agents and the scheme helping change the face of india. on al-jazeera. tens of thousands of civilians escape are severely province syrian and russian jets intensify their bombing campaign. and i'm fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from also ahead. ali's freeze to reuters journalists imprisoned for reporting on the crackdown. libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the warlords heidi for half top class. 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. for the first time since a military offensive began in northern syria a week ago government forces have advancing to opposition territory the fighting has displaced one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes the region is seeing its heaviest strikes in months and relief agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis is a syrian opposition is last major stronghold france's president has expressed his concern and is calling for a u.n. backed political resolution as ring in a harder who's following developments for us from beirut in neighboring lebanon the fiercest bombardment in syria in months what's the latest you're hearing from your sources on the ground. more civilian casualties more than eighty civilians many of them women and children have been killed in the past week or so the

casualty toll only increasing this is the relentless bombing campaign russian and syrian heiress. strikes dozens of airstrikes on a daily basis like you mentioned up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move for moving further north in search for safety many of them living in open fields and the numbers could only increase because according to the united nations in this area of hostilities three hundred thousand people live so this this military campaign is causing immense human suffering and they have been the syrian and russian warplanes they have been tired targeting neighborhoods health clinics schools and we've seen this tactic in the past during previous offensives where they there's this relentless bombing campaign to depopulate the area to allow ground forces to move in now this operation is not about retaking the entire province it seems that the pro-government camp wants to take control of

a demilitarized zone that stretches from northern to southern. it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest meant in months. only brought we have not. the syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern adlib and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. used to say monitoring the situation.

in terms of supplying. the same time. to their operation. in the region syrian government troops have for the first time pushed into rebel territory taking some ground in northwest hama and it's only the beginning of what is expected to be a difficult and costly battle. against political blackmail under military pressure and the time by the russians to enter our pure and they were right to land will be met with fire the next box will be fateful hour and then you'll be surprised. how. long with al qaeda linked groups are the dominant force in this area they have refused to abide by the ceasefire agreed by turkey and russia last september russia and syria say the military campaign is against those so-called radical groups but those fighters are embedded among the civilian population russia has accused turkey of

not fulfilling its commitment to clear a demilitarized zone from the so-called radical groups and open highways that link cities held by the government but turkish officials argue a war with them and other armed groups will only endanger the lives of civilians and has been trying to push for a negotiated solution. now the syrian army and its allies are trying to forcibly dislodge them at least from the hammock countryside and a few kilometers into an area that was supposed to be a buffer zone the army hasn't announced the scope of its operations but there is no indication it involves recapturing the entire province especially since turkey continues to have a military presence there and still maintain a strong alliance with russia so they know increased fighting in what is supposed to be de-militarized in the region is covered by a by a truce which was brokered by the russians what are all sides trying to achieve here. well the syrian government would like to recapture the whole province but

that is unlikely to happen because it will risk confrontation with turkey which has military observation posts around the province and russia does what it wants to maintain its alliance with turkey they have strategic interests that really extend beyond syria and they have been doing their best to find common ground and work together in syria and russia does not want to push turkey into the lap of the united states a few days ago turkey did say that their officials are in talks with the russians to discuss the deployment of forces in syria what turkey wants is to be able to move into northern aleppo too to remove the syrian kurdish y p g a from that area what russia wants is to be able to push further north to take over the highways that run through adlib so these major stakeholders these power brokers in

syria both have different interests but they do work together and we understand. some sort of negotiations are taking place concerning this whole file so major stakeholders this is the immediate objective russia wants those highways so that the government can benefit from the revival of trade turkey wants the clear northern aleppo from the presence of the kurdish a y p g of course they have other interests like russia's approval to operate east of the greatest but then there's another actor involved in that is the united states so conflicting interests but behind the scenes negotiations is what we understand thank you for that zena hunter my forest in. libya's u.n. recognized government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the war oh sorry for have taught in is offensive to take the capital prime minister. in europe to gather support against have tossed military campaign has met with the tiny and prime minister just simply cantin rome and will travel to germany and france in the coming days this is the first time the un

recognized libyan government has named the ninety's abu ammar size a supporter of have tom and his forces. has more from tripoli. the only confidential report is pointing to the possibility of involvement by the united arab emirates in supporting the warlords who for have to do with the drawings and missiles we know that the panel of experts at the united nations say that this kind of missile is called the blue arrow missile it's air air to surface chinese made missile and it's appeared to a drawn called wing long we know that this long drawn is among civil other fighter jets heard him. that's the united arab emirates. in the east of libya it's run by officers and it's been helping the warlord who for

have to live in all his military campaigns since he launched his operation dignity in two thousand and fourteen now the united nations a panel of experts also is also saying that this kind of missile. or missile has been used only by the three countries china. and the united arab emirates this also coming after the. foreign ministry in tripoli has accused. of supporting the warlord who for hefted calling the military offensive by hefted on tripoli as a terrorist attack we know that the united arab emirates egypt and saudi arabia they have been supporting at all or have been in whole or in all his military campaigns since two thousand and fourteen. so reuters journalists will spend sixteen months in a myanmar prison for reporting on the military crackdown on rohingya have been freed while an inch or so were serving

