it also says that the army is there to preserve the country's security margin renew our commitment to the task given to us in our constitutional duties and national judi's and in this critical time to defend the country the people of sudan i want to confirm that the army and the rapid support forces which are all over the country. under a united command to defend the country these protesters feared they've come too far to back off from their demands now demands they hope will shape the dance teacher. morgan al-jazeera. almost seventy people have been killed and more than a thousand have fled their homes after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides in south africa it's raised more concerns about poor government infrastructure reports from. one of the worst affected areas. this is what's left of several roads in pinetown heavy rain in the last few days along the east coast of south africa to get catastrophic flooding and landslides wiping out homes and tearing down power

lines. and the signs the end have tried to salvage a few possessions things that can't be easily replaced under six year old sister was nearly killed during the deluge came up and he told us. their house had collapsed and sister was inside. she managed to get out just before the stirring up most people were killed in areas around the port city surrounded by hills prone to landslides and. lost everything when a house collapsed she didn't realize how dangerous a downpour was until it was too late for a surprise course we just saw it during the night. during during the thing we just think it's raining if those three boats if you made it so i saw him be in we'll see. some his say part of the reason for

the flooding is the government's failure to regularly maintain drainage systems. i don't think it's because of what. nature. weakness or the. heavy rain also in other parts of south africa but it is a hardest hit province the landscape in some areas has completely changed this water never used to be here it was just a piece of land with a few homes on it but many houses were washed away by the water they are a few structures that managed to survive but they are standing. and with more heavy rain and gill force winds forecast the risk of further flooding and landslides remains. pinetown south africa. will a month after cycle. another storm is approaching the country's northern coast kenneth has made landfall in the french territory of mine yet in the indian ocean

three people were killed. in mozambique nearly seven hundred thousand people are risk from the incoming storm which is expected to hit. still to come in this half hour if we get down. fundamentally. joe biden enters the race for the white house becoming the frontrunner in a crowded field of democratic contenders and the french president. and tax in an effort to end the yellow vests protests. how low we got lots of all some sunshine across australia was largely fine and dry but had

a few showers just around queensland around northern parts of new south wales us every cloud will drift out into the open waters stop just getting up to around twenty six celsius in brisbane i just catch your rochelle are coming in to have a many it is going to be dry cool enough into the southeast and cold in melbourne just fourteen celsius image substitute for hobart's twenty seven in perth or some warmth around that's because those winds are coming in from the interior we get to around twenty six here on saturday the similar temperature for alice springs at that time but down towards the southeast it may well brighten up in victoria fifteen celsius in the sunshine some crisp sunshine here eighteen celsius there for sydney into the twenty's there just around the coastal fringes of queensland on the grey side there for hobart tasmania seeing a little bit of cloud and right in that cloud right will make its way into the south island of new zealand so we go so what's the weather sliding into the south out and right now as we speak as we go on through friday that cloud and rain will continue to push its way further racism for sas day it does look pretty wet for

much of the south island north island stays fine dry and sunny orcon with a high of twenty degrees. china is probably has become famous for its large number of elderly many age one hundred. one i want to investigate the raid you hold the secrets to a long and healthy mark on al-jazeera the shortest lived ministration in spain modern history has been forced to call a snap election on april the twenty eight with the polls suggesting a fragmented vote and the rise of the far right populist movement box the socialist alliance hold on to power stay with al-jazeera for the latest on the spanish election.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the death toll in sri lanka has easter sunday attacks has been revised down by a around a hundred according to a health official but the number of dead now soared to be about two hundred and fifty three security services are on high alert and made warnings of more attacks the red cross says then sleep populated areas of the libyan capital are gradually turning into a battle fields with the humanitarian situation deteriorating and pressure is mounting on sudan's military leadership with one hundred judges joining the testers in demanding a civilian government. north korean leader kim jong un says peace on the korean peninsula and the pens on the future u.s. attitude that's according to north korean state t.v.

