encouraged by the concessions that have been given by the transitional military council including putting them into a committee that's going to discuss this crucial issue of a transition to civilian rule. what about the resignations how is that going to impact the ongoing situation there and talks. well the general start of resigned general zinni general. i'll tell you bob big how tender that is ignition but the. transition on military council has more to say whether the resignations of the next september what will happen to them if they will be replaced or what we know is that these three generals have been pinpointed for blame by the protest leaders emotional the opposition coalition that is also behind the process and what they have been saying

is that these three generals have been representing the interests of the aisle bushehr they deem within the transitional military council and therefore hard to be removed and the fact that they're already attended that is ignition shows how and the willing the transitional military council hundred three of comedy the needs and demands of the protest leaders but this seems only to be energizing them more and encouraging them more to pick up the protests and continue making the muslims for. thanks so much. security services in sri lanka remain on high alert following sunday's multiple bomb attacks in the capital colombo police raided a house and seized several hand grenades and swords new security video has surfaced reportedly showing a suicide bomber entering a restaurant in the grand hotel on sunday at least seventy nine people have been

arrested in connection with the easter sunday suicide bombings which killed three hundred and fifty nine the sri lankan government has implemented a state of emergency in response to the easter sunday bombings this means the state's national security powers have been expanded potentially giving free range in terms of detaining individuals the move affects almost every fundamental rights of the people including freedom of expression censorship and the banning of demonstrations and detentions can last up to three months without being processed in court that is a significant increase from fourteen days under the normal status quo. fernandes joins us now live from colombo so we understand they're looking for vehicles tell us a little bit about the security operation at this point. i

mean this this situation is developing rapidly literally within the last few minutes we heard of police release naming six suspects and releasing photos of them appealing to the public for assistance are these supposed to have been daws to have been involved with that easter sunday a series of bombings one of the local t.v. channels has published it on their website these six people including three women have been named one thing that strikes you is all of them relatively young we haven't heard in what nature form they've been involved but we do have reports from the officials who've been speaking over the last few days here about that there are a number of those who were involved in the sun the incidents that are still on the run so this is the way things are planning out with a lot of developments as we speak so i mean. we understand.

the sort of wave of instability and violence is continuing tell ourselves the latest incidents in which a group of muslims have been targeted we understand. something obviously very emotive times i mean in terms of the scale the sheer brutality of this incident the loss of life this is a community a country which is grieving and trying to keep a form lid on emotions can become difficult at times now we have in the gumball we had a large population of pakistani of might be muslims who are actually on refugee status here in sri lanka recognized by the un and they have there were reports yesterday that there was lots of sort of intimidation of a couple of incidents where some of the community had been either assaulted and

that was a lot of fear among the community then local of muddy mobs move them to another area and patiala some distance away but even today that group over five hundred of them families women and children faced a bad raj of the local community around five hundred people from what we hear from our representative on the ground this round of this mosque they were demanding that these families would be sent away that they didn't want them in the area the police was called in and did a stellar job in keeping these sort of protesters a demonstrator from the village from the community which was inside a mosque and inside the compound but women children very waste cared by this whole thing as even the army having to be called in to control the mob so little bits of tension beginning to break out a has had a long history of different communities different feeds subsisting side by side

that was never a country that used to start you know turning at each other's throats but we have had some issues in recent years where particularly because of extremist views on different sides of monk different groups it's really beginning to tell and brought these really unpleasant divisions among this population. concerned so much you know find those. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including nepal's miracle baby rescued twenty two hours after a devastating earthquake four years on its destroyed home is yet to be rebuilt and in the sport with joe drama as the heroine's blow away the capitals of the n.h.l. playoffs.

