back with a new series as the reality that we live in coming soon on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm hala markets in this is the news hour why from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. a global icon burns but france's president virus that it will rise again. i don't there will be precedent in most of what we will rebuild this cathedral together and it was undoubtedly part of the french destiny. protesters in sudan refused to back down from their demand for a civilian governments. and fear and despair grips thousands of libyans

displaced by the fierce fighting for control of the capital tripoli. for the world's has more one of its most famous and treasured buildings go up in flames the centuries old not saddam cathedral in paris was engulfed by a massive fire on monday evening where yet to know what caused it but one thing is certain parts of our living history has burned to the ground president emanuel micro has promised to rebuild the symbol of paris and french culture that's the reports from paris. and unimaginable sight not for time because the jewels ravaged by flames a symbol of paris and french history collapsing in smoke it was seven o'clock in the evening local. time when the fire broke out hundreds of firefighters and

emergency service workers with their within minutes as thick smoke rose above the city people watched in shock and disbelief when i. saw the spire collapse was shocked it's eight hundred fifty years of history it's heartbreaking model with cell phone. chaotic scenes as police try to evacuate the area. does not sound good legal. ground no paramount and. burning center started raining to the ground and that is why police here are trying to put everybody back very safe they ought to know what they're worried about is more of that roof collapsing they're worried about the smoking toxic worried the people safety as night fell firefighters fear that the twelfth century gothic cathedral would collapse completely but after working tirelessly for hours they managed to control the fire . the french president visited the site and promised to rebuild not to damage the

cathedral he said that was cherished by so many senators. not to derm is our history our literature our imagination the place where we have lived all our great moments our epidemics our wars our liberation it is the epicenter of our lives it is the standard from which distances start and from which we can measure ourselves from paris it is full of books of paintings it is a cathedral that belongs to all frenchmen and women even to those who have never come here. firefighters say the fight could be linked to renovation work in paris as prosecutor has opened an inquiry whatever the cause the sight of a cathedral the distant majestic in paris for centuries crumbling in hours has deeply saddened people across the city and the world to touch a butler al-jazeera paris. well it's only cohen joins us live on skype from princeton new jersey he's a professor of architectural history at new york university as you'll recall and

thank you very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera we've heard from the french president so big a tragedy this is for the french nation but just how big a tragedy is this an architectural terms. well not for dummies one of the largest gothic cathedral it's probably the most perfect together with the one in charge when the one in ross. would have suffered damage in their history so it's not of first time a cathedral burned the one in ransom burned during world war one for instance in this case your funeral is important because of its role because of its five wonderful knees because of the sculpture and decoration because of its plain glass windows in particular are the western side rows which is one of the most stunning of all the european churches because also of the restore ration made in the nineteenth century which was largely damaged today. with

watching pictures showing us of essentially over eight centuries of history going up in smoke just give us a sense of what has been lost with this far. yes i think it's emotionally everyone is devastated in stroke but let's be clear that the main stone structure of the cathedral is standing the stone vaults have been sometimes the local lead to muddy waters burned it eases sensually the roof structure to third of the roof which is basically who wouldn't carpentry extremely important historically because it was the original woodwork so this seems to be largely gone together with the supplier which found them so spectacularly. then which was reconstruction of the

nineteenth century you need self a great piece of work but but by no means a medieval object so would say that the cathedral as long lost its hat but it is still standing and perfectly rebuild of all and do you think. just from a layman's perspective looking at these images it looks like an awful big project that loisa has but are you confident that the cathedral will rise again. well there is absolutely no doubt again let's let's consider what happened in history i was mentioning that i was completely burned to the ground in nineteen fourteen all shot which was also burned in the nineteenth century with merge more primitive means than the ones we have now the roofs have been repaired build an arc risk a risk lendon today so it's a matter of money it's a matter of technology to do it smoothly and rapidly but there is no doubt in my

mind that these. these damages damages will be repaired what remains to be documented is the condition of the sculptures on the roof the condition of the stained glass which was close to europe arrangers of the church and which might have suffered from very high temperature it might have exploded and perhaps some were which have been made by falling stone but as far as i understand from the latest reports the damage even the interior damage in particular. for the treasury of the church for damage for most of the woodwork on the lower level at least minimal and well this is obviously a testament to the professionalism and the scale of the the hundreds of firefighters who helped to contain this place we have heard from the french the