kim has been holding his first ever talks with the russian president vladimir putin steadfast and has more now from that summit in flood people still. it's almost a year since russian president vladimir putin invited north korean leader kim jong un to russia now they finally met face to face for the first time thanks while russia and north korea and neighbors their ties have become more distant since the collapse of the soviet union both leaders say they want to change that. i am proposing a toast to happiness and the beautiful future of our two countries people as well as the health of our comrades and friends here denuclearization dominated the two leaders nearly two hour long private meeting with inside the united states and russia have mutual interests and that is a north korea without nuclear weapons remove her terribly we're going to lose

a sense 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 side speaks about it as well democratic people's republic of korea needs guarantee of its safety and sovereignty even though no concrete results were announced came and put in both used this summit to send a message to the united states two months after denuclearization talks with donald trump and vietnam failed they praised each other extensively clearly showing the world that their very first meeting was a success it's a third foreign trip this year for kim jong un who is staying here at the university campus his long and what he described as candid discussions would fly to me a put and not only show that he has world data to turn to but also that he has options before considering signing a denuclearization deal with the united states. putin said kim has asked him to convey north korea's position to the u.s.

government the russian president will also meet chinese president xi jinping in the next few days while russia has not been included in talks about the korean peninsula for some time this summit might have brought putin's involvement a little closer step fastens al-jazeera. russia. the former u.s. vice president joe biden has officially entered the race for the white house third time his run for the democratic nomination in his lengthy political career but the first in which he enters as a frontrunner and as our white house correspondent kimberly halkett now reports it's a very crowded them across it field so glad to be here with you today never before have the candidates to become the u.s. democratic presidential nominee been more diverse of the twenty running many are candidates of color and female joe biden is neither. for the soul of this nation that might be one reason biden chose the issue of race in his announcement video to

be a candidate for u.s. president america is an idea i did is strong in the. ocean more powerful than any dictator tyrant he's confronted is balder ability and selling it as a strength. he says with u.s. president donald trump blamed the deadly twenty seventeen white supremacist rally in charlottesville on both sides are new threats to the station. like any are never seen in my lifetime biden argues that despite looking a lot like his views are starkly different or touch with the issues progressive and younger voters care about biden's decades of experience as a vice president and senator also present challenges will be scrutinized for past traditional views he says have changed over time on issues of race and women's rights last month he. did himself against accusations of inappropriate touching of women. change.

that. given five and shifting positions of many younger of progressive voters continue to support senator bernie sanders candidacy. they see bided as the old guard in washington fail to stop trump any progressive see sanders as a consistent challenger of the democratic party's establishment wing joe biden has a wealth of experience decades of experience the problem is joe biden's record is all over the map but perhaps one of the best measures of biden's vulnerability comes from his former running mate president barack obama america's first black president obama's spokesperson so far has praised biden's candidacy but stopped short of endorsing biden were the words used. in the moment joe biden will have to convince the diverse and useful members of the democratic party that

a seventy six year old white man is the only candidate that can defeat president donald trump it's a paradox that biden will have to work to overcome kimberlee help get al jazeera the white house. the french president has given america news conference to unveil proposals that he hopes will end the months of anti government demonstrations emanuel mccrone says he wants to significantly cut income tax and jobs for life for civil servants as part of reforms to transform france responding to months of yellow vests protests against them he also said the make it easier to hold referenda on national issues does address came after three months of town hall style across france which have been dubbed the great debate. above all public order must return and with an ascent. look cool but i don't want the actions of some people to eclipse the just

a mom who would at the start of this movement and look broadly supported well xander shawn tree is a yellow vest organizer in the front seat city of lean he's not satisfied with the calls promises. we're fighting for our months six months now i'm. ready for him to have. to mind made some and that's my monthly retching nothing a list of things serious and i'm missing on the rise of the wages of such a thing nothing on thirty bad boys and those things on the democrats we are fighting small mob sociologists. today all die of. a race being in fact immigrated to the gate and. it's just labor system that destroys associated contracts in transit. any leavened

a campaign of climate protests designed to cause major disruption to london has now come to an end extinction rebellion demonstrators targeted the city's financial district on their final day more than three hundred people themselves to the walls of the london stock exchange and blocked roads around the bank of england and goldman sachs protesters have been calling on the u.k. government to the player a climate emergency and take radical action on climate change the parker takes a look back at the protests. after several weeks of protests activists from extinction rebellion now say that they're willing to suspend their activities for now at least and pack up this makeshift protest camp at the merge the marble arch in the center of london they say that the demos may well be over for now but that they kick started an all important public conversation about what they say is an ecological catastrophe about to happen for some it has been an emotional fight it's

