tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera April 2, 2019 6:00pm-7:01pm +03
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better world travels to rio de janeiro elites the young people tasked with making a different life than for villa far from al-jazeera. this is. hello i'm however he had seen this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. britain's prime minister summons government ministers for exhaustive talks on breaks it as the e.u.'s chief negotiator warns a north deal departure is ever more likely. six months after the killing of journalist jim after shoji reports say the saudi government paid his family millions of dollars in compensation. as the u.n.
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warns of ongoing food insecurity in africa we look at how kenya is to them with a regional hunger crisis and fire is small with your sport where two of the biggest names in motor sport are reunited make sure locker takes its first formula one test drive with ferrari in that same team his father won five world titles way. well britain's prime minister has met its government ministers to try and break the brics a deadlock and persuade them to agree a deal to prevent crashing and it's off the e.u. in ten days to resume may's withdrawal agreements has already been rejected three times by members of parliaments some are trying to force the government to avoid a disastrous no deal exits will be used chief negotiator is warning that's becoming increasingly likely. no deal that was never on our desired
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or in tendency not a. new deal was never my desire or intended scenario but did you you twenty seven is now prepared. becomes day after day more likely. well we have to report this following the latest developments on bret said paul brennan is outside the u.k. parliament will be talking to him in just a moment first though let's go it's in these barker here is the sides the prime minister's office where that cabinet meeting is taking place. british cabinet still meeting can we read anything into the fact this meeting is still going on. or it's anybody's guess at the moment if you've been out on the streets of westminster from early morning as i have you probably noticed heavy rain sunshine a hail storm very very changeable indeed and one can only be a mansion that after seventy seven hours feels like it is of being locked in
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intense talks senior ministers and the prime minister will have pored over every single option every kind of possible configuration when it comes to bricks it going forward so let's look at some of those options the possibility of a new deal breaks it looms ever closer we know that the e.u. is preparing for that they have contingency plans on the table that they are adamant they are ready to put into full force if a new deal in the us the indeed happen roots of course the possibility of of asking for a delay that may involve going to brussels and trying to convince the twenty seven nation bloc to back that and then of course there is the deal that will not die i will to reason may give thrice fail to deal another go in front of parliament we already hearing that the speaker of the house of commons have
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suggested that that could only happen if it comes back to parliament substantially different from the last time and just to remind you of course last week that's exactly what happened she had to reconfigure her deal separating it into its component parts the political declaration and the withdrawal agreement she only. the withdrawal agreement in front of parliament on friday. roughly accounts for about seventy to eighty percent of the complete deal but even after doing that and even after promising to resign if it was passed it was a pass so we're putting it in front of parliament for another time is the option on the table whatever happens in this building behind me senior ministers and the prime minister will have to make some very very careful calculations the government are risking a lot if it does indeed go before parliament to go. barca there outside number ten downing street thanks very much for keeping us up to and say let's cross no to the u.k.
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parliament where paul brennan is standing by further with the latest poll we're still waiting to hear what the the cabinet is going to come up with parliament has already said no to several options again on monday what are they planning to do this cheese day. well it was so obvious see dismay at the fact that on monday night these indicative votes ended with no none of the four options on the table gaining a majority and so m.p.'s have this morning been frantically trying to find some alternative way forward they had already calmed down for themselves using an amendment to a business motion don't get too technical for that but amendment to a business motion so that on weapons they once again they would take control of parliamentary time the question was what to do with it now given the fact that the indicative votes of failed to produce majorities on the two times that they've been tried so far it looks now as though and peace might be putting the weight behind a cross party motion from a labor m.p. called yvette cooper and a conservative m.p.
