is in the show's section at al jazeera dot com. this is the news good if you're watching us on facebook live with the little bonus story for you coming up now about a sudanese says he compares contact and taking a name to the civil rights movement was that is from our friends at age eight plus then later harvey weinstein the disgraced filmmakers been charged with rape and

a criminal sex act on two women after more than one hundred accused him of sexual assault or hospital at the latest on that in just a moment. we got some other nasty weather affecting a good part of the middle east over the next day or two at the moment the course in northern parts will see some showers spilling out of the towards georgia armenia azerbaijan the far south of russia come down into that basin saw the med here is fine and dry the heat is on for baghdad temperatures here at forty degrees celsius well i just see want to see showers that afghanistan and sas day easing away as we go on into sunday let's look a little further south where the real weather action it's very much in evidence will see. making its way towards amman then over the coming hours here we go you can see the system here as it made its way across culture we saw some very nasty

flooding i fear the flooding will be much worse for salada and that fosse outhwaite and quarter of a monster here we go is swirling away here quite a big system on the outer bands of the storm quite a tightly packed storm there that is the location just to the south else a lot of it will push its way further north which in the coming hours pretty much going through a lot of strongest winds on the eastern flank says a lot of really will take a battering some of these winds could well approach two hundred kilometers per hour so damaging winds and the flooding rains there set to continue through saturday and sunday. on counting the cost look at how investors are reacting to the collapse of the from kim singapore summit. why it's only has fallen out of a more day with the rest of europe was on the rise we look at some of the freshest pushing up the price of oil. counting the cost on al-jazeera. a

new poll ranks mexico city is the full first in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you're very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatens you think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse no money on the uses a new service it's called learn to drive it's for women cus it just only a drum by women drivers pull for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven of drivers.

head on from al jazeera dot com and what's trending here's well how wiki leaks cables. block that story still going to be a dear of the gulf diplomatic process. there were special coverage on al-jazeera but coming up on the fifth of june plenty more there about the arts referendum canadian restaurant blast as well have

a look at the self that's what's trending this friday. harvey weinstein of course the movie mogul behind a string of hollywood blockbusters today however he is the one in the spotlight a man now facing criminal charges just a few hours ago weinstein turned himself in to new york city police he was arrested and charged with rape and sex crimes involving two women but of course dozens of women have accused him of sexual offenses clued in rape law enforcement officials in california and in london are also investigating sexual assault claims to be said weinstein has denied all allegations of normal consensual sex the actress rose mcgowan was one of the first women to speak out against harvey weinstein accusing him of raping her she hopes the charges will heal her trauma and she says she does plan to attend court and he faces trial if i'm allowed to attend and hopefully that will actually heal a lot of the. kind of trauma i get when you face i never hear his

name oh never have to read or hear that he says it was consensual and i'll get there and i get to look at him and i get to be and i am so many other victims will get to look him squarely in the eye and just by being there represent the fact that we did not want this we did not ask for this we were just people. just having a look at the live wall here let's have a look at these pictures which from the gaza israel border we do have some activity there a few trials of tear gas and palestinians at the fence then nothing of course that we've seen for the last what was it seven weeks of friday protests and then the not by process itself but it just shows you the story does not go away it hasn't gone away for seventy years has it all right here isn't it clark in london with more international news for us hi nick. yes thanks very much first up australia and the

netherlands are holding russia legally responsible for the downing of a malaysia airlines flight over ukraine in two thousand and fourteen which killed all two hundred ninety eight people on board they want russia to compensate the victims' families well let's go live now to rory chalons who's in petersburg what does russia have to say about that. well basically the russians are carrying on the lines that they've been using for essentially the last four years ever since that plane was shot out of the sky over eastern ukraine in two thousand and fourteen russia has denied it had anything to do with it there have been you know a whole series of counter narratives forwards from various different parts of the the russian state some of them contradict each other some of them don't but you know essentially the common theme is it was an os and that's what they're saying today that's what they've been saying since the joint investigation team held

