the americans and the taliban the taliban want to call themselves the islamic emirate of afghanistan on this is what they were called when they were in power in two thousand and one before the american assault on the country and the americans are fusing to do that no other issues that they've been negotiating over these long months are things like a us withdrawal a timetable for their withdrawal also a potential cease fire the fact that the taliban the eastern shore of the country will not be used by terrorist organizations saloons attacks and crucially also intra afghan talks because of course any representatives of the afghan government are currently not part of these negotiations there is also a timing issue the holy month of ramadan due to start either on sunday or monday the americans very keen to make some kind of progress to get something signed to try and get these talks continue through the holy month but the taleban at the moment saying that they are probably not willing to do that it is complicated i think people will tell you that it is the closest they've come in seventeen years to finding some kind of agreement but in the words of the u.s.

envoy. he said recently that a seventeen year conflict cannot be solved in just a number of meetings it is complicated but certainly the talks continue and that is a good sign still ahead on al-jazeera. some south africans are out on the streets ahead of the coming election plus. the borders in california take the reins to the problem involving resources that are pushed beyond their limits. oh it's brightening up nicely now for japan we've got high pressure just started to push its way through a little area cloud here moving out into the pacific clear skies coming back in with a high will see temperatures getting up to around twenty four in tokyo's southern parts of japan on the other hand we'll still see some fair weather clouds twenty

seven celsius there for seoul that cloud will drive its way further race was brought skies come back and we'll see more in the west sunshine as we go on into monday by monday temperatures in beijing around twenty five celsius little bit of wet weather though way into some northern and central parts of china pushed out into the south and there's that but a cloud of rain down here as well even hong kong could be in the mix for some downpours as we go through sunday push on into monday and if anything that rain even more widespread twenty three celsius there for hong kong come down across a good part of india china there's a fair bit of cloud a few showers as per usual i think it could be more in the west sunshine band showers in that city the case across southeast asia lots of sunshine into the philippines want to see showers just a revolution on more than parts of the philippines a scattering of showers there into malaysia into a nice year for thailand there's a fair bit of wet weather over the next couple of days bangkok with a high of thirty seven.

the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the us. study after study demonstrated perspectives american media coverage what part of this can you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it when i go what you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera.

this is out to syria let's take a look at the top stories right now israeli air strikes are chiller e have attacked after palestinian fighters fired rockets into israel israeli military commanders say at least one hundred rockets were fired from gaza into southern israel the ministry of health in gaza says two palestinians have been killed cycling fanny has stormed into bangladesh killing at least twelve people and forcing more than two million to seek shelter as cycling as we can sense to have a state in communities along the east coast of india on friday killing at least sixteen people weapons experts are trying to confirm the latest suspected rocket launches from north korea following a breakdown in the nuclear station talks with the united states south korea's defense ministry says several launches were detected if they were not ballistic missiles. and the u.s. has tight restrictions on iran's nuclear program by failing to renew two key sanctions waivers are in place to allow some countries to do business with iran iran will now be in violation. of the curbs if it continues to ship surplus heavy

water to amman the u.s. has also made it harder for iran to dispose of any enriched uranium it has renewed some sanctions waivers that allow russia china the u.k. and france to work with oran on civilian nuclear projects rance president asana rouhani says the u.s. is trying to sow divisions among iranians. oh you already called about all your general g.-d. as the united states is violating international laws and pressuring companies to prevent them cooperating with the wrong and seeking to weaken our currency and the independence of our country there are huge conspiracies against our country and the american administration is waging a political and psychological war against us and to seeking to change the regime in iran washington aims to spread division in the country and the iranians must unite to piece this war. torn has been crowned as the country's monarch after two years of mourning his father. placed the seven kilogram

crown on his head or no lab or coronation ceremony mixing buddhist and hindu traditions sixty six year old are in two thousand and sixteen 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 crowned 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 of 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 long corn had married for the fourth time the former deputy head of his. god service a military general in the time military and a former flight attendant with thai airways it's believed the pier mates 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 japanese people have created their new emperor on his public day you. are here to pledge to work for the development of japan and cooperate with other countries for world peace he succeeded his father on wednesday after eighty five year old akihito became the first emperor in two hundred years to advocate for health reasons. south africans will vote on wednesday and the general

election is six tying her to the polls since the end of apartheid in one thousand nine hundred forty the african national congress has won every vote its popularity has declined many are fed up with the poverty and unemployment which airs on our. reports in johannesburg i went to five years after south africa became a democracy these people are tired of having no jobs no land and poor housing these kinds of processed happen every week even more so with an election coming this one last month in a township in johannesburg. lepas lived there in a shack for thirteen years politicians of always promised better housing but she says they don't even organize trash collections. we don't have enough space we need . i'm not going to avoid they took two waves do you.