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calls all of them left when it's a won't pools bill which was essentially force will compel the prime minister to go to brussels and ask for an extension of article fifty basically delaying brecht's it the reason why they're so willing to do this it's a very no unorthodox procedure is because they are very very concerned that given the choice of either a no deal bracks it or extending article fifty to resign maybe they fear would prefer to choose a no deal bret's it that's something that the m.p.'s are afraid of that's something that the m.p.'s have already voted against in a whopping majority but they fear that because that's the default in the legal terms that's what theresa may will do and they're trying to head that off the timetable is unclear it's possible that they could go on wednesday and use that time on wednesday to pave the way for a reading on thursday and then go to the lords by thursday night i've also seen an
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accelerated timetable which could see the whole thing debates and second first and second readings tomorrow that's wednesday and then put to the lot such is the is the tightness of time. it's comic stations to be frank people are really coming up with all kinds of different ideas and this seems to be the one that's the people of forming around in order to try to prevent britain going out without a deal next week ok paul brennan time's very much for following the developments there for us at westminster we'll of course be coming back to both paul and neve through their day but for now let's get more analysis on breaks john jones that is a poet since reporter for the news website politics home and he joins us now from london jon we heard there from our correspondent the panic stations at westminster the e.u. seems to think that a new deal scenario is becoming the likeliest i come what is your view on this is
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britain has in for a new deal exit from the e.u. . well i think it's the situation that everyone's trying to avoid but as we heard in your report that it's certainly chaos at the moment this attempt by the backbenchers about cooper and all of our lead when to table this motion to rush it through the commons and the lords in one day is unprecedented already constitutional experts are coming out to say it's very difficult to do there's little detail in this motion that they've put forward. that it could take significant roadblocks when mrs may takes it to the e.u. because they may want to attach conditions to any kind of extension we still don't know the outcome of this cabinet meeting where as we heard they will be discussing all different kinds of options the has been indications that reason may has said she would prefer a no deal over revoking the breaks that process entirely but it's certainly not something that the government i think want to be responsible for. with this no deal
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bricks in parliament has already expressed a wish that they do not want to see a new deal breaks that we're hearing humming and hawing from reason may perhaps she will support this perhaps she warns the difficulty is that time is running out it's there are just ten days before the u.k. legally leaves the e.u. is there time to prevent this option. what the option really left on the table is for an extension a longer extension that we've currently had the problem with that is that you have been very explicit in saying that any extension will only be granted if there is a significant reason for doing so present mccrone has said that the e.u. can't be held hostage to a british political crisis so in taking any offer of an extension back to the e.u. it's likely that the reason may or whoever is leading the country at that point would have to promise something significant either a general election or
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a second referendum but that seems at the moment the most likely option it's hard to see how we get out of this process if we're not going to allow a new deal to happen without some kind of significant event happening in the country be that a general election or a second referendum do you think a general election is the next stage to many of our international viewers tonight saying observers it's hard to determine who is in charge. it's very hard to determine and the problem every option at the moment comes with significant problems and one of the significant problems for a general election is that nobody within the conservative party would want to reason may to be leading them into the election so in order to have a general election there would be to be time for a tory leadership contest so again to any solution you come up with there are significant problems but it seems that that may be the only way to break the deadlock at the moment without us having a new deal breaker but like i said there are significant problems with that ok and
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just finally there are problems with the general election scenario not least in the u.k. because there is opposition to it from all parties but what to make of the situation in the e.u. they of course of elections coming up and if there are any further delays to this process with the u.k. the u.k. will need to take on it in those elections do you think the e.u. will align with the u.k. to continue. to take part in the elections shoot or delay before parliament comes up with. well i think if they if we agree to any kind of extension of the moment then how us fighting that in the european elections would be absolutely necessary parties have already started preparing the government today has gone out or yesterday sorry with advice to returning officers the people who are responsible for hosting these elections within parliament constituencies saying that they
