iraq together what does this mean what does it mean well yeah the reverberation from father martin macneill speech incidents it has been felt in terms of the local actions here the deviants in v.n. are set to meet the ns from what they receive the colossal collection in twenty fourteen but i think it is noteworthy that we are seeing the middle ground party the alliance party as it is set to do very well in these elections the green party which is another cross community pro environmental party is also set to do very well too so it's not just a case of the two kind of more established parties doing well you're also seeing more middle of the road parties like the alliance party like the green party also making gains in this election what we were getting out of that report is this fake hope that the could be a change in the so cool tribal type of politics do you think it could really get off the ground most people here still do vote on constitutional lines so if you're unionist you're more likely to vote for the d.v.r. you be on if you're a nationalist you're going to vote for shouldn't be and or the s.t.l. be it's just a case of which is to you go for i am there is

a growing section of people who are kind of voting along cross community lines also tonight is an important thing you know in northern ireland the biggest. the biggest egg group of voters are those who are not voting turnout in this in these elections are said to be around about forty four to forty six percent overall so you have a majority of people not actually causing a vote in this election which does show some up with the with the political process is really at the center of things possibly the same issue as in the u.k. and that is brics it's in that doesn't doesn't really this place have to be in europe for things to progress in a positive direction yeah absolutely any price that has been initiation fee and in the s. the lp have run very heavily on bragg's it of course ignore that and we're going back to the polls in three weeks time for the european election so brags it is a big issue it's bigger along the border area in places like for mana places like derry it's not as much of an issue here in belfast but along the border certainly people are talking about breaks it and just what is going to happen in terms of

what way will the border go and any future breaks that deal. david can think you very much indeed as i say the counting is going on we'll be covering this and updating you in later programs. i do thanks very much indeed well security forces in benning have fired weapons and water cannon to disperse crowds of protesters hundreds of people have been demonstrating in the city of course i know since the elections were so two parties loyal to president. take full control of parliament there when followed the introduction of new electoral laws which excluded the opposition from running as yama and reports. security forces face off against crowds of protesters on the streets of new. government response to hundreds of people rallying against the results of sunday's election. two parties loyal to president patrice tell on one complete control of

parliament after a recent change in electoral law so the opposition disqualified opposition supporters see the new rules as a move by the president to consolidate power and stifle dissent you've got to visit our family i'm fuming because he's divided us he's going to play the highest price for doing so. but also to look at what is at stake today goes beyond what's happening all of the people have risen today we have risen to save our democracy is done. that was a record low turnout while the elections with just twenty three percent of the population costing votes on. the internet was caught on the day of the poll amnesty international has criticized the crackdown on peaceful protests and the arrests of political activist and john announced. social unrest is a threat in this more west african nation of eleven million people seen by

democracy watchdogs as an example of stability in the region as anger grows over want to protest is seen as an erosion of democracy. if these scenes of violence will become more common. al-jazeera sports coming up next and female on his hockey players go on strike in north america over low pay i've got a lack of health insurance could be here with more.

time for the sport there's ball thank you very much caster semenya will run what

could be her last eight hundred meters rice and cattle and a few hours' time after losing her appeal against new rules on testosterone there's plenty of attention on the south african runner as she trained at the stadium on the eve of the diamond league meeting in doha so many years future is unclear while world athletics chief sebastian coe already wants to move on under its and has more . south africa's caster semenya has been outpacing her rivals for years but her progress hasn't been to everyone's liking. for you if i wasn't fast the double olympic champion is set to run in the eight hundred meters of the season opening diamond league event in doha on friday after a ruling by sports highest court it could be her last competition before she has to start taking medication to lower her to starts to run levels so many are posted a tweet on thursday hinting at retirement knowing when to walk away is wisdom being able to see is courage the head of world athletics governing body is about to lend

