eckstein ending a seventy year reign in hay has the latest from bangkok. over the course of just over two hours inside the grand palace in the thai capital bangkok thailand saw its first royal coronation in sixty nine years with the crowning of king what year along corner the tenth king in the cretinous de at the end of that ceremony we saw him dawn the seven kilogram great crown of victory and give his first royal command a very brief comment inside the grand palace saying that he will reign with righteousness for the benefits and happiness all for the people of course he was already king having ascended the throne in two thousand and sixteen following the death of his father king on a do new day who reigned for seventy years so this was really a formalize ation all their process all of his only son becoming the next king of thailand at times throughout that ceremony on saturday we also saw thailand's new

queen queen city a surprise announcement coming from the palace on wednesday that king maha which here along corn had married for the fourth time the former deputy head of his body god service a military general in the thai military and a former flight attendant with thai airways it's believed the pair met on a flight some years ago so she is now the new queen of thailand not only do we have a new king of thailand but a new royal couple still ahead on al-jazeera and in selection sparks the democratic the fine. this is not only that all this and deepest lake in the world it also holds a lot of secrets cuteness to diseases and answers to scientific questions i'm stuck fast and reporting from lake baikal in russia.

we got a fair bit of cloud right into central parts of europe at the moment to be more that as we go through the next couple of days and if anything tell you a little winfrey the somme lots of showers along the spell's afraid to central parts of the med pushing up into italy and the balkans big area cloud further north as well just around the part of germany temperatures struggling ten celsius the adults say for paris only eleven degrees in london that's that northerly blast always a cold direction filtering down across so many western parts of a europe it's not too bad for madrid twenty four celsius in the sunshine twenty five his you go on through sunday keeping that northerly wind there of course a good part of sunday there for london paris and also into berlin the clouds and the rank in ten years across central parts san will see some snow with that cold day coming down over the alps twenty two celsius the four athens some showers say

some of them on the lively side in that cloud of rain across that central eastern side of the mediterranean maybe a run its way across the far north of libya over the next day or two so we'll see it clouding over here for the west it's fine and dry on the bright side repasts of twenty two degrees celsius that cloud in libya will gradually make its way into northern parts beat it. sponsored by the tone of. my main street every new cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's drama trying to tone through the eyes of the well it's john an ace that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most in better use a free palestine listening post on al-jazeera.

and watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now israel says at least fifty rockets have been fired into the south of the country from the gaza strip israeli warplanes have also bomb targets in gaza they say in response to earlier projectile launches. the most powerful storm to hit india in twenty years has moved on to bangladesh cyclon funnymen has weakened since making landfall on friday but i left a trail of destruction along india's east coast at least sixteen people have been killed. weapons experts are trying to confirm the latest suspected rocket launches from north korea all in the breakdown in denuclearization talks with the united states south korea's defense ministry says several launches were detected but they

weren't wholistic missiles. after two days of post-election violence and benon call has been restored in the capital contineu at least two people died during clashes between opposition party supporters and police all parliamentary seats were won by two parties allowed to take part in the elections both parties though are aligned to the president a choice talent joins us live now from consonant so what is the situation on the ground. well richelle this is still a city on edge reeling after several days of violent protest where the military fired on protesters using live ammunition there seems to be no dialogue between the president and the opposition figure the former president yeah yeah boni who are really at the at the forefront of this conflict of this political crisis that been in has an experience this is

a beacon of democratic stability and the region and it's unusual to see such an rest in the region now the government has said it has responded eighty six protesters that will appear in court on may twenty eighth for civil disturbance while the opposition promises more protests in the days to come take a look at this report. trying to make sense of the destruction after four peaceful transitions of power in dozens of parliamentary elections in a class and says never has been experienced such violence. going up but that they do not want to this is unacceptable it is not part of our culture we have a village chief or a family chief that leads us to the problem is our system and i am pleading for the president to change his system of governing it is not working for us. on thursday police using it live ammunition shot at protesters gathered outside the house of former president bush. he had called for

