brazil's former president lula da silva is banned from running in october selection even though he's considered the front runner. hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. says it's cutting off all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees calling it down irredeemably for the operation. a pro russian separatists leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow and kiev blame each other for the killing. and a final farewell for aretha franklin a star studded funeral in the u.s. the queen of song.

we begin with breaking news out of brazil where former president luisa nasser lula da silva has been barred from running in october's election a majority of judges on the electoral court banned his candidacy he's serving a twelve year jail term for corruption under brazilian law can't run for the highest office because he is convicted of a crime but his party register him as its presidential candidate anyway. now a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's how palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the u.s. decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is urging will countries to step up and fill the funding gap. well the u.s.

state department spokesman heather knew it said when we made a u.s. contribution of sixteen million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we had assumed for many years. from washington d.c. . the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of the budget so this drastic cut could have significant effects on already dire living conditions in places like gaza and elsewhere where palestinian refugees live under a says there are five million palestinian refugees these are people who are considered by the palestinian side to have the right to return that is the people who were removed or fled from palestinian territories when the state of israel was founded in one nine hundred forty eight and their descendants have the right

according to the palestinian and side and according to u.n. resolutions to eventually return israel of course has opposed this from the beginning saying that any such influx of palestinians would swamp and alter the completely the character of the jewish state so this appears to be an effort by the united states in tandem with israel to try to undermine that right of return by reducing the number of palestinians from five million who are eligible to actually return to only those who were really alive during the conflict in one thousand nine hundred forty eight those people number about five hundred thousand well momma always a political analyst who specializes in the u.s. and the middle east he says he was one of the people the u.n. agency helped. i am one of the spell estonians who i was born in a tent and that if i was amazed that if without the unadorned the help of the other

while i would have not had lords or food or schooling or college so if you take the palestinians who live only i'm talking about the two million palestinians who live and lebanon syria jordan egypt and iraq these are about two million people who have no safety net except the owner well including health care education housing and employment if he cuts that for the palace said yes yes it's going to be difficult on this palace in us but it is not going to change the fact that isabel still occupies isabel it's refusing to allow the palestinians student turn to palestine and then a few years the internal refugees inside palestine proper. are not going to have a place to go. the u.s. and canada mr deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks on friday and broke up without a deal about the resume next week down the lack reports in toronto. president trump

has long said nafta was unfair to his country and he was visibly pleased when he announced last monday that u.s. and mexican negotiators had reached a deal to replace it canada was left out and trump said the canadians had until friday to give in to us demands so it could join the new pact that deadline is passed with no deal and trump is keeping up the pressure because i love canada but they've taken advantage of our country for many years they have tremendous tremendous trade barriers and they have tremendous tariffs. the sticking points remain what they've been for months u.s. demands for access to canada's highly protected dairy industry. and auto was desire to keep independent trade dispute resolution part of a new nafta something the u.s. opposes canadian negotiate. say they're still hopeful they can reach a deal on an agreement that doesn't leave canada out we know that

a win win win agreement is within reach and now that's what we're working towards with goodwill and flexibility on all sides i know we can get there canada's economy is highly dependent on trade with the u.s. more than a billion dollars a day in business flows between the two countries president trumps threats to slap high tariffs on canadian built cars would be disastrous for the country's workers and manufacturers both the u.s. and mexico say canada can be part of a deal to replace nafta many members of the u.s. congress some of them from donald trump's republican party agree but a protectionist trump administration has so far been demanding far more than canada's negotiators have been prepared to give daniel lak al-jazeera toronto russia has accused ukraine of assassinating prominent separatist leader alexander in eastern ukraine the russian about leda rebels and done that schools too in a blast at a cafe in the city center really challenge reports from moscow. this is the

aftermath of the blast that killed alexander as a car chink or a blackened body can be seen lying on a stretcher outside the cafe don't yet squints into lockdown after the killing with moscow and the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an act of international terrorism the last pictures of her alive were from thursday laying flowers for the donbass born singer years of cubs one who died earlier in the day so how much inca had been the prime minister of done yet since november two thousand and fourteen he was shuffled into the position at a time when attempts were being made to make the war in ukraine's east look less like a foreign operation run from moscow more like a homegrown independence movement as a disney esque native and rebel military commander who fit the bill. or was present both peace summits in minsk a negotiator of the first the d.n.r.