a sympathetic ear this is pretty straightforward and it's very straightforward for any international federation in sport athletics has to classifications it has age it has gend we are fiercely protective about both and i'm really grateful that the court of arbitration has up held that principle says they'll be no delay in implementing the policy and it will kick in next week the means of so many wants to return to their heart in september. but to defend her eight hundred meter title at the world championships she'd have to start taking medication almost immediately other options according to the audible f. of her to run in longer distance are vents or to compete against men. south africa's athletic sports say the ruling will justify discrimination against athletes with differences of sexual development the art of l.a.'s claim run is like so many with relatively high levels of naturally occurring to stalls their own have

an unfair advantage even scientists to some distance away from reaching a consensus. i think that i don't live. conceptual. arguments but i will. not. support a policy that has differing fairly far reaching consequence. others are more forgiving of a rule that world arthritics say is designed to keep sport fair and isn't about defining gender through no fault of her own suitors happens to her this condition. but at the end of it the idea of has to make a decision or you know the line is drawn between the female races and the men. in the categories so many claim she's been targeted by the i.w. for a decade her race for what she considers justice is unlikely to end here on the richardson al-jazeera. while another development at the diamond league could affect the future

of generations of athletes the idea wants to sideline the five and ten thousand meter events which are dominated by east africans catherine sawyer travelled to the high altitude training camps in kenya is rift valley to find out how it could affect a deep rooted culture of long distance running. caroline chip quite skip crew will defend her three thousand meter title at the damage league track and field competition. she's one of kenya's top athletes and says have biggest competitors. two other kenyans who she beat last year she's been training in the ten in the rift valley says she prefers the five thousand meters race but that event along with the ten thousand is being faced out from twenty twenty and in competitions where organizers do decide to include the race it will not be televised the international association of athletics federations wants to make the league more marketable and believes longer races slow things down. it's bad what

they've done i had specialized in five thousand but i've had to retrain for other disciplines like three thousand i'm worried about upcoming athletes who use this is a springboard for the big road races. this is bad news for east africa the five in ten thousand races are dominated by kenyans if you peons and ugandans and a majority of young athletes in kenya train for five thousand. is trying to make it big internationally he's working on the stymies and insurance union and. it's an unfair decision i feel they are trying to get tailless because we've been dominating the competition kenyan athletes are so strong we come back with many medals and i don't see any valid reason why they would want to do away with this race. sports analysts are worried the move will badly affect is of runners who mostly depend on such races for a leading it gives the lead. you know the different.

organizations or companies that they have in those moments we're running companies and you know. energy drinks and so on before but you're not seen on t.v. a global audience is a big blow. for now most of these are clips back in the ten will be cheering on those three presenting them in doha while at the same time this ports governing body to reverse a decision they say will hype thousands of them catherine saw al-jazeera ten west and kenya. to basketball now and the philadelphia seventy six ers went to war not in the n.b.a. playoff series against detroit. star performance from joel embiid the raptors quoi leonard was the standout for his team with thirty three points but he was struggling on his own as the seventy six ers took a twenty six point lead and then big was simply too good for the toronto difference he also had thirty three points and put down

a big mark in these playoffs his filly go for their first title since one thousand nine hundred eighty three. the home court rocking with this play final score hundred sixteen to ninety five to philadelphia game four is on sunday. more than two hundred of the world's top female ice hockey players are boycotting next season's competition in the u.s. over poor conditions on low pay the players including a limp medalist from the. u.s. and canada teams are fighting for a cross border women's league that would offer basics such as health insurance some players only get two thousand dollars in pay a season comes weeks after the canadian probably went bust leaving only the u.s. tournament in operation but players from both leagues are now striking to get a unified competition and want the n.h.l. to step in to help. well meanwhile a multi-million dollar prize is on the line in the n.h.l. playoffs the boston bruins took

a step closer to it as they leveled their series against the columbus blue jackets on thursday columbus had been hoping to go three want to head but ended up taking something of a beating on home ice patrice bergeron got two of the boston goals as they recovered from back to back defeats in this eastern conference semifinal it ended four to one to the brew inside a tie the series up to each game five is back in boston on saturday. it's two each between the colorado avalanche and sun has a shot as well avalanche winning this one three to nothing in the western conference. all right that's all the sport and i will have more a bit later on rob paul thanks very much indeed star wars fans are mourning the actor who was the original chewbacca peter mayhew was working in a hospital when his giant size was spotted by director george lucas english born

actor more than two meters tall became the funny side pick for hans solo in the intergalactic film franchise a seventy four year old passed away it is home in texas on tuesday that's all for this news hour i'm going to be back with more on all the stories in a couple of minutes i'll see you then take care bye bye.

