the fit he succeeded with politicians should not. be idle you. know. this is a news hour live from the headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes two royce's journalists are released from jail in myanmar one of them meets his child for the very first time. protests cinese stumble as election officials order a rerun of the city's mayoral vote after the opposition won also this hour libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the warlords for half tar. and it's for change holding again hits the

heights in the n.b.a. playoffs his houston rockets team down reigning champions golden state's a level semi final series. thank you very much for joining us myanmar has released two royce's journalists who spent more than sixteen months in prison while owen and crossover were serving a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets act fourteen on the military crackdown on the rohingya both men where reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the very first time let's go to al-jazeera is wayne hay who's been following this story for us from bangkok where no doubt huge relief for the family friends and colleagues of these to journalists. yes absolutely folley emotional scenes in yangon following their release this was

the third presidential amnesty in the past couple of weeks and there were high hopes that the pay would be released in the first of those two presidential amnesties involving thousands of inmates that were freed upon the order of me and my as president but there was disappointment on those two occasions for friends family members anyone who has followed this case and of course the reuters journalists themselves then on tuesday morning came word from the president's office that they would be a third amnesty in ghana involving thousands of inmates to be released and this time the reuters pair were able to walk free. after almost a year and a half in prison while alone and walked to freedom they left insane prison in yang gone moments after finding out their names were on a list of thousands of inmates to be freed in a presidential amnesty their immediate thoughts were for those closest to them and their profession. in the freezing. of their own the. regime to

release says i want to see thank you very much i am really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can wait a minute right now right out and soon after they were emotional family reunions for the journalists who were arrested in december two thousand and seventeen working for the reuters news agency they were investigating a massacre muslims in me and miles west when they were found to be in position of sensitive documents lawyers for the journalists said they were framed despite little evidence presented by the prosecution while loan and who were convicted of violating the official secrets act and sentenced to seven years in prison they appealed twice unsuccessfully. the case led to an international campaign to have them freed led by their employer we are enormously pleased that mean war has released our courageous reporters while on and. since their arrest five hundred eleven days ago they have become symbols of the importance of press freedom around

the world we welcome their return much of the international pressure was focused on me and. she and her party the national league for democracy before forming the government they campaigned for human rights and freedom of speech but throughout the case they refused to speak out in support of the journalists or to amend laws like the official secrets act that critics say are open to abuse we can talk about the m.l.t. you know having very much power over the military they do have power over the laws the have a parliamentary majority if they wanted to they could abolish them and then not the ordeal for a while lone and who has come to an end but it's one that should never have happened to journalists who say they were simply trying to uncover the truth. so clearly great news for a while alone and sure so but i think folly it's way too soon to start seeing this as any sign of an improving situation when it comes to media freedom in me and mara

zemlinsky international points out there these laws are still in place and not only is that the official secrets act it's things like defamation which is a criminal offense in myanmar and can carry a jail term if you're found guilty and it's laws like defamation and the official secrets act that continue to be used against journalists and activists inside myanmar so i think the message is still clear that if you are an independent journalist working for an independent organization and you're investigating sensitive issues particularly when it comes to the security forces or people connected to the security forces then it is still very much a dangerous occupation and wayne thank you very much for that misspeak some more about this now too barbara tree on feel who's the director of the international press into two she joins us via skype from vienna thank you so much for being with us barbara as we heard there this is a case that spawn to not cry around the world and also raise questions about myanmar's progress towards democracy what is your reaction for us to the

journalists being granted this presidential pardon do you think it's good news for press freedom in landmark. you know it's certainly good news for the to join our lives yeah has called for their release for ever since the day they were first. brought to prison time out all of five hundred days ago so this is definitely good news however it is within a landscape which is kind of problematic first of all. alone and just just just very recently to supreme court confront beer sentence proving that the justice system in myanmar is to is still not willing to allow free expression anybody that that you want to lose to operate freely secondly and. amnesty a presidential pardon it's like and act of. somehow is out of the goodwill of the president which is absolutely not acceptable

