twenty year rule as president elbows area his statement was read on state television the eighty two year old said this decision is triggered by my eagerness to prevent that verbal excesses that unintentionally mark the situation turn into potentially dangerous drifts the resignation came shortly after the country's army chief warrant of immediate action to remove the president from office well after. the show i 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 the news of the resignation turned to weeks of protests and a celebration it's not about i go over to the metal shop we won the battle about we still have to win the war this still a lot of work to do but if leka 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 appear to turn many of his key allies against him. the protesters have welcomed would have leaders resignation but say it's not enough there's a hole in the gut. we 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's a growing demands for a complete overhaul of all derrius political system a call to push the inner circle out and replace it with a truly democratic government if they want to get rid of the whole system not only which means all the all the political arena all the businessmen made of billions and their era. upon a president's

resignation are serious constitution seats the speaker of the upper house steps in as an interim leader for up to ninety days during that time a presidential election must be organized. because i hope the trust we put in the army won't be betrayed like it was in the past we gave our trust it must not be turned against us we want to choose the next president ourselves. our allies will be on exactly how that process takes place at a historic moment in the country's history. llopis of a young al-jazeera. the british prime minister to resign may says she will meet with the opposition leader to seek a breakthrough on brags that the u.k. is due to leave the european union in nine days but so far parliament's not agreed on a ritual plan may says she will ask the e.u. for an extension to avoid crashing out of the block without a deal i'm offering to sit down with the leader of the opposition and to try to

agree a plan that we would both stick to to ensure that we leave the european union and that we do so with a deal any plan would have to agree the current withdrawal agreement it has already been negotiated with the twenty seven other members of the e.u. has repeatedly said that it cannot and will not be reopened what we need to focus on is our future relationship with the e.u. the ideal outcome of this process would be to agree an approach on a future relationship the delivers on the result of the referendum that both the leader of the opposition and i could put to the house for approval of which i could then take to next week's european council has named barker to talk us through the latest developments can you explain series a maze next move it seems she couldn't get her deal through parliament couldn't get a deal through so now she almost joins forces with the opposition.

yeah i think let me start by putting it all into some sort of general context bricks at the moment is a bit like the british weather it's completely changeable utterly unpredictable and british people call it help but be obsessed about talking about it constantly it's possibly good to see trees the maize move as a way of resting control of the process once again of seizing control of the backbench m.p.'s who of course been trying been trying to put forward their own version of bricks and holding face to face talks with the next most powerful person in the house of commons the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbyn by allowing cool being to have his fingerprints all over a potential deal that could then go in front of parliament it would allow her to essentially share the glory and potentially the blame if things go right or of course if things go wrong as well. but it's incredibly difficult for to reason why of course to find common ground with her political rival they are poles apart when

it comes to bracks it's to reason may has been under immense pressure from hardline bracks of teens many of them favor a new deal situation altogether as opposed to jeremy corbyn of the labor party that have been advocating a much softer vision of bracks it treason may just remind you has created a series of very clear red lines that she has said in the past that she wouldn't cross things like allowing for the u.k. to remain in the customs union single market to allow therefore for instance the movement of people into the into the u.k. would she now go back on those red lines and what would the impact be on her policy you've already got a hard line breaks a teen's people like the former foreign secretary boris johnson turned hardline back city is saying that gregg's it now jeremy corbyn has his way will become so soft that it would disintegrate altogether. what about the prospects for another break that extension

well we we know that there really is a bill that's passing its way through parliament tabled by backbench m.p.'s to try and force the british government to ask for an extension to delay breck said well given that to resume a in her statement on tuesday said that an extension was definitely what the country needed it looks as if that bill may well be redundant or at least form the framework of some legislation going forward to resume a then will course will then have to approach the european union they will have the power to decide whether or not that extension is indeed granted there's an emergency summit next week treason may well be there the question is of course whether that extension will allow the british government to leave before european parliamentary elections on may the twenty third the last thing to resume a wants is to be drawn into their electoral process to elect officials to an institution for the u.k.

