could potentially shape a new era on the african continent. encouraged by progress so far no stream of concessions by the transitional military council the mood within the protesters is one of defiance. today doesn't stop them gathered outside a building where the opposition popular congress party was holding a meeting chanting no place for islamists at least sixty four party members were wounded in the ensuing violence something that's been condemned by both the military and protest organizers. we've passed through a lot for the last thirty years every kind of crime has been committed against injustices corruption the killings all are done in the name of religion and while we want a secular government. protesters are also quick to point out that they are against a well and trenched deep state that wants to see a continuation of the policies of the past but they are foremost priority they say

is the immense task chipping a transition from thirty years of military rule mohamed atta how to. more than two hundred seventy election staff in indonesia reportedly died in the days following the world's biggest single day poll was held earlier this month the general election commission said that the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to vote on april seventeenth elections combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money and dress asano is and indonesia a consultant for human rights watch he says the new parliament has to make changes to the electoral process. my floating station open at seven am and finalized two. meaning almost nineteen hours open not the

preparation we have to the previous night meeting these people working like forty eight hours more straight with of course could break lunch and dinner break but again it is not adequate at the same time they have to deal with elections presidential. national parliament proper into parliament and local parliament and there are sixteen possible parties meaning these three legged left if you like and you have. sixteen parties time three elections you have all the. papers this is not the fall election commission they're doing a great job the thing is the parliament one to save money by organizing five elections in a single day brought a complicated difficult. unsurprisingly many people have got this new parliament should immediately repeal. election law making it more human

and it should be done now out of there than nader because if it is done to be laid there you know the parliament will be more worried about gerrymandering about how the new election law will benefit them whether up next year and i was there or. i'm wayne hale reporting from tokyo japanese. imperial education in more than two hundred years. hello there we've got quite a few thunderstorms over parts of europe at the moment not so many in the west they are for spain and portugal the skies are mostly here and it's fairly warm there is more cloud as you head through the british isles and down through parts of france but here at least that big storm is cleared away say things all comma if roll the

grey the thunderstorms well they here over the eastern parts and some of them are pretty violent bringing us some large hail and some very heavy downpours it's all trying to move its way east towards the temperatures affording as the worst of those storms that was their way towards remaining i mean for the towards the south and it's not actually fine and dry for many of us had just a little bit of cloud at times in the outside chance of a shower of the haps but really what we're looking at is cairo seeing the temperatures up at around thirty three degrees and we're looking at a top temperature of a around twenty now for the central parts of africa there is plenty of showers as you would expect and some very heavy downpours rumbling their way towards the west i think as we head through the day on monday some of the wettest of the weather is likely to be over parts of nigeria stretching down to cameroon and to go bowl and so plenty of what with a hit towards the west also the risk of seeing one two showers here as well but in between they should be punctuated by some good sunshine sunny getting hot for some of us now look at bamako all the way out at forty two degrees.

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a let's remind you of the main news this hour spain's socialist party is celebrating victory in the general election but it hasn't won enough seats to rule on its populist parties also made headway with the far right folks gaining seats in parliament for the first time. a suspected united arab emirates spy who was detained in turkey ten days ago is reported to have taken his own life in prison according to the circuit government the suspect was found dead in sin every prison on the outskirts of istanbul two men were arrested earlier this month but had reportedly confessed to spying on arab nationals. talks between sudanese opposition groups and the military are due to resume on monday the two sides were due to meet after announcing the formation of a joint council on saturday night and lead the country until elections held. a rare meeting of afghan leaders and scholars and elders is happening in kabul where u.s. talks with the taliban are likely to top the agenda such meetings are known as the loya jirga that have been held for centuries it's

