on al jazeera. letting go algeria is ailing president finally quit softer weeks of protests. and they got what they want to in the streets at the president's time. i'm richelle carey this is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up. we can and must find the compromises that will deliver what the british people voted for. a political rival for help to save her breaks a deal. i had just lost generation scores of refugee students or expelled from

bangladesh the schools under government or the worse. the twenty year rule of algeria's president is over abilities to flee to has resigned following weeks of nationwide protests now the focus is on what happens next with the leadership that's divided the country on the fourth. actually so we will try to get that story for you very shortly in the meantime let's move on to the next story we do have a story now. it's the moment millions of them jury and had been demanding in a rare public appearance a frail looking abilities beautifully gaza handed over his resignation letter to the head of the constitutional council ending his twenty year rule as president of algeria his statement was read out on state television the eighty two year old

wrote this decision is triggered by my eagerness to prevent the burble excesses that unintentionally mark the situation turn into potentially dangerous drifts the resignation came shortly after the country's army chief warned of immediate action to remove the president from office well after. the show would use very once again we emphasize that our effort to solve this crisis is based on our allegiance to the country and we are confident that the people can overcome any crisis we also believe that individuals will vanish but the country will remain forever. that. news of the resignation turned to weeks of protest into celebrations would if legal has rarely been seen in public since he suffered a stroke in two thousand and thirteen his plans to seek a fifth presidential term sparked a national outcry and appeared to turn many of his key allies against him. the protesters have welcomed beautifully his resignation but warn it's not enough.

there's a hole in the gut that you need to remove the previous regime that will be the hardest thing it's hard to do so peacefully but i have trust that i'll jerry and people can move to a country of institutions not gangs. there is growing demands for a complete overhaul of all jarius political system a call to push that inner circle out and replace it with a truly democratic government they want to get rid of the whole system not only which means all the. politics will arena all the baby. made of billions. upon a president's resignation on syria's constitution states the speaker of the upper house steps in as interim leader for up to ninety days during that time a presidential election must be organized all eyes will be on exactly how that

process takes place at a historic moment in the country's history. there so the young al jazeera. is a professor of political science and international relations a qatar university joins us here in our studio in doha when this began by six weeks ago five six weeks ago did you ever anticipate that this would happen. thank you for the first two three weeks i didn't anticipate it to be honest because algeria has had a history of brought us but for the first. jillian's the most waited in every corner of the country on the twenty second of february i was expected. to be in the north east of the country but what i saw demonstrations in some of the biggest cities in the worst but when it comes on which is the birthplace of. the

most of his cabinets and the governance of. it all cities in the west as well as the south of ontario i realized that this was a very very big movement not what was different the difference is it was spread out telling what he would do you think sparked it to make it different this time and what i think is the the government content which was the object people the president has been in for the six or seven years that will called for an eighty eight which is to admit in the previous calls to. well to kill eighty eight which is today's article one or two to be triggered because the president was not able to perform for the last beast but the last six or seven years between the hospitals in geneva and france the last time he was seen was on the first of november of last year last year he was in the wheelchair people

just got tired of this tired of being treated as if that didn't matter that they that their leader was incapacitated if they did and it looked of julian's felt that this is a humiliation a to their own president and also to their own country is a very very proud people who had one of the biggest the most important colossal walls against france to achieve independence they also felt that the president was kidnapped by his own little circle his his family and probably his younger blood will saeed everybody knows that president bush because been away for a long and saeed who has no constitutional position in the. government has been running the show for the last five years and basically others will say enough is enough we have to do something about it and they did so what now this is the million dollars question basically they they started with we don't want

a fifth. in office. and the demands the demands have been increasing or the level of the level of the increased now they have achieved the first part of that basically what the cup is the hard work starts in the next few days according to the constitution and we saw pictures of the carbon someone will be the head of state is when the. julians agreed that they shouldn't be out of the country and it's not the right person to do so the military will be watching the developments even. closer to fly they will be do you will be the key to what happens on flight day with i expect the most haitians to be even bigger than what happened last the last fly they in the meantime. enjoy in the news today absolutely absolutely but you're right there is going to probably be more demonstrations they

accomplish something so huge in such a short period of time has there been a single voice that you see emerging to speak for what it is the algerian people want next there is a unfortunately does that because there are certain names from the head or from the clothes but they're out there has been some kind of official forms we did in the social media name means who do you want to be your spokesperson there are the usual suspects or. people. but there are also people from the past people who have. positions we did. all we did the other in government we talked about i would be told who was probably minister. resigned in two thousand because of disagreement with the president he's a very honest person there's also the president president there's a lot of talks about be able he needs to get on the of politics to.

