and how they recruit on the stories that matter the most in bed is a free palestine listening on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. followed from doha everyone on come on sons of maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera sudan's military rule so they could call elections within six months if there is no agreement on a transition plan with the opposition. also in the news iran plans to scale down its commitments to the nuclear deal while the u.s. beef sampa its military presence in the middle east fleeing for their lives thousands of syrians leave it labe as government forces and their russian allies bombed the rebel held province. why it may not be all

song and dance for south africa's president as he tries to win back people's trust as they get ready to vote in just a few hours and in sport the most stunning of comebacks liverpool beat barcelona all three to reach the champions league final. so there's a real twist in the stalemate in sudan the military rules they're now saying they may actually call for an election within six months if they don't reach an agreement with the opposition the army agrees in principle with the opposition's proposal for a transitional government that differences remain over the length of the interim period and who will eventually lead the country hit morgan starts off from culture . nearly a month after ousting its president of three decades army bashir sudan's military council and the opposition coalition's attempts to form

a transitional government don't seem to be getting easier the opposition presented the ruling council with its vision for the transitional period in early may on tuesday the military council responded. with. the document doesn't mention the other political forces that are partaking in the transition that would elect a prime minister and sovereign council members as well as other ministers it doesn't even mention the transitional military council which alongside the alliance for freedom and change and other forces we see as important in the election process for these important posts the opposition coalition is made up of political parties civil society groups and the sudanese professionals association they have been leading protests in sudan since december i am the demonstrations were initially over price hikes that then turned into anti-government protests leading to a sit in in front of the army headquarters in early april the coalition says their vision for the transitional period is based on the demands of the protesters it's

includes a four year transitional period a presidential or sovereign council an executive council headed by a prime minister with a civilian majority of presentation as well as a legislative assembly made up of one hundred twenty to one hundred sixty members forty percent of which must be women and an independent judiciary. we need. this is our message to all demonstrators that peaceful work is what has led to our victories and that's what will help us achieve all the goals of the sudanese revolution and we shall not respond to provocations meanwhile the sitting continues with protesters saying they'll keep their revolution peaceful and keep their demand for civilian transitional government. we are the people of the revolution here we're all demanding a civilian government and no matter what will be here to the demand is met and. is the popular demand the only tool duct. polish our demand is to continue. and to continue our civil. disobedience the process

don't seem to be showing any sign of slowing down. the military council and the opposition coalition may have more talks in the future as it tries to steer sudan out of the impasse it's currently in but the ultimate decision makers are the protesters here who say if the outcome of the negotiations doesn't appease them they'll continue with their states and until they see the change they've been demanding. people here say they started their revolution that ended a regime of thirty years and they're happy to continue until the military council hands over power no matter how long that takes more going to zero. is the thought of who we spoke to earlier a protester a member of comeback which is a movement against violence towards women in sudan she told us despite the fasting it's ramadan at the moment demonstrators are determined to stay until their demands are met. treat them east and justice and build government that is that the mongols the people in the area in front of the military headquarters

and it seems like still they are far away from a full agreