to grace if you join me mad the hot sun on the front of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and big issues here on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. has i'm sick of this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes tens of thousands of civilians escape parts of the province in syria as government and russian jets continue bombing. they really have be and as i did see our families and colleagues me and my friends to reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on atrocities against the red. talks underway to restore a power sharing government in northern ireland driven by demands for action after

a journalist was shot. monday cleanest telling the. south africa's governing party facing a major challenge before elections as another corruption scandal emerges. in sport barcelona are in sight of a ninth appearance in the final of the european champions league little messi is team taking a three no lead into the second leg of the semifinal with liverpool. for the first time since a military offensive began in northern syria a week ago government forces have advanced into opposition territory the fighting has displaced one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes and these are they heaviest strikes the area has seen in months it is the syrian opposition's last major stronghold the french president had. expressed his concern and he's calling

for a u.n. back political resolution. holder is live for us now in beirut zain of the fiercest bombardment in syria in months what is the latest that you're hearing there about this well this is a literary escalation is causing immense suffering up to one hundred fifty thousand people that's according to the united nations are on the move moving further north in sea safety many of them are living in open fields and the number could rise because in the area of hostilities according to the united nations three hundred thousand people live and like you mentioned it's a relentless bombing campaign syrian and russian planes carrying out dozens of air strikes on a daily basis and those strikes are targeting civilian neighborhoods residential neighborhoods schools health facilities it's really a tactic that we have seen in previous op operations they make life unbearable for

the people by targeting civilian infrastructure so that they will leave and depopulate the area which makes it much easier for ground forces to advance but this is an operation that is not about capturing the entire province of it live it seems that the government wants to take control of what was supposed to be a demilitarized zone extending from northern hama to southern italy. 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 bombardment in months. and we only brought what we can we have nothing but syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern 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. is closely monitoring the situation. there are contingency plans in place and. in terms of supply to the same time we are also reports. of their operations. in the region syrian government troops have for the first time pushed into rebel territory taking some ground in northwest and it's only the beginning of what is expected to be a difficult and costly battle. against political blackmail under military pressure. 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 it will be surprised what you see. along with.

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. other armed groups would 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 maintains a strong alliance with russia. so you know what this region is is covered by a truce which was brokered brokered by by russia what all the sides trying to achieve here. well the syrian government would like to recapture the whole province but that would risk confrontation with turkey because turkey has military observation posts on the edges of the province and it's not just that russia wants to maintain its alliance with turkey because they have strategic interests that extends beyond syria they want to keep cooperating with each other and they have found ways to cooperate with each other over the years despite their differences these two stakeholders these two countries which really hold a lot of influence in the north of the country but each of them wants a different objectives the russians want their allies to be able to control the highways that run through it live and that's why this military escalation seems to

be just about that so that the government can can you know capture these i ways highways and revive trade what turkey wants is to be able to operate in northern bull it's a local allies to take control of areas under these syrian kurdish y p g which it considers a terrorist organization and the russians have influence in northern aleppo but if turkey is to operate in that region it's going to need russia's green light so these stakeholders each have their own objectives and this operation continues we understand that there are talks behind the scenes whether they will reach a deal it will spare more civilian suffering if there is no deal then this operation will continue until the objectives are met. zain thanks for the forests in beirut. now ceasefire between israel and palestinian groups in gaza appears to be holding on this now it's second day has the latest from the gaza strip. you can hear the blaring of car horns and said airstrikes in sirens you can

see gazans are here in the markets children are back in school businesses are open life has resumed in gaza on day two of the ceasefire but if you're a relative of one of the twenty five palestinians who were killed or are living in one of the one housing units destroyed life is anything but normal in assist people who have lost everything the government is offering households one thousand dollars in emergency funding qatar has pledged four hundred million dollars to gaza and all of us pay. the be able to see that have shown all the time. that they would be able to please all these this election and there will be rebuilding their lives and we will stand by them we are quoting the international community to stand by that be able to because this is one of the apartment

buildings destroyed in an israeli air strike you can see girls pajamas. backpack bureau pillows sheets strewn throughout the rubble this was the deadliest cycle of violence between hamas and israel since the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen and there's a feeling that this call him as it's referred to is only temporary we spoke to a political analyst here and he feels that israel is biding its time and will respond with greater force later bear in mind that in twenty fourteen five israelis died during this latest cycle of violence that number was for this week israelis are focusing on celebrating memorial and then their national day next week tel aviv is hosting the euro vision music competition and so for now here in gaza people are focusing on celebrating the beginning of the muslim month of

ramadan very much happy for the temporary pause or however temporary pause this may be in violence ever mindful of the fact that it could be only a matter of time until the seas fire collapses. libya's u.n. recognize government is accusing the united arab emirates of directly supporting the war. in his offensive to take the capital prime minister faye is said just now in europe to gather support against military campaign he's met the italian prime minister conti in rome and will then travel to germany and france. the u.n. secretary general is calling for an end to foreign interference in libya security council committee has established that the u.a.e. has provided military support for hostile forces for years in violation of an arms embargo after chappelle has more. a series of drone

strikes near the libyan capital last month is being investigated by a u.n. panel of experts at least six nighttime raids were carried out striking military camps of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government photos of fragments from those strikes analyzed by weapons experts point to a chinese weapon system known to be operated by the united arab emirates a key backer of warlord tarr who is currently leading the offensive on tripoli. united nations monitors have repeatedly accused the gulf state of violating the weapons ban in support of have to his forces last week the u.a.e. minister of state for foreign affairs anwar guard said that abu dhabi's priority in libya is to counter extremism and terrorism and support stability he also claim that extremist militias continue to control the capital and are derailing a search for a political solution while libya's foreign minister has responded saying that such remarks are a tool of war and undermine the efforts of building

a democratic civilian state indicating the glaring contradiction of the u.a.e. minister's remarks in which on one side he confirms his country support for stability in libya while at the same time he supports the war on tripoli and ignores that what have is doing in tripoli is outright terrorism. the un security council has assessed that have air forces are too old to bomb at night so to carry out nighttime raids someone would have had to violate a longstanding arms embargo. security council experts believe the u.a.e. is flying chinese made drones out of air base in eastern libya. or you want to see report from twenty seventeen also details the ways the u.a.e. has violated the embargo for years the u.n. asking the iraqis to explain why they transferred attack helicopters and other aircraft capable of dropping laser guided bombs to air bases under have to control along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be

mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons you have to fight and i heard a lot of it was well that we this is a neutral committee that works under the u.n. report clearly shows that the u.a.e. in particular not anyone else in the u.n. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and al jazeera. plenty more ahead on this news out. protests in a stand off to turkey's election board orders a new mayor of. wealth and poverty in india we'll hear from a billionaire who says more should be done to help the poor. and later in sport

australia's biggest rugby star learns his fate at a disciplinary hearing and he's here with that story. they spent sixteen months in a myanmar prison for reporting on the military crackdown and atrocities committed against but to reuters journalists watch and choice so now free are serving a seven year sentence for violating an official secrets act 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 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 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 in my youth 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 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 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 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 when hey al-jazeera bangkok. other been protests in istanbul over a decision to run the city's mayoral election demonstrators took to the streets after turkey's election authority ruled there were irregularities in the vote

candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. was elected mayor in march a result that's now been scrapped before that the city had been run by president richard type of one's ak party for twenty five years. take place on the twenty third of june. their lives to live my fellow citizens they tried to take away the elections we won on the evening of march that one they've tried to steal why our 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 the children and grandchildren through the messages i'm delivering here. while he was president everyone was speaking in front of party party members in which he defended the decision. i hope the decision will be good first and both 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. has more on this now from istanbul. following the decision. to. present spoke to the cameras and he said that the ruling party is strong. and to repeat tell action is a means for democracy it's a it is. its. institutions in turkey on the other hand the main opposition and of course the. this is a violation of the tree so now there is a question who's going to win because the votes are split into two main opposition

and the ruling party and the difference was already very slight some party. has been treated. by the. artist so he will win 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 the main opposition rigged election results also it seems that the ruling party will be after the kurdish vote which which was named as the kingmaker. in march election. to the mainland the elderly turkish government granted access to the kurds so far to be there. with his lawyers for the first. so probably they will be

