distinction between new zealand and the us and that's the political system new zealand has a unicameral system so the prime minister and her coalition want a law it's going to happen that's not the case the united states i think sandy hook with president obama is a good example of that he was on board the democrats in congress were on board but because republicans controlled pieces of the congress and had the ability to filibuster you didn't see an assault weapons ban go forth after twenty five and six year olds were gunned down in school and so i think the political system and the fact that the gun rights lobby in this country has created so much misinformation around what gun violence prevention laws are i think that's one of the main challenges for our movement and most of what my work is addressing is trying to make sense that this is this is a common sense solution that the majority of americans actually want and is not an infringement on freedom or rights at all all right still ahead on the old ventus put their champions league behind them as they celebrate straight.

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having exploitation added to that was who's. recovering from rehab on al-jazeera. and again the recent flooding in iran has affected ten million people slowly cleaning cleaning up and thousands of homes and roads beyond repair the reports. everyone we meet invites us inside their homes they want people to understand what they're going through when the first floods came a month ago. says there was no government warning no alert system just talk of the

possibility of floods when it happened they read and they may have to run again. to the. water came up two or two and a half meters were worried because there is no dam here after more rain water will come up when there is any rain we just run away. oh my i pray to god not to that to happen again but there's nothing left for us to lose now just our lives. upstream rivers are picking up pace. these waters are headed for iran's western city of pul dr. there's been more rain in this part of the country in the last few days and that has meant that water is once more rusting down the river it's an unwelcome thing for communities that had barely begun to recover. as people watch the skies on the ground there seems to be no end in sight to the work that needs to be done. many people in this neighborhood say the same thing supply trucks only stop

at main roads never making it as far as the back alleys where they live. everyone else they say is getting more help than them. but best to just chill out hey everyone gives things to their own people i'm saying this because it's not fat women. that people cannot complain if they that taken away there is frustration here for those who've lost all their possessions. up the road we meet military units doing the work of getting people back on their feet. members of the islamic revolutionary guard corps hand in hand with regular army. they hand out ration cards clear debris even wash windows. no one was authorized to speak on camera but one soldier says it can be thankless work the need is great and no matter how much they help he says it doesn't seem to be enough. where modern structures were torn down the river spared monuments of the past. for many people

the flood has been the worst experience of their lives and as they prepare for the possibility of more rain in this ancient place there are signs that life moves on. in lauriston province iran. of the far and not saddam cathedral in paris has raised questions about the safety of renovation projects in istanbul which is home to countless architectural treasures there are fears that some of those works could be put in historic buildings a risk need baka reports. turkey's cultural capital is built on the lehrer of history. istanbul is a modern city that in some places literally weaves through the foundations of the past. the balance aqueduct was built by the romans in the fourth century to bring water to the city is one of many ancient monuments here earmarked for restoration

a large number of projects are undertaken expert levi highly trained craftsman but many people are concerned that some repairs are below standard such as the restoration of the two thousand year old object the castle has what it used to look like here it is now a complete rebuild rather than a sensitive restoration the finished projects be compared in the turkish media to the cartoon character sponge bob square pants. stumbles historic skylines in georgia for centuries preservationists a calling from proved to renovation standards so that it in jewels for centuries more five zero. restoration works have been conducted over and over but they're often not based on any understanding of the heritage of the building or its preservation but on imitation. that they seek some attempts to restore all buildings have led to their near destruction in twenty ten

a massive fire broke out of the nineteenth century height of passion railway station as it was being renovated there were quite simply so many old buildings here in istanbul that the ancient and the new jostle for space this is to cloud the main protest through an avenue that runs through the heart of istanbul where eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings are obscured by fast food restaurants and shop fronts if the world was one country is stumble would be its capital words attributed to french emperor and a podium bonaparte today sprawling metropolis needs room to grow but striking a delicate balance between the past and the present is clearly proving no easy task need back al-jazeera is stumble. to get the spawn or his paul thank you very much we start with tennis and the king of clay has lost his throne world number two rafael nadal slipped up on his favorite surface on saturday losing in straight sets

in the monte carlo semifinals and missing out on the chance of a twelfth title paul vander worth has the action. at three one up in the first set rafael nadal looked to be coasting into yet another monte carlo final. but as elise fabio fognini has beaten the king of clay on three separate occasions and backed himself to come back again was the world number eighteen was even more dominant in the second city he raced out to a five love laden was up forty love but nidal saved three match points was the comeback was short lived though phonies forehand one of the clinching the six four six two victory was. no i mean the fighter i mean if i leave of course he was telling me her again the week that see on sunday i was life in your face just was this kind of days that.

