area home to thousands fleeing separatist violence in neighboring cameroon. for no more clear where this soviet era statue still stands for the friendship between russia and ukraine russia now an occupying power is accused of meddling in ukraine's election. and it's a record breaking opening day in major league baseball pito have the details on that story in sport. now hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of algerian capital in the biggest anti-government demonstrations since i'm rested up to six weeks ago demonstrators are demanding an overhaul of the entire political system charles stratford reports. the six week of peaceful protests in algeria though so far no change in government but many algerians feel they have never been

closer to twenty years is enough so get out oh dearie as many candidates who are competent to take the job so why would the regime stifle them in their own country are you this there's a breath of fresh air algeria doesn't deserve this we deserve to live in peace you know let me let you know that i'm here to come from the people's demands they have to listen to us. earlier this week the army back there cools to president abdulla's ease with a frica to step down. from the ruling party its coalition partner and algeria's biggest union have joined the coals for beautifully could to go the national lawyers union reemphasize its to mom that the eighty two year old president must leave office yet and mrs mrs levy had been my wife and we reiterate our support for the peaceful popular movement which calls for a change in the system of governance the creation of a new republic that respects the southern tier of the people and the principle of

the law the union calls for a positive response to the demands of the people within whom as sovereign power resides. local media reported millions of people came out to demonstrate in towns and cities across the country this is the town of gigia in the east. and it was a similar scene in misc done in the west. and. we want to move to a real democratic country for a transitional period and to set a new algerian government which will be elected by the people and not by this government we are against this government oh but even if beautifully could does go that won't be enough for the protesters they want a complete overhaul of an establishment that has been entrenched in power since algeria's into. pendants from france in one nine hundred sixty two they want the resignation of the ruling elite it is such a long sign for twenty years for anything like that to happen the powerful military

would have to agree that it's very sensitive to signs of instability and everyone is waiting for the constitutional council to rule beautifully because fitness for office based on health reasons it's given no indication when it will make a decision if you'd rules the president on fit for office paula much must indorsed a decision by a two thirds majority even if that happens it will only just begin to fulfill the demands of the hundreds of thousands of algerians who have spoken out in protest. here. for more on this story we can speak to colleagues here and she's a research at the european council on foreign relations and relations and joins us live now via skype from algiers thank you for taking the time to speak to us as you're hearing in charles's report that the protests started out by calling for president i'm glad he's basically going to stand down but they are now adamant that

the entire power structure is surrounding the regime must also go what is your sense about whether they will be able to achieve this. it's very difficult to say right now where this will end up it's clear that the protesters we capture because they've come out have felt that they've they've they felt a sense of unity in a power that they've never felt before and this is this has led to increasingly ambitious demand as the weeks pass but it isn't yet clear that they and achieve. the demands that are no on the table in terms of reality or reverse or we're trying the whole system run it and just president putin flicka so it seems increasingly likely the president would typically will go but whether there will be a real transition and

a real change in terms of the power structures in the country is much more questionable units a sense of unity and empowerment in opposition but is there a k. a vision for what they want to transition to. i think that whilst not everybody who is that protesting has a strong idea of what the institutional framework would look like there are there are certainly people who are trapped who are organizing me sayings in conferences in university in public par in the issues across the country to discuss walk the future should look like and there are seventeen of algeria as leading. human rights organizations who put quite. a clear plan on the table in terms of their proposals for regarding a transition that would include a transitional council that that after would have leaked as president would defeat

does and resignation should include a transitional council and that would oversee the election of a constituent assembly and in new constitution so that's perhaps one of the most ambitious. but there are there are really a huge number of discussions around this happening across the country. and i think it's very clear that that the proposals that were put on the table this week in terms of article one o two are seen as not being enough thank you very much we do appreciate your analysis of and joining us there in. thank you the united nations security council has met to discuss that a terrier icing situation and money they're asking for more troops and rissoles says that as fighting intensifies some countries are pulling their soldiers out of

the un peacekeeping force because hot going to out with canadian troops operating out of the city of gal and more than money. this canadian task force is deep in mali's desert on a training mission to rescue frontline troops down below un soldiers french and west african forces are fighting twenty armed groups including the slavic state in the greater sahara and al-qaeda in the slum make my grab dr. and her team of medics flying aboard a chinook helicopter. this is a training exercise in hostile terrain. we don't know if there is still a to me the area so by treating them here we're putting ourselves a target so there's a possibility that if i just. look is a really big target so we don't there is an enemy. here yes which small in the back

