so really the president had no choice but to listen to the streets and try to find some sort of solution here we're told that by the end of the weekend we'll have an answer or at least will have some sort of inclination who the next prime minister will be and what the new government will look like sami. what sort of security challenge though whatever government comes together will have to face and deal with . well that's the key is the reason why my guy was was really removed is because he the president was reelected on this idea that he will bring back security for all molly and but since his reelection the situation has gone from bad to worse and mike has tried to rely on. security forces in order to restore security but they're just not trained there's don't enough of them and so he started to rely on militia groups to bring back security

in the areas where the mali armies were not present and he and we saw the prime minister with these head of militia groups some of them were involved in the massacre of the philosophy the poll population here three weeks ago a hundred sixty four well were killed in the center of the country and that killing was led by militia groups that were supported by the prime minister mayaguez so the security situation is key just three weeks ago sami we were in the north of the country in gallo with canadian and dutch forces there pulling out of this u.n. peacekeeping efforts and there was a lot of criticism as you mentioned by protesters out foreign forces that are that are here in this country thirteen thousand troops from thirty national sorry thirty different nationality add to that the the four thousand french troops from the operation bark on and yet despite all these soldiers on the ground the the life of

mali is just not safe i mean we spoke to people here just yesterday saying that they don't feel safe going to the market the fear. the attacks but also gunmen that might attack them so really that the tension here is down to the security situation that's the heart of the problem here in mali sami all right thanks so much nicholas . still ahead on al-jazeera sudan's protesters make plans to take charge of the country. deny the legacy lebanese women challenging generations old law preventing them from passing on the right to citizenship.

and obey the thank you warm sunshine across europe at the moment for take a look at the satellite picture we can see we've got clear skies across many parts of france and all the way across towards the east we do have this area of cloud the sinking its way southward so that's going to make things here a little bit gray and a little bit unsettled a few showers here but elsewhere temperatures really are rising for many of us twenty one in berlin around twenty three in london and twenty five in paris and plenty of sunshine around this system here will continue its journey southwards give us some wet weather across this region for sunday so this one is intensifying but still towards the west there's more bright weather around the really exception there is across parts of spain and portugal where there's been a lot of wet weather over the last couple of days and plenty more still to come the rain is falling fairly heavily it's still with us on sunday and it's dragging down the temperatures as well so a maximum temperature in madrid just of sixteen degrees across the other side of the mediterranean we're also seeing that system here as well as i from morocco and algeria we're seeing that grey wet weather and it's not feeling that warm either so

a maximum now jay is just of sixteen on saturday and as we head into sunday it does get a little bit milder but still plenty of tide around and we'll see the rain begin to develop over morocco as well so really quite a soviet day for many of us here. sponsored. by main street every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories. and of course there's donald trump. gets into the clouds channelise that's right out of the script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means. as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were brought on the stories that matter the most in battle use a free palestine or a listening post on al-jazeera. welcome

back you're watching algeria time to recap our headlines this hour the gyptian zol voting in a referendum that could grant president of the fatah has sisi a longer term if they're in favor sisi could stay in office until twenty thirty are also deciding whether to allow the president to appoint top judges to expand the role of the military. the explosion followed by gunfire has been reported in the afghan capital kabul police spokesman says it happened close to one of the city's main hotels the communications ministry in an apparent reversal of u.s. policy president donald trump has offered support to libyan warlords only for half top he's been leading a military offensive against the un recognized government in tripoli. now the

fallout from the public release of a report investigating a legit russian interference and president donald trump's election campaign the u.s. department of justice has dismissed the subpoena requesting an uncensored copy of the report as premature and unnecessary and edited version was released on thursday kimberly health it has more from washington d.c. . as u.s. president donald trump arrived fur golf game at his club in florida back in washington democratic members of congress renew demands and issued a subpoena for an unproductive version of special counsel robert muller's report by may first on a working visit to northern ireland during a congressional recess nancy pelosi the top democrat in the u.s. house of representatives again played down talk of impeaching the president that this time she didn't rule it out the congress of the united states will honor its oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the united states to

