the incoming interior minister we went to one of the forums for peace that they've just been opening up the new governments try and talk about what to do about the country and the violence so we know that this country is full of musgrave's we know that the moods of full of people that haven't been identified and that's really the dimension of this we're talking about more than thirty seven thousand people been disappeared in this country that's not just by organized crime but also by mexican security forces some of those people and where as i said before the relatives of the missing have been left to organize themselves and to search for the people on their own so that's something that we'll be looking at to see whether it changes with the incoming administration john home and thank you very much indeed and to a developing story in brazil now the far right presidential candidate yeah you've also nora is undergoing surgery after being stabbed in the stomach his son says he appears to be stable now of sonora was attacked in the city who is day for

a during a campaign rally for next month's election that america did you see newman joins us on the phone as a tell us more about how this happened and what state he is in. well art and i are not a car company completely sure what his condition is right now because as you just say he's just come out of surgery we understand the new stables and it turns out that a dissolute was a superficial wound and that we're now learning that it was much more serious so what i've literally been thought he was being carried on the shoulders of a lot of his supporters was he was going at it at a campaign rally which was sort of moving along an avenue when suddenly you could see from the from the video that that he had a strong pain in his abdomen and suddenly fell backwards he was rushed to us a car and then to a hospital the federal police said that he had been stabbed with a knife and we also understand from a statement of one of the advisers one of the candidates advisors that someone was

arrested shortly afterwards as a. as a suspect but we don't have more information than that. what his chances i mean what are his chances in the election. well that's because i don't credible election campaign let me tell you first of all he is running second in the polls and the only one who would quit playing better than we shall vote so not only is the former president releasing not the mood of the scene about who's in prison and who has been barred from running except that he does have to appeal pending and theory he could still be the candidate but it looks very very unlucky indeed and that's been put to both and i don't in this he's now he is described by many people as a fascist lawyer and that means equally too far but he has made numerous unsought ginnis sense again and racist statements as of having said that he had my results form a military dictatorship he is an outsider a conservative evangelical and a pub all he is the anti politician whose main virtue is the fact that he does not

belong to brazil's discredited political establishment now that may sound familiar because in fact many have already lichens into the us president and are calling in brazil's donald trump so that is the man who has just been stabbed he certainly has a lot of people who would like to see him win the presidency but others who loathe him you are in this in human thank you very much. watching out is there still ahead in the u.k. and russia clash at the united nations security council of the poisoning of a former spy. and thousands of white workers go on strike in south africa saying that black colleagues have an unfair advantage. hello we've got some much needed rain containing across eastern parts of australia still a fair amount of cloud just sliding across the southern areas of new south wales

eastern areas of victoria price guys come back in behind it is generally dry blustery shallow as some are cane winds just making their way through the pipes pulling away through the tasman just making the way towards new zealand will see temperatures in perth around eighty degrees losey fine and dry here at least for friday by the time we come to sas day a possibility of a few spots of right but i think it will be more sunshine than rain coming through . just pushing down towards the southeast of south australia getting into that western side of victoria maybe some rain coming into port fairy some showers that just continue around the gold coast into that eastern side of new south wales and that wetter weather it is making its way towards d.c. and the winds are easing down here we've had force winds battering the audience and we're going to see some quater weather gradually coming back through a little ridge of high pressure four times the velocity dry but a fair amount of cloud across all the parts of the country as we go on through saturday sixty eight celsius there for all and meanwhile for japan we got some

cloud of grain rolling in once again attending brightest for most. zero. where ever you were. in indonesia palm oil is a billion dollar business want to win east investigates the price the country's paying. to feed the world's growing. on al jazeera.

and one of the top stories here now jazeera three protesters have died during thursday's violent and to government protests in the iraqi city of authorities have reinstated the curfew after demonstrators set fire to more than a dozen buildings. the u.s. destroyer in france to issue its strongest warning yet that it's prepared to strike syria if government forces used chemical weapons in an operation to retake the last stronghold. of brazil's far right presidential candidate bush from arrow is having surgery after being stabbed in the stomach his son says he now appears to be stable police say the suspect has been arrested. russia and the u.k. have clashed at the u.n. security council of the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on british soil russian ambassador to the u.n. messiaen abends here accused the u.k.

