very influential in this fracturing process is so new was talking about in her report that this is the first general election since the events of october two thousand and seventeen when the regional government here held a unilateral referendum on independence then a declaration of independence declared illegal of course by the government in madrid sparking a constitutional crisis and in those eighteen months the independent issue hasn't gone anywhere a conservative government in madrid has been replaced by a socialist government perhaps more sympathetic to the cause that held out its hand at least towards negotiations but paid a fairly heavy price for that branded on the right as traitors and catalyzing in turn the rise of the spock's far right party with its promised to stamp out separatism altogether reimposing direct rule here and i think that issue is on the minds of a great deal of voters in catalonia turnout has been very high much higher than it was in two thousand and sixteen a lot of people probably a majority of voters here turning out to do what they can to prevent a right wing coalition government coming into power now with vox the far right

party having a hand in power for the first time since franco's death forty years ago and genocide one of the hopes and perhaps fear is that the catalan voters the day. will clearly not for right wing government probably for a left wing government the center ground has largely been vacated as part of this process of fracturing and splintering towards the extremes they'll be looking presumably towards a socialist led government possibly with the support of catalan m.p.'s in parliament there's a sort of quiet recognition now in the independence movement that unilateral action is not the way forward it hasn't worked confrontation hasn't brought and any good that the way forward is a much more considered patient process involving dialogue and the only government that might offer any sort of dialogue would be a government of the left turn up thank you. now for the tenth week in a row the members of the algerian diaspora in france have held protests against

algeria is ruling elite thousands of people took to the streets of paris on sunday earlier this month president. stepped down after ruling out geria for twenty years but if he has been replaced by the head of the upper house of parliament as an interim president until an election on july the fourth. time for a short break here not just there i want to come back the u.n. recognized libyan government calling for foreign countries to meet at the end their support for the war motif after last. places of learning becoming much needed shelter the sudanese in libya more in that state with. a large in a welcome back we are cross china we did see some very heavy rain as we enter the week particular down here across much of the south we're going to get a break as we go towards the beginning of the week particular on monday where we're

going to be seeing some partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions across the area but that's only going to last for one day because by the time we get to tuesday much of that rain continues to come down here across much of the south leading up here towards the northeast for joe we're going to expect and thunderstorms in your forecast as well attempted there of about thirty degrees in shanghai it will be a rainy day for you as well with a temperature of nineteen across india central india particularly we are looking at the central areas seeing temperatures into the forty mid forty's or higher across much of the region nagpur at forty five degrees there kolkata not looking too bad at thirty seven degrees but new delhi forty two degrees as well out towards the bam bigelow we are watching a new cyclone developing and that is making its way towards the north not really too much of a factor as we go towards the middle of the week but we will be watching as the tracks up here towards the north for new delhi it is going to be a day of forty two degree temperatures for you as we go towards tuesday. and then very quickly here across the gulf we are looking at temperatures and coming up as

well attempt of thirty two degrees here on monday and thirty two degrees on tuesday . china's a problem has become famous for its large number of elderly many aged one hundred years one i want to investigate see if the raging home the secrets to a long and healthy life on al jazeera.

welcome back at the top stories here on al-jazeera a second round of key talks in sudan is set to get underway. a protest leaders on the deal to form a joint council to run the country until elections and. voting is underway in spain in its third national election in four years turnouts estimates to be around forty three percent. to several bombings talk of the hotels and churches in sri lanka churches remain shut instead christians took the unprecedented step of holding must by watching a televised service that follows easter sunday as attacks that killed at least two hundred fifty people. the latest from colombo. a week after the instance it's. close. on sunday mass across the nation suspended because of security threats to spike the ball man lets an intense

security the faithful gap 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 go on do is the all merciful god who is the all love god who has reared my brother and mine. who vanished. for service at home with her family her sister. was at the same time to church last sunday and hasn't been seen since she holds out hope her sister is still alive but is struggling we can fake it out only when we have to now i don't like church anymore i don't want called 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. the 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 shrine 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 to happen. usually before the mas i talked to the people.