protect our democracy we believe that the first article article one the legislative branch has a responsibility of oversight of our democracy and we will exercise that the conclusion of congressional democrats after reading what they call the selectively redacted four hundred forty eight page report is that while the special counsel declined to prosecute a sitting president did call on congress to investigate whether trump obstructed justice and tried to stop the investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election on friday morning trump tweeted using profanity he lashed out at recollections of his statements in the report calling the fabricated and the investigation an illegal hoax congressional republicans are promising their own investigation into whether law enforcement agencies like the f.b.i. may have exercised political bias to destroy trump's presidency democrats have

announced they will hold a conference call on monday to discuss next steps this is far from being over and i'm sure that the house and the senate oversight committees are going to be looking at every piece and turning everything because just looking into what the special counsel looked at there is still the possibility of impeachment i think everything's on the table and. not the end of anything but what happens next is now in the hands of congressional democrats newly empowered by the special counsel to act potentially dictating not only the terms of transfer mading time in office but also whether he might win reelection in the twenty twenty presidential race can really help him al-jazeera washington well the first democrat to declare for the twenty twenty us presidential race is calling for the all trying to be impeached senator elizabeth warren says the house of representatives should begin proceedings a position is different to that of several of the leading party figures who say the

process would be counterproductive particularly during an election campaign robert gray is a former u.s. independent counsel previous title for robert muller's position he says launching an impeachment during an election cycle could be difficult. now with the release of the redacted report it appears as if it's certainly possible that the position of the democrats may well change i don't think that they have too long before they have to decide one way or the other whether they're going to be commencing impeachment proceedings and of course weighed against that is the fact that the presidential election in the united states is now just eighteen months away it's an obviously difficult thing to be conducting an impeachment inquiry in the middle of a presidential election cycle and also one of the things that may happen as soon as next week once as expected joe biden is likely to enter the presidential race the

first question he's going to be asked as the likely front runner just as a list of if warren was asked is the question about whether or not he supports an effort in the house of representatives to commence impeachment proceedings over the course of the next eighteen months experience to show the last time the united states went through this process was now twenty years ago during the impeachment of president bill clinton who as you know was impeached by the house of representatives but acquitted in the united states senate following a trial. the difficulty of impeachment in the united states is that it necessarily requires a two thirds vote which means that both parties have to support it in order for it to be successful there is no current indication that republicans support an impeachment effort and so that effort ultimately would be doomed to failure at least if the objective is to remove the president from office however that may not

be the only objective obviously an impeachment proceeding is damaging to the president's reelection prospects and republicans will go to great lengths i suspect in the near term to avoid and try to prevent that from happening. police in northern ireland have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for lara mckee politicians from all sides in the region which is part of the u.k. have condemned the killing mckie was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the easter uprising of the irish publicans against british rule in nineteen sixteen. well as wailing opposition leader one grade though is calling for mass may day protests. he said his supporters lead to continue showing president nicolas maduro people will not accept water and electricity shortages any further but there are jack's way those claim to be interim president and has denied a humanitarian crisis the governor of the u.s.

state of new mexico is expressing concern over a video apparently showing members of a militia group illegally arresting migrants of the border the clip was posted online this week and quickly went viral it shows men dressed in camouflage clothing with semiautomatic rifles detaining migrants. the office group of protests in sudan says it will name the people it wants to take charge of the country on sunday demanding a civilian government to take over from the military rulers who ousted president bashir earlier this month m of all reports. was joining the sit in is like stepping into a new sudan people are taking power into their own hands these civilians are now guarding the border and they're greeting people with songs and smiles. with soul being almost a pleasure and they'll work involuntarily. while this crowd but he leaves

the heat to put out a message of change has helped to keep them cool money is also being donated drinking water is provided i food is served for free for a while at a medical doctors have left their paid jobs on joint efforts to set up makeshift clinics to help those tested well. yeah we worked in hard conditions there were days when we couldn't handle the sheer number of people who came for medical help we could hardly sleep for days we were doing both the humanitarian and national by being here. these people are here in front of the army headquarters to make sure a complete revolution is achieved and a military coup doesn't just lead to another period of rule like that and. in.