everything was wrong but their play won the war as much as on clay and fourteen years thehotel in will now play serbian dushan lavage for the title both will be playing in their first ever masters one thousand final was also having to come from behind he trailed russia's de niro medvedev five one in the first set but then incredibly one team games in a row to take the match seven five six one was i would say it was incredible match today and from playing completely out of my out of my rhythm and the worst nightmare of losing five one i started turning things around the world number forty eight is the lowest ranked player to reach the final at monte carlo since two thousand and one band with al-jazeera. eventis have bounced back from the shock of their champions league exit in midweek to win

a record eight that's how he and title in a row even i went behind to an early goal from like a bit. they hosted fewer than tina on saturday but they might cause a full record signing christiane iran although one still tack that ended in a fury own goal so happy end to a disappointing week for you by sealing another school with five much as to spare it makes for now though the first player to win the english premier league spanish and italian saria titles. today is a wonderful day we can put aside tuesday's elimination which brought us disappointment and bitterness luckily we had this much three days after a match so important it sealed the title for us without this much getting to the end could have become a struggle for you based champions league nemeses i.x. were back in action in the dutch every division following their win over at ronaldo and co they beat coning and one nil to go top of the table above p.s.v.

eindhoven plus young huntelaar with the goal. but he was later sent off for a nasty aerial challenge dutch clubs have agreed to postpone the week of fixtures to give time to prepare for their european semifinal against scotland in ten days time. and speaking of tottenham they were back at the scene of their champions league quarter final victory having beaten manchester city in europe on wednesday they lost to them in the prime really on saturday city taking it by a goal to nil to go back to the top of the table one point clear of liverpool in the title race teenager phil foden with his first ever premier league goal among kenyans getting some revenge for that midweek the fates they play for nothing to lose and we played to lose them from a leak in the cellar to feel less wednesday was a really tough the last two days but i like is the ladies been tough being they're still here with. eighty six points to one hundred like season is when's the most

remarkable things i have a leaf in my career as a football player manager. it's a blow for spurs in their efforts to qualify for next season's champions league they stay third for now though two of the chases manchester united and arsenal in action on sunday when liverpool can go top again if they beat cardiff. the toronto raptors of come from a game down in their n.b.a. playoff series to now lead the orlando magic two games to one orlando got within three points terrence ross beat the half time buzzer against the second seeds in the east. the raptors were then rocked in the fourth quarter before pascal sarcasm gave them breathing space transfer winning ninety eight to ninety three. former olympic fifteen hundred meter champion as bell kept prop has been handed a four year ban for violating anti doping rules by the governing body of world athletics the i w a f in twenty seventeen the kenyan underwent an out of competition test and was found positive for e.p.o.

a blood boosting drug the three time world champion denies any wrongdoing and claims his sample may have been tampered with a prop is considering appealing so the court of arbitration for sports. and i will have more later on and that's it for this news hour and has them seek it thanks for the company down will be here in two minutes with more news. fake news is a global virus but in india and politics it's becoming a cancer on the up and doctors and the new blood coming toward the body just the sort of you can skew the destruction of the new deal is pacific really if you're bombarded with the news it does start to pollute you as the world's largest democracy goes to the polls how vulnerable are exploited to malicious disinformation. people and power investigates india fake news and agitprop on

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we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the wound. so no matter where you call her and al-jazeera international bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. cut. down the bit closer tripoli's only functioning airport which is forces loyal to ward off to advance on the capitol. hill and on jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up saddam's protest as keep up that calls for a change with reports of the arrest of servile top former ruling party members.

voting begins an ija. referendum on widening presidential powers the opposition calls for a boycott with the poll won't be free fair. it's just. and grief across the political divide in northern ireland for the journalist to mina held by police. we begin in libya where the capital's only functioning airport has been temporarily closed after intense fighting there by airstrikes were reported in several areas all orderly for have to. retake the capital three weeks ago is fighting against the un recognized government based in tripoli al jazeera. begins our coverage from the capital. under cover of. forces. the government advance and where they will be so east of the capital. they're

trying to push forces to world and for hefted out over aims are unable. civil military units joined together in a number of flash points to form a defense called on facing have to his forces south of tripoli government warplanes targeted have to his forces locations. around eighty kilometers south of tripoli that. your forces providing fire support ground operations the economy is trying to flank our forces from the back but they have failed in the face of the strength of our fighters and the experience of our fighters it has become a war of attrition so the sicht as good as controlled by the. military sources with the government say they are preparing to launch an offensive in the next few days to retake the former international airport they want to push

to disguise has been a shared a strategic supply. and for have to as forces involved in the fighting south east of the capital some analysts believe forces loyal to the tripoli government have an advantage as they try to hold of have to advance the strengths. our inability to understand the area national gini backed forces on the stand tripoli southern parts of tripoli the western parts of tripoli where the clashes are taking place they understand. the local the local roads the local deserts the backyards off of the battlefield and as we've seen there hasn't been. any long or stable. advance by on those locations since. the you and recognized government is accusing pastors forces of committing