a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets that both men were reunited with their families one of them meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports on a case that's drawn international reaction. after almost a year and a half in prison while alone and walked to freedom they left insane prison and young 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. inside in the prison and also there on 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 i like you 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 also 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 my. 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 him in blogs like the

official secrets act that critics say are open to abuse we can talk about the elder 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 unsure so 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 the united nations has called the release good news but says the situation for journalists in myanmar is still die we remain concerned about flaws in the judicial process that led to their conviction in the first place and this case is one of many where restrictive legislation has been used to limit freedom of the press and to silence dissent in the country there have been more recent cases i have quite a few of them here the editor of the arab news was arrested in april. and prosecuted for having express dissent or criticism of institutions in myanmar to

head on al-jazeera after the death of a journalist last month a new round of talks gets under way again in northern ireland last will have an update on the investigation in sri lanka to find more suspects linked to the easter sunday attacks. hello the rain has begin to look familiar again for southern china this clearly brought top class in dissolved and running off into the southwest china the hole has ten thousand kirlian like this that's fairly typical feed the most rain from the size nuclear activity happening in the sky for the door so in central china green dark green in northern vietnam dark green in southwestern china this area's going to be the wet one this is the potential flooding to be expected this time the

over the next couple of days to the east it looks very dry shanghai even down probably to hong kong a dry she rather more humid picture at least in hong kong now the really hard to see remains of what was that tropical sort of the weather across india bangladesh drop some heavy rain in the northeast of india beyond that we might be looking for kabul shock in a moment but nothing in the focuses the big thunderstorms that happened in the northeast india in particular bangladesh this time the hint maybe up in towards bhutan otherwise the dry picture and it's still a dry picture surprisingly maybe in sri lanka temperatures in raja stan and this part of india been typically around about forty five mark there stay about there for the next day as you can see for the rest of india with the exception that northeast corner it so a dry picture through art. i really want to get down to the nitty gritty the reality whether online. male

chauvinism that is managed with in our global federation it is really hard to get a piece of that or if you join us. this is a dialogue everyone has a voice to talk to us in our live you tube chat and you too can be in history join the global conversation on out is iraq. our top stories on iraq for the first time since the military offensive began in northern syria week ago government forces advance into opposition territory more than one hundred fifty thousand syrians have been forced from their homes as the

government paints backed by russia bomb parts of it probably. the prime minister of libya's u.n. recognized governments. in europe to gather support against the warlords honey for half tar for the first time the libyan government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting half top and two reuters journalists jailed the myanmar have been released after a presidential pardon had been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the crackdown. now the streets of algeria as capital have filled with the sound of protests led by the city's students crowds march joining minds of demonstrations against the government of former president abdelaziz bouteflika the long time leader was forced to step down last month and authorities have arrested several people focus. to the u.s. now and democrats in congress will hold a vote on wednesday on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt william barr has refused every quest by congress to turn over an uncensored version of the

report that looked into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election committee hockett has more from washington. the planned vote on wednesday marks a dramatic escalation in tensions between the trunks justice department and the congressional democrats specifically the house judiciary committee that will be voting to decide whether or not to hold william barr the attorney general in contempt of congress now that vote would only to be out of committee it would still have to be voted on in the broader house of representatives but certainly this is something that the trucker's justice department is pushing back on arguing that they are disappointed urging the committee to look at the read the active version of the report something that the committee is so far refusing to do saying they need to complete an unblocked out version now in the midst of all of this looming over all of this is robert mueller himself and whether or not he will testify as is requested by the house judiciary committee the date looking possible for mid may

but the president tweeting on sunday that he believes that the special counsel does not need to testify before congress he also does not support former white house counsel don mcgann testifying the view of the trump administration is that this is over that this is a case closed this is an example these ongoing investigations of the democrats continuing to refuse the outcome of the twenty sixteen u.s. election. a new round of talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing government has tightened in belfast they're being held after the new ira admitted killing journalists here on mickey in london derry last month has more from belfast . the funeral in belfast of lira mckeon's a young journalist shot dead last month and an urgent question from the priest why in god's name does it take the death 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 very good mcdonald to head republican party should 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 arm pass in northern ireland has led to new talks involving all the major parties there aimed at getting the devolved administration based at stormont house back up and running here in the catholic are doing area of belfast al-jazeera but the director of an organization providing support and training to vulnerable young people under twenty five shane will hand says the collapse of stormont means he can't get approval for future projects we want to see youth centered 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 supremacist 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 who are so much tentative as own life and we took them to the hospital and he was sent home there was no provisions but then the hospital to help or no money money comes from the budget budget comes from politicians politicians come from government so instead of helping 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 likely sporting figures but many people

will tell you the longer the political pass continues the more young people will be tempted down a dark zero 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 about al-jazeera belfast. have been protests any stumble over a decision to rerun the city's mayoral election this demonstration happened on monday night after turkey's election authority role they were irregularities in the hold a candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. became mayor in march before that the city had been run by president oh and act party for twenty five years alters are now expected to return to the polls on june twenty third. my fellow citizens they tried to take away the elections we won on the evening of march that one they've tried to steal a y l hard work.

