we need to address that grievances we need to compensate them we have to stop a provision of justice process and get justice for the ins and we need to change. the our process for the compartment for our movement and that is two years of knocking and and there's never enough but is there enough trust sorry have to interrupt or is there enough trust to make that happen because from everything we see the two sides are very distrustful of each other. yes i think the main reason why democracy fell from october nineteenth for. a billion one thousand and five because there is no enough time for anything we don't actually write the piece meant for our democratic process to start if we just dump to election that means we have the remnants of the region the still have the money and they can use their money to also they are actually on all the government institutions that are still there we need actually to clean them there and to make sure that we have

people who are really to actually run the election and to do what the government supposed to do and that is need time if we don't do that then the will again or the will find a way to actually come again who will and that that will happen in in in in may one thousand. nine and also in june because the claim is that the sudanese are not mature democracy and then military doing that jump into government and claim they are coming to form and we are doing that with multiple suitland being dependent for three years. fifty three years independently as governed by military and that was absolutely done as a political social and economic half is joining us from khartoum thank you so much

for your time. thank you. to other news in the polls are open in spain with the country's politics more divided than at any time in its recent history the single party is predicted to win an outright majority after a campaign dominated by the rise of the far right and the issue of catalonia independence more on that in a moment with our correspondents but without him. report. a final call to mobilize the party faithful spain socialist prime minister pedro sanchez surrounded by a sea of supporters urges them to go to the ballot box the country deserves to turn the page on the last seven years and look to the future with hope and excitement which is precisely what we are offering our citizens to the young what we are asking is that you vote for your future and therefore vote for the socialist party . voters have a wide choice decades of dominance by two political parties has given way to

a multi-party system the largest players are still the socialist party and the people's party but their influence is gradually ebbing away. he's going socialist maybe to head in the polls in the lead up to the election but the reality is that even if either side does when the most votes he will still have to go to coalition with the far left regional parties if you fail to do that falls on to the people's martie and they were have to do a deal with the far right either way it is a big compromise for both parties. the main spoiler in this unpredictable election box capitalizing on the populist wave spreading through europe the anti immigration policies have resonated amongst voters angered at the status quo the constitutional crisis caused by catalonia as attempt to secede has also dominated this campaign it's the first time

a far right party has entered mainstream politics since the dictatorship of general franco so what does it mean sovereignty won't be broken in catalonia it won't be surrendered in brussels we're not going to kneel down in front of those who don't respect the n.t. austerity together we can and center right citizens parties have a chance of being part of a national government. previous coalitions have struggled in spain disagreeing factions have failed to pass national budgets the makeup of the next government is far from clear polling ahead of sunday's vote suggested forty percent of voters were struggling to make up their minds there are some people in between people there are some people that if they've been between. a man some of them between. so we can see that debate is not a cure but on all four you know one part. whatever the result forming a coalition is likely to take time and in

a reflection of what's happening across europe the only certainty is that the politics in spain has become more fractured more polarized a sign of the times when an increasing combative polity. stage. al-jazeera madrid is the team on deck this hour jonah howell in barcelona to discuss the issue of cuts ammonia in a moment but starting with stephanie decker in madrid where i mean smite points if it looks like a lovely day this is no excuse for people not to get out and vote what they've been saying out there on the streets. will just refer to what you're saying there we have had some early figures now about turnout around forty one point five percent of those eligible to vote have cost their vote there's about less than five hours to go to the polls close turnout seems to be hoisted the second highest since the spain turned into a democracy particularly eleven percent from the last elections in twenty sixteen so this could be interesting evidence kind of holding their breath to see how this

is going to go we've been speaking to people in a polling station here judicially right wing but a mixed bag of feelings of what is important to them catalonia important to everyone certainly but many people also saying that the economy is an issue unemployment the high cost of living women also saying that the issue of equality gender equality is something to talk about of course you can hear more from jonah about the issue of the far right wing books party that's come out of the cut the lawn your independence issue playing a huge role here kemal and i think people do seem to say from what we've been speaking to that a lot of people intend to vote for that right wing party at the moment impossible to cool we're going to have to wait and see how it's going to turn out about to nod off hours after the polls close eight pm local time we expect to have a clearer picture so ten thirty we're expecting to hear those numbers to figure out how spain is voted will it go left or will it go right ok. stephanie deca in