is meant to be leaving you back with that update from westminster thank you. the form of malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to crimes charges against him at the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur is accused of being involved in the losing of four and a half billion dollars from a state investment fund and denied seven challenges of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed more than ten million from one of the phones companies it is the first of several cases against him florence louis is there outside the court in kuala lumpur. the one m.t.v. financial scandal has been described as a talker see at its worst this particular trial involves the alleged transfer of more than ten million dollars into a former prime minister not a snow bank account from a company known as s.r.c. international a former subsidiary of one and the so really it's just a fraction of the hundred million dollars but not it is alleged to be c. and also just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces in toto now that's been books written

and documentaries made about one m.d.c. but this trial will help to put on the public record and in public domain details of the fraud including how shell companies were set up offshore presumably to try and cover the money trail as well as what the connections were between now and his associates and it's also important from a governance perspective this is the first time a former prime minister is being put on trial it's seen as a test of the judicial independence has portrayed himself as the victim of a political vendetta and when the new government one elections last may it has hardly capitalized on the anger that both have said felt over the perceived corruption involving not good at ministration so now this new government has to be seen to be above this entire process to be seen as being able to implement the rule of law many people also likely going to be watching this trial and also watching closely whether or not other associates of not will also be brought to trial.

venezuela's opposition leader is remaining defiant soph the politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution that means one could now be charged with violating the constitution after he declared himself interim president latin america at its mercy and human as more from caracas. venezuela one country with two rival assemblies delegates to the controversial constituent assembly which is loyal to president nicolas maduro needed no convincing voted overwhelmingly to strip opposition leader of his legislative immunity. that the next step is for the supreme court to begin a trial that can be accompanied by an arrest warrant or other precautionary measures why do is accused of public office betrayal of the nation taking money that belongs to the venezuelan state and much more the constitutional lawyer says the trial will likely start immediately but clearing the way for why those arrested

is a risky proposition the white house has wanted to know more than once that is why the president or harmed in any way there would be a quote significant response from the united states. just hours earlier in the same legislative palace why they all had overseen a session of the opposition controlled national assembly which in january proclaimed him interim president of the country neither he nor the elected legislature exercises real power but they are recognized as venezuela's legitimate parliament and president by more than sixty countries we asked why dog about the implications of losing his immunity and in the people. they have no legal rights to lift my immunity or anything else let's call things by their name this is political persecution in venezuela harassment and states to that ism we will continue working towards the reconstruction of venezuela. in

a day of dilling resolute. the national assembly passed a motion accusing me of promoting state terrorism. this was in response to the increasing use of heavily armed civilian groups to repress opponents and intimidate protesters with venezuela embroiled in a precedented political and economic crisis made dramatically worse by weeks of widespread power and water shortages muddle appears to be fighting back with everything at his disposal just how and when the international community will respond is the big question to see in human i just got back us in the news ahead on al-jazeera everything is so expensive and we don't get pay more we're looking at why affordable housing in the united states isn't just a problem in the big city and what brazilian soy farmers are worried china could be losing its appetite for the fair projects.

hello once again welcomes another look at the international forecasts well as the seasonal showers do edge their way further north we're still seeing plenty of wet weather there across a good part of indonesia under twenty seven millimeters of rain here in twenty four hours and the usual russia showers will continue across a similar area as we go on through the next few days into china also seeing some rather wet weather possibility of some showers too just pushing in across the philippines over the next couple of days but plenty of sunshine in between time i can also say a little bit wet weather bangkok thirty five celsius to increase and humid here similar conditions to into kuala lumpur and also into singapore there we go with a shower was just around indonesia joining up with the shows that we have across the far north of australia much of us try to reset that it looks fine and dry for

the most part you are really drawn towards this weather system making its way through the by that will ease further east which as we go on through the next day o.c. so twenty three cells just for melbourne twenty six there for adelaide further west we're getting up to around twenty two m. purpose take a look at that temperature that we have for adelaide. temps of ramp up as we go on into friday northerly winds that hot brickfield a setting in further north we have got more showers follett around the top end. fly cats are always an experience economy class like never before qatar airways

going places together. with al jazeera these are the top stories algeria's president of the lizzie's bill to flicker has stepped down after weeks of protests calling for an end to his twenty year old the chairman of the upper house of parliament is now expected to run the country for up to ninety days until elections are held. but his prime minister to resign may says she'll meet the leader of the opposition to seek a breakthrough on brakes at the u.k.'s usually the european union in nine days but so far parliament's not agreed on a withdrawal plan. and former malaysian prime minister najib razak pleaded not guilty of the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur he denied seven charges

of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed millions from a state investment. the us president's accuse germany of failing to pay its fair share into nato he was speaking after talks with the organisation's secretary general in washington it was donald trump insisting members contributions to the security alliance will have to increase more with it. when germany obviously is not paying their fair share calling out members by name donald trump didn't hold back as he sat down at the white house with the nato secretary general crediting himself with the uptick in defense spending if you go back ten and fifteen years and it's a rollercoaster ride down in terms of payment and since i came to office it's a rocketship up the u.s. president's criticisms aren't new he's repeatedly attacked the nato alliance at one point calling it obsolete he's walked back those criticisms but routinely complains