a way of bringing together afghanistan's many ethnic religious and tribal communities it's expected that they'll be up to three thousand representatives in the past loya jirgah has been used to approve a new constitution to declare war to choose a new king or to make sweeping social or political reforms on the first day they'll be a vote to appoint the jug a temporary leader as well as deputies and secretaries but you head of the jirga will then create fifty committees will spend the next two days discussing the issues that are likely to focus on peace talks with the taliban and they'll bring the decisions back to the head of the jirga who will announce them these decisions are not strictly legally binding but on officially they're almost always regard. let's go live now to kabul. to tell us more about the significance of this gathering a what it's going to discuss this time. was hugely significant the taint is the big white building you see behind me. more than three thousand people the opening

ceremony is underway and president gandhi has spoken and in terms of significance to quote president gandhi himself he said these three thousand two hundred people who decide how to speak with the taliban about a pay studio it's you deciding not my high ranking official so a lot of people in there from all over the country different ages from different religions from different tribes all represented in there and. with this huge responsibility of coming up with what they've kind of red lines and parties should they get the opportunity to negotiate with the taliban in the future this is no small mission or feat to put something like this all in to give you a sense of the security needed i'm just going to show you over here so this hell here these homes have been searched by afghan intelligence if you come down the hill and we move across this valley where the loya jirga is this is all under lockdown we keep going over to these apartment buildings that is with the

coordinates to get into this area you need to have you need to be need to be searched your bags you go through a body chick get patted down the securities and tames there are hundreds of afghan police. afghan intelligence even international forces helping out in order to try to keep this area secure. today they instituted a national holiday on saturday into. so that means the private sector shut down the public sector is shut down schools on operating everything has come to a standstill in order to pull off you see behind me and once the view of this presumably even though they are in peace talks with the u.s. taking part. and they did put out a statement which saved. this is a show by the u.s. they said it jeopardizes any peace process and they find it disrespectful to the

histories and traditions of the loya jirga which as you say go back for centuries so they really happy about what's happening behind me and they're not the only ones former president. boycotting it because he doesn't think that it will be productive and also the c.e.o. . who is the second most high ranking afghan official in the live pictures you see you'll see his photo looking down. he is not via because he says that he does not think it is productive at this time jonah but i think some serious show that brought us there reporting live from. sources fighting for libya's u.n. recognized government and pushed back against war before have to tripoli heavily armed fighters engaged in street battles with hostile forces in zawiyah in the capital. so if i have to launch the campaign on april fourth to take tripoli with the internationally recognized government is paste a call made by donald trump earlier this month to house to offering support has

angered some members of the president's own party republican senator lindsey graham described it as. i don't know what the phone call to hop there was about but it had an unnerving effect on the ground i was in tunisia and the president had called. a general from the east of libya that was moving on tripoli and saying thank you for helping with isis and helped our did but death phone call seems to be perceived in the region as we're picking sides and hundreds of migrants and refugees many of them from sudan have been trapped by the fighting in libya schools and universities have been turned into temporary shelters for those displaced. one of the ones had reports from tripoli. and school in the center of tripoli now a makeshift 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. militarist gusts way across in the area of. where we were being. in the. night about. a deny in the end 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. 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 the un hates the are as recently evacuated hundreds of people trapped by the fighting. but as a security situation around the capital gets worse many of them remain at risk. a few days ago immigrants detention center was attacked two people were reportedly

killed and several others wanted. the government claimed 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. tripoli iran's foreign minister is accusing israel saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of trying to push the united states into a conflict to have a job and serif told a u.s. television network that those nations are fueling further tension with iran. israel bolton. and united arab emirates all trying to exercise regime change at least. at least they want they have

shown an interest in tracking the united states into a conflict i do not believe the president wants to do that i believe president from iran on a campaign promise of not bringing the united states into another war but i believe president trumps intention to put pressure the policy of maximum pressure on iran in order to bring iran to its knees so that we will succumb to pressure is doomed to failure for the first time in more than two hundred years a japanese emperor is abdicating eighty five year old record he has been on the throne for more than thirty years now but on tuesday will make way for his eldest son crown prince know he too as i was there as wayne hale reports from tokyo he's been a largely popular emperor who helped to steer japan through some difficult times. it's been eight years since the earthquake and tsunami which changed the lives of so many people here die simply on the way as home was destroyed that day and while

