actually called this funeral the burial of democracy in this country fascinating vote isn't it. on the elections in benning thank you. in hong kong thousands of protests in the streets over a proposed new law that would make it possible to extradite people to mainland china many marches carried their yellow broilers in a nod to the pro-democracy protests that gripped 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 leader thirty years on some believe moscow's influence is actually returning shallop bellus has been looking at that in kabul. for trophies alone has been learning russian for

six months and kabul 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 till it was up. when nato forces came to afghanistan we only had one russian class now we have four classes because there's no sensitivities around learning russian. six thousand five hundred afghans a studying russian and three hundred sixty can apply for paid scholarships into russian university. i want to learn russian because it's an international language if i learn this language i will be able to introduce the russian culture in afghanistan and vice versa russia has turned towards afghanistan as the u.s.

has turned away after eighteen years at war america is looking for a way out u.s. taliban talks are progressing seem to be around a foreign troop withdrawal without being asked moscow held parallel talks in march upstaging the us by getting afghan leaders and the taliban in the same. beats on many fronts and the fall date in future to be succeeded moved further and on thursday moscow hosted a trilateral meeting with china and the u.s. when they agreed to work together to bring peace to afghanistan russia's rebranding afghanistan extends to a new cultural seem to hair in western kabul in the one nine hundred eighty s. this was the site for the sort of hit hard a science and culture that was destroyed during the civil war the ruins became a refuge for carbo's drug addicts now they teach russian language hold arctic

submissions and movie nights they have soccer tournament's with players from former soviet states this excision showcases one hundred years of diplomacy between kabul and moscow and people have an opportunity to compare. yes and. no. spent for afghanistan several deviance of draws right. now russia is hoping for a fresh start in afghanistan one without u.s. interference shallop ballasts al-jazeera kabul. thousands of tibetan refugees call india's capital home even though they don't have access to basic social services many of them are recent arrivals who fled chinese oppression in tibet this is the second part of our series a life display so how raman meets some of those tibetans in new delhi who say they have no choice but to adapt to life in india.

tibet and culture and dance thrives here every day every hundred and every step every smile has a meaning generations of tibetans young and old continue to embrace and maintain their cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are and where they're from. this is a suburb of the indian capital new delhi tibetans to be refugees here since one nine hundred sixty four with kerry at that time this was open ground there was nothing here there were no street lights not even at all when we came here we lived in tents in our understanding and that was that but then one or two years we were going to go back to their bit indians help the with food and clothes and as the photographs show their homes were flimsy protecting them from harsh winters and blistering summers were simple brick and wood structures or tents. the community of a few hundred has turned into a few thousand this maze of alleyways is a part of a much larger community on the banks of the river you would not. the display of

symbols flags and bunting defined it as tibet and the area also attracts tourists to see tibetans at work and understand their issues. have been defined as migraines are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the one nine hundred fifty one un convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the indian welfare system so they become self-sufficient setting up their own businesses and looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. under the watchful eye of tibet spiritual leader the dalai lama students such as tens of beauty are grateful for the educational opportunities offered the young to belgians like me know that the aspiration to go back to their own country and so their kids don't want to settle in someone's. to settle here it's an aspiration many of the tibetan community have but it's not going away as

the years pass by or tibetans around the world wherever they are they feel that they are staying somewhere but their real sense of home is their culture and identity and and most importantly driven by our hope that one day i will go back to tibet which is my home. for the moment new delhi is a hobo away from home for successive generations of tibetans it will continue to be so until they feel they can safely return to tibet so robin al jazeera you delhi and in the next part of our series a life displaced we're looking at the thousands of bengali and refugees who are living in pakistan. a canadian mining company operating about swan has discovered the second biggest diamond in the world the stone. well that's larger than a tennis ball in fact second in size only to a diamond found in south africa back in one thousand nine hundred five but it may

not bring in as much money because its owner says the rock is composed of what he says is variable quality that's what you don't want with a dime and still ahead for you on the news our sports and another record for ten years marathon man santa is here with that and the rest of the sports in a moment. the place where decision makers opinion leaders and journalists come together every year. for honest conversations on global affairs and the future of the region. the thirty al-jazeera foot. in a region full of contradictory agendas and deepening decides. with an arms race loosely. where is the gulf headed with the radian influence on the rise saudi lou it's on the decline. and the khashoggi crisis.

