the so. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm norman taina this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up . tens of thousands flee their homes in northern syria as the military offensive on it intensifies. to watch as journalists are released from jail in myanmar one of the meets his child the first time. protests in istanbul as election officials order a rerun of the city's mayoral vote after the opposition won. and then

sports training night and field liverpool have turned things around in the second leg of their champions league semifinal against barcelona the reds beat boss up for nail on the night after a stunning comeback to win four three on aggregate and which the final. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel stronghold as government troops launch a furious advance with the support of russian airpower the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where strikes have killed at least twenty civilians the rebels are promising to fight back so i know how to has more now from beirut. the military escalation is causing immense suffering tens of thousands of people are on the move in search for safety many of them now living in open fields and the number could increase because according to

the united nations three hundred thousand people live in the area of hostilities and this bombing campaign has been relentless syrian and russian planes carrying out dozens of air strikes on a daily basis civilians continue to be killed in what they are been hitting our neighborhoods homes schools health facilities and we've seen this tactic in the past where they target facilities in order to make life unbearable for the people in order to depopulate the area and allow ground forces to advance. 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 only brought what we can we have nothing to syrian and russian planes are

continuing to target villages across southern and northern hama it's been in a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and the recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. used to say monitoring the situation. militarists there are contingency plans in place and. in terms of supply i'm trying to do the same time there 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 hama but it's only the beginning of what is expected to be a difficult. costly battle. against political blackmail under military pressure and yet time by the russians to enter

our pure and liberated land will be met with fire the next box will rule be faithful our enemies will be surprised. how. long 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 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. these stakeholders these players and in syria they each have different objectives russia and its allies they would like to take

control of the main highways that runs through it and this is really one of the main reasons why this military operation has been launched turkey for its part has another objective and that is to clear the northern aleppo area from the syrian kurdish group it considers a terrorist organization but to do that to operate in that area it will need russia's approval so these stakeholders these countries which have influence in syria do are holding behind the scenes negotiations as this is this military operation continues it is unclear if indeed they will find some sort of an understanding that will end this onslaught which is causing human suffering. care on an ng is the syria advocacy directorate well vision she says humanitarian organizations struggling to provide for the thousands of civilians fleeing northern syria. we're seeing just in the last week one hundred fifty thousand people have

fled their homes along that front line area in southern italy moving north with through the governor and a lot of those people will have already been displaced at least once or maybe more their families have been forced to flee from other areas by what's been almost continuous fighting in some of these areas for the last eight years of conflict so now hundred fifty thousand people moving into the north and it live to areas completely overwhelmed to be honest already with families have been displaced sorry for humanitarian struggling to provide its just basic things like tents and blankets and food and motioned to those families are arriving more people are coming every day you know have people taken their lives in their hands often whether they label whether they stay i think people have made a judgment that intense fighting at the moment and it's so unfortunate off to a period of relative calm after a cease fire that was agreed this huge violence started up again causing civilian casualties attacks on civilian infrastructure so people are picking up with it so they can carry in moving the north is the governor current is is relatively safe

but the challenge there as i say is just a complete lack of shelter you have people sleeping outdoors people without enough to eat and as more people arrive that just can be more and more of a challenge about half the population of india the children so a huge number of those fleeing kids and their children and tell us they tell apart is that that's terrified they've been terrified of being forcibly the hands again they're terrified at the strikes in the violence that terrified of losing their family members and we know that they're really vulnerable in these difficult conditions on the road as deathly ng as they're arriving in a crowded displacement camps they're much more vulnerable to the cold it's still quite cold and i hear they're vulnerable to diseases spread that can spread in those camps without proper sanitation so children are really at risk care and it's really you know it sounds simple to say but it's really unfair that this is being imposed on children in this area of syria again who's already suffered so much through the is that this conflict and now being forced to operate their lives free