representative and signatory had the second three potential theories spring to mind for who might have been behind this killing it could have been ukraine secret service the s.b.u. perhaps it was separatist infighting or maybe it was moscow doing some extreme housekeeping amongst the rebels plenty of other separatist commanders have met similar fates like the man with the nom de guerre give killed last year and motorola who died in two thousand and sixteen but this ukraine analyst thinks one theory of a psychotic is death stands out as the most likely to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of its colleagues other deputies and that's the n r r m n i t control the t.v. station which pretty much humiliated and their colleagues so i think kind of the writing was on the wall that. were numbered moscow and kiev are both accusing each

other of having a hand in psychotic as death the most significant yet of the many murky deaths that have been an ongoing feature in this murky war rory chalons zero mosque or. let's bring you more now on our breaking news story that decision by the electoral court in brazil to ban former president new to the silver from running for office let's bring in palace of terror he's the director of the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson center who joins us via skype from maryland how surprised paolo are you by this court ruling this would surely come as a bitter disappointment for lula yes certainly but it's not surprising at all it was expected the law is very clear it was signed into law by president lula himself into causal and then it states that it personal. found guilty of a crime in a second east us moves in

a court of appeals is eleventh you go to run for office that is precisely what happened to the former president he's now serving a twelve year sentence for grimes related to corruption in money laundering he is luck eligible to run for president and that was the decision of for today by the superior electoral court of brazil and paolo it must have raised some eyebrows within brazilian political circles when his party put him up as a candidate to run in the election knowing full well he'd been convicted of a crime and even jailed. he yes but they did it because little love is a very popular leader and a party that will you know use this fact to try to to use to their advantage there is

a cut off date in brazil law it is the seventeenth of september desir the party will have debts is the limit for a party to replace the candidate for press this it it's a political calculation that former president and he's. the workers' party will have to make they may delay this decision until the very end they may decide ok tomorrow they are after to replace wit didn't we do we know who will replace him as the head of the ticket is the former mayor of bottle fed alone to have that but this is a decision of the former president and his political party have to make so what happens to lula now is this the end of his political career paula. well we don't know that he what happens now is that he's going to continue to serve twelve years

sent as. he was. was returned to guess him we're here to sear whether disses day and offer his career we don't know for he says his replacement former mayor also paul fed another will have died good very well when little action and try to commute his sentence this would go through the courts again. it does not have the power of pardon and it's a political calculation on their part but it shows that brazil for all its flaws is a country where the rule of law applies ok paul a final quick thought from you i mean luna has a huge amount of grassroots support across brazil how his supporters likely to react to this court decision whether some of them although since this was not unexpected some of them may decide to support the former mayor some

fall leaves his running mate for a number of that some of them may try to go to a with other candidates poll suggests that might in a sealed a founding member of the workers' party or running for a third time for the presidency she was a senator she was an environmental figure minister she is a global leader in environmental issues you know could benefit from this other candidates good it's a very complicated matter and president lula has to make this decision will he insists on bringing does about that that i'm not september seventeenth or if you will annoy might know how that s the candidate all the workers party terrigal to thank you very much indeed for your time sir. you are right time for a quick break here and as iraq when we come back go back home people escaping

venezuela's economic crisis receive a cold welcome in peru plus. i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugar cane plantations. hello again we're here cross united states we are entering a holiday weekend and we are going to be seeing things changing for some locations up here to the northeast not too bad up towards new york on saturday tempter there of about twenty five degrees but we have a lot of moisture we have a lot of the flow now coming out of the south and when you have that that means those temperatures are about to go up so from twenty five degrees here on saturday we are looking at those temperatures rising to about twenty six but washington about thirty degrees and then as we go towards the middle of next week expect those

temperatures to go back to into the mid to low thirty's there out towards the west coast seattle a pleasant day if you partly cloudy at about twenty two while we are watching a few tropical disturbance here across the caribbean notice these clouds right here to the north of santa domingo we're going to be watching that very carefully over the next few days because what's going to be happening is the national hurricane center is looking at it they haven't put anything out they don't expect a development in the next three to four days but notice the rain right there passing with the turks and caicos that starts to make its way up here towards the northwest and as we go towards sunday very heavy rain across parts of parts of the bahamas so for nasa thirty one degrees for you and even towards havana clouds are coming in with a temperature of thirty. welcome

back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera brazil's electoral court has bought the former president lula da silva from october's election seven twelve years in jail for corruption his party registered him as its candidate even though people can pick he was convicted of

a crime people convicted of crime can't run for the presidency. united nations searching all countries to donate more money to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the biggest contributor the u.s. has decided to stop all funding palestinian president mahmoud abbas says it's a flagrant assault on the street. and the u.s. and canada have missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal but there was even a wednesday president donald trump told congress he will press ahead with a new agreement with mexico. now the queen of soul aretha franklin has been interred at a cemetery in the u.s. city of detroit the musical legends coffin was placed in a family's plot where she now lives alongside her father and siblings she was on a at a funeral service that lasted almost eight hours was the fourth day of remembrance for detroit's most famous resident and john hendrick was that. it was a requiem fit for a queen. the. paying