going from crisis to decline of strategic influence this april twenty seventh and twenty eighth in doubt. welcome back sonorous here with a look at a sport thank you very much with out with the latest from the formula one but the of mercy this has just won the as a beta and a call ahead of his teammates and defending world champion who is he. didn't hunt and remains a top of the overall standings despite losing all of the individual with the fin and the final laps test coming out on top against the briton for his second win of the season it's also the fourth messi this one too in the four is so far sure i

savored sebastian vettel who is the end buckle up. keep talking has run the second fastest masson of all time the kenyan one the london mass and in the course record time was two hours two minutes and thirty eight seconds it took a broke the world record in berling last the aaron is also the reigning olympic math and champion process for time and in pick track champion muhammad finished fifth. kenya as that bridget kosgei one the women's race a twenty five year old is the youngest ever winner of the event setting champion and compact vivian terry out finished second. while leonard has put in one of the most impressive performances of this year's n.b.a. playoffs he scored forty five points to help the toronto raptors win a game one of the second round series against the philadelphia seventy six s. so malik has the option to go with toronto gripped by playoff fever and hip hop

star drake playing cheerleader the pressure was on the raptors to deliver lower. and that's exactly what they did in game one against philadelphia the seventy six is themselves have two of the n.b.a.'s most feared players in their ranks. say the all star jones envied by last season's rookie of the year ben since he shot them chew at a truck driving job. but neither could out sean cole while and what they're looking at. the one time n.b.a. champion putting up a personal playoff by forty five points in the occasion these efforts helped him to want to stay ahead for much of the game and take an eleven point lead into the final quarter there would be no hiccups in the fourth leonard killing off any hopes of a philadelphia comeback. you have to run to seed it want to wait to ninety five dollars

focused on his winning no come over to make shots. toronto have failed to live up to expectations in recent seasons but with this dominant looking unstoppable this just might be their year so halo molly al-jazeera. while the devon i guess are into the second round they won game seven against the san antonio spurs this storm and nicola you know kycia getting through the serbian bagging a triple double. writing team expects. me to do. something just trying to. play my best. as possible. in the n.h.l. playoffs columbus have leveled their second round series against the boston bruins that won all the blue jackets needed a double overtime to do it does saying got the winner to seal a three two win on this are looking to win the stanley cup for the first time ever

. and that is have also leveled their says that with the st louis. one a game apiece will be hints scored twice to seal a fourth to victory and the blues a run of three straight wins. in english premier league man city are looking to reclaim the top spot that they're not actually against burnley meanwhile arsenal slumped to a third defeat in a row they were thrashed three nil away by leicester the result damages their hopes of qualifying for next season's champions league their one point behind fourth place chelsea who take on manchester united later. then have pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season that they stand. to win the french cup on saturday and deny the league champions a domestic double this year who have won the competition for the past four years looked in complete control down the alphas opening the scoring in the twelve minute . and mark mark his return from

a three months in trails what with the brilliant goal to double their advantage. but pierce just do it was short lived and came back thanks to press they own goal and mix a level of it to two to send the game into extra time. when things got really bad for p.s.g. was striker king and sent off the game went to penalties christopher who missed his spot kick to hand and the first title since nineteen seventy one. some of his including. the scalp represents everything a whole crazy season after a crazy game here we are down to no against p.s.g. at the start of france i think there were very few people who thought we could come back it's a huge one. and that's for me of course and they would send we'll have more for you later on but for now i'll hand you back to come up thank you and that is in years

our finale plenty more coming up more on line of course that al-jazeera contemplates more coming up after the break the latest from sudan particularly where we have this new joint council in tights. on counting the call says the u.s. slams the brakes on iran's oil exports will try to spillover effect also have a secret world of high risk lending impacts the poor and a sting operation to catch a spy let's apply for control of the next generation of my bob counting the cost on al-jazeera. may on al-jazeera. as the world's biggest democracy goes to the polls we focus on the economic challenges facing india and the rise of ultra nationalism and new series of the award winning environmental flow which meet some of the people striving to protect the planet twenty five years after coming to

power can be a unseen maintain its political dominance in south africa and a massive documentary series from lives of two young lives in rule kenya and up in brazil over the past twenty years and with breakfast still looming and populism on the rinds across europe will these elections become a referendum on the news so many on al-jazeera. from the bamboo harvest is navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart to the time we finished our scares to the fission and dicing with death. from afraid of falling i'm afraid of dying but if i don't go i can't think of my family i need the men who go to the extreme just to make a living but you have to be a strong swimmer otherwise it's safe and risking it all vietnam on al-jazeera.

al jazeera. and for you. all of the talk started with high spirits and great transparency and we've reiterated our joint regard for the country a breakthrough in sudan as the military council and the protest leaders agree to bring civilians into the transitional government. but once again from doha santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera it is

polling day in spain left and right parties battling for power in the third general election and for here it's. also the u.n. recognize the libyan government is calling for foreign countries to immediately end their support for the war coming to. weeks for strongly condemn the evil of that seven inches of men. and that's off the shootings in a synagogue detectives in california are questioning i suspect to far right sympathize. hello again protesters in sudan struck a deal with the military that promises to move the nation towards civilian rule it finally happened at a meeting between military leaders and delegation which is representing some of the protest groups what they agreed was to form a joint council until new elections can be hills this is after the weeks of mass step. instructions that we have seen right across sudan that have continued really