again or to potentially lose their lives and we know that the un says that they think children have been killed just over the last week in this month. i spent sixteen months in a min mar prison for reporting on the military crackdown and atrocities committed against the two reuters journalists were alone and torso who are now free they returned home to emotional family reunions with while lone meeting his daughter for the first time when he reports my case that's drawn international condemnation. after almost a year and a half in prison while loan and walked to freedom they lived in same 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 own the war. we seem 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 of ridding you 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 alone and who were convicted of violating the official secrets act and sentenced to seven years in prison and 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 mines 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 m.l.t. you know having very much power over the military they do have power over the law was the have a parliamentary majority if they wanted to they could abolish them and then not the ordeal for a while alone 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. she is the director of the international press institute she says the release by a presidential pardon is not a signal of increased press freedom in myanmar. and not going to be a presidential pardon it's like and act of.

somehow is out of the goodwill of the president which is absolutely not acceptable indicates of to join ali so should not have been put in prison in the first place the laws and under which the joiners were put in prison and sentence and to your parole landscape the rift president diamant is still there so we welcome the release but it does not mean at all that. we in mar is making any progress toward greater press freedom the i.p.i. itself was in myanmar with our annual world congress in twenty fifteen celebrating the beginning of a democratic air and celebrate 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 retained power and such criminal act criminal laws

like official secrets act that i made when i was in a number of other national security laws have been used against journalists and activists at a sense of so. me i'm not has been under pressure certainly more can be done saddam's military council says it may call for early elections within six months if it doesn't reach an agreement with the opposition army generals have just held a news conference in the capital khartoum the council says it agrees with part of the opposition's proposal for a transitional government but wants the system to be based on islamic sharia laws and also divided over who will eventually leave the country. but in our estimate that document represents a genuine will towards finding a full exit for the country that will lead to democracy stability and freedom and justice. we agree with them regarding the general structure of the form of government to with a transitional period based on the sovereign council will executive under judiciary

in addition to over complementary structures. a military is also warned that it will punish those who killed protesters during mass demonstrations against former president bashir even morgan is following events first in the capital khartoum. the military council has said that it tentatively agrees with the structure that has been presented by the opposition coalition for the transitional period let's go back to that structure the opposition coalition has presented a four year transitional period with a presidential or suffering council an executive body headed by a prime minister and a legislative assembly which should be made up of between one hundred twenty and one hundred sixteen members forty percent of which should be female representation now the military council said that they are not they still not happy with the idea of a four year transitional period and that they still insist on a two year transitional period they also said that the proposal or the demand that has been presented by the opposition coalition does not say when the transitional period would end when there's the role of the legislative assembly which would be

the main body for all throughout the transitional period when does it come to an end so they still have a lot of questions to answer and the opposition coalition and the military council are yet to agree on the main point of contention which is how much civilian representation and how much military representation will be in the executive body and in the supreme council during the transitional period so as much as they agree on the basic structure there are still a lot of issues to be discussed between the two sides the military council says it is going to meet other political parties to see what they have in terms of their vision for the transitional government as well and they're hoping that from their own words they can embark on forming a transitional government for sudan nearly a month after president bashir was ousted. joining us now from khartoum is my lawyer a spokesman for the sudanese professionals association part of the opposition coalition thanks very much indeed for being with us so you must listen in carefully to that news conference from from the military seems except part of what you're asking for

in particular the structure that you're asking for what's your reaction to what they've said on other fronts. thank you a lot and i. would even think to everyone everywhere actually we in the sudanese officials will see our allies in the forces of the declaration of freedom and change we insist on the second niche of the government and soon that so the supremes concert in that show that they give that if all the and our reaction will be on our long our demands on the people of the amounts of mitt that would be fine was also otherwise we will list all the any other action from the transition military coliseum and we will see how to respond to their comments on our documents you know which we've got isn't it for them about the monday a tempo ours of each organ's the supremum councell the government and the legislative ball the so we will do it and see what they have commented on what they

