the government the government nor the turkish intelligence we know that this is not the first time nationals get detained or kidnapped in november two thousand and seventeen also three. engineers they were kidnapped in the south of libya and they were kept for like seven months before the were released now we know that have to have been always accusing turkey of supporting groups and the west of libya and the spokesman of have to his forces there general of the smadi has been accusing turkey in most of his press conferences he has been referring to turkey as a major supporter of the opponents in the west of libya. the military brigades led by the u.s. government of national called in the worst of libya the to. the restaurant workers who are now kept in the east of libya and their families say

that they have not heard from them since they were arrested and i just spoke to i just i just spoke with the spokesman of libya's foreign ministry he said that he literally does not know anything about this case and deliberate foreign minister did not comment or their hand in this case whatsoever all right. live in tripoli thank you let's go over to assemble announcing them cause here lou our correspondent there what sort of reaction men coming from the turkish government would have heard already earlier in the week that there'd been vocal support being given by president. for the government of national accord based in tripoli but what's their response been to this incident. well martin until now there is no official statement by especially the turkish foreign ministry but we know that they are they are working out the diplomatic

channels so we might be hearing from them soon but. firm from the officials in that these two turkey turkish nationals. they are just simple turkish people who are trying to earn their lives under difficult conditions in the working at a restaurant and they are still under arrest and. we have confirmed that they have no links. links to the intelligence. and his team argues over there but we know that turkish president has been very critical about mr hof there recently and. received some gas from the government and turkey believes that the if believed that the national accord government may need to was no seraj is the legitimate representative and turkey says they're

not going to let's turn into a place like syria they have being a presence has been actually criticizing mr how dire as calling him dictator and he said that the current government the un recognized government is the legitimate representative but of course this is very interesting because when he spoke in a couple of days they go. that has been supported by some companies and some western countries and we know that france we know that russia supports you know way and we know saudi arabia u.a.e. and some other countries support them as well and recently turkey turkish police arrested two. two are out nationalists who have confessed to be spying on the health of united. emirates and try again at that time where we learnt that the turkish intelligence have been technically surveilling those two are out nationals and for a couple of months and they arrested them when they figured out that those two

those two men who have confessed to be spying on behalf of you i contacted the prime suspect in a. murder investigation file so. from from one clear perspective we can't we can easily understand that turkey's sees have to are aligned with saudi arabia and u.a.e. in a way and it seems aired on iran's critics i guess have to have a continue and now we are hoping to hear from turkey's foreign ministry rescind. all rights in them cause here lou live from assemble thank you but we've been speaking to us el-gamal he is director of the tripoli based sadec institute he says this is not the first time a leaf a half that has targeted libya's large turkish community. in the first seventy two hours are. all turkish laborers and a market workers were in the east of the country and label them. suspects

a. generous person many of them working for the national corporations working for looks like it's construction companies in the city so it's very difficult to get a seat and we. will develop that's going to we're going to shit. on and anything that will say that unsubstantiated claims that he's been making for all of us but it's nothing new on the claims that are being made so that they have communication equipment and. reason to believe as the libya these claims have been made of the last four years that. was the basis of all the. now the founder of wiki leaks songes been sentenced to fifty weeks in jail for breaching a cool seven years ago let's go live to our correspondent now he's outside the cold julian a songe sentence take us through exactly what happened today nadine. we

can probably hear the large number of supporters of genocide and she'd been here throughout the morning we're going to be hearing a statement from the editor of wiki leaks kristinn hrafnsson see his supporters obviously very disappointed what happened was that the defense lawyer for a science went through a whole series of reasons of mitigating fact is which he hopes would lead to the judge chair. sentencing julius on so less than the maximum sentence at the bottom of all of those was what the lawyer called a reasonable fear all along by julian assigns that he would be sent by sweden to the united states if in fact he was extradited by the u.k. to sweden and that was what was motivating him when he sought asylum in the ecuadorian assemble embassy in twenty twelve loyalist states

a sign just continued offers to cooperate with swedish investigators and pointed to the fights that assigns or once those allegations in sweden had actually gone away decided to remain in the embassy they know what the lawyer cold prison like conditions listing a whole range of negative health effects that he had suffered over the years saying that that basically proves that julian assange was still most effected by a genuinely held on real fear of being sent home to the united states but the judge here said that you were free to leave at any time you were not being held in prison like condition. pointing out the cost of the chain of around twenty million u.s. dollars that it cost to police the embassy but it's saying that nobody must be above the law and hunting down that sentence of fifty weeks this was acutely about the