in the case of to join ali so should not have been put in prison in the first place and and certainly the laws and under which the joiners were put in prison and sentence and to be over a landscape that repressive and i am meant is still there so we welcome to release but it does not mean at all that. we in mar is making any progress toward greater press freedom they were convicted indeed as we heard wayne say of breaking the colonial era official secrets act which has been used against other journalists in myanmar do you think there's anything that can be done at the international community's level perhaps to force man last government to change some of these last two abolish some of these cost. me m.r. has certainly been under great pressure and under great scrutiny the ip i

was in myanmar with our world congress in twenty fifteen and celebrating the beginning off a democratic iran celebrating what we and many out of thoughts but to be the beginning of an era of openness to me out of our days has not been way things have been getting worse the military has maintained and such criminal acts criminal laws like the official secrets act that i made when i was in a number of other national security laws have been used against joe analysts and activists at a sense of so. me i'm not has been under pressure certainly more can be done but are you hopeful that things can change now because of this case and the outcry that has spots around the world. i do things that do willow the global community has done an excellent job in bringing attention to the case of these days to ensure the list is was a combination of things and an excellent decorum certainly to corage off to

challenge themselves and the fact that they were covering an issue that is close to the heart to many people around the world which is that now down on the iranian government in egypt an ongoing. and appalling things happening taking place in india in march so these are brought a lot of attention and pressure on that on the government and i hope wouldn't these means and i'm not hopeful i don't believe these means that me and maher is going in the right direction necessarily with still have a lot to change before me and mark can be considered a place where press freedom is there is respect that somehow bob or tree on feel very good to get if i sank you so much for sharing your views with us barbara tree on fees the director of the international press institute joining us there from the end i thank you for your time. thank you very much in other world news now a ceasefire between israel and palestinian groups in gaza has to be holding as it goes into its second day tension between the two sides remain high with israel

warning that the campaign is not over prime minister benjamin netanyahu says all options on the table by my one introduction with the new tool in the past days we have renewed up policy of assassination terrorist commanders we killed dozens of hamas and islamic jihad terrorists and we toppled terror towers we have changed the rules of the game and hamas understands this will at the same time it's clear that this is not the end of the campaign and therefore i have instructed the military to be prepared going forward all the palestinian prime minister is appealing to the united nations to intervene you walk the clock and. we are hoping that this will lead to an end to the tragedy against our people and preserve their lives we call upon the united nations to stop the israeli aggression against our people and to provide international protection to our people in the gaza strip and. meanwhile qatar has pledged four hundred eighty million dollars to support palestinians in gaza and the west bank accounts or government talents roca the

cease fire deal along with egypt twenty five palestinians and four israelis were killed in the cross border fighting. reports. palestinian and israeli families continue to bury their dead as the cease fire took effect on monday morning. almost thirty people were killed during the worst cycle of violence between hamas and israel since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen. those killed include a four month old baby a man running for cover at a senior hamas commander in london. headed on the scene was a horrible dust was everywhere it was so dark you couldn't see your own hands i was shocked to see a woman laying on the ground and her limbs were everywhere fighters in gaza launched more than six hundred rockets into israel for its part israel launched air strikes hitting three hundred fifty targets in heavily populated areas of gaza

a targeted strike killed a hamas commander in his car. get hamas and israel seemed eager to deescalate the situation quickly. monday was the start of the a sonic fasting month of ramadan this week israeli celebrate their national day and next week people from around the world will travel to tel aviv to see the euro vision music competition. some israelis living near the gaza fence and opposition leaders criticize prime minister benjamin netanyahu for agreeing to the cease fire if you look at this illegal because i think that a cease fire at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. gazans returning to the rubble of their homes hit by israeli airstrikes were relieved

there was a pause in the violence however temporary the last skirmish between hamas and israel wasn't a play. on have been killed and will we hope the war ends because enough destruction enough people are losing their lives in these wars israelis don't distinguish between the civilians and not civilians in the last several years there has been a periodic cycle of violence followed by egyptian mediators negotiating a cease fire and then what's called a return to call how long this call will last will likely depend on israel's willingness to ease the humanitarian situation in gaza and whether hamas abides by its commitment to see these attacks natasha going aim. along the israel gaza border . have been protests in east on bowl over a decision to rerun the city's mayoral election this demonstration happened on monday night to take easy election authority or they were irregularities in the

