in a change in spain mariano rajoy is forced out of fs by socialist leader pedro sanchez who work places him as prime minister. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up a chinese new populist government is finally sworn in after three months of deadlock and wrangling. u.s. allies hit back at trump's new tariffs with their own levies on american imports from harley motorbikes to jeans and bourbon whiskey. it was neighbors call for an end to the killing of anti-government protesters as the death toll now passes one hundred. and two tigers two lions and

a jack you are recaptured after escaping from a german zoo sparking an alert. socialist leader pedro sanchez has taken over spain's prime minister after ousting marianna in a no confidence vote he's promising to address urgent social matches after years of austerity under a conservative government or a lost the vote in parliament after dozens of people linked to his conservative people's party were convicted of corruption the motion passed by one hundred eighty votes in the three hundred fifty seat lower house one hundred sixty nine no votes and one lawmaker abstained sanchez relied heavily on castle and nationalist parties to win that vote he's promised to resume dialogue with catalonia his government despite supporting roy's imposition of direct rule last year sanchez won't have an

easy ride of it sent a right citizens party has already promised to oppose his minority socialist government and is calling for early elections and barker reports now from madrid. a new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez is now the country's new prime minister. do not as well tell your guest to more than a moment i am aware of the responsibility that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from been totally aware of it i am going to face all our country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination of my first transform and modernize our country which is what the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to attend the urgent social matters of many people living in precarious conditions and suffering from inequality i am going to do it with consensus with humility hard work and commitment from. the head of the socialist

party pushed for friday's no confidence motion and won by a large margin m.p.'s from six different parties voted overwhelmingly to house marianna will and his center right people's party from office ahead of the vote apologize for his party's past mistakes. it has been an honor to be the prime minister of spain it has been an honor to leave behind a better scheme than one that i found when i took over government i wish my substitute will be able to stay the same i think i have improved the well being of the people of spain if anyone has been offended by my actions i think everyone especially my party without whom none of this would be possible thank you to all spaniards for their support and understanding and good luck to all of you and to spain. the vote follows a long running corruption scandal involving leading members of roy's party he became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in

a trial last year. former people's party treasurer louis busyness was among twenty nine people convicted on corruption charges he was once a close ally of the hallway he was given a thirty three year jail sentence and fined fifty one million dollars the people's party was also ordered to pay back two hundred ninety five thousand dollars but has remained defiant accusing sanchez of political opportunism spain's new prime minister will have to unite the country's french a parliament will be the leader of a minority government and need the support of rival political parties to pass crucial legislation sanchez inherits a troubled economy and political instability over the future of catalonia where the independence movement remains strong he's also under pressure from other parties to call new elections as soon as possible sanchez is now spain's seventh prime minister since his return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s.

but his hold on power faces immediate challenges. and he joins us live now so this is quite a remarkable comeback for pedro sanchez. did he did he catch people off guard with this move. but i think anyone really could have assumed that the only a week after pedro sanchez first looted the idea of holding this vote of no confidence in mariano rajoy that it would pass quite so resoundingly as you said there one hundred eighty m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress here behind me through their weight behind the house to mariano rajoy we're talking about really a political spectrum being represented here although the real mixture of different parties supporting it we're talking about independents too is we're talking about nationalists we're talking about leftists and sentries not to mention of course the socialist party that have been really the driving force behind all of this what

does it mean next for sanchez well things are moving very quickly indeed in philippe has ratified his leadership we know the sanchez will be spending his first night in the prime minister's official residence just outside madrid rory has been forced to leave very very quickly indeed the next key thing before sanches to do really is to appoint a government we don't know when that will be possibly at the start of the week for the time being those m.p.'s in. people's party remain in a kind of official position in an interim role for the time being before things that really take shape at the start of next week i suppose the problem first sanchez now is that he has a very small majority in the parliament how difficult how challenging is it going to be famed to get things done to implement his agenda.

