forces loyal to the world have to our fighting forces allied with the backed government in several locations. the battle for control over strategic sites including military camps and the disused international airport. several rockets have landed in civilian areas forcing thousands to leave their homes. in the north of the city after those planes also i tagged airport the only operational airport in the city the fighting has led to the postponement of a u n let peace conference due to be held within days in the city over the dam is it worth playing the fighting each other parts of the city he says and you unity government should be formed to include the rival factions to help in the conflict thirty he says it doesn't matter who wins as going as he doesn't lose what he has

built up over the years mom would have the. aaa you all the time for a short break here al jazeera when we come back a crucial meeting for the path forward on talks with north korea. and the world's largest democracy turns out for the first phase of its marathon election stay with us. hello again and welcome back we're here cross united states we are dealing with a huge storm system as you can see here on satellite image the storm system has the characteristics of a winter storm as well as a spring storm and up to the north we are dealing with blizzard conditions and here in south dakota that is what they're dealing with right now as the heavy snow and the winds are bringing the visibility down to almost nothing white out conditions across much of the region they do expect to see some more heavy snow over the next

day into parts of friday as well so this is the forecast as we go towards friday continuing to see the snow here across the midwest down towards the south though it is going to be severe weather we don't think it's going to be tornadoes but we could see some hail we could see some damaging winds as well going from friday to saturday that front finally makes its way towards the atlantic we're going to be seeing some better weather behind it and the snow is going to be making it towards the canadian maritimes down towards the south though across parts of dallas this is going to be our next system we're going to be watching with very heavy rain flooding could be a potential there well here across parts of the caribbean not looking too bad maybe some showers across parts of has been you'll of the next few days with the temps are there of about thirty one and then down across parts of rio de janeiro some better weather a few of the next few days because of the flooding but down towards one is that is it is going to be a nice day with plenty of sun and a temperature of twenty degrees for you. as protests over welfare cuts exploded nicaragua's from trying government launched

a brutal clampdown. now after a year of deaths detentions and political suppression crisis negotiations are underway. but could the dark days of civil war still retired. people in power investigate the frontline nicaragua on al jazeera. welcome back to come out of the top stories here on the al-jazeera thousands of people have defied a curfew in order to demonstrate outside the army headquarters in. the military

imposed a curfew after the ouster of president omar al bashir. saddam's defense minister meanwhile has been sworn in as the head of a new military transitional council he says it will govern for two years before elections take place. and we can expound a juvenile songs has been detained in the u.k. and his face next addition to the u.s. a british court found him guilty of skipping a day or twenty twelve. work is now iran say u.s. sanctions are humping their ability to help people it by massive flooding southwest iran is suffering some of the worst floods in decades and more rain is forecast the government's ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in the city of the capital of possessed on province hundreds of villages in the oil rich province have also been emptied of people. monitoring the aid effort in the capital tehran. landing into her on the first flight for the u.n. high commission for refugees thousands of blankets cooking supplies sleeping mats

and tents to help flood victims the u.n.h.c.r. works in iran primarily with refugee communities aid workers say at times like this helping with flood relief is the right thing to do but it was not easy u.s. sanctions meant weeks of extra bureaucracy. a few weeks ago not a most has happened you can still she did very severe impact. for example behind me to reverberate. over the communities especially communities closer to reverse. still standing in a house shorty's much. it's clear that. there will be still work to do in the short term. especially the recovery phase is going to be important the world health organization and unicef are also helping out germany iraq. pakistan russia and turkey but sanctions seem to be impeding

a coordinated crisis response they still say we have this for for now the government and local communities are doing most of the heavy lifting soldiers and volunteers clearing the rubble diverting water building dikes and distributing supplies but large areas in western iran remain under water. study. but we've been alerted to evacuate and take on things that the people don't know where they can go in conditions that. the floods are the worst to hit iran since the one nine hundred forty s. killing dozens injuring hundreds and displacing half a million people millions more need some sort of help. the government has set up temporary shelters and is promising compensation but entire farms have been washed away and the repair bill is estimated at one billion dollars. it's a hefty cost as american oil and banking sanctions target iran's economy. in the capital to herat volunteers collect donations for the flood zone. everything that

comes through these doors is donated by private citizens and so for volunteers who've been at it for about three weeks have collected in dispatched thirty truckloads of supplies worth tens of thousands of dollars to flood hit areas all over the country communities hit hardest get first priority and volunteers say american sanctions are making their job much more difficult to save it by giving me a say right now we need and machinery to control the water it would be much easier thanks national agencies to provide them due to the sanctions prices are much higher if it wasn't for the sanctions we could do much more with the money with collected. the extreme weather came as a shock to iranians who've suffered decades of dry weather with more bad weather forecast volunteers are preparing for things to get worse. robbie older zero to one . the u.k. prime minister has defended extending bragg's until the end of october to reason he