madrid and now to john hall in barcelona what you told us or as we've alluded to a radio obviously the importance of the of the council on independence issue. what has become absolutely pivotal to the national debate as we've been hearing. has influenced the face of spanish politics it's of course massively important here though don't forget that fewer than fifty percent of catalonian voters are in fact catalans in favor of independence forty eight percent at the last opinion poll but they may well turn out to be the biggest voting bloc in this election enough to wait and see in terms of hopes and fears here in catalonia i think there is a broad sense of unease about the rise of box on the far right and the way that it has dragged spanish politics on the right further towards the extreme with its explicit policy promise to revoke regional autonomy to reimpose direct rule of the

parties in the right to say that now as well and try to stamp out this independence movement altogether so turnout figures are high is a bit of a low in the middle of the afternoon here of course but much higher than two thousand and sixteen a lot of people coming out to do what they can to try and counteract the possibility of a government of the right giving the far right hand in power in terms of hopes of course the hope would be for a government not of the right but of the left possibly in power with the help of. independents m.p.'s there is a quiet sort of recognition here in the politics of independence that direct action hasn't worked that dialogue a more pragmatic approach is the better approach over the long term and the only government they've got any chance of any sort of dialogue with would be a government of the left or right looking forward to more from john hull in later on and also stephanie decker in madrid. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour when politics gets personal the iraq demands brain apologize for

insulting a prominent cleric. no choice but to adapt to a different culture we've seen displays for tibetan refugees in india. and toronto . style man puts in a playoff performance remember the n.b.a. action is coming up a little later in school. right now the detectives in the u.s. are investigating a suspected hate crime at a synagogue a gunman killed an elderly woman and wounded three other people including a rabbi police have arrested a nineteen year old man suspected of having fun right rob reynolds has more now from the shooting scene in california almost one hundred people had gathered at the home community center in synagogue in poll a north of san diego to celebrate the last day of passover in the jewish holiday a white one thousand year old male identified by police as jonathan ernest entered

the synagogue and began firing a semiautomatic rifle bullets struck four people killing an elderly woman and wounding a young girl a man and the rabbi presiding over the service obviously look right now based on my last. conversation looks like a hate crime hard to believe as the gunman fled an armed off duty border patrol agent employed to provide security at the synagogue chased him shooting at his vehicle shortly afterward the gunman contacted police and was taken into custody without incident police believe his weapon jammed soon after he began shooting there was a border patrol officer off duty. at the at the synagogue and as the. church was leaving the facility he obtained a weapon and engaged in gunfire and shot at ernest did not hit him but there was

theirs they did make. it but some bullet holes in the car that arch was driving law enforcement officers say the alleged gunman was. her investigation for attempting to set fire to a mosque in a nearby community hate crimes against jews and other minorities in the u.s. have increased in recent years the california attack happened six months to the day after eleven people were killed in a synagogue in pittsburgh one of the worst instances of anti semitic violence in modern u.s. history in the past few weeks three churches where african-americans worship were set alight in louisiana president trump has faced criticism that his rhetoric has encouraged white supremacists he denies the accusations on friday the president drew criticism for once again saying there were quote fine people among those taking part in the unite the right rally in charlottesville virginia in two

thousand and seventeen which was billed as a racist anti-semitic gathering president trump says there were some there milledge to defend the statue of the confederate pro-slavery general i was talking about fee for this was because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e. lee a great general like. it was one of the alleged gunman apparently posted a hate filled anti-semitic screed online on a website popular with the far right just a few moments before the shooting began that document will now be scrutinized by investigators who are also looking for other elements to his motive and the shooting is likely to add to a growing political debate in the weeks ahead rob reynolds al-jazeera hallway california an update now sunday morning it is in the united states with christensen