he finds it difficult to put it behind him there's one moment he clings to. convince the emperor and empress came in you walked over to where i was knelt down and. it must have been difficult for you i will never forget his words kobo no the eighty three year old says meeting the imperial couple in an evacuation center gave him the strength to rebuild his life akihito his compassionate response to the disaster became one of the defining moments of his reign say not for those affected by this terrible tragedy i feel deeply pain. succeeded his father in one thousand eight hundred nine and spent much of his reign trying to address the legacy of japan's actions in world war two but the emperor holds no political power and he's stepping down as the prime minister wants to

revise japan's pacifist constitution to allow for a military instead of what it calls a self-defense force it's also believed that the emperor is adults with the government over the very future of his family the imperial family is generally regarded as fairly liberal but it's still a male dominated institution only men from the male line of the family can become emperor and the family has no power to change that it has to come from the government. wants not all he told becomes emperor there are only three men left in line one of them is eighty three. women who can dunk they have only been female emperors from a male line in the past and there has never been a female line emperor we should talk about this it may mean changing tradition but we have to be flexible and reflect modern day society at fifty nine not he too is considered one of a new breed of royals and may relate to a different generation some of whom question the relevance of the imperial family

the japanese such as die soon the relevance is very personal from time to time he proudly weighs the same clothing he wore when he met the emperor. i have been treasuring this card again and whenever something happens i look at the card again . akihito retires at a time when the imperial family's popularity is high according to opinion polls but the transition will raise more questions about the family's future and whether more change will come to ensure it survives wayne hay al jazeera tokyo. it is good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha. the headlines announce a zero sprains socialist posse is celebrating victory in the general election but it hasn't won enough seats to rule on its own populists also made headway with the far right vox posse gaining seats in parliament for the first time stephanie decker reports from madrid the key issue is the catalan independence parties if they form

a coalition with sanchez what kind of a compromise is going to be made it is an issue that is not going to go away you have twelve leaders on trial here madrid has not independence leaders on trial it is a hugely divisive issue you also have the economy that needs to be dealt with a lot of people we spoke to said that the high cost of living unemployment was one of the main issues so he has huge challenges ahead first of all forming that government and then secondly second tackling those issues a suspected united arab emirates spy who was detained in turkey ten days ago is reported to have taken his own life in prison according to the circus government the suspect was found dead in sin liveried prison on the outskirts of istanbul two men were arrested earlier this month and had reportedly confessed to spying on arab nationals talks between sudanese opposition groups and the military a due to resume on monday the two sides will meet after announcing the formation of

a joint council on saturday night who will lead the country until elections are held more than two hundred seventy election staff in indonesia reportedly died in the days following the world's biggest single day polls that were held earlier this month the general elections commission says the workers mostly died of fatigue related illnesses caused by long hours spent counting millions of ballot papers by hand more than one hundred fifty four million people are estimated to have voted on april seventeenth the elections combine the presidential votes with national and regional parliamentary ballots in order to save money. the loya jirga a grand assembly of afghan leaders and scholars bell this is underway in kabul more than three thousand government and influential afghans gathering for four days of talks the loya jirga last happened in twenty thirtieth of this year they'll be discussing the war in afghanistan and recent peace talks between the u.s. and the taliban. is the headline is that he's continues here on us here after

inside story next. al-jazeera. and for you. hello and welcome to inside story today we're coming from the al-jazeera forum here in doha on the program today we're going to examine u.s. foreign policy across the middle east in theory what should happen is political goals and diplomacy come together with a military strategy but with the u.s. president donald trump heading towards another election is his policy in the middle east beginning to unravel from israel to palestine to syria to turkey to saudi arabia to jordan are we heading into a more dangerous period this is inside story. welcome

