there for us in cutting thank you mahommed. as a barrister and seeing electra at the school of law in the university of essex she's racked extensively on human rights still in conflict zones in central africa and the balkans and she says saddam may well be in a position to try it's just it's just deposed president the situation is in such flux there are ongoing protests and discussions i think it's probably still early to know where and how. omar al bashir will be tried. is there a prospect for him to be tried in sudan certainly even with respect to the international criminal court jurisdiction if the domestic state is able to show that it's willing and able genuinely to carry out an investigation and prosecution then the first go would be to it. certainly before the changes in the recent

weeks it would have not been possible first down to show that it was genuine about any part of accountability but the situation is potentially going to change the the situation is still too new to know there are a lot of excellent strong lawyers but because the country has been under military rule for thirty years it's fair to say that the justice institutions have some strengthening to do and that there will be challenges with respect to the independence of the judiciary and the ability to operate fair trials but there is a strong legal culture and legal tradition in sudan we should be taken into account . the united nations says an attack on residential neighborhoods in libya's capital tripoli could amount to

a war crime at least seven civilians were killed twenty injured during shelling on tuesday soldiers loyal to war on. forces belonging to the internationally recognized government fighting for control of the city. had reports. the the victims of shelling mourned in the libyan capital and in the main square there are funeral prayers. and calls for the international community to help stop the conflict. folk. were speechless and in great shock we stand here by the victims' families demanding an immediate cessation of that barak attack by the war criminals have to on his forces on tuesday night the rocket fire hits residential areas several people were killed dozens wounded and a state of panic lost it all night. the outskirts of tripoli are now

a battlefield around three million people are now living in the city's suburbs they were and has condemned the shelling gove's of ilion areas. the secretary general's special representative in libya salaam a condemned in the strongest terms the overnight showing recalling their responsibility for actions that may constitute war crimes no lies not only with the individuals who ordered who committed the indiscriminate attacks but also potentially with those who ordered them. this was after his forces began an offensive to take control of tripoli two weeks ago the violence has escalated the forces of the internationally recognized government have been defending the capital have to as he's trying to crush post arab spring honor in libya the prime minister in tripoli. how if there is

a dictator in waiting for aid workers are struggling to reach people trapped in parts of the city well that has been fighting electricity on the water supplies have been disrupted along with telecommunications and there are concerns the violence could spread beyond libya's borders affecting its oil production and bringing a rise in those trying to escape the conflict heading for europe. tripoli are plenty more ahead on this news hour including the u.s. opens the door to potentially billions of dollars in legal claims against cuba. indonesia's president waits to hear if he's won a second after the world's biggest single day elections. and sports tottenham hotspur and manchester city's hopes of cripple trophies after one of the most thrilling that is and champions league history.

form a peruvian president alan garcia has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in the capital of the two term president was being investigated and last in america's infamous brecht's corruption scandal mariana sanchez reports from lima. the last act in the life of peter's former precedent began with the police raid of his home in an affluent area of the capital lima they were there to arrest him in connection with a long running investigation into corruption during his time in office in the late one nine hundred eighty s. at some point police apparently allowed alan garcia to make a private phone call from his home a short time later us heard was long live on garcia was in critical condition doctors fought to save his life he was revived three times before dying from the effects of

a gunshot wound to the head earlier produced public prosecutor had issued a detention order in connection with corruption charges over his relationship with a giant construction company in latin america called on there but it alan garcia and nine associates were accused of receiving illegal payments and money laundering the sixty nine year old former president was already the subject of a travel ban on tuesday in his last ever interview he repeatedly denied the charges dismissing them speculation adding that he never sold himself and that is proven. what i can accept and which i reject completely having been head of state two times is that there are these are baseless speculations. and i saw himself as a victim last november he entered the two way embassy in lima seeking asylum he spent two weeks there until the food away and government rejected his request saying there was no evidence of political persecution that's just