amy in washington kristen what charges is the gunman actually facing now. kemal nineteen year olds josh john ernest has been charged with homicide he's also being investigated in connection with an arson attack that he's been taking credit for according to the sheriff of san diego county the big question is whether or not he will be charged with a hate crime which would carry even more serious penalties officials have been weighing in on that front from the president himself who said it looked like a hate crime to the crime to the mare of poway who said that any time anyone goes into a house of worship and shoots the congregants in my book that's a hate crime so further charges do seem likely in this case and reaction to this christine you know any sort of crime like this regardless of the of the religion or the minority or whoever it is it is perpetrated against in the united states these days it comes back to a political discussion about the discourse about the divisions in society in such

things. absolutely and as rob reynolds noted hate crimes in this country are on the rise but president trump was quick to condemn the shooting he was at a rally in wisconsin saturday evening shortly after it happened he said that the nation's heart is with the victims and the nation stands in solidarity with the synagogue. the jewish community in general he also condemned anti-semitism strong reaction also from the anti-defamation league of course the jewish community bearing the brunt of these attacks he described it as a attack on the entire jewish community a collective sacred space had been violated he said and of course that really hurts because this is coming on the attack happened on the last night of passover and also six months after that tree of life shooting at the synagogue in pittsburgh

which was the most violent and deadly anti-semitic attack in u.s. history christine salumi with the update from washington d.c. thank you kristen. roman catholic worshippers in sri lanka have taken the unprecedented step of celebrating sunday mass by watching a televised service normal services in churches are suspended indefinitely following last sunday's easter bomb attacks florence louis has more now from columbus. a week after the easter sunday bombing it's the same time the nice shrine remains closed and sunday mosques across the nation suspended because of security threats despite the bomb alerts and intense security the faithful get as close to their church as they can under watchful eyes the head of the catholic church in sri lanka the archbishop of colombo celebrated mass in the church in his official residence his message of peace broadcast live on t.v.

and radio contradiction. to kill someone in the name of god. the all merciful god who is the all love god who has reared my brother and mine. who vanished while we value. of service at home with her family a sister. with that same town to church last sunday and hasn't been seen since she holds out hope her sister is still alive but is struggling we can't take it out only when we're now i don't like church anymore i don't want god my sister went to church with belief in god she had strong faith she often sets an absence will help really good turn your life i've lost faith in the church. of family haven't stopped searching but say they're ready to accept any outcome this is our neighborhood multi-faith like a family as a mosque a few steps away and in front of that

a catholic trying at this time of the year this street and the surrounding ones should be decorated with festive lights to celebrate easter a week ago instead they've been replaced by black and white streamers. and every father jude jones have joined. us holding mass at st anthony's when the bomb exploded he survived because the bomb us at the back of the church away from the altar he says he's struggling to come to terms with the attack why inside this would please such things would happen. usually before the talk to the people. and then. as you say later to some of them. they were full of. they were full of hope. and all of them with new dresses. i hope some families came specially in pain. to ask from the san antonio to god. everything.

outside st anthony's survivors held a prayer vigil and lit candles in memory of the dead and prayed for peace florence li al-jazeera colombo. iraq's foreign minister is demanding a formal apology from behind so over some controversial statements made about an influential iraqi shia cleric which is actually just the latest in a war of words between the country's chance traveled with more from baghdad on saturday influential shia cleric here mocked other assad who controls the largest shia bloc in iraq's parliament called for a reconciliation between iran and saudi arabia and called for a change of government in bahrain syria and yemen now. it's in response to those statements that we saw the bahraini foreign minister describe the the influential shia cleric cable to other assad as behaving like something that was

a half man half dog as you can imagine deeply offensive here in the muslim world and as a result of that we saw protests overnight outside the bar in a consulate in najaf in the bahraini embassy here in baghdad it's very important to put this kind of diplomatic spat in some sort of geopolitical calm context here of course in recent months we've seen an increase in an effort by the u.s. to galvanize pull in its anti iran coalition a coalition that is very much supported by saudi arabia and by bahrain and let's not forget that iraq is a majority shia country that neighbors iran and sees itself very much as being in the center of this wider geo political context other souther up until now has always been so far at least as being quite moderate in his language very

