to keep intensifying here. from the. border some u.s. senators are mounting the resignation of the attorney general over the report william barr faced hours of questioning by a senate hearing on wednesday he's published a sense of version of the report which he says clears donald trump of collusion with russia refusing to give further testimony in the house of representatives and could face a vote on contempt of zeros alan fischer reports from washington. for the first time since the little port was made public america's top floor to surface questions from a senate committee republican chairman lindsey graham a supporter admitted he hadn't read the full report has severed all that ever and most of it but the findings left him with no doubt nor obstruction nor collusion robert mueller was appointed special counsel made twenty seven thousand his task to investigate alleged links between the russians and donald trump's presidential campaign attorney general william barr was given the report in march he says he was

surprised there was no recommendation on prosecuting the president for obstruction of justice rule of identified ten possible instances but he was confident he made the right call and not to press ahead with the deputy and i felt that the evidence developed by the special counsel was not sufficient to establish that the president committed a crime and therefore it would be irresponsible and unfair for the department to release a report without stating the department's conclusions but robert mueller sent a letter to the attorney general upset at the way he presented his findings ahead of the publication of the redacted report a point not missed by one democrat i think history will judge you harshly bar says a lot of the president's actions were fueled by allegations he felt were wrong in called into question his election when is there any evidence that you're aware of suggest even remotely the president trump is a russian agent none that i'm not aware of this hearing was meant to be about the last presidential election but it was really more about the next one and the

republicans who defended bill barr and donald trump and the democrats who attacked them they knew that. the former prosecutor is chasing the democratic presidential nomination she was amazed bill barr did not look at the underlying evidence before making his final decision i think it's made it seriously but it's not like if you have it out of legal mind all the two main mostly civil one democratic senator said bill barr should resign now the american people know the. you are no different from rudy giuliani or kellyanne conway or any of the other people who sacrificed their once decent reputation for the grafter and liar who sits in the oval office go to rose william bar insisted the president could have halted the mill of inquiry at any point because it was based on false allegations which this was a difficult day for the attorney general the house of representatives also wants him to give evidence the committee chairman says he won't be calling robert mueller as a new witness he says this is over but it's not alan fischer algis it up on capitol

hill washington. we have a decision from our course in kampala where bobby wine was asking for bail after being placed in a high security prison early this week we'll tell you what that verdict is in just a few moments here on al jazeera after the weather and then designated a global terrorist reaction from pakistan and india on the latest addition to the un's blacklist. hellova things are improving for us in japan recently it's been rather cloudy and all the way it's and you can see the satellite picture of that area of cloud is now beginning to move away say for many of us in japan will be a good deal brighter i warmer as we head through the next couple of days say for tokyo we're getting to around twenty three degrees and this should be

a good day of sunshine around as well as some trends also spreading across north and south korea and even for us in beijing where it will be pretty hot with a top temperature of thirty degrees but just to the west of us there's a loss of cloud and the whole area of cloud is working its way eastward so be a few bits and pieces of rain on this but mostly a rather great picture and it will drag down the temperatures for some of us as well for the southeastern parts of china it's all quite unsettled i'm rather mobile here at the moment a few showers are likely during the day on friday but they're way to get going as we head into saturday so saturday doesn't look like a wet today for the eastern parts for now it looks mostly dry hong kong should see a fair amount of sunshine as well with a maximum temperature of around twenty seven a bit further towards the south lots of cloud in the east impossible but elsewhere across the southeast in parts of asia it's actually a good deal of drawing weather around particularly over ponce borneo and so much further north i think for the southern parts of it now it's going to be pretty wet on friday but it should improve as we head into saturday.

free education for all was the promise the reality provoked a generation. of. enough blood to want to think how a protest over education feeds. morphed into a national revolt it's. got. everything must fold. a witness documentary on al-jazeera.