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should start now preparing and the government will reimburse them for their costs so it's something that certainly being taken seriously here i think it would be a precondition or it would be necessary if we were to ask the e.u. for an extension so again it comes back to whether there would be other conditions or circumstances in which they would offer that extension but us holding parliamentary elections for the european parliament here would be a necessity if we have any kind of extension that. i will join johnson we will have to wait and see what transpires after these a parliamentary beatings and that cabinet meeting but for now thanks very much sharon for sharing your views and analysis on our lives in syria thank you. plenty more still to come on this news hour including of syria's president secretary says stepdad will find dates if it's enough to satisfy the protest movements. and israel's prime minister tries to shift focus away from corruption allegations sounds the general election campaign enters its final week. and in
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sports the milwaukee bucks move within sight of securing the n.b.a.'s best records heading into the playoffs. and the family of a murdered saudi journalist jamal khashoggi as reported see have received millions of dollars worth of compensation from the kingdom the washington post says his relatives have been given expensive homes in saudi arabia as well as large monthly payments the article also says hershel g.'s two sons and two daughters may soon get pay it's worth tens of millions of dollars each as so cold blood money. while the pain felt by the death of jamal khashoggi has since widened to become a global call for justice andrew symonds reports the cia
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may have pointed the finger of suspicion of muhammad bin salma ruler of saudi arabia but nevertheless it's this date itself that's in charge of bringing because judges killers to justice or maybe other investigations but norm show any sign of taking the case away from saudi officials who vehemently deny the crown prince ordered because george is murder. turkey has worked relentlessly is attempting to get extradition of the men saudi arabia had accused of being part of a rogue plot to murder because georgie from the very outset turkish investigators suspected the saudis were more engaged in a whitewash than an inquiry and the un has acknowledged that turkey was prevented from getting access to the murder scene at a crucial time turkish leaks to the media showed c.c.t.v. pictures and the names of fifteen men suspected by turkey of having been part of
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a hit team that killed khashoggi in the saudi consulate. turkey asserted that it had strong evidence tape recordings held of the gruesome murder it passed on to foreign governments and the cia but body couldn't be found. also you know to do with any more war in iraq was last november the saudi public prosecutor announced that out of twenty one suspects taken into custody eleven had been indicted and he said five could face the death penalty on charges of ordering and committing the crime and the motion is agreed to u.s. senators have provided some hope for those campaigning for an independent investigation but last month a closed door briefing at the white house ended with little achieved senators including republican lindsey graham said the meeting was a waste of time like many he believes donald trump who on different issues as a close ally won't ever accept intelligence information from the cia that mohammed bin salmond ordered the murder. the un initially reluctant to get involved is
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now attempting its own inquiry led by agnes kalamata special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions yet made a request to the saudi government for access to the consulate and later she said saudi arabia is grievously mistaken if it sinks its secretive trial process conforms to international standards the accused haven't been named but one man known to be one of the suspects is reported to have been freed he's souled al khatami who was a close advisor to bin psalm the washington post has quoted unnamed u.s. and saudi sources as saying the crown prince still seeks advice for. andrew symonds i was in. his career spanned decades and for much of it syria is a supporter of the sides family ahmed fahour reports on his life and work. was
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by far the most famous saudi journalist his career began in the one nine hundred eighty s. reporting for saudi newspapers on the soviet invasion of afghanistan he met and interviewed osama bin laden several times he became an expert voice on al-qaeda and issues of extremism in the middle east especially after the september eleventh attacks in the united states we can start drawing a plan about others about the bludgers of all of this our solich are real and over throughout his career continue to support the saudi royal family and to defend saudi both at home and abroad he warned against the dangers of iran's military and ideological expansion in the region he also initially supported the saudi iraqi led military campaign in yemen as well as saudi opposition to president bashar al assad in syria. is reported to have been at one time an advisor to saudi intelligence
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services but things began to change in late two thousand and sixteen when she was banned from writing or tweeting for several months following criticism of then presidential candidate donald trump in two thousand and seventeen the new saudi crown prince mohammed bin said ma'am or the crackdown on dissidents and critics sending hundreds of well princes religious and business leaders to prison. the feeling he's addressed to fled to the united states while in american exile he started to contribute to an opinion column in the washington post newspaper and published views critical of the crackdown on freedom of expression in saudi arabia he also disagreed with the demonizing of the muslim brotherhood movement by saudi leaders and media despite his criticism refused to consider himself a dissident and the nature of his alleged links to the saudi banned muslim brotherhood movement was never fully established yemen was not a dissident or opposition as people in the media keep describing him and was
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you know loyal normal saudi citizen he was his his main sin is that he was bright he was a maverick and he was outspoken he couldn't hold things back. continue to express support for the social reforms of the saudi crown prince but differed with been said man on certain issues and made sure his views were expressed the depth of their differences came to light only after his madam. his close friend the saudi canadian ahmed abdul aziz said he and planning to launch a cyber army on social media to advocate freedom of speech in saudi arabia. reported to have met the former saudi ambassador to washington more than once and had been said many reassured him the kingdom would welcome him home with open arms those reportedly misleading gestures of goodwill apparently encouraged him to visit
