to libya because they're afraid that the violations the face in libya especially at the hands of people smugglers could be repeated again in case they return to libya but again because those migrants could be some of them could be innocent so they can the innocent migrants could apply for asylum in malta and those who are. accused of hijacking the ship could be tried in malta or repatriated to their own countries nobody knows what is going to happen. before the end of the investigation but again those migrants they have women and children so it depends on how the maltese government is going to deal with this issue of your mama that they were good to speak to you thank you. plenty more had this news hour including. a celebration of qatar's

fifty thousand year history at all as to the national museum are now open. and in sport can tiger woods find his range of the world match play championship so well and i'll be there with the answer. so the british parliament has failed to agree an alternative to prime minister terrorism a's. plan m.p.'s have rejected eight options for the country's withdrawal from the e.u. earlier it may promise that she would step down if parliament approves the deal she with the e.u. last november but it's already been rejected twice need parker has this report. the world's cameras are trained on the british parliament waiting for a break say breakthrough protestors an hour permanently on patrol on the pavements outside for many the workings of this house appearing creasing lee mystifying but after months of bricks of paralysis could things be starting to move in

a closed meeting with conservative m.p.'s theresa may said she's prepared to make the ultimate move and step down as prime minister after she's delivered breck's it i know there is a desire for a new approach a new leadership in the second phase of the brakes at negotiations he said and i won't stand in the way if that but we need to get the deal through and deliver breaks it i'm prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party she concluded by asking everyone in the room to back a deal to allow for a smooth and orderly breck's it. but so far the u.k.'s departure has been anything but a deal's been resoundingly rejected twice but on wednesday she once again championed her plan we have a deal which cancels our your membership fee we don't see you making our laws which gives us our own immigration policy and the common agricultural policy for good and is a common fisheries policy for good other options don't do that other options would

lead to delay to uncertainty and not for delivering threats if. the opposition labor leaders call the government's handling of brecht's it chaotic and incompetent why is she prepared to carry on risking jobs in industry in another attempt to yet again run down the clock and try to blackmail the m.p.'s behind into supporting a deal that's already been twice rejected but to resume a's deal isn't dead yet here's a parliament pushing for a much softer breaks it although breaks it a tall it could spook hardline bracks a t is into now backing her plan although northern. his democratic unionist party that props up may's government has said it will not support the deal in another vote may well have to do some careful calculations before giving her a deal a third go. meanwhile m.p.'s have taken unprecedented steps of their road gaining control of parliamentary proceedings to vote an alternative to teresa mayes bricks

that plan they were eight options on security majority but two of the proposals for a customs union with the e.u. and a public vote on a deal gained more support than to resume a plan m.p.'s will vote again on monday the government and parliament and locked in a bitter struggle for control of the brics a process there are multiple visions for the future of the country some of them conflicting some of them contradictory but a question that unites both remain as i'm leavers is whether making the ultimate political sacrifice or benefit to reason may is cause. westminster. and me now joins us live from london so i had a quite simply what next. that's everyone's guess as said in his report. the vote that happened last night didn't

shed any light really on what the way forward should be but there is a second vote scheduled on monday these are non indicative the reason may really ignored them all together if you want to chew now what she's going to do she has an eleven pm friday according to the e.u. to put her with agreement forward for a third meaning meaningful vote but the problem is to speak of the parliament made it very clear they needs to be a substantial change in that agreement for her to put it forward again in some m.p.'s already say there's not much difference is exactly the same as the one we voted already twice before we voted against it what's the point of a third vote now we don't know she should be putting motion forward to the parliament here to ask parliament to convene on friday to vote on her withdrawal argument she does say that if that if it takes her to resign after that

vote then she will do that and not be part of the second phase. but everything is up in the air to moment there was a lot of hope yesterday that those that voting last night on the eight different options would shed some light really on what to do next what depressed princes of the m.p.'s in the house of commons well that they did not happen they are choosing better among the worse which is just him unions and putting forward putting it back to the people again so a second referendum but we'll have to see on monday how do those two would fare again that i mean that westminster for us thank you. the u.s. says progress has been made in its latest round of talks with china although there are still some sticking points the trade war between beijing and washington began eight months ago and both sides impose tariffs on billions of dollars worth of goods a dan brown has the latest from beijing well it is exactly two hundred sixty five