following up. to have the majority in the upcoming election on june twentieth street. joining us now to talk more about this is just such a need in london is i took a specialist with i.h.s. country risk thanks very much for being with us. so let me ask you first of all. this isn't the first time that. it went in and the ak party has been accused of or thora tarion ism with decisions like this but does this particular decision to to rerun a little and election now cross a line. that can indeed be said this is something that we had not yet seen until now. it really cuts a shadow on the integrity of the ballot box in the country. which is something which the country until now. could say that it was relatively safe from the

authoritarian tendencies or as some would claim. of the government. and it is definitely a bad sign for what may come and it does really in a sense. create a sense of discouragement potentially for the integrity of future elections so on the economic front then all sorts of problems turkey is going through right now not the least of which is a very unstable currency what effect will this decision then have on investor confidence in turkey foreign investment. it will be negative that much is for sure the extent of the negative impact is the question the turkish government was already in a very vulnerable position as we know last year there was a sudden collapse of the turkish lira and the underlying factors that resulted in

doubts still remain in place. the private sector has had heavily indebted there are big questions over institutional integrity which has become all the worse now in the aftermath of yesterday's decision. and there are questions over the sound economic management of the country and that's a key point actually the renewal of this election will delay the much needed structural economic reforms which had been promised by the country's finance minister and our daughter son in law last month. and that is potentially time which turkey cannot afford to lose. and his ak party are still very powerful players in the political arena. i mean how how are they going to survive this will this just be a kind of another blip for them. we need to be very

clear about that are do on is still the dominant figure in the turkish political scene despite the setback of the local elections. the a.k.p. and their junior coalition partners the ultranationalists combined they still won fifty two percent of the total vote and we need to be aware of that but what this does the renewal of this election is cast a shadow over their subservience to the ballot box and i don't think the ruling party even so it's not necessarily taken into account of the risk of even their own voters not being too happy about. good to have you with us. joining us there from london thanks for being with us. our talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing government have resumed in belfast they come after

the new ira a dissident republican fashion admitted killing journalist lire mckee in london derry last month that's raising fears of a return to sectarian violence the northern ireland executive is the main part of the one nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement it ended thirty years of conflict between irish nationalists and probity unionists along the along with u.k. security forces the government collapsed two years ago of are a scandal involving a renewable energy skin the cost taxpayers nearly a billion dollars attempts to restore it have been hindered by disagreement over issues like same sex marriage an irish language rights and the imbiber is live for us now in a storm want so how are these talks being seen by people in northern ireland. who has a bit is of great concern you were just mentioning the killing of lira mickey and

that's the immediate trigger that's why the party leaders are here at stormont and why they're going to be meeting over the next few weeks on a weekly basis but you were mentioning some of those controversial issues they're actually going to be breaking them down into working groups to try to tackle them separately at least for the rest of that this week now there's clearly a lot of the population here in northern oil and who are extremely. very very key to see a resumption of power sharing for a whole variety of reasons we've got to meet some people in different communities in belfast to see why it's so important to them. take the funeral in belfast of lira mccain a young journalist 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 boston 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 shane wheeler 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 her son was tentative as own life and we took him to the hospital and he was sent home there was no provisions but then the hospital to help or from no money money comes from a budget budget comes from 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 likely 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. sign of the one of the prospects stand for a breakthrough from these talks. you know it's really hard to tell the house screen some comments coming through here about the recent local elections in which nonsectarian parties like alliance centrist policies deeds see significant gains and some people think that will actually push the parties send a message that people really are fed up of the same old politics bots the largest tea parties still remain the d.e.p.t. and sheen fade and they both enjoy effectively

a veto here in the assembly over certain sensitive issues now some of the other parties like the s.t.l. he have called for them to be on the reform or to be suspended seeing that as really the major problem in the whole process that's all and likely to happen any time soon and also people are pointing out that the european parliament elections are coming up so right now the timing might not be conducive for those major parties to budge on those really controversial points that you were just hearing about and the thanks for that nadine by storm force. or some ahead on al-jazeera. i'm daniel cyrus where a hundred years after the purpose of the former first lady can still be found all over argentina. and a little bit later on as time golfers come back story to news high profile visit to