tribute risk or of political civil rights in hollywood luminaries r. and b. royalty. a political runner up in a one time head of state came to remember and pay their respects to aretha franklin the queen of soul. i think the secret of her greatness when she took his massive talent and this perfect culture that razor. and decided to be the composer of her own life so. it turned out to be outside stood a line of pink cadillacs it tribute to the current aretha's freeway of love perhaps the luckiest people here are the members of the general public more than

a thousand of them to bat out of the last minute they would get a chance to come in to see the queen these are the people wearing the white wristbands thank you to give one last chance to see the queen of soul. one after another the speakers and performers pay tribute. she was a preacher's daughter raised by a single parent she had two sons by the age of fifteen and got her start in her father's choir. the people of the motor city remember a legend who always stayed true to her hometown. john hendren al-jazeera detroit. u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain and ministry got of on a carrot his casket to lie in state at capitol hill in washington where the republicans for thirty five units vice president mike pence on the speak up all right and of attributes his funeral services on saturday then he'll be buried a day like the rebels in syria is in the province of blown up two bridges in an

attempt to him to any government assault on the area people protested against moves to retake the rebels last wrong hole but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of the glib three million people live there including around ten thousand rebel fighters as well with whom is a teacher in libby says be hard to escape. i guess many will now but if we are we are lays. in that they will no longer stay in a place in syria that we might. be are. on the map it looks like a small area but it's a huge impact i need or buy or six hours from one guy who a mother died that you or me at least and we have this bubble.

we are not. proper. you. lack but here i get make up or back. so as long as we're not winning. this area. like a normal we are just killing that will that are there. that you will snarl. and you have. the billions are in your they are in the. they are live in the but. can't are is calling for action is the united arab emirates accused of using israeli spy technology on leaders and cats out saudi arabia and lebanon the new york times obtained leaked e-mails from lawsuits against an israeli spy with him to reveal attempts to listen to the phone calls of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri they reveal attempts to listen to the phone calls of lebanon's prime

minister qatar samir and a saudi prince uganda's pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to amsterdam it boarded a flight on friday after the government allowed him to leave the country one was seen walking on crutches at the airport outside the capital kampala he's seeking medical care of the seas for injuries he says he suffered while he was in detention he's been charged with treason. now venezuelans living their country are finding life problematic in neighboring peru racial slurs and hate speech that make it hard for many of them to feel safe but some say the anti immigrant attitude is easier to deal with than conditions back home reports only for. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police will selling a traditional rice string from venezuela he still doesn't have a street vendor permit trying to make a living far away from home it's hard he says but worse is here in slurs against

ghana swings a signal or more especially to people like me a street vendor people tell me move get out of here go back to your country. and armed assault mainly perpetrated by even a fearless and coddled security cameras sparked a wave of untied ministry and feeling in. this honest compatriots are paying the price i think in the negative people have to understand we are not all the same the great majority is here to work and send money to our families to get them out of the inferno that venezuela has become. businessmen you get to stop textile employee and say the number of industry lands working here a school where great peruvians saving a sweet lunch are taking their jobs and a baby though some businessmen here have laid off peruvians because they say venezuelans charge them less the untamed gratian sentiment among many was fueled by a conservative candidate illness mayoral race in october he gained popularity by

same venice will answer threatening security and jobs. but government officials have condemned seen a ford explorers produce open border policy has let more than four hundred thousand venice williams in the country nearly seventy thousand have already been granted work permits were again official say the press is over this way let's just have it i mean fact there was. health and education says that there are nearly thirty thousand children in schools but they also say the impact is a positive thing that is workforce for many venezuelans i. don't want to take. any peruvians reacted against growing sentiment by opening their homes to shelter migrants and refugees twenty one year old alexander torrealba is sleeping with fifteen other venezuelans in one room. i feel lucky to have been offered this shelter but it's a pity many compatriots have been mistreated we know here because we want to be but

because we need to be. however the majority of us when say they feel will come in escaping from inflation and food and medicine shortages back home make them choose to endure almost anything for a better future. rights groups in nicaragua are saying the government has ordered the expulsion of a un human rights team investigating abuse allegations president daniel ortega dismissed a un report accusing him and his government of ignoring human rights violations during anti-government protests the report accused ortega's administration of illegal arrests torture and close trials three hundred people have been killed since the unrest began in april. as president to shut down a un corruption commission in the country president jimmy morales won't renew the body's mandate when it expires next year commission has been behind many high profile corruption probes involving politicians and business people. now the thai

