to libya now the un backed government says the military has shot down a fighter jet belonging to the warlord whose forces have been advancing on the capital tripoli these pictures appear to show the aftermath in the south of tripoli in the area of wadi al rugby after us forces say the plane crashed after a rival government that controls much of eastern libya and launched his offensive on the capital ten days ago. it comes as have met to gyptian president until fatah sisi in cairo sisi is a longtime supporter of after some witnesses say they have seen members of the egyptian military in libya. well u.s. backed government forces have targeted positions south of the capital in the town of her yun it's believed to be a base for half dozen military operations mahmud abdulla why it has more from tripoli. military commanders with a government of national accord in tripoli say that they have shut down. the fighter jet this has been also confirmed by half those forces who say the fighter or the pilot managed to escape with

a parachute apparently the fighter jet was shot down near an area near the disused airport in and neighborhood called swanny which is a fighting currently between the government forces and forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar we know that have to warplanes have been targeting several locations in and around tripoli including the only operational airport in the city airport on the other hand plays with a government of national accord targeted locations positioned controlled by have the forces near the city of the fighting on the ground we can say that sporadic fighting continues between the other two factions in civil as on the southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli and the ongoing fighting has forced thousands of civilians to leave the areas where europe's emergency response called

nation center says the escalation in fighting in libya over the last ten days is killed one hundred twenty one people and wounded more than five hundred sixty it estimates thirteen and a half thousand people have been displaced a figure it warns is rapidly increasing and it's concerned for the welfare of fifteen hundred asylum seekers refugees and migrants in libya particularly those who are detained near the affected areas in asia is a transit route for many migrants trying to get to europe via libya but now many are fleeing the fighting in libya and moving back to asia. and chris has this update for us in a good as. well he she isn't locals they are telling us dozens of people are crossing the border from libya into our going to us every week that is the position right now you know that is in addition to the thousands of migrants who are still trapped there are people who fled i recently from libya into are going to is trying to find refuge from the ongoing crisis in that country and there are more people by

the way who are coming into i get is try to wait out the situation in libya waiting for the right moment to cross the border into libya as a transit point and then into europe now the horses here and i get is including humanitarian workers like the united nations high commission for refugees and other non-governmental organizations have risen up for a massive inflow of refugees from libya the traffic of human humanity or even more by grants is now going to people instead of going to libya are now coming back to hillary negatives where facilities are overstretched or heartlessly are really concerned about health impacts infrastructure is not adequate enough to cope with a large influx as well as security so the united nations is telling al-jazeera that they are also making the necessary preparations they don't see it right now but they're making preparations in case there is a massive flow of refugees from across the border in tunisia here. also concerns in tunisia about migrants and refugees who come from libya trying to cross the

mediterranean by but over the past year hundreds from several african countries have ended up on tunisian sure as a class act has this report from. back in his boat tunisian fisherman was arrested last year for helping save fourteen african migrants at sea the telling because guards accused him of human trafficking youth east fifteen years in prison but was later released after months in detention. government security remember i didn't commit a crime and i would do it again we cannot abandon them and our faith cannot allow us to abandon them they are humans just like you and me. while most migrants set off from libya strong currents in bad weather often pushed their fragile boats towards neighboring tunisia. authorities here say they are overwhelmed tunisia similar challenges as european countries with migrants ending up on its shores

except it doesn't have the resources to deal with them and with the fighting intensifying in neighboring libya it continues to be the gateway to europe for many african migrants. nearly four hundred people have drowned trying to cross the mediterranean so far this year. at first fishermen marzouk saw dead babies women and men floating in the sea now he sees bodies and limbs washing up on tunisia's beaches moved by the sight of so many dead migrants. buried over four hundred of them. now no one can stop their journey maybe their souls made it to europe or even to america we may have buried their bodies but not their dreams. for these tunisian fishermen their action is an attempt to bring some human dignity to those who lost their lives in

the mediterranean and they fear the fighting in libya was even more tempting to make that dangerous journey nicholas hawk al-jazeera at the tunisian libyan border . much more still to come for you on this news from london the white house stands right donald trump's tweet about muslim congresswoman as he faces accusations he has put how life at risk. when israel and president nicolas maduro takes a defiant stance calling on militia members to defend his government. of the bolivarian revolution. about a loss for true. tiger woods ends his eleven year drought with a win at the masters lia we'll have that story later. the u.s. secretary of state my point is being in peru shoring up regional support for

president trump's hard line stance against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro says he hopes there's change in venezuela soon so that migrants who fled into neighboring countries can return home through. the leg of a last american tour that has already taken him to chile in power why. is expected to arrive in the colombian border city of who could talk soon. joins us live now from near the venezuelan border where of course we have seen a significant number of venezuelans flee the violence and the economic problems in that country what does want to achieve on this trip. well this is the end of four days long trip by the secretary of state as you were saying in your introduction he went through a tree different luck you know american countries to see eye to eye with the united states now on the way forward to try and the president of venezuela to my bhutto

