and that passengers want to fly out of these countries so you've got the demand they're willing to pay but the issue has been the mismanagement of those airlines in the country so actually it's buying up cheap assets with strong demand and making it work i think it's a great strategy but. back at the crash site workers continue the search for debris and remains of those who perished in the crush these so windswept filled will continue to be an international crime scene for a long time to come mohamed atta while jazeera both europea authorities in paris have begun a major clear up operation after violent yellow vest protests caused extensive damage on the world's most famous streets rioters ransacked and set fire to shops and other businesses along the shore sillies a violence started when protesters threw smoke bombs and cobble stones at the police more than two hundred were arrested the demonstrations began four months ago of a proposed fuel tax hikes but i've grown into wider protests against the president

in money of michael. thousands of protesters and surrounded the presidential palace . on the. coverage. of that story more in the us.

welcome back all's well. thank you very much mostly this driver voluntary boaters has won the opening goal of the formula one season described the melbourne victory as the best race of his career with teammate lewis hamilton finishing a distant second and the richardson reports. a new season but six familiar looking to sadie's cars at the front of the grid in melbourne. there was a surprise on the first call of zero as france reports us past his teammate and defending world champion lewis hamilton. never looked back and built up a twenty second lead while hamilton has a battle to hold on to second place. not a good homegrown prefer danny ricardo in his first race firenado he lost his front wing in the opening seconds and was forced to retire midway through the race. car science fared a little better in his mclaren the spaniards hopes went up in smoke on lap nine.

ferrari had looked impressive in pre-season testing that their pairing of charles with kirk and sebastian vettel struggled so much miss a reason red bull red bulls much for stop and overtaking vettel on his whites with third place finish. out in front also claimed the extra points on offer this season for the fastest lap of the race on his way to a first girl prix win since twenty seven c. i thought that. yes daughters really get. it was definitely my best race ever. i don't know what happened so i just felt so good and everything was under control and. color so so good today truly enjoyable i mean i'm going to enjoy today i know it's going to get we can for the for the team so i be happy for everyone and really fantastic job from everyone that got to drive an incredible race today so he truly deserved it and we just got some work to do but still it's you know it's

a great great start to the year five time champion hamilton will be concerned of how far ahead of course was for rory to be desperate to finish on the podium at the next room prix in bahrain and the richardson al-jazeera. pakistan has taken another big step and it's a rebirth as a cricketing nation the country is out to prove it can host major international games on sunday at the city of karachi hosted the final of the pakistan super league that we've won by quit gladiators the majority of games in the competition were played in the united arab emirates for security reasons but this final is the eighth league game pakistan has been able to stage this season is the most high level cricket has seen in a decade. this time became a no go zone for international cricket after the sri lanka team was attacked by gunmen in horror in two thousand and nine now the test matches that have been

played in pakistan since then the buzz in bob wisher lanka and the west indies have all returned for limited over games and in the last few days thirty nine international players that have been competing in karachi in the pakistan super league. correspondent says this is a big day for pakistan cricket. unprecedented security measures are in place in the southern port city of karachi where the pakistan super league final is being hailed now this is a city which has been rigged by while and in the past target killings terrorist attacks but after a massive clampdown by the security forces the atmosphere in this southern port city is now conducive to holding large events such as the p.s.l. final in the port city of karachi i want to thank the rangers the police everyone who has been organizing everything because they have made us feel so safe

and i'm going to lead feels like this true fun living spirit of courage is coming out again the people of karachi are excited because this is a country that is passionate about cricket they're turning out in large numbers we've been talking to the people to ask them about their opinions and this is what they had to say i mean i've been here now been shown so much love from the people from karachi is the love is a cricket you know the love of cricket is encroaching crouches the city of peace and love and you can see around a lot of women and men and everybody even a lot of ethnicity and everybody's come together and we all are going to enjoy this night in the past most of the championships were held in the united arab emirates but the country's prime minister imran khan has said that the next super league will be en pakistan and he wants to encourage foreign teams to come in despite the ongoing tensions red india and the site that the country's eastern

a space is still closed the people of project have turned out in large numbers a former pakistani cricketing captain said that the pledge to have come to pakistan are goodwill ambassadors for the country and are also pleading pakistan's case pakistan wants to. the war there they were girl or large around. and there's. also the country they're going to make home after his champions league heroics against athletico my dad is christian or naldo was given the day off by you ventris in his absence that you have a slip to lead to feed to this it to me a lost against you know i was you raise first syria our verse in eleven months but they still need second place napoli by eighteen points at the top of the table. later on sunday there was a classic double between ac milan and into milan went into the game having not lost

in syria since before christmas but they conceded early and despite a couple of fight backs it was into landed the decisive blows they won three two at the san siro and go above their rivals and to. liverpool have moved back to the top of the english premier league they beat for them a two one on sunday before everton defeated chelsea later on at liverpool go two points above manchester city who have a game in hand. the reason for that is the city were in f.a. cup action this weekend and they've been drawn to play brighton and hove albion in the semifinals brighton only it just made it through their quarter finals at millwall on sunday the second division london team went up against the premier league side of brighton foldback to make it to one and then a mistake from milwaukee per david martin of forced extra time ended up going to penalties and it was brighton who reached their first f.a.