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the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second taught in documents to get married she was never seen again soon it became common knowledge that's been said man had ordered saudi intelligence agents to return home by any means u.s. intelligence services cited had been said man voice message saying he would go after her with a bullet if he could be forcefully or voluntarily returned home with a grim manner in which she was killed contrasted with his friend's memory of him as a lovable man while ago to him a law. that really mr donahoe should do was. was was not i was as he seemed in on the media with his. ask your voice tone. of the serious character. in the lives. of with casualties death saudi arabia managed to silence its most prestigious international
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journalist even after his killing kushal she managed to speak out against his last of appeared in the washington post two weeks after his murder it's titled what the arab world needs most is freedom of expression summed up the course for which she died i'm advised a desire. i say after on syria's president said he would step down a former leader house reveals he's been asked to lead a transitional government's leader means it was president's oval cheerier from the one nine hundred ninety four thousand nine hundred ninety nine there are three weeks of process demanding that the current president of lizzie's beautifully should leave office matheson has more. these pictures apparently show a meeting between president both of his predecessor i mean zero while an army general close to beautifully because brother in a statement says he's been asked to stand in as temporary leader until a new president is elected after beautifully steps down. those who back built
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a flicker will be hoping the presence of a respected former president will come protest such as these in the city of desire who want everyone to put a flicker to go. we are sick and tired of him he has to go we have suffered you know. what i've done am i lost general salah why you don't take the president and leave the country good to be done you sound our country. a statement read on state t.v. said president abdelaziz bouteflika will resign before his current term officially ends on april the twenty eighth his opponents say nothing will change unless beautifully his backers go with him and. we appreciate the statements of the national popular army during this transitional period the people must be the masters and a transitional government formed according to a general consensus that will never deceive the algerians the eighty two year old
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has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke six years ago is accused of being a token front man for military and business leaders who his critics say really run algeria. the operating rules of the system must be completely changed and that is what the ruling powers refuse they want to give themselves some time to return again after some window dressing this is like it's always been except that today the people are determined the president statement also said announcements to ensure the continuity of the state's institutions will be made within days but opposition leaders say the president no longer has the right to make decisions. weeks of protests. this may have discouraged president put a flicker from standing for a fifth time but the struggle for power in algeria is becoming more open there are also questions about how long the military will tolerate demonstrations like the us rob matheson al-jazeera. well yes
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a full on that is the professor of science and international relations at qatar university and joins us now and we've been talking about the i mean. just give us a sense where does he fit into the algerian political scene i mean he was president tonight is retired the means of the world is a military man basically and he has a habit of resigning and he was he was for. many here resigned and in one nine hundred ninety four when algeria was experiencing levels of violence the military turned to him. to take over the state of ninety four and he refused so to day two and two. he became state in one thousand nine hundred. ninety five president first actions in algeria and he won the elections and he started the basically
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a return to democratic process he was the one who set the constitution in. which a limited the mandate of the president fall. in office in september october of ninety eight basically he's he said that he would give up the presidency and go back home so he arranged for the pool of business the elections which would lead to one ok so in terms of this is he the man is that do you think that he would be amenable to the protests this is a some of the protesters could get behind. yes i mean did the worst kept secret in algeria over the last few weeks was about the world was one of the. probably the obvious choice to take of the. girl was to oversee days transition period when we look at the social media for instance most people accordion for him for several reasons obviously he is
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a military man enjoys the support of the military is that you should. he was president so he knows the politics of algeria ins inside out of the different centrals of power but most importantly he gave up power he left office so he's not somebody who is going to cling on to power which would satisfy the demands of the streets and a lot of that he sent to the is extremely because it has some buzz words but in this letter to divide buttons for instance he was saying that he was personally clouds of the discipline the demonstrations for the people he also said that they are judging system has not been listening to the voices of the people he said that since one thousand two thousand and four i have always said no to enable.