not the same for everyone south africa's the most on equal country in the world since apartheid most white people remain relatively wealthy economically things improved to some black people. but not in the shanty towns each one of these toilets is shared by dozens of families they smell bad their only emptied about once a week across south africa there are millions of people living in similar conditions in informal settlements and the only way to get out is to find a job that pays enough to be able to afford to live in a better area more than a quarter of workers are on employed and there's been economic stagnation for about a decade. president cyril ramaphosa is promising change his party the african national congress has been in power ever since it was credited with ending white minority. he's expected to win again but with

a smaller majority and of the four. some economists say poses leadership good economic growth but getting into congress is not alone won't fix a broken model is known as the i'm not imagining because no economy models which are broadly inclusive and exploring new. economy expand to make sure that the broad increasing population the police can transition from the students through the middle class then there is potential full serious conflict in the future that is based on local opportunities. and sees victory is and is the continuation of protests this one was in pretoria two weeks ago. many people want change this elections likely to bring its. web al-jazeera

johannesburg south africa and the democratic republic of congo the number of people killed by the latest outbreak of the ebola virus has climbed above one thousand as doctors discover the reemergence of the disease last august the number of cases has recently increased rapidly world health organization says a major impediment to controlling the virus is fighting involving various armed groups in affected areas. almost and restored to the largest city have been following two days of riots sparked by election results at least two people people were killed and police supporters of opposition parties which were barred from the last sunday's election parliamentary seats for one by two parties aligned to the president betrays town. and israel's opposition leader says he is the president and now he is stepping up his campaign for military support urging supporters to march to army bases on saturday to appeal to soldiers to break ranks with president

nicolas. and or oh illiterate commanders have remained loyal to him in the road so far. u.s. marines have had a lucky escape when their airliner skidded onto a river the boeing seven thirty seven charter flight slid off the runway as it landed in jacksonville florida one hundred forty three passengers and crew managed to scramble to safety from the shallow water about two thousand people suffered minor injuries scientists are hoping the world's deepest lake is harboring something which could help all of us a new types of antibiotics have been found in crustaceans lurking in the depths of lake in russia but a step reports more research needs to be done before patients can benefit. it's more than twenty five million years old six hundred kilometers long and holds a rich history of information about our changing climate and species this is siberia's lake baikal scientists recently found that one creature living here with extreme survival skills might be crucial to the discovery of new antibiotics the

enfeebled a clue station often mistaken for a shrimp produces bacteria that can be used to cure infections in humans. from a sort of course is very significant for humanity would we do here because we're now facing increasing resistance to existing interviewer ticks meaning that they're 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 hightech 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 rio limited to more than twenty five scientists. a lot of questions which can be. by the book twenty five thousand scientists and by co this is a. resource of new. technology and by tick for that nobody really knows about and via mentalist say they support the idea that the . i believe this is a gigantic nature

a library which can be source of information for an endless number of years can be part of our search for certain means of a dictation to life on this planet if we learn how to use this bank then this can contribute to a lives in the habit of delay can be protected 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 two stations who can live up to twenty years and could hold the answer to this secret of a long life at least that is what scientists are eager to find out step fastened al-jazeera led by russia it's kentucky derby day the united states that means horse racing fans are getting ready for one of the biggest events and the sport but a spike in horse deaths has overshadowed the season as rob riggle supports the los

angeles the high fatality rate is causing lawmakers to take the reins. on the eve of the kentucky derby the biggest race day of the year the u.s. horseracing industry is in a crisis there is a public outcry over the deaths of twenty three horses since late december at santa anita racetrack near los angeles horses are continuing to die at such a high rate then there is a problem with horse racing in the future nobody wants to go to horse racing and think about horses dropping like flies you know every every few days i believe that if there isn't serious changes. is and these deaths stopped that this will be the beginning of the end of the horse racing industry in california no one has determined exactly what caused the fatal injuries but animal rights advocates point to overmedication of horses including the use of

a powerful anti bleeding drug called lasix those drugs are highly restricted for resources in the rest of the world they're used to mask the injuries and so that's what you see with these horses breaking down on the tracks is that they match them for pain and a inflammatory somewhat not and they still race the los angeles county prosecutor has launched an investigation into the deaths well the controversy over resource deaths wages here in california some members of congress in washington d.c. want to see stricter rules imposed nationwide legislation to clean up the sport has bipartisan support in congress it went back and same day when the six so we would be in compliance with the standards of the rest of the world it would. have horseracing board that with luck at the other drugs that are administered and to