to the program and welcome to our audience here in doha let's get going with our discussion here on inside story our guests first off we have mahmoud from the erling and center for islamic law in europe we have side mohammad marandi a professor of english literature. from the newspaper and mohammed khouri from the al-jazeera center for studies welcome to you all gentlemen can i just start with you my how much of it when it comes to u.s. foreign policy across the gulf across the broader middle east how did we get to where we are today. well actually the problems foreign policy entails several political ironies now or this month or talking about what the without

amount to declare in an economic war on iran by pushing for a zero export of iranian oil at the same time the trump administration is hand in a peace hand or more in a shot in the peace and to the taliban that was blacklisted for the last twenty years so i think if we since went to him to talk about the god of israel the palestinian question and all the middle east in de lima's i think there is a common thread that combines them have and they would call it the luck of a trumps grand strategy. what we have seen so far is mixed reactions to different incidents different case studies if you like his approach to the iranian has nothing to do with his approach with taliban as i mentioned earlier at the same time his approach to the golan heights question differs from all the claims of being

a broker of peace between the potus scenes and the israelis so there are several controversies going on and they think what is also central in this analysis is the fact that trump prefers to handle one crisis by jumping to another so we don't see a settled period of time where there is a strategy to deal going on not only that we can also add another factor that is plex in most of us as i know this is how he keeps shifting his positions and his statements about the same the very same issue oma us run from newspapers do you concur with that analysis of where donald trump is coming from and not wishing to put words into your mouth mohammed the dangers that perhaps lie ahead when it comes to where donald trump is heading when it comes to u.s. foreign policy in this region. and i think it was immediate and. how do you

concur with the gentleman what he said indeed it is the american the message as predicted and as a matter of fact. in a confusing kind of way. you know this is with. a dependence on the ideology to say this is very even manifest in the palestinian cause the americas do have. a judgment john i was. very flagrantly towards the he's. one. problem with the palestinians they said there is this some third so he said we need to lean towards israel this has been emblematic here. he took different decisions regarding jerusalem and. so on and so forth but this doesn't

mean that he is the only reason for such manifestations he thinks this is fertile i am going into it he likes we. had to be a subject to whatever the americans born to do with us and this is a fact we are the weaker side we are for and he invests in this terror and he would use bogeymen in order for us to be more in need for him he said turning. to. interfere in the legitimacy of certain countries saudi arabia has feared for. comes to political. b.s. . want to come to the militants. and. he.

morphy when he when he thinks he fears from the task formation of the societal transforming. says he is. fearful of. what goes around him mohammad marandi to pick up on a phrase that you use so you were talking about it being willy nilly is that how it's perceived and to run. i think perhaps one way of interpreting the united states is to look at the u.s. administration. or to reverse the phrase the regime. in in a sort of different light trump is i think we should look at him separately from pompei you know and bolton trump i think is his basic objective is reelection and to remain in power and almost everything that he has done over the past few

years was to get reelected to get elected and now i think it's a get reelected. bolton on the other hand is a neo con he's an american supremacy s. and he wants to settle old scores with anyone who stood up to the united states so that makes him different from trump and sheldon adelson is perhaps the a key figure behind bolton and from pale but pompei is different from bolton in that he is. a christian scientist he spoke recently about the rapture and. so his his world view is different from that of all and therefore world views are different from that of trump and that's why i think you see this different voices coming out of the united states or or the white house but i think the ultimate policy is quite

similar fact i don't really see and i'm sure some may disagree but i don't really see trump as all that different from previous administrations ok thank you for that . for me earning a center for islamic law in europe three whole league negative interpretations of u.s. foreign policy is your interpretation as negative as other guests i did that i said i will focus basically on the palestinian israeli conflict and the role of united states in this conflict at this time in particular. but before doing so when i think there are three bin bases to clarify the american policies in the region which are israel iran and saudi arabia these three countries are the basis of the of the american strategy in the middle east and specifically in my