vote a candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. became mayor in march before that the city had been run by president bush f.-type adeline's at twenty five twenty five years ago and had said the election was illegally manipulated voters are now expected to return to the polls on the twenty third of june. their lives relative my fellow citizens they try to take away the elections we won on the evening of march third one they've tried to steal away our hard work. i'm calling on those who made the decision and the supreme election council believe me i will save even the lives of their children and grandchildren through the messages i'm delivering here as speak to soon in concealed correspondent in istanbul and i'm tell us first about the reactions to this decision. while full of the reactions are split actually because their position side believes that this is violating the

democratic institute we're seeing turkey while the part decidedly is that this is a means of democracy because they are clearing what they call some violations and in leggo it is in the election of march thirty first so opiates are suppressed between the two opposition side and the government and president are going to have a press conference almost an hour ago and he says that. our party is genuinely believes that there is an illegality in the mayoral elections of a sample and he sees the decision to repeat this election is a means for democracy and here at some business circles who has been who has been object saying that the solution of repeating the elections and the it seems that the ruling party sees it as a fight as a something like a coup against the ruling party and now they are after what they deserve according

to their terms so a rerun on june twenty third c n n but is the ak party guaranteed victory in this rerun and will the results of the rerun be respected. well yes this is a quote. right now because our party was so determined to cancel the election since the since the morning of march third march thirty four the day after the election it seems they argue that they have evidence they get evidence to prove that the main opposition party has violated some regulations and they have there are in lego these but on the other hand now people discuss that. the opposition candidate the also the mayor. who has been unlawful it's treated during this period and he's in no way a kind of victimized in their terms so he will have some extra votes reaction wards

that will make him to gain at least five percent more this is one of the speculations around on the other hand now since presidents are gone is back on the scene for may or the election people believe that he will push hard and he will also be trying to get the kurdish support for divorce because yesterday there was an important development after eight years governments granted permission to the outlook kurdistan workers parts of the there to contact his lawyers after eight years the son important another pro-government figure said that a lot in them to touch the leader all the record that sparked this shouldn't be in jail and more so it's been since the kurdish votes for the king makers in the elections the ruling party will go off there's a kurdish wants to win more votes in the senate in january i'm sorry in june yes june twenty third it's everyone thank you very much. for

a sin is dumb story and plenty more ahead on this news hour including we'll have an update on the investigation in sri lanka to find more suspects linked to the easter sunday at times square the election day approaching in south africa why some voters say they haven't lost hope in their fight to. justice and in sport australia's biggest rugby stock. disciplinary hearing and is here with that story later. libya's u.n. backed government is accusing the u.a.e. of course directly supporting the warlords heidi for have to and is offensive to take the capital the prime minister. is holding meetings with the italian prime minister separate cantin rome he is in europe to drum up support against military campaign this is the first time the united nations government has named the u.a.e.

as a supporter of halftime and his forces were also travel to germany and france in the coming days as bringing our correspondents mammadov down waddles in tripoli for us first to this report is not the first u.n. report of course to point the finger at the u.s. for its involvement in libya how significant is this latest one and what have been the reactions. well this is of course. going in the same line with many people's expectations here because as you know. the united arab emirates has a had bees in the east of libya. since two thousand and fifteen and they're in that . civil alert kinds of fighter jets including their long drawn this is the kind of drawn that the u. n. confidential report is suggesting that this is the drawn. launching.

blue missile which has been investigated recently by the u.n. panel of experts but also this is also the first time the foreign ministry libya's for the ministry names emirates accusing the u.a.e. of supporting the war a lot of the khalifa haftar and also calling the military offensive by have to on tripoli as it is to attack we know that you are needed arab emirates egypt saudi arabia have been supporting the warlords in all his battles in libya since he launched his military campaign known as operation dignity in may two thousand and fourteen libya's foreign minister as we said is traveling to several european countries including france which we know has been accused of providing support to only for have to are what is the prime minister hoping to achieve during