a boycott of sunday's poll angry at the result his supporters chanted down with president but. many were killed and wounded. and so glow two former presidents called sunday's parliamentary election in electoral coupe most opposition parties were prevented from taking part in the race the internet was shut down during the vote and only twenty seven percent of the registered electors came out to vote a historic low. bernie accuses telos tightening his grip on power once political allies they've now become rivals during his mandate been accused of attempting to kill him and embezzling twenty million dollars is now in power and bernie's feeling the pressure. this is as close as we can get to you bernie's home the security forces have cordoned off the neighborhood they say to prevent any further violence but for those who support the former president's the presence of

the military on the streets is a form of intimidation. at a press conference the opposition called for more protests. be we can let president skate power from people we will defend the nation without. the phone. been in is often described as a beacon of democratic stability in the region but it is now going through an unprecedented political turmoil with the current and former president using the streets to settle old political scores. now this is not just about a parliamentary about sunday's parliamentary election where there was an unprecedented low historic turnout only twenty seven percent of the electorate came out to vote it's also about a deep rivalry between the former president. and the current president president but there were once friends they were once allies but now there are deep divisions

and the opposition are calling for the international community to come in and mediate. this conflict between these two presidents in two thousand and seventeen and the ivorian president and want to try to mediate. the dispute between and but i don't but it seems that those grievances and those divisions remain and caught in this tussle for power are the people have been in. all right nicholas last for us and constance thank you rival parties in south sudan have agreed to delay the formation of a unity government by six months are presented as the president salva kiir a rebel leader reid and shore have been meeting in ethiopia's capital addis ababa to try and salvage a peace deal signed last year they haven't resolved several differences ahead of the may twelfth deadline to form a government and sudan protesters have vowed to continue demonstrating during the

muslim holy month of ramadan demanding military leaders hand over power to civilians after ousting president omar al bashir last month. has more from khartoum . efforts are underway to unlock the mark in talks between the transitional military council and organizers of the protests that have been going on for months now the deadlock is centered over the lack of agreement over how to form a transitional council vote to leave the country through a transitional period until the country is ready for democratic elections and then to our tents currently at play one of them is by. sudanese personalities people who are respected all of us to and the out. of prominent person out of this would only come out with two proposals the creation of to. come souls one which will have

a military majority and will deal with security and defense modes is another one but it will be a political one led by a head of state which will have a civilian majority the african union has also dispatched a special envoy he is mom but all the house and bought he is in the country is saying that he is having talks with both parties that a you already has given a sixty a day that lead to the transitional military council for them to handle the power to civilian rule for duty this seems to be the position of the united nations as well which has thrown its weight behind the african union force of course the protesters are saying that for them a huff a revolution is not enough and that will spell the death of saddam and therefore they will continue with their protest until they get what they want which will which is a ton to civilian rule a plane carrying at least one hundred forty three people has scattered into

a river and florida the boeing seven thirty seven charter flight was touching down in jacksonville from guantanamo bay when it slid off the runway into the st john's river these pictures are posted by the local sheriff's department the city's mayor says all crew and passengers on board have been accounted for. but should be temporary camps for people fleeing violence around the world are increasingly becoming permanent homes at a lake chad region in nigeria hundreds of thousands of people have been left displaced by fighting and a recent attack increase in attacks that is by fighters means they may be forced to wait even longer to return home. the latest in our series a life displaced from the city of medical. at the height of the crisis she. met a group of people fleeing attacks in two thousand and thirteen when. they were out on the streets of my degree hungry and exposed to the elements there so temporary

shelter on his property before moving to displaced people's camps. are no use you know use and i know this place was my main source of income but they sent all tenants away to make room for the displaced currently that the auto than displace people here i haven't anything since the right one. six the refugees sure most signs of leaving mystify commemorate is one of them he says he's going to wait out this crisis and this camp no much i would long it takes. only a few days ago people want to go if i want to were killed if you have this escape you have to think about yourself the first. the united nations estimates that more than six million people in the lake chad region have been affected by violence two and a half million of them i need to for shelter and medicines here for the most part