breaking of bail conditions by julian assange back in twenty twelve but on thursday at another court the probably very lengthy process of the u.s. trying to get him extradited from britain will begin their team bargain barba outside saw the crown court in london thank you. now the olympic and world eight hundred meter champion caster semenya has lost her appeal against new testosterone rules in athletics meaning she won't be able to defend her titles semenya and athletics south africa said a rule forcing the running to take medication which would have lowered the level of the whole main switch events only run against men was unfair but the sport's governing body the identity f argued it was necessary to protect female sport and the court of arbitration for sport and greed. five majority of the cast panel has

dismissed the request club iteration considering that justice to mean d.c. were unable to enable wrist opposition to the regulations in. the final round of the deal the regulations discriminatory but the majority of the panel found that on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties in the procedure such discrimination is a necessary result of all the potion it means of achieving the underbelly of objective of preserving the integrity of female atlantics in some strike you dance international competition studies from four hundred meters to one my. venezuela's president says he's in control of the opposition leader called the war protests on wednesday and he says nicolas maduro doesn't have the support of the armed forces president during this threatening to prosecute those involved in what he described

as an attempted coup alas in america editor lucien newman is monitoring developments from havana in cuba. it was perhaps his boldest move yet opposition leader one wide all appearing before dawn in front of a caracas here for space so rounded by some twenty five soldiers appealing to the military to join him by his side was leopoldo lopez perhaps than israel's most famous political prisoner he announced he'd been released from house arrest by security forces who turned against president nicholas model but now you have to defend freedom out with tyranny everyone out onto the street. opposition supporters answered the call but were pushed back by security forces dozens were injured in clashes between pro and anti-government groups. after he and lopez took part in a march white dog disappeared from sight nagging rumors. be arrested but come nightfall issued a new call from an undisclosed location. to rise up again. we

will continue calling on the armed forces to take part in the final phase of operation liberty to rescue our dignity that is why on may one we will go back on to the streets nationwide gathering in the areas we have already designated president maduro responded on nationwide television surrounded by army officers whose continued support he depends. on your own benefit on this was truly a fake a minor a simulation and that's why eighty percent of the military and police who joined them in the beginning had left them by noon. but amid reports that his support may be cracking u.s. secretary of state might bump ale said had been about to step down and go to cuba but was dissuaded by russia another key ally. says that's rubbish and adding more fuel to the geopolitical crisis president donald trump is again

pointing the finger at his warning have an immediate withdrawal what he calls military help to the mcdougall regime he will slap on what he is now describing as a full and complete embargo as well as economic and financial sanctions. and venezuela and are both planning to mark international workers day with a major show of strength on the streets one to try to force the president from power the other to try to maintain it. have. many parts of the world demanding better conditions and more rights.

how the weather is changing in japan it's been raining quite a lot recently and you can still see the clouds bringing the rain but it's disappearing into the western pacific so over the next few hours the picture will change and you wake up on says day two a day of sunshine in the high teens it's not exceptionally hot fairly obviously is that right and it's still largely raining in her kind are behind all this is slowly warming there's very little wind so twenty one pyongyang thirty one in beijing you'll notice a dry and sunny picture for the most part which persists by the time we get to friday as well so the next cloud bandies forming in the northwest of china and then start to cloud up in beijing but the temps you were changed much are in sudden shot it should be wet not at all and off it is wet almost situations for the place to get the showers on thursday but we're still feeding in the moisture as you can see which will affect the weather in vietnam this is the time when you see some pretty big downpours they're starting to show themselves this is friday picture the same is true in london and in china hong kong may stay dry but it's going to feel humid

newell's thirty here the crux of thunder south of this a good scattering the showers the wettest weather west papua in the southern philippines further west you are probably the drier it is occasional showers but they will. when her fiance lives behind bars. the engagement also becomes a life sentence. zero world hears from three palestinian women whose lives have been dictated by their relationships with men in prison. wedding on hold on al-jazeera.

a reminder now the top stories here at al-jazeera forces loyal to the libyan warlord khalifa haftar have detained two turkish nationals all monday the turkish president had to call tough to violence towards tripoli a plot against libya's people. wiki leaks founder julian assange has been sentenced to fifty weeks in jail for breaching bail conditions a sound has given asylum in the ecuador embassy for almost seven years before being evicted last month. the olympic and world eight hundred meter champion caster semenya has lost her appeal against new rules in athletics which would have meant that she wouldn't be able to defend her titles so many are under threat itself that

africa set a rule forcing the wrong let's take medication which would lower the level of testosterone switch events or run against men was unfair. let's go live to johannesburg now in south africa and malcolm where our correspondent there it must be hugely disappointing man for caster semenya and indeed the south african government the but head to the hills on this. that's right enormous disappointment here among the supporters of caster semenya rights groups activists who've said all along that these kinds of regulations discriminate three and that they're not fair but the ruling says that caster semenya and for athletes like her who have not true but on usually high levels of testosterone would have to take medication to be testosterone to be able to compete in certain events those there are races that are four hundred meters.