the white house. and of the skies are not completely clear but temperatures are rising now head of what's going to be a hot couple of months or so and as you can see a curl of cloud here across the levant and showers in iran suggest it's not stable with the so bring in the potential for fifty dust and occasional showers mostly it's the head of all that which is turkey at the moment so the sunshine comes out by guards at thirty three beirut only about twenty you'll notice until around twenty eight slowly rising afterwards this grain is really cried more than anything else an occasional seana near the caspian is possible and occasional shower in the high ground in northern saudi is a possibility and not that unusual that the sounds of that we won't see much more

in the way thunderstorms i don't think for northern parts of society or bahrain or qatar but the cloud is always a hint that it just might happen i think is a pretty low chance so humid high says even low forty's seems fairly typical at the moment that's true in oman as well and the breeze is said to get to be a southwesterly which you might think is the first hit in the monsoon well it's certainly showing rain going north for tanzania it's been very wet recently everywhere in the science we rely now on fronts coming in from the southern atlantic and that's certain the case the cape town and later central parts of south africa. maine on al-jazeera. as the world's biggest democracy goes to the polls we focus on the economic challenges facing india and the rise of ultra nationalism a new series of new board winning environmental chauffeured meet some of the people spied in to protect the plant. twenty five years up to coming to power can be am

seen maintain its political dominance in south africa. an exclusive exploration of the goals and motivations behind russia's foreign policy told by those who influenced the climate and with breakfast it still looming and populism on the rise across europe will these elections become a referendum on the new self maybe on al-jazeera. are going to. just. ran.

hello again you're watching the a reminder of our top stories this hour in northern syria government forces have advanced into opposition territory more than one hundred fifty thousand syrians been forced from their homes as government planes backed by russia bomb parts of profits. the prime minister of libya's un recognized government is in europe to gather support against the war after the first time the libyan government is accusing the united arab emirates of directing supporting. to reuters journalists jailed in myanmar been released after a presidential pardon had been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the regime to crack down . south africa's president is promising to fight corruption as he seeks reelection the ruling african national congress is predicted to win wednesday's vote for

political scandal corruption allegations and a deteriorating economy have plagued the party and its leader president cyril ramaphosa we have correspondents across south africa in a moment we'll hear from malcolm webb in johannesburg but first for me to miller has this report from cape town. on prime real estate along cape town's waterfront is a bull ring that was once a medical residence it became vacant when the city moved its nurses out in twenty fifteen two years later people who had nowhere else to live lived in one of them a sixty nine year old sicilian mother went to sit in class you can leave it wherever you would like to be. there's no rich or poor people we are all the same and we need to stay in the city. in a group here the conditions are not great sanitation is poor and space is

a crime and despite the government building millions of free homes south africa still has a shortage of two point three million as south africans prepared to vote they are a number of issues that may influence who they vote for land ownership and the redistribution of wealth rising unemployment and a poorly performing economy are just some of the concerns that people want the government to address the governing african national congress has been plagued by one corruption scandal after another it led to the resignation of president jacob zuma. as the party works to renew its image under the leadership of so roma pour some it's also fighting a declining support it's back not only its traditional opposition democratic alliance but also a rise in populist voices like that of julius malema of the economic freedom fighters the one six percent of the vote in its first election and polls suggest

that support could double a greater number of small parties are emerging good is led by patricia de lowell who form the party after splitting from the democratic alliance a n c one of the old parties they have perfect accord option the d. . they only need the all party to probe take the lead really they don't care about the poor and what we need you need an alternative in this country that stand up for the poor and their fight for social justice the a.n.c. spent much of the campaign like managing its mistakes and asking its supporters for forgiveness commentators expect the party the hang on to power but it's not clear how comfortable a majority it will have. al-jazeera. elizabeth pang 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 clinton is. getting don't really. know what it is left. along with christopher more than one hundred 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 especially in the last ten years it's made it increasingly difficult for the a.n.c.