a straight. well this is the furthest international visit by saraj since the beginning of the military offensive on tripoli on april the fourth he's expected to meet italian officials and also to meet the german chancellor chancellor angela merkel and also when his day he's expected to meet the friendship president. will we know that he is expected to demand international support to the forces to his forces defending the libyan capital against the military offensive launched by forces loyal to the warlords leave the effort is also. might be taking advantage of the international stance against the offensive on tripoli remember for the international community has been condemning the military attack on tripoli and demanding protection of civilians latest is the. secretary general. yesterday demanding

all factions to cease hostility and due to come back to the negotiation path fully thank you for that general had a correspondent in tripoli well for more on this let's bring in our tour about a fairly in milan on skype he's the co-head of the middle east and north africa center at the institute for international studies thank you so much for being with us on now because there are two or so are the libyan prime minister as we said heading to italy and france two countries that are seemingly on opposing sides of this conflict in libya with the french having been accused of supporting. the warlord what sort of support do you think there libyan government internationally recognized government can realistically hope to get from the europeans. france and italy are at the moment are divided i think that it really needs to clarify its position my view is that this government is trying to manage

a complex phase of its relation with the extorts in general also also surat but what but also we got trying to keep this sort of balance position because it will be a strong being with tripoli and. in particular we. have in the immediate area hospital even in the city. has the possibility to dialogue with bald factions. can maintain these capacity all eat doesn't abandon tripoli. because of the linkage we triple eat in tripoli. is very strong for two reason migration through in. energy on fuels in particular are in. gas natural gas pipeline saw the rest of the recent days we friends do not seem to favor a friend more of

a problem and among the most influential international actors in the facility the peaceful solution i saw. in my duty to live in france have the instruments the knowledge and different expertise. in trying to stabilize media. and current in the competition seems to provide a bar that you interview let me just pick up on something that you've said there and i want to ask you specifically about the migrate as an issue the europeans as we've heard have been divided over how to respond to helicopters assault on treasury they have competing interests as you've said different agendas do you think the warning that the prime minister is reportedly bringing with him an influx of refugees to europe if the. fighting continues this migration issue could that force these countries that are on opposing sides italy and france to cooperate perhaps to find a solution to the conflict. italy is very sensitive on these subjects on this

topics because because for migration the top of the agenda or the. politics not only. except politics international politics or government war but of internal topics internal is a sort of domestic topics migration soul or libya calls the main the borrow on for migrants. italian sorel and their interest. in control or these pirates of the country by acting as a mediator in trying to facilitate every composition of the political military solution remains buried very high we know that years ago a leader in the government. to the. contrast to combat human trafficking in street in league has border control brevet and migrants from the

parting from the coast of libya. for easily disease the high. level goals or of the politics in these more thanks so much thank you and i leave it there were running out of time thank you so much for speaking to us out of our valley from the institute for the middle east and north africa center at the international politics political studies thank you for your time moving on now and the international court of justice is hearing case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights government says the u.a.e. targeted its citizens based on their national origin when it expelled all categories and stopped them from entering the u.a.e. after the twenty seven thousand the case says. rights to marriage medical care education property ownership and employment were restricted arrived school has registered a series of complaints over the last two years the u.a.e. claims cut ties hampering efforts to improve the situation something qatar denies

speak to stephanie decker who is live for us at the hague seventy tell us first about what's happening in the case today and what we're expecting over the next few days. it's exactly that last point you were making we're basically hearing from the emirates today the united arab emirates their case and a very rare are the second time only in the history of this court which is the highest court when it comes to state to state conflict of folly if you will where the respondent is trying to set its own provisional measures and what that basically means is some form of an injunction moving forward why is you saying that the emirates you've been hearing from top lawyers arguing that qatar is blocking a website which allows countries to get visas to the emirates to return to the country of course before the blockade any g.c.c. citizens did not need a visa to travel to any country and tomorrow will be here in qatar is a response and then on thursday both sides will be able to wrap up there are

arguments and the courts will then go away and see whether it will implement what the emirates wants and it is a long standing case it did start we did have an initial response by the court last year folly where it said that the emirates had to allow companies back into the country and had a loud the students back to study the bigger picture is this when what is a complicated case is that the blockading countries have made politics personal they expelled cutty's from inside their countries giving them just two weeks to leave so this is why qatar has taken the case under a convention that's called the elimination of all forms of discrimination it's legal terms forty but only against the u.a.e. because only qatar and the u.a.e. are signatories to it so this is what you're seeing unfolding today and i can tell you these are both signs of employed the world's top lawyers to get these case and they're really going into mudslinging we've been hearing them accusing cut of forging documents really almost some people would argue childish arguments on both