a quarter's clash with police here at the hospital where the former president has died his political allies say the decision to take his life was one of dignity and . he has shown dignity by not allowing the government and the public prosecutor's office which is full of people with hatred to trample over him. a legacy of served two terms as the president of. he still becomes the face of a corruption scandal which has no touched almost every corner political life in latin america. while mariana sanchez is live for us in the mariana i believe you're still at the hospital and we can see a lot of police there with you what's the situation there now. that's right nastasia there's heavy police guarding heavily the surroundings of the hospital were earlier today former president alan garcia died of a. gunshot wound to the head. the police have been surrounding there's been

supporters here of president garcia lot of people crying hugging each other. in earlier today the health minister came out saying that nearly thirty doctors had been here trying to help. to keep him alive he they revived him three times three heart attacks but he didn't survive now the remains of former president alan garcia will be taking to the people's house that is the location of the op at a party the party that c.l.f. . for for many decades he will be taking there he will not be given a former presidents for well apparently the family has rejected all first by the government that the remains of that could be taken to the cathedral or to the presidential palace there will not be any candles shocked he will go straight to

the people's house and apparently the family. blames the will the government for hugh skilling for his for his death now however the government has indeed declared three days of national mourning. thank you. michael shifter also joins us live from. washington d.c. he is president of the entire american dialogue an organization of global leaders working to strengthening last america and the caribbean thanks for being with us on al-jazeera michael when garcia was fast elected he appeared to be part of a move towards democracy in the region and now we're seeing a region wide corruption scandal how emblematic is all of this his his rise and fall for regional politics well i lived in peru during garcias first administration and it was utter disaster it was hyperinflation and insurgency human rights violations and it really is term ended in this craze then

he came back in two thousand and six he had a better term but still presided over a lot of social conflicts that continue until this day he has always had this cloud of corruption over his head but the older brick scandal in his second term and receiving bribes from the brazilian construction company really encircled him and he couldn't escape any longer and so this was closing in on him and and the police went to arrest him this morning and he decided to take his life so i think it is emblematic of a region that is waking up to corruption to impunity and that no longer accept. these kind of practices in people taking bribes and that takes away from government resources that are needed to meet people's every day concerns michael garcia has

previously been described as latin america's kennedy how's he regarded in peru now . well he has a dick his image and reputation has declined dramatically he ran in two thousand and sixteen election he got six percent of the vote. clearly he's somebody that really was very clever was very skillful was a great orator. and was popular and hold a lot of promise and there was a lot of excitement in the country and eight in one thousand nine hundred five one thousand nine hundred eighty six when he first came in but he he was irresponsible in his decisions both on the economic front as well as on human rights questions and with the he was dogged by these allegations of corruption which really caused his fall in the public opinion in peru and so he has a small core supporters of his part of the opera party that he basically controlled

for decades but beyond that there is not a lot of reservoir of of sympathy for garcia obviously this is a very tragic death but he was not held in very high regard and esteem by most peruvians and michael when it comes to those corruption allegations what will this mean for peru when it comes to that about scandal more broadly. well it is interesting we'll see what the reaction is but there again there are people that blamed the justice system for garcia's death that these these allegations were baseless and there's some there's some pushback there's some reaction to these scandals the two countries where the overbrook investigations have gone the furthest and result in more prosecutions are in burma brazil where former president lula is in jail and peru where there are four presidents now

that have been touched by the order brecht scandal some people say it's gone too far that it's affected the economy it's fetid governance but this is extremely important the latin america countries like peru and brazil need to strengthen their capacity to say respect the rule of law and to end impunity and this is a difficult process is a long process but i think ultimately it will result in a very positive outcome for the region that has really been challenged by the rule of law for many many decades my closest to that from intermarriage can dialogue thank you for being with us on. thank you very much. a troika of terror any that's how the u.s. national security adviser described cuban nicaragua and venezuela for announcing new sanctions on all three countries and dinner a vast sum of obama administration air engagement with cuba the u.s.