to retain votes. in. the worst scandals surfaced on the former president jacob zuma treasury says billions of dollars of public money was stolen presidency around 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 but the national prosecuting authority hasn't yet sent anyone to jail. i asked the a.n.c. spokesman why so far those justices of the draw for what we know is especially hard to follow up on issues which are based in traditions to ensure that where possible they can investigate because a trial in the proper sanctions given to goals were in conflict with the law oh really in series 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 more sincere undertaking 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 webb al-jazeera johannesburg south africa. venezuelan opposition leader one who i don't know is leading a meeting of the national assembly that's after he failed to get the military to remove nicolas maduro as president last week at least four people were killed after two days of street protests and riots the pro-government constituent assembly says

it may strip parliamentary immunity from opposition members who backed why does latest bid for power. that i suppose is live for us now in caracas so today so just what could happen today then. well we're here right in front of the national assembly and we've been seeing some tense moments when members of the national assembly opposition lawmakers try to enter the palace this area of business surrounded by supporters of president nicolas maduro and there were streaming screaming at them harassing them among other things what we do know is that what you know is that in size and there are many issues that are going to be debating today one of them is that for example the possibility of venezuela rejoining what is known as the rio pact is that pact from the cold war that was used by the united states to support the book a did against cuba among other things were chavis abandoned it and now the national assembly is hoping to

get venezuela walk back inside of course all of this with the support of the united states and we've been also talking to some lawmakers who say that they would like to vote on the possibility of implementing the article one hundred eighty seven article that i will the constitution that says and talks about military missions and authorizing military missions of course this doesn't mean that they would authorize a military intervention in the country but it is part of the strategy that we've been seeing from the united states from the opposition leader of in a way threatening the possibility of a military attack by the united states against the government of nikolai we're told so part of a strategy of trying to pressure the armed forces in this country to rebel against nicholas now that we're seeing today for example that vice president mike fans in the united stilts will start offering in a way incentives to members of the military what we have seen so far is that the leadership office of the armed forces remain loyal to my little guy and he doesn't

seem that it's going to change anytime soon and there's been threats to strip immunity from opposition lawmakers how how likely is that. well let me explain you what's happening in venezuela to do this is a national assembly but in this same place later on today the constituent assembly a legislative body that was created by the government of nicolette mother to replay to replace the opposition controlled national assembly will be meeting here so what one of the possibilities is that they will start debating the possibility of three paying lawmakers opposition lawmakers from the immunity that congress grants them it's not clear yet whether that's going to happen but it could happen today we've been seeing several threats from members of government against lawmakers saying that they should be imprisoned because they were part of an attempted coup in this country that's been led by the united states and it would be unlikely that something like this happens even though the government until now has been extremely

curfuffle when leaving when dealing with one way though especially because the united states has warned if the government doesn't pull out my little duck touching why they all could have consequences well until now they have been careful but this is venezuela opposition lawmakers their leaders have been detained in the past so we could not discard like that something like this could happen today there is a bow in caracas thank you. democrats in the u.s. congress will vote on wednesday on whether to hold the attorney general in contempt for not providing the full special counsel report william barr has refused a request by congress to turn over an uncensored version of the report that looked into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election committee how could as more now from washington. the planned vote on wednesday marks a dramatic escalation in tensions between the trunk 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. india is home to the third highest number of billionaires in the world including asia's richest person while its economy expands many people offscreen if it is only the wealthy who are benefiting from as jimmy 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 have they've needed more services from us so with all the 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 move you have a lot of investors of 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 of 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 the band so it's a huge concentration of all the benefits of growth 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 says jamil al jazeera you don't. argentina is celebrating one hundred years since the birth of its former first lady eva peron

every turn as she was popularly known was a champion of women's rights reports on her legacy. she once said her greatest fear in life was to be forgotten one hundred years after her birth one hundred of eaters marched to the center of one osiris to ensure that they have a better on is remembered. her whole life as a young beautiful woman and actress she was an example of what a woman can be. the name in the image of the former first lady still shine in all corners of argentina books a store written about schools hospitals and restaurants and named after her is desert concocted in her honor. we're incorporating the image the figure of the values she represented the sensibility her main value was her sensibility which is necessary to overcome the difficult times we're facing now over duarte was born