want from us from our side not to our way to clean about the signature of the layers of the institutions until john just over on the one that wonder what the label says it is they've they said they have a choice to call for early elections within six months if they don't reach an agreement with you. is that something you think is a sensible idea. i think this is. a preemptive action from the military council of course you know what the long hours were out in the bush ish we need to enter into a such negotiations in good faith clean hands on then we see we don't want to sit with all sorts of free action in iraq by prompting every election after six months why do they want to do that you know the people are the sudanese people want the poet to be transferred to the people. so why they are they want to call for edley

elections you know even the on all four of the transition period you know all our real is you know these should be for forty hours all up to an important political parties to put a bit of themselves so if we think that you know for forty have a quiet if not for the parties to put a bit of the cells so what about six months i think this is a break and be empty of action so us thirty eight to. organize the all day games to reproduce all deion's in a way or another and definitely this will be accepted what does of its people and we're not be acceptable to the so done in support of fish in the association would not be acceptable daughter allies in the forces of the declaration of freedom i'm king. thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you. thank you. and watching live from london still ahead

a drought in angola has left more than two million people struggling to get enough food. libya's u.n. recognized government accuses the u.a.e. of supporting the warlord holly for have to. and novak djokovic celebrates his two hundred fiftieth week as the world number one in style details coming from. turkish president richard one has defended the decision to rerun istanbul's mero election as thousands took to the streets in protest the candidate of the main opposition party the c.h.p. became the mer after the march vote but turkey's election authority ruled they were irregularities in the poll them closely reports from istanbul. if you want to take the pulse of national politics and turkey barbershops are the best places yes in

college once the stop in a conservative neighborhood of a stumble called a he says his support at the ruling our party is may your candidate been early interim in the local elections in march now he's happy with the supreme election council's decision to hold the rerun of that election. one hundred percent i am sure we will win as long as there isn't any recall fights as they recounted the votes in two districts the gap narrowed down to half already i believe been early you'll do a room we'll win this time during the may oral campaign istanbul was a battleground for the opposition and the governing party which has ruled the city for twenty five years drown poll out is a jeweler in istanbul secular district he says the decision to end all the results and remove the opposition's mayor akram a mumbled of who won that election is politically much awaited. i think they should have stuck with what was out of the ballot box the ak party

claims there are legalities about the ballot box officers the names were assigned earlier where has the higher electoral board been back then we will keep supporting the mayor and when the way out. istanbul is a mosaic of sixteen million citizens diverse in ethnicity insects the city generates at least thirty one percent of the national income earning its reputation as turkey's economy and cultural capital that makes it an attractive target for political parties and the fact that the margin of victory in the original vote was just zero point two meant a challenge to the result was likely western allies including the e.u. how want turkey's government over its decision to hold a rerun warning the will of the people must be respected the opposition has also objected saying holding another vote is and to demotic but press. john insists a repeat quote is the only way to overcome problems in a democracy. they need to convince people with this decision is political or

judicial when it can only be done through proper political communication i don't think it will happen but if the opposition wins with a way to govern next time there might be early elections tsunami rose for now it stumbles citizens will have to the polls on june twenty three it seems the real fraud office stumbles mayoral election will be treated as a general election presents add on and his supporters claim the loss results are illegal and part of a plot against them their positions says it's earned the position through hard work what sides believe our win is a stumble well when turkey is next general election in two thousand and twenty three see an amp a solo al-jazeera stumble. his speech to political analyst will because he joins me live here in london set here should say and there's some severe criticism from the you're not leading member states of the rerun of this election in why do you think

everyone is doing this. well it's about power is about the most important city in the county seat to their parties being controlling for twenty five years the seat they were due on start his political career create seventy percent of g.d.p. the movie stick by it is the biggest employer in this city is a huge cash making machine is a huge political patronage machine it cannot go to the opposition. but it is there danger this could backfire against one of his party. well they winning it is not going to be easy but the margin was sane but there are six seven weeks to go a lot can happen especially on the economic front we've seen already today the turkish leader going to the lowest level for the past seven months. but still to give the money i will spare no effort to make sure that the second time they are going to prevail but the political backlash even looking for the long term is there