of the crisis my degree was a city of one million two hundred thousand people today the population has doubled to two and a half million a few hundred thousand just place crossing leaving towns around the city but the majority live in the larger community the recent escalation of violence that has forced many return these to flee back to the streets again to the regional forces in the lake chad region have recently stepped up their air and ground operations against targets they say they want to clear the area fighters so that people can return home and that they are on course stretchy of their objectives. is. in terms of. manage. to approach. the site until then the displaced continue to wait in places like these

a temporary solution but increasingly becoming a prominent feature in the region. al-jazeera. and the next part of our series feel like at how one decision could force a quarter of afghanistan's population to pay tax for on official settlements russian scientists say they may have found a new and rich source of antibiotics in the world's deepest an old islay lake baikal and siberia but much more research needs to be done before they can be used by humans reports. it's more than twenty five million years old six hundred kilometers long and holds a rich history of information about a changing climate and species this is siberia as lake baikal scientists recently found that one creature living here with extreme survival skills might be crucial to the discovery of new antibiotics the amphipod a clue station often mistaken for

a shrimp produces bacteria that can be used to cure infections in humans. from a sort of course it's very significant for humanity would we do here because we're now facing increasing resistance to existing incivility x. meaning that there used to work are less effective before these new antibiotics can be used on humans a lot more research needs to be done some pharmaceutical companies have already shown interest it usually takes ten years before a newly discovered antibiotics are produced the institute is also using the crustaceans to study the effects of climate change and other and via mental changes under even creatures by injecting micro sensors into tiny bodies by observing different kinds of crustaceans living in different depths of the lake they hope to obtain information about how humans can adapt as well scientists believe that this immense lake not only holds the cure to diseases but also the answer to and fire

mental challenges our planet is facing but this league is still largely unexplored and to reveal its secrets some say the government should change its strategy and change the lake into an international high tech research project so far lake baikal is mostly used as a tourist attraction and source for drinking water scientists say the world's largest freshwater reservoir can be better protected if it's turned into a center for biotechnological research instead. limited to more than twenty five scientists. there are a lot of questions which can be studied but printed five thousand scientists and like oh this is a untouched resource over new. technology and biotech for well well nobody really knows about and via mentalist say they support the idea gonski at the club but it will be politically i believe this is a gigantic nature library which can be source of information for an endless number

of years can be part of our research for certain means of a dictation to life on this planet but if we learn how to use this bank then this can contribute toa lives and the habit of the lake can be protected and the government didn't respond to our request to comment on the plan one of the obstacles to attract scientists to lake baikal could be the extreme weather conditions in siberia but while temperatures can reach minus thirty celsius in winter deep inside the lake the temperature has stayed the same for millions of years there are clues stations who can live up to twenty years and could hold you answer to this secret of a long life at least that is what scientists are eager to find out stop fastened al-jazeera led by russia. take a look at the headlines on al-jazeera the story that is developing right now israel

says at least ninety rockets have been fired into the south of the country from the gaza strip and response israeli warplanes have targets in gaza i will keep an eye on that for you interested live in syria has been forced to suspend all activities due to heavy shelling in the area russian and syrian government airstrikes targeted the eastern countryside if it lives it is the latest violation of a eight month old truce brokered by russia and turkey. the most powerful storm to hit india and twenty years has moved on to bangladesh cyclon farney has weakened since making landfall on friday but it left a trail of destruction on india's east coast at least sixteen people have been killed scott heiler is in new delhi. what's really the challenge right now local officials are saying is trying to get to those areas are most impacted by the storm damage most of the storm down damage we're hearing was because of the high winds yes there's flooding but most right now the biggest concern they're saying are clearing the roads so they can get to these communities that are now cut off