in the seventh of may one thousand nine hundred in the argentine countryside a wealthy father abandoned the family to poverty aged fifteen she sought and found fame. fortune as an actress in one osiris there she met the rising politician with a new labor minister. at a function to raise money for earthquake victims the rest as they say is history instead of being a woman fighting for social justice for equality she was taken into the hearts of the argentine people and aspired to the universal story and today everyone here in argentina remembers her the couple married in one thousand nine hundred five and the following year he became president of argentina a plane skinny girl with prominent teeth transformed into a glamour icon both revealed and despised she was something of an enigma while she was alive a champion of the poor wearing fur was a fighter for women's rights in a man's world a showpiece superstar ahead of a time sixty seven years after her death that attraction that influence remains

just a strong. former president improbable candidate in this year's elections cristina fernandez describes her as an inspiration in a way i think that inspires the new struggles and today you can see that many of those movements many of these stretched into streets you have young people with a t. should we defeat a sign with a veto on it still think about it. still emulated sometimes denigrated. but on one hundred years after her birth has very clearly not been forgotten. and there al-jazeera one of cyrus all right when we come back all the sports the baseball game creating the wrong sort of an easy road that still.

again time to support his andy thanks so much has a more bass line or insights of a night's appearance in the final of the european champions league bassett's a three nil lead into the second leg of their semifinal with liverpool little mess he scored twice in spain also goal in that game for former liverpool striker luis suarez one hundred same while there without the injured pair of mohammed sol and the purser for me no liverpool will be hoping history can repeat itself last season pass through away a three goal lead to lose against roma in the quarterfinals showing you more we've been on the receiving end of tough blows particularly last year so we've got that

on our minds coming into this game we also have to be conscious that they have an added extra here which is the liverpool fans they always create an extra player so we have to be careful and aware of this. i think your voice discovery realistic bought. the belief within ourselves in the changing room that anything's possible especially on field and hopefully we'll be able to produce on them their special night here. put in another huge performance in the n.b.a. playoffs the houston rockets beating reigning champions golden state to level the western conference semifinal series it suits last season's most valuable player netted six times from beyond the three point line he finished with a game high thirty eight points golden state still don't close the full silly game into overtime but the usually reliable kevin durant's and steph going to both lie and drug chances. are you still feel that unorthodox a one win away from their first appearance in the eastern conference final since

two thousand and one the participate in the boston celtics one thirty one wants to go three one series lead. now straight a's biggest rugby star is your file has been found guilty of breaching the players' code of conduct over homophobic social media posts his contract was terminated by repeal. strongly in april after he tweeted that hello whites gay people at the request of the herring which finished earlier on tuesday after four days a three person panel still to decide his punishments. donald trump described tiger woods as a true legend as he presented him with the presidential medal of freedom at the white house with his victory of the masters last month capping one of the greats career comebacks in sport would slope is a business associate of trump bundy's actually designing a golf course for the trump organization in dubai. 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. well not all athletes have been quite sickening to accept invitations to the white house with visits to collect awards so celebrate championships becoming more controversial since trump soak office alan fischer reports it's wonderful they 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 wing 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 dolphins 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 it's very tough you know to celebrate when where and where we had you know. a run ago sports 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 there is some unusual insured is that a major league baseball game in cincinnati a swarm of bees say delaying the first pitch in the reds game against the san francisco giants thousands of them try to sing a bit of a pass around home plate before and surely heading off into the outfield. all right that is i suppose something and i'll ask all that is a lot of thanks very much that is it for this news hour we're back with more of the day's news in a couple of stay with. russia

has jeopardized the united states' security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. to box the picture from the inside. stars think russia's foreign policy is too soft going to be most russian goals will be achieved not pieces of useful russia coming soon.

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to be a boy and so. on al-jazeera. tens of thousands of civilians escaped parts of. syrian and russian jets continued bombing. a lot of this is live from doha coming up to reuters journalists are reunited with their families after being released from jail in myanmar. after the death of a journalist last month a new round of talks gets under way in northern ireland. india may be home to the third largest number of billionaires but how much of that wealth is may.