sides but that is something that is costing millions of dollars to both sides but certainly at this point in time the blockade doesn't seem to indicate any ending anytime soon i was going to ask you to stand in fact it's almost two years now sensible kind of contact whatever the world's top court decide likely and the dispute. well yes it still hasn't made a final ruling in this case and this case is particularly against the discrimination of custody citizens inside the u.a.e. now from what we understand none of the students that were studying studying there have been able to return also yes there is a way for call them citizens to go to the or even again it's this lengthy procedure now having to apply for visas also if they want to go because this air and land blockade has been implemented it takes it takes you shorter to fly to europe than it is to get to the emirates from caught on which usually would be less than an hour's flight so this is the situation it is again almost many people will tell you

it's almost like cousins squabbling but it's not being resolved it remains very firmly in place couple has offered to talk to the sides but they remain steadfast many people will tell you that it's become a stalemate and it's now about losing face so we're going to have to wait and see what the court decides but we won't be knowing that in the next couple of days thank you for that stephanie decker live for us at the hague and a few moments will have the weather the weather rob and still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour india may be home to the third highest number of billionaires but how much of that while days making its way to the rest of the country plus. i'm door such a pari in iraq coming up i'll explain why this cemetery in the central city of najaf is so important to shows around the world and sport honest tiger the american golfers combat story continues with a high profile visit to the white house to stay with us.

hello tony has about as sri monks wet season as times ian has been doing pretty poorly so far so it's good to see you. some pretty good downpours just recently called some flash flooding in zanzibar. three days we've seen about one hundred sixty millimeters in dar es salaam the average for the months the whole month on the ninety eight so we've seen just about a month's was in a day and rather more us on the. three hundred twenty eight as opposed to two hundred ninety now this is the last of these weapons and the reason it's like it is is because these are the sun's been going north and it takes the rain with it and you notice this wind here this is a southwesterly when we start see this running up the coast of somalia start to think west monsoon so although we've got another couple of days with good pools quite possible in this part of tanzania the rain is trying to move north through

kenya through somalia. which is falling in the congo but it's not reported it is a lot so if we were to follow soon probably what comes to your mind is india where it will be for southwest monsoon though it does as it comes in through the indian ocean produce because the last of that was probably these three days of rain up in north northeast of india course the story in a moment in india is heat and it is rising. the climate is changing and time is running out i've never felt like. in a new series earthrise meet some of the people driving the struggle to save the environment .

coming soon. how if you change. the. charting the lives of the children of apartheid over twenty one years each story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change twenty eight up south africa three zero.

you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me for a reminder of our top stories to reuters journalists jailed in myanmar have been released under a presidential pardon they've been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the crocked up. ceasefire between armed groups in gaza and the israeli military appears to be holding but israel is warning the campaign is not over yet twenty five out of syrians in four israelis have been killed since saturday and the international court justice is hearing qatar's case against the united arab emirates government says the u.a.e. discriminated against its citizens based on their national origin when it expelled all catteries after the twenty seven thousand vote kate. in south sudan a fire has killed at least thirty three people in the west of the country it burned down four villages in the region sixty people are in critical condition officials say the fire was spread by a strong wind. now for thirty years former sudanese president omar bashir created

militias to ensure his political survival but some of his closest journalists overthrew him and dismantled in his entire power base earlier last month there's mom advance reports from khartoum on how bashir lost control of the security forces . he called the shots for thirty years but on april eleventh field-marshal bashir lost the game of power to lieutenant general fatah. the two however were close allies and thought to be ideologically compatible within their religious leaders movement. since one nine hundred eighty nine but this retired general says things aren't what they seem within the sudanese armed forces. most sudanese were thinking that the army was ideologically indoctrinated and would never turn against its president all regime