but i'm calling on those who made that trichuris decision at the supreme election council believe me i will save even the lives of their children and grandchildren through the messages i'm delivering here. dressing his party president are the one defending the decision. i hope the decision will be good for stand bull as well as our country as politicians we see this decision as the right step to strengthen our will to solve our problems within the law and democracy and to leave the duty of the referee to the people it became clear that certain people with dirty hands had become involved starting before the elections and they brought the matter to this point step by step we sincerely believe that there was organized corruption full illegality and irregularity in the stand will mayoral elections. police ensure 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 products have either been arrested or a dead but investigators are still tracking down ten people now fernandez has

a story the oprah 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 muhammad's around using had been wanting to be a common do not to follow the. heritage of the activities but they are still going on saw a dos muslim 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 returned 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 pictish an officer in charge of all these day obviously in charge of the police . and the second one division. means the government agent. and bought up to a home except out of it. other groups are also said to have warned authorities of the rise of iran's national group its links to i sill and its potential for violence but at least three different most name organizations made representations

to the government no one organization handed in a memorandum to the president in the presence of the defense secretary i didn't define dorsey more than expressly 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 isa sunday bombings minutes and then there's. the town could be east and she learned. to angola now where they hasn't been enough rain to end months of severe drought sas left millions of people struggling to get the food they need mom and john john has a report. for maria and her family this is a daily task here in angola southern coonan province they're taking what they need for cleaning cooking and drinking if they can find water finally they come across some rainwater collected in a hole dug by road builders despite it being unclean they are overtaken by first.

name with sad one. if we drink this water say to gates cows ducks and ponies along with all the animals we also consume this water even though animals difficult when you're in a hit to the united nations agency for children unicef says recent rainfall in angola has been erratic and below what's expected. and that's worsening an already severe drought two point three million people are now struggling to get enough food in the southern province of crude in which borders namibia unicef says the approximate number of people in need has tripled from two hundred fifty thousand in january to eight hundred fifty thousand in march maria and her family are among them but. today they've even found enough water to wash their clothes. angola's president declared

a state of emergency in january and acknowledges people need help. this year we are concerned with the upcoming months especially the next four to five months until october which is the time the rains begin we believe that until then the situation we saw in namibia and k'naan will get worse therefore the emergency program should be expanded so that we no longer lose cattle and human lives in this region. the oil producing country has suffered an economic crisis since oil prices fell five years ago and unicef says the government led response isn't getting the funds it needs weaving maria her family and many others facing a struggle that's only getting worse mohammed al jazeera one of the world's not just cemeteries is in the iraqi city of najaf every year fifty thousand people are buried in a scrounger al-jazeera is dosage of barry explains why it's an important resting place for she has around the world. this is where most want to be buried while the

al salam 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 to him o'malley shrine 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 she is. 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. 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 made. 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 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 shows there is no price too high for a chance to be laid to rest in what they believe to be part of heaven dorsets of zero while the cemetery now is off. to a let you know again i'm fully back to where the headlines on al-jazeera for the first time since our military offensive began in northern syria a week ago government forces have advanced into opposition territory more than one hundred fifty thousand syrians have been forced from their homes as government pain spots by russia bomb parts of italy province libya's u.n. recognize government is accusing the u.a.e. of directly supporting the warlords highly for half time and is offensive to take the capital prime minister is now in europe to gather support against military campaign is met with the tally and prime minister in rome and will travel to

germany and france in the coming days this is the first time the u.n. recognized government has named the u.a.e. as a supporter of have time and his forces to reuters journalists jailed in myanmar have been released after a presidential pardon while on in chaucer who are serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the crackdown the un has called the release good news but says the situation for journalists in myanmar is still dire. we remain concerned about flaws in the judicial process that led to their conviction in the first place and this case is one of many where restrictive legislation has been used to limit freedom of the press and to silence dissent in the country there have been more recent cases i have quite a few of them here the editor of the arab id news was arrested in april. and prosecuted for having express dissent or criticism of institutions in myanmar the

streets of algeria as capital have filled with assad of protests led by the city's students crowds march joining months of demonstrations against the government of former president abdelaziz bouteflika a long time leader was forced to step down last month and authorities have arrested several people for corruption and in the united states democrats in congress will hold a vote on wednesday on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt william barr has refused a request by congress to turn over an uncensored version of the well a report that looked into russian interference in the twenty sixteen election those are the headlines on al-jazeera has them seek out we'll be with you with the al-jazeera news hour at the top of the hour from me fully back to the whole team thank you for watching the stream is next stay with us.

i will. swear every. i for me ok and you in the stream today what challenges does ramadan pose for muslims with eating disorders that he must be games with take a look at how those who are struggling can best be supportive and i'm really good at this time of year can be difficult for muslims struggling with or recovering from eating disorders and related mental health issues millions of muslims around the world prosper thirty days from dawn to sunset and it's a time of spiritual discipline contemplation and enhanced connection to god and the end of each day is celebrated with family and friends as the fast is broken over food before we go any further we would like to give a warning to the u.s. on today's program we will discuss anything disordered.