an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of northern california leading to some of the worst air quality in the world but with more than twelve thousand structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term accommodations jobs and medical care. local officials say there isn't enough housing stock available. radicalism is on the rise

across the globe. we're told it's every west we're told was supposed to be suspicious of everybody and everything but government policies aimed at tackling radicalization in fact pushing youngsters to the fringes of society and the impact is huge i don't know there's only so much we can strike before you say ok that's me rethinking radicalization of the radicalized syrians announces the era. the u.s. ramps up its plan to choke off iran's energy exports ending sanction waivers which had allowed some countries to buy its oil. you know again i'm not matheson this is all just you know live from doha also

coming out a powerful psycho and heads eastern india after a million people have been fleeing from its path. and grand council convened by afghanistan's president ends with a resigning call for peace with the taliban. plus landownership dominates the election debate in south africa we'll look at what the candidates are offering. the drug administration's put an end to waivers which had allowed eight countries to purchase an iranian oil they include india and china which is the single biggest importer container use going to have reaction from beijing in a moment first reports into iran. hours before more pressure from u.s. sanctions to her and welcomed an important guest the boss of opec his visit to an oil and gas exhibition a signal that iran remains an important member of at least one very powerful cup of

nations. this comes to us with just. what divides us when the united states reimposed sanctions it granted waivers to some of the runs biggest customers ending those waivers and iran supply means prices at the pump are likely to rise to address suggestions by u.s. president donald trump that some opec members namely saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. might increase production to make up for iranian oil not making it to market it's probably potentially more dangerous to the very existence of the organization not to talk of it but does it with none of that. is. the morse to divide this organization to saw in the seeds of discord. to the extent that. we look at it we're to sit down and took decisions

let alone implemented together needing to meet market demand has been an important part of how iran has kept selling oil and coped with us sanctions china turkey and iraq have also said they cannot abide by unilateral american policies and will continue dealing with iran if pushed iran could obstruct shipping lanes in the strait of hormuz pull out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal and restart your brain human richmond none are things iranian leaders say they actually want to do but there is little doubt the country is hurting a crippled economy is soaring prices runaway inflation iranians worry it could mean taxes going up and subsidies on fuel electricity and consumer goods going down last year this conference had even more buzz and even bigger exhibits and there was a little more excitement in the air about doing business but that was before the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal and really imposed sanctions but one

russian chief executive said u.s. sanctions are exactly why russia wants to do even more business with iran but that's why they're here. so i guess you know we've you know it's for sure and. it will be educational opportunity for russian companies because surveys in many many years since there is speak it very good relationships between iran as a country and russia as a country and certainly union in the us and now as there is a good chance to start we took up the ration between companies. for the business level under u.s. sanctions he says the kremlin has encouraged companies to seek out iranian business partners characterizing sanctions as temporary complications but many iranians may say u.s. sanctions are not temporary enough and likely to lead to more hardship same bus ravi old a zero to one. in delhi am one of china's most important points some twenty million

barrels of iranian oil are reportedly stranded waiting to clear chinese customs. with the united states ending waivers on a rainy and oil purchases this week the future of the shipment is unclear the u.s. has tightened sanctions on all countries that continue to buy iranian oil after the first of may that includes china iran's biggest customer beijing says there's no justification for the u.s. policy. firmly opposed to unilateral sanctions and the so-called jurisdictions imposed by the u.s. . roughly a quarter of iran's exported oil is sold to china about half a million barrels a day the two countries have grown closer in recent years president xi jinping mediterranean counterpart in beijing last june just one month after the u.s. imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease

chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands but it is the way. the united states is serious and forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of treetops both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which began last year experts say china may give up iranian oil which makes up about seven percent of china's total oil imports to avoid jeopardising discussions on trade for china now and the most important relation is still it's not with iran it's within us and there are other battles china need to fight in terms of transformative technology. on chinese desperate some sort of cutting slack from the u.s. should china stop buying iranian oil it could compensate tehran by boosting trade

in other areas if it continues it could do so via a back door or barter for it without the goods. ok let's go live now to go to you in beijing you were talking there about the the trade talks that have been going on between the u.s. and china this is a very delicate balancing act isn't it for china. that's why time is in a very difficult position for months now it's been saying that they oppose these u.s. sanctions that they're disrespectful and that there's nothing illegal about the way it does trade with iran and furthermore chinese companies themselves chinese energy companies have invested billions of dollars into iranian oil fields so certainly they want to maintain a very good relations with iran moving forward but as we heard just then they have other interests i need to consider and the prior's you right now is really coming really wrapping up this trade war with the united states china's economy is slowing

and they really wants to see a solution to the end of these tit for tat tariffs which are really disaster abating the problem and so they may not want to risk that relationship they may not want to risk a deal going forward both sides have said that they could be at the harm stretch and so china really has seen that as their priority so far they haven't given any wood us what they will do which seems to suggest that the trade with iranian oil could be used as some sort of bargaining chip in these negotiations now this new round of talks which began this week we had some top washington negotiators here in beijing and next week you know which is the top diplomat with beijing will be heading to washington to continue those round of talks and after that we expect to have a much clearer idea as to how china will proceed going forward to turn the protesters are back out in big numbers on the streets of sudan's cities and towns demanding civilian rule protest leaders say the military is not serious about handing over power off the generals us

a long time president obama bushehr one hundred autos in khartoum he's following the story for us what's being done if anything to try to break this deadlock. well rob there to put our little efforts that are going on currently one vendor led by a committee of men and sudanese personalities who have been entrusted with the task of mediating between the transitional military council on one side and leaders of the portis who are at a deadlock right now on how to form a joint transitional council lots of specter to leave sudan during a period of transition before elections are held so they are working right now listening to both these and mediating on top of that that a you has dispatched a special envoy he is mom of all how some love bodies a former minister from mauritania he is in that country right now he also says that

he's speaking to both sides that you just a few days ago issued a sixty day deadline to the transitional military council to hum over power to civilians now of course this is also the position of the united nations which has given its food blocking to the african union and a solution in that seems to be the position of the international community you saw a lot of diplomatic shuttle going on right it's not well how much what's going to happen if these talks negotiations don't work is there any indication from the protest leaders what they're going to do next. well for the protest leaders and the protesters as a whole they say one hundred of a revolution is not an option for them will spell the death of sudan that's why this saying for them these absolutely not option but to continue with the polls and they're saying they're not short of options. to try and put it in more pressure on

the transitional council to hand over power they're talking about the possibility of a national general strike that they say would bring some sort of shutdown to the anti-i country they're also talking about taking the protest abroad to the embassies of some countries they perceive to be supporting the transitional military council on probably the reason why there's been so much intransigence in the past days from the transitional military council who've been ceding lots of power and giving and lots of concessions to the protesters this country's protesters say ah so don't have media in the united arab emirates and they say they will ask sudanese abroad to protest in front of the embassies to ensure that they get out of the off else off so that by some have

the most powerful site over twenty years in india is battering the east coast syphon funny has killed at least two people in addition to state one and a quarter million indians have left their homes to seek higher ground has more from new delhi. with one hundred eighty kilometer per hour winds a cycle unfunny slammed ashore in the distance state in eastern india. twenty first made landfall friday morning near the coastal city of putting a holy place for hindus. the strong side clone is expected to move north through the end weekend as it hits west bengal and my colleague states it will then head to bangladesh. a big concern as coastal storm surges and resultant flooding about a million people have been evacuated india's navy air force and disaster response force are on standby. every.