is set up to get out close to two hundred un troops have been killed in mali and this has become the deadliest peacekeeping operation in the united nations' history . well this is a training exercise the dangers are real these canadian forces a way of life if you have true helicopters hovering above us because the situation in mali is slowly deteriorating. this mobile phone footage captures the aftermath of the latest attack entire villages are burnt to the ground after a local militia group armed with machetes and guns killed over one hundred full on the villagers dismembering even the youngest the attackers accused of supporting rebel groups. what started as a localized conflict is turning into ethnic cleansing moving beyond these border into neighboring for kenya faso in the share the theater of operation is as vast and wide as the european union. the fighting is intensifying making the medivac

operations essential to troops i often compare it to to the canadian arctic today to northern canada that looks very much the same it's a barren landscape if you replace the sand with ice and rock is that you'd be in northern canada. a thousand feet above ground level it turns this helicopter into a flying hospital while they have saved lives the french in charge and soldiers have also returned dead bodies faced with criticism for putting canadian lives at risk prime minister just introduced government is pulling back its troops overstretched the us i want them to stay it's an operation they can't afford to lose. nicholas hawk al jazeera go northern mali. refugee camps in southeastern nigeria a growing fastest fighting in neighboring cameroon forces thousands of people to flee across the border more than thirty thousand people have been officially registered but aid workers say the actual number is much higher ahmed idris

traveled to one of the punishment settlements built for refugees in nigeria's cross river state. i get over a few g. cambyses sprawling community of thousands and it's growing every week as violence continues to force more people across the border into nigeria. here then a family is preparing the evening meal. it's been a year now since they fled the fighting there may have a shelter and food for now but only one thing preoccupies their mind. even if they play it you're supposed to live where you. were praying that got her problems it will get finished. but like many refugees beltre knows that day is a long way off more for our competitors continue to arrive with stories of

continuing violence by call. as all refugees move into permanent structures you ones i admitted to take over temporary tent shelters they were catered separatism was only a movement is fighting to break away from cameroon thousands have been internally displaced one more than thirty thousand of crossed into neighboring nigeria this is the i got on refugee camp home to some six thousand cameroonian refugees is one of the four permanent structures built to cope with a steady flow of people fleeing the violence between separatist and cameroonian forces thousands more are waiting outside to come in but facilities are overstretched. is the leader of the refugee community he says the past year has been most difficult in their lives it has not been easy for us we do our fathers' to medication. every day we did our own fellow refrigerate are dying every day because of i think.

that i think how old i think. transportation only thievin de mint calls apart from food education for refugee children is also a problem that refugees believe that only one organization can end their plight. to intervene into this problem to thirty how. obvious reach only limited to. unless that is done most of the refugees here are digging for a long wait in nigeria to greece al-jazeera a good home nigeria. u.s. president donald trump a sponsor another round with mexico by threatening to shut the border mexico's foreign minister responded on twitter saying they don't act on the basis of threats trump made the comments on a visit to a dam repair projects close to his florida retreat and we have the week is the most

pathetic laws number one congress has to act and number two mexico and make so much money from the united states and so many other things so many others as they have to grab it and they have to stop it we have right now two big caravans coming up from guatemala massive care of events walking right through mexico so mexico is tough they can stop them but they chose not to and now they're going to stop them and if they don't stop them with closing the border they will close it and what will keep it closed for a long time i'm not playing games mexico has to stuff it out as there is kimberly how can it has more on the story now from washington. u.s. president donald trump's threat to close portions of the southern border of the united states and mexico certainly is not without precedent we've seen this before president george w. bush did temporarily after the september eleventh attacks back in two thousand and

one we also saw a republican president ronald reagan doing so in one thousand nine hundred eighty five his reasons for doing that in order to try and get mexico to cooperate when there were concerns that it was not being forthcoming with information that may be the motivations for donald trump this time around given the fact that the number of illegal immigrants trying to come into the united states is now at a thirteen year high according to the department of homeland security numbers given the fact that mexico has itself very strict immigration laws this u.s. president could be trying to force mexico to do more to curb the number of entries from honduras el salvador as well as guatemala. still ahead for you on the program the new rail link cutting through the commuter traffic in one of the world's most congested cities but at what cost. new zealand remembers

a memorial service is held for those killed in the mosque attacks two weeks ago and former well number one rolls back again and it's time he told that story and more. in this bill. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast what we're looking at a very nice weekend across much of europe particularly on saturday where we have a series of high pressure that's going to dominate you can notice on the satellite a lot of clear skies across much of the region clouds the north clouds down here across the southeast but across central and western europe particularly things are going to be quite nice for the next couple of days so vienna it seventeen here on saturday paris at nineteen degrees now as we go towards sunday things start to break down a little bit particular peer towards the north we do have

a form of bonnie that is making its way down that's going to bring in some winds and some clouds notice a drop in temperature here for berlin down to about ten london's going to cool off as well paris you can see some clouds which will keep that temperature of about one thousand degrees well here across the eastern part of mediterranean we are watching one area of low pressure now this is going to really bring some problems over the next few days of we are going to be watching this very carefully rainy conditions windy conditions for turkey as well as into much of the eastern countries here in the med down towards the south though egypt you will see some rain as well some clouds in your forecast getting to about twenty degrees there as we go towards sunday we're going to see the rains continue particular here along the coast and we are going to see some rain out here towards the west in morocco with a robot at twenty degrees. rewinds continues to care bring your people back to life. with updates on the best