days since the tariff dispute between china and the united states began and these are the eighth round of negotiations now taking place here in beijing now according to the reuters news agency quoting four u.s. officials who requested anonymity the chinese side are showing greater flexibility particularly on the issue of forced technology transfer this is a situation whereby u.s. companies working in china are often forced to hand over their intellectual property the know how as a condition for doing business here but there doesn't appear to have been much flexibility it seems over the issue of subsidies the money that china's government gives its state owned corporations particularly those involved in technologies of the future now this is very much a year when chinese leaders have to appear strong we have

a number of emotionally charged anniversaries coming up the thirtieth anniversary of the june the fourth massacre and the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china so this is a year when chinese leaders cannot afford to appear weak especially in the area of trade. and syrian state news agency is reporting a number of air strikes have hit the northern city of aleppo. the syrian arab news agency says it was an israeli attack and syria's air defenses intercepted several missiles the videos have been shared on social media showing explosions and i left. i has not been able to verify these claims. well meetings are taking place to decide the fates of forty thousand syrians trapped in a remote camp the u.n. is taking part in discussions with the russian military the syrian government and representatives of those that's near the borders with jordan and iraq the u.n.

told arjun's there are the majority want to leave but they've not been given any security guarantees so in a harder has this report from beirut. it's no place for children is how the united nations describes camp makeshift schools provide some sense of normalcy but since the beginning of the year twelve children among the newborns have died of malnutrition and preventable diseases conditions are desperate for the forty thousand syrians stranded in this remote corner of syria last month damascus and its ally russia opened core doors to allow people to leave a few families left but the majority were too afraid the only route is to what are now government held areas of homs province according to the united nations damascus has yet to provide security guarantees despite people wanting to leave. protection comes to be addressed among these. families bringing some pretense their own people

feel that they could face legal challenges. military duty the united nations is now involved in the dialogue between the russian military the syrian government and representatives of the camp it calls the talks a positive first step but while it waits for a sustainable solution the u.n. wants to continue to have humanitarian access to the camp the last aid delivery was in february a united nations survey shows most of the camp's residents want to return to their homes in government controlled territories but they all express concerns about their safety and security the united nations says those concerns are justified it has repeatedly criticized the lack of legal protections and it has been calling on the syrian government to granted access to all parts of the country where the displaced and refugees have returned. the teary reading conditions are making it harder for those in work about to survive smuggling routes have been closed by

government forces so goods that do reach the camp are too expensive the displaced fear the situation will only get worse little progress was made in their talks with government officials. there are obstacles that are slowing down the return of one of them is that done story does have still not given security clearances and even if they get this clearance many count leave because they can't afford to pay for transportation the syrian government is negotiating from a position of strength it won't guarantee unimpeded access for aid deliveries and it won't open safe routes to the rebel controlled north for now rock bands population is given the choice of living in misery or returning home without security guarantees the end of. beirut ok we can now bring in more on the begs the debates the british parliament as we were saying has failed to agree on an alternative to prime minister terrorism

a spreads that plan vince cable is the leader of the liberal democratic party and can join us now from london thank you very much good to have you on the program mr cable. asked us you know that these are uncharted territories new waters for the u.k. both the country and the parliament where do you think from someone who is within the parliament where do you think you can go next with this. well first of all i think they conclusion of yesterday was nothing like as negative as you are describing is eighty certainly correct that no solution was found but that wasn't the point that the point was to identify one of two ways full would that commanded the great is the level of support and there were two things that emerged one of which was support for britain remaining in a customs union with the european union and the other was the desirability of

