you don't think there's only so much they can take before you say ok that's me rethinking radicalization of the radicalized youth syrians on al-jazeera. no turning back says venezuela's opposition leader as supporters confront the military on the streets of caracas. everyone come all santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera there is a warning from sudan's military to protesters there clear your barricades and respect the law. and the u.s. president says anyone seeking asylum should get a bill from the government but that might be easier said than done.

a day of fast moving dramatic developments in venezuela to take you through right now the government of president nicolas maduro says it is facing down a coup by supporters of the opposition they don't want to go i don't know speaking from a military base where and his supporters say the time has come to confront the door as a government and still in doubt the ultimate loyalty of the country's powerful military this report is from sort of hide it. i think. this is how an homage to minutes from vehicle in caracas responded to antigovernment protesters the crowds had come out after a call by opposition leader one to join him and soldiers that have defected. these are men all fighting against the venezuelan military they want support for. fighting. it's

a new between forces loyal to you and against president nicolas maduro in caracas crowds gathered to join the opposition. was yeah that's despite the government vowing to end what it calls an attempted coup if there's no. i'm out of here because they've called upon us the military is pushing us away but you came here peace when i was whether we went to the us why don't have posted this video on social media saying he now has support from soldiers to begin what's he called the final phase of a plan to remove president maduro. hours later the man who declared himself as interior president in january called for more members of the military and public to join. the political will for the callers for everyone to come out into the streets at this moment and to back what we've built over the years we're now here in the streets not only with the international community and not only our citizens but now

with the national forces who are backing the citizens the future and progress so it's an important moment for venezuela. here polder lopez also came out in support of quiet just hours after being released from house arrest the prominent opposition figure was accused of inciting violence during antigovernment protests in twenty fourteen he says he was let's go by soldiers from declared their loyalty to quite so and thinks more will join. the custodian are with us the custodian scame the ones that have been part of this process came with us and i'm convinced that there will be many more for the military force who will join this process. i. but it's not everyone is convinced the door supporters have gathered near the presidential palace to show their support for their leader but right now that's. there's no doubt the people of

venezuela or try. to defend our country the legacy of hugo chavez. but the legal pressure to play this way to. there's been strong international reaction spain has warned against bloodshed while the united states is once again stressed its support. and the removal of president maduro so it's just a. chorus wanted to put it all into some sort of context. i mean just in the space of two hours it escalated very quickly. really hard and i think we're really seeing that division which have been there for some time in venezuela but really coming to the head with both sides of both nicolas maduro and. saying the people are with them the military are with them and really challenging the military and the people to come out and express their

support one way or the other and then it will be a case of counting heads how many people on the side are supporting why go how many people continue to support the government of nicolas maduro it really has come to that head now with the with both sides putting their supporters their potential supporters to the test and really now it's a case of waiting to see who comes out who raises their head above the parapet not an easy thing to do but everybody really waiting to see what everybody else waiting to hear what the united states says what neighboring countries say but it really should start to become plain within the next few hours and days. ok daniel levy will come back later on. also. the united states being invoked a lot but certainly by nicolas maduro and. billy how it is our white house correspondent to talk us through u.s. reaction. yeah in terms of us reaction we've had

a lot from the trumpet ministration also members of the senate including senator marco rubio the question that was been just how involved the united states has been for in terms of events on the ground in venice well in terms of the u.s. military the united states has not ruled out possible u.s. military intervention in the future but for now the u.s. military saying only that it is monitoring the situation the national security adviser john bolton saying that he is urging the venezuelan military to protect the constitution so we took this question directly to one of the president's top advisers kellyanne conway we asked her in the driveway here at the white house whether or not the u.s. would intervene militarily she would not answer the question she would only say again that the united states is monitoring the situation the support the people of venezuela were sad that they have been starved by majority they've been denied food and medicine and basic humanitarian needs having been mad at the united states has