absolutely what about in terms of protests i mean more to the reaction in the streets just you see it getting more serious than that i doubt i think here we my seems some neighborhoods which are very. proposition we have seen some marches last night some banging of pots like they do in turkey when it's time to express this content but there rescore widespread protests the violence and stormy's is very low and dear also the opposition candidate who the mayor of istanbul until today is called on people to react calmly this year to be them in a position where there's decided to participate in the election year so their least of tensions spread into the street is very low what about the international reputation of turkey though i mean we've heard from european critics that they say look some of the going to say looks like a dictatorship what's the kind of international effect i don't think everyone can care less about what their appearance in the got to say on this matter is

a domestic matter it's. the calculation here has been that the guy being got to stumble back is much more important then you know of the cost of the could come in terms of turkey international reputation and so on and these it be too late for there for the for foreign counties foreign entities like they will be in union to complain about these they missed the bus a long time ago and what about me they do if they if it is rerun what are the i mean what's the likelihood of it actually being a fair election. well fairly it's kind of a contest that concept it wasn't fair that it had its wasn't fair the first time i mean ninety five percent of the media are controlled by the government at the end of a day saw out of the election fair nor are they been there been through the only free in turkey yes is that every school more kind of playing a funny in these on the twenty third of june absolutely total thank you very much

indeed for your first thank you pleasure. now to venezuela where the supremes court has ordered the prosecution of seven opposition politicians who supported last week's failed uprising organized by one going door to as oppose following events for us in the capital caracas or tourism how steve significant is the supremes move and how the opposition. well it is significant for people here mostly because it means that the government is responding to what happened one week ago an uprising that involved several members of the military surrounding opposition leader why going to a military base not far away from your we know that criminal action has been taken against six lawmakers from the opposition they're being accused of treason and rebellion what's happening right now is that the constituent assembly which is the legislative body that has replaced the opposition controlled national assembly

which is a constant assembly is a government controlled legislative body is the bating right now whether to strip from immunity and there's no make or so the process against them may continue i mean this doesn't mean that this people are going to be immediately detained or something similar to this happened to one way though there is an ongoing investigation against him and something similar could happen to the six lawmakers however it certainly takes away one impediment to the tame them and it means that the government come overhead or security forces detain them any time when and this is happening at a very specific time in venezuela one week after an uprising happening and where opposition leader conway though has already acknowledged that he failed to convince the military to rise up against the government of nicolas modeled on right now the opposition is trying to figure out what to do of course they're condemning what the government is doing against them they're saying that this is persecution and that

they are being politically persecuted in this country for. the same time it shows that they have to figure out what they're going to do next we know that the protest during the protests that happened last week where five people lost their lives the tension on the streets are permanent people are struggling with the economic situation with hyperinflation shortages of food of medicine and the biggest challenge right now that the opposition is facing today is to disappoint the population that has supporting them there is about thank you very much. still to come this news hour voters go to the polls soon in south africa's general election we look at why the ruling a.n.c. is losing support last. time door search of war in iraq coming up i'll explain why this cemetery in the central city of najaf is so important to shows around the world. in sports australia's biggest rugby star learns his fate at a disciplinary hearing so now is here with that story.