having a public votes a referendum on the outcome and i think if we can combine those on the touch of the government's proposals i think there is the possibility within a few days we may be able to get to a compromise solution that will enable britain then to have a long process of negotiation with the european union and find an acceptable way forward ok so let's go back to what happened during the discussions yesterday to resume a offered to step down which is quite curious she's basically offering to step down a big deal that she's worked so hard for pastas and she wouldn't be able to navigate that what do you make of that what was that the right thing to do the right direction to go. well she had no choice she was she had a gun pointed as a head and desertion is a very different role because if she succeeds in getting her deal through. she will

have to stand out and she's agreed to do that if she doesn't they are her enemies will probably get rid of her anyway so it's not a very good says its present position but at the probe that the point to emphasize i think is that this is not about her personally i mean the fact is that the conservative party is deeply bits of the divided it will remain so even if she goes and we could be heading for a kind of historic split within the conservatives because of this you seem to be quite optimistic about reaching a deal you've also said that you will try and navigate your party through the bags that process and then step down yourself in may elections so do you expect a solution by then. yes no i i mean if it purely personal terms i mean what i succeeded in doing is creating an

old delhi succession i wish i could say the same of the conservative government there have been more but no i mean i'm continuing until may i think by then we will have some resolution of the brics issue hopefully at least in principle i hope we will then go into a referendum a public vote i'll be leading my party in that campaign. and then be handing over an older leeway to the next generation of people that i'm very optimistic about our party in this in this world i'm looking in from the outside people have been watching the back and forth over bracks the. different factions within government and their opinions and some would even call it somewhat farcical what do you think this is doing to britain's reputation and the confidence in britain's government. well they'd say it's not helping the country until the mid eighty's having

a very negative effects on our reputation it's having damage economic consequences the public has it would already be poorer as a result of two and a half years of endless arguments on uncertainty business is not investing this is not good. we recognise i think the positives is the old oh there's a lot of anger people are debating in a civilized way though there's no violence occasion all the incidents it's basically people are consuming their emotions dealing with it's in the democrats' heat wave and i think we will find our way out of this vince cable leader of the liberal democrat party great to get you on the program and great to get your own kind on baghdad thank you very much thank you. now in just a few moments we'll have the weather with adverts and also ahead on. there was no factual basis upon which to ground the planes. u.s.

transportation officials are under fire from congress for the approval of the boeing aircraft that crashed twice within months and. in sports a close to perfect night for one of the n.b.a.'s biggest stars we'll tell you about . will following on from a recent spell of flooding rains into iran i'm pleased to say we have got clear skies around i'm afraid it is just a temporary setup though we already have some very heavy rain now making its way into syria fifty millimeters of rain here in the space of twenty four hours that's around a month's worth in just one day you can see how this next area of cloud that's

running across iraq pushing towards and west inside of iran and it's allowing this next weather system which will gradually roll in from the eastern side of the mediterranean over the next couple of days as we want to keep an eye on less a set up that we have for friday really heavy rain coming in across southern parts of greece pushing across into the south of the snow over the mountains fifteen celsius for aleppo and then as we go on through friday and on sas day you can see how that really gathers little circulation there in the eastern side of the maid around crates pushing across into cyprus pushing that rain right down the levant so right the way across the good parts of the coastal areas of syria pushing across into lebanon see some very heavy rain is right also seeing some pretty wet weather clear skies they are still in place there four to rob but as we go on through sunday i'm also into monday heavy rain will set in for western parts. sponsored by qatar airways. april on al-jazeera

nato leaders will gather just celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the alliance in washington d.c. madam husain engages in rigorous debate cutting through the headlines on up front twenty five years on from the genocide that killed nearly a million people rwanda has rebuilt but how far of its people have been reconciled the emmy award winning show phone lines is back with more investigative journalism and in-depth stories israel is to hold an early election on the ninth of april but with a corruption scandal looming will benjamin netanyahu extend his ten years as prime minister april on al-jazeera. to. touch him.