pier the fire service that it is been partially extinguished the fire is now under control but that certainly this is a challenge when when fire breaks out of buildings of this nature with so much wood work within them that they are very vulnerable to destruction are they not is there any way to to help prevent this an inferno of this type another in other historical buildings and monuments i think it's extremely difficult to predict. so all the wooden structures from fire you would tragically need to completely transform the very substance of who would get the chemically apparently what happened was fire and it's very often because of fires of such historical buildings an accident on the building site or the restoration of part of the structure so it will fire was brought from the exterior scaffoldings into the church and i would say that slower is often

a problem but also one shouldn't forget that in many fires more damage is created by water generated by immense of tory sort of water than by that far itself so we know with the hewer becomes another another curse ok for me cohen joining us from princeton new jersey thank you so much for your analysis and a hands of optimism if i might say with here with your comments thank you so much indeed they today for paris and the world are watching this tragedy in a statements the vatican has said it's watching what it calls the symbol of christianity in france and in the world with shock and sadness says it's praying for the far pfizer's heaping tackling the splays the german chancellor angela merkel has said she's deeply saddened by the events in paris and that her thoughts

are with the french people the british prime minister theresa may has also offered her support see the people of france and london's mayor said he come and says he stands in sorrow with paris and the u.s. president says is one of the greatest treasures of the worlds. and i've been there and i've seen it and there is no cathedral i think i could say this probably no cathedral in the world like it it's a it's a terrible scene they think it was caused by at this moment they don't know but they think it was caused by renovation and i hope that's. the reason renovation you know what's that all about but it's a terrible sight to behold there's a flavor of some of the reaction from world leaders but local residents and tourists have also been reacting to that devastating fire in the french capital. immediately i have run away to see what's happened and i found. a report emerge about i never imagined before i can't give you. an iconic

piece it's a destroyed it is a fire i come to believe i'm really so sad and i was really just a crying you just a before and i. i feel like. this is crying now is it just to me in cement that there are more to suppress or could be just a week ago i passed by the notre dame cathedral i didn't go inside because i imagine something catastrophic happening especially considering the incidents that happened last year and thousands of years of history it's a national symbol of france that's been hit it's a holy symbol for christians and there you go we're completely helpless it's a cultural heritage it's very strong history for me it feels that all of france has been here it's france it's burning as we stopped us to say it was such a shock for everybody nobody wants to live through that the fact that such a landmark has been lost i feel really bad for all palestinians and all those who live here. let's turn to other news now and thousands of protesters in sudan's

capital are continuing their push for civilian leadership after president omar al bashir was i stood by the military the demonstrators are holding assists in that side the defense ministry compounds in cart same. on monday the military council which has taken over leadership said it would appoint a new chief of staff for the army p.t. protests have been ongoing since december triggered by a deepening economic crisis. it was sort of going to be objective that the revolution cannot be achieved completely in the face of the backstage manipulations of the remnants of the regime are key demand of a civil council to guarantee the revolution and safeguarded its goals achieved with the technocratic provisional government big zacky to powers must be formed with a consensus of people. that i'm is a research associate at the school of oriental and african studies he says opinions vary on the way forward for sudan is the civilian front you know

there is some difference with india but also there is deep differences within the atom itself with what especially. the. i mean if in the country because some of them they don't completely beat it up with the league and one of the missing that i would group is very important right now is how to deal with the give you deeper state of course with the presence of the past year and all of the game we don't know what's going on behind the scenes and i just remembered the car and literally you know the minister of culture was appointed by the but she writes general you know that day he's detailed right now but still we don't know the relationship between bit more so many people are saying that there's still some of the political will do or you are sure that is connecting with the current military council and this is what do you you know so it's very important actually that you know there should be. and. you know to deal with the order to give you know anybody

clear way. well to libya no word see rival sides remained locked in about over the capital tripoli on monday italy's prime minister met with the qatari foreign minister and here are the results of that meeting just epic on seance mohamed el tanny called for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of half the libyan national forces from recently gained grains they also voiced concerns about the worsening humanitarian situation in libya both leaders searched the immediate return to the table for talks and renewed political discussions with the un as a moderator. we wish and we are working with determination to prevent the continuation of a military confrontation we want an immediate cease fire and we wish the national liberation army the l.a. will pull back those who thought that the military option could support the stability of libya in these days in these hours were proven wrong solutions based on force linked to weapons never bring solutions never bring sustainable solutions