hello again this is al jazeera let's for much of the top stories this hour wiki leaks founder julian assange has told a london court that he'll fight extradition to the united states he's wanted for alleged computer hacking hearings for the for the next session on may thirtieth the songes serving a prison sentence for skipping bail for staying in the ecuadorian embassy in london . but as well as opposition leader is urging his supporters not to lose hope after their protests failed to topple president nicolas maduro the president's supporters held a rival rally in the capital caracas a woman was shot dead dozens were injured during fighting with security forces and ugandan opposition politician probably why it has been granted bail he's been held in a maximum security prison since monday on charges stemming from protests last year against a social media attacks. south sudan's warring parties are meeting about ending the six year civil war the talks are being held in ethiopia's capital addis ababa

before the deadline runs out to form a unity government a peace deal was signed in september by president salva kiir rebel leader make bashar and other rival factions meanwhile south sudan has rejected un allegations that it was behind the killing of two prominent government critics. as a born and dong samuel. disappeared in kenya in twenty seventeen where they lived in exile the government has repeatedly denied responsibility for the disappearance amnesty international is now calling for an independent investigation into the alleged the killings let's go live on the web site about al-jazeera morgan is there let's start with the talks about what's the latest. are and closed session mean. in trying to resolve their issues we know that there's supposed to be a unity government rebates lies unity government that has to be formed on may twelfth this year but the opposition team which our site said that they needed six

more months his team say that they're not sure that the security arrangements currently in place can guarantee his safety if he comes of course we remember intend to sixteen when war broke out when fighting broke out between the government forces and rick much us forces he had to flee and he's where even his camp is worried that this would happen again so at the moment they're not close they're meeting the government has invited direct much are to come back and from the unity government in time he says that he's not ready to do that if the security arrangements are not in place so they are talking about that security arrangements and trying to see if a new deadline can be put in place instead of the may twelfth if that is to be messed and south sudan's rejection of these u.n. allegations over the disappearance of these two opposition supporters who were they and why is south sudan so forceful in its rejection of the allegations. well it isn't look good for south sudan took to admit that these people are those

two activists salmon and agri were killed in their custody so they are saying that the investigation should begin with kenya where they disappeared on the twenty foot surge and the twenty fourth of january twenty seven hundred thousand and government has been very adamant they're saying that they have nothing to do with their disappearances despite the fact that the u.n. report says that they were transported from kenya to south sudan and that they were seen in the south sudan's and notorious new house which is the national security prison so south sudan's government right now has to defend itself against that allegation and it also has to face the fact that it does not want a hybrid course or accountability it's been denying that it's been denied that it wants that it at has anything to do with the killings they have been reports that it's a u.s. firms to to lobby against the formation of hybrid court meanwhile the opposition camp which of those two critics were from from from the from which our side. says that accountability must be held and they're calling for the formation of a hybrid court but really a great it comes down to these talks today and tomorrow what the two sides agree on

they have a lot of issues besides accountability and the death of these two activists they have to sort out security arrangements they have to sort out when a transitional government will be formed once again. many thanks need of zeros when they're reporting from this of about the united nations is to clear the leader of a pakistan based group a global terrorist. assets will be frozen and he'll be subject to a travel ban he heads the judge abraham of group which claimed responsibility for bruce suicide attack in the administered kashmir in which forty soldiers died the declaration passed off to china a traditional ally of pakistan dropped its objections. the u.n. sanctions the. muscle doesn't. need to. individual who has been terrorists. this.

was a significant outcome because we have actually. bought out from. his mom about the united nations security council committee had decided to port model on how much you would their leader of their gesture on the sanctions and that it should be remembered more on how much food. came in go prominence after deadly. result of police and b. indian administered kashmir. the indians then a. direct enrollment and while grim ange after which indian actor oft crossed into pakistan india then claimed i did had several hundred fighter not digest your mom august on of course took the media and showed them the site of the attack saying that not a single individual was scared and that particular attack. had already say that it