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to play a role in politics because i believe in a lot of power to give change to the younger generation so all these things fit in very well with it is a very carefully worded statements it doesn't say yes or no for sure i want very much deferring to the protesters in this case is a. yes but more importantly it comes basically to. some of that will go into law and basically they said that. the. spy chief in algeria and look at the blood of the president in the presence of the flinch and some people from the financial services which. is the image of the journal of the president so in this particular statement he said yes we've done there was
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a proposition for me to have the transition period but no decision has been made yet. and i have not conspired with the french intelligence service. because i've been out of politics for the last twenty years if there is something that i can do it's for the sake of our nation's whatsoever that person on the sions . university thank. prime minister. and the challenges remaining. in the race. are on the. way off target for a third straight year here on that story. hello
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again and welcome back we're here cross northern and western parts of iran we have been dealing with flooding again with another round of rain coming across the region this is the storm system that brought the rain these are the images that we saw coming across much of the area rivers overflowing flash flooding going on many communities being affected by the second week of flooding now last week flooding was deadly this week has caused a lot of evacuations across much of the region even though the weather system is now moving away a lot of the flood water still is in the area there is that system making its way to the north as well as over here towards the east what's going to be left is some better conditions in terms of skies so a lot of the air will begin to dry out we don't expect to see another round of rain coming until probably next week out here towards the west that we are looking at
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still rain across much parts of turkey but down towards the south it is going to be drier here across the gulf it was a stormy day for doha with a dust storm pushing through on monday things are going to get a little bit better but we can't rule out the possibility of seeing some rain even a thunderstorm here as we go towards wednesday twenty eight degrees is going to be the forecasted high and as we go towards thursday it is going to rise to about thirty one degrees rain in your forecast at thirty three and a nice day for muska at thirty. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capitol of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the color project that's what we refuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the twenty
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first century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks as well as the police investigation the prime minister says there will also be a national inquiry with detailed coverage of the arms trade with saudi arabia is going to be a very important components of life in post-breakfast of britain. from around the world that line is a symbol also must multiplied and it's europeans therefore support behind it.
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you're watching al-jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour. brazil's prime minister is holding talks with her cabinet to try and break feed the deadlock over brick sets the use chief negotiator says the north deal exit is becoming more likely but can still be avoided the family of murdered. is reported to have received millions of dollars worth of compensation from the saudi government the washington post reported the story exactly six months after she was killed. formal jury and presently i mean that says he's been asked to form a transitional government on monday president up close these beautifully said he would step down at the end of the month but protests have continued. there in a week from the israelis will be electing their next governments fourteen major
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political parties are competing for one hundred and twenty seats a prime minister binyamin netanyahu on the right wing likud party is seeking a fifth term in office he is also the first sitting prime minister jew to be indicted on corruption charges now he has continued to expand illegal israeli settlements and no progress has been made towards establishing a palestinian state that's in yahoo's biggest challenges challenges rather are the former military chief benny gantz and your love it or the blue and white coalition or gun sleds israeli forces during the gaza war in twenty fourteen on the campaign trail his focus has been on issues such as the rising cost of living and fighting corruption. gabby from the labor party which hasn't won an election in twenty years the palestinian israeli parties are also in the running one hundred forces reports
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from west jerusalem on the battle for power. which of these men do israelis want as their prime minister for all the myriad parties and themes to loomed over this campaign the real fight remains benjamin netanyahu versus benny gantz has never had a better friend than you for israel's prime minister the strategy has been clear portray himself as the only politician capable of playing in the big league keeping israel safe and scoring wins such as last week's u.s. indorsement it was really sovereignty over the occupied golan heights like his friend in the white house he's gone on the attack against the media and the legal establishment whose investigation into lavish gifts and alleged media manipulation he calls a witch hunt nonetheless in the middle of the campaign his attorney general decided enough real witches were found to recommend indictment for bribery fraud and breach of trust which netanyahu denies it remained an issue for a few days on the agenda and then and then the agenda when the news agenda went on
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elsewhere if it was very adept at moving the news agenda and inventing ideas or using events that happened to to change the public discourse he switched the focus to the mobile phone of his opponent benny gantz after report it had been hacked by iran insinuating it might contain incriminating personal information and you know. not only from my cell phone in recent days the attacks of switch to ganser is mental stability and stamina to go with the mantra that the man netanyahu made army chief in twenty eleven is weak and of the left in response cancer is focusing on new corruption allegations and what he calls netanyahu weakness over gaza none the less one former senior israeli negotiator sees gantz taking a different approach on the palestinian issue he doesn't want to continue to rule in the people and this is in israel one of the most important litmus this hts between. liber us and the conservative blue and white party is
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a last minute creation with two other former army chiefs and netanyahu is former finance minister at its own it's an unashamedly pragmatic project to get netanyahu out of office but winning the election in itself isn't enough it then becomes about putting together a governing coalition of parties represented in the israeli parliament the knesset and even if his likud party comes second at the polls that is where benjamin netanyahu has a distinct advantage but there have also been persistent leaks not totally refuted that dance could under certain conditions agree to serve with netanyahu in a unity government that would be the biggest twist yet in this bitter election season out west jerusalem. well let's stay with this show hoffman is the chief political correspondent for the cherry aslan post and joins us now on skype from chile jerusalem thank you so much mr hoffman for speaking with us on al-jazeera one weeks ago until the israeli elections how do you think it's looking