gotten supplies there to them sometimes the those have been obstructed or burned but we stand with the people of venezuela and we stand with. majority has to go. now why are there so many persistent questions about u.s. involvement on the ground in terms of the events in venezuela that's because since january the us president and his administration recognized the interim leader as the what they say is the legitimate leader of venezuela and that is one why dove further there have been persistent reports that the controversy over the founder of blackwater erik prince has been quietly talking to not only trump supporters but wealthy venezuelan elites that have fled venezuela that to sort of bandy about this notion of creating a private army of mercenaries to try and topple the president nicolas maduro this is something that the national security council spokes person was asked he declined

to comment what we can tell you is that again the only official word we have from the trumpet ministration is that they are monitoring the situation in fact from the u.s. secretary of state my pump aoki is saying that the u.s. government is fully supportive of the venezuelan people in their quest for freedom democracy cannot be defeated kimberly how could thank you for all those updates there from washington d.c. now a little while ago we spoke to vanessa newman who is now one of those official representatives in the u.k. and she told us president maduro will be held accountable for any bloodshed on the streets of caracas. i mean we hope we have called for a peaceful transition our hope is that basically that mother would go and his talk about who are all sanctioned for human rights abuses and are responsible for the biggest humanitarian crisis the hemisphere has ever seen an exodus that's as big a syria was higher in for mortality rate and the starvation of eighteen point seven million bonus ones that they leave the country peacefully don has been the offer to

get on a plane and get out your time is up you are seizing power against the constitution so we are hoping that it will be peaceful if there is bloodshed on the street it will be mothered us forces who are shooting at the people and they have been responsible for the human rights abuses and the suffering and that is what people are standing up for they want their freedom they want their rights back and they want to eat and live peacefully the scene right now in parts of caracas at least looking a little calmer this is close to the lock on the base where most of the protests were happening before still protesters on the street still throwing rocks and loving tear gas back towards. the army have been throwing it out them but certainly in these pictures things looking a little bit quiet so. perhaps just some some gunfire. anyway those pictures live from qatar consists. at the moment and we're keeping

a close eye on the situation because it has really been skating a lot in the last couple of hours. in sudan now with the ruling military council has asked protesters not to take the law into their hands the military said it still hopes to narrow its differences with protest leaders who are still on the streets calling for a civilian government and support from. sudan's top generals war their patience has limits they want the protesters on the streets of the capital how tool to remove roadblocks checkpoints and allow trains to bring food supplies across the country where they were there we are responsible and we have to take responsibility as a military council as it unseasonal noted a council we have to protect the citizen and protect the law we will not accept any chaos or attack on civilians and their properties and properties of the state and we will deal with this firmly and in accordance with the law this is what we wanted

to clarify to the sudanese people we did not want to add insult to injury. the army's warning comes after talks with the opposition hit a snag the two sides have agreed to form a new body to run the country until the next elections the army wants a majority in the transitional body the young activists behind the mass protest movement the toppled president or bottle bashir worry the military is buying time to prevent a civilian takeover. but despite its repeated warning to use force against the protesters the army has a fall of voided an us collation that might lead to an armed confrontation. we have made many concessions for the sake of protecting our nation and preventing scenario similar to what happened in neighboring countries we want to talk to end quickly so that the tension deescalate this. but the military may have little

options to prevent a descent into chaos on the streets pro-democracy activists remain defiant they say they want the army's role. and its influence contained during the transitional period for most of its more than history sudan was run by military man. millions hope there are prizing will pave the way for civilians to take over. the sudan professionals association the group leading the protests has denounced the military in a news conference in khartoum with leaders saying the military has no desire to give up power to civilians. and maybe said. the military council is not serious about transferring power to civilians it is clear they want to keep power and retype it for themselves this is unacceptable with the revolution did not take place in order to stop a unilateral military regime into another uni lateral military regime therefore

this will not be accepted and is not acceptable but. his monetary life in khartoum nominate actually starting to feel like the two sides are moving further apart. yes indeed that is how it looks come on the press home from the sudanese professional office here to who allegedly behind him then i think that. from this i'm bob on feeling. just an app called the first session with the transitional military consul and that on up to the talks as publishing joined by prisoners on the council that transitional but it's a council have given so many such to the protests all going to as i think really given how they got within that transitional military council removing some members who welcomed see them to be. more open to close the present moment to last all but

