as we live in. counting the cost on which is iraq. to reuters journalists are released from jail in me and mark one of them beats his child for the first time. i'm about this and this is obviously a live from doha also coming up. in istanbul nice election officials order a rerun of the city's mayoral votes after the opposition one. libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the war a lot of. it and anybody else did that it would be

considered a crime why the u.s. attorney general is facing a contempt vote in congress over them over a report on washington meddling. has released two reuters journalists who spent more than sixteen months in prison while on the so you were serving a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets act or reporting on the military. most men were reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports in a case that's drawn international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while lone and walked to freedom they left insane prison in yang gone moments after finding out their names were on the 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 a freeze in. their on the. regime to release says i want to see thank you very much i'm really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can wait a minute right over and 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 the lawyers for the journalists said they were framed despite little evidence presented by the prosecution while alone 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 muslim leader aung san suu kyi 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 n l d you know having very much power over the military they do have power over the law to 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 when hey al-jazeera bangkok. model term for use the director of the international press

institute and she says the release does not signal increased press freedom in myanmar. and numbness a presidential pardon it's like and act of. somehow is out of the goodwill of the president which is absolutely enough except the poll indicates of to join only 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 the your parole landscape the repressive and i have meant is still there so we welcome to release but it does not mean at all that. we and maher is making any progress toward great the press freedom the i.p.i. night self was in myanmar with our world congress in twenty fifteen celebrating the beginning of

a democratic air and celebrating what we and many out of thoughts but to be beginning of an iraq opened to me out of our days has not been that way things have been getting worse the military has regained power and such criminal acts criminal laws like 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. there have been protests in istanbul over a decision to rerun the city's mayoral election this demonstration happened on monday night after turkey's election authority ruled there were irregularities in the vote the candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. became mayor in march before that the city had been run by president. act party for twenty five years after one and said the election was illegally manipulated voters

are now expected to return to the polls on the twenty third of june. my fellow citizens they try to take away the elections we won on the evening of march third one they have tried to steal why our hard work. i'm calling on those who made the trichuris decision at the supreme election council believe me i will save even the lives of the children and grandchildren through the messages i'm delivering here. and of course the early reports now from istanbul. following the decision. spoke to the camera. and to repeat. it is. it's. institutions and. the main opposition and of course the.

trick so now there is a question who's going to. split into two main opposition and the ruling party and the difference was over the very slight some parties. has been treated. when at least four or five percent this is. one of the speculations on the other hand we see the ruling party very confident about themselves they say they have every evidence to prove that. also it seems that the ruling party will be after the kurdish votes which. named as the kingmaker. in march election. the main the elderly turkish government granted access to the kurds the. market leader.

with his lawyers for the first. so probably they will be following. the majority in the upcoming election on june twentieth street. a cease fire between israel and the palestinian groups in gaza appears to be holding as it goes into its second tension between the two sides remains call it with israel warning that the campaign is not over prime minister benjamin netanyahu says. all options are on the table by my my one introduction with the new to include in the past days we have renewed our policy of assassinating terrorist commanders we killed dozens of hamas and islamic jihad terrorists and we toppled terra towers we have changed the rules of the game and hamas understands this well 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 the palestinian prime minister is appealing

to the un 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 attacks are going to is joining us now live from gaza natasha i know you've just arrived in gaza but can you give us some indication of what the mood like there in the situation that people are facing. well children were back in school you could see businesses opening children walking in the streets with their families and i don't know if you can hear it but lots of car horns instead of the sound of airstrikes and sirens the roads are clogged today so well life has resumed in gaza on day two of this cease fire if you're a relative of one of the twenty five palestinians killed or were living in the one hundred thirty housing units that were destroyed here living in sheer misery i

should know that an additional seven hundred housing units here in gaza were partially destroyed so for those who have nothing the government is trying to assist offering households one thousand dollars in emergency funding to help those people it's worth noting this is also the islamic month of ramadan and qatar has pledged four hundred eighty million dollars to assist gaza and the west bank. in israel as i was coming to toward the border you can see that the tanks are still amassed at the border troops are still deployed and here in gaza fighters are at the ready for a wait and see approach waiting to see if this cease fire will collapse bear in mind the last cease fire was negotiated in april prior to the israeli elections and you can see how quickly it collapsed. we heard mentioned just