. or what has the latest now from tripoli. this is one of the apartments that were hit by a random rockets in the libyan capital tripoli here in the neighborhood this is one of the biggest neighborhoods in the libyan capital tripoli neighbors here tell us that a grad missile came this way and shattered this wall here as you can see and inside the apartment it almost destroyed everything inside the apartment and. there are also some cars down stirred. that were also partly destroyed by the explosion now the owners of this apartment the word defied and they left soon he had one person wanted by the explosion and it seems that this is. neighbors tell us that this is the missile that hit the

apartment and exploded inside the apartment this is this seems to be a grad missile and here here in this kitchen there is a gas cylinder and. people here are very grateful that it did not explode because had it exploded it would have would have caused a huge fire in the whole bently building there's also there's also part of the the grad missile now everything here is partly destroyed by the explosion and since the walls hearted between forces loyal to the warlords. and others do it to the government of national accord on april fourth civil civilian locations including civilian properties and houses have been hit by random rockets and the government of national accord is accusing have to his forces of

committing war crimes by targeting civilian areas with heavy weapons and air strikes. plenty more still to come on the news are including. the life in washington d.c. with the latest investigation into possible for a length fluency in u.s. politics. and the new brakes at policy be the man on the front lines of the push to leave the european union. and sprint finish out the boston marathon riya will tell you if you have the legs later in sports. or congressional investigators are pursuing the u.s. president's business dealings by issuing subpoenas to multiple financial institutions to house committees of subpoena during chip bank as part of the

investigation german bank had been trump's long term lender of houses intelligence and financial services committees of all sorts amount of documents from other institutions including j.p. morgan chase bank of america and citigroup well john hendren is live for as in washington d.c. edge john what does this subpoenas seek and more importantly why. with this is what happens when the opposition party takes control and one of the you houses of congress what's going on right now is that these subpoenas are being sent out to dredge a bank and other banks but don't you bank is really the key bank because it was so important to donald trump's and his company's financing of so many of his operations now this is all broken according to the new york times who talked to sources with knowledge of that investigation is being done by the house intelligence and financial services committees they're acting jointly in this

investigation so donald trump had two billion dollars in loans that he took out he and his company from deutsche bank three hundred million of those were outstanding when he became president of the united states so these subpoenas suspect any contacts with suspected money launderers in europe eastern europe and russia so this is not like the robert mueller probe which went into collusion with russia over the election this is about financial ties that might compromise the president and you can bet that his his white house is definitely going to aggressively seek to limit the information given to this committee but congressional committees have broad powers so they're going to subpoena this information and they're going to use it to look into the president's finances which is something he has not wanted to happen for quite some time and that's why he hasn't released his tax

returns not john doe not some promise quite a controversial history with banks in general and deutsche bank in particular why would they load to him when all the banks wouldn't. well he was a pariah in the banking industry he had multiple defaults he had bankruptcy is but don't you bank was trying to develop two things they were trying to develop their investment banking business and they were also trying to develop their real estate business and donald trump at that time was a celebrity he was on celebrity apprentice and they were able to use his name to lure other people to do business with the bank and just to give you an example of how bad a risk he was after all those defaults and bankruptcy's he came in he said he wanted five hundred million dollars for the trump tower in chicago and he was willing to secure that in part with forty million dollars of his own money well then came the financial crisis of two thousand and eight to two thousand and nine

and his lawyers came up with a very clever argument and they said that that was an act of god which was actually written into their contract as as a way to get out of that and so he in turn sued deutsche bank which had given him this money for three billion dollars and when they finally settled all of that he was still on the hook for the forty million dollars so what did he do he asked them for forty eight million dollars in order to repay that loan it was masterful at a financial bravado and believe it or not it worked and that all happened after a disastrous bond sale in which he told the doj your banks bind sellers that if they were if they could sell these bonds for trump property is that he would take them to mar a lago and he did that eventually and then defaulted on the loans despite that georgia bank continued giving him money for among other things what was the old