shit out now if they ahd fusing the military and france it does that saying. they do not want to see how one of the reddest thought that all three things from the presidential palace of course there are some history in mind in the sixty's and then later in the eighty's when there was just that evolution so this is all going on then we hada situation where the military had to come power once again. this is what the book that lead us benteke. mohamed a job in khartoum thank you for that update. back with us now from washington d.c. africa director at freedom house to talk through what i mean what do you think as i said to mohamed there it actually feels like there is more distance between these groups now whereas maybe a week ago they seem to be making some progress. that seems right and seems like

the honeymoon period and some of the euphoria and optimism surrounding the initial change and the removal of bashir is wearing off as some of the political realities set in and as it becomes increasingly clear that the transitional military council doesn't have much intention of giving up power and doesn't have much intention of ceding to any civilian lead authority. that's not going to sit well with any of the protesters and a large portion of the sudanese population. this is the simplest question you probably get but why does the military not want to see how i think it's worth revisiting that for for of us. i think if you reasons why it is that they've had such power and control for decades and are quite accustomed to it's and accustomed to all the perks that come with it those perks include a lot of control over the sudanese economy and the military and

a lot of it senior people make a lot of money out of their control over the economy but another piece of it is accountability the sudanese army and other armed forces within sudan are responsible for massive atrocities over a decade and they are well aware of that and if there is civilian leadership there may well be some efforts at justice and accountability as there should be and i suspect some people at the senior levels of the military are concerned about that and don't want to see that day ever. what's your expectation for the immediate future then as far as negotiations go because what we use the word negotiations but negotiations usually move things forward and that's but what we're seeing right now . yeah it does seem like they're reaching somewhat of a stalemate and this is where i think some of the external. forces are going to be really important and whites are some of the gulf countries and egypt and turkey or

sanction the military but also how the african union is involving itself and whether it's willing to play a direct in forceful role to the extent they believed that it can and then also some of the other powers including the united states when there is a willingness to be more engaged and to try to more actively shape outcomes on the ground so far the u.s. has been largely a passive player in gentlemen thanks for your time and your thoughts today. thank you for the rest of the day's news coming up on al-jazeera sure not because the catholic church is public mass will resume on sunday but amid tight security.

how low the weather is now law as you draw you across the middle east but we have still see some right of rather lively weather this area cloud making its way into northern parts of iran behind that some very strong winds talking in a stall here just to the south of baghdad pretty difficult having conditions quite chaotic conditions for a toddler things quieting down as we go on through the next couple of days for the race i think it's a lot of sunshine twenty cells just there and couple we're getting up to thirty five in baghdad the temperatures really starting to ramp up now with sea temps maybe touching thirty one hundred found high thursday out there a little more cloud coming into the eleventh day spot or to write just around the coastal fringes of that eastern side of the method to celsius think you wait ten we settled and sunny here settle in sunny to across the arabian peninsula and again the temperatures starting to ramp up so that strong wind that still have caused mold. parts of saudi arabia for a time on wednesday easing back on thursday

a little bit of cloud just another the eastern side of the peninsula we are going to see it warming up those as it is a over the next couple of days for southern africa but certainly drying to south africa but i'm afraid the showers continue for northern parts of mozambique. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the kind of this closure on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok will send mary waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera.