a moment ago the prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that the two sides have words were tensions were still high he was warning that the campaign is not yet over this must be very disconcerting for the people where you are at the moment not really knowing what's going to happen next. well i think definitely there's a wait and see approach and a feeling of that it's only a matter of time until there is another cycle of violence again this is a pattern that we've seen in the last couple of years where there's intermittent bouts of violence between hamas and israel egypt mediates and then the ceasefire ceasefire and then it collapses we spoke to an analyst today and he thinks that what is called here call not return to call is definitely temporary there are concerns that israel will not abide by agreements that were part of the seize fire these agreements are primarily focused on easing the humanitarian situation in gaza

allowing more goods in. fisherman to catch seafood in a larger zone in the mediterranean and ultimately as time goes on allowing five thousand gazans into israel to work but there's definitely a sense that this time was different it was the deadliest skirmish between hamas and israel since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen and to give you a sense of numbers from the israeli perspective during the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen five israelis died this time four israelis died and that's why some people are thinking that israel is simply biding its time and will respond later the next two days israelis will be so celebrating memorial and then national day next week tel aviv is hosting the euro visit in euro vision excuse me music competition and one more thing rob how must the saying that this time not only did

they fire a large number of rockets into israel more than six hundred some reaching as far into israel as the town of you have me near tel aviv but they're saying that there are rockets were more powerful they're also saying the military arm of hamas is also saying that they were able to intercept. israel's or help diffuse i should say . israel's iron dome interception system by firing off bursts of rock multiple burst of rockets at a time so again while everyone thinks that there isn't a huge appetite on either side for a track to war people are definitely feeling this time was different and people at least here in gaza have a wait and see approach and they're wondering how long it will be before this cease fire collapses natasha thank you very much still ahead on all of this era with election day approaching in south africa why some voters say they haven't lost hold

and their fight for justice. thomas said i'm putin or didn't call on your worst thousands of farmers and indigenous people have been forcibly displaced by a return of violence more than two years after the signing of a peace deal with far gravels. hello the sun is out throughout japan well more or less structured pantheism tired of a whole corridor but this is all moving out of the way so from the focus point of view it's bit of a northerly breeze across the sea of japan which means there will be some potential for showers i think and cooler weather down the west coast of aqaba but still fifteen inches apart about twenty one in tokyo this whole area similar sort of weather but still cold air around the constant flood of austar a mere twenty and beijing is come down to twenty six in

a rather cloudy environment which hangs around which will bring a spotter right or two to the city during wednesday or indeed to see and secularity looking day sadly but with an increase in moisture so you'll feel more humid on thursday that's japan and northern china really sudden china and central china should be seeing a lot more rain now and that's certainly in the forecast we're feeding in more shit all the time now the heaviest rains not to be in the southwest and in vietnam but clearly that green goes all the way up to hong and is trying to get to a shanghai to the moment it sits in the middle so we'll give the heaviest rain this project china and hong kong you're right on the edge you might get a couple of dried days which be nice for this month so far heaviest rain further south from that is actually in eastern indonesia with a dusting of showers elsewhere. how have you changed since he received.

the. charting the lives of the children of apartheid out of a twenty one. each story reflecting a history of traumatic social and political change twenty eight out south africa three. you want your knowledge is either a reminder of our top stories this hour two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar have been released under a presidential pardon and been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the role in the

crackdown. there have been protests in istanbul over the decision to rerun the city's mayoral election this demonstration happened on monday night after turkey's election authority ruled there were irregularities in the vote. a ceasefire between on groups in gaza and the israeli military appears to be holding but israel is warning the campaigns not to over twenty five palestinians and four israelis have been killed since saturday. in libya's un back to governments accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war. and its offensive to take the capital meanwhile libyan prime minister is holding meetings with the italian prime minister tzipi conti in rome said i was in europe to drum up support against military campaign this is the first time the u.n. backed government has named the united arab emirates as a supporter of hoffa and his forces well also travel to germany and france in the

coming days well mark mood of the warheads joining me now live from tripoli let me ask you first about this accusation that the libyan authorities are making too about the u.a.e. supporting the forces of probably for half the i phone don't think this is the first time that this allegation has been made what's significant about this particular accusation at this time. well or. remember rob this accusation has come after the air strikes from drawings are thought to be. immoral drawings have intensified airstrikes over tripoli during the past three weeks and recently this is the first time the libya's foreign minister foreign ministry states that the united arab emirates is supporting have to calling the military offensive in tripoli a terrorist attack. it seems that there libya's foreign ministry has lost patience