the military council most tend of the powerchair transitional civil in government which protected by me will fulfill all the objectives of derivable so far we have only cut the head of the tree we still need to remove the roots a message that's being eco that on sudan as ordinary people now take center stage the. that's been shed for this moment these are not on the walls as are the young women who acted with courage and leadership this is where some of the deadliest blasts took place on the morning. when thousands of protesters across five members security those last day displaced the special. section on the surface of what's it's now represented. since this uprising it's like a fire that's building up to the sense of the old regime. the uniforms of those snipers who were caught hank here as

a mark of shame to those who fought change but many here say the deep state is still intact and only the facade of the former regime has been removed i think. they didn't go they just removed some dirt and put more tact in its place we don't want any national congress members in the government and that's why the protest must and and they are slogan whether or not there is she has fallen and we are staying here. at least thirteen people have been killed and sixteen injured after parts of a church came crashing down and worship is in south africa this happened late on thursday in the coastal province of kwazulu-natal people have gathered for a religious service ahead of easter sunday the area has seen days of heavy rain and strong winds this week lebanese women hope they'll soon gain the right to pass on citizenship to their children even if they're married to a foreigner for those proposed changes to the nationality law don't include women

married to syrians or palestinians so to hold the reports from beirut. as a lebanese mother and was born and raised in lebanon but that is not enough to gain nationality women married to foreigners are not allowed to pass on citizenship and that means their children need a residence permit if they are to find work while denied any government support for those like me as whose fathers are palestinian the situation is further complicated because they have limited rights here i am an only child so my. to my home and my parents. own property and i cannot inherit inherit from my mom and. this inheritance to my pure church children. rights campaigners want the decades old nationality law to be reformed especially since lebanese men marry to foreigners can pass citizenship to their wives and children

we're being told that should women have the rights for nationality they are going to destroy the of course i'm saying despite tween course they're going to. see the delicate sectarian balance of this country hence leading to another. this is truly bizarre. politicians who oppose amendments to the law say it will have an impact on the demographic balance in the country lebanon's political system is based on a sectarian power sharing agreements they particularly fear the presence of a large syrian and palestinian refugee population because they are from one sect. and one hop she is a member of parliament's women and children rights committee he says it is the right of every woman to pass on her nationality to her children but it has consequences when you are. more.

the. in a county like lebanon when you nationalize about four hundred people ok where you have voters they don't. i mean two million two million and. a huge. there are no official statistics but non-governmental organizations say there are at least eighty thousand women married to foreigners women affected by the law are hoping things will change but acknowledge they are facing an uphill battle then after their beirut. let's take a look at the headlines now here in algeria egyptians are voting in a referendum that could grant president of the c.c. a longer term if they're in favor sisi could stay in office until twenty thirty are also deciding whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and expand the

role of the military fifty five million egyptians are eligible to take part but rights groups are concerned the vote won't be free or fair an explosion followed by gunfire is being reported in the afghan capital kabul a police spokesman says it happened close to one of the city's main hotels and the communications ministry mali president mali's president is due to meet with opposition groups after the prime minister an entire government resigned on friday follows weeks of mass protests over ethnic violence in the economy nicholas hart has the latest from bamako. since his reelection back in august this country has been rocked by political instability because the outcome of that election back in august was contested by most members of the opposition and so at

stake here isn't just the political stability of this country but also the security situation my guess was really put under pressure we've seen. here on the streets of bamako on april fifth there were threat of more protests if you didn't resign so really the president had no choice but to listen to the streets. in an apparent driven sort of u.s. policy president has offered support to libyan war. he's been leading a military offensive against the u.n. recognized government in tripoli the first democrat to declare for the twenty twenty u.s. presidential race is calling for the drum to be impeached that's after the u.s. department of justice dismissed a subpoena by the democrats requesting an uncensored copy over a port into russian collusion at least thirteen people have been killed and sixteen injured after parts of a church came crashing down on worshippers in south africa this happened late on thursday in the coastal province of kwazulu-natal people have gathered for