a press press conference yesterday saying that it was the fifty third brigade of the russian army an anti aircraft missile brigades which would basically push this . missile system across the border into ukraine it was then used to shoot down the the airliner and then it was moved back across into russia again that was the the finding of the j.i.t. vladimir putin has been talking about it here in st petersburg way you know he's been at the plenary session of the economic forum here he said it absolutely wasn't a russian missile and he says that they can't really trust the j.i.t. findings because the j.i.t. is an investigation that essentially according to putin has been closed to russia now there is a reason why russia isn't involved in the j.i.t. and that's because it's basically made up of countries that suffered the most in the incidents australia the netherlands lost

a lot of people on the plane sort of malaysia belgium two and then of ukraine is involved because the plane was shot down over ukrainian territory russia has not been a party of it because it wasn't you know a specific loser of the situation so russia not changing stance what happens next will a stranger in the netherlands just have to accept the situation. well basically what the two countries are doing is making this a kind of formal accusation so therefore it takes on a specific legal process they want to have a dialogue with russia they want russia to acknowledge at some point its responsibility or alleged responsibility and they say that the next step is probably going to some kind of international body like a international courts. but it's you know russia does not extradite its citizens

he doesn't extradite its civilians let alone military personnel who might have been involved in this incidence might have been involved in what is essentially a clandestine war being fought in a neighboring country so the chances that russia are suddenly going to surrender military personnel to go and appear in a dutch courtroom or that it's going to acknowledge state level guilt for this vanishingly small flat image hussein is a is a leader who's built you know a lot of political capital over the years on being seen as a strong. tough leader and for the russian political culture which doesn't ever acknowledge contrition run a thing or say sorry or organised responsibility or guilt i think it's a really to expect that they're going to back down over the seventeen inquiry and say yes it was anything to do with us all right rory thanks very much indeed rory

challenge reporting there from petersburg. canadian police are hunting two suspects following a bomb blast at an indian restaurant near toronto at least fifteen people were injured in the attack which took place as two groups were holding parties in the restaurant. two men wearing hoodies were seen entering the restaurant with an i.e.d. which is an improvised explosive device the men were seen fleeing the scene immediately following the explosion police across the g.t.a. have been notified and are now looking for these men. well let's hear now from donna like who's at the scene west of toronto and tell us more about the latest on the hunt for the suspects nick they believe the suspect fled this scene in a car so they're actually looking over quite a wide area the woman the police chief there used the word g.t.a. that means the greater toronto area that's got to be hundreds and hundreds of

square kilometers that they're looking in neighboring police forces are involved and so far no joy at least not that they're telling us about they haven't got a lot of leads other than what they said that the two men showed up captured on security camera around ten thirty at night at the restaurant behind me it's called bombay bell a popular place for parties for snacks many one of many indian restaurants in this neighborhood which is predominantly south asian they're looking very hard asking for witnesses but the police will tell us the investigation has just begun and they're going to spare no resources they said that's a direct quote in trying to get this thing solved and at this moment in time hard to gauge any motive. absolutely and that's really puzzling people the police chief said earlier she came out and said they had no signs of any terror related national security related evidence nor do they have any hate crime signs but they haven't ruled anything out that basically means they're looking at everything i have to tell you though having covered a fair number of these scenes in the past where there have been national security

implications this crime scene looks different it's quite relaxed there are only local police involved right here gathering evidence and so on and they probably cleared the inside of the restaurant which means that they've got everything they want out of it so we need more information before we can begin to speculate what it was is really mystifying at the moment or i don't know thanks very much indeed don you're like the interim and that is it from us now it's back to the mall nic thank you for that today may twenty fifth is africa's a celebrating the anniversary of the formation of the organization we now know as the african union was first celebrated back in one thousand nine hundred sixty three to mark the founding of the organization of african unity as it was known then its stated aim has been to promote corp rid the region of colonialism basically better the lives of african people membership it is open to all states on the continent there are fifty five members at the moment and while it helps set up things like the african human rights commission critics argue it hasn't done enough to protect the rights of african citizens from their own political leaders in the

past it was dubbed the dictator's club today the african union faces many challenges not least combating things like a bowl of malaria hiv aids while often dealing with recurring famines and does that if occasion but there is some optimism for many member states and their economies and their future we're going to focus on libya on today's news group in a struggle for recognition that there is a group called the people they are fighting for official recognition of their language it was banned during the forty year rule of monica daffy and his mom about the one hundred ports now from your free in seven years after about the fell the libyan constitution continues to ignore the amnesty language. the until now the radio station in libya. stands out as a landmark in the mountainous western town of v.f. are in. the language means a speech. volunteers keep the radio station on air as best they can is no