intervention i would focus on israel and the conflict with the palestinians their medical reasons or to the. israeli what we're seeing in the conflict is that is on side that there were speaks a lot about the deal of the century i don't like this expression i would like for instance we call vision american vision of the solution and i think after another this will be announced but in fact practically the implementation began all of the gone two years ago and even before that. do this american vision seen. is that it does not mist on the two state solution which is the obvious a crucible of the israeli palestinian this is no longer the case. the second one or one of the american policy is the shield to help israel to achieve that this historic victory over the palestinians and the scale of the scene since the beginning of troops there there should be

a what pressure on the palestinians and what is new and trumps the policy is that is trying to weaken the palestinian authority to push them to the new position table again and shalit but what does this mean within the gulf crisis and the transformations the asian and the them pose and think and the this is and in fact this is a movement that only began the few years ago that we notice that there is a strategic about this peace is a verse now which is a model that's from outside into the through the inside and this means that instead of creating peace with the palestinians in the beginning and then normalize and the arabs the term of the peace with the arabs are normalization or of the relations with between the arabs as i and then using this the relations to put pressure on the palestinians inside so that they need more concessions and not for certain it

was something that as i was successful and because it has well had the studs good relations some of the gulf states and it seems that a number of arab countries are now quite understanding again that is the need peace and the normalization. conclusion of like to say. what can we how can we understand from all of these developments of our listeners should put the more. marginalization of the spill still an issue of this was seen few weeks ago. when the husband leaked a number of one session in which a number of the ministers of the states clued in the how anyone the saudis and the emirates this book clearly in time that are then their priority is to face iran and not to solve the palestinian issue. out of all of these key

regional zones out of all these key playing countries across the region which is who for you is potentially the most dangerous probably the expected announcement of the deal for the sentry in a few weeks from now and i think most arab and muslim audiences governments elites anxious to figure out exactly what judge it has as a magic touch to advance this plan we have heard about it we have not seen it yet and i think this is going to divide the arab world the islamic world in two main camps the compromisers who accept what comes from washington since they don't have much to do with you cannot afford much resistance. by having their arm tweaked or because they don't have the luxury of formulating

a counter policy how to save tourism or how to protect the interest of the palestinians on the other side. it will be a camp who will push forward for the implementation of this new deal of the sentry and i think some golf capitals have already embarked on this adjourning they are willing to help this endeavor and that their own ideological and strategic interest pretty asians that this is plan something that could become the grand peace strategy of this new middle east but in two thousand and six then secretary of state condoleezza rice visited israel and lebanon and she announced her formula for the whole of chaotic disorder if you like and i think this is part

of a twenty year later push toward this radical implement one sided one dimensional peace process and i think in the meantime we need to observe the concerted asian of the three figures. balt and bumpy you this triangle that is pushing forward that what crumpled like two of the middle east this is going to be rewarded in both in terms of sort of define the american israeli alliance at the same time it also serves the electorial drive of keep in trump at the white house for the next four years let's just put a muscular what is it that jarrett couche when he comes back with his infamous or famous peace plan for the middle east sometime after ramadan we're told when he comes back with that what can the plan be that we haven't heard of before.

no plan b. in sight. is strategic disclosure we are living in a in this region. talked about the problem of fear there is a problem of fatigue as well so. that's the point as if they are. they having sure. everyone but to what extent iraq has to be stage of. continued leveling the sanctions and i think things will go to the jordanians as well. as with. libyans indeed we are living in a time of what i call the strategic disclosure or exporter. i always say that

the quality those are the underbelly is. the most powerful and the. more strongly said i'm sure is the deal. even. if you used what the americans. dictated. things. israeli security was but he cannot sign this deal because this will lead to his demise robert the immediate backstory as to colleagues are outlined you've got the embassy being moved from tel aviv to jerusalem you've got the move over the golan heights you've got jericho who has this very close kind of relationship with mohammed been some. literally talk on whatsapp if what your question comes up with after ramadan legitimizes