wants to do more against all that are all put it dating within pakistan each entity is shoring its neighborhood that pakistani soil will not be used for attacks against any other country of course this will be seen as a major setback for the pakistani government which i categorically state gate that there was noise and boredom and over any progress done individually including the jaish e mohammad and its leader. and the attack inside indian administered me so it's. a professor of political science at indiana university bloomington he explains why china held back for so long. pakistan is one of china's closest allies and consequently. they would not have kept the pakistanis in the dark before making this decision so there must have been quiet private diplomatic contacts on this issue and they must have alerted to the islamabad that this was about to

happen there is a reinjure of charges against some of those are not merely on the basis of the full bomb attack of the fourteenth of february of this year but there is a spate of other issues that are involved and consequently. i think the government did not feel compelled to bring up on this occasion i think they must be absolutely besides themselves china has finally decided to lift the technical hold of the breaking news we told you about a few moments ago from kampala uganda where opposition politician has been granted bail catherine soy joins us now live from kampala katherine what more can you tell us. just happened in the last ten minutes he's been granted bail at the cash bail of about two hundred fifty five and he's have

also been. told to make a nonkosher of about one. thousand dollars so basically. he had been charged with his involvement in the social media mobile money tax protest the. tax was introduced he led protests and that is why he's being charged today he's lawyers and he supported the thing why is this happening now we have just spoken to his wife she's very happy with it she's going to wait for him now the process of really. he was going to take a little bit longer because of government. bureaucracy and red tape so it's likely that it's going to take a couple more hours for him to actually leave prison and we're told what is expected to be done is that he's going to be taken. directly by this story to he's

home. so that to prevent him from making any stopover or from addressing any people he supporters who might be gathering to wait for him so when this announcement was way was made a huge supporters were outside the courtroom were very happy very jubilant singing . some of the huge songs that he's performed many times so the situation here is quite tense r.d.o. we had them in another street which is a stronghold of he there going but what really stands out from this situation is how the court was the case was handled he did not physically appear in packs and he appeared via video link from the prison where he was being held this is a fairly new system that had been introduced by the judiciary basically to go for more effectiveness and also to cut down costs of physically bringing that to court this is

a happening but then he's lawyer than the support of the thing that. he's being targeted unfairly the thing that the reason why he has appeared by be dealing here that the government really does not want to many people did not want too many people coming here in court because i think it would be many. sorry to interrupt you. bring in another of our correspondents is in mozambique where the government is urging people in the northeast of the country to find out more rain is expected how do i see this from the way that you're dressed that it is raining again. it's just started and that's a. the concern for aid workers trying to be spaces that are remote that have been cut all the way that's been so bad we're about three hours from cambridge and it was with affected by this like loan the houses were poorly built to begin with so when the wind and the rains came some of them one knocked over we're told some

people were injured because now of course aid workers began trying to reach people who need help particular because it's raining because the roads are clearly possible dawi getting some people being able to come in and bring aid and that corner very you see people waiting trying to get maize meal that are just being brought in by the trucks that may concern of course is reaching those who are of benazir emotes don't even buy planes or helicopters because of the weather is going to be easy to hope they have a few days at least of no rain they've been warned it will start raining again it has started raining again it might of course it will have really thought the government says that people have got to seek higher ground where is the higher ground looks pretty pretty flat where you are. yes we are actually quite low lying level ground that's why a lot of the home you know works well washed away means heating up to places like heating up to places further up which of course means what the problem now is that

when it laid a few days ago. or because of the five people really constant move the only way they get out of those is is being elected by he copped to a good of course that depends on the way the no one knows how many people still need help one new way to work he did manage to be one place where the child was so sick so monarrez that in the system to a hospital that's just one child out of thousands of other people who need help because now of course that they had a limited window to try to get food and health in it seems the rain has come back again that will have totally and of course people wondering how long this will last . for reporting live from. breaks. it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera wiki leaks founder julian assange has just told