make a determination as to whether there should be restrictions on the california animal welfare activists want to put the issue of the future of horse racing to the voters in the ballot measure we did some polling and what the polling shows is two thirds of californians either want it shut down a ban or raise the standards horse racing is a multibillion dollar sport but the animals too often pay the ultimate price robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. and richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera israeli airstrikes and artillery have attacked gaza after palestinian fires fired a barrage of rockets into israel israeli military commanders say at least one hundred rockets were launched from gaza into southern israel the ministry of health

in gaza says israeli artillery killed two palestinians very fosset with more now from. the very latest we're having from the israeli military is that they say no more than one hundred projectiles have been fired out of gaza into israeli territory the. what we also heard from guns or itself is that there is a bit of a pause it seems at least in terms of the rocket fire coming out we expect that perhaps to be to do with the funerals which are now underway for people who were killed during the course of friday now on friday there were two protest is who were killed or at least one dying overnight off the sniper fire by the israeli side during the border protests. cycling finally has stormed into bangladesh killing at least twelve people and forcing more than two million to seek shelter and cycling has weakened since devastating communities along the east coast of india killing at least sixteen people offense experts are trying to confirm the latest suspected

rocket launches from north korea following the breakdown of nuclearization talks with the us south korea's defense ministry says several launches were detected but they were novelistic missiles thailand's came around the corner has been crowned monarch after two years of mourning his father. place a seven kilogram crown on his head in an elaborate coronation ceremony mixing buddhist and hindu traditions. calmness been restored to the largest city and then in following two days of riots sparked by election results at least two people were killed in khan's new as police fought supporters of opposition parties which were barred from last sunday's election. heavy shelling in rebel held areas of northern syria has forced the university of it live to send students home and the eastern country side of it live has come under fire from russian and syrian government strikes the attacks are the latest violation of an eight month old truce brokered

by russia and turkey. are the headlines keep it here or news to come inside story is next. trapped and hungry in libya as opposing armies battle for control of tripoli thousands of african refugees are in detention centers how do they end up there and as food and water runs out looking after them this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program on iran come on then to libya illegally from all over africa hoping it's a stepping stone to starting a new life in europe that many a cold on this as dangerous and stressful journey they sent to detention centers in the suburbs of tripoli and other cities but the u.n. recognize government in the capital in charge of the refugees is fighting for its life trying to stop a takeover by warlord holly for. so the refugees are trapped in detention centers where conditions are worsening most of the centers are in the suburbs of tripoli and housing thousands some of the centers became the frontline of the war to seize tripoli at least two migrants were killed last month when have to as forces attacked the southern districts of the capital the un moved hundreds of refugees to safety with government leaders in tripoli focused on controlling the capital some refugees aren't receiving the basics they need to survive out there has been told food and water supplies are running low one center with some refugees going days

without anything to eat. i. let's bring in our panel in geneva we have charlie yaxley he's a spokesman for the un refugee agency and storm all we have. is a libyan political analyst who was kidnapped in two thousand and seventeen by living gang and ended up in a government run detention facility and in brussels we have alberto knight hot he's a policy analyst at the european policy center who researches migration issues welcome to you all i'd like to begin with because in istanbul it must've been a very harrowing experience being in one of those government run detention centers can you just give us a sense of what it was like. well it was certainly horrible being kidnapped as midnight and taken by an armed gang

to a facility that also housed some. immigrants who was outside the government control at that time i suppose. until we managed to escape myself and two other prisoners so the conditions in the camp can you just give us an idea of what they were like then. i never got the. view of the of the camp only of the room we were it was a window. rule with no windows the walls were covered with wood mold and. dirt there were no facilities we the room was our bedroom our dining room and our bathroom as well until we escaped charley actually in geneva you worked for the un refugee agency conditions must

have got worse since two thousand and seventeen when the solid because she was in that government detention facilities where they like metal well even before the recent clashes for some months u.n.h.c.r. were calling for no refugees and migrants rescued at sea to be returned to the senses and part of the reason for that was because when when violence flares up in tripoli what we've seen is the times of tension centers can be left dung guard it with refugees locked inside insufficient provisions of food and water and in general there's been widespread reports of human rights violations curing inside these detention centers and the situation is particularly bad for those in the unofficial detention centers many of which are run by traffickers and smugglers and what we see there is people then there are very high risk of being being tortured even finding themselves sold into into slavery really dire conditions here and