or if i may say about it in all cases we know that the recent un report confidential reports suggested that the united arab emirates is involved in supporting the warlord khalifa haftar that with drones and net missiles and that these missiles found in tripoli launched by drones there have to his drawings were identified by the panel of experts as the blue arrow. air to surface missiles chinese made and they are paid to draw on called wing long and we know rob that this type of drawn along is among other kinds of fighter jets. that's their right to run. in the east of libya and they are through that is the united arab emirates has been supporting the warlords who have to all his

military campaigns in several parts of libya so again the missiles identified as. cheney's made air to surface missiles and they are paid to drawn called long and that drone is among other kinds of fighter jets immoderately fighter jets helping the warlords for have that in his battles to take control of more territory is mahmood let me ask you about this visit the prime minister of the government of national accord is making to europe it's being reported that he's carrying a warning that hundreds of thousands of refugees from libya may be moving into europe as a result of the fighting what is he trying to achieve as he meets these foreign leaders. well as this is the first visit by sunrise to europe since the beginning of the military offensive on april fourth so

it seems that some are just trying to gain more international support especially after the international community including the united nations and the european union have been they have been condemning the military attack on near tripoli and they have been warning against. against hurting the safety of civilians in latest there. are general until you get to this yesterday he's warning against the military escalation and also called all the over factions to seize hostility and also has called the rival factions to come back to their negotiation bass so it seems that through this visit trying to gain more support international support the forces defending the capital tripoli against have their forces rob thank you very much in the south africa's president is promising to fight corruption as he seeks reelection on wednesday

a series of scandals in recent years have dented the popularity of the ruling african national congress one of them involved in mental health facility malcolm webb reports from johannesburg. elizabeth says her brother christopher didn't have to die he had epilepsy and lived in a mental health care facility in the last. three years ago she says health officials moved him to an unregistered on licensed and ill equipped building he was among more than a thousand patients taken out of care at the time weeks later he was dead manny cleanness. and get enrolled in is one point six. along with christopher more than a hundred and forty patients died nearly sixty are still missing campaigners say the officials responsible were stealing public health care funds that the officials

deny it but it's just one of dozens of corruption scandals here in south africa that lighted the ruling african national congress specially in the last ten years it's made it increasingly difficult for the a.n.c. to retain votes. in. the worst scandals surfaced under former president jacob zuma treasury says billions of dollars of public money was stolen presidency will run opposer took over just over a year ago has launched a number of inquiries into the corruption scandals referred to some are still running others a complete national prosecuting authority hasn't yet sent anyone to jail. i asked the a.n.c. spokesman why so far north of the great fault nor the n.p.a. is especially. on issues which are based on commissions to ensure that where possible they can investigate it as a trial in the proper sanctions given to those who are in conflict with the law oh

really ensues expected to win wednesday's general election polls suggest it'll have the smallest majority it's ever had since he came to power in one thousand nine hundred four the end of white minority. from opposed to stays in office south africans are waiting to see how far his fight against corruption will go i hope that it won't just be that none of that this isn't just about the politics of survival the appetite to send the correct signals to the public to the international community and to potential voters to potential investors i would hope that this is a much deeper. and the taking than that but i'm not sure an inquiry into the health care scandal that killed christopher hasn't led to any prosecutions yet elizabeth and her mother say they won't find peace until they know what happened and who was responsible malcolm web al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. and groups in

colombia are once again forcing farmers from their homes displacement had been common during the fifty years of civil war but it stopped in the run up to a peace deal with fox rebels three years ago al-jazeera. t.v. reports from southern cordoba. for more than a month two thousand farmers and indigenous people have been living in makeshift tents in the village of. in a remote area of northern colombia. armed men arrived in the rural communities with one message everybody had to leave. they said we had less than twenty four hours to vacate the communities we had no option but to leave the territory and feet to the closest town they didn't give us a chance to take any. almost all the displaced are subsistence farmers who once made a living growing coca crops remaining greedy and for cocaine in territories under control of fark rebels but as part of the two thousand and sixteen peace deal they