israel more than they've already the just. so modest israel is there a corollary of that which is you have to therefore deal or to my the palestinians more than they've been anyway. my own expectations are are nothing to do with the legitimacy of the palestinians per see in media and policy because as you know politicians are living through conditions but in accordance. with our with what i heard i think yes israel will be legitimized. internationally. soon or they will be marginalized. be the americans want to recognize the a palestinian as a genuine part because the pacino's are saying no to the american people

and. to what extent we can say no the. following are certain formulas and america played a major role in its foundation in a lot of international balances or there is no party. to legitimize their presence there is an internal division and they see policy in a legitimacy that relates to circumstances but it is still a fading away and it is weak in all the. knowledge that a council has been exposed ten years ago there is no parliament this is a problem the legitimacy as well suffers from the division between fatah and hamas in gaza this is not a political division per se it is

a little division as well between the two geographies. this is a more ominous. reason this is your friend. indeed not only this cd and not only the need piers you palestinians are they was about men and girls are tired from the idea of conflicts with israel without having been in place a vision or to put an end to it thank you for that so the randi what happens when it comes to mr rouhani is reaction to with donald trump what the direction of travel is because he said in effect he said i cannot work with mr rouhani that's that's when he walked away from the nuclear deal the moderate quote so i'm using the word advisedly mr rouhani so what might mr rouhani do next because it occurs to me that he's maybe at a point where he might pivot in one direction or another i think i think president rouhani will probably be taking

a more let's say robust approach and standing up to the united states and while the sanctions against iran do hurt and they do buy. they have had major political benefits from iran which shouldn't be taken lightly. even european countries traditional allies of the united states which are so far by that american sanctions. despite their protests and despite their pretty words at times but they do obey trump but politically speaking the united states is in isolation that has helped iran that has these. this narrative that has been built against iran for decades has ruptured. doesn't bring food to the table but it does it does make a big difference. second of all i think president rouhani will be looking for

alternatives remember iran has fifteen neighboring countries and therefore many means to do trade oil will they will continue to export oil they will give discounts but. it's a very very lucrative trade and they will be continue to be making money. and. also iran i think has been more united by trump than ever before i've. the political establishment the political parties the different factions they are more. much more united today than they have been since i have these for the last twenty years and i remember the east the last couple of just interruptions and that's one good aspect of donald trump being in the white house yes one oh well. at the his difficult

question. trump i don't want to say his presence in the white house is a good thing but it has had benefit because of the way in which he conducts himself even even the way in which he's treating palestinians first of all i think that everything that you're at as my colleagues have said everything has its cracked about palestine but i do think there is a flip side as well and that is that this colonize ation of palestine and in particular the west bank has been going on under different administrations but under trump that which we knew was coming anyway maybe twenty years down the road. there was a you know fast sudden fast forward but this put the israeli regime in a very difficult situation because there's really is and this i think could have potentially positive outcomes either the israelis have to. carry

out mass deportation ethnic cleansing that comes at a huge price and it would destabilize or bring about the collapse of neighboring countries or they become increasingly similar i mean i believe israel has always been of an apartheid state but even in the eyes of our western friends and colleagues who like to say well hopefully they'll be a two state solution and so on but with the colonize ation of the west bank has become impossible now they no longer have that is excuse to close their eyes of the reality of apartheid so israel is becoming more universally recognized as the apartheid state that it is. and three or three and it israelis they have to kill every one of they have to give them citizenship and they're not going to do that so israeli regime is in a very tough situation it's not i mean netanyahu i think is very happy with trump but netanyahu is sort of like trump he is looking more i think mostly for his own

personal interest his legal issues his corruption. court case on corruption him and his wife so i don't really think that he is very cocky careful about how this israeli is are going to have to face repercussions for the policies now being carried out by the israeli regime and and washington time to thank our guests they were mahmoud to rubber mohammad marandi omar and mohammed jakaya and thank you to you too for your company here on inside story a quick reminder you can catch the program again via the web site al jazeera dot com you can follow the conversation and join in the conversation on our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story or you can join us on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story or tweet me i'll take you back i'm happy to peter don't be one for me peter davi and everyone on the team here in doha thanks for watching i'll see you