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welcome back you with al-jazeera live from london the top stories the u.k. parliament has rejected the government's deal for leaving the european union for a first time. on hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of algeria's capital in the biggest anti-government demonstrations since on rest erupted six weeks ago. on the united nations security council is meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in mali asking for more troops and resources. or back to our lead story in a four had gone to plan the united kingdom would have been leaving the european union in around an hour and a half's time of course it's not worked out that way and the delay is frustrating

many who voted to leave back in june two thousand and sixteen and the heywood has been to the town of austin the most pro bricks in place in the referendum where more than three quarters of voters wanted to leave the e.u. . it may look sedate to put competition is still at the heart of this game while the politicians in westminster trying to score points against one another here it's all about playing fair with leave and remain voters bowling side by side in a town which overwhelmingly voted to exit the e.u. . governments. how do you feel. i should now.

due to the fact that if. you're. crucifying. back in the twenty six the referendum boston poll the highest proportion of lead voters anywhere in the u.k. just over seventy five percent of people who voted said they wanted to leave the european union. thousands of people from eastern europe have made this corner of england which have been relatively untouched historically by immigration the home drawn by the author of plentiful work in the fields impact for is which appear local people want to do the poor gleason is a local councilor and voted to remain in the referendum but. been hurt by the failure of authority to react. quickly enough to an influx of new workers those workers could come from anywhere they happen to come from eastern europe and they have been exploited them of exploitation as for stock rent and forced down wages

through we are in the bottom five in the country for wages we have some of the high threat to the middle and at length you stop hope people who come to live paper i'm outside the u.k. and say uncertainty surrounding bricks it is unsettling if you know what to expect we can prepare for it or if we don't know what to expect and nobody else knows what to expect then the people are going certain and some people do tend to leave some people stay just want to see how it's going to go and something which was already worried back in the bowling holders no call for a rematch or second referendum there is consensus though that somehow the politicians must do more to try to navigate their way out of this political crisis and he would al-jazeera boston. but francis has enacted new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse the new law applies to vatican personnel and

holy see diplomats are requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to vatican prosecutors is the first such policy for the roman catholic church airfares russian hackers a targeting sunday's election in ukraine with cyber attacks a familiar with ukrainian cyberspace after using it to test techniques which some say were used to influence the twenty sixteen u.s. election joan home at some public figures in the capital kiev who say they are now the targets of the troll farms. russian interference in ukraine's presidential election is less a concern than an expectation that's according to the s.p. use state security service it says cyber attacks have already occurred and has war games scenarios including attacks on government ministry websites and the central election commission media outlets are another obvious target the news channel a.t.r. broadcasts from kiev aimed at the mostly empty russian muslim tartar population of

occupied crimea staff say there are frequent efforts to disrupt communications but it is the editor in chief a former russian journalist and popular blogger who seems to be a person of particular interest but almost. any kremlin troll sconce and there apart my posts on facebook and the book my account on facebook. and facebook is literally full of russian accounts which get a decent formation of biology a crane that the country is a ferret out that should be changed avarice and should be changed it's not the first time that facebook stands accused critics say the social media network did not do enough to prevent manipulation of the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election this time in a statement on ukraine facebook said we recently removed a network of facebook and instagram accounts for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior as part of a network that originated in russia and operated in ukraine it's notoriously

difficult to prove the hand of russian election interference in russia of course denies it but ukraine would seem to be particularly fertile ground for it this statue represents the friendship of the people of ukraine and russia where there's talk now with tearing it down as ukraine continues its attempts to move closer to nato and the european union not everyone agrees with the empty russian narrative some see the hand of the ukrainian state. to work instead to use it are never again to make ninety percent of what people call russian influence is internal machinations of the ukrainian government cementing its position based on creating hysteria and paranoia. sits on the foreign affairs committee in ukraine's parliament i think that russia influence is still very big both in ukraine but also in the world here in ukraine we see that there plain gas card

still also they are supporting with russian money one of the political forces one of the presidential candidates but also they are playing a big part in the e.u. by simulating some of the countries to be on the side the truth may be a question of perspective but the results old friendship ties severed seem impossible to reverse jonah how al-jazeera kiev when assamese from thailand where the election commission has withdrawn its unofficial vote count from sunday's election after increasing allegations of cheating and voting irregularities the results showed the party allied with the ruling military as winners with just under eight and a half million votes but some parties are rejecting that figure as wayne hay now reports from the capital bangkok. there were many complaints of discrepancies on election day both from voters and election monitors as well and it seems some of those concerns are only growing now that the election commission is finalizing the