and now says it will restrict nonfamily travel to the island along with a misanthrope as alan fischer reports. in his last few months in office barack obama wants to improve relations with cuba lifted travel restrictions to the island give the go ahead for increased trade and symbolically restored full diplomatic relations cuba once more had a u.s. embassy in egypt after sixty years of sanctions and isolation he said it was time to try something different. different president different approach donald trump's national security adviser was in miami to address a group of exiled cubans john bolton announced new economic sanctions on the cuban military and intelligence services under strictures on the amount of money that can be sent to relatives in cuba and he brought the crowd to its feet with this the department of the treasury will implement further regulatory changes to restrict nonfamily travel to cuba or another would be thieves new

measures will help steer american dollars away from the cuban regime or its military and security services who control the tourism industry in cuba. came just hours after u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo cleared the way for u.s. citizens to sue foreign businesses if they're using property in cuba that was seized during the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution he was most probably export these days is not cigars it's oppression. detente with the regime has failed. bin is among the countries that has invested billions in cuba and the e.u. is warning this could create a huge international dispute. and the end i think this is bad for everyone it's a lose lose that is why the european union has sent a letter this week to secretary of state pompei to ask that the best thing is to collaborate and respect the agreement. john bolton also notes fresh economic

sanctions on both venezuela and they could argue all aimed at increasing pressure on three countries he has dubbed the troika of tyranny alan fischer. well early results from indonesia's president selection suggest that incumbent jocko widow is on course for a second time with a comfortable lead over his challenger to be until official results won't be no one to be known until may when ballots from nearly two hundred million eligible voters but then tallied andrew thomas reports from jakarta. i just hope they shout the president's victory may not be official yet but it's no less real for that in the center of jakarta his supporters are celebrating quick counts were carried out of voting stations as soon as the voting process finished each ballot paper held up to show where holes had been punched once tallied they pointed to a clear victory for the incumbent. we have all seen the.

results but let's be patient we need to wait for the old. let's all unite as a nation. almost two hundred million people eligible to vote and with a turnout of eighty one percent wednesday's vote was one of the biggest ever one day exercise in democracy anyway. i'm very happy to be here i urge everyone to come because this day represents. so i have my doubts and i'm very proud of this because if i have fought for a good leader it wasn't a smooth process everywhere the biggest problems were in west papua where ballot papers and boxes piled to a right and voting has been delayed until thursday so provost is not conceding yet and claims the problem showed the election may have been stolen. but take down before folk buy support safeguards the ballot boxes so we can fight all the

lights but the irregularities don't seem great enough to put the overall result in doubt if when it reports in may the electoral commission confirms the informal results jocko would have beaten proposal this year by great similar to the one they lost competed in twenty four to what's actually in this election result will represent a big picture of john howard and i'm not trying to. pick on the. past still ahead on al-jazeera france plans a competition to help restore not true down cathedral in paris after it was devastated by fire. time for ukraine's president to face the music revisit the understand why voters rejected incumbent petro poroshenko in the first round of voting. and in sport rafael nadal is back with

a bang as he returns to his favorite surface and hunts for title number twelve will be here with more later. and i bet the next storm system is ramping up over parts of north america on the satellite picture you can already see the cloud as it's marching its way eastwards it is taken. up all the while and it's in the south where there's the greatest chance of seeing that severe weather so this is where there's the greatest risk of seeing some large hail some very gusty winds maybe the zero tornado as well that system will gradually edges way eastwards as we head through friday and i think does so we'll see the temperatures really drop behind it so ahead of it you can see the winds feeding out from the south dragging in all that warm air behind it seven degrees would just be on maximum in chicago further west it looks like it should be dry for us on friday except for the northwestern parts and the western parts of

canada now bit further towards the south we're just seeing the tail end of that system over north america just about dive its way into parts of mexico so a few showers are likely here to the south of that it should be fine just one or two showers bubbling up at times and your in the day the showers have a brazil have been far more lively those here are just nudging their way a bit further northwards now so for rio there's a better chance of seeing a joy day as we head through the day on friday to the south of that well it is pretty warm for us in asuncion up at thirty one degrees and force around corners are is a good deal of cloud stubbornly sticking around for friday they could be a few outbreaks of rain as well. the dreams have turned out to be disappointment. that if anyone called me to say he'd leave each. other by so long to come three young north africans tell the