post office a few blocks from the white house in washington d.c. that is now the trump hotel it is populated often by saudi arabians and others and vats has caused him to be sued for violating the constitution's. emoluments clause which basically says if you're president you can't use it to make money so this is all a lot of trouble for donald trump being brewed up by committees in congress that have now been taken over by the democrats so drunk is not going to be happy about this but likely we're going to get a lot of information about what his businesses have been up to that we haven't gotten up till now kate thanks very much for brain state there joan hendren joining us live from washington d.c. . that's why i say five senior international figures have signed an open letter to the guardian newspaper urging european nations to reject any u.s. middle east peace plan as unfair to palestinians the u.s. is preparing to announce so-called deal of the century or the signatories say this

is a critical moment for the middle east and europe they accuse the white house of departing from longstanding u.s. policy and distancing itself from established international legal norms or recognizing only one side's claim to jerusalem the group says the us has demonstrated a disturbing indifference to israeli settlements and expansion they're urging europe to back a plan that requires the creation of a palestinian state alongside israel with east jerusalem as its capital they say an unfair plan would faithfully damage the coals for a general peace for palestinians and israelis alike the palestinian liberation organization is called on europe to implements the existing un resolutions the european union needs to who is the state of palestine what is do some of its character on the night in seven lines and the need to implement seriously. resolution twenty three thirty four of the security council two thousand and

sixteen that separated between israel and the settlements dealing with settlements in any way the calling of certain months and occupied state of palestine just totally illegal and against international law that's what's required from europe now. israel's president has begun meeting with personal parties to decide who will form the next governments riven riverland metz first with benjamin netanyahu could party which won most seats in the april ninth fruits a senior who intends to build a coalition with far right and ultra orthodox jewish parties river and later held talks with the blue and white psoriasis which came a close second it's. the un's envoy to yemen says the internationally recognized government sand rebels have accepted a plan to withdraw their forces from the port city of her data the redeployments was part of a cease fire agreement assembler but has been repeatedly delayed both sides have

said they'll pull back several kilometers in what would be the first voluntary it would draw off the conflicts they can or has more from the united nations. the parties to the conflict have agreed to a phased withdrawal from the port city of the data that's according to special representative martin griffiths who says in the past week both the yemeni government and the hutu rebels have agreed to implement the two stage withdrawal that was agreed to back in february however there's been no timeline established for the first phase to begin and while the conflict continues so too does the humanitarian crisis the council was told that some seventy percent of yemen's population already need of humanitarian relief over the last two weeks fighting nearly one hundred thousand people from their homes about half of other areas in which is an extremely poor water scarcity street and.

three hundred thousand displaced people. yeah actually just a few kilometers from main water source which satisfied hundred thousand people if i g damages or cuts off this city we could very quickly see a major catastrophe and the bleak news given to the council that the un is simply running out of money the council was told that if donor nations did not increase their contribution was the un will be unable to carry out any humanitarian operation. so it's a come on al-jazeera. remembering a painful history the us releases a final batch of files documenting argentina's military dictatorship. time wayne hay reporting from jakarta where we'll tell you why there are threats of street protests as indonesia prepares for an election. and in sports the dakar

rally moves to saudi arabia could this prevent the defending champion from getting to the starting line. hello looks like you're not a good day off in china the spring rains come and go to really settle down to be something rather more vicious and that's a few weeks time but as you can see was a cloud drifting eastwards is a bit of a gap for afterward so we do have i think some development on tuesday with maybe the centering of the heaviest rain in gorgie them moving eastwards with the living hong kong out of it until after dark tuesday into wednesday i think this will musos woods you're going to wet night but after that well looks quite quiet and for most