results remembering these are still provisional results the final official results won't be known until the ninth of may so what we saw unfold on thursday was a surprise media conference called by the election commission to announce the final provisional results for the popular vote but it seems that there were some pretty major problems within the figures that they released and so once they found out about these discrepancies they withdrew those results to give you a couple of examples the voter turnout was just over thirty eight million people but the number of ballots cast was more than forty million so all of a sudden there are more than two million ballots cast by a seemingly mystery group of voters and the turnout let significantly if we look at the numbers from sunday election day to that media conference on thursday an extra four and a half million voters were found so clearly many people are asking questions of the election commission why there are so many problems emerging emerging why there are

so many discrepancies in these numbers the election commission is only really saying that it will investigate in the meantime the political parties are being left to try to form coalitions trying to do deals with like minded parties those agreements will really amount to nothing until the final official results are known on may the ninth the indonesian capital jakarta jakarta as one of the world's most congested cities but some help is now at hand for its nine million residents with the opening of its commuter rail system florence really has more from jakarta. jakarta's long awaited mass rapid train system is finally here. and it's proving a hit more than ten million people work and live in the indonesian capital and the m r t goes a long way in easing the city's notorious traffic congestion. is a massive in the nation finally has

a name marquis just like other country that has been heavy good for years it is also i am very proud moment i usually take an old bus to office but no i am provided with these very comfortable public transportation i hope people who take car still office will use this possibility. there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a distance of sixteen kilometers the plan is to expand this to eventually cover one hundred twelve kilometers with more than sixty stations by twenty twenty five since coming to power in two thousand and fourteen president joe kudo's administration has prioritized infrastructure development like this one as one of the ways to unlock the country's economic potential other projects include the construction of ports roads power plants and oil refineries since the country is moving from the commodity base to the manufacturing base producing more high. products it

needs quite calm but the. system exporting goods from indonesia are just sending them around the country is expensive logistics costs make up around twenty four percent of g.d.p. much higher than the regional average but the infrastructure projects also come at a price they're estimated to cost four hundred billion dollars over five years adding to government debt levels but the government says that the debt is manageable by law we are allowed to go to sixty percent but remember. percent of our g.d.p. number two all the love that we got to be a look at the productive projects or they can be from the project to the lawn so i don't see that much problem but the economic growth that was supposed to happen on the back of infrastructure development hasn't yet materialized g.d.p.

growth has hovered around five percent in the last five years while that can be considered a pretty solid number for some countries it's below the government's target of seven percent and it's not enough for indonesia's development needs and ambition. economists generally agree indonesia has to keep spending and not just on building roads railways and other facilities but we also need the soft infrastructure what i mean about this stuff infrastructure is for instance capital human capital to float one which i think. is one of the up by at the of the government education in health care for instance have been given bigger allocations in the state budget physical infrastructure but jakarta's newly opened m.r.c. is only part of what indonesia needs to boost its economy florence italy al-jazeera jakarta. news events prime minister has led a service in christ church to remember the fifty people killed in the mosque attacks two weeks ago the event was attended by more than twenty thousand people

and screened all over the country there is andrew thomas was that. what words of the prime minister can adequately express the pain and suffering of new zealand's darkest day what words captured the anguish of muslim communities targeted by hatred and violence what words expressed the grief of the city of christchurch and then she found the. peace be upon you they were words just done said she'd heard repeatedly over the last fourteen days but even the ugliest of viruses can exist in places they are not welcomed. racism exists but it is not welcome here this service exactly two weeks after the al gore and lin wood mosques were targeted by a white extremist gunman was broadcast on big screens around the country

representatives from more than fifty countries came to hear islamic welcomes and prayers. and then the slow recital of the names of those killed all fifty of them but among them was her made her husband survived on stage he spoke of forgiveness i don't support is the wrong action but at the same time i cannot deny the fact that he is my human. the daughter of another victim spoke to about her father he was a really nice man. thank you. be with the work performances to from local singers i was. and use of islam cat stevens who sung about peace. three.

twenty two people remain in hospital following march the fifteenth attack for them rick. coverage will be slow for new zealand. this national remembrance has had a female came up again and again in the speeches on the stage and that theme was unity where the gunman tried to divide to see people rallied in opposition on the talk of the program to him out. we all one hundred thomas al-jazeera cross-check. will still have four year a new wave of chinese artists pushing the boundaries that cussing and exhibition in hong kong that story and then of course we have all the sports as well that has metal a bahrain grand prix despite spinning off the track.