the constitutional council so we do people from the military also so i guess it would move towards some sort of collective leadership that would allow the foundation period which it might is to me it would be eighteen months ok i mean talking to you again thank you very much thank you but back now to tell the difference is true decades in office bernard smith asked that he was algeria's longest serving president. abdulaziz beautifully will likely be remembered for ending the civil war that lasted ten years hundreds of thousands of people were killed beautifully to one praise for restoring stability that led to an economic boom and major development projects across the country. he also managed to hold the country together during the arab spring. there were protests in january

twentieth levon over poverty and unemployment the government responded by creating thousands of small business opportunities with generous incentives to young entrepreneurs reducing food prices and ending a decades old state of emergency. despite this riots continue a sign that not everyone was happy with how beautifully qur'an algeria. beautifully could is considered a national hero by his supporters he fought on the battlefield during algeria's war of independence from france and then served as foreign minister until nine hundred seventy nine in the early one nine hundred eighty s. he was accused of corruption and went on a self-imposed exile the charges were later dropped and at the end of the civil war in the late one nine hundred ninety s. he won an election with the backing of the military the opposition so the vote was

raked beautifully because critics accuse him of clinging to power and cracking down on his opposition during his second term in office he managed to change the constitution to allow him to run for an unlimited number of terms so with mounting control of a sea in popular unease among his opponents who to flee to won a third election in two thousand and nine and the fourth in twenty fourteen by the time he won that election he was frail and rarely seen in public and some said he was no longer fit to govern. western leaders considered him an important ally in the fight against armed groups in north africa who to flicka had zero tolerance towards these groups and the heavy handedness linked to that approach sometimes cost civilian lives in twenty thirteen thirty foreign workers including western nationals were killed when beautifully ordered the army to storm a gas plant in the algerian desert the aim was to rescue hundreds of hostages held

by an armed group affiliated with al qaeda critics believe beautifully could have saved lives how do you negotiate a safe exit for the civilians. but beautifully his grip on power started to slip when he announced his bid to run for a fifth term hundreds of thousands of algeria has poured into the streets in the biggest demonstration seen since independence from france in one thousand nine hundred sixty two for five weeks the protesters demanded the president and his allies resign beautifully to first try to placate the protesters by reversing his decision to stand again and perspiring april's elections the eighty two year old who suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen said he'd stay on until a new constitution is adopted. but it wasn't enough to stop the revolt and the protests continue. any decision making capacity beautifully had left was taken from him by the army high command the chief of staff call for the implementation of an

article in the constitution which allows for the president to be removed because of ill health. who to flee his opponents say is main legacy is one of economic stagnation and widespread corruption his supporters insist he brought much needed stability to algeria bernard smith al-jazeera. let's bring in mali and lawrence who joins us live from the trade is a former u.s. diplomat who now works as a professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university thank you so much for your time are you surprise with which to speak all of this happened yes this was a surprise he had about it another month to complete his fourth term and so this was precipitous even the rumor mill which said he would step down by by by tuesday you know was or they've now been would come the amount of the stepping down came earlier and that this was rather precipitous especially given that it's taken them six years to make

a decision like this during this succession struggle and so now we are left without a president we have rumors that his brother has been arrested we've had seven rich algerians prevented from leaving the country including its richest businessmen allie had dead and a lot of things happening that wouldn't normally be what a defense minister would be in charge of so there's a lot of questions now about who's really in charge and what's going to happen next so what what do you think we should keep our eye on what to hear this a political scientist keep your eye on now at a critical point like this. well i think one way to think of it is we have. a regime that has sort of an anti politics position and a crowd that has into politics was issued we have a crowd that doesn't have leaders doesn't have five spokesman doesn't have a list of demands other than the sort of social media musings that sure are one of your previous guest was talking about but they really are a shoo political parties

a lot of the civil society organizations and wants a direct dialogue with their seem but they're not having that dialogue. and they're against politics as usual but they're not creating a new kind of politics in that the other end we have a regime that is kind of mirroring the same thing they they don't respect the civil society organizations of the political parties they want to maintain control regardless and so they are against policy as usual as as well and then both sides are sort of trusting a constitutional process that's never been tried while back channel there's a whole bunch of negotiations going on with previous presidents that with tali but i he me it was supposed to dislodge miss with how much the former prime minister the been the tour your other guests mentioned and even questions you know discussions about who would go on trial or this sort of thing so there's a whole month about to back channel conversations going on while both sides sort of want to maintain the veneer of unanimously what i am looking for is.