keen to point out that iraq is a sovereign nation and that iran will not meddle in its affairs and neither will the americans and their supporters so they say it's important to put context on this diplomatic route but it highlights once again as i say these very deep seated sectarian and political problems of this region and just how tense the situation is becoming. floods have been reported in northern mozambique following the most powerful cycling ever recorded them cycling canada has dissipated it's at least five people were killed and and time villages were flattened two days ago more severe thunderstorms than i expected and the government is warning people to head to higher grounds the site kind of pulls the second in six weeks to lash the eastern coast of southern africa so a good time to bring in kevin corriveau a meteorologist we're just discussing on the map behind you it doesn't look that bad but i just looks deceptive here that's right because we're talking three days ago when the storm made landfall that we're talking about the remnants so the area

of low pressure that the turning the unstable air is over the same area and that's going to be the big problem we have already seen quite a bit of rain just the last twenty four hours i want to put the settling into motion you can see all the thunderstorms right along the coast here and we have been seeing some very large than the storms just in the last twelve hours you can see that large mass right there in the last two days though this is how much rain we've seen across the area over two hundred sixty five millimeters of rain in four days it was over to about three hundred fifteen millimeters of rain and the rain is expected to continue want to show you what we expect to see in the next three days across the region particularly here across the coastal areas where you see that darker area of blue well in that region we could be seeing about two hundred fifty to possibly locally four hundred more millimeters of rain in this area and that is why the the concern for flooding is still going to continue as we go towards the next several days or the next next week so we're going to be watching this very very carefully the next area we are watching is what is happening here in the bay

but all because we do have another tropical cyclone that has formed right now it is to the east of sri lanka it's really just a tropical storm intensity but we are looking at the winds increasing as we go to the next couple of days winds are gusting up to about one hundred twenty millimeters see one hundred twenty kilometers right now over the next few days though the storm could take several pass we're going to be watching anywhere across the northern part of the baby girl. it could be the northeastern part of india or could be parts of parts of myanmar and also bangladesh ok kevin thank you for that still ahead for you on this news dot. com i'm up i think in many and i'll be reporting on an election with no opposition and what that means but this country. will also look at why moscow is using soft power to get a foothold in afghanistan and in sports and i'm one of the biggest upsets of the season the one the french top details with some a little like. the

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you're on the news here at al-jazeera and these are our top stories a breakthrough after weeks of deadlock between protesters and military leaders opposition groups and the army have agreed to form a joint council to discuss a transition to civilian rule. voting in spain. national election in four years the socialists are seeking another term but no party is predicted to win any outright majority. in

a special mass for the victims of the easter sunday attacks has been held in capital colombo it is now estimated two hundred sixty people died in the bombings. we've got an update on the situation in libya right now where the u.n. recognized government has told france to stop dealing with. the war continues to lay siege to tripoli strike on sunday by one of its helicopters killed four and injured at least twenty three france has been accused by the tripoli based government of supporting her and its forces as they advance towards the capital so the latest on this with mahmoud. in tripoli it's an interesting sort of force not quite an intervention but a demand almost from the government. will. the interior minister or. the government has just spoken in

a person and blamed it clearly and obviously blame the france for helping the warlords or have to meanwhile has called on france to stick to its principles and to stop dealing with have to he also alluded that there are foreign intervention in libya there are foreign powers supporting the warlords who for have to and is a law did that to all arab countries are supporting have to with that fighter jets remember kimo that last night approved have to fighter jet lunch and air strikes in the near tripoli city center and killed four and killed the four of the g.n.a.t. forces forces loyal to the government and are called and wondered more than twenty people that's according to the interior minister meanwhile bashar has just confirmed that have to is not going to be part of any peace talks in the future

especially after his accused and the government to secure would have to dispose of committing war crimes into probably by targeting it is then surely as killing innocent civilians including women children and also targeting the only operational airport in this city and tripoli m eighty gear airport also concerning the military confrontations on the ground today the government forces advanced towards there in active international airport and military sources or the government say that the are gaining a ground the are taken control of the new locations that in the vicinity of the tripoli international airport they say they are pushing have to his forces back out of the cells of the administrative borders of the capital tripoli manage to take control of the airports. today amy is that they can cut the supporting line come and go from city to have to forces meanwhile government warplanes six air