yes that's right he will head a government out. absolutely crucial for him to be able to get votes from across the political divide in order to legislate otherwise it could end up in real stalemate here in congress going forward there's an awful lot of news in tray that he inherits to bury on avoid we're talking about concerns over political stability when it comes to cuts alone their independence movement there still remains strong the independence movement though cause did throw their weight behind this vote but they may well now expect something in return for pedro sanchez going forward concerns too about economic stability in spain after many many years over sterritt see a most certainly the political opposition are not always going to make it easy for pedro sanchez particularly the centrists three other than last party who did not back this vote they would prefer to see elections as soon as possible why because they've been doing very very well in polls recently want to capitalize on that

potentially win an election when it happens next but sanchez has promised to steer the country to the least the middle of twenty twenty to the end of the parliamentary session the hard work for him it really is only just begun all right well thank you very much with all the latest from madrid at neve barca prosecutors in germany are filed and your request to extradite the deposed catalan leader karla's pushed him on to spain pushed him on was detained in march on a european arrest warrant for his role in catalonia has failed independence day last year he's facing charges of rebellion and corruption a found guilty could spend up to thirty years in prison meanwhile italy's first populist government has been sworn in little known law professor giuseppe conti leads a coalition made up of politicians from the anti establishment five star movement on the far right party and ceremony ends three months of political deadlock since the election in march and baba has more from rome. well italians do know now who's

going to be in the new government italy's first so-called populist government but what they don't know is what scope there is for the new alliance to push through the far ranging changes that they promised in the campaign running up to the march election the new interior minister matteo salvini heads the league and he has been known for his anti immigrant rhetoric he's advocated sending hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants out of italy as well as detaining asylum seekers luigi demaio his rival who's the labor industry minister and he who heads the five star movement has talked about guaranteeing a basic universal income but at the same time lowering taxes so lots of people are wondering where the money's going to come from as well as what kind of challenges there might be in terms of human rights obligations there's also the tricky question of relations with brussels even though the ante euro economy minister

paulose of owner who was previously nominated has now been moved to european union affairs the man who replaces him giovanni tria has been highly critical of german fiscal policy and wants changes that allow it's really to invest more in public projects to cut unemployment so there's going to be plenty of friction in the weeks and months to come but firstly they'll they'll have to survive a vote of confidence in parliament next week which they should do easily but whether they can overcome their internal bickering is another matter at least five palestinians have been injured by live fire from israeli forces during protests along the gaza border and demonstrations there every friday since march thirtieth the latest scenes follow a week that saw the west escalation of violence between israel and palestinian factions in gaza since two thousand and fourteen has a force that has more. well another volley of tear gas has been fired into the crowd which remains just a couple hundred meters away from the border fence this has been yet another friday

of protest here on the gaza israel border it's been going on since march the thirtieth and shows no sign yet of stopping these protesters have once again been met with live fire from israeli forces and repeated use very heavy use of tear gas as well the question now is really how long this is sustainable it is still seen by many palestinians here in gaza as a way of venting the continued desperation with the humanitarian situation as it continues to get worse here the real question though is when the political decision from hamas will come to end these protests if it does i was speaking to a senior advisor to the hamas leadership and he was saying that it is a question of israel lifting the siege and blockade at that point the strategy of peaceful protest could perhaps change however that the question really is whether a long term ceasefire can be agreed between israel and hamas there's all sorts of reporting about that with egypt as the main broker there also reports in the

israeli media today that these really army is once again urging its government to act and try to come to some kind of accommodation with hamas as the humanitarian situation can use to it continues to worsen because they're worried that that is further going to worsen the security situation as well both sides though remain a long way apart in terms of what they would want from any such kind of deal and for now the protests continue still ahead for you on the program a new law giving syria's government the power to confiscate property leaves refugees worried they'll never return home and good guerrilla news from central africa and numbers of one of the wilds most endangered species have increased. hello again across central and southern parts of china we've got some fairly heavy rains here across more western areas also

a threat of some showers across southeastern areas hong kong for instance for some really hot weather across whole kong temperatures well up into the mid to upper thirty's over recent days but temperatures falling back into new normal values that are in the course of the weekend showers also likely across taiwan for indo china where we've seen some very heavy rain looks a little bit better through the course of subtly into sunday and some heavy showers in northern parts of vietnam still some heavy rain for parts of me amar but it does look as though it's that rain is going to ease off with time now across into south asia we've still got some pretty heavy rain affecting parts of the region and across more eastern areas has seen some heavy rain being reported again in bangladesh more heavy showers are likely here some heavy showers affecting parts of carolina and connecticut but further north again very hot delhi looking at my some of forty four degrees and there's a forty five as we get through into sunday temperatures here in the arabian peninsula are not far behind in fact is quite warming cats aren't at the moment