the us shoulders nato's defense burden it helps them there in europe helps them a lot more than it helps us trumps views have made nato leaders wary of their partnership in twenty seventeen he refused to endorse the mutual defense commitment in place since one thousand nine hundred forty nine known as article five of the nato treaty some reports and suggested president trump has privately told advisors he wants to withdraw from nato potentially destroying the alliance that's why many nato members remain suspicious of the u.s. commitment to nato members fear a weakened alliance without the united states would be powerless to contain russia's advance into ukraine and threats to its neighbors that's why steps have been taken to strengthen the pact as a result of trump's threats and spurred on intentionally perhaps a little bit towards european autonomy greater european autonomy so it's been

happening for a long time but i think maybe help the europeans pick up the pace a little bit of building their own capability separate from nato but for all of trump's criticisms the u.s. congress still supports nato january bipartisan legislation passed in the house of representatives blocking tromp from withdrawing from the twenty nine nation pact there similar legislation in the senate knowing this nato as leaders sought. reassuring members from the oval office after years over cutting the fence of budgets nato allies almost all to invest more and by the end of next year the hundred billion more. into the defense budget since you two go for it it's a message stoltenberg who will preside over a nato meeting in washington this week hopes to impress on an ambivalent u.s. president in order to preserve the alliance kimberly held at al-jazeera the white house. rescue workers in southern nepal are finally reaching villages made homeless

by a devastating storm three days ago some interesting has a report from but a district where at least thirty people were killed. for these people in southern nepal what began as a hail storm ended in death and devastation when strong winds reach their village of settler they took shelter in their homes in less than two minutes sixteen people were dead and hundreds injured in this municipality alone biju patel and his wife mina devi lost her six year old son nonetheless their friends see their family is in the in so little. numbers uncle gender but told us how his nephew was killed. he died right here the conclude trail on him his mouth was full of blood municipal officials say about five hundred homes were destroyed here.

people are trying to save whatever they can and security personnel are helping to clear the rubble local and national relief organizations have arrived with supplies a local official said people need all the help they can get. a look at people really expecting that the central government will help us rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed here. it's resources scarce tensions are high and some here say the relief efforts are disorganized disasters are frequent in the past and it has policies very marriage and he responds but locals here say with different aid groups involved this relief distribution has been haphazard the recently elected provincial government says it's now taking control and will better coordinate these efforts for b.s. rushed out of the euro district in the meanwhile iran's government has ordered the evacuation of seventy villages in

a region threatened by flooding the southern province of khuzestan has seen some of its heaviest rain in ten years with flash floods killing at least forty seven people in the last two weeks the government is blaming us sanctions for hindering the relief efforts. this week six months since the murder of journalist. he was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul and journalists at indiana state university of established an annual address in his on the john hendren reports now from the campus. nearly four decades after he studied on this campus in the american heartland. is remembered for living and dying for freedom of expression. as a columnist for the washington post he called for a more open saudi arabia and greater freedom of the press around the world his death highlighted how far both have yet to go. first of all is that he was

a truth teller this became a kind of wake up call to people in america and around the world about how the press freedom is under threat i think. would be. friends remember an outspoken student at indiana state university with a triumph a sports car a strong saudi accent and stronger views. remembers him he was very very strong. but he was also very respectful. that's her with him in this one nine hundred seventy seven university newspaper photo when he walked the halls here nobody could have known the. figure who rattled international diplomacy and roiled a regime the saudi government denies the conclusion of u.s. and turkish intelligence. ordered his murder but increasingly because of it that

government has become a global pariah. on tuesday indiana state university hosted the first annual address on the state of journalism in his honor it's important for a free press to be able to speak on behalf of the people to be able to do that on a global stage matters and we want that to be recognized and we want to never forget that six months after death his legacy continues to challenge a regime that according to recent reports has paid blood money to show g.'s family members in the form of million dollar homes in thousands of dollars in monthly payments and according to leaked medical reports his physically abused and undernourished political prisoners were still in a better place i think for press freedom to be help here the authoritarian leaders around the world who think they can get away with suppressing