throughout the three of. us will remain in pushing for a. for my daughter to leave and their support of the opposition leader why don't we expect him to do the same here at the border in that many are calling this the highlight of his trip because here he will be able to meet with the families of the venezuelans who have fled the social and economic crisis back home who have been living here in colombia others through just crossing to colombia every day in search of food or medicine that are lacking back home just on the other side of the border is one of the states that has been hit the hardest hit by the blackout that continually have been happening in a number of states in have been

a choice he's also expected here to talk with the president of colombia even and ok he will go to a shelter for venezuelan migrants he will walk on the bridge that you see behind me which is the main entry point for these venezuelans and finally he will go to another bridge not far from here where there is a warehouse where aid sent by there you go to states that have been sort of opposition has not been able to move inside the country has been stored there for now more than two months. you mentioned the growing humanitarian crisis in the country. health system that is in collapse the government of president the duo is blaming sanctions so this what is the u.s. say in response. well mike bumper was asked about that more than once and particularly saturday in that the capital of lehman his answer was that that's

a myth that doesn't make much sense because he said everybody inside when it's well and everybody who has fled knows that is the policy of the president but my daughter and charges before him that are to blame for the korean situation inside the venezuela but we've been speaking to a colombian official a migration official who behind cameras tell us that they are quite worried that the crippling sanctions that the u.s. has been issuing against the us all there for example might make the situation of the people in india so that even worse is so the question here is for how long they can remain in place and if my daughter doesn't leave what that will eventually mean for a country such as colombia we know that one in ten minutes will end up already left the country and the fear here is that with these actions in place if my daughter doesn't leave we can expect an even larger number of people leaving for other

countries in the region such as call on thank you very much with the latest from. all that israel is opposition in the oil rich state of zulia where their demonstrations against power outages why don't is trying to organize more nationwide protests against president nicolas maduro meanwhile the duo himself has called on militia members to defend his government during the anniversary of the resolution a latin america editor lucien human reports now from caracas. a show of bravado on the tenth anniversary of the new zealand's bolivarian militia. we are ready for the americans if they come let there be no mistake if they answer they want to make it out. this is an emblematic anniversaries of the bolivarian revolution. lucian abel thirteenth two thousand and two was the data that its leader although chavez was able to overturn a coup against him briefly ousted him and installed an opposition leader. as

venezuela's transitional president now his successor nick glass my voters here are surrounded by the militia and the military to send the message that any attempts to oust him will meet the same fate. model is under unprecedented domestic and international pressure to step down and allow a transition government to hold new elections. they are dissing right wingers who for the last seventeen years and now more recently continued to tear the country apart they wanted installed government over our wealth to the imperialists. as he spoke opposition leader fund why dog was rallying support in the oil rich western state of. it's been the worst hit by power and water shortages with more than a month of almost round the clock blackouts and the temperatures that surpass forty degrees. after visiting soulis patron saint why don't predicted that the people of

monaco able and israel a second largest city would be the ones to lead what he called the final insurrection against a good we're here not to rise up because it is going to rise up that will show its pride and of course you have the national assembly and me to accompany this process of reconstruction of venezuela and of america. while power has been restored to most of the capital it's been at the expense of other states like. the government is saying very little about plans to restructure the electrical system which it claims is being sabotaged. instead of the cleared all of next week a public holiday to commemorate easter reminding the militia that after their break they will be expected to return to their posts to defend the revolution. you see in human just sita us. the white house is standing by donald trump's tweet about

muslim congresswoman despite accusations he has put her life at risk president trump selectively quoted a speech by omar making it look like she was downplaying the nine eleven attacks press secretary sarah zonda says omar deserves the criticism and that democrats should agree. caster has more from washington. the several members of the democratic progressive wing have rushed to congresswoman omar's defense the reaction from the more moderate leadership and in particular house speaker nancy pelosi has been much more cautious she did condemn the president for his tweet attacking omar but she did not go as far as to defend omar herself and this disconnect between the moderate leadership and the progressive wing of the democratic party is a vulnerability that this president's spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders pointed out this morning certainly the president is wishing no ill will and certainly not

violence towards anyone but the president is absolutely and should be calling out the congresswoman for her not only one time but history of anti-semitic comments the bigger question is why aren't democrats doing the same thing it's absolutely important the comments that she continues to make and has made and they look the other way find out what her comments to be absolutely disgraceful and unbefitting of a member of congress and i think that it's a good thing that the president is calling her out for those comments in those who have condemned trump's tweets have focused on the potential for it to incite more violence against congresswoman omar and this is fear that has some credibility to it because it was just last week that a man who is an avowed trump supporter was arrested by the f.b.i.