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so far oh it's really too soon to say in an election that's gone up and down anything can happen that's the beauty of democracy you know the blue and white party is looking like it can defeat netanyahu they're getting four more states than it's now as they could is in the polls and then even if the right wing bloc will be larger than the left and center block the president can decide zero point guaranteed to form a government instead of actually. and how do you think this election will be won or lost one of the main issues that voters will be will be marking on their on their ballot papers. the peace process is an issue there's going to be a peace process immediately after this election as a window of opportunity to move that process for the process that donald trump's people. are and jason green but have been working on preparing for the last three years between the formation of the israeli government and when the presidential
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election united states gets in high gear and so that is very much on the table security is on the table the economy and of course corruption. speaking of corruption many of far and said national viewers would find it strange that focus of even considering a candidate seems currently under indictment how do you explain netanyahu support given the seriousness of the charges he's facing well first of all you're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law second of all it's you know it a good job of trying to get the air out of the balloons of the indictments before by talking about them and suddenly i'm putting them down and third of all israelis realize that we're in a tough region over here and sometimes in a tough region you need elbows in order to get by. in terms of the recent tensions in gaza that you mentioned the security issue very importance of course to israeli for israeli forces vote if small there are these tensions could
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cynics might say they're distracting from mr netanyahu his personal political challenges how would you respond to that. potentially yes the time surely it is possible that the tensions with gaza can inflame between now and a week from now but a week ago we thought it would be much worse we thought that could lead to an actual incursion of israeli forces and it totally has not it could have ended up being much much worse there's so much to play for we thank you very much share joe whole time for speaking to was on skype from gerry slim it is of course an election that will continue to follow very very closely indeed thanks for your analysis thanks. speaking over her actions it's been one years since i'll be a hundred sick over as ethiopia's prime minister and he's already made big changes
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he's released fisons all for school prisoners ended a t. decade long conflict with eritrea and signed peace deals with rebels but key challenges remain mohammad that reports from at the sapa. it's been a good first year for prime minister ahmed at forty two the ethiopian leader is the youngest on the african continent when the ruling with european peoples with lucian a democratic form of coalition elected him prime minister last pull him back on a decisive shift away from decades of tight government control is i think prime minister abhisit arrival on the african stage is commensurate with the arrival of president mandela he is a breath of fresh his outlook is amazing he's tapped into the mood not only of ethiopians but of people all across the continent so far but such events include freeing thousands of political prisoners and closing the country's infamous torture
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chambers in the capital addis ababa ethiopia had long been known as one of the world's wast jailers of journalists within months of taking office released them or he has appointed women to half the cabinet posts parliament has also accepted his female nominees for president and head of the supreme court it's the speed with which he ended a twenty year conflict with neighboring at a trade and established ties with its leaders from working as a standard so many he's also signed peace deals with the rebels that have been designated terrorist by the former administration and appears to have persuaded them to disarm if that's not enough he invited its european dissidents exiled abroad to return home but how negative a leading opposition leader remain in exile for years have been sentenced to death in absentee now he says he's back to rebuild a position politics in ethiopia with the full support of the premier he is very
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committed. you know i don't remember in any of our conversations where we had a significant difference we have discussions very openly we you know we we don't see each other as threats in terms of political power it's almost like observing a different country when you look at the pace with which reforms only in ethiopia seoul far very few expected things to pull seoul fust yet the analysts are quick to point out that the prime minister still faces some challenges that are threatening the very existence of ethiopia as on the show. if you appeal has more than eighty different ethnic groups the divisions are all and deported and they've been flaring up with a new intensity in the past we're having millions of people displaced from their homes and being in a different comps throughout the country and i think that has to be stopped the
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sooner really the sooner the better for the moment it seems to have the momentum and no shortage of energy to do with the challenges that lie ahead mohamed and all just. hope it. will settle the lemma is the editor in chief of the other standers and joins us now on skype from frankfurt it's been one year since the election of the prime minister how do you think he's doing. thanks for having me i think in my opinion he's doing fantastic chinese abound but some of them are pretty much outside of the scoop of his own power some of them are there is a very for was that he set forth since he came to the office we're dealing with a lot of about three media tonight displaced german civilians mostly and jobs for the young people who are not there the economy's still not you know taking
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off that we expected it to be but these are some of these are some of the challenges the changes that we have seen in the last one year are unimaginable you know thinking a year ago today they were i might never in many ways so we've seen a great deal of change in this one year certainly a lot of hopes writing on this new president do you think managing expectations is going to be a challenge moving forward. my aging expectation has shown to be quite quite a lot of chinese edging us back but i think if you're going sour way to come to terms particularly if we put into perspective the things that e.p. i did as a county wanted to change a year ago before before i mean i am it came to to the office you know if we look at some of the dozens of areas that the e.p.a.