a london court that he'll fight extradition to the united states he's wanted for alleged computer hacking the hearings but adjourned with the next session due on may thirtieth a source is serving a prison sentence for skipping bail before staying in the ecuadorian embassy in london ugandan opposition politician bobby why it has been granted bail he's been held in a maximum security prison since monday on charges stemming from protests last year against the social media tax his lawyers and his supporters say the charges have been made up to stop him from criticizing the government. but as well as opposition leader juan is urging his supporters not to lose hope after their protests failed to topple president nicolas maduro the president's supporters held a rival rally in the capital caracas a woman was shot dead and dozens of people were injured in fighting with the security forces. south sudan's warring parties a meeting about ending the six year civil war the talks in ethiopia's capital at

this hour about a before the deadline runs out to form a unity government a peace deal was signed in september by president salva kiir rebel leader russia and other rival factions meanwhile south sudan has rejected un allegations that it was behind the killing of two prominent government critics. as a bone and don't lock disappeared in kenya in twenty seventeen where they lived in exile the government has repeatedly denied responsibility for the disappearance amnesty international is now calling for an independent investigation into the alleged execution the united nations is declared the leader of pakistan based on the group a global terrorist. assets will be frozen and he will be subject to a travel ban he heads the jaish e mohammad group which claimed responsibility for february's suicide attack in indian administered kashmir in which forty soldiers were killed the declaration passed off to china

a traditional ally of pakistan dropped its objections. there's that lies the news continues of the inside story thanks. a dramatic move to take power in venezuela folds as the president says he's crushed an attempted coup but the opposition leader maintains an uprising has only just begun he's backing them and what's next in this political crisis this is a story. hello

and welcome to the program on iran come on venezuela's president is hailing victory after what he calls an attempted coup nicolas maduro is promising to prosecute those behind a dramatic attempt to remove him from office on tuesday opposition leader one cold on the army to oust majority but by the end of the day i was in hiding and dozens of people were injured in scuffles with security forces both sides are doing that supports us to hold more protests has the backing of more than fifty countries including the united states which is calling for a peaceful transition of power but secretary of state warned military action is possible if that's what's required we'll get to our discussion in a moment but first this report from our latin america editor the see anyone. it was perhaps his boldest move yes opposition leader one wide all appearing before dawn in front of

a crack us air force base surrounded 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 to house arrest by security forces who turned against president nico last mughal commitment to defend freedom at 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 why dog disappeared from sight on the nagging rumors that he'd be arrested but come nightfall he issued a new call from an undisclosed location venezuelans 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 onto

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. 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 newt. 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 maduro says that's rubbish and adding more fuel to the geopolitical crisis president donald trump is again pointing the finger. he is warning unless it immediately withdraw what he calls military help to the macdougall regime he will slap on what he is now describing as a full and complete embargo as well as height will be economic and financial

sanctions. in venezuela why though and mother who 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. newman have. let's bring in our panel joining me on skype from miami roman former mayor of chuck our district which is an opposition stronghold in caracas from merida venezuela also on skype paul dobson journalist at venezuela analysis dot com and from work in the u.k. tom long professor of south american politics at work university welcome all to the program i want to bring in ramon which. first i saw on t.v. as we all did a very bold statement a very grand statement that the attempted coup was underway now he's in hiding is

this it for him as he finished. well no i mean what happened yesterday manish was. try by president way bill. to move forward and. the regime in a situation where the military around. will just need to recognize plato or as a precedent i mean this is not news to asian administrates it really hard and really difficult to understand many things moving at the same time but way too it's trying to push the military to change sites this is not easy we don't know if that's going to happen anytime soon but wait dog close your border not bits and it was easy it's frightening hard to reach that will let's bring in pulled over.