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the washing on to zero a quick. to all the top stories this are. the centuries old not for them cathedral in paris has been engulfed by a massive fire our fighters have managed to say chief structure of the world famous cathedral but it spire and roof have collapsed the french president emmanuel back home has promised it will be rebuilt and french billionaire falls for all he you know says he will give more than one hundred million dollars to help with the reconstruction. and protesters in sudan's capital are continuing their push for civilian leadership after president omar al bashir was i stood by the military on monday the military council said it would appoint a new chief of staff of the army and

a deputy. well said that's our top story now the far not the eighty eight hundred and fifty year old not cathedral is considered one of the finest examples of french go fake architecture constructed its jury in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it's said to be built over a pagan roman city called letitia the last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the french revolution the main terrorists are sixty nine meters high they were the tall structures in paris until the eiffel tower was completed in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine and nearly thirteen million people visit the cathedral every year but it has painted darning of restoration. well earlier the had priest of the natural cathedral said they'd managed to save some of the important artifacts. where local were inside i believe save the crown of thorns

close to nick we were able to save some chalices the fire didn't reach the treasuries and then inside to try to save some paintings but you know it was impossible to take down the big paintings. or pictures of. initial support for me because the first emerged on social media. is here with more of that online that reactions are thank you as you can see images it's been a huge story along with an outpour of sadness and shock from people not just in france but also from around the world to now most of the top trending hashtags like these have been on this story of course with millions of people tweeting and plenty of witnesses sharing their videos and photos live from the scene as and when it was all unfolding and i want to show you this heat map because it shows you it's going to go in there that the social media engagement really exploded online and it peaked at around six pm local time but also take a look at this because it's the moment that has caught people's attention and it's

been viewed hundreds of thousands of times when the iconic not by collapse you can even hear people gasping in utter shock and this was taken from a boat on the river sent by kelly weymouth she's a student in paris and take a look at this extraordinary picture as well that's been shared it's taken by a drone camera from above and it shows the extent of damage that has also been caused you can see from the drone is an aerial shot there and the last time the gothic cathedral suffered major damage was the jury in the french revolution of course but has since actually survived both world wars and its sights also show uses three d. google earth map because it shows not to before it's damaging you can see there is in the rivers then you've got the. runs through the capsule of course and then you have the spire that is now damaged in this collapse but also you have two towns there the north and the south now luckily these have actually been saved and

preserve they're absolutely fine but just last week some of the statues on top of the cathedral were removed for restoration that was course part of the seven. million dollar renovation project and those are safe now people have also been gathered in paris of course they've been watching in shock as you're seeing here. but feeling helpless some of them started singing hymns and prayers outside the cathedral and this video of bystanders seeing ava maria has been viewed more than five million times on twitter it's been widely shared with many referring to this scene as powerful and even moving and many on social media also been king the firefighters for trying to save such an iconic building. this video to you has been shared online showing people think of the firefighters

as you can see is shouting at them in support as they walked past but there's also been plenty of reaction from world leaders of course we heard from earlier as well as the u.s. president but he also tweeted suggesting that water tankers could be used to put it out as soon as possible fire of course something many people have legitimately wanted but it's important to doubt that the water from heights would be too heavy and too damaging we've also heard online from the mayor of london city con he tweeted a heartbreaking scenes of not cathedral in flames and he says london stands in sorrow with paris today and in friendship as always the president of the european commission council rather donald trump wrote our lady of paris is our lady of all europe we are all with paris today and i want to show you this because this has been shared a huge amount of times online it's with the hashtag cause the mode of course is the fictional character in victor hugo's novel the hunchback of notre dame and is

joined by christina korea shows him looking very sad and he holds on to the cathedral in his arms. and these are some live scenes lived. which is from within paris the firefight is still at the cathedral the spokesman for the fire service has confirmed that the fire is now under control and partially extinguished of course we'll keep you across the latest as and when we get those updates. thank you well i mean while far has damaged parts of the mosque in jerusalem course that's islam's third holiest sites the blue star says in the roof of the more mosque which is inside our oxter palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemns what he says was an attack on a holy place last month the police station in the mosque compound was also damaged by fire. the british parliament says sticking a rest from arguing over bricks it for

a week but elsewhere about all has been joined seen those who want to abandon the idea and those determined to see it three you case most high profile bricks it's here faraj has lost a new political party with the sole intention of leaving the european union well mostly reports. the english seaside has always been a favorite location for brick says something about faded glory perhaps a country in need of reminding itself how great it once was and bricks it's being metaphorically undemocratically broken on the rocks. the brand new bricks of policy found an industrial estate in which to present itself to this ordinance the big announcement of this former captain of industry will stand in the european elections with a mandate to create. i think what i would want to do is to make sure that british interests are protected and if we can help to reform the european union the process that would be great. i mean things like objecting to the european budgets and