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back a quick look at the top stories now spain's conservative government has been toppled by a no confidence vote in parliament. my honorable has been replaced as prime minister by the socialist party leader pedro sanchez. populist government has been sworn in at last ending three months of political deadlock that. leads a coalition of politicians from the anti establishment five star movement on the far right lipase and at least five palestinians have been injured by live five from israeli forces during protests along the gaza border. and the north korean leader's right hand man is heading to the u.s. capital to deliver a letter from kim jong un to president trump kim young child's trip to washington comes after what u.s. secretary of state called great progress during that talks in new york on thursday

will go to the camp david presidential retreat in maryland for a briefing about the denuclearization if it will peace talks of resume between north and south korea in the demilitarized zone between the two countries a high level delegation agree to push forward with joint military talks and even discuss efforts to reunite separated families this paves the way for the summit between kim jong un and donald trump next month when hey reports from seoul. after the fanfare of the leaders summits this was the two koreas getting down to work senior representatives from the north crossed the border at the demilitarized zone to meet the delegation from the south the aim was to begin implementing what their leaders had discussed. we should in front of all the media here take on and follow the will of the leaders the leaders are walking far ahead of us why can't we follow them they did agreeing to set up a joint liaison office at the case on industrial complex just north of the border that's been closed since two thousand and sixteen following the north's missile and

nuclear tests what will the most of us and north came to shared a common understanding of the basics trust respect and mutual understanding that the two leaders showed they've also agreed to consider staging an event on june the fifteenth to mark the anniversary of the first into korean summit eighteen years ago the talks between the two koreas have been positive and practical steps appear to have been taken towards improving relations but much depends on whether a potential summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un takes place and if it does what the outcome may be as we've seen recently the situation is changeable. friday's meeting was supposed to be held two weeks ago but the north koreans withdrew in protest over joint military exercises being held by south korea and the united states a few days later donald trump withdrew from a proposed summit with kim jong un citing tremendous anger and open hostility from

pyongyang but after kim and south korea's president moon julian had a surprise second meeting last week all sides are once again working towards a kim trump summit on june the twelfth wayne hay al-jazeera sole. european union has launched a dispute settlement case at the world trade organization in response to the u.s. decision to impose tariffs on steel and alan many of the e.u. along with canada and mexico have said they'll retaliate against the move promising levies on billions of dollars of u.s. goods european trade commissioner says the tariffs of further weaken transatlantic relations we have been very clear about the consequences of doing this the european union will today sent. a request for consultations and later a plan of to the w two of the countries will as well we are determined to protect the multilateral system the w t o is not perfect but we have constructed this together with our american partners and we are expecting everybody to play by the

rules so let's go live now to andy gallacher who's at a construction site in miami florida so u.s. allies have promised to retaliate against these u.s. impose tariffs and what does that mean for u.s. businesses. well all of this is course is very symbolic for president trying to kind of reaffirmed his commitment to putting america first he of course wants to revive the steel industry in america's rust belt and bring jobs back to that but let's put a human face on this for a moment in florida alone the construction industry employs about half a million people it's been going through a massive boom over the last few years but i've been talking to some of miami's biggest construction companies and they all basically terrified by what's going on with these tariffs they already say that steel prices have been fluctuating over the last few months because of the uncertainty about what might happen and they're saying this could ultimately lead to a recession because if they're. if their profit margins on projects like projects

like the one they are mere about five percent that are say she's been wiped out overnight they're worried that they may have to lay people off they worry that they will no longer be able to continue with construction and development like the one here behind me so they are pretty clear in what they think these tariffs on steel of alimony and will do to one of florida's biggest industries never mind on the u.s. is biggest industry so their message to don't jump is pretty simple they basically say you're playing with fire you're going to cause us to start developing in which is one of the biggest driving forces in the economy and ultimately they say they may have to lay people off and projects like this could ultimately come to a standstill right there at a construction site but there are many different industries that could be impacted by retaliatory measures they could be seen wages lang people off as you as you say how do they feel about donald trump's argument that well trade was easy to win.