who around would feel is losing power like gates was very close to him but then broke with him the moment of the step down who in the wider group of ministers and power brokers that were part of this regime are in or out part of decisions or know and so when we had a very interesting yeah so i'm asking are you concerned that it may just end up being a shuffling of players as opposed to any real substantial change. of course and that's what's been happening already we've already had a shuffling of meaningless shuffling of ministers and we'll probably have another and the question is will we have a meaningless election when when and looks like it came up in one thousand nine hundred nine they eliminated many of the candidates and then the six who were approved by the government then all boycotted the election bootlicker ran unopposed in ninety nine and with this could be this could happen again i have

a bigger concern my concern is that in this vacuum that has been created by him stepping down with neither side. with a candidate or a political agenda or even a vision for a jury being put forward that's maybe not in the coming weeks but in the coming months that is a strong man would step in a c.c. like in egypt or an heir to one of kentucky a populist with the message that they can you know bring order out of chaos and that can gain traction in these types of situations unpredictable situations and that that's one of my greater fears right now we appreciate your expertise very much and liam warren thank you for joining us. still ahead on al-jazeera and the battle between benjamin netanyahu and as for me former that as army chief it gets pretty bitter in israel's election.

again a welcome back where cross china we have seen plenty of rain over the last couple of days in the trend will continue as we go through the rest of the week the rain as we start here on wednesday is going to also be in the central areas all the way over towards the eastern seaboard it could be heavy at times we could be seeing in this general area where you see the darkest greens anywhere between one hundred to two hundred millimeters of rain there by thursday though that rain starts extend a little bit more towards the southwest and even northern vietnam could be seen as a very heavy rain as well for her noyo we do expect to see a temper there of about twenty eight degrees well for the southeastern part of indonesia over the next few days we are going to be watching one particular area very carefully this area where you see the clouds could potentially develop into a tropical cyclone until then we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain across much of the region that could cause some localized flooding we're not really

concerned yet about winds mostly the heavy rain that it could actually drop for pollute it is going to be a rainy day for you with a temperature of about thirty degrees and then across india temperatures a slightly coming down across a heat wave area we're talking about the central regions here across parts of india tempters we're into the mid forty's now coming down to the low forty's down here towards hyderabad it is going to be a partly cloudy day for you with a temperature of thirty nine. the weather sponsored by qatar is. a three year investigation into the program and believe me going to really. reveal secrets see you want to point. out there will be people outraged you know. some don't want to expose snake in legacy media love the mass shooting. mess with my al-jazeera investigations house is still a massacre on al-jazeera. and

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now alger is president of the has resigned after twenty years in office for six weeks the eighty two year old has faced mass protests calling for him to step down as fourth term was due to end on april twenty eighth and news of the resignation led to celebrations across algeria and the capital algiers crowds gathered on the spire where protests have taken place over the past few weeks. britain's prime minister has offered to sit down with the leader of the opposition

to try to end a brick said stalemate u.k. is to delay of the european union and nine days but so far parliament has not agreed on a withdrawal plan teresa mayes says she'll last you for a further extension to avoid crashing out without a deal on the go reports. a softening of the prime minister's previously immovable red lines in a bid to end the brics at deadlock i've always been clear that we could make a success of no deal in the long term but leaving with a deal is the best solution so we will need a further extension of article fifty one that is as short as possible and which ends when we pass a deal embattled but determined to keep going to resubmit a offer to meet with the opposition leader jeremy corbyn to find a new bracks it plan an attempt perhaps to leave behind a deeply divided party to seek a national consensus and a softer breck's it leaving the u.k. more closely aligned with the european union so far she hasn't shown signs of

compromise but i'm pleased that today she has indicated she will accept the view of parliament and is prepared to reach out and have that discussion earlier on in downing street one by one they arrived members of the cabinet gathered attempting to plot a course through the chaos no deal is in sight and the u.k. is running out of days to make one this is the current state of brics it a high risk game where one side is waiting for the other to blink first anyone the stakes are higher than ever as is the risk of the u.k. crashing out of the e.u. what happens here over the next ten days will be absolutely critical parliament so far has been unable to make up its mind of what kind of breck's it there ought to be but as the clock runs down so too does patience in brussels where there is little appetite to prolong the over due process for the e.u.