the russian and north korean leaders have had their first ever face to face meeting like me a person is describing talks with kim jong un in blood of all stock as substantial putin says denuclearization can only be achieved through international law and the north need security guarantees look with binoculars of what is denuclearization it is to a certain extent disarmament of north korea of course i have spoken about it all the time and can confirm once again the north korea site speaks about it as well democratic people's republic of north korea needs guarantee of its safety and sovereignty. of the people of the two countries who share a valuable friendship that was created and strengthened while overcoming every hardship and challenge thrown to us by history have a deep understanding that the ceaseless development of north korea russia ties not only serves our mutual interests but is also indispensable for securing the region's peace and stability. in iraq my bride is live for us in solve with the

south korean reaction to the putin meeting before we get to. the expectations going into this meeting i think both sides keeping them realistic what came out of it. coming out of this we were told that there wouldn't be any signed declaration there wouldn't be any formal agreements where there's nothing as grand as a summit between for example president trump of the u.s. and kim jong un but this was very much more the symbolism of these two old allies meeting once more as they stressed throughout the day i think sammy the whole point of this was to reestablish relations they have had for decades a relationship when it was the old soviet union it was one of north korea's storen

just allies in the world obviously after the collapse of the soviet union. the russian support went to went away so they are if you like redefining their relationship and redefining their relationship within the context of what's been happening in northeast asia with the tension over the nuclear developments of north korea its missile development and so on russia unlike the united states has a different position when it comes to north korea being a nuclear armed power it doesn't want to see it have nuclear weapons but i think as far as the russians are concerned it is better to have a stable stable stable power with a nuclear capability rather than an unstable one so russia or along with china as we've seen today mentioned at this summit very much looking for ways of moving ahead and possibly released really giving relief from some of these sanctions on north korea so i mean how is this going down though in seoul and south korea.

obviously there are vents invited our stock of been followed very closely from seoul the general position here of the south korean government who've been trying to. better relations with the north for the past year or so has been to encourage this kind of integration with it with its neighbors it's all part of the normalization process of north korea it's what countries do they have these bilateral summits you have meetings with each other you don't be isolated from your neighbors or indeed the rest of the world so south korea is generally supportive of this whole process incidentally a senior russian security official part of the russian government has been in seoul and has been briefing the south korean government just on what vladimir putin has been striving for implied of astarte and also explaining this idea of russia and china taking a more of an in greater involvement in dealing with the whole issue of north korea

and its nuclear weapons now that does cause some concern here is because as far as the south koreans are concerned what they want to see is nothing to derail or further derail the process the top down to go see asians between north korea and the u.s. that they want to see get back on track something thanks so much right there former u.s. vice president joe biden has announced his bid to be the democratic party nominee for the twenty twenty presidential election in a video announcement biden said the u.s. was in a battle for the soul of the nation he was referencing the racism and violence seen in charlottesville virginia in two thousand and seventeen biden is up against nineteen other democratic hopefuls including elizabeth warren and bernie sanders for more. head over to kimberly hallock at our white house correspondent joins us now live from washington d.c. so biden's already picking up and dawson's and support. yeah

he's picking up and doris mids but the endorsements are coming from senator senior senators who look a lot like joe biden namely sort of older white men and this is a challenge for joe biden one that we see reflected with his announcement the fact that while he is touting his experience what he chose to focus on when he opened up with his announcement video was the issue of charlottesville as you point out a very divisive issue of race because he realizes that that is what he needs in terms of trying to attract particularly some of the were from grass of members of the democratic party so and announcing his candidacy he's also perhaps exposed one of his vulnerabilities and that is that he is mature that he is not sort of reflective of the more diverse wider field of candidates those one thousand candidates in fact notable when we talk about indorsements he has been praised by the spokesperson for barack obama of course where he was the vice president but at

the same time that spokesperson did not endorse joe biden those this. morning come clearly be heading towards a biden versus booty call. yeah it's very possible that we could be headed towards that and that is a problem for joe biden because again he's seen as kind of the democratic establishment one that many progressive democrats see as the reason that donald trump was elected centrally the old guard if you will so this is going to be the challenge one that it appears his team joe biden's team is trying to attack head on we know that in addition to some of the more predictable states that he'll be campaigning in in the coming weeks one of them is south carolina very much an african-american state from the south and many respects and so it exposes again the fact that he has these vulnerabilities in addition to his record as a not just a vice president but also as a senator where some of his views are certainly will be under scrutiny borson