and a cold day is continuing to push its way across europe it's now past hungary where it's given us a fair amount of snow as well a very wintery see in the north north of that cold air is now pushing further east winds all behind this area of cloud here which is giving us in fairly heavy downpours and some strong winds as well towards the west we've got the next weather system that's pushing its way in and this is going to give some fairly heavy rain as we head through the next couple of days so on wednesday some very wet weather through parts of the british isles and down through parts of france and just about into the northern parts of spader's well and then that spreads further east towards over parts of scandinavia and down through italy so clearly a lot of wet weather but of a change for us then turning definitely wet and windy not quite as cold as it has

been though with paris getting to iran. fourteen degrees for the other side of the mediterranean the temperatures here have dropped for some of us as well for cairo being pretty hot over the past few days from wednesday our maximum temperature will just be around twenty seven and it will stay that way as we head into thursday elsewhere plenty of fine weather to be seen with her bats getting to around twenty two degrees the central belt of africa will see a bit more action in the line of showers but empty of them over parts of uganda and stretching west. becoming a living legend to the young age was simply not enough. he transformed his influence on the pitch it's a political clout the book piece to the ivory coast. hosted by eric. rebels begins with a look at the life of. the football of the succeeded with politicians but not.

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from one of top stories. one hundred fifty thousand syrians have been forced from their homes as government planes backed by russia continue to bomb parts of the province at least twenty civilians have died in airstrikes. to reuters journalists jailed in min ma have been released after a presidential pardon they'd been serving a seven year prison sentence over their investigation into the ring a crackdown. turkish president. has defended the decision to rerun. merilyn election this comes after officials on monday there were irregularities in the march vote which was one. party candidate. a lack of rainfall in angola has plunged more than two million people into a food security crisis with thousands of children being treated for malnutrition global oil prices have hit the economy hard and even less money for relief efforts . for maria and her family this is

a daily task here in angola southern coon and 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 foreigners. with sad one. if we drink this water say to gates cows ducks and pay nice along with all the animals we'll say consume this water even though animals deficit in urine and head 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 could 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. but 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 and her family and many others facing

a struggle that's only getting worse mohammed al jazeera. protesters returned to the streets of algeria continuing calls for the removal of the country's ruling elite students marched through the capital algiers the latest in months of rallies against the regime of former president of the disease but if we can pressure from demonstrators the military force the president to step down last month and said to multiple arrests the protesters are unrelenting amendments for a complete regime change. libya's u.n. recognized government is accusing the united arab emirates of directly supporting warlord holly for have to promise to fire is in europe seeking support against have to as military campaign to take the capital tripoli he's met the italian prime minister to save the continent in rome and will travel to germany and france the world health organization says recent fighting in libya has killed more than four hundred people. u.n. secretary general is calling for an end to foreign interference in libya

a security council committee found that the u.a.e. has provided military support for after us forces for years in violation of an arms embargo under schapelle has more. well. 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 to use 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 the chinese made drones out of air base in eastern libya a u.s. c. 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 ask. troll along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons. this is a neutral committee that works under the un report clearly shows that the u.a.e. and in particular abu dhabi not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied hafter 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 un writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al jazeera. a shipwreck pulled from the sea floor where hundreds of migrants died has gone display at the venice biennale are like a fishing boat capsized and sank off the coast of libya four years ago italian

government recovered it and brought it to shore so the bodies could be identified a boat is now part of the biannual arctics mission with this year's theme may you live in interesting times. member states of the arctic council have failed to agree on a final declaration for the first time in more than twenty years because the u.s. refused to include the term climate change delegates said there would be no joint statement after two days of talks in finland instead your secretary state my pompei i welcomed the melting of arctic sea ice telling reform it opens new passageways and opportunities for trade meeting of eight nations were expected to frame a two year agenda to balance the challenge of global warming with sustainable development of mineral wealth. and was considered to be the world's largest cemetery is in the iraqi city of not jeff spending more than fourteen hundred acres tens of millions of bodies have been buried in the grounds of what he said or

valley of peace talks or bar explains why it's a sacred resting place for she is 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 according to ali every believer soul arrives here after death. because he believed it was part of heaven in mali 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 shia. out of what d.l. 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 ali shrine 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've watched the al 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 but throughout the years the cemetery expanded and so did the graves i would never think of changing my profession that gets me closer to god and the household of the prophet. this ever growing cemetery will also have an impact on the future of the city of najaf. the cemetery is expanding to that there's a landscape that links the city of ledger and karbala all the way leading to the iraq saudi borders some people are buying houses and land for their future burials that's why we expect this city to be one gigantic burial ground in the future this