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liberated as a journalist and i joined others are going to the truth as an eyewitness that's what this job. if. the socialists come out on top in spain's election but will need coalition partners to govern on the far right wins its first parliamentary seats. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of two men held in turkey or suspicion of spying for the u.a.e.

is reported to have taken his own life in prison. talks between sudan's military and opposition groups are due to restart on monday over a transition to civilian rule. two hundred seventy indonesian election stuff die of fatigue from overwork and long ass up to counting millions of folks. spain's governing socialists have picked up the most seats in sunday's election but with nearly all of it's counted now it looks like they won't have enough for an outright majority and for the first time a far right party is to enter parliament let's go straight to al-jazeera stephanie deca who is live for us in the spanish capital so win for the left stephanie but the result while the more complicated than it seems. it is it's a game of numbers now. i'm just going to have to form a coalition government no majority rule it's also very new phase in politics here

in spain five parties that people had to choose from it was a very unpredictable election spaniards were nervous about which way it was going to go as you mentioned there are the far wing blocs party make it into part of the parliament but it really was a win for the socialists more than two million people voted for the left and they did in the last election so that is still a significant move of course it's still going to be difficult moving ahead a lot of challenges here let's take a look at how voting day and the evening unfolded the report from my colleagues. they won the race but there's no certainty of forming a government yet the socialists triumphant in the win lacking an outright majority . of the. spaniards have sent many messages today we have sent a message of what we do not want we did not want to go back we want to come forward

into the future we have also sent a message to europe and the will that we have won and rejected on thor tarion ism. the way it is they may be but now they have a juicy to form a coalition one possibility the left wing anti austerity together we can. it's leader. has already said that he is willing to support the socialists as they . put several years elections in spain have no pain about winning but about convincing people about making up the numbers that we are an essential political force for the formation of a left wing government. but the numbers still do not add up to a majority they would need support from regional parties in particular the cattle on independence groups. the alternative a deal with a center right citizens party but comfortably form a coalition in terms of numbers they have been one of the surprises of the election

they've come a west neck and neck with the people's party the p.p. the traditional opponents of the socialists in general elections were two party race but this election has brought the worst results in peace history. after a corruption scandal punished by some of its followers over its course of action when confronting cattle on pro independent tests this is a party now in deep crisis a grand reckoning sealing their fate and now. we want to go now we will fight even harder this is only the beginning we told you we will start reconquering and we are initiating that conquering with a presence in congress vox is here to stay but the latest player in this race vox struck out and playing their own stake in the game. one of the votes is that's extremely happy with the results of the night was the supporters of far right last

party now behind me listening to the leaders. as well as they could have it dissipates and they often use force in the lower house of parliament. and with boxers games nationalism is back in spain. ally now putting this politics in europe so now you go madrid. so who are going to be the coalition partners and will he be able to form a government it can take weeks i would have to wait and see but there are still challenges ahead here particularly the issue of the catalan independence movement you have twelve of their leaders on trial here in madrid and that is a hugely divisive issue in this country the socialist government have said that they are. more open to dialogue to write we would have had a far harsher response to that you also have the economy to deal with so all these are challenges for the new prime minister he has now been finally given

a mandate by the people so spain is still going to have to wait for quite some time until they know exactly what the government is going to look like but certainly this morning people do a particularly those who voted for the left breathing a sigh of relief that they don't think there's going to be any sort of right wing government here for the moment i was there stephanie decker reporting live from but great stuff many thanks. a man who'd been detained in turkey for spying for the united arab emirates is reportedly taken his own life in prison according to the turkish government the suspect body was found in silly every prisoner on the outskirts of istanbul two men were arrested earlier this month on a report that he confessed to spying on arab nationals that's going live from istanbul on to serious and concealment is the senator who is this man what was he accused of doing why was he in prison. well adding these to the. nationals palestinian nationals were said to have admitted they are spying on be