told parliament that securing an orderly exit from the e.u. required compromise the debate follows a late night decision by the e.u. to delay the u.k.'s departure date by six months and smith reports from london for cooperation now granted an extension to britain's membership of the european union strive minister to resume a told parliament it was something she'd never wanted the choices we face are stark and the timetable is clear i believe we must now press on at pace with our efforts to reach a consensus on a deal that is in the national interest i welcome the discussions that have taken place with the opposition in recent days and the further talks which are resuming today this is not the normal way of british politics and it is uncomfortable for many in both the government and opposition parties the six month brags that extension the e.u. has given the u.k. was longer than mrs may had wanted. but shorter than that suggested by european commission president. and other leaders the compromise was because of french

president emanuel mccrum he'd said a long delay would undermine the project of european integration. u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn described the need for a second extension to bragg's it as a diplomatic failure but he said he was committed to continue talks with the government labor will continue to engage constructively in talks because we respect the results the referendum and we are committed to defending jobs industry and living standards by delivering a close economic relationship with the european union and securing frictionless trade with improved rights and standards mr korwin also left open the option of calling for a referendum on any deal with greed with the government if the political parties agree a way forward then the u.k. could avoid taking part in european parliamentary elections and leave the e.u. before the october thirty first deadline even if both sides do find some way of

coming together the e.u. withdrawal deal will still contain a clause guaranteeing an open border between northern ireland and the irish republic whatever happens in future e.u. u.k. negotiations and it's this backstop that has prevented previous attempts by the prime minister to get a deal through parliament and so far there's no indication that m.p.'s will be any less divided on this in six months than they are now bernat smith al-jazeera london the decision to extend briggs it for another six months has helped avoid a terrible outcome which would have heard the global economy that's according to the head of the international monetary fund is warning that growth across the world is slowing christine legarde says the trade war between the us and china is not helping matters john henry reports on washington where the i.m.f. and world bank are holding their annual spring meetings. a couple of years ago there was optimism now the head of the international monetary fund says growth in the global economy is certainly slowing we're now talking about synchronized

slowdown by seventy percent of the global economy so our forecast for growth this year is three point three percent. going back up we hope in twenty twenty based on awful cost to three point six percent at the end you will spring meetings of the world bank in the international monetary fund in washington the i.m.f. director says the world is facing a time of high uncertainty lagarde blames what she calls self-inflicted wounds in chief among those is the trade war between the united states and china the i.m.f. chief economist says the world's two largest economies must resolve that conflict or risk further destabilization around the globe the escalation of u.s. china trade tensions needed credit tightening in china macroeconomic stress in argentina and turkey disruptions in the auto sector in germany and financial

tightening alongside the normalization of monetary policy in the larger advanced economies have all contributed to a significantly weakened expansion the head of one hundred eighty nine nation organization also said this week's deal to postpone britain's exit from the european union has helped avert a potentially catastrophic economic event it removes the risk of the no deal bragg's it on april the twelfth which was one of the options. that was considered such as the u.k. is not leaving on the twelfth off april without a deal the know the of bragg's it would have been a terrible outcome both organizations said they would be guided by their members when it comes to recognizing the government of venezuela venezuela's national assembly leader one challenge the legitimacy of embattled leader nicolas maduro in january is the country's acute economic crisis worsened the united states and about

four dozen countries now recognised why dope is venezuela's leader russia cuba and china recognized the world bank and i.m.f. policies to date have left them firmly on the sidelines. john hendren zero washington. the german chemical group says it's considering its legal options after a french court ruled in favor of a farmer who blamed one of the companies with killers for health problems for france was says he fell ill after being exposed to the lasso weed killer in two thousand and four he accused monsanto which is part of the by a group of not providing adequate safety warnings monsanto's also facing lawsuits in the u.s. of alleged counseling to its weed killers. shame on french government officials judged by the history of their inaction we now know there is a danger in money. it's our politicians do not want to make it about incisions and

be judged by future generations. now voter turnout was more than sixty percent on the first day of india's six week election nine hundred million people are legible to vote in seven phases the results are expected in late may in the city of noida in uttar pradesh elizabeth purana reports on the key issues for voters. happy to have their say voters lined up across the country to choose who ran the world's largest democracy for the next five years from indian and women's to meet in the north to answer petition the south ninety one constituencies across twenty states voted in the first phase of a six week election which ends on may nineteenth where the two hundred million people author of their shoes and the us most populous and politically important state they say the road to the prime minister's office cuts through and the big