of using the nerve agent attack gay and yes great power to spread disgusting anti russia hysteria to russian suspects have been charged with attempted murder british officials say it was the work of moscow's minute she intelligence and occasions which kremlin has denied. they were in a parallel universe where the normal rules of international affairs are inverted this is a direct challenge back in president to the rules based international system which has kept all of us safe including russia since one thousand nine hundred forty five in the face of such behavior the international community needs to continue to defend the laws norms and institutions that safeguard our citizens against chemical weapons and safeguard them against the threat of hostile foreign interference this is why the british prime minister yesterday set out the importance of using transparent multilateral mechanisms to identify and hold malign actors to account.

the student is not going to block months early. london means this story for just one purpose to unleash a disgusting until the russian he steria and to involve other countries in this hysteria the number of inconsistencies and under assault issues in connection with the new british so-called quote unquote evidence out of the charts one would go with these words it's because of two i believe this new episode is just as invented and produced out of thin air as the previous episode. to washington now where one after another senior officials from the trumpet ministration a denying they wrote an anonymous article that criticizes the u.s. president the opinion piece in the new york times describes a revolt inside the white house and members of the administration are actively working against donald trump the president is now calling for the author to be revealed for national security reasons white house correspondent can really help it has the latest. washington in

a frenzy lauren trying to figure out the identity of the person who authored the anonymous op-ed to the new york times socially making the argument that he's trying to reassure he or she is trying to reassure the nation that things are under control within the white house but the first lady malani a trump is come out with a statement to the writer saying to the writer of the op ed you are not protecting this country you're sabotaging it with your cowardly actions and that reaction to mirror the one of the press secretary who is also deny that she had anything to do with that editorial saying he wanted to know who this got list loser is call the desk of the failing new york times and ask them they are complicit in this deceitful act well their number of administration officials denying they were the author of that ad is mounting in fact we've had denials now from the secretary of defense the u.n. u.s.

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley as well the vice president mike pence the director of national intelligence dan coats and also the secretary of state mike pompei oh if it is what it is purported to be it is sad that you have. someone who would make the choice i come from a place where if you're not a position to execute the commander's intent you have a singular option. to leave. and this person instead instead according to the new york times. chose not only to stay but to undermine what president trump in this administration is trying to do and i have to tell you. i just i find i find the media's efforts in this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing. and i'll answer the question directly because i know some will say gosh you didn't answer the question it's not mine. the un's and more to yemen says planned talks between the government and hooty rebels won't go ahead in geneva on

friday it's unclear if the talks will take place at a later date meanwhile a protest has been held in the yemeni city of ties as a calling for the warring parties to address their plight they've been living under siege for three years during the civil war. a young woman and that's our journey even before the start of the geneva talks to who these claim they have the right to control and govern yemen their claim is rotten and puts pressure on the international community to deal with them what kind of peace can we have with such a group that does not believe in the rights of other people a south sudanese military court has found ten soldiers guilty for their role in attack on a juba hotel in twenty sixteen a local journalist was killed and five foreign aid workers were raped a case was widely seen as a test for south sudan's ability to hold its soldiers to account sentences ranging from four years to life in prison were handed down to the soldiers each rape

survivor or also be paid four thousand dollars by the government the ugandan pop star and opposition politician bobby wine says no amount of brutality will stop him from fighting for democracy one was speaking in washington d.c. where he's been receiving treatment for injuries he says he received one in custody wine and thirty two other activists were arrested in kampala three weeks ago after stones were thrown at the president's convoy our correspondent rosemond jordan reports. the ugandan pop star and politician bobby wine ignored his doctor's advice and called a press conference in washington on thursday winds goal to convince the u.s. government it must punish president yoweri most seventy for more than thirty years of human rights violations against his citizens i want you to stand with the oppressed not be a place. to topple it's pretty. good