a religious service ahead of easter sunday the area has seen days of heavy rain and strong wind this week it's the listening post here now and al-jazeera stay with us. the right to adequate counsel adequate who decides what is actually housing is not just about four walls and a roof it's about living in a place where you have peace security and most importantly dignity un special rapporteur. talks to al-jazeera. church in. paris. on. free speech ought to be a matter of concern for you especially journalists outside of the states.

hello i'm richard gilbert and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week the case against julian assange is journalism at risk or is it just person we'll examine the legality of the politics the way the story has been reported and we'll go down under to see how it's been sat around and i mean julian assange and donald trump and obstruction of justice the mother report the full version finally comes out in washington and poland the catholic priest who is many media empire packs a political punch when the news broke and julian assange was forced out of the ecuadorian embassy in london last week the debates set off on the airwaves online and in print went to the core of what constitutes journalism a sound just supporters denounced his arrest as well as the prospect of his extradition to the united states as an assault on freedom of information a potential threat for journalists around the world who expose secrets others

maintain that wiki leaks traffics in raw data not news stories that is sanjay does not deserve the legal protection real journalists get in this legal case the devil is in the details. of the indictment the fact that the u.s. department of justice chose not to charge a sanch under the espionage act as so many had predicted but under another statute the computer fraud and abuse act look beyond the law however and you'll find that there is no escaping the politics of this story and the mainstream media's own role in it our starting point this week. long standoff with international authorities is finally over he looks like. he has aged more than seven years this is a story about wiki leaks journalism and the long arm of american just reaching all

the way into the u.k. and ecuador. the issues are complex and the mainstream media coverage leaned heavily on official talking points . why did you revoke the asylum. what did he do. you know. having kicked julian assange out of its embassy and revoked his asylum in the ecuadorian government played on the media's appetite for the messy details the dirty laundry skateboarding in his underwear makings and scuffles with security you have to understand the door and the government which. they are masood for many years eventually throwing away from him and they needed to be

a good explanation as to why they did it and that's part of the explanation they start spinning the media narrative by essentially linking through the media the details and bits off the sundress personal. he's hygeia and many other factors i can't really blame the media for repeatedly using the film clip of as i was being dragged out of the embassy with his big gray beard looking like a very miserable failed prophet or something and i can't blame them for you know writing about how he treated his cats that's the way the media operates with does bother me is that they allowed the impression to spread and dated for hacking it was indicted for helping chelsea manning general and specifically for allegedly offering to possibly crack a password that's not. whether what julian assange did can be described as hacking or not depends on who is doing the describing the headline in

the department of justice his press release made its position clear according to a sanchez lawyer though what our client did was to try to protect his source. but the indictment specifies does it not that was communications between a sanch and chelsea manning in which is alleged to have helped manning get the information out of the defense department computer system if that's true how problematic would that be for a centrist the point i think is important about the charges is that while the accusation is about compute conspiracy to commit computer crimes or in india a headline hacking if you look at the factual allegations what it amounts to is a discussion about how chelsea manning could protect her identity while accessing material she already had access to. material manning had already provided wiki but a savage was looking for more telling his source curious eyes never run dry. what

happened next is central to this case manning had security concerns fearing that if she went in for more she would be traced the sand suggested a different route in. to the system by cracking another password thereby covering manning's traps his lawyers say he was simply protecting his source others don't see it that way. and journalists often tell sources to you know hide their you know identity by using signal to communicate by using tor to access various things into the internet browser but what journalists are not trained to do what they don't do is they don't help crack passwords this is where assigned cross the line that all other journalists wouldn't do they wouldn't try to crack the password. for those following the wiki leaks story there was an assumption that any case against a savage would fall under the espionage act which criminalizes the acquisition and