and then. as you say later to some of them. they were full of all. they were full of hope. and all of them with new dresses. i hope some families came specially in pension. who asked for. me to guard. everything. outside. survivor's house a prayer vigil and lit candles in the dead and pray for peace. al-jazeera. pakistan has released a final group of indian nationals detained for illegal fishing three hundred sixty have now been released as part of a goodwill gesture india and pakistan often arrest each other for political leverage tensions are running high since a suicide bomber killed over forty soldiers in indian administered kashmir. police

in the united states are investigating a suspected hate crime at a synagogue a gunman killed an elderly woman and wounded three other people including a rabbi a nineteen year old man alleged abuse has been arrested. from a 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 a piers that did make. did put some bullet holes in the car that arch was driving law enforcement officers say the alleged gunman was under 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. is 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 wright 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 militia defend the statue of the confederate pro-slavery general i was talking about fee for this because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e. lee a great general like. it was one of the great 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 poway california libya has even recognized government has told fronts to stop dealing with money for how tom the warlord continues to masons to tripoli and as tricon somebody by one of his helicopters killed four people. on his migrants and refugees have been trapped by the fighting in libya schools and universities have been turned into temper shelters for those displaced in the conflict one of the while had met some of those caught up in the fighting. and school in the center of to paly now a meek shift home for migrants and refugees. they were evacuated from areas south

of the capital when fighting broke out between the forces of warlord holly for have to and the troops of the end recognized libyan government. him and his family originally from darfur in sudan where in the town of gaza have been exceeded twenty five kilometers from tripoli when the area came under attack suddenly the middle of day we hear in the shooting shooting of the guns so very heavy shooting but we don't know so. after the shooting we see the cars militarist us cross in the area of. when we were being. in the. night about. a denying the m. there are many many heavy shooting. members of the red crescent helped get the

family to reality of safety they now share classrooms in this school with more than thirty other families and that number is rising most are from sudan or eritrea. many lock themselves in the classrooms they say to protect their privacy they rely mostly on donations for food but getting medical supplies and treatment can be a major challenge i don't just mean and what are so he we concerned about the health of the migrants we sometimes handle patients with chronic diseases in pregnancy that need specialized clinics we also provide the migrants with psychological support some of the sudanese migrants say they will be seeking asylum in other countries with the help of relief organizations they were in haiti are as recently evacuated hundreds of people trapped by the fighting. but as the security situation around the capital gets worse many of them remain at risk. a

few days ago and the grants detention center was attacked two people were reportedly killed and several others wanted. the government believed to have to his forces many of the migrants at this school have fled war on poverty in their own countries they say they feel safe here for now but they also know they may have to move again if the fighting continues mom or dad. tripoli hundreds of people have protested across iraq against bahrain routes foreign minister has demanded a formal apology from bahrain a controversial statements made about an influential shia cleric but both countries of trade insults in recent days over the united states and iran policies but has 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 here with other assad as behaving like something that was a half man half god as you can imagine deeply offensive here in the muslim world 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 flooding in northern mozambique has wiped out entire villages united nations released these images showing the port town of pemba one of the worst

affected areas tropical cyclone kenneth in the region on thursday and there's been more heavy rain the u.n. secretary general antonio television has made an appeal for the victims. polls are now closed in parliamentary elections where there's a choice of just two political parties both of which a loyal to the president turnout was low and for the first time in thirty years there was not a single opposition candidate on the ballot. a quick check of the headlines here al-jazeera breakthrough has been made in sudan after weeks of deadlock between protesters and military leaders opposition groups on the army have agreed to form a joint council to discuss a transition to civilian rule voting is underway in spain in its third national election in four years. the socialists are seeking another term but no parties but to win an outright majority. for the tenth week in

a row members of the algerian diaspora in france have held protests against algeria is ruling elite thousands of people took to the streets of paris on sunday early this month president. stepped down after a ruling argyria for twenty years. leaders have taken part in vigils a week from the deadly easter sunday bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people but the country remains on edge and security forces carry out more raids on suspects. flooding in northern mozambique has wiped out entire villages the united nations released these images showing the port town of pemba one of the worst affected areas tropical cyclone kenneth hit the region on thursday and there's been more heavy rain the u.n. secretary general antonio has made an appeal for the victims many of them were already displaced. six weeks ago. these villages have been entirely wiped out