support from the government. they use it to be says programs promote its culture by interacting with listeners that. it was shameful to go out and say i'm a messy now we speak our own language freely we still have a long way to go but we're not giving up it's a mission we have to accomplish for generations to come and school teachers in a different are trying to do the same. the language was burned by him to get deaf ears during his more than forty years in power now students can learn songs in schools but it is not always easy. of course there are challenges especially when we compose songs in standard am a zig language nevertheless this younger generation has a better opportunity to learn it more than the older ones. it was two years after

the end of get dirty before they had the confidence to teach their own language again but gym owner and has says the government is not doing enough to keep the language alive in schools clearly told one of if tucker said there should be an amnesty of language department at the faculty of education so that we can have specialized teachers the ministry of education should also provide us with textbooks the era around half a million in libya the majority live in the west of the country i'm a zealot people here say their language was not allowed to be spoken in schools before the revolution which deposed them seventy years ago as a try to retain their heritage and identity they have campaigned for language to be recognized in libya's constitution but so far consecutive governments have failed to meet their demands. on the thirteenth of january every year gathered to mark the new year something they couldn't do during get there his reign now use and

her colleagues say they're determined to revive more of the ethnic groups culture and identity but they're worried the current armored conflicts in libya could derail those efforts. if in and by coincidence later we find out today that may have our producer of moroccan belgian descent speak some of the as well she does she obviously well many africans like me had there celebrating the continent's cultural and linguistic diversity this is what one is in barwon had to say preservation of african languages is very important because it means we train our identity as a people which is very very tall language is going to correct. language can be means of communication so sweet carrier of culture. foundation of

african culture is buried in our languages we have over two thousand languages on the african continent in this is what binds us is davis is we are is these languages that elevate the binding factor in our different cultures in the quality of african culture so it's really important. online we've seen folks commemorating africa day in many different ways one of some of them are using the hash tag african language day many have been promoting the use of african language on social media with that hash tag and all women here wrote saying that on this africa day i would like to give thanks to this beautiful mystical diverse continent which gave birth to my language my culture and my people thank you from this afrikaner he says all of these comments are not surprising africa is possibly the most linguistically diverse continent on the earth according to a group that studies languages twenty of the top twenty five mostly sickly diverse

countries are in africa here's a list of quite a few of them here now the content is a melting pot of languages with more than two thousand recognized tongues europe by comparison has just three hundred languages also thirteen percent of african languages are considered to be threatened africa has also a wide range of sign languages many of these are specific to a particular region in just the same way that spoken languages are the most popular african languages swahili spoken in kenya and several other countries almost one hundred million people speak it in just this month swahili became the first african language to be officially recognized on twitter before the switch so he was being translated into indonesian since a system could not recognize it accurately kenyans campaigned online to get their language on the social sites using the hash tag twitter recognizes swahili and swahili is not indonesian marvin's here he tweeted saying dear internet african

names are not typos african languages is not indonesian it will be hard for you to ignore and assume the cradle of mankind africa and her rich heritage if you've been tweeting and your mother tongue today send us a message saying hello if you want so we can learn how to say it in your language you can also add on our hash tag news grid. thanks. about the you back in january during the annual meeting of the african union story looked at with the eye you could actually adequately reform itself once things like a small tax on imports from outside africa and to make the reliance on foreign aid but the countries have signed up. that discussion on whether the a you can make them happens inside story isn't the show's section dot com once again for facebook live. pulled out multiple plastic bags from inside

a baby shot. and then the first black heavyweight boxing champion damaged by a racial criminal conviction over a hundred years ago given a full by donald trump more on that in the.