helpful for united arab emirates when they were arrested by the turkish police earlier this month and just. an hour ago a stumble chief prosecutor's office published a written press statement saying that he was found that yesterday on april twenty eighth at around eight am the wardens have have done that had it is a crowded prison by the way because of some other ongoing cases in turkey and around it ten twenty two am the warden it was delivering breakfast and when he opened the door of. this palestinian men's solitary confinement he found him that a hanging on the boss room door and when i spoke to the justice ministry i was told that they believe he used his cool. while he was hanging himself so. according to the statement by the prosecutor's office i don't

arrest a geisha has been launched and the autopsy has already been done but of course it will be interesting to see what they will say in the coming hours. because he was alone in his cell and how he succeeded hanging himself with his clothes sparse especially thinking that. especially people who are saying that he was a heavy men and these these palestinian national school have been arrested by the police that they were believed to be spying on behalf of u.a.e. especially with spying on the muslim brotherhood members who have been living in turkey since the military coup in july two thousand and thirteen in egypt also when the police arrested we have learned that these two spies so-called spies have had contacts with one of the suspects in jamal. murder filed that's that's when the turkish police and the intelligence made the operation and arrested

the those two palestinians so there are many things to do. in istanbul. talks between sudan's opposition groups in the military a due to resume on monday the two sides will meet after announcing the formation of a joint council on saturday night it will lead the country until elections held al-jazeera as mohammed is in khartoum. talks between the transitional military council and leaders of the opposition and protest leaders are expected to continue with them discussing the fine that details of establishing the joint transitional council that they have agreed up point these agreements which is in principle is by itself being hailed as a huge breakthrough in the talks meaning that the stalemate husband of voided of course there are differences not only on how many members the transitional administration will how but also to do this it will be in power with

the military say to favor a two year transitional period the protest leaders want four years they say this would be a mouth and trench that will floor in sudan and ensure that there will be little interference a support from the military once they organize elections of course the protesters will pull off a much needed leverage to the protest leaders in these negotiations are still to come outside and say they're committed to stay until some sort of transition and civilian rule is restored in sudan we're going to weather update next here on out to zero then. i'm wayne hay reporting from tokyo where japanese are preparing for the first imperial abdication in more than two hundred years. and after the easter sunday attacks sri lanka appoints a new acting police chief but the current one says he isn't going anywhere.

we've got some pretty lively whether it's essential parts of europe at the moment will air. of cloud his swirling away season while the cloudy weather pushing across into germany poland and down into the alps pushing down across the the northeast of italy into the dollar my eyes have had a fabulous snow recently so winds as i'm quite done with us just yet winter landscape still remain on the same full sun this is of course at higher ground but even the lower level some rather lively showers for a time still a few wintry flowers through monday across the higher ground wetter weather that winter weather will slide down tools that america helps actually so on to the other side of the adriatic to stop there into central and some eastern parts of europe

twenty celsius in warsaw much too bad getting up to sixteen seven saying that for london and paris west and possible warm up nicely over the next couple of days actually so nineteen celsius here as we go through tuesday that's a twenty five in madrid so proper warm sunshine the some small sunshine to to the east in saddam at athens at twenty four degrees exceeded the weather continuing just around the balkans pushing over towards a remain in all the parts of africa stay largely fine and dry basin places tout that into libya and also into morocco we're back with a top temperature of twenty five. sponsored by countdown anyways. people have to wait your record on this channel in fact a few years ago there is a place only for one state on the land of israel i do not believe in a two state solution the official story is and there are no i'm going off you are you i don't care about the official story if you were to go and visit today you would say what has the media been telling you now the world isn't black and white there's one.