and here's a reminder our top stories this hour fire crews in bangladesh are battling a large blaze that broke out on a nineteen story building at least one person is confirmed it is believed that some people may still be trapped inside the building in the capital dhaka. algeria's president is now facing unprecedented pressure to step aside local media are reporting that dozens of business leaders tried to leave the country but first at the airport in algiers. and a merchant ship that was hijacked by the migrants it had rescued rescued it has

just. earlier on thursday forces boarded the boat and took control of the. delegates from egypt are in gaza for discussions with hamas and other palestinian groups on the recent violence between hamas and israel israeli jets destroyed a number of buildings on monday and tuesday night and dozens of rockets were fired into israel. political leader ismail haniya has made his first public appearance in gaza since this office was. the egyptians allegation is expected to go on to israel for further discussions on a possible cease our i would key border crossing between gaza and israel has opened four days after being shut down the areas crossing is one of gaza's lifelines and israel closed its borders off the house north of tel aviv was hit with a rocket and israeli jets attacked targets we can now cross over live in the joins us from gaza city so mohammad what's the scene there. divya the

atmosphere here today is fairly calm but it is a very cautious calm people here very much on edge there is an expectation from many of those we've spoken with that there could be an escalation at any time and that's really what's driving the fear here at this moment there is a since that those involved in negotiations one to try to deescalate the situation but many here aren't hopeful that that can be obtained now for today we're seeing pretty much life has gone back to normal schools open hospitals open but we're also seeing that there are preparations being made at some of these hospitals in case there are escalate tory events in the coming days one hospital in particular they are setting up an area a trauma area outside of their hospital in the event there either israeli airstrikes in the coming days or in the event that this protest the year

anniversary of the great march of return which is happening on saturday if that gets out of hand if it becomes violent they want to be able to treat any patients as effectively as they can and that all being said let me go back to what you mentioned about this egyptian delegation we are told by sources here on the ground in gaza that the members of that delegation they are still here that last night late into the evening they were speaking with members of hamas and islamic jihad and the we're told that now they are still meeting with members of the popular resistance committee after that we are told they are expected to travel to tel aviv as you mentioned and then it is expected that they will return to gaza and the reason we are told that is happening is because people who are here believe that if this delegation continues to stay in gaza that perhaps they can deescalate things they can keep things a bit more calm than perhaps they would get if the members of the egyptian delegation were not here thank you very much smaller. gaza city for us. ok the number of cases of ebola in the democratic republic of congo has now passed

one thousand lead is bad news for the health authorities who had earlier expressed optimism that the virus would be contained while than six hundred people have been reported dead since the outbreak was declared seven months ago in the north eastern provinces of north kivu and it's henri we can get more on this from doctors all say fall he's the assistant director general of the world health organization and has worked extensively in the democratic republic of congo and joins us now from there in with temba thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us i'd first like to ask you about to give us a brief assessment of the situation there and why the number of those affected are have caught a bowler has increased so much. fellow doctor says a full this is in doha from al-jazeera just checking that you can hear me.

can you give us an assessment of the situation at the moment in the d r c. must. be. so. easily. so i do have to be really really know who lived through. the community because it's going to. be difficult to reach those levels of the community when i'm talking to make sure to complete. the. we're

going to have to leave it there dr sesay falls speaking to us from the world health organization in the d.r. c with an update on the call the situation thank you now the u.s. secretary of state says the trump administration is still working to identify who was responsible for the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi i can't pay i made the comments at a congressional hearing while being questioned about foreign policy also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is on capitol hill on wednesday to argue for the upcoming years budget for the state department but it's not just a matter of deciding how many diplomats should be hired or how many facilities should be remodeled in the coming fiscal year the secretary of state also took questions on a number of foreign policy concerns including the investigation into the murder of

jamal khashoggi a saudi journalist who had been living and working in the united states this is what my pompei o told the committee on wednesday we are continuing all across the government certainly and overt means and all the tools that we have in our capacity to learn more facts about this president. as made very clear that we will continue to work to identify those who are responsible for murder and hold them accountable we will i stand by that today because representatives are interested in a number of foreign policy concerns including israel palestine venezuela and north korea there hasn't been much follow up when having mike pompei o before them on precisely how the u.s. is holding saudi officials responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi but that aside members of congress are still very much interested in trying to hold all those responsible including the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol mun they've