i mean i think the economic reality certainly what i've got from people who work at the very coal face of industries like this is that is just a logical that's not how things work you have to buy goods at the cheapest possible prices that's what drives businesses like this they think it basically doesn't make sense look one of the developers i spoke to earlier said he's getting calls from people who supply eleven am and still saying you have to sign these contracts right now because i can't guarantee i can hold at this price in other words in the next few days alimony and prices and still prices could rocket meaning their costs for developing and building projects essentially wipes out their profit margin so they're extremely scared they say it's causing you know uncertainty in the industry and that's just in steel in our many women in the construction industry if you think about this country where cars are manufactured canned goods are manufactured the ramifications of what could happen with these tariffs and

a potential trade war could mean that people will ultimately have to be laid off and as i said in florida half a million people work in the construction industry but of course president trump can point to this morning's job figures which came out which added another quarter of a million jobs to the u.s. economy unemployment is the lowest it's been in decades so he can point to that and say look the economy is booming we're going to put america first but i think the picture on the ground when you talk to those who work at the coalface things that the construction industry is very different indeed thank you very much andy caddick and there at a construction site in miami florida. malaysia's anti corruption agency is called the wife of former prime minister najib razak to be questioned as part of an investigation into the mismanagement of the state fund one m d p rosmah months or is expected to give her statement on tuesday her husband who was ousted from power last month has already given a statement to investigators over a transfer of more than ten million dollars into his bank account the couple have

been banned from leaving the country. and interim government has been sworn in in pakistan ahead of an election in july when the supremes court justice will hold the role of caretaker prime minister until the vote pakistan's three main political parties are campaigning on platforms for promising a stronger economy and more jobs now rights groups have condemned what they call a shoot to kill policy towards anti-government protesters in nicaragua more than one hundred people have died in the past two months including at least sixteen since wednesday president daniel ortega is accused of ordering snipers in armed groups to shoot at protesters demanding his resignation and our policy has more from managua. on the streets of managua gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters in the nicaraguan capital many demonstrators took shelter in a nearby cathedral went up at the mine and at first we were inside the cathedral then we went outside and saw how the shootings took place in cold blood right in

front of the cathedral. in this but us a nicaraguan farmer who traveled to my now i want to take part in the demonstrations says even under the care of faith leaders he still fears that more attacks are coming out of the room with we're going through oppression despite staying at the cathedral because these people don't respect anyone that respect priest so human rights only god can help us. it's not the first time police officers have fired on demonstrators standing on the grounds of this cathedral since the unrest began nearly six weeks ago pro-government paramilitary groups continue to face off with protesters some wielding homemade mortars a man barricades and keep a close watch over who they allow pass snipers an armed groups believed to be under the command of president daniel ortega left at least sixteen people dead and another seventy nine injured after a protest that drew nearly half a million people to the streets of managua president ordered to go however

continues to deny any involvement in the violence. in my book humanitarian organizations have condemned the government crackdown on dissenters. of amnesty international says the evidence of human rights abuses by the government is clear the use of these paramilitary groups to create the couse the use of. police the use of lethal force by police i mean we saw the sniper as you know very well positioned it is stadium ready to kill people some of the pattern start we have seen and that make us believe that this is so systematic and so intentional that it's becoming a policy to shoot to kill. despite the government agreement to allow an independent commission to investigate the violence of the past six weeks the political unrest sneak out arwa shows no sign of ending suit there have been about one hundred confirmed deaths since the start of the crisis and it up

a little. whenever. as a new obstacle for millions of syrians who want to go home after fleeing seventy a war more than six million people have been internally displaced by the fighting another five and a half million syrians are refugees in other countries now many of them stand to lose their homes a new syrian law allows the government to seize property from people who can't prove ownership the move worries countries hosting the refugees who fear they might never leave as there is a new one to report from the bekaa valley in lebanon. emma is afraid that her stay in lebanon could become permanent she fled the war in syria in two thousand and thirteen her hometown of is now under government control she says the army hasn't allowed to billions to return yet and a new law passed by the syrian government is threatening to confiscate homes of those people who don't prove ownership. i don't even know if we still have a house or if it was destroyed and when we fled we left with nothing so i don't