. wine is famous for making pop music with a political bite the new seventy government banned his latest song freedom but becoming a member of parliament has not protected wine from harassment and august wine says he and his supporters were arrested beaten and tortured by security forces during a campaign stop charges the government denies his case sparked international outrage one is now in washington for medical care and meetings with u.s. officials in hopes they will hold new seventy accountable the fact is american arms and american equipment have been used to torture ugandans we call on the u.s. government to immediately suspend military funding to uganda one says he will return home even though the government has charged him with treason he says it's

his duty to his compatriots do you believe that the most of any government is acting in the best interests of ugandan youth and if not why not i come from the ghetto like many other people. only desire we desire is to have a say in our country it is not about my seventy and indeed this not about me or anybody it's about the people of uganda no plans for exile for this pop star whose fame far exceeds his record sales roslyn's were al-jazeera washington more than twenty years after the end of apartheid white workers at a petrochemical firm in south africa have gone on strike saying they're being discriminated against around three thousand employees at sas souls sick and a plant are unhappy that only black workers have been offered company shares south african law requires homes to meet quotas on black ownership and employment from in

a minute reports from six. the new chez scheme is infuriating sasa as white employees because it only benefits their black colleagues they don't say we judge you on your contribution your lawyer your that shows no we judge you on the color of course in. these workers say they're being discriminated against dr fulton who's worked at sas well for thirty years agrees we bought a company working shift work and doing doctor of sixteen hour shifts in an hour and. i think it's unfair past what people can be disputed from from the federal ban is enough a concert read skin color does not determine my worth but under apartheid skin color did exactly that for decades excluding nonwhite workers from most jobs subtle

says it's news she's scheme is not about what his benefits will pay it's about empowering black workers through a chaise scheme that would allow them twenty five percent ownership but white workers here say the company's being racist and they want equality. critics say that since one thousand nine hundred five only an elite group of blacks have benefited from economic empowerment the world bank says south africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world with poverty persistently high among black south africans. the trade union federation cosatu says it will fight any resistance to transforming the economy. for the good of us and for later and have this very same people who were previously beneficiaries of droppers of us and them lamenting about the policies are just trying to redress the imbalance of the past is beyond mr vs and within an organisation like solidarity is a very strong it's lucullus leaders of the solidarity trade union say the share

scheme will only worsen divisions between workers and the union says if sasol executives don't change their minds complaints will be made to solve africa's human rights commission and the united nations for me to al-jazeera sikandar south africa . india's supreme court has ruled that gay sex is not a crime. l g b t campaigners celebrated as the landmark judgment was delivered it strikes down a colonial era law which made homosexual acts punishable by up to ten years in prison this is about the freedoms of indian citizens in a democracy it is not just about sex it is about how we treat our own citizens and to my mind the government has no place in the bedroom the government has no place in the private lives of individuals are some of the bottle of that law today we gained independence before we were trapped in this country but today is our independence day the british fashion label burberry has announced it will stop

burning unsold luxury goods after criticism from environmental campaigners the high end retailers says it will also stop using real fur in its products in july burbridge mitten to destroying around thirty seven million dollars worth of unwanted clothing accessories and per fume to prevent them from being sold cheaply and devalue the brand the company says it will expand efforts to reuse repair donate or recycle or unused items good money can catch up any time now a website that rests dot com. you're watching us there are mind of the top stories iraqi authorities have reinstated a curfew in the southern city of basra after protesters set fire to more than a dozen buildings demonstrators set fire to the offices of political parties and iranian backed armed group and state run t.v.

channel public on the go has anger has been boiling for weeks or lack of employment essential goods and government corruption in the last forty eight hours at least twelve people have been killed. the u.s. has door and france warning its prepared to strike syria if government forces used chemical weapons in a major operation to retake the last rebel stronghold hundreds of people have been fleeing italy province which has already been targeted by airstrikes as pro-government troops gather on the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will meet today to discuss syria's fate in. some of the vote chemical weapons in syria today but this is false information that is being peddled because there are no more chemical weapons in syria and i haven't been since miss secret can announced here before the security council in two thousand and fourteen that such was the case in two thousand and fourteen she said categorically here there are no more chemical weapons in syria brazil's far right

presidential candidate yeah ableson r.-o. as had surgery after being stabbed in the stomach is some says he appears to be stable but an hour was attacked in the city who is different or during a campaign rally for next month's election police say the suspect has been arrested russia and the u.k. have clashed at the u.n. security council over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on british soil russian ambassador to the u.n. bens here accused the u.k. of using the nerve agent attack on surrogate and u.s. cripple to spread what he called disgusting anti russia hysteria british officials say it was the work of moscow's military intelligence which the kremlin has denied mexican authorities say they found at least one hundred sixty six human skulls and a man.