already passed a number of resolutions and legislation that would cite him and hold him personally responsible but the full force of congressional anger has yet to be brought on to this matter and certainly their efforts to try to get more information from the trumpet ministration continue. a group of jailed saudi women who long campaigned for the right to drive has spoken of the torture and abuse they faced while being detained at a hearing on wednesday the women said that been sick sexually harassed given electric shocks and flogged by prison guards at least one of the detained women tried to commit suicide the government denies the women were tortured or harassed at israel as opposition leaders are urging his supporters to protest this weekend against the latest nationwide blackout. as the blackout now in its third day has affected ninety one percent of the country it's a second major power outage this month president nicolas maduro accuses the united

states and the venezuelan opposition of sabotaging the country's power system. well the u.s. president donald trump is demanding russia would draw its forces from venezuela he made that call during a meeting with the wife of the opposition leader at the white house moscow has confirmed it sent two military planes loaded with troops and supplies to venezuela last weekend. the zealand has welcomed facebook's decision to ban any support praise or representation of white nationalism on its service this is still media giants came under increased scrutiny after gunmen use facebook to live stream his attack on two mosques in christchurch and the chapelle has this report. since the christ church mosque shootings two weeks ago new zealand's government has been calling on social media platforms to take responsibility for any hate speech posted on their platforms well now facebook has announced it will make changes to its services next week and on instagram now the company says it's

always blocks hateful comments about people based on their race ethnicity or religion but it also banned any praise support or representation of white nationalism and white separatism in a statement the company says we didn't originally apply the same rationale to expressions of white nationalism and white separatism because we were thinking about broader concepts of nationalism and separatism things like american pride and separatism which are an important part of people's identity but over the past three months our conversations with members of civil society and academics who are experts in race relations around the world have confirmed that white nationalism and white separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups well using content moderators machine learning and artificial intelligence to find and remove hate speech the company says it will also start directing people to resources that counter white supremacist ideology based on their searches now new zealand's prime minister just into ardent has welcomed the

decision but says she wants greater action internationally and the international community to press forward with the conversation about whether or not enough has been done so that no one will have to learn those lessons again quite states withstand it haitian hate speech defended the promotion of white nationalism the white sea which is. arguably the category she's always on within the guidelines stage is elise it's positive the clarification is now tonight in the way they take here so this brings up a lot of questions what about the other platforms facebook owns whatsapp well it's a i dip into our messages what about you tube and twitter anti-semitism and. islamophobia now the organization we counter hate says anti muslim speech spiked after the shootings on twitter read sweets of anti muslim hate speech jumped ninety one percent in the three days after the shootings while likes increased by more than one hundred twenty five percent some people seem to think that activity is

private it's not and as bad as those statistics look look at this and muslim hate speech increased eight hundred percent on twitter in the three days following the shootings now we counter hate has built a hate speech fighting machine that works to counter white supremacy on twitter it's artificial intelligence identifies hateful comments like this one replies to them and then millions of other hateful tweets each and every year and then the organization uses them to raise money for charity. to mexico now where the president once again and the catholic church to apologize for massacres committed when the country was conquered five hundred years ago he sent a letter to madrid and the vatican but spain has declined john heilemann explains from mexico city. by the hundred years ago and then called tears and his band of spanish conquistadores learned it omits curry shores they'd wreak a trail of destruction on their way to conquering the as take empire

a millions of the indigenous population would die now miscues president has asked spain and the roman catholic pope for a belated apology we have not done since there were massacres subjugation in what they called the conquest it was done with the sword and the cross it's time to say let's reconcile but first apologize. johnson from spain resoundingly no it was news to the government there that there was any need to reconcile the two countries have a warm relationship. with him it's current so the reaction was also decidedly mixed almost everyone in mexico agrees that the spanish conquest was a catalogue of rape murder and enslavement the spanish even built their churches like the famous cathedral in mexico city on top of sacred as take sites they destroyed. but that was five hundred years ago and many mexicans now have woman's feelings about a country some called the mother learned image.