publication of classified documents by that standard all the other media outlets that published the leaked material could face the same legal consequences as a set but by basing its case on the hacking allegation rather than the dissemination of the documents and by filing the charges under a different law the prosecution can argue the charges against essential carry no implications for other news outlets. seems to me that what they're doing by using the act in question here the computer fraud and abuse act. is that the d.o.j. is trying to distinguish sounds from other mainstream media journalists and organizations such as the new york times and the washington post who publish the information ascension and wiki leaks wiki leaks furnish them with is that how you see this that is absolutely what the d.o.j. is attempting to do which is to distinguish between what julia songe is alleged to have done in terms of his communication which elsie manning and his publishing

activities which cannot be distinguished in any way shape or form from the new york times the guardian to. all of these media organizations did but if you look at again if you look at the factual allegations of what they actually accused him of. those acts are the same acts that journalists engage in all the time. julian assange is time in the public eye has been tumultuous back in two thousand and ten when wiki leaks made its trove of classified documents publish it came under attack in washington primarily from the american right well and to prosecute anybody that led to undermining the war effort and would that include going after wiki leaks. yes since then opposition to wiki leaks has grown to include voices on the left julian assange lost many of them over material wiki leaks made public prior to the two thousand and sixteen election revealing e-mails from inside the hillary clinton

team that damaged her campaign to the apparent benefit of donald trump by the following year ecuador was under new leadership. the president who granted essential asylum was replaced by lenin moreno a more conservative figure who wanted better relations with washington there was also the shadow of the sexual assault allegations from a sanchez time in sweden a decade ago that case is what led him into the ecuadorian embassy in the first place and while the investigation was dropped two years ago it remains a key. argument for those who wanted to send out and into court however none of that is material to the d. o. g.'s legal case it was always built around the manning leaks and the question of whether what julian assange did was an illegal form of political activism or in fact journalism that served the public interest the accusations that he is not

a journalist because he does not serve the public interest i find them quite ridiculous it's just impossible for a journalist create a coord the mainstream consensus feel to qantas journalists on that the finish and having journalists with access or additional documents which down allow us to see how lord of the narrative stature respond i think with columns important journalistic practice i have complete personal discussed for joining i would never be a fan of his but if they had charged him under the espionage act for the mere receipt and publication of the materials and nothing else i would have had to a standstill behind him if only because i don't want the government ever being the one to decide you are a journalist who's entitle to first one protection or not i'm less interested in the debate about who is a journalist and who isn't than i am in the question of was this an act of journalism that is constitutionally protected and there's no question in my mind that the song was to gauge the very valuable fact some of this is

a bit strange some of it is is arguably bad journalism but what he's being indicted for was an act of journalism those that. were discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers johannah host joe there's a tasty little julian assange and wiki leaks angle in the release of the unredacted version of the model report into the trumpet ministration and allegations of russian collusion in the two thousand. us elections we get to a senator in a minute but first walk us through the way the u.s. media have been covering this story well three weeks ago when trump's hand-picked attorney general william barr first released his four page summary of the four hundred forty eight page report the president insisted that he was pretty much cleared of any wrongdoing so it looks like the media had some reckoning to do after a few years of relentlessly pushing the collusion story but as it turns out our

summary was selective at best but misleading at worst the report is actually far more damaging to trump than barr initially let the public to believe especially when it comes to the issue of obstruction of justice which mother said trump tried repeatedly and it's worth remembering that back in one thousand nine hundred seventy four during that watergate investigation obstruction of justice actually enough to lead to president richard nixon's resignation so the us media are understandably all over this story ok now walk us through the julian assange role in this well miller's report accuses the wiki leaks founder of lying about the sources of those thousands of democratic national committee emails that his side published in two thousand and sixteen the report provides some pretty compelling evidence that a son in trying to hide the identity of the russian sources who gave him. d.n.c. e-mails openly implied his source was seth rich a d.n.c. staffer was murdered in washington in two thousand and sixteen now the miller

report also.