rights women rights again this is the challenge for for joe biden he's going to have to address he's going to face tough questions and he may not be able to win over those that support for any sanders sort of the more liberal activist wing of the democratic party is going to be an interesting contacts thanks so much combining how. south africa's president is promising government help to rebuild the lives of flood and mudslides victims so ramaphosa has been assessing the damage in and around been at least sixty people have been killed and many of lost their homes more heavy rain and gale force winds a full cost for the eastern cape region. has more from pinetown south africa. risky efforts are ongoing but they are part of the reason is because the landscape in some places has completely changed for example this water wasn't here a few days ago a piece of land with a few houses on it and some houses that were in this area were swept away by the

violent waters we're told that they are in and around this area was recovered a few hours ago and they're now currently looking for an elderly woman who's been missing for a couple of days no one knows whether she is alive or dead but they are looking for using sniffer dogs and people from the military the police and divers as well the main concern now of course is helping people who've been displaced many are staying in community homes but they need things like blankets food medication they are getting some of that but they still need more to come in officials say they worry that some people are becoming frustrated believing the safety of community who is coming back to areas and going into houses like this trying to look after the few positions that are still inside the fray those positions could be another challenge officials are facing but right now the priority is finding people who may still be alive who may still be stranded who need help and of course that's going to be increasing difficult because of the up to rain in some areas and if it does start

raining again authorities are worried there could be more displacement and more landslides. and now it's season in mozambique and rob's head to tell us how it doesn't look too pretty right this second this is a unique event to have to agree to or above in one season. it's rare. to have any so close the equator is an unusual thing to happen and this is no baby down this is quite a big one when it went through the camorra sound. left turn really big strengths and then it's more like a category four equivalent hurrican. devastating catastrophic. winds in excess of two hundred kilometers per hour and this guy. the winds may well be telling because of a lot of the buildings a course all not particularly strong it's moving west as it's going to make landfall pretty soon to be quite honest now it's other characteristics are maybe equally worrying. the rainfall potential five hundred millimeters because it could

be hanging around for a while it didn't move very much the focus for two days it will still be around pemba inland storm surge only a meter but it's being gathered and pushed into was that port again that could be pretty nasty now to show you how unusual it is since nine hundred thirty four we've only ever had a story within say so in a kilometer as always take care is to go on and none of them have been a category four so this would be a unique event so says within about five hours of landfall just give me a couple of seconds to zoom in and you can see the i have made shaded the so close to land we talk about this more sunny. thanks so much now still to come on al-jazeera bryce cheaper in the philippines now our farmers say dad paying the price. and the rockets on fire in the playoffs joe all have n.b.a. action in the sport.

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more award winning documentaries and life means. you're watching al-jazeera time to recap on have lines the style the red cross says residential areas of libya's capital are gradually turning into battlefields and the aid agency is warning hospitals in tripoli are struggling with. cots and chronic shortages of medical supplies sudanese protest leaders have increased pressure on the army by calling for launch rally reminding civilian rule three senior members of the ruling council accused of cracking down on protesters

resigned on wednesday there's no word on if or when the military will hand over power to civilians. security services in sri lanka remain on high alert following sunday's multiple bomb attacks police say they're searching for nine dear calls suicide bombings on easter sunday killed three hundred fifty nine people and wounded hundreds more. let's get more of the situation in sri lanka speaking within the last hour the prime minister says suspects are still at large. well there's rounded up a lot of suspects but there are still some of the active people on the run. they may be having explosives with them or they may have hidden the explorer do so we have to find the. suspect as well as the explosives so they're still on. the people who have been was influenced by. isis doctoring some of their method abroad.