agreed to switch to legal crops in what was called a substitution program the promised assistance and development in the region. instead the power back human created by the mobilization of the far left smaller armed groups fighting for control of the land. farmer who said a man this struggles to hold back tears as he worries about losing his harvest he says he believes peace would have changed things for the better. we lived happily for two years all of us did then everything collapsed when peace implementation started everything seemed fine then the war came back most families would like to go back to their homes in their fields but they say that the basic guarantees necessary for a safe return are simply not there. one farmer who recently tried to return lost his leg after stepping on a landmine the united nations says attacks on civilians have increased by ninety

percent in the past two years affecting thirty thousand people mainly in areas where the government has failed to exercise territorial control and implement reforms many of these areas. of presence and not only talk about but also all are there certain shoot bring back normal. to those areas in some development so if there is still this ground for informal economies we will continue to see issues like internal displacement or killing off community leaders a sad reality for days families who dream of peace but say it remains a distant delusion i was in the room i'll just see that side and cordoba. democrats in the u.s. congress say they'll vote on white and stay on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt for not providing the full special counsel report but he has refused

a request by congress to turn over an uncensored version of the reports that looked into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election and we hope it has more from washington d.c. . u.s. president donald trump has said he believes he won the debate over whether his campaign worked with moscow during the twenty sixth election and it's time to move on their television delusion is over. his democratic opponents in congress disagree with a monday deadline for u.s. attorney general william barr to turn over an unproductive copy of special counsel robert muller's report came and went democrats and now as their next step president trappist told congress wednesday the house judiciary committee will vote on whether to hold barr in contempt of congress a criminal offense he lied to congress of and anybody else did that would be considered a crime

a blacked out muller report was released last month it concluded no one from the trunk campaign committed a crime when they met with russians during the two thousand and sixteen election campaign however muller wrote well this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime it also does not exonerate him. democrats want to see the whole report something bar has refused even skipping a hearing last week democrats believe barr is protecting trumped by covering up evidence of misconduct they argue they have a constitutional obligation to investigate the president for alleged corruption and obstruction of justice republicans are accusing democrats of political theater designed to hurt trump's reelection in two thousand and twenty the vote will when republicans control. the house of representatives in twenty twelve they did the same thing holding democratic attorney general eric holder in contempt for also

refusing to turn over documents to congress if on wednesday democrats vote to hold the attorney general in contempt it still must go to the broader house of representatives for a vote democrats could also choose to take the issue to the courts where the matter could take years to resolve kimberlee health at al-jazeera the white house. this is all jews here are these are the top stories to reuters journalists jailed in me and our have been released under a presidential pardon they've been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the crackdown going hey has more from bangkok and then early tuesday morning we had notification from the president's office that there would be a good and misty coming up involving more than six and a half thousand inmates and moments literally moments after that statement came from the presidential office it was confirmed that while loan and choice would be

on that list and then we saw those amazing images all of them walking out of insane prison with huge smiles on their faces and speaking to that crowd of media outside the prison gates a ceasefire between groups in gaza and the israeli military appears to be holding but israel is warning the campaign is not over twenty five palestinians and four israelis have been killed since saturday. littering protests in istanbul over the decision to rerun the city's mayoral election this demonstration happened on monday night after turkey's election authority ruled there were irregularities in the vote the candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. became mayor in march darkish president of egypt tell you about a one had said the election was illegally manipulated. libya's un back to governments accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war a lot of dog in his offensive to take the capital this is the first time the libyan

government has named the united arab emirates as a supporter of huffed out and its forces meanwhile the prime minister of libya's government of national accord fires is holding meetings with the italian prime minister recep equality in rome he's in europe to drum up support against military campaign. and details of president donald trump's tax payments it still won't be released his treasury secretary has rejected a demand by the house of representatives to turn over six years' worth of trump's business and personal tax returns see version says the request lacks legitimate legislative purpose. those are the headlines more all these stories of course on the web site al jazeera dot com coming up next on al-jazeera its inside story from our.

eritrea lashes out at the un's refugee agency as mara claims the organization us forcibly relocated some of its citizens stranded in libya to his chair but what would happen if they went back home as a countries and limited national service or reason why many fled this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey and the past decade thousands of eritreans looking to improve their lives in europe have become stranded in libya detained during the early goal trance or rescued from drowning the mediterranean refugees are sent.