in venezuela poll madore must be thinking that he's got the upper hand right now. without a doubt i think the events of yesterday were can only be considered a failure for white zero five but only fifteen soldiers he did his call to rebel against their chain of command is definitely a victory for milo and the fact that mulroney didn't feel the need to come out and speak to the nation until the evening as well which shows that there are certain level of column within his office and there was definitely no panic from the government and i think they would definitely fear that it was a victory for their side yesterday so long in warrick madeira has the support of not only fifty countries but the u.s. has the support of the u.s. as well so fifty countries the u.s. yet still this coup seems to be faltering it's full of false starts in your opinion as a south american specialist is this just par for the course or would you think he's actually faltering and this is getting towards the end of the situation in

venezuela well i think there's been there's been a bit of a tendency to try to interpret what's happening in venezuela through a lens of great power politics that this is really about the u.s. russia and china squaring off in venice well or but i think the events of yesterday and really the events of the last few months show that the determinant factor is for what happens in minutes well are located within venezuela. and so i don't think that this situation is over yet though yes there was not a good day for for why though. but a lot of the underlying problems are still there and unchanged so very interesting point ramon i want to bring you in here it's not quite the end but yesterday was a bad day for gordo seems to be what we're hearing right now but has he got the support within the country if this isn't about international power play between

russia china and the u.s. he needs the support internally do you think he has the support why has not shown itself. in greater number yet there's no doubt one way though has a very strong a large soup or popular support is for the most venezuelans want one change as you know we haven't been to meet all of our great humanitarian crisis what we saw yesterday was not act cool a tent but an attempt by the way bill to be recognized as a legitimate president and start the transition in venezuela transition to back to the mother city and to have fair elections that the main thing wedo has it's a strong leader support he's not having military for yet and that's the only thing he really needs the only additional pain he needs to move forward and and to see him back to the ma prosy and open venezuela to receive international help

and some financing that it's much needed to rebuild their country but again right now p. point military support way does not have the military support he needs yet we don't know how long will this take but there's no way to resolve the venezuelan crisis we don't gating without getting our i mean there's no way out of the humanitarian crisis and a political crisis with my little bit of york with motivate others will keep seeing the same he movie sic terror movie should i should say we are we're watching in venezuela but ramon if as you say he does have popular support the why hasn't that translated to support within the army soli the army know which way the wind is blowing. yeah well reason is that it's an it's a great question we don't have an army. in the state to share i

mean we haven't won a ministry that but there is not an army as an organized institution that it's under the constitution when we haven't you know there's a bunch of people with arms but they are at the end not to the constitution but to my doodle and to challenge me and to the revolution so that's that's a key point chavez systematically destroying they armed forces in venezuela and there's no way i mean these have been very difficult for them to react they have been trying i mean there's a lot of these going to incite the armed forces and we know that that these guys yesterday or oh it or a month ago we got our brave asshole rebellion we got the south and we have mean you know a baby here and their military gets there before and there are like more than five hundred military in colombia he crossed the border to do a trip to support away goals so i mean there's

a lot of these contained but for them but there's no way for them there's no way to transform that these contain inside the military can any state you know all of. us are to these from you know situational move forward to get rid of a model and support waiting hold of sun and let me bring you in here rome only to a saying it's just a matter of time the army will change its mind and this is about tactics and just in some ways a waiting game to believe that. well i think no i think any change in the political line of an estimate has to come through elections as they come through the ballot box venezuela have one of the most democratic countries in the world with around twenty elections in the last eighteen or nineteen it is. all of these elections have been of the point of independent international observers who have declared them to be free and fair and so i think if the venezuelans want to change the political course of a country they have accounted do it and there's

a through an election. as a way to have free elections in venezuela and like the last elections we had all these problems start when my little try to sworn in as president after i mean lection that was not recognized by the democratic we're i mean there's no way to have square elections in venezuela. just in a way and we may there might be nice if it was reasonable to see that all or to see in the last elections you have to do it all up with for example or do they get up to this main opposition leaders were now i'm able to even run past candidates percent them sell me theirs that's what's going on i'm going to spread out so we need to get rid of my good always that dictator and then start transition that will get us to free and fair elections we international community monitoring that and let me bring in let me bring it along ahead we've heard both of august. pro and mid or a point of view a program.