like you've got a secret that nobody wants to know but you know that the only way to do anything about it is to start that conversation and it is heartbreaking breaking this truth to people you know have no in gauged and have. you know carried on their daily lives as a normal. for the past two weeks demonstrators of occupied major roads they picketed businesses and institutions causing major disruption to the city they've also used unique tactics chaining and gluing themselves together to for straight the police. or that a thousand people were detained many had never even protested before never mind being arrested. the london demonstrations also were try to prominent activists including teenage environmentalist grettir tom burke who's inspired a movement of children against global. warming we are now facing an existential

crisis the climate crisis and ecological crisis. this may be the last day of demonstrations in london but things haven't ended quietly hundreds of demonstrators descended on the financial district some gluing themselves together outside the london stock exchange. others climbed on top of trains a mixture of ages and backgrounds. the message that's being promoted by these demonstrators throughout is one of nonviolent disobedience it's a message that's caught on in other parts of the world have been similar seems in eighty different towns and cities across the world to more than thirty different countries and this demonstration in london comes to an end the mood is one of celebration a feeling perhaps this isn't the end the tour but it may be just the beginning.

here in central london. well speaking of climate change a catastrophic breeding failure has taken place of the sounds of m. pro penguin chicks drowned the british antarctic survey says the emperor chicks died after the sea ice that they were being raised on was described by abnormally warm and stormy weather in two thousand and sixteen since then researchers found that virtually nothing is had stayed halle berry as the second biggest and her penguin breeding ground in antarctica so stratton is a penguin ecologist at the british antarctic survey he explains why how the bay was considered a safe breeding ground for the emperor penguins the spike global warming. the colony are. between a fourteen thousand and twenty four thousand breeding pairs so it's a big colony it's a crippling to about eight or nine percent of the global population so it's a significant colony however we've seen in the past that sometimes you get

a complete failure some colonies we know that column use move so that's not what is interesting about this observation what is unique about this is that this colony is deep in the world will say it's an america where we expect to stay colder as the world warms so it's an area which we can think of as a refuge for and preparing winds so if in their refuges very are also vulnerable to severe storm of events and that means those safe places onto safe as we had previously thought. erlanger now of the top stories on al jazeera the death toll in sri lanka's easter sunday attacks has been with eyes down by a around one hundred because of the difficulty in identifying the remains health

officials say the number of dead is now thought to be about two hundred fifty three speaking to al jazeera this sri lankan prime minister said some suspects are still at large we have to admit the failure in intelligence the breakdown in the flow of information. and that's one of the matter that are being investigated. even in regard to the numbers of dead while the police have already three hundred fifty the health ministry said it's more about two hundred sixty so i was there to verify their numbers and let me know and i did to their shock i mean if not for the lapse many of them would be alive today. then sleep populated areas of tripoli are gradually turning into battlefields that's according to the international committee of the red cross which says the humanitarian situation in libya is the theory rating at least seven fighters were killed by an airstrike south of tripoli on wednesday libya's u.n.

recognize government has asked the security council to appoint a fact finding mission to investigate alleged violations by the forces attacking the capital pressure is mounting on sudan's military leadership with one hundred judges joining protesters in the man being a civilian government demonstrating for the first time the judges marched from the supreme courts joint hundreds of thousands of people outside army headquarters shortly after the march of sudan's transitional military council announced it would hand over executive power to civilians but retain sovereign authority. almost seventy people have been killed and more than a thousand have fled their homes after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides in south africa it's once again raise the concern about poor government infrastructure the french president has announced plans to significantly cut income tax as part of reforms to quote transform france emanuel mccrone address the nation in the attempt

to pacify the yellow vest protesters. where the top stories on al-jazeera stay with us coming up next it's one no one east thanks for watching season by. this is a really fabulous news from one of the best i've ever worked in there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in fact something i feel every time i get on the chat every time i interview someone. often working round the clock to make sure that we bring the fans as i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do while. all. the.

millions of tourists flock to china it's bomb a region every year but it's not the spectacular scenery i come to say it's the elderly residents an astonishing number are over one hundred and it's kick started a thriving tourist industry. one o one east investigates if they hold the secrets to a long and healthy. calm a county in the southern chinese province of one taxi used to be one of the country's poorest regions. now it's rebranded itself as the center to help human palaces and long live. very long lost.