including put it that is because there are so many trees that are downed and so many power lines that are down and that is really proving to be a problem because one state official saying that there are certain areas that the hardest hit areas are completely without power and their power grid is completely destroyed. trying to confirm the latest suspected rocket launches from north korea south korea's defense ministry says that attack to the launches from the east coast of the korean peninsula but they say they were ballistic missiles a suspected weapons test the failure of the to nuclearization summit between camp jong il and donald trump and february thailand's. korn has been crowned as the country's monarch. king ramattan placed a seven point three kilos crown on his head and elaborate coronation ceremony the sixteen year old took the throne in two thousand and sixteen after his father died

ending a seventy year reign. as have the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more to come the listening post is next. just look at. those who voted to go to war supported the target who is now into feuding in libya who is now in to feuding and this would just look. underground is it the reigning foreign minister mohammed jaziri talks to al-jazeera. headlines like this chilling new threat. by article. seems to show how to. stop this public catch. up i think. i think. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated the reappearance on video of mysterious leader the

majority government not c.n.n. off the air as it tries to control the narrative on venezuela young reporters growing up in public journalism gets the reality t.v. treatment and. fox news talking points put to music eighty's stuff. it was a long time between on camera appearances the world's most wanted man the leader of eisel abu bakar al baghdadi has surfaced for the first time since two thousand and fourteen the last time the world saw him baghdad was triumphant he was crawling over the territory in iraq and syria that i still had captured his forces have since been routed thousands of his fighters are either locked up on the run or dead so the messaging has changed through a choreographed piece of video theater designed for two audiences for the outside world a reference to the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka the message i still can still

strike anywhere any time for i saw internal audience a signal to supporters and. enemies alike but baghdad is alive and in control i suppose media output has been central to the movement those videos of beheadings and mass executions that the group put out back when it was at the height of its power was shocking and attracted mass coverage however times have changed for i saw and it's media output it's media messaging has changed to our starting point this week is the video and the reemergence of abu bakar al baghdadi. then. and now. and then. in two thousand and fourteen abu bakar al baghdadi was in mosul in northern iraq out in the open as the self-proclaimed caliph of the islamic state.

today he sits among his left hand dressed in military his whereabouts unknown back then i saw controlled territory in syria and iraq the size of great britain today it is a scattered force with no territory to speak of. the times have changed and the messaging and imagery reflect the contrast with his last appearance in two thousand and fourteen is really remarkable then he's mounting a puppet to deliver a sermon he's strong he's performing to a real conversation as well. so it's very rhetorical a strong. like. this one in great contrast he's seated doesn't move so much he's clearly aged it's

not clear with his wounded but he isn't as vigorous he has a gun next to him. this sends certain signals he is no longer a preacher to a real congregation he is going into the virtual space only this has turned into an insurgency not a territorial movement. the video is set up in such a ways to convey the idea of the the warrior scholar this notion of the almost ascetic a life style that they are willing to make the sacrifices to be down with the commanders the other thing that we've seen in this video is that he's accepting pledges of allegiance or buy from brooklyn a faso from mali from afghanistan. how. you know it's as if he's planning operations that he's really in charge he's trying

to convey that you know that might look very dark now because they've lost the territorial caliphate but don't give up hope. the al baghdadi video first appeared on one of eyesores media platforms. and travelled from there spreading across global news sites many of which had reported between two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and seventeen that al baghdadi had been killed his appearance was proof positive that those reports based primarily on russian intelligence sources were wrong while baghdad his message to the converted was much more complicated a harder sell that i sold it was in transition not retreat from its last caliph turning back into an insurgent group on a borderless one with branches prepared to launch attacks like the ones in sri lanka in multiple countries there is an overlap to the degree between the messages