for having threatened to assassinate omar and so those who are defending her language are saying that this sort of threat toward her only puts her life in more jeopardy. larrys will still have fun on the program it's hard to pick a winner and you correctly cranes but presidential election debate as the main rival fails to show up. the president of the seychelles delivers an underwater speech to call for a better protection of the wild feet. and support who comes out on top as for me i want to hold it one thousand right. hello something's brewing over the black sea surprisingly maybe because it shouldn't be that warm yet but these clouds can move a turkey setting or

a shape to it is the most active in this part of your cloud to the west fifty law grad not caring very much in the way rain or showers and coming into western olim well that front's been there for a while so apart from the sharp shower still potentially there over greece this is during monday i think you'll see this development here which is really of ukraine being the one that's quite near disposal of the next day or so at least from eastern europe start to in holland see the wind as it brings in still very cold air from russia so snow too briefly on the ground is prosper in the eastern part of belarus and ukraine in the circulation there were quite a windy stormy weather than i think for moldova and ukraine west of all this rain is much the same the rain edges in through france and the line up through on the western side of england and scotland temps in london paris run about the low teens so madrid still beats you by about ten degrees i was dot's a cold in germany other twelve degrees the breeze no his coat on the sun of course

out in the sky. most of north africa is quite not up to clean breezy or warming up but this massive predator egypt contains dust and the potential for rain. a face can tell a story without uttering a single word. and now england. can guide us. a simple touch inform us. the unconventionality of life the witness through the men's of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera al-jazeera as i would winning investigative documentary program people ask me a lot i need a woman going with him her being murdered what's the reason faultlines goes beyond the headlines holding the powerful to account have you heard of the story not

involved in that examining the u.s. and its role in the world someone has to get the gun i'm shooting people right now . back with a new series that's the reality that we live in coming soon on al-jazeera. welcome back a look at the headlines protesters ensued on a not backing down on their call for an immediate transition to a civilian government activists is still out on the streets holding a vigil in front of the army headquarters in heart tomb. meanwhile sudan's transitional military council says it might allow political parties to decide. on

a civilian prime minister who wants the interior and defense ministries to be led by military personnel. and libya's u.n. backed government says their military has shot down a fighter jet belonging to the wall of twenty five to his forces have been advancing on the capital tripoli. a new candidate has just entered the race to take on u.s. president donald trump in next year's presidential election what could be potentially history a history making campaign beat which is the latest in a series of hopefuls aiming to get the nomination for the opposition democratic party the thirty seven year old would be the youngest ever president if elected and is a committed christian and military veteran who served in afghanistan he's also openly gay and would be the first openly gay candidate for the white house well in his campaign announcement speech people took aim at president trump's immigration policies and the construction of the mexico border wall. the greatest nation in the

world should have nothing to fear from children fleeing violence even more importantly. even more importantly. children fleeing violence are to have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world. joining us now from washington is democratic party strategist douglas sloane thanks for speaking to us so a few months ago he was relatively unknown what is behind pete who to judge bryce to prominence. well pete mayor pete many like to call him sounds great on the issues this is in the harvard educated mayor of south bindy indiana which many people refer to as fly over country and he has a very comprehensive understanding of the issues that matter to america the

economy climate change many of the things that he talks about resonate with many of the democratic voters and the electorate so because of that we are seeing a bump in popularity for mayor pete. we're seeing a bump in popularity for him and actually he's out polling some of the top democratic hopefuls isn't he and he's even raised more money than some of them how how does he maintain and and build on this kind of a mountain. well i think he's taken the right strategy to that so to speak in that he's attacking it head on he's not saying no to any interviews he's trying to capitalize on his newfound popularity.

as to why this is happening it's anyone's guess even mir pete says he doesn't quite understand the media bump in popularity but it is definitely something that's working for him and it's definitely something that his campaign is using to their advantage so to we haven't seen anyone or any candidate take advantage of a surge in popularity like this and john mccain did back in two thousand so he's doing the right thing he's meeting it head on and he's not saying no to anyone that wants to interview him and because of his pants and his understanding of many of these issues he's doing quite well he's doing quite well at the moment and we see that his back he seems to have the unconventional background but on the other hand he's kind of a ground breaker you know he's the military veteran he's openly gay he's also a practicing christian i mean this this is you know he's obviously a very interesting character but is that kind of new on slightly to resonate with

american voters across the country well he's going to have to get out of the democratic primary for as to whether or not this. new type of candidate being gay being so young being a democrat from indiana and being a mare not even a governor is something that will prove attractive to democratic voters still yet to be seen we need to take a look a strong hard look at what he's saying i've heard a few of his interviews i like some of his rhetoric he seems to resist a comprehensive understanding of some of the issues that are important to voters he is a harvard educated he's only thirty seven years old he's a millennial he is gay he is married so he has