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and if want to change the sat the form of the military in reforming the judiciary reform in the intelligence and the civil service. you know some of the repressive laws you know they have put a benchmark or what needed to be changed and it's very important that we put those changes into perspective prior to his ascent to tower and i think if they see it in people could collectively think about this changes and what he's trying to do to to to to change some of these points it will be quite understand it but yes patience is running you know and the opening up of the political space has given rise to so many rival opposition groups and the country this by itself is a challenge as i say the reform in the military has given rise to a perforation of. our mis trafficking in the country and the opening up of the
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media has given rise to the you know the fake news and also highly polarized social media scenarios if we put those things in perspective and and and see them. prior to one year before i think we would garner the courage and the patience to to to go through these changes peacefully i have of the people reacting are they happy with the progress that has been made. well you know it's a roller coaster. people if you're highly divided more divided than you were a year ago and you know the opening up of some of the voices that were method in the past given rise to this polarized view all who are. these and what he's doing and and what are the implications of some of the changes he's bringing so you would see it several of course there are people who are happy about it. a few
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months ago are no longer happy about it now so it's very difficult to go public opinion based on what where we are standing today but it has been an up and down from in your class it's been a roller coaster year as you say he's certainly got maybe much more time left in office what do you think we can expect for the year ahead. i think in my opinion and i think the prime minister is a dedicated person and i do hope that there would be more institution and he's issued all of the changes that we have seen so far i do hope that what he started in you know repeat and replacing with some of these repressive will go i hate and any form in the judiciary which is the most important part of the reform will be completed and institutionalized hopefully before the election most importantly the reforms in the electoral board will be completed before the twenty twentieth's
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lection i hope and i do i do hope that the prime minister is quick to assist to see through these and these are you know some of the changes that i expect to see particularly before we go into the poorest in twenty twenty if they lections are going to happen i am afraid we'll have to leave it there but thank you very much lemma sharing your thoughts with us as the editor in chief of the had to stop speaking to us from frankfurt thank you. one hundred thousand doses of coal or a vaccine will arrive in a big city devastated spermicide last month the world health organization is starting a major vaccination campaign in the port city of beer on wednesday contaminated water supplies are worsening the spirits of cholera with an estimated two hundred people infected every day it also has increased more than a found in the past few days alone for me more from johannesburg in neighboring south africa aid organizations are trying to work as quickly as possible to
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administer the color of vaccinations across the area which is an area which was devastated by cycle only it died two weeks ago now they will have about nine hundred thousand doses of the vaccine delivered to mozambique today but ahead of that awareness is very important trying to get people into treatment centers and trying to access areas that were devastated by the cycle and that at some point remain in excess of will the united nations will be holding an emergency meeting to coordinate its response and is also said that it's set up about eleven treatment centers across the cycle ravaged areas now that number is significant given the extent of the outbreak now cholera is and to make to mozambique the last outbreak saw at least two thousand people affected so this is concerning for aid agencies and then any organization responding to this outbreak that number of people
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affected by cholera has doubled each day since the outbreak began last week and this is especially challenging in an area where the water and sanitation infrastructure has been severely damaged. now the greek prime minister alexis tsipras. named north of macedonia. ten months. of disputes over the name macedonia. prime minister says he's looking forward to more cooperation between. the world. from their own.