issues affecting the country aren't shop focused here. i want overlap meant for my village electricity good draw good to cities for my children good schools. that endure more he came to power promising development jobs and a stronger economy but unemployment is at a forty five year high and the economy has slowed although i heard a lot of expectations from who i watered and now i want someone new but third or whatever it is going to be in that manner but the main opposition congress party is hoping to capitalize on that sentiment that promised voters millions of new jobs as well as a guaranteed minimum and come for the poorest. and the government is facing criticism elsewhere too many voters in the northeastern state of us some are against a bill which will grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries so long as they're not muslim while that legislation has been criticized as anti muslim in

other parts of india those who oppose it and say they'll become a minority in their own state margaret the citizenship bill should not pass otherwise our future in assam is in danger but despite all these issues the government has focused its campaign on national security following february's attack an indian administered kashmir aid in which at least forty soldiers. killed a group based in pakistan claimed responsibility and india responded by launching air strikes against targets across the border. clearly the north fighting this election months performs its. own immortal in will in what he was who's whether that pays off for the b j p will be known when the results are announced on may twenty third elizabeth purana al-jazeera noida that british president donald trump says a third summit with north korea could happen after talks with his south korean counterpart moon j.n. moon was in washington to try to revive dialogue north korean leader kim jong un

wants the u.s. to lift sanctions before talks don't resume but trump disagrees. we want sanctions to remain in place and frankly i have the option of significantly increasing them i didn't want to do that because of my relationship with kim jong un i did not want to do that i didn't think it was necessary as you know a couple of weeks ago i held it back but i think that sanctions are are great now at a level that's a fair level and i really believe something very significant is going to happen we could always increase them but i didn't want to do that at this time. the head of the roman catholic church is south sudan's previously warring leaders to keep the peace in a dramatic gesture pope francis kissed the feet of south about president salva kiir and the rebel leader react machar the vatican has been hosting the two sides for twenty four hours to try and heal divisions under a peace treaty reached last year

a unity government is due to be set up next month. now in a landmark decision south korea has overturned the ban on abortion which has been in place more than sixty five years it's constitutional court rule the move limits women's rights under the nine hundred fifty three ban women who have abortions can be fined and jailed except in cases of rape incest or risk to their health doctors who perform the procedure could also face prison their arrival a protest outside court as a ruling was delivered. tough a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera thousands of people have defied a curfew in order to demonstrate outside the army headquarters in sudan the military imposed it hours after it toppled president omar al bashir is due to expire in the next hour protests are expected to continue on friday. demonstrators

are trying to put pressure on the saddam's defense minister who has now been sworn in as the head of a new military transitional council council says it will govern the two years before elections can take place even morgan has more from the capital khartoum. we're seeing people still walking to the army headquarters from various routes they say that they're very determined because in the end after four months of protests and five days of sets in where more than twenty people have been killed in the five days alone they say that this is not what they have been now protesting for this is not what they've been asking they said that when they went to the army headquarters on the sixth of april and demanded that the army take a side they were hoping that the army would side with the civilians and it would topple al bashir and his regime and paper for a civilian government obviously that is not what has happened as it stands and those who have been there for the past three days are still there very determined to see as a failure and transitional government in place rather than a military council so we can expound a jewel in a song which has been detained in the u.k. and is facing extradition to the u.s.

a british court found him guilty of skipping bail back in twenty twelve earlier he was arrested at the ecuadorian embassy where he's going to hire him for the last several years u.s. wants into place charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified government documents accuse the sounds of conspiring with chelsea manning to hack the pentagon. fighting on the outskirts of libya's capital tripoli stalled on the forces loyal to the east in the warlord he thought after of resistance from soldiers loyal to the internationally recognized government there are reports that two hundred of half dollars men were captured the u.n. says at least fifty six people have been killed in the last six days. president trump says a third summit with north korea could happen off the talks with the south korean counterpart moon jay in moves in washington to try to revive dialogue north korean leader kim jong il wants the u.s. to lift sanctions before talks to museums but donald trump disagrees. well those

are the headlines that is continues here on al-jazeera after people have done so watching. the week began with news of a ninety day truce in the tip that tapped us china trade all the world's largest supply of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. in april twenty eighth protests against pension reform plans in the correct europe grew into a widespread under government group the country some to mr regime under president dunoon will take a crack down over the following year hundreds were killed thousands more were exiled detained independent media were suppressed as negotiations to resolve the crisis finally got underway we went to investigate.