is the oldest part of what the cemetery which makes it also the most expensive burial grounds there are no more plots here for sale and according to those who work here at least fifty bodies are buried on top of each other in some areas but for many shias there is no price too high for a chance to be laid to rest in what they believe to be part of heaven dorsets a zero what the cemetery now. just one day to go until south africa hold its general election the african national congress the party of nelson mandela has won all previous five votes current president is expected to win again for the a.n.c. but a series of public scandals has dented its popularity for minimal it has more from cape town. on prime real estate along cape town's waterfront is a bolding 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 moved in one of them is sixty nine year olds to see their mother bella or to sit them a question you can give a wherever you would like to be. there's no rich or poor people we are all the same and made it out to stay in the city. in a group here the conditions are not great sanitation is poor and space is a cramped despite the government building millions of free homes south africa still has a shortage of two point three million as other 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 or 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. have won six percent of the vote in its first election and poll suggests 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 a they only need the all party to probe take that 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 in their fight for social justice the a.n.c. spent much of the campaign acknowledging its mistakes and asking its supporters for forgiveness commentators expect the party will hang on to power but it's not clear how comfortable a majority it will have from al-jazeera down. india's northern heartland voted in the fifth phase of its marathon general election on monday the country is home to asia's richest person person and has the third highest number of billionaires in the world but one is economy expands many people are asking if it's only the wealthy who are benefiting as jimmy who has more from new delhi. this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rival coastline 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 to 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 our services are growing our business is growing and that's been a. has had a positive effect. and coastal is not the only one who seems business thriving official figures show exports are up eleven percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway and all the major cities this is one of new delhi's pasha's 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 isn't already shaky more than a lot often with getting into the market because it has rapidly gone up and very short time the media. had made enough money in this month that. the gap between rich and poor is easy to see india is home to some of the world's wealthiest people. a billionaire many times over is asia's richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most from the country's current economic climate one percent used to own fifty six percent of. and the country did two and a half years ago now they own seventy six percent of the brain so it's a huge concentration off of all the benefits of good in one day nice 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 enjoyed by more people in india says jamil al jazeera you don't. still ahead. the presence of the form. can still be found all over argentina. and in sport. comeback story continues with a high profile visit to the white house. business updates. going places to get our.

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me a. mocking one hundred years since the birth of iconic form a first lady eva peron popularly known as a champion of women's rights she died at the height of her fame at the age of thirty three and has done reports from the capital. and he says legacy shows no sign of fading. she once said her greatest fear in life was to be forgotten one hundred years after her birth one hundred to the center of one osiris to ensure that they have it better on is remembered. her whole life as a young beautiful woman an 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 story written about schools hospitals and restaurants are named after this

dessert concocted in her honor but i read there were incorporating the image the figure of the values she represented this sensibility her main value was her sensibility which is necessary to overcome the difficult times are facing now david walker he 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 and fortune as an actress in one osiris there she met the rising politician who then 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 herself 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 as 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 industry you have young people with edition we divvied a sign with a veto on it still think about. school emulated sometimes denigrated however to put on one hundred years after her birth has very clearly not been forgotten.