cup semi final since nineteen eighty three. mixed martial arts and boxing star khana mcgregor made a surprise appearance at the boston bruins game ahead of patrick's day the thirty year old irish phyto was there to drop the puck at the bruins game against the columbus blue jackets and the bruins definitely had the luck of the irish on their side as they won two one has boston's a proud marshall copying mcgregor celebration dance when he scored the overtime winner. and that's always fall for me i will have more later on some i thank you now a new exhibition at the metropolitan museum of art in new york is looking at the middle east going back as far as two thousand years ago it's called the world between empires as old as there was additional cost reports as a world not unfamiliar from today's a babylonian goddess with rubies for eyes a bust of the previous lawmaker arabian god do shara from petra one of the earliest

surviving paintings of jesus christ from what is now syria cultures collide at the met museums latest exhibition which focuses on the middle east nearly two thousand years ago called the world between empires it examines the cultural religious and commercial exchanges that took place as the romans and parthians from what is now iran jostle for control. one of the highlights is this bronze statue of aphrodite a western goddess fitted with a middle eastern style emerald and gold necklace that object is a combination of rome in nearest near eastern religion an art that very much exemplifies the message and concept of the exhibition it's not just ancient deities the exhibition offers a glimpse into ordinary life around the region like this portrait online stone of

a woman from palmyra with surviving pigment as well as family portraits coins jewelry and other every day items so we're trying to show in the exhibition that the saying the same diversity and for a variety that go to make up you or me that those elements and that complexity apply to ancient people to today with heritage sites being destroyed by ice soul in syria and iraq and by the saudi led war in yemen a major part of the world between empires is given to three archeologists who have worked extensively in the region of course it seems misguided to focus on monuments when people are enslaved there tortured or killed to wipe out or destroy their heritage the landscape the morning is a way of destroying people so we chant really separate the two

a reminder that the issues that long ago concern the middle east are as relevant today as ever. castro al-jazeera. all right stuff again catch up on all the news on our web site there it is and it's bring the address al jazeera dot com there it is that's of me daryn job is up next on so much but.

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just. a little bit out of all the cars on the bunch is approaching the bottom. in part one of these two part series al-jazeera explores the world of performance enhancing drugs. sports doping the endless chain on all disease. what i can assure you that will change. new zealand's prime minister promises to get tough on guns as christ church prepares to bury the first victims of friday's mosque attacks. you know the media is sighing he's painted for a long time. of sad thing shock and disbelief among

the strangely and relatives of the suspect charged over the christ church killings . this is al jazeera live from also coming out. israeli forces hunt a man who stabbed and shot a soldier with his own weapon in the occupied west bank. and ethiopia's transport minister says there are clear similarities between last weekend's ethiopian airlines plane crash in indonesia years lie in the last october. first funerals of the victims of the new zealand mosque attacks are due to be held in christ church fifty people were killed by a gunman who shot at worshipers during friday prayers of two separate mosques in

the city while the country mourns the dead attention is focusing on preventing another similar attack happening again tightening new zealand's gun laws is at the top of prime minister just send the gender government is meeting for the first time since the mass shooting to consider banning guns like the ones used in the attack i know i don't know that there is understandably grief in new zealand right now but there is anger too there are questions that need to be answered and states we are looking for as well we need to provide assurances to the public that if we think it could have been done head spinning down but we are not more could and should have been done so we'll be putting in place what needs to occur to answer those questions there are ways that we can bring in a fictive. regulation of firearms that actually tag that we need to target and that is our focus and grieving family members are now preparing to bury

their loved ones many are frustrated with the time delay because of the investigation but officials say all the bodies should be returned by wednesday we'll be working really hard through the night to ensure the process of returning the deceased to their loved ones has taken place expediently. the process has been very emotional in highly stressful for all and you can imagine the the emotions running high is in accordance with the islamic faith and the families who want to devote to be retuned as soon as possible it we ensuring that we do that there's been heightened security across the country with extra police officers deployed around schools businesses and places of worship many people have continued to go to vigils across the country to pay tribute to the victims why and he joins us now live from christchurch and talking about those vigils we heard muslim

leaders thank the country for the outpouring of love and support they're getting right way. yes that's right sami and you mentioned the vigils that have been taking place not only in christchurch but right around the country well today here in this city where the attacks took place on friday is all about the youth monday start of a new working week the start of a new school week as well and they are holding a very large vigil in the park behind me very close to the el nor mosque we're just going to step out of shot for a second and and let our cameraman ray. zoom in there to show you this vigil there are probably a couple thousand people gathered there now just to mark their respects to remember what happened it's being led by schoolchildren who have now finished school for the day on monday and then led indeed being led by students from a school here called kashmir high school they had two students killed inside the el