even after the removal of the longtime president bashir morgan has a report now from. a breakthrough in the very first night of talks between the committee of sudan's ruling military council and the coalition of opposition parties they've been trying to find a way to rule the country until a deal can be reached on elections on saturday night the two sides reached a partial agreement to form a joint civilian military council that will supervise a transitional period so. the talks started with high spirits and great transparency and we've reiterated our joint regard for the country talks will continue and we are optimistic on reaching a final result that we can announce to the sudanese people as soon as possible. the coalition made up of opposition parties and the sudanese professionals association has been leading anti-government protests which began at the end of last year. sparked by a rise in fuel and bread prices but they quickly widened into demands for bashir to

step down and earlier this month a sit in outside the army headquarters in her tomb prompted the army to stage a coup. since bashir was ousted the military and the coalition have been in talks on a future government over the usually continues until i give you a rare for civilian government i research papers are we seeing the military council is sensible enough drugs that it stands out among some since. the sit in for is now in its fourth week as people wait for a new government the two sides will meet on sunday to try to work out how to deliver that as negotiations continue on the formation of a transitional government continue to keep pressure on the military council over the past three weeks more people have been arriving from different states to go on the sets and they want the billion and not the military to be there want to have the ultimate say incidents future protesters are now also focusing on foreign governments they accuse of interfering in sudan's affairs hundreds demonstrated in front of the. egyptian embassy in her on saturday egypt saudi arabia and the united

arab emirates want to see the military retain control of the country. foreign interference is only aimed to keep the military in power we want aid to come to the sudanese people and keep relations soley between the people and not the military. foreign interference impacts the decisions of the military council which we don't accept because we want a civilian government and this is the will of the people. to dance revolution for change started more than four months ago and these protesters say they will not give up until they achieve their goal is to believe in government morgan. and more with mohamed. it strikes me that the overriding picture is that this is a big step forward for these two sides but also that we see a protest movement. that just will not give up and is determined to keep the pressure on. i. think this is the

second most important step or achievement. the beginning of these. months ago and since that more particularly since that a move of former president. that agreement that was reached yesterday was only an initial agreement it's just one beginning of a long process of negotiations they have agreed to create a joint. council and that is going to be that. but the details are still being discussed and the second meeting the second round of talks is going to be held in the next few hours it was supposed to start in the morning but until now the two sides say they still need more discussions among themselves to present names and to make sure they present to the table final suggestions and proposals for these points the first point is has to do with the

number of. the military want to ten members three of them. from the military side so they want a large majority in the council civilians on the other side the protesters they want the council to be made up of fifteen members eight of them from the civilian side seven from the military side so they also want that simple majority for themselves. the other points include the length of the transition four years that's the demand by the protesters two years only that's the man by the military and each side has their explanation of why they chose that number of years these are only a few among many points including how to tackle corruption how to what nature of the government will harm is it. suggested by the protesters should be made up of only technocrats fully civilian cabinet to run the affairs of the country lots of

issues they have to discuss and expected the not expected actually to agree on those points today so it's going to take a few days pops. in khartoum thank you. voting in spain under way today with the country's politics more divided than at any time really in its recent democratic history no single party is predicted to win an outright majority after a campaign dominated by the rise of the far right as well as the issue of catalonia independence has our report now from madrid. a final cool 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 in 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. in the socialists maybe to head in the polls in the lead up to the election but the reality is that even if either side does where the most votes he will still have to go to coalition with the far left regional parties if you fail to do that but it falls on to the people's marty 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 your own 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 p.p.o. there are some people whose if they've been between p.p.i. involved and then some of them between. so we can see that these not be your buds are all for you know one party. whatever the. result forming

a coalition is likely to take time and 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 increasing combative political stage it's on the way i go al-jazeera madrid and more now from stephanie decker who's been a diversion in the precincts in the capital. there's been a steady stream of people coming here to cause their vote got the day very busy now thirty million people are registered to vote these elections are being called some of the most difficult to predict in the history of spain's democracy and that's also because there are now for the first time five different parties to choose from and also crucially around forty percent of spaniards hadn't yet made up their minds until today but the day is here and it's time to decide. this is what i'm looking

for me the most important thing is the best party wins and we move to a better country with more jobs with a better economy but most importantly more jobs. about the history of catalonia we have to find a solution for cuts alone yet their respects the opinion of everyone not just one side or the other side i would say equal equal rights equal pay for women. and the real feminist so i would like to live in in the spain where my daughter can receive that famous to opportunity says men do polls close at eight o'clock this evening and then it's about to knock off hours until spain will know what the numbers are is going to shift left or is going to shift right and then the difficult task of forming a coalition government to get exactly take weeks and weeks until spaniards know what the new government is going to look like libya's u.n. recognized government has told france stop dealing with the warlord continues to

lay siege to tripoli there was an airstrike on sunday by one of his helicopters which killed four and injured at least twenty three france has been accused by the tripoli based government of supporting hafter as his forces advance towards the capital here is more from mahmud of the wind in tripoli. clashes broke out again on the southern part of tripoli near the vicinity of the international in active airport as the forces loyal to the kidneys. the government of national called have advanced toward the center of the tripoli international airport it's very strategic because if the government forces recaptured the international airport they can easily cut the supporting law in coming before her.