and which one they're all to see or one of cyrus. now for latest from the champions league and the rest of sports news over to summer and. thank you very much lauren while liverpool have for just one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history they raised three goal deficit to beat barcelona and advance to the final in a thrilling second leg at anfield devolve and or genial we know them scored two goals to make it four nil on the night and four three on aggregate it's the first time a team has overturned a three goal deficit in the champions league semifinal while this is liverpool's ninth champions league final the five time champions well it's face either i x. or tottenham in madrid on june the first while spurs will be aiming to overturn a one goal deficit when they visit i x. in the second leg of their semifinal tie on wednesday tottenham have never reached

the champions league final while four time winners i.x. who only need a draw to progress are hoping for the first appearance at the final since one thousand nine hundred ninety six and i used to think a premier league when you play a premier league team with the intensity is different with experienced it before with you ventus and the rail in the first match against tottenham you set up my team has got the ability to adapt and play at a high level. but i think this is the side the moment for us to be in the semifinal and i think we need to ensure we need to show you in a few more freedom to play to start again how we started to approach was was really really poor for our psyche. i think we need to feel more more freedom to play two more room nothing to lose from the beginning we know that we need to win and dry. novak djokovic celebrated his two hundred fiftieth week as world number one with a straight sets win at the madrid open the two time champion beaten taylor for itself for the loss of just six games djokovic is building up to the french open

which starts later this month he has the chance to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time for the second time in his career. women's world number one now we all sat there had a tougher time in her match against. two almost spain the japanese are needed two hours and thirty seven minutes to beat her wildcard opponent love six six three six seven to advance to the third round of australia's biggest rugby star israel folau has been found guilty of breaching the players' code of conduct over the homophobic so social media post his contract was terminated by a rugby australia in april after he tweeted hill hell awaits gay people but he requested a hearing which finishes early on choose day after four days as three person panel still has to decide his punishment donald trump described tiger woods as

a true legend as he presented him with the presidential medal of freedom at the white house with victory at the masters last month capped one of the greatest career comebacks in sports but it is a business associate of trump the forty three year old is the fourth and youngest golfer to receive the medal of freedom. and not all athletes have been so keen to accept invitations to the white house with visits to collect awards all celebrate championships of becoming more controversial since trump took office an official reports it's wonderful to have you here it's been a tradition at the white house for years when u.s. sports teams top off their celebrations with a visit to the president but like many other things it's different under trump the patriots are in a credible organization of the twenty teams that have won major titles only ten have gone to the white house the rest have either not been invited or more unusually have declined the invite our current president is

a very divisive and you know individual he's someone who you know people don't unite around and even in these things that are supposed to be political or partisan he's such a divisive figure such a polarizing figure that it causes people to make a political choice donald trump has often said athletes should stay out of politics but he doesn't mind winning in on sports he was hugely critical of black american football stars who knelt during the playing of the national anthem in protest at police violence and he's picked fights on twitter with african-american athletes like basketball stars steph curry and le bron james. the philadelphia eagles won the super bowl last year american food bowls told 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 and 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 go celebrate when where and where we had you know. from and i go 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 i'll just you know washington that's it for me lauren. son i thank you very much indeed and don't forget you can always catch up with our website address that is al-jazeera dot com. etc made our in ten official news out of iraq and i'm given a full run of the day's news i found. the

subject of more than half a dozen investigations. of dog stone from malaysia something wild one on one east investigate how the nation's coffers grew up on al-jazeera. she's the head of four generations of family and the bearer of forty years of suffering fools a heart or a hinge a refugee in her ninety's has fled persecution in myanmar three separate times in

her life the first in one thousand seventy then one nine hundred ninety one and finally in two thousand and seventeen. they beat as they kidnapped as they detained does. ghoul and her family span almost a century in age bonded through blood and displacement they now all live in a single hut located in the world's largest refugee kenya in many ways what's happened to this particular extended family really mirrors what's happened to so many other rohinton who face decades of repression and abuse the range of aren't just the world's largest group of stateless people they're also among the world's most persecuted minorities. for americans are struggling to pay their rent. the problem isn't just limited to the cities. of all the governor of the idiots it's called the front row. we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we

live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. tens of thousands flee their homes in northern syria as the military offensive on intensifies. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up saddam's minute she warns it may call early elections if it doesn't reach a deal with the opposition. to vote as journalists are released from jail in me and one of them is child for the first time. protest in istanbul as election officials ordered a review of the city's mayor.