strikes today targeting have to look asians on the southern outskirts of tripoli and by the way this could arise at any time because the confrontations are going on at this moment mahmud our beloved with that update from tripoli thank you. benigno how you going to the polls but a pretty limited choice of who they can elect there are actually no opposition candidates after a new electoral law was passed eighty three m. pages are on the ballot from only two parties and both of them are loyal to the president patrice talland so let's go to. the port city at a polling station there. not much of a choice. that's right not much of a choice and this can only be described as an unprecedented situation this is never happened in the thirty year history of multi-party democracy and any and people of

ordinary people are just wondering what to make of it so we've been talking to people to try to understand what they think about this whole situation. this keep fit group meets regularly. and when they're finished they like to exercise their minds and this election has given them plenty to think about rove is retired he says he'll be making time on sunday to vote despite the fact that the choice is limited only candidates from two parties both links to the presidents. to. what they explained to us on t.v. is that one hundred fifty smaller parties came together to make up two parties and we have seen that to be the case i'm not a politician but what we want to species whether it's oppositional pro-government parties i don't care i only want peace. jack is about is a traitor and is unlikely to give up his time to visit a polling station he's disappointed with the current situation.

we are in the election period yet in the city it doesn't feel like there's a real campaign going on there's no competition because two parties are fighting for the same cause so ultimately there's no election because there is no competition. home to get a new electoral code was agreed in the national assembly aimed at reducing the number of political parties five years ago twenty parties field of candidates but eighty three positions this time only two newly formed parties met all the requirements they're both loyal to president parties tunnel who came to power in twenty sixteen as an independent there are around five million registered voters in any if everyone should know how many will find out because. the political private overshadowed any faith around real issues making this election more about symbolism and substance. despite protests from opposition parties many been in these just

want to get on with their lives julian kenya has been selling fabrics in the market for forty years under with a government can come and help you go for another government gun. if you. have never seen the situation before but we must accept it. benny is proud of its democratic tradition since the transition to multi-party politics in one thousand nine hundred ninety but this election appears to be challenging that with the opposition arguing sunday's vote is not taking place on a level playing field. the opposition called on it supporters to stay at home to boycott this election and that could be one of the reasons that we've seen what we think to be and what it's apparently a very low turnout by all indications so far this is interesting because in the run up to this election it had been thought that there would be protests now those haven't materialized and the protests that were happening in the run up to the

election were all cost now some are saying this is a very worrying fighting for the health of the democracy in this country and one opposition. national assembly member actually called this funeral the burial of democracy in this country fascinating vote isn't it. on the elections in banning thank you. in hong kong thousands of protests in the streets over a proposed new law that would make it possible to extra not people to mainland china many marches carried the yellow and a nod to the pro-democracy protests the city five years ago just last week organizers of that twenty four to occupy central movement was sentenced to up to sixteen months in prison. now afghanistan is marking the anniversary of the overthrow of its soviet backed government back in one thousand nine hundred two after occupation by the soviet union in the eighty's what's called liberation day

signifies the end of russian involvement in afghanistan interesting leaver thirty years on some believe moscow's influence is actually returning charlotte has been looking at that in kabul. for the fisa law has been learning russian for six months a couple university that i was shocked at first i chose this language as a hobby but after learning it i found it is very rich it gives me broader ideas and connects me with the world which can improve my life. the course was started in one nine hundred seventy nine as the soviets invaded afghanistan they were in afghanistan for a decade fighting the mujahideen when the military retreated so did cultural times not thought it was up. when nato forces came to afghanistan we only had one russian class now we have four classes because there is no sensitivities around learning russian. six thousand five hundred afghans are studying russian and three hundred sixty can apply for paid scholarships into russian university. i want to learn

russian because it is an international language if i learn this language i will be able to introduce the russian culture in afghan.