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how again. a reminder of the news this hour north korean state media is reporting that kim jong un has overseen the test launch of a new tactical guided weapon called the exact kind of weapon is uncertain the north korean leader has called this an event a very weighty significance. there are reports that saddam's ousted president and al bashir has been jailed military leaders say they have made other arrests including two of his brothers but pro. testing sudanese say they want proof of him in the maximum security prison. former peruvian president alan garcia has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in the capital the former two time president was being investigated in an extensive corruption case. international architects will be invited to help recreate the cathedral spire after

it was destroyed in monday's fire french president wants to restore the not true to its full glory within five years but some experts are warning it could take much longer to talk about the reports from paris. from above the extent of the damage to not a dam is clear monday's fire ravaged the twelfth century cathedral destroying its roof and making the spire collapse dozens of precious artworks were burned centuries old stained glass windows melters. firefighters continue to assess the cathedral safety and used water jets to cool parts of it the spokesperson said risks remained. the surely most money toward a hot spot that can be found in the cracks between the stones that make up the votes the lead which covered the entirety of this vote is complete melted so we have to continue monitoring the birds. on the banks of the river saying people

watched the overall b.c. i thought to myself i have to come and take in the same ocean it's really deeply moving it's very different to watching it on screen to take time to see the devastating impact france's prime minister said a committee will oversee not traditions reconstruction and an international competition will be launched to rebuild the spire. the international competition will allow us to ask whether we should even recreate the spire if we should rebuild the spire as it was conceived and built by the architect in the same manner or if as is often the case in the evolution of heritage and of the cathedral we should give not a new spire adapted to the techniques and challenges of our times the french president emanuel mack all wants not for down to be rebuilt in five years that would be time for the powerless and then picks but some building experts say that's too ambitious that a project of this scale could take decades the deadline for rebuilding could be

a challenge but funding it seems less of a concern with multi-million dollar donations flooding in on wednesday cathedral bells across france rang out in solidarity. not or damns devastation has touched many people perhaps because it's a famous symbol of paris because the imposing eight hundred fifty year old building office people a link to the past natasha butler al-jazeera paris. now police in nicaragua had halted a march to commemorate the one year anniversary of protests against president daniel take as government demonstrations against cuts to social security benefits for violently were pressed by police and ortega supporters the interim merican commission on human rights says at least three hundred twenty five people were killed let's go now to john holman who joins us live from the john what happened in today's protests. why i think the first

thing to say is that the number of police was vastly more than the number of people who were trying to protest you can actually see some of them now it's all over the things we're meeting point police now says quite a few trucks here behind just we would be one of the smooth groups of protesters and basically president will take and his government have made it illegal now full street demonstrations to take place so they were trying to do so in a car parking space to try and basically a boy direction and as soon as they sort of set up shop there there was a big police presence some of them heavily armed some of them with roy shields police trucks with ing in and out the parking lot with the group of i'd say less than a hundred protesters were there were several others daunted around the case so we're hearing from an umbrella group of stupid opposition activists and supporters that

they think there are around fifty people detained we tried to verify that those numbers with the police but we didn't get any answers from their press office we don't search try and verify that in the past with the human rights organizations in the country but a lot of those have even been disbanded the human rights organization that was probably the most respected in the country i was speaking to his head the other day and they said the place to be please came the night trying to get their computers from premises i made it plain to neighboring costa. so it's not just about today what the protests it's about but today it's about a continuing situation in the can i work in which human rights organizations people that are protesting and also media groups in the country suffering quite a lot of intimidation and repression and john a year after those initial protests is there any movement but the negotiations between the government and the opposition at this stage. i