they look like they've been running for viable people asking for time then they need water purification and they need food so we are going to work closely with the government we are here in support of i n g c who are coordinating this response to mobilize the supplies needed to get these people assistance as quickly as possible the weather is still bad it is still raining but thankfully the winds have died down so we will be doing everything we can in the next twenty four hours to get people the supplies that they need and to continue to move out to assess areas and make sure that we know the full situation on the ground and pakistan has released a final group of indian nationals detained for illegal fishing three hundred sixty have now been released as part of a goodwill gesture. began releasing the fisherman from karachi as lundy prison in batches of one hundred a week india and pakistan off the rest each other's fisherman for political leverage tensions have remained high since a suicide bomber killed the forty soldiers in the madness of kashmir those are the headlines the news continues. after one.

all. the. millions of tourists flock to china'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 keek stoss

and 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 warming sea used to be one of the country's poorest regions. now it's rebranded so as the center to help feeling powerless 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 elderly meeting a person who is more than one hundred years old is something special. touching them taking peaches promises good luck. but. it's outside her time she lives upstairs but that's not easily accessible to visits . at the village entrance a sign displays where the other one hundred year olds live. and i'm sure. the. i'm living among it's the custom for every visitor to give the singing is a little not. that i am now only minds in the.

south so i would use our. i have had time for change if i may use for your patricio i have yet to. say it out or they sent the. message that langmore bangkok everyone has their own explanation for how to reach all that which today she explain in his close family a healthy diet exercise we need to show what the whole not a susie hot seat has that hot can into a shoe fashion how to change without even touching the zero got ya but that love that. allows people to take pictures and scrutinize. even shake hands. and yap and mouth.

was. no less. so and that's the reason so those here outside the door there's a law that doesn't allow. young. how does the one hundred three year old feel about intrusive visits she only speaks the looking out her son tells her what to cite when we want to know what. those you know the woman in the. morning nobody did but go go go go on that. we got you got your money on it. by owning. no no. no no. no no. no. my mood morganton north are non lie lie you.

may be. going in going. on 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. like store dummies. they see this among the souvenirs. and i see them and that's a fact if you are an. every day hundreds of businesses come to see. you. now that has in the us are. fighting c.v.s. how much. a hi how so than just

a fan. this is an south. thing waiting about. it's a long life dedicated to tourists and to making money for the family business was there all this business man is pressured to buy the hundred year old. me think what they mean and that. she wanted. a family that runs down. time in the house. and why are you finding me in the. market. a brand new camera a color printer even a lamination. the families have invested a lot. they know them jabbers is a profitable business. there are countless products inside.

besides the photos the tourists can buy to eat. food banks tested and approved by grandma the sophie. council so she told your lunch joyce hsiang going to. be a poet you may. go. jaw. just a triangle. the tourists are gone time to check the endings. 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 my god like i just.

goes on that will out. touching me and. say i'm mad i'm not sure that. i am even man's iowan so when ya don't don't see so many boys. and then they got the source and you know it is a kiss is going to have. curious to human mind 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 the raven hundred. doesn't last the more. time and more and more you out. there wonder.

if you're related. davis you lived all right. 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 longevity. some of the i just recorded her extraordinary one hundred twenty eggs. even one hundred thirty years old. much older than the oldest officially recognized person dard at one hundred twenty . days people really old as they claim to be. seven years ago along expert visit. question what you just.

demographer michelle pull up is known for identifying populations around the world with extreme long but one of them there was no way to confirm the residents i. don't want to. see your data has you know you don't take on this whole data as your . own that the defense can do that so far the documents are there david developed exactly called on the. dock to do this sauce thank you to. a few folks that sat that i'm not a bus at that they didn't sauce dogma some da johal don't believe he's going to hurt what was up. and he has even more reasons to doubt the high numbers claiming to be one hundred ten to stickley it's unrealistic. where there's some insult and there. are more people proceed assault on. so

these are a superstar than a couple cops are assault you can show the. younger son the sod who is in the saudi setting dissolve automatic most of the problem your problem bus or go. demographic. but back in public people have no doubt about this stupid thing to marry 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 my. well i'm in. seventh and seventh in atlanta or two pretty much i found a shocker a lot of. the document was issued based on his family statement according to them one is one hundred twelve years old. the system filled out a form with basic information on who once diet sleep habits vision hearing and general health much fat woman.