government is reconsidering the use of three toxic weed killers one of the chemicals particle is already banned in more than thirty countries has been linked to flesh eating bacteria diseases in farmers in northern thailand when he reports. in parts of rural thailand red marks the spot it's an indicator that farmers used to show that sprayed paraquat a toxic weed killer banned in many countries and the european union its use is blamed on a number of illnesses including a flesh eating bacteria disease which is emerged in northern thailand some farmers have died others have lost limbs in the province of who where researches say contamination from agric emma cools is severe. i really want to see people stop using the chemicals last time i went to the provincial hospital the staff told me there were a lot of patients with similar symptoms as i had thailand's become one of the world's biggest uses of paraquat partly because of its effectiveness on sugar cane

plantations as the price of rice fell the government encouraged farmers to grow other crops like sugar which in turn increased demand for paraquat the health ministry recommended that it be banned along with two other chemicals but that was ignored and they continued use approved by a government appointed committee there are now allegations that some members of that committee had conflicts of interest with companies involved in importing the chemicals that are loaded with that but i have to look at the members of the committee their position is not groundless but so far we have no imperial evidence to accuse any of them thailand wants to become known as the so-called kitchen of the world but that largely unregulated use of toxic sprays is leading to concerns about food safety most of the world's paraquat is made in china which has also decided to ban its use in thailand it's important mainly by foreign companies the

biggest thai company dealing in that is c.p. group were johns among other things convenience stores it's also one of the world's largest food producers. al-jazeera contacted c.p. group and other companies involved but none would give an interview and none have ever been to see see to put to ask him what happened he says he can never farm again but hopes one day the fields here will be chemical free wayne hay al jazeera non-board thailand. now europeans may soon start moving their clocks forward by an hour for summer e.u. supposing to end daylight saving to take advantage of more sunshine commission president john claude younger says a recent survey revealed widespread support for the move some scientists believe changing the clocks has a negative impact on people's health. i think it's a good idea to go back to normal on the countries of already done the changing the clocks wasn't that helpful i would have thought it would have been worth it but

actually we don't need it. so i think it's good changing the clocks is always bothered me and now with the children it's even worse they notice the time change and they struggle with it so much i'd from this go out i always like summer time i would like to have a bit more time to ourselves and that sounds like so much time but in general the e.u. should worry more about things that are important to get them and using bolt has made his debut for a professional football team sprint legend was a substitute for australia's central coast mariners in a pre-season friendly against an amateur team boat was on the pitch for the final twenty minutes of the game with his team already six nil up the thirty two year old is on trial at the club and is yet to be offered a professional contract. right now i'm just trying to get used to the guys i don't want to hold moment to actually get a chance to play a guy level playbook so that's what i'm happy about i think along the line when i start winning championships the team cannot believe in them then the moment you get

higher and higher but i know. my time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera brazil's electoral court has bought the former president luis a nasty alluded to silva from october's election and serving twelve years in jail for corruption people convicted of a crime can't run for the presidency but louis party registered him anyway and says it will fight with all means to make sure he remains back on the. that. united nations urging all countries to the night more money to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the biggest contributor the u.s. has decided to stop all its funding it will end decades of financial support for health education and food aid palestinian president mahmoud abbas says it's a flagrant assault on the palestinian people the u.s. and canada missed a deadline to revamp the north american free trade agreement talks ended on friday without a deal. president donald trump told congress he would press ahead with

a new agreement with mexico canada's foreign minister is still optimistic a deal can be reached it is going to take flexibility on all sides to get a deal in the end and what i can speak to is the canadian position and i really want to assure canadians that we're working hard to get a good deal we are confident that a win win win deal is possible and we're always going to stand up for the national interest and for canadian values the queen of soul aretha franklin has been honored as a marathon farewell ceremony in a home city of detroit. musicians and politicians paid tribute to her in an eight hour ceremony featuring her most members songs she died two weeks ago from pancreatic cancer. and us politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain the military got of on a carriage his casket to lie in state in the u.s.

capitol where the republicans for thirty five years his funerals on saturday then he buried a day later russia and ukraine are accusing each other of killing a separatist rebel leader in eastern ukraine alexander go died in a blast of a cafe in donetsk russia says ukraine is trying to destabilize the region. account of his call of action as the united arab emirates accused of using israeli spy technology and the york times obtained leaked e-mails from lawsuits against an israeli spy with they reveal attempts to listen to the phone calls of lebanon's prime minister and the saudi prince well those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after what i want to stage and that's often. when the u.s. says all collapsed this university professor became a millionaire and a criminal on the last. fifteen years old his daughter embarks on an extraordinary journey to find him.

my six million dollars father a witness documentary on his iraq. in the philippines biggest maternity hospital a baby is born every few minutes and often the new mothers are just children themselves. with the legal age of consent just twelve teen pregnancy is on the rise here. many to turn to a shadowy underworld for help i'm steve on this episode one on one east investigates the impact of church and state on a nation dubbed the baby factory.