our top stories on al-jazeera venezuela where the army national guard vehicles in the capital caracas appear to run over supporters of opposition leader why though there is no turning back in the quest to remove nicolas maduro from power the government however insists military chiefs of firmly behind the president. and the sudanese group leading the sitting outside the military headquarters in khartoum is accuse the military of not being serious about handing over power to civilians go to the military council board protesters not to take matters into their own hands and said an agreement with the opposition would be reached soon. an update on sri lanka now where the catholic church will resume sunday mass on may fifth after

a break since the easter attacks the archbishop of colombo cardinal malcolm ranjit spoke earlier of his dissatisfaction with the government's investigation so far officials to act before people take the law into their own hands. instead. going along with the government doing these that there would be any need to do just that yeah we could do that. they aren't users the are already and this is a the. if. you do that because you. believe in this country do not have any trust in government agencies and organizations anything to do as we are willing to do that we be able to get the most. recent months and i just to see . and one of the note the sri lankan government has lifted a ban on social media which was put in place after the easter sunday bombings platforms were blocked swiftly after the attacks with the government calling it a move to fight against misinformation. asylum seekers in the united states

face tougher restrictions under new orders by president on trump and his latest proposal asylum seekers will be charged a fee to process their applications and those who enter the country illegally would be barred from even applying for such permits until their case is heard and they are cleared by immigration officials more on this from alan fischer in washington. donald trump still wants to build a physical barrier between mexico and the united states but this sure is he's also thinking about the process of immigration it's estimated one hundred three thousand people cross the border last month that's the highest in more than a decade sixty percent of them were from central america and they brought their children so donald trump has told the attorney general and the department of homeland security that things must change and they have ninety days to come up with something that fits the measures that he is a lie first of all he wants to make sure that anyone applying for asylum is charged

a fee for doing so he also wants to make sure that anyone applying for asylum will not be allowed to what while they're in the united states and then thirdly he wants to make sure that anyone who applies for asylum will have the keys here within one hundred eighty days at the moment it can take years for people's asylum cases to be heard no this is that thing is the disincentive he wants to get the war don't that if you come across the border it's going to cost you money and you won't be able to work legally he thinks those are two things that will discourage people from heading to the border here is the difficulty though there are those that see first of all charging for asylum is not really what asylum is all about it's almost like saying you could only apply for asylum if you can afford it which is not the idea that america was founded on but much more important for donald trump is that there are those or points who are saying that will take these measures to court if implemented by the government and challenge them there because they believe. they

may be illegal but this is donald trump sending a very clear message to the base that immigration is not an issue that's going to go away any time soon and particularly not in the run up to the twenty twenty presidential election we'll discuss that now with. professor of law and director at the center for security race and rights at rutgers law school and she's joining us from new jersey and scott thanks for your time. on a legal basis what's your take on this because you know the international rules on claiming asylum are quite clear and a lot of people said you know when they come to the united states the moment they put their foot on u.s. soil they could claim that asylum. yes and so trump is not claiming that they cannot file for asylum what he's doing is he's trying to make it as expensive as possible as tedious and burdensome as possible on asylum seekers there are other immigration benefits that do impose

a fee for example if you applied for naturalization or if you applied for a green card so technically this would be consistent with other what we call immigration benefits that one applies for in so far as he is imposing a fee that being said there is a process that he must go through he cannot unilaterally just impose a fee administrative law processes and procedures require that he goes through multiple hurdles and multiple processes which is why this is unlikely if it does pass or if it does become inforced it's going to take many months if not over a year but again the ultimate purpose is to minimize decrease the number of asylum applicants particularly at the border with mexico so some assuming that he would basically try to make it is expensive as possible try and as alan was saying in his report there price people out of immigration immigration if you can afford it. yes

and the actually the most pernicious part of his memorandum to d.h. ass is that he wants to revoke the ability for asylum seekers applicants to have legal work authorization that is devastating because currently the process allows an applicant to apply for legal work authorization so that they can work while they're waiting for the decision and sometimes a decision can take up to two three years during which the asylum seeker needs to eat they need shelter they need to be able to survive and particularly those who are coming with families they need to be able to take care of their children so the process we have in place is a very smart one because instead of these asylum seekers being dependent on the state or being dependent on friends and family or more importantly nonprofit organizations they can be independent economically by working legally until they get the decision as to whether or not they will be granted asylum so hers is