things like that would you want to do something like that but i think bearing in mind that the budget has historically not been signed off very often by the court awarded says because it's been deemed to be corrupt i think it would be my duty to actually object to the budget window. over the road though everything i need to know about how divisive acts of has become a straight shown sing matched develops between. europeans and the brits this. suggest in the euro bankers. we've got rather live with it we don't know what we voted for you know what you think of them i actually. know. something i i'm sorry i i respect their right to have a different opinion but i think obviously they're deeply mistaken and they're leading the country into chaos and trouble. so this in microcosm is the states of

british politics nowadays the european elections next month effectively a sort of mini second referendum in their own terms between those people over there who don't want breakfast at all and these people over here they want to right now. for the warmer parts in pain. the contradiction negs sits as a member of the european parliament's. council and for now it's a pain the status quo yes again never mind that his new policy has no apparent policies other than brics its current status among this constituency is little short of. well living in a country where the two qualities first term is no longer fit for purpose and it needs to be broken up if recent history and the polls are to be believed than pharaoh's once again promises to undermine entirely the conservative party the last

time you did that the bricks at referendum have to be called very this time well it's a case. of just sure i'm insane. and uneasy is largest hardline muslim group is threatening to take to the streets if there is cheating in wednesday's election president joker with the do is expected to win a second term in office but his opponents probabl was to be on top is already alleging widespread irregularities it's a claim that's been seized. upon by some who want to take indonesia in a more conservative direction when he reports the energy carter mosque known for its conservative preaching there was a final message for worshipers before the election campaigning in places of worship is illegal and while the a mom was careful with his words it was clear he wants his followers to vote for. gore to become president spoke of the year. indonesia is the largest muslim majority country in the world and is becoming

increasingly divided along conservative and moderate lines. has partnered with hardline muslim groups who want indonesia to embrace islamic law or even become a caliphate they end the presidential candidates a religion there are signs of cheating in the electoral process and say they're prepared to act in limited dad being an athlete if we can prove they are cheating we will resort to people power we've been patient but enough is enough we have huge power we can gather millions of people and we can easily take over the palace and parliament and what they're provided no evidence of the alleged cheating but the groups have shown they can get big numbers onto the streets in two thousand and sixteen they protested against that then governor of jakarta a christian who was eventually jailed for blasphemy. also said there was cheating in the last presidential election that he lost to joko widodo but the case was thrown out by the courts. throughout the campaign joko widodo has enjoyed

a double digit lead in most polls if the accusation by his opponent of irregularities goes unproven then the threat of street protests may just be viewed as a desperate move in the dying stages of the bid to become president. as he's known here has been criticized by some for not being religious enough so in a move seen as trying to attract the conservative vote he's chosen muslim cleric in as his running mate. some of his more liberal supporters view it as selling out for the sake of votes but others believe he had no choice and cannot avoid that. he is a very wealthy family repressive and he has no political party he has no family background . he has no money he is just a small furniture trader who nonetheless became president of indonesia as both he and his challenger chased the conservative muslim votes moderate indonesians may be

concerned about any deals that might have been done that could see this country head in a more religiously conservative direction wayne hay al jazeera jakarta. the united states's handed argentina the final batch of thousands of declassified documents relating to the years of terror under the military government's human rights investigators hope they'll cast light on what happens to some of the estimated thirty thousand people who were killed so or disappeared between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred eighty three in the reports from one azeris. it's a huge boost to those who for nearly four decades have been fighting for justice in argentina demanding information forty nine thousand previously classified documents were studied thirteen thousand delivered in the largest collection the united states has ever given to a foreign country. this will greatly help our search for the truth many

already know many in the justice system have shown that there are many testimonies but it's different when they are helped with documents which give dates names and situations the documents cover military rule in argentina from one nine hundred seventy six to one nine hundred eighty three when an estimated thirty thousand people were killed or disappeared thousands more were tortured the cold war was still raging and the u.s. was keenly observing developments sometimes supporting and sometimes criticizing and putting pressure on the key players. this building was one of the main detention centers during the dictatorship with hundreds of prisoners tortured being killed here that period is still an open wound in arkansas and society with many questions still unanswered many secrets so long told these thousands of previously secret cia f.b.i. and u.s. embassy documents cover three u.s. presidencies ford carter and reagan they will help to uncover some of the horror reveal some of the guilty and provide answers to some of the questions still being