two thousand and nineteen. forty years after an insurgency overthrew a us supported dictatorship sending nice to supporters gathered to pay homage to the man at the home their socialist revolution was named. to sunday know who was betrayed and killed in one thousand thirty feet up to defeating a us invasion. but in one nine hundred seventy nine the movement piece by it fought and won a civil war and current president that he not data came into power for the first

time. would it be ok. not. over the four decades since this and the nice to have been voted in and out of government but in two thousand and seven or if they are returned to the office he still holds today now but if they get up ministration you see none exist then show crisis itself i was saved by claims of savage repression human rights abuses and the ledge to murder disappearance of thousands of opponents because i was once again under u.s. sanctions and once again it's being called the police state. we've come to find out why. it was that the crisis began in april two thousand and one must cultists against a penchant for. untold white spread and take government i.

response was swift and i international n.g.o.s claimed that one thousand five hundred people would disappear each one thousand exiled and eight hundred detained as political prisoners un investigators tried to find out more but were asked to leave the country. those investigated. by the gun jump all jimmy around about one university students joins the pension reform program. they were first attacked by a masked man and then. by. the demonstrate this was killed and hundreds wounded single bloody day. courting the severely restrict it and make out its now demonstrate against the government. even waving a national flag in public could send you to jail. facing international condemnation

the government history. to find loans in faces and. crisis. as an opportunity to address. thanks. thanks thanks thanks. in the only goal. here was it harder to. read all that are you know most of the time it was rather disappointed. or less general cornum would little. more than of course someone who thought

thanks i thought. it was great. thanks to the teacher the. callous journalists. i must be a good thing i had changed the editors of the country's only twenty four hour news network independently for the newspaper and online sites have been forced into hiding works out i disciplined rather cold to. electric for justice for those fields protests. forty years ago when i was crowning years of underground armed resistance to the bloody some more something pay to ship. the you. know how tall was one of those volunteered to fight for the

revolution in its war against the us finest guerillas had bled the country for a decade just to look at what it was it. he remembers meeting fellow revolutionaries in this old colonial house in the city of leon. students protesting against the sending mr government ceased it in two thousand and eighteen. her house was burnt down and the a chance. to receive him with the amateur virtue out of. joint one of those of the year the fourth of the. act. you are. more monday look when you're more. yes but up in any other you know the you know the good stuff. has kept he's also to forget of military service in his car since the recent troubles began and he's hoping it

will prove he's published in recruiting stations stopped by the police. another day another car journey this time we're going on to find victims of the recent violence there will separate a murderer who drove a few miles away from the capital to meet one of the students he this still in hiding that the government wanted to arrest. a little and. like. to walk up and down. one of. these two. or. the opening of this one down the aisle last hour or. so i thought i don't know what.

i think at all and i wonder if the. military's loyal to a bigger surrounded the students set up barricades. and. suddenly people. they're looking much back. to quote i like our. them off or put up with. someone they don't.

know what i mean either. or both of us to either. way one that's in the. three or five i. want to. bring it to him or maybe i didn't get them but they were about. messed up by the young and i would do it for myself. at the border. where i've been right is the young. boy of the mother but what are all. human rights organizations like amnesty international say that that's in some cases of torture and sexual abuse now those tensions. we went

to nine university campus. its gates were now guarded by the government twenty four. this is the more they know when you have seen so many women that. think the same thing. that you. know when you look at. this and the nice to student leader he's now in charge of deciding which students are allowed to enter to come because he claimed that the revolt means. talk to me complain think of those who may work out of this that i've been impressed by. the fire you've seen him for in the mantle you know who are some beneath. button momentum also know what up or whether it's if i just.

don't know what the home yet on the scene that the only way to see the band. what the he'll be up all of the people. in it. then say they look pretty metal in fine. in them and they like it and they don't play. but i hate the mathematics but. then why don't you have yeah i mean michael moore you know the human rights violations committed by paramilitary forces in the protests are not part of the ongoing negotiations with the opposition. yet they were at the core of the political crisis former revolutionary we begin with mitt. took us to see a church close to the one university. for the scars of conflict. this

is this is this is the let them in and they held up a sign. that. it doesn't need to. know more than just knowing the punkin hope it will be a key is still going to give them yet this in the local in the blood and you've got a seven year old never forget i got given. up and not only will you be here because if you listen to or. not. the priest of this. irish has since taken refuge in court that. the damage caused by the assault had been left untouched. as a memory to those. two stevens afraid that i was to have. been.