war crimes by targeting residential areas with heavy weapons. two weeks of fighting has forced thousands of civilians to leave their homes the military general prosecutor in tripoli issued an arrest warrant against hefted and other military officers there are accused of targeting areas including an airport the only operational airport in the city the latest move on tripoli by have to his forces has derailed a peace conference that was due to be held this month in the city over the dermis libya has two competing administrations since twenty fourteen and violence has followed among their raver armed groups many libyans no fear the next few months could bring even more into stability. tripoli ronald st john's on the atlantic council working group on libya he says there's a risk of a major battle if have to continue this is offensive. if the general after in

middle of a national army continues to press for darts triply they're very likely going to encounter grease and a stiff resistance from floors where they end directly itself as well as militias from zintan and misrata so we could end up with a fairly major battle here both sides putin needs to push if in fact the only conversation between president prop and general after hour is as the white house has portrayed it it looks like a hundred eighty degree shift in u.s. policy towards libya i mean since the libyan plate agreement was signed in december twenty eighth and we go to a national accord was formed the united states government bilaterally you know it wasn't conjunction with european allies and the united nations has pushed for some kind of broke or political settlement. as recently as ten days ago secretary of

state on a zero call for general after to withdraw his forces in reengage in iraq brokered out the starts so to go from that situation to your president dropped the report of a last monday calling general have to aren't. going a great job and fight terrorism and brain stability to the we are all producing areas that look we are going to talk about some kind of a joint. concern for rating democracy in elections to libya it is quite remarkable in savannah several top members of the former ruling party are reported to have been arrested thousands of demonstrators are keeping up the pressure on the ruling military transitional council they want to inquiries into abuses by the former regime in the public prosecutor says former president omar al bashir is being investigated for money laundering money involved has more now from the capital cost to. a senior pot. the member of the former ruling

communist party confirmed that some of the top leaders of the party including the speaker of the parliament including or saw the former defense minister have been transferred to the cold war jail after being arrested. however the military council has not confirmed that there is no official statement from the military council in that respect the only confirmation that came over the last few days was the rest of the two brothers of omar bashir a bass and out the law there wasn't even a confirmation from the military council about the transfer of all of the shoes to the khobar jail this has been criticised by the general public yet digitally by the leadership of the protest they accuse the military council of being of lacking transparency about the process of getting rid of that evidence and vestiges of the former regime on the other hand consultations have been held this evening between

the leadership of the protest and the military council this has been the third round of talks to words the creation of a civilian government the chairman of the african unity zero visiting khartoum who has been meeting with the two sides to ask for a speedy handover of power to the civilians but there are differences both among the parties and the leadership of the opposition about who should be part of this government and also a lot how much power should be tossed for leadership of the protests they want a complete ass for power or at least as civilian transitional. sufferance presidential council towards a country instead of a military council al-jazeera is a bit more reports now from khartoum where the demonstrations continue. the sounds of sudan's uprising made loud and clear in front of the army headquarters in the capital and these protesters have been here for nearly three weeks. demanding

change. i mean we are continuing with our sit ins so that we can guarantee that our demands will be achieved demands that we came out and that people have to sacrifice their lives if their demands are not met that mr tenet will not and let them decide that they're demanding that the military council the body that ended president obama to the shoes thirty year rule handover of power to a civilian government and to hold all former officials to account for alleged corruption and the lives lost during the three decades that bashir and his ruling party were in power the military took over and eleventh of april in a move that was condemned by the african union which gave the council and till the end of the month to transfer power to the people foreign diplomats have expressed similar demands and the united states stated that it will not recognize the council if that doesn't happen. on saturday the head of the african union commission. council leaders and political parties in hearts on the council had stated that

forming a transitional government was a task for the parties but some say they need more time to make that happen. as political parties must regardless of our vision and number we must meet with the a you and agree on transitional government and we've asked you to extend the deadline they gave for handing over power for the consultation. a position that is not held by all sides the sudanese professional association which led the calls for protests that started in december continues to encourage the sit in in front of the army headquarters along with twenty two other parties it wants power to be handed immediately to an independent transitional government for a period of four years a proposal that shows that's not all parties are united and that forming a transitional government may not be an easy task something they'll hold on to their demands hoping for a different sedan for

a future generation closer to having a. victory when there is a civilian government because a civilian government will have a parent in constitution to preserve the rights. they didn't have any rights for. what happens now will largely depend on these protesters and those leading the military council for more i know we. are going to go on what it was here. that the government and the military council president to hand over power pressure that. internationally as well as you know we. don't want the military to deprive them of a victorious revolution you are going on there are. two saudis soldiers have been killed by who's the rebels near the border with yemen that's according to saudi reports who the media is also reporting the attack but claims that a higher number of casualties with the rebels also say they have fired missiles towards a border crossing. the gyptian begun voting in

a three day referendum that could open the door to president sisi staying in office until twenty thirty five voters are also deciding on whether to allow the president to appoint top judges and to expand the role of the military fifty five million people are legible to take part voting will continue on sunday and monday but rights groups fear the referendum be free or fair. well the proposed changes to the constitution are widely being described as a step towards more autocracy under sisi. president. in last year after winning his second term in office the vote was marred by claims of irregularities a crackdown on activists.