well but there are one point six billion muslims around the world for the past week and indeed for the next three weeks most of them fostering during the month of ramadan between summers and sunset no food or drink only done in solidarity with those less fortunate and as a time of spiritual reflection but leave going to take

a sort of story now involving a european minister correct. stirring up the holy month with her comments or he is especially online so it's denmark's immigration minister names in there sobered she's being criticised for suggesting that muslims are better off not going to work during ramadan because they pose a danger to society while fasting and those are her words in a column she wrote saying i want to call on muslims to take me from work during the month of ramadan to avoid negative consequences for the rest of danish society her remarks as you can imagine prompted backlash especially in muslim communities all across scandinavia did marx muslim union posted a message on social media say thanks but no thanks reminding her that muslims are adults capable of functioning in danish society even while they're fasting julian he's an editor and political commentator said that one billion muslims work during ramadan as doctors nuclear scientists and presidents but in little denmark this

poses a security threat now he says and he she tweeted saying if you want to pay my bills and give me the month off all pretend to be a hazard but i'm currently at work working and i haven't posed a threat yet she is the hash tag that we've been seeing others use ramadan terror and there's been more reaction too especially out of finland chairwoman of the country. muslim union she responded by saying there's no information or statistics to show that bus drivers or other muslim workers would somehow behave dangerously while fasting and most muslim countries stores and businesses continue operating as normal the spokesperson for the riva bus company in denmark added to it saying that there is no history of bus accidents during ramadan and said quote so defacto it's not even a problem for us now. argument for safety is nothing new she's a right wing poll politician known for tightening immigration laws since her party formed a coalition government in two thousand and fifteen denmark has imposed

a string of immigration controls all the way to the point that last year she posted a picture this picture here of herself along with a cake with a fifty on it marking the fiftieth such amendment to crackdown on immigration laws then in two thousand and sixteen denmark passed a controversial law that allows danish authorities to search migrants belongings and seize valuables and cash from them in order to help pay for their time in the country now here in denmark let us know what you think of this what backlash you've seen online any comments that you think we should be aware of you can always write them directly to me at your hard and. finally righting a wrong from a century ago most americans know who jack johnson was not only was he the world's first black boxing champion he was jailed for days in his white go free but finally he's been given a posthumous pardon by the white house amar choudhry has the story. the son of former slaves fought his way to become the first black heavyweight boxing

champion of the world the texan ruled the ring for seven years and was an icon for racially oppressed african-americans but johnson's relationships with a number of white women led him to being charged under the mann act the law used to prosecute men for mixed relationships even if consensual and nine hundred thirteen he was charged with taking his white girlfriend across state lines for immoral purposes so we thank you so much. surrounded by boxing stars who pushed for his part in the oval office donald trump finally made his name well i'm here for the white house of behalf of the presidency of behalf of this country. our country is a great country and we have done something that was very important because we righted a wrong it was a wrong and a lot of people know it i know it without being an expert on the subject i knew would follow jack johnson was not treated fairly and we have

corrected that with his career in ruins johnson skipped bail and fled to europe he spent years fighting in exile before surrendering to u.s. police in one thousand nine hundred twenty and spending ten months in prison my family now can go forward knowing that the strain and the pain has been traced and history will be written and i sincerely thank you sterling and you and everybody there brought me here i am this well. known as the galveston giant he died in a car crash in one thousand nine hundred forty six aged sixty eight but his legacy lives on jack johnson there his life as a free man he did whatever he wanted to do in an era where one every four days a black person is big lynched so he gave a lot of black working class men whole the u.s. president said it was his honor to correct

a wrong in history america choudhry out you sarah. just a few comments before we go we've been quite busy today so i had a chance to get to them not surprising i have a lot of feedback on the danish story which they i was just telling us about sally kohn on facebook i said the time she got back to the viking area paid time off to iraq i'm sorry paid time off would be greatly appreciated and radio said that's absurd you want catholics to avoid coming to work during lent why should muslims not come to work during ramadan also plenty of comments as we speak of catholics on the irish abortion story a reminder twenty one hundred g.m.t. five hours from now the polls close the team in london and they've been in dublin we'll have all the latest on that for you then if you want to get in touch with us you can do it pretty easily ashfaq is a.j. newsgroup whether you want to use twitter facebook or whatsapp that of a compass out telegram as well and we'll see you right back here in studio four a train at fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. tomorrow saturday.

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now we'll see what happens to the. top of that i think donald trump breathes new life into the idea of a june summit with north korea just a day after canceling it. and i'm nic this is al jazeera live from london also coming up this crazed film producer harvey weinstein leaves the new york police station in handcuffs he's charged with great in sexual assault. the netherlands and australia call on russia to be held legally accountable for shooting down a malaysian airlines flight of ukraine and they want compensation. and it's a referendum that's triggered fears to the.