spoke this morning with one of the people that part of those neighborhood negotiations they called it the civic alliance it's sort of a group of leading business chambers university students think tanks that are trying to negotiate with the government and basically he said to me those negotiations have stalled now they're still sitting down and trying to sit down at the table with the government they're not giving up but the things that they're demanding they say that the government just doesn't want to give way on the among those how to bring elections foods to reform democratic institutions who would be holding those elections which they say are really sort of pool of government supporters to try and get the political prisoners all the prisoners that they say are political that are still in jail to get those released within by the end by mid june so those sorts of demands that they're looking for the government is basically not prepared to give an inch on is what they're saying and that really means

a stalemate here just as the country goes from what is a human rights crisis into another crisis which is an economic crisis there's now about hall the million people in the country that are out of work and this is a country of six million people so you can guess the sort of sense of how much that's hitting the country as investment foreign investment is also hit by what's going on here obvious there is john heilemann there for us and thank you for that update john. well in ukraine the president petro poroshenko continues to trail behind television comedian of blood to me as a landscape in opinion polls ahead of sunday's second presidential election runoff robin forrester will visit at the ukrainian seaport adesa to find out why parson co is fighting for his political survival. you know desa ukrainian multiculturalism finds its truest expression. in the

music with many different routes to. give a new york of an order is like new york city of immigrants settled by people of various initiation greeks germans jews moldovans russians ukrainians and this book a creates this music of the work with the move to the same diversity may explain why voters in odessa rejected the incumbent president in the first round of ukraine's presidential election petro poroshenko came here. five years old from ukraine's revolution russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict in eastern ukraine on result poroshenko has campaigned for reelection on a platform of ukrainian nationalism he has promoted ukrainian language culture and religion backing the ukrainian also docs church splitting from the moscow patriarchate. critics here say that policy has alienated odessa and

none of the previous presidents have ever try to measure the souls of never told them what church to go and never told them to speak a certain language odessa exemplifies the complexity of the ukrainian nation the cosmopolitan sea town that is mainly russian speaking. seaports ethnic diversity is emblematic of ukraine's multicultural society but it's also emblematic of ukraine's greatest domestic challenge corruption petro poroshenko promised to rid o. debtor of organized crime but organized crime continues to cost a shadow over the city anti corruption campaign is here have frequently been attacked because khan survived an assassination attempt now he takes necessary precautions he accuses poroshenko of cutting

a deal with odessa is mare who's on trial for embezzlement yet still holds his post . we've gone back to the middle ages there are local feudal lords that have corrupt political allies in the capital having a surplus or branches of power to do whatever they please kill people he was a resources of a city of more than a million people and an entire region to enrich themselves. back in this term and politics is strictly off the menu a refuge to odessa is to escape election fever. but if opinion polls are correct it may be time for petro poroshenko to face the music robin for steelworker al-jazeera odessa. at least twenty nine people most of them german tourists have died on a bus crash in portugal the accident happened in the coastal town of conies on madeira island city officials say the driver lost control of the bus on a suburban street before it rolled and crashed into

a house at the bottom of the slope fifty five people were on the bus and at least twenty were injured and taken to hospital. well turkey's opposition c.h.p. candidate for istanbul's mero election has been officially declared winner this comes despite the ruling ak party's formal appeal for a rerun of last month's vote. in my model who of the c.h.p. narrowly defeated his rival from the ak party the party and its conservative predecessor have controlled istanbul for the last twenty five years. has more from istanbul. i can remember lou supporters have gathered outside the most obvious room for liberation when. the ruling party controlled turkey's cultural capital. you have been through week since municipal elections nationwide were the result. all because of

a disparate over the final group.