to the into to the converted and also mess just six zero one zero zero audiences he's conveying the point that no one is still alive but also to the converted but he's emphasizing that there are always going to be people who will think it will be truly faithful and will fight for the cause of the islamic state despite the loss of territory you know she could have at it received a warm reception especially from my full supporters on social media notably telegram which i slew relies on heavily many of seen in the video proof that eiffel is still operational and is able to conduct a long war of attrition we shouldn't forget the month of ramadan is upon us and this will see an increase in operations i believe will see an escalation of violence and an astonished had seen that on foot. having had its forces defeated in city after city province after province. i saw still manages to get its post territorial message out but alpha com is one of the few platforms remaining in its

information arsenal at its height in two thousand and fourteen i still had dozens of media offices stretching beyond syria and iraq into saudi arabia yemen and libya and i saw as media machine was prolific producing up to forty or fifty pieces of propaganda per day in many languages what most international media audiences remember are the terror of it. they were graphic and gory and the global media reflects badly served as amplified but far more messaging was aimed internal through videos that were central to i saw a recruiting structure one of the things that was most interesting at the height of the media campaign in two thousand and fourteen was eve greetings from the land of the. basically over video with all these foreign

fighters from southeast asia from europe from the united states from africa talking about how wonderful it was to live in the caliphate and they made it very clear not only was a caliphate a utopian society that you had to come and bring the kids. and so this idea was that moving to iraq in syria wasn't moving to a war zone where you were moving to a utopian society in which that's what as a muslim you had to do they had offices full of people dominating all the different platforms like they had people tweeting constantly they had. things all of this did have a very physical presence the production companies social media offices they were tied to having a stay and so to some extent like a state has been degraded probably. before two thousand and fourteen. eiffel's media output was produced by a single outlet when i feel expanded we through the emergence of several new media

outlets in multiple languages such as a magazine in english or less la magazine and several other there was a weekly newspaper which is still running and i think still retains excellent media capacity the technical quality has not decreased even as the scale and volume have added into. one clear indication of the way ice will cease its media operations came from al baghdadi himself it's on the take that. he rhymed off a list of many media specialists who have been among the countless i saw members killed in battle. which scholars who study the group say is consistent with the significance that deisel has always attached to its message and the resources it devotes to get its messages out i can't remember extremists in the past.

thanking communications officers and i mean i see you all saying yes but. this fits in this commendation of the media fits in with a long pattern of walt of the zionist state's own messaging about the importance of media i mean they put out a whole publication sometime ago which was you are and will jack media persons immediate personnel they contribute to the jihad of the islamic state as vital a part of it as the fighters. abu bakar al baghdadi is change of course his plan to build the global borderless caliphate comes with the caviar i still did not choose this path its fighters have been conquered and expelled from the lands they held its leader has gone from a public figure to a future of baghdad he can spin the story of isis post territorial rebranding its

return to its insurgent roots however he likes and he will because he knows that these days the message is one of the very few things that i saw still can control. discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo philips flow on venezuela where the political power struggle continues we've seen those images of government forces squaring off with protesters on the streets what's happening on the media side of this story and on social media right so this past tuesday four am to be exact the opposition figure and self-proclaimed president won posted a video online in which he called for the military to join him in the final phase of what he calls operation freedom what the venezuelan president nicolas maduro caused an attempted coup and tweets of support came in not long after for members of the u.s.

administration the government started shutting down social media platforms facebook whatsapp twitter well into mitten the blocks by the state internet service can t.v. bought twenty men. it's before the dura was going on to do a live speech everything was restored just in time for him to call out the u.s. in colombia for the support of the opposition and we have seen this before certain websites certain social media platforms being pulled down often in conjunction with why those public appearances and the madeira government is also blocked the access that venezuelans have to certain international news channels they have and that was a direct result of this video a live feed of the venezuelan national guard in armed personnel carriers running over protesters after about a minute of that video going to various venezuelan cable companies got their orders from the government regulator khana tell to block cnn's output now c.n.n. said that it's all.