there are five times more centennial see it close over one hundred than anywhere else in china. in a country that respects its kodaly a person who is more than one hundred years old is something special. touching them taking pitches promises good life. but. tough sits outside her. she lives upstairs but that's not easily accessible to visits. at the village entrance a sign displays with the other one hundred year olds live.

in the. alley. it's the custom for every visitor to give the singing is a little. now only zero. so i would use our. the carriage house mortgage if i may use for your trip yeah i have yet to. say it out or they shouldn't be and my guess is that langmore bangkok everyone has their own explanation for how to reach all that which today she. is close family and a healthy diet exercise we need to show well the whole not

a she was the hot seat has that hot need to push fractions of a whole to change without even touching me to go got ya love that. allows people to take pictures and scrutinize her. this visitor even checks her hands shook. the end and mouth. was. you know us. and this is always so those here outside the door there's a lot of our. young. how does the one hundred three year old feel about intrusive visits she only speaks the look out her son tells her what to say. though the woman in the. more you know oh yeah i'll go go go go on. we've got to give her back your money.

your room or car known a. normal guy you know no. my mood moglen are not my lai in. the way that may. go on no not going to one one we will go all go now so here. you are. despite your age the one hundred year olds of the picturesque village are on show to tourists. exposed to drugs. exhibited like store dummies. they see this among the souvenirs. made you like a man i said and that's

a plaque i am. every day hundreds of businesses come to see. who we are right. now that has. fighting c.v. is how much. a hi how fabulous avengers a found law. there's a. thing waiting all about. it's a long life dedicated to tourists and to making money for the family business. this businessman is pressured to by the hundred year old. me think what they're doing and that. she wanted. a family that runs down. time in the house. and why he's

only. me on the phone right now i've got. a brand new camera a color printer even a lemonade. the families have invested along as they know them jebus is a profitable business. the there are countless products inside the house. besides the photos the tourists can buy to eat all of this food banks tested and approved by grandma herself in the castle hope she told your lunch or shango. largo. so it's a triangle. a tourist to go time to check the damage. on the one hundred. sixty

dollars. it's now time before the next round of businesses around. the family advertise that macoun is one hundred thirteen years old but when asked for her identification. oh it. just. goes on that well i. mean that's only a matter not for that deal. or so and i even my hands iowan so when ya don't don't see so many boys. and then they got those sources in the unit is a chase is it and they're going to have. curious we go back to hugh on my john the first hundred year old we met here. we ask whose son i did. it says she was born in one thousand nine hundred twenty this means she is not one

hundred three as we were told or even a hundred. s. of them oh do go above. and more and more you out. just. one element out of. us all a male. may know about the show today the thing about i'm going to. davis you lived over. there are allegedly ninety eight people i over one hundred in the range of. their portraits and i do their own show at this museum. it was established to celebrate their exceptional long jameses. some of the ages recorded her extraordinary one hundred twenty eggs. even one hundred years old. much older than the oldest

officially recognized person dard at one hundred twenty. days people really old as they claim to be. simmering years ago along expert visit. question what is the best. demographer machelp will not is known for identifying populations around the world with extreme long but one of them there was no way to confirm the residence i. want to. see what data has you know you don't take on this whole data has your. on that day there has been there so far the documents there david developed exactly called all the offices. back to do this sauce thank you to. a few folks that sat not in the bus at that they've been in sauce dogma some da or

howell don't believe he's going to what was up. and he has even more reasons to doubt the high numbers claiming to be one hundred ten statistically it's unrealistic. the where does some insult and there will be more people perceived assault on. a superstar than a couple cops are it. you can show. yourselves but can. you guess on the sod who is in the saudis had to dissolve that automatic most of the our problem your problem bus or go. demographic down. there. but back in public people have no doubt about this stupid thing to marian to them they oppressions.

the region even has the country's only institute for longevity documented in numbers and kids. institute director and his assistant visit one of the hundred year olds she lives in by li in one hour from bombers here in this modest house. it's a peaceful life among her family. oh are i are they now know are like i'm young now are small amount of money laundering meant that my life may. well i'm in. seventh and seventh in atlanta or to produce i found this out of. the document was issued based on his family statement according to them one is one hundred twelve years old. the assistant filled out a form with basic information on one diet sleep habits vision hearing and general

health much when we come up to. me.