but the truth is no ideology islamist or otherwise could ever replace the sudanese army's core values of nationalism also bashir began to undermine the army as early as nine hundred ninety top officers and soldiers soon realized they were used by the regime is a mere tool to strengthen its grip on power. gen says the undermining of the army took many forms and in ninety two the regime began to use the army in its war with the self tsunami rebels once their war was over the ruling islamist movement turned on the army to weaken it it created a parallel a regular army such as the popular defense force the border guard force the jungle weed the populace security and police units which is units working even inside universities some of those militia were given highest salaries in the logistics and those given to the sudanese army. one of those groups is the so-called droppy defense force it's made up of the former pro-government militia informally known as

the gentle. they've been accused of mass killings against civilians in sudan's darfur region right now the army headquarters is guarded and or texted by members of the up the defense force which people here describe as perhaps indicative of the new ballots we're told members of the r.p. defense force receive higher salaries and have better equipment than they get our army soldiers. a force commander general mohammed homeland also known as humidity is one of the top of the. he's now the deputy head of the transitional military council. committee funds his forces from private gold mining and reported that he receives money from foreign sources including the e.u. in return for his help in reducing the flow of migrants by patrolling immediately border he's also said to receive funds from saudi arabia for sending troops to yemen he recently said that right before the coup he deleted over one billion

dollars to the sudanese central bank to help relieve the economic crisis. after the cool he miti announced his intention to restructure the sudanese army itself that measure is seen as the beginning of a campaign by the former british either to purge the sudanese armed forces of any of he says or may present a threat to his or thirty in the future but it's not clear if immature can control the army and effectively become so that sleeper. talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing government are about to resume in belfast they're being held after the new ira admitted killing journalists leader in a key in london dairy last month raising fears of ari turn to sectarian violence in northern ireland executive is the main part of the nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement that ended thirty years of conflicts between irish nationalists central british unionists along with u.k.

security forces it collapsed two years ago over a scandal involving every new of our energy scheme that cost taxpayers nearly a billion dollars attempts to restore it have been hindered by disagreement over issues like same sex marriage and irish language rights there are reports from belfast. what is the funeral in belfast of lire mckinney young journalists shot dead last month and an urgent question from the priest why in god's name does it take the daf of a twenty nine year old woman with her whole life in front of her thank you that reaction was a wake up call for foster leader of the democratic unionist party and mary lou mcdonald to head republican party shouldn't face the key was shot dead by dissident republicans during the rioting in london derry now people's clear frustration with two and a half years of political and past in northern ireland has led to new talks involving all the major parties there aimed at getting the devolved ministration based at

stormont house back up and running here in the catholic are doing area of belfast al-jazeera met the director of an organization providing support and training to vulnerable young people under twenty five chainwheel hand says the collapse of stormont means he can't get approval for future projects we want to see youth center and communities but we can't do that in the absence of effective executive at stormont so. we don't want people to go back and storm it in the way that it was before where there's a whole raft of supremacy lang's to cross in order for us to have some sort of government that needs to change but we do need government do you need some sort of legislative body that can actually bring us from where we are to a better place alfie mccrory's a youth worker in one of belfast's loyalist areas he says the political uncertainty is directly affecting local services yesterday i spent five hours with a lady and her son her son was tanna tickets on life and we took him to the

hospital and he was sent home there was no permission from but then the hospital to help or some no money money comes from the budget budget come some politicians politicians come from government show instead of it happening from the top during we're having to complain from the bottom up. and looking in the background wherever you go the fear that the political vacuum is allowing those who advocate violence to influence the generation born after the so-called troubles these days you can find a new kind of role model murals around here like the sporting figures but many people will tell you the longer the political arm past continues the more young people will be tempted down a dark a path many people here hope lire the keys message of dialogue will now be heard by their politicians if it's not the implications for all communities here a deeply worrying. al-jazeera belfast. police in sri lanka

say they have dismantled a major part of a criminal network linked to the easter sunday bomb attacks officials say nearly all suspects and plotters are either been arrested or are dead but investigators are still tracking down ten people now fernandez has a story. oh fred time at this mosque in the town of cotton could be more than three hundred kilometers east of the capital colombo it's been two weeks since more than two hundred fifty people were killed in the easter sunday bomb attacks so security is tight but the most is up quickly. two years ago several worshippers were injured during a fight with a group led by the alleged mastermind of the bombings mohammad xyron using we had been wanting to be a common do you not to follow the. charity to the activities but they are still going on saw last muslims should be killed i mean it says iran was well known for preaching extremist ideology the alleged mastermind of the easter sunday bombings