a lot of pros and cons working for him and against him but most importantly it's his unique take on some of the issues that many people find intriguing and i think that is what is causing a lot of this surge it is unique take on the issues he's not just spouting the regular democratic rhetoric to some of the questions but he's living outside the box to an extent regarding some of his positions so that's proven to work in his favor that continue to work in his favor dux line in washington thank you. now it's been five years since two hundred seventy six schoolgirls were abducted in northeastern nigeria around fights as some have been rescued afraid but many still missing has had diane has

mle. zaineb doesn't know if her daughter is alive ever so often she sorts through the books and homework what's up to school on the day she was abducted five years ago over the years her daughter's absence has weighed on the entire family. today our you know she's the only female of our family and my other five children are all boys i hope the government has pity on us . her daughter is among the two hundred seventy six schoolgirls who were kidnapped by boko haram fighters on april twenty fourth team. the military has rescued or found one hundred seven of the kidnapped girls some were freed in exchange for fighters a negotiation between book are wrong and the government others escaped it's estimated that about one hundred girls are still unaccounted for.

in nigeria's capital there are a new calls for the search to continue security and welfare of the people i married responsibility of the government has promised to destroy her arm but its attacks have continued more than twenty thousand people most of them civilians have been killed since two thousand and nine this family like others in the neighborhood hopes their missing daughter is not one of those victims. we've heard that some parents have been reunited with their daughters who hasn't come back home yet we are losing hope but we're calling on the government to invest more resources to bring back our girls. despite the pain this mother still hopes she will once again see her daughter alive katia lopez so the young al-jazeera. i she is a representative for the bring back our girls movement she joins us now from a big chair five year is after the abduction more than one hundred schoolgirls

remain missing tell us how the families and the mothers have been coping and how their lives have changed. the father of the mothers the family it's really been heartbreaking on how trying for them it's been it's been such pain and grief. the unity funky with the. movement comments everything to make today one thousand eight hundred eleven this will make the months one of the month that's broke and she was she was crying profusely i mean the pain is almost. absolutely unbearable and radiation with a nation that's five years own the nigerian government did not deem to meet with the parents and talk to them and tell them what they what is going on what the government is doing and the pain it's something that the cano bit i would continue to tell the government that it probably just wants a government is a protection of minds on the risk of such a book but

a privilege is that right doesn't run into constitution of the federal republic of nigeria today five yes it's really a pain for the parents of the what i'm trying to bunco the time we are standing up to be and that's all that is. on be out of me. and i was just going to ask you that president obama has tried to provide some reassurance he has said that he he has promised to bring back all of the schoolgirls and that still stands how do the families feel about the government's response today they think that all available or do they think that enough has been done to try and bring them back. you know they do not take enough is being done because the last time the president meant was that was during the fourth year come on the ration and why yes let's make him absolutely similar statement. the last time any mention of to book s. came from the government was. this the president could have done what. i actually talked

to them and i shot them i tell them what the nation is doing there was no shit like that from the government. when i love. the rescue of the parents of those two missing i won't let those. let them tell us. what is the we still have hope so this is all good at. this dental scientists from the government and i just quit chaos can you speak about the silence from the government of nigeria and the responsibility that they have what about the responsibility of the international community because this story made waves when it broke do you feel as though this has that has. essentially these girls have been forgotten that there is a deafening silence from the international community. absolutely scientists from the international community. and the cause of the way this is going to look not

just mind you don't get off they can't go they are present to every go out there that we talk all the time to. get education. i mean hundred out of this just just. been in captivity it's all something else so it's all going on so many what need us so hold of the by not us says. i'm not nice don't pretend that's how the thought that i should get education you know that's a lie because those of us just us would have been a cop to. the what since the house shouldn't be a box we should ought to men but charities and you walk the walk is terrorists everyone everywhere and the war today said in a bicycle that charities that they can't go and do with education and get to where we shouldn't be well thank you for sharing your message with us we appreciate it i see a suit who represented for bring back al gold that movement in nigeria we wish you

the best of luck with them with all that you are doing now thank you for having me . now egypt's parliament is debating proposed amendments the constitution that would extend presidential term limits from four to six years and also allow abdel fatah sisi to run again after his two terms potentially extending israel to twenty thirty for a cause in the amendments could commit the army to support one politician at a cost of another if approved by parliament the changes will be put to the public through a referendum on legit wonder is a political and a special izing in egyptian affairs he says that the vote is likely to pass and will have major consequences for the country. change the position of the military within the political system now what will be the duty of the. military to. die the secular nature of the state which will be open up the way for

schools and intervention in a politics more than. an out course it is going to say field twenty thirty four that's not good but that's not the main. problem here there are structural changes that will basically. as you. pointed out will make the military above the. government as well as kind of subordinate the judiciary even more to the president. so a so what would make egypt and legal. dictatorship .