there is little comfort taken at the ever increasing possibility of a no deal divorce. or desire or. never my desire to know but you. prepared. to do more night meanwhile ahead of next week's e.u. summit ireland's prime minister met for talks with the french president it might call has been vocal on the u.k.'s need to come up with a deal as soon as possible not least to safeguard its fellow e.u. members from the fallout of a no deal scenario it has taken two and three quarter years for the u.k. to reach this point attitudes have hardened as has the anger at the impasse police on cheese day said they were investigating two bomb scares on the rail network which they say bricks it related many are looking to the end of this chaotic period

in british politics but the forces it has unleashed have already cost the shadows over the u.k. . al-jazeera london first as prime minister alexis tsipras says hailed new ties during his landmark visit to north macedonia it's happening ten months after both countries and that a dispute over the name macedonia macedonia as prime minister says he's looking forward to more cooperation between the two countries and weak israelis will go to the polls to decide whether to grant benjamin netanyahu a fifth term as prime minister at the heart of the campaign has been the contest between had been his former army chief and it gets hairy fosset reports 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 israel 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 elsewhere they feel very adept at moving the news agenda and inventing are 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 me 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 nonetheless 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 between. liber us and the conservative blue and white party is a last minute creation with two of the former army chiefs and netanyahu school of finance minister at its own it's an unashamedly pragmatic project to get a new young 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. west jerusalem venezuela's rival assemblies are meeting after the supreme court stripped the parliamentary immunity of opposition leader was that constituent assembly dominated by government supporters is expected to approve the court's ruling earlier the opposition controlled national assembly passed a motion accusing president nicolas maduro promoting terrorism senegal's president macky sall has been sworn in for a second five year term he won fifty eight percent of the votes and february's election opponents accused him of preventing some of his rivals from running but

the results were not contested this will be final term as president under senegal's two term policy. schools in southern bangladesh have expelled scores over head to refugee students since the beginning of the year that's according to human rights watch they were born in bangladesh after their parents fled me and maher as far back as the one nine hundred ninety s. but they don't have citizenship bangladesh prohibits one hundred children from receiving a proper education classes in refugee camps are limited to a certain age and students are excluded from national exams parents often by birth certificates just to get their children into the system. has more on that human rights report from a big capital dhaka. the directive to investigate and expel rowing of children came from the prime minister's office directly in november two thousand and eighteen bangladesh is not a signatory to the international refugee convention however it is a signatory to the convention of child's rights as well as to the covenant of

economic social and cultural rights which obligated to provide education primary secondary and higher education based on the capacity available now the bangladesh haven't been fulfilling its obligation under this times now there are close to fifty five percent of the rowing a population are children and major challenge for the community and the international aid agency although there has been some hope the international n.g.o.s and local n.g.o.s been setting up learning center close to thousand of them which provides informal education in burma maize as well as in english but it is not a formal education system this doesn't provide a proper education as far as school goes the world bank in two thousand eight hundred provided twenty five million dollars to set up some school facilities within the camps to provide formal education it's still not implemented for at least thirty three hundred twenty five thousand students some hope but if the odds

are going our refugees there they see a bleak future for them for their children without any education the sense to be any hope for their future. they kept the headlines for you now on al-jazeera and i'm curious president adela's he's been a flake and has resigned after twenty years in office for six weeks the eighty two year old has faced mass protests calling for him to step down his fourth term was due to end on april twenty eighth. place of the resignation like the celebrations across algeria and the capital algiers. square where protests have taken place over the past few weeks. britain's prime minister theresa may has offered talks with the leader of the opposition to try to break the deadlock over bracks it is due to leave the e.u.

in ten days but so far parliament has not agreed on a withdrawal agreement i've always been clear that we could make a success of no deal in the long term but leaving with a deal is the best solution so we will need a further extension of article fifty one that is the shortest possible and which ends when we pass a deal and we need to be clear what such an extension is for to ensure we leave in a timely and orderly way this debate this division cannot go on much longer it is pushing members of parliament and everyone else under immense pressure and she's doing damage to our politics scores overhead to refugee students have been expelled from schools in southern bangladesh since the beginning of the year they are prohibited from receiving a proper education in the country many of them were born in bangladesh after their parents fled me in march in the early one nine hundred ninety s.

senegal's president macky sall has been sworn in for his second five year term he won fifty eight percent of the votes in october as election opponents accused him of preventing some of his rivals from running but the results they were not contested this lee macky sall final term as president under senegal's two term policy. and his whalen lawmakers loyal to president nicolas maduro have stripped opposition leader of his immunity. now faces criminal trial earlier of the opposition controlled national assembly passed a motion accusing president nicolas maduro of promoting terrorism will continue to follow that story for you those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come inside story is next.

is turkey's president under threats. unprecedented defeats in local elections after years of consolidating power how big. and how can he recover this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me wretch up the has dominated politics in turkey for the past sixteen years but after winning every election since then has a k. party suffered a setback in sunday's local elections voters apparently protect.