for the taken the lead i think in deciding that they should. get into these acts of violence which they thought they were doing as a part of their religion which is not so he slammed does not allow this type of thing but nevertheless. we have been to where do created and therefore they were recently. been money coming in from saudi arabia the last twenty thirty years religious organizations very new creation and organizations. i don't know what they're doing. i mean saudi arabia the middle east has been the source on many of those funds and some of it has gone into these extreme organizations sri lanka's government is maintaining a ban on most social media says it's necessary to stop the spread of misinformation in the incitement of violence in the wake of the bombings it raises questions as to whether it's censorship or a government fulfilling its duty to care for citizens all technology to marry on

the home has more. within around twelve hours of the bomb attacks and three lanka most social media platforms was silent government leaders said they imposed the band to stop the spread of false reports and posts that might incite violence. it was a move born of experience. a little more than a year ago mobs mostly from the buddhist similes majority torched muslim homes and businesses the government sit room is a misinformation on social media had stoked longstanding religious tensions and platforms such as facebook had resisted requests to stop the sprayed in the end the government imposed a week long ban it's a tough one in terms of as to whether you allow social media to continue i'm restricted so that you can actually then find out where it is coming where the misinformation and the hate speech is actually coming rob learn much more about

their strategies etc on the at the risks the question of the its reach except rusling more violence facebook twitter and others see a profitable future in developing markets such as sri lanka facebook even created a net free basics to enable users with not so smart phones to run facebook and excess of restricted form of the internet and a country with a long history of censorship social media offered a new way to keep in touch to access and share information it didn't taliban help uses easily distinguish between fact and fiction facebook decides what content to push by ston a series of roles known as algorithms at night it's what you and your networks click on what you share and crucially what draws the most attention studies show

that teens to become teens that draws a strong emotional response itself a negative and polarizing misinformation spread quickly on social media in sri lanka last year fear questioned posts from family and friends the posts where viral . people got angry but much of the content just wasn't true. sri lanka's government isn't alone in its dissatisfaction at the apparent inability of social media platforms to police questionable continent new zealand and france are to host a meeting of world leaders and major take companies in paris next month following the christchurch mosque attacks which killed fifty worship is nick blocks dot org a london based digital rights group says last year's ben cost of the sri lankan kona me around thirty million dollars but some activists say the true cost is freedom of information entry lanka peace it seems sometimes comes at

a price maybe on one hand to see here. another round of talks on syria has begun in the kazakh capital of north hold on russia turkey and iran believe they've played pivotal roles in the conflict now want to know what's in it for them while progress on a political solution is expected there are still sticking points on other issues so in a hole that has more from beirut. russia is further cementing its foothold in syria government leaders in damascus granting russia access to the mediterranean port of tartus for the next forty nine years it's the latest deal between the two countries as russia eyes strategic and financial rewards in post-war syria syria's other main ally iran seems to be doing the same after partnering to keep president bashar assad in power the iranians and russians are talking about dividing the spoils of war.

there's an instruction well it's. urgent it's in arts grants you. russia and iran cooperate with turkey iran's foreign minister zarif visited turkey's capital ankara following a trip to damascus the iranians are trying to mend the relationship between syria and turkey hoping for an increased diplomatic role. while iran of course also is trying to get more leverage and resolve your russia in this process because the issues that are most important on the ground in the north east these are issues i would say. between russia and turkey more than between turkey and iran the three countries are major stakeholders in syria and initiated the so-called asked in a process they haven't tamed their alliance despite disagreements because their strategic interests intersect beyond syria they have strained relations with the united

states russia and iran want to keep turkey on their side but at the same time they don't want the turks to expand their presence in northern syria. but also the countries need wider international support in the west if syria is to end its isolation and receive war reconstruction funding russia is pushing for progress on the political track sending diplomats to the syrian capital as well as to the saudi capital to meet the opposition. so. russia wants some gains the russians and iranians believe they won the war for us said but turkish troops and their local allies remain in northern syria u.s. troops and their kurdish allies are in the north east multiple players are involved in syria all maneuvering for their place when peace eventually comes santa. beirut . four years ago