nobody should be returned to anywhere in libya at this time can you just give us an idea charlie about the tut the idea of the numbers we're talking about what kind of levels of what kind of numbers of people of. well in recent weeks we've been desperately trying to evacuate people out of detention centers particularly those that are close to the hostilities we've been able to do that to some extent with some degree of success but they've been moved from one detention center to another detention center where the risk there are risks that remain particularly if the hostilities spread right now we have around three thousand refugees and migrants who remain in detention centers inside tripoli and we are really in a in a race against time where urging the international community to come forward with humanitarian corridors resettlement places whatever it takes to get people out of

this situation. not hot in brussels you've researched by gratian lend can you just tell us what are the diff driving factors that make people risk winding up in one of these government detention centers in the outskirts of tripoli. absolutely and this is a crucial element that oftentimes it's no analyzed in the discussion because defocus is on so-called pull factors to europe but what the situation in libya now shows is that. then persons who try to reach europe who are willing to put their lives in danger. do not try to reach europe because of the social benefits or their housing policies of the member states of the european union but because they're trying to escape a situation where there are subject to abuse torture and where they face were

or even death so in istanbul it's a very lucrative business for the militias and the criminal gangs the incorporate with each other is there a connection between the militias in libya and criminal gangs and all they cooperating with each other. well well that you know from previous experiences around the world you know that whenever. there is a problem like the refugees there will be militias and criminal gangs that try to make some money out of it and it's no different in libya the government of national accord faces a lot of problems. some of it is because of lack of international support some of it is because of the europeans and their conflicts around immigration policy and some of it is due to internal politics and the support for example of the

immoralities and the egyptians and the saudis of general have to who refuses to recognize the government of national accord and attach it to an every in every which way he can the latest of which is an attack on the capital which makes the national government. unable to fulfill its obligations towards these emigrants and towards its own citizens. charlie in geneva there is a war going on in libya for the capital tripoli that must make your job incredibly difficult to try and the u.n. refugee agency job incredibly difficult trying get people out how what are the real problems you're facing when it comes to the battle. i mean in the last few weeks alone we've had around forty five thousand people inside tripoli become displaced many of them have gone to stay with families outside the city but there are many others who are being forced to take shelter inside the city they're using schools

and other community infrastructure as makeshift displacement sites that these are really holy unsuitable to provide for the humanitarian needs that people have a me humanitarian organizations doing our best to provide food clean water health care and other relief items but it's extremely challenging we have to make the most of pauses in fighting to rush aids to people as soon as we can at the same time a teams a risking significant dangers in order to help people to get on planes to get them out of the detention senses in order to take part in these evacuation programs some of them we're taking to our gathering and departure facility but that's approaching its maximum capacity and will soon be full so really we're with really a race against time to to get people the assistance they need to really more than anything we need to find a way to get people out as soon as possible tonight it's

a race against time says charlie yaxley in geneva there is a security issue here for the european union is and there's a real problem that the european union faces when it comes to dealing with this what could they be doing and what more should they be doing to try and solve this crisis. as it has been mentioned there is the possibility of setting up humanitarian corridors and we have seen in the in the past few days that some european states have established channels for the taint migrants to to rich europe about so fired these measures have been talk the solutions what we need is of course and more structured and more concerted approach to the situation in in libya what we also need is of course for those who

in the future weeks and months will attempt to reach europe by crossing the mediterranean sea is there a possibility for intervention by european ships in search and rescue operations at the moment there are no european ships patrolling the mediterranean sea which means that should there be an emergency the people who try to reach europe will be risking their lives and at the same time due to the situation political situation and to the armed conflict in libya there libyan coast guard is currently also not patrolling limited to danny and sea so absolutely i agree with charlie that we need of course to set up humanitarian corridors and the european union should do more to solve a situation which is currently getting worse and worse as we speak. so

the other question is stumble there is a geo political element to all of this you mentioned saudi arabia the u.a.e. being key players in backing khalifa haftar and his attack on tripoli and then you have the un backed government in tripoli itself fighting effectively for its life why doesn't the european union the un place pressure on. the u.a.e. to stop their backing for a whole if i have to why do we have all of these players creating a situation that's leading to this refugee crisis well first of all to go back to your guest comment about finding a way to establish humanitarian corridors and so on i mean before the current conflict we were faced with a lack of a unified. european policy on immigration now that's matched by a lack of european policy.