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it's time now for the sport here is fine or thank you so much the famed motor sport names of schumacher and ferrari have been reunited seven years after his father last competed in a formula one race nick has made his after one test debut with the ferrari team but german is racing in the form linked to the championship this season and is also part of the ferrari academy which aims to prepare young drivers for a career in f one the twenty year olds father michael won five world championships with ferrari being compared to my father was never a problem for me as it's pretty simple for me being compared to the best driver in the phone history is the goal you know you want to achieve. to have as my
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model and my father's is something very special and if you honored to be to be compared to him because i can just learn and try to improve. we spoke to f one writer luke smith about the early impact schumacher jr is making. we saw the saw the fullness he writes of the weekend was on the pole position and really cut across the line and the commentator said it was a human to chop quite reminiscent of his father which was quite cool to see. in reality i think it's a little bit too early to tell i think when dr is coming through the ranks are still really sort of honing their driving styles and things like that he's always got a very very cool head out there even on his ass today via the weekend he was in the series for the first time his first time racing that car and he was so cool he was able to deal with all the pressure very very well for him to get finishes an eight and six slice and did really well so i think it's it's
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a promising start and certainly the important thing i think has always been crucial through may express so far is he can't be rushed because of its name in column b. put into a former long caught earlier than that he's ready for ferrari said he's ready this week and i think he is he has an opportunity to get a race tribe that's going to be a big big step up i think he will need a bit of time realistically with hops looking more towards twenty twenty off he can have two full seasons in form or to get more experience get used to it and perhaps fight for the championship the schumacher family is been very very private regarding the condition of michael following his his skiing accident five years ago now which is understandable i think that is to be expected but also is respected by the media and by the press is something that you know the. wished for by the family makes he wants to prove that he's a man and he is ready to race in formula one in the near future or by his i'm right
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and that is really refreshing say he's not making too much with a name which is which is good. english club arsenal's bid to return to the european champions league next season received a big boost on monday night aaron ramsey open the scoring against newcastle in the first half before a second half strike by alexander luck aside wrapped up a two no win in i am rees man and moved up to third in the english premier league we are we need another c.v. going i think is one biggest beef for. our way after the consequence of using the double but the macho going on sunday is going to we'll be checking for us because these are new much their way and we need to do to convince anybody of all the can be consistent. but manchester united can overtake arsenal with a win over wolves later on choose day united manager only gunners soul shirt says french star paul pogba is happy at the club that's despite suggestions that he's
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lining up a move to round madrid world cup winners said last week that playing for is an indian sedan at wral would be a dream for any player reigning women's football world champions the usas say they won't be backing down over the legal action the squads taking against its own federation of players have filed a lawsuit demanding the same level of pay as the u.s. men's team squad renewed their commitment to the cause on equal pay day a day dedicated to raising awareness about the global gender pay gap i don't think you can talk about compensation articulately or intelligently until you have a conversation about funding across the board so whether it's youth teams or staffing for each team or promotion sponsorship. you know advertising for both teams i don't think that that is equal yet so yes we're fighting for equal compensation but we're also fighting for this larger picture of investment in both
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programs equally. malaki moves a step closer to clinching home court advantage throughout the n.b.a. playoffs yeah i sente chicken bone was back in action after resting an ankle injury he's going twenty eight points to help the box to one hundred and thirty one to one hundred twenty one win over the brooklyn nets the bucs the just one more victory to secure the n.b.a.'s best record heading into the playoffs. and the toronto maple leafs have clinched their place in the n.h.l. playoffs leave securing a spot in the postseason for a third straight year with a two one victory over the new york islanders john to barras who played nine seasons for the i ders scoring the winner. and that's all your support for now more coming up later but for now it's back to you how very much foreign of course is a little smaller on all the stories in the sports stories we've been covering for you on al-jazeera dot com but that wraps up this news hour but i say with is an al-jazeera i'll be back with you in just a moment with more disease these. a
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and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. a three year investigation into the pro-gun lobby have been employed it was making a lot of really. reveal secret see what messaging out there will be people outraged you know mad and connections some don't want exponents nanny in legacy media full blown mass shooting. documents with night al-jazeera investigations houses cell a massacre on al-jazeera. but
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ten days left before the break said dad lying prime minister to resign a summons her cabinet or marathon talks looking for a deal parliament will finally accept. and how the more he'd seen it this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a popular former presidents overall syria has been asked to lead transitional government's one of glossies beautifully steps. six months after the killing of journalist to mark a short g.
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