studied in an arabic school over the far end he got expelled then he moved on later in the later years to a mosque down the road where he was also throw it out investigations are under way into how a local man may have grown to mastermind the deadliest attack in sri lanka since the end of the civil war ten years ago one that's return sri lanka to a state of alert not seen since its decades of conflict with the tamil tigers stuff at the mosque see they formally complained about ron and his activities. that the petition to officer in charge of all these day obviously in charge of the police. and the second one divisional secretary and that means the government agent. and bought up to a home except out of it british and other groups are also said to have warned the thought. of the rise of rand's national group its links to ice and its potential

for violence but at least three different mostly morgan solutions made representations to the government no one organization hundred in a memorandum to the president in the presence of the difference except i didn't find all the more explicitly saying that they are going to kill the government has admitted it failed to act on warnings of possible attacks but that's little comfort to those who raised all families and friends of the many victims of the easter sunday bombings minutes and then there's. the time could be eastern. now india is home to the third highest number of billionaires in the world including asia's richest person but while its economy expands many people are asking if it's only the wealthy who are benefiting fares jamiel reports from new delhi.

this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings just simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they've they've needed more services from us so with our services are growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and coastal is not the only one who seems business thrive official figures show exports are up eleven percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at seven point two percent this twenty

eight hundred twenty nine hundred year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market is in a very shaky there are a lot of and with getting into the market because it has rapidly gone up and very shocked media people had made enough money in this month that. the gap between rich and poor is easy to see. india's home to some of the world's wealthiest people. a billionaire many times over is asia's richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most from the country's current economic climate one percent used to own fifty six percent of the weight in the country did two and

a half years ago now they own seventy six percent of japan so it's a huge concentration of all the benefits of good in one. section of people. knows he's also prospering from india's economic growth but says not enough people are he wants to see the situation improve for others so a better standard of living is a joy but more people in india as jamil al jazeera you know. one of the world's largest cemeteries is in the iraqi city of najaf every year fifty thousand people are buried in its grounds. explains why it's an important resting place for shias around the world. this is where most want to be buried while the means valley of peace and it is believed that this land was purchased centuries ago by the prophet abraham. then centuries later escorting to allie every believer soul

arrives after death. because he believed it was part of heaven. is nearby and those who want to be buried close so it's have to pay a higher price. he tells us he traveled all the way from northern iraq to bury his wife here. despite the difficult journey and the high costs he says there is no alternative for shifts. out of the all salaam is a sacred burial ground for all of us to disclose to. all the shias bury their dead here if we have to crawl on our bellies we must bury our dead in this cemetery close to. this runs in our blood and for a twenty year old hassanein is no stranger to these grounds he's a third generation grave digger i bought the el salaam he's grown up here since he was six years old. and i was. when i used to work with my father as a child to learn surrounding us was empty throughout the years the cemetery

expanded and so did the graves i would never think of changing my profession that gets me closer to god and the household of the prophet. this ever growing cemetery will also have an impact on the future of the city of najaf. the cemetery is expanding to the desert landscape that links the city of niger and karbala all the way leading to the iraq saudi borders some people are buying houses and land for their future burials that's why we expect this city to be one gigantic burial ground in the future this is the oldest part of what the cemetery which makes it also the most expensive burial grounds. there are no more plots here for sale and according to those who work here at least fifty bodies are buried on top of each other in some areas but for many shias there is no price too high for a chance to be laid to rest in what they believe to be part of heaven door such

a barrio al-jazeera what the cemetery now jeff. still ahead on the baseball game creating the wrong song robot is andy's here with that story in sports to stay with us we're back after the break.