joining us from new jersey it's always a pleasure talking to you thank you. israel's new parliament has been sworn in three weeks after the general election the knesset as it's known made up of one hundred twenty members a third of whom will be holding their seat for the first time prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now leading negotiations with coalition partners to actually form a government is a good party and nationalist allies have a sixty five seat majority more from harry fawcett in western isn't. with ceremonials began with the arrival of the israeli president reagan rivlin he inspected an honor guard outside the knesset building before coming into the hall to preside over the swearing in of one hundred twenty members of this twenty first israeli knesset now all of this serving as the backdrop to the real political business at hand which remains the finalizing of benjamin netanyahu a new coalition government he and his likud party along with its coalition partners have a majority sixty five to fifty five within the knesset but one of his prospective

partners the israel they tend to party which is a secularist right wing party led by the former defense minister avigdor lieberman it is concerned about too much being ceded to the ultra orthodox and religious nationalist parties which themselves are very important partners for benjamin netanyahu in any coalition he manages to build and they say that they will pull out if too many of their demands are exceeded to which would be a major stumbling block to having a functioning majority within the knesset of course this knesset also has to deal with any issues arising from the fact that a sitting prime minister is facing a pending indictment there a hearing scheduled to take place in the next few weeks on three corruption cases there is talk about a potential law giving the prime minister immunity from prosecution talks about potentially reviving a previous arrangement where and kay's member of the knesset had automatic immunity from prosecution unless there is

a vote inside the parliament itself as well as that of course there is also the issue of. you know whose own pledge given just before the election to start an exceeding illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank and all this coming just weeks ahead of what we're expecting to be the publication of the trump peace plan so a lot on the agenda as this you can as it gets underway. and while israel has reduced the fishing limits it imposes on vessels operating from the gaza strip the military says there will be cuts to six north pole miles from fifteen in response to rocket fire from palestinian territory and accuses islamic jihad of carrying out the attacks though the group denies the allegation israeli government increase the fishing zone on april first as part of a deal with hamas. prominent afghans are meeting for a second day in the capital kabul for discussions between the afghan government and the taliban the meeting is known as the loya jirgah it has been a way to bring afghans together for centuries but many including the taliban have

boycotted the event saying it wouldn't be productive among them the second most powerful man in the country afghanistan's chief executive. plenty more news happening today of course the headlines the in depth reports the video on demand it's all there for you to see red dot com. top stories for you want. the national guard vehicles in the venezuelan capital which appear to have run over supporters of opposition leader one. he called on venezuelans to rise up against president nicolas maduro saying there is no turning back the government insists military chiefs. behind prison until. the call is for everyone to come out into the streets at this moment to give back into what we have built over the years we are here now in the streets not only with

the international community and not only our citizens but now with the national armed forces who are backing the citizens future and progress. and people are still out on the streets though in some of these shots things looking a little calmer as the military vehicles take control of the area outside the air base where there were large scale protests a little bit earlier. the headlines for you the sudanese a group leading the sitting outside the military headquarters in khartoum is accuse the military of not being serious about handing over power to civilians earlier the military council warned protesters not to take matters into their own hands and said an agreement with the opposition would soon be reached. catholic church in sri lanka will resume sunday mass on may fifth after a break since the easter attacks the archbishop of colombo cardinal malcolm ranjit says he is dissatisfied with the government's investigation so far and he's urged officials to act before people take the law into their own hands meanwhile the

government lifted a ban on social media which was put in place after the bombings platforms were blocked swiftly after the attacks with the government calling it a move to fight against misinformation asylum seekers in the united states face tougher restrictions on a new orders from president donald trump under his latest proposal asylum seekers will be charged a hefty fee to process their applications rule changes which could come in within three months and israel's new parliament has been sworn in three weeks after the general election prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now leading negotiations with coalition partners to form the next government is could party and its nationalist allies have a sixty five seat majority and you're up to date with the headlines we're back with the news hour in about twenty five minutes right after inside story.

mozambique is hit by two powerful cyclons in just six weeks and has a struggling to help millions of people they say not enough money is being pledged is the world ignoring another does also in africa poll have done is lost interest in helping this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on mozambique is reeling from two of the strongest storms ever to hit the country. already stretched off the cycle in march which killed more than six hundred.