asked by the survivors and families of the victims but no one is expecting immediate startling revelations a hinted. in general the previous declassified documents in our experience did not uncover any new cases but they give us more pieces towards the jigsaw which is very complicated. so you know but the project was initiated by the then u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and sixteen and completed by his successor donald trump to the argentine president. it's a treasure trove from the past which many hope will ease some of the pain still being felt today. one osiris. china has been promising a low trick cars over the past decades with the hopes of becoming a global leader in a promising industry that this years also show in shanghai electric vehicles would look three features will be on display for buyers all priced on for ten thousand

dollars. joins us now from shanghai could you not hire is china being able see to take the lead when it comes to the production of electric cars. well the beijing electric car industry has been a priority of this fifteen years they say it is crucial in being able to clean up its pollution skies and as you said it's really an opportunity for them to take the lead in this growing industry now since then china has pledged billions of dollars into research into companies subsidies consumer subsidies and also some state backed companies have been involved in building infrastructure which is crucial for electric vehicles and for example today we've got all over seven hundred thousand charging stations in china which is the most in the world and there also some very strong policies to encourage people to buy electric cars for example here in shanghai if you want to buy a license plate for a fuel powered car you've got a full count fifteen thousand dollars if you buy

a license plate for an electric vehicle well that's for free so that's really helped encourage people to buy electric vehicles here and last year we saw more than one million electric vehicles sold here in china interestingly though it is a turning point for the industry because of these subsidies that the government has been generously handing out. it will be so awesome that they're starting to roll those back in like twenty twenty the government will move their subsidies all together they say it's time for the market to stand on its own two feet and this is really worrying to some of these comic is in china today we have over five hundred electric vehicle carmakers and for them they're under a lot of pressure to perform and so what we're going to see we're expecting to see inside of some really high tech vehicles artificially intelligent vehicles internet connected vehicles to really help some of these companies stand out because as the subsidies are rolled back over the next few years many of these companies are expected to survive truly you in shanghai thanks very much for bringing these.

now thousands of protesters are blocking roads in some of london's busiest areas demanding action on climate change and seven stray sions are being led by the environmental group extinction rebellion is planning rallies in thirty three countries across the world in the coming days bernard smith was among protesters in the british capital. this will perhaps be the generation that really notices the effects of climate change their parents frustration of the lack of action on the environment is they say what's forced them to take part in peaceful civil disobedience even the cars as we go past the gang leaflets and you know so we will look at it and they don't like it makes them angry that it really they but others agree and others are worried about climate change and they see what we're doing and we like the eye of the storm and are getting sucked in across central london files of protesters moved to block traffic they've set up camp sites and waterloo bridge was one of five locations turned into

a car free picnic site the government aren't talking about this crisis as if it is emergency they are mobilizing all of our systems in order to. adjust this crisis and it's not just the government immediately at the center as the biggest emergency we're facing and neither do teachers because that enables it is not within the curriculum with traffic diverted a major shopping streets empty of vehicles this was oxford circus not everyone was persuaded by the protests from the truck i saw a pretty good offering to the trying to make everybody who was looking like it was in their shop in the crowd off which was in the movie i think it was in the lucia extinction rebellion says these protests will be repeated in more than eighty cities across the globe here in london time to keep roads blocked day and night. for protesters of mannish bring much of central london to a standstill in what they're saying is a new form of civil disobedience to force people worldwide to pay attention to climate change they say they're going to be doing this for the next two weeks. but

it's made. the operator of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant has begun removing uclear fuel from its stomach. it was carried out by remote control g.'s a high levels of radiation the reactor was damaged in twenty eleven when japan was hit massive earthquake and tsunami the cleanup is four years behind in parts to see difficulties clearing debris. to the. areas has largely returned to normal levels despite this evacuees are still reluctance to return. so i have. proof that thanks and. we'll have the story coming up shortly.