have any documents with me there are millions of syrians like him ahmed who escaped from the fighting with nothing number ten as it is known means they may be stuck in exile international aid agencies say just nine percent of refugees and displaced have their property title deeds with them this is worrying host nations like lebanon where there are over one million refugees it's very worrying because when you when you think that would encourage the displaced or in that effort to come back to their country and the. measures to discourage them the syrian government says the new law is needed to begin the reconstruction of areas damaged by war human rights groups disagree they say damascus passed similar laws in two thousand and twelve to confiscate property without due process or compensation many syrian refugees no longer have valid identity documents they will not be able to prepare

the types of case files that they will need to show that they are property owners within the timeframe that has been given under law number ten the syrian opposition says the law is part of the government's efforts to bring about demographic changes by repopulating areas with loyalists. many of the refugees in lebanon come from areas that were battlegrounds under rebel control before being recaptured by the government places like the damascus countryside homs and the color mon region they may be considered safe by some but political economic and secure. the reasons prevent others from returning and now the law is an obstacle to those who want to go back home even if it means living under bashar assad to rule mohamed farah somehow is one of them his hometown has been all but destroyed and he has no documents to prove ownership of his land. there and i don't have any papers i don't even know my property number that is because i inherited it from my father i don't

know if my house is still standing i have nothing but god it's estimated up to fifty percent of syrian land was not officially registered before the war for many permanent displacement is becoming a reality. because of that lebanon five dangerous big cats have escaped their enclosures in a german zoo have now been recaptured residents on the gemini luxemburg border will want to stay inside after two tigers two lines and i jag you a broke free one storm flooding damaged their cages a cats were finally found inside the zoo compound thanks to drone footage a bed which also escaped from a different zoo was shot dead. a new survey shows central africa's critically endangered mountain gorillas have exceeded the one thousand mark for the first time in decades the world wildlife fund says conservation efforts have helped increase the numbers of the gorillas in the verandah massive an area encompassing parts of

rwanda uganda and the democratic republic of congo mountain gorillas are popular with tourists and are a major source of revenue for the three countries but the region's population has dropped sharply in the past century because of the threat posed by poachers and groups. just a quick look at the top stories this hour spain's conservative government has been toppled by a no confidence vote in parliament or a void has been replaced as prime minister by the socialist party leader pedro sanchez will be heading a minority government no confidence vote came off to senior officials in rai's popular party were found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for handing out contracts. i'm going to face the country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination to be first to transform modernize our country which is what

the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to terms the urgent social matters of many people living in a precarious conditions and suffering from inequality. meanwhile italy's first populist government has been sworn in it'll no law professor just that because it's a coalition made up of politicians from the anti establishment five star movement and the far right league party the ceremony ends three months of political deadlock since the election in march at least five palestinians have been injured by live fire from israeli forces during protests along the gaza border they've been demonstrations there every friday since march thirtieth these latest scenes follow week that saw the worst escalation of violence between israel and palestinian factions since two thousand and fourteen. the north korean leader's right hand man is heading to the u.s. capital to deliver a letter from kim jong un to president trunk kim young charles trip to washington comes after what u.s. secretary of state called real progress during that talks in new york on thursday

trouble go to the camp david presidential retreat in maryland for a briefing about the denuclearization of it. and rights groups have condemned what they call a shoot to kill policy towards anti-government protesters in nicaragua more than one hundred people have died in the past two months including at least sixteen cents wednesday a president daniel ortega is accused of ordering snipers and to shoot a protest is demanding his resignation. as the headlines coming up next it's slavery a twenty first century evil but there will be a full blessing of news after that in about twenty five minutes time enjoying that life and.

the three hundred years the most powerful nations on a school richer and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over twelve million men women and children with fields to be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the nineteenth century it is a law if it is thriving and it is bigger than ever.