a powerful earthquake killed thousands of people in the poll millions of homes were either destroyed or badly damaged well the album is all still waiting for help from the government so we mistrust the reports from baghdad for on april twenty fifth two thousand and fifteen when the seven point eight magnitude quake should rush we know was house which stood here and the historical city of baqubah who was reduced to rubble her son sunny's was rescued after twenty two hours with barely a scratch they called him the miracle baby but four years on his mother says the family can't afford to build a tin shed let alone a house if we had money we wouldn't have had to stay in a rented room four of us are sharing a small room we've been told that we don't have the right beepers. this is the room verse sourness lives with his mother father and sister. this was when he was

rescued his eyes are full of dust. more than seven thousand private homes and one hundred fifteen heritage sites were damaged in bulk that were reconstruction has been slow and money an issue we had to get started the first amount of five hundred dollars is not even enough to remove the debris let alone dig the foundation only thirteen hundred people have received the full three thousand dollars the core is hundreds of years old and a unesco world heritage site but what here is often unclear many house owners have never had documents proving their ownership some have been lost and some land this heated across the park the government's help to rebuild around four hundred thousand homes but that's only half the number that were either lost or severely damaged one of the the support that certainly will be needed from the side of the government is the resources they decide to live on it's a gap which is to be met i think this is one of the major challenges or is the

government has to manage more than four billion dollars was pledged by countries around the world to rebuild. but for those likes on his family it will require another miracle to rebuild a home they lost four years ago. al jazeera but the poor aura let's bring you some breaking news coming into us here now in sri lanka's defense secretary has tended his resignation after those easter attacks saying it was no failure on his part but he's taking responsibility for failures within some of the institutions which he heads just to bring up to speed they're sure lanka's secretary of defense resigning we don't know of course of resignations been accepted yet but he's tendered his resignation and this follows of course those terrible easter attacks on a number of churches in the country. or caught in japan is granted bail for former miss sam cochairman carlos ghosn going was arrested in november for alleged

financial misconduct has been charged with underreporting his salary and diverting the money to pay for investment losses go and says he's innocent and that all these financial dealings between legitimate. farmers in the philippines say their income has been more than haldar to the introduction of a tariff on rice imports present roderigo to thirty says it'll help curb rising prices but others are warning it could damage the r.v. hundreds of millions dogon has more from noise. in the northern philippines. here in the weather is see here in the northern philippines it's time for harvest the province is one of the country's major rice growers but like many farmers marjorie knew and is leaving her rice fields untouched she's holding off in the hope that the price of grain will go up and. this is

a very hard we have been feeling this land for months and yet the price of grain is down to half we don't even know where to get our food now. the philippine government is cindi's so-called rice liberalization bill into law which aims to ease restrictions on the volume of rice imports and impose tariffs the price of rice going south may be a welcome development for consumers here but for the more than two million filipino farmers the cost of producing hasn't and many are struggling financially to survive now they are calling on the government to help them out immediately the government says the law will help create revenue to help bring down the price of rice which is the philippines staple food. this is a huge burden for us farmers and consumers because it or agree industry we believe that the government will be able to say out of ten billion every year but what we are seeing is that just like in the past it will end up in corruption and

a lot better go to small farmers like us. rice accounts for around fifteen percent of the nation's agricultural output and yet farmers association say they need more government subsidy. if they are to survive i fully understand the concern of farmers we have been supporting the rice farmers for decades since and then following the ninety six these we do not see significant gains in their productivity and their welfare living standards are not significantly better so something must be wrong with our previous policy we are providing ten billion per year to improve productivity of farmers through. more productive or higher yielding seeds farmers see they used to earn around six hundred dollars for hectare every four months but now the only gets around two hundred dollars there already among the poorest people here and the fear their

lives are going to get worse and this spike them being food producers they're the ones who'll be go we hungry.