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it's time for the sport here's leo thank you so much australia have sacked their biggest rugby union star israel folau over homophobic comments that he made on social media it comes just months before the start of the rugby world cup in japan meanwhile england believe in a poll that has been formally warned about his conduct by his club saracens after he defended full oust post david stokes reports. israel folau is the highest profile and highest paid player in australian rugby union at least he was the fullbacks career appears to be over after he launched yet another homophobic attack

on social media and ultra conservative christian he was wounded twenty seventeen for expressing his opposition to gay marriage but then last week posted this on instagram saying that all gays will go to hell if they do not repent it left australia's rugby bosses with little choice for every stranger in tikrit do you know james that israel had committed a high level breakage of the players code of conduct warranting tim a nation of has employment contract thirty year old who is not deleted the post told the sydney morning herald newspaper it would be god's will if he never played rugby again he's been a fixture for the wallabies since switching from the rules in twenty thirteen and would no doubt have played a huge part in the world cup campaign later this year but coach michael checker says there's no way he could pick him now when you're playing the cultures who. were present everyone is for everyone it's not just australia facing all good questions england rugby star believe you know polar could be in hot water for

publicly defending folau online as could three of his teammates who in turn like his post is set to meet with england bosses this week as for folau he has forty eight hours to either accept his sacking or take it to an independent hearing but it's hard to see a route back for him now david stokes al-jazeera a three time dakar rally champion says he's optimistic that he'll be able to participate in next year's event after organizers move the race to saudi arabia the guitar a driver told al-jazeera that he doesn't yet know if he will be blocked from entering saudi arabia because of its own ongoing blockade of qatar the race is moving to the middle east after being held in south america since two thousand and nine. talian police have detained fifty four armed dutch football fans ahead of the second leg of the champions league quarter finals police are on high alert after fans from you ventus and i x.

clashed before the first leg leading to over one hundred arrests police say the i.x. fans who were stopped on buses outside of here and were in possession of armored gloves fireworks and smoke bombs you ventus will take a crucial away goal advantage into the match after their one all draw in amsterdam i.x. are looking to make it through to the city finals for the first time in more than twenty years. barcelona go into tuesday's other game against manchester united with a one nil advantage they're looking to halt their run of being knocked out at this stage of the competition for the last three seasons in a row a look at my stepmother used to say this because if you know the thing i fear the most is the spirit they have the players they have and the power and speed they have if you give space to the a players they run very well it precise and strong and of course the strategy we respect them as a team for what they've done the story they have behind them and because you can see the spirit in monday's boston marathon was the first time since the two

thousand and thirteen bombing that the event has been held on the actual anniversary of the blasts the men's race came down to a sprint finish between kenya's lawrence cherno and ethiopia's lisa decease at the kenyan holding on for a two second when things were much more comfortable for ethiopia's work nash. in the women's race after breaking away from the field early on she cruised to victory by almost a minute. in major league baseball the boston red sox have been thrashed eight one by the baltimore orioles dwight smith jr knocked in four runs including this two run homer in the fifth inning all the players wore the number forty two in honor of jackie robinson day which commemorates the first black player to break into the majorly back in one thousand nine hundred seven australia's cricket team have readmitted ball tampering cheats david warner and steve smith into their squad for the world cup both batsman completed

a year long bands and looks good in the indian premier league the world cup starts next month in england and wales. and finally if you think you've seen it all have you seen a unicorn flying down brazil streets very important question well now you can say that you have thousands of participants took part in this crazy cart race as they aim to get their gravity powered vehicles down the three hundred fifty meter track but as for the fries they're left playing catch up. but lawyers for now will have more for you later thank you well brings this news our to a close we'll leave you with these images of the north of the cathedral in paris which is ravaged by far on monday evening.

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on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks while this is a training exercise the dangers are real because the situation is slowly deteriorating with detailed coverage in her letter to donald tusk through reason may makes it clear that the current political impasse simply can't go on from around the world while aid agencies are warning people of the dangers of cholera and distributing vaccines many are still using levers for thing and caning. in australia more women a big job than ever before but what's driving this alarming development one on one east meets two x. inmates who live blog behind bars on zero zero. the official story is unbearable and it will show you i don't care about the official story what has the media been telling join me near the front of my guests from around the world take

the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories are big issues here now does it. the. global icon burns but the french president promises it will rise again. i don't believe. we will rebuild this cathedral together. part of the french destiny. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me and. also ahead protesters in sudan refused to back down from their demand for a civilian government. fair and disparate groups thousands of libyans displaced by .