public debate are going to have to be frightened of press freedoms like any fundamental political change has come from the inside the censors on the torturers are always going to be strong enough to impose their will if they decide they want . perhaps but death and the international uproar it's caused has made that will a little harder to impose john hendren al-jazeera terre haute indiana turkey's election board has approved a recount similar most a third of istanbul's districts after the ruling party disputed the results in the like of elections initial county stand and in the president's act calls to lose control of cities and says voting irregularities though affected the outcome the opposition candidate for mayor in istanbul is calling on the election board to declare him the winner farmers in brazil are actress they watching progress in china's trade talks with the united states those who are soya worried that

a new deal could threaten their livelihoods and reports now from the state capital of mato grosso. brazil is one of the world's largest oil produces a matter is the biggest producer in brazil china is brazil's biggest export market and about half of that is commodities mostly saw so when it might do it shopping elsewhere brazilian farmers take note. when we have china negotiating with the u.s. in these conditions almost obliged to buy saudi from the united states that is going to hit us hard about five thousand workers are employed in harvesting to. one hundred seventy thousand tons just on this twenty seven thousand hectare property. without the chinese buyers it will be complicated we're following the latest news in the papers and we're really worried. brazil's big agri business mostly backed

the winning candidate. in last year's presidential elections while brazil does far more trade with china than the us the new president. aging is not on his itinerary all the talks go on in washington and beijing to try to resolve their trade differences it's unlikely they take into account the future of these workers on the other side of the walls but these men although they have no say a very attentive their livelihoods depend on it. the state capital was founded in seventeen nineteen joining a gold rush on the gold ran out the city was for the collective until the arrival of big agriculture. in the late twentieth century the city grew rapidly from fifty thousand inhabitants to more than six hundred thousand today sawyer parts is white gold. soil is used in more than two hundred sub products you can

find it in medicine cosmetics but it's most important use is as protein for eating livestock that converts into animal protein for the population the world's demand is huge producers here like gold will not run out but they must have buyers for now brazilian soil produces nervously watching and waiting to see which way the international trade winds blow. that. west of brazil a growing number of americans are struggling to pay their rents and we're finding the problem isn't limited to urban areas rural communities are also feeling the pinch gallica reports from florida it's putting their future. across rural communities in the us a crisis is unfolding with potentially catastrophic consequences affordable housing is in desperately short supply while the rents for existing homes which are often in disrepair a rising to an affordable rate. here i mean here is

a story that panetta al gray may knows all too well like many in rural communities she's paid minimum wage and will be facing brants of close to two thousand dollars if she had found help her message to politicians is simple everything is so high you know everything is expensive and we don't get paid more so everything goes up our pay goes up. as a minimum wage so we can afford it panetta in a family now live here at rural neighborhoods in homestead rents a subsidized by the government projects like hitting. supplies of prisons and businesses. are the hoods president stephen kirk says if issues like funding new construction and government intervention on to addressed the future for rural communities is bleak. it may just require low interest loans that may require. some

police ferenc but without the we're we're killing rural america we're killing rural towns and people have to leave to find jobs in other places and then they face a similar problem in urban america across the u.s. newly arrived migrant workers the elderly and the poor a facing a crisis that if left unchecked will have consequences for the entire nation in many places food banks are busier than ever direct effect of the rising cost of living what projects like rural neighborhoods do for families is give them dignity and security but the picture for eight million others across the u.s. is growing increasingly desperate experts say one in four rural communities is now facing an affordable housing crisis set to get worse if it's not addressed and gallacher al-jazeera homestead florida. we'll take you to the headlines now on al jazeera and algeria's president of the

disease but the flu here has stepped down after weeks of protests calling for an end to his twenty year old the chairman of the upper house of parliament is expected to run the country for up to ninety days until elections are held so. if we are supposed to be content with the fall of one person we won't go far our real battle is to have a state under the rule of law with democratic institutions a second republic with a real popular sovereignty. is the power of shame they must all go away they must all leave and they must be accountable we started this movement peacefully and god willing we will end it peacefully. in other news the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak has begun in the capital kuala lumpur he denied seven charges of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed millions from a state investment fund this is the first of several cases against. british prime minister. the leader of the opposition to seek

a breakthrough on bragg's that. the european union in nine days but so far parliament's not agreed on a withdrawal plan. opposition leaders remaining defiant after politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution it means one could now be charged with violating the constitution after declaring himself interim president turkey's election board has approved recounts and almost a third of its bills districts after the ruling party disputed the early results of local elections the initial count in istanbul and in the capital ankara shows the president's party is on course to lose control of both cities it's voting irregularities affected the outcome sami's along with the news hour in about twenty five minutes time right now though radicalized. africa's most populous nation the bloodiest economy has a youth unemployment problem in a bid to control the internet of the future some say

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