nor mosque on friday this is hit this community very hard sami in particular of course the muslim community and on monday we also heard from islamic leaders about some of the support that been receiving and we. are warning of more when we are all here. it was tremendous. there's not you know warts but it's bruce the amount of support that we have not only we. want all of our we want also wayne muslim officials there have been thanking new zealand authorities the prime minister for the support the authorities and officials have been given we're expecting the prime minister to speak shortly what's expected of her at this point. yes will be on monday was the first cabinet meeting to be held since the attack on

friday and she said on sunday before this cabinet meeting that all aspects related to what we saw unfold in christchurch would be discussed on the top of that agenda there's no doubt we'll be reforming the gun laws she has been very clear in saying that the gun laws will be changed and we expect specifically the first priority will be to ban semiotic semiautomatic weapons the type of which we used on friday but she will they will also talk about a variety of other issues including perhaps giving greater powers to intelligence agencies and things like that so we are as you say expecting to hear from her again sometime within the next hour or i will leave it there thanks so much wayne hay. or paul hunt is the new zealand human rights commissioner he joins us now from christ church good to have you with us sir you've been quoted as saying we need to fight intolerance what more needs to be done.

first just briefly some context we have to keep in mind that when you look across the world you see lin has one of the best human rights records in the world but one has to say the competition isn't great is that new zealand is a multicultural society it's welcoming of all religions all backgrounds all ethnicities but having said that there's no doubt that in some quarters of society in new zealand there is a problem of islamophobia and there is a problem of racism and we have to be mature enough to recognise that and then try and take steps to deal with it right now if you since you mentioned globally and you look at the pattern for example the two thousand and eighteen europol report shows that right wing ethnic nationalists and separatist terrorism accounts what they call terrorism i should say this is not our terminology accounts for more

attacks than any other category you find similar claims from the anti-defamation league report in the us i'm wondering whether you think enough focus has been given to the threat of white supremacists the nationalist what is termed as terrorism attacks and radicalization around the world. well certainly in new zealand i think that we have to give closer attention to this ghastly insidious invidious problem we have to give closer attention to it i mean for instance we the new zealand human rights commission has been asking for better collection of hate related crimes we need to know the scale of the problem and then once we have that information we need to have a comprehensive survey examination of this phenomenon in new zealand and then we

need to devise on top of that an effective plan of action to deal with this sort of xenophobia extremism and i think that it's beholden on us in order to support the islamic community in new zealand to take those steps and others i have to say that i'm here in christchurch and i'm attending a lot of meetings with the muslim community here in christchurch and i am i'm really impressed by the the unity they they demonstrate and the dignity they exhibit and it's those sorts of sentiments on which we have to build but we must recognise that there is a problem and devise suitable policies to address that it's really interesting what you mentioned perhaps there should be more attention to actually collecting the darter of these sorts of attacks in that in some wondering where the do you think

that perhaps maybe too often in the past the focus of radicalization is simply been on the muslim aspect of it you know the only problem of radicalization is the muslim community of darter is not even being collected appropriately in other forms of what you might want to call hate crimes or terrorism or however you view it. i think i think that in use even to that has not been sufficient attention to this problem. speak to the islamic community here speaks of islam community here there is an experience of islamophobia in some quarters if they also are very careful to say that new zealand is a wonderful country to to to raise children they say that too but they also recognize that there is a problem of islamophobia in some quarters and of racism in some quarters and that has to be recognised by us here in outer row new zealand and we have to deal with

it we can't turn to our turn to our turn our eyes away from this or while you're right a lot of muslim leaders have really praised the response of authorities as well as the outpouring of love from the public in new zealand and wonder how concerned you are about events happening somewhere far away in the world than the ability of that to impact new zealand just to give an example it's reported that the manifesto of this alleged gunman had words of praise for the us president donald trump there's a rise in nationalist sentiment in one part of the world far away from new zealand presented challenge even to a largely peaceful and happy country like new zealand. you're absolutely right it does and we this country has to graphically geographically isolated but that doesn't that doesn't protect us from from venomous xenophobia.

extremism and and we have to look at the question of of social media and the platforms and whether or not how we can better regulate in an appropriate way these platforms so that they can't spread their bile as they do at the moment and this venom does extend from other countries into new zealand and we have to take this difficult question of regulation of the social media and indeed other media we have to take that seriously or in wonderful talking to you thank you so much now the suspect charged with the shootings is from a stray leo our reporter went to grafton in the state of new south wales found a community trying to distance itself from the man charged over the attacks it's dawn in the sleepy provincial town of graham.