or so andy thank you so much folly will basketball star james harden put in another huge performance in the n.b.a. playoffs the houston rockets beating running champion's golden state to level the western conference semifinal series that suits last season's most valuable player netting six times from beyond the three point line he finished with a game high thirty eight points going state still won close to force in the game into overtime the usually reliable kevin durant's and steph curry both great chances final score one twelve one a white's houston. also winning on monday the fox taking a three one lead over the boston celtics in the semi so held maalik as the action. yonathan to call people in the middle where people knew the winning game would root

include the brink of the eastern conference finals. was i. but daring at the possible three one deficit it was boston claim on one course that started with a. kyrie irving mickey eleven of his twenty three points in the first shot i. think that's when both three were at their best and they took the two point advantage into the break i want but just like in previous games the third quarter is when the winning team have stepped it up on this occasion was no different milwaukee seizing the lead with a thirty three twenty three run and after sitting out the majority of the third in danger of being found out the walkies branch must play came up big in the final quarter and has the coco scoring seventeen of his thirty nine points in the fourth his efforts securing

a crucial road when final schools won thirty one zero one. in the day i know them will get judged make plays get tried to go downhill keep trying to live in the threes on line and. you find the teammate milwaukee and now this one win away from the eastern conference finals so while molly al-jazeera. australia's biggest rugby star is your fall al has been found guilty of breaching the players' code of conduct over one hundred five exceptional media parks his contract was terminated by rep your struggle and i pro athlete tweeted hell awaits gay people but he requested a hearing which finished earlier on tuesday after four days a three person panel still has to decide as punishment. donald trump described the woods as a true legend as he presented him with the presidential medal of freedom in the white south with his victory at the masters last month capping one of the great sister career comebacks in sport it full of a series of injuries and problems in his private life what's is

a business associates of trump she designing a golf course for the trump organization in dubai the marmots in ninety seven yes i won the masters and i was there to. i end up hugging my dad and my mom my dad is no longer here about my mom's here and i love you mom thank you. he inspired millions of young americans with this thrilling wire to wire victories tiger woods is a global symbol of american excellence devotion and drive well not all u.s. athletes is being quite sick came to accept invitations to the white house in recent times visits to collect awards or celebrate championships for once coveted opportunities but they've become more controversial since trump office alan fischer reports it's wonderful to have you here it's been a tradition at the white house for years when u.s.

sports teams top off their celebrations with a visit to the president but like many other things it's different under trump the patriots are an incredible organization of the twenty teams that have won major titles only ten have gone to the white house the rest have either not been invited or more unusually have declined the invite our current president is a very divisive and you know individual he's someone who you know people don't unite around and even in these things that are supposed to be political or partisan he's such a divisive figure such a polarizing figure that it causes people to make a political choice donald trump has often said athletes should stay out of politics but he doesn't mind winning in on sports he was hugely critical of black american football stars who knelt during the playing of the national anthem in protest at police violence and he's picked fights on twitter with african-american athletes like basketball stars steph curry and le bron james. the philadelphia eagles won

the super bowl last year american food bowls top trophy they were invited to the white house but when a number of top stars said they wouldn't be going because of the president the invitation was. quickly rescinded one of the biggest things about ourselves politics is he supports who supports donald trump it's not necessarily about an ideological position i don't even think i think it's he loves who loves donald trump just in the last few days the manager of baseball's title winning boston red sox says he won't be joining his team in washington in protest at the u.s. government's failure to do more to help his native puerto rico after being hammered by a hurricane since the spirit of united will celebrate when where and where we are you know i'm a no go sport stars turning down a presidential invite isn't new but it's become more common with donald trump in the white house it used to be about respecting the office even if you didn't respect the man no more athletes me will stage their own boycotts no matter who is

in the white house alan fischer al-jazeera washington and manchester city are one win away now from retaining the english premier league title defender vincent kompany their unlikely much win on monday against leicester a one nil victory move city a point clear of that subtle rivals liverpool there is just a single game left in the season. i will finish with some unusual intruders at a major league baseball game in cincinnati and they are sort of days delaying the first pitch in the reds game against the san francisco giants like the game by about twenty minutes thousands of them tracing a bit of a buzz around hung plates before they eventually headed off into the outfield the reds going on to win this game twelve soon for. that is how sports is looking for an andy thank you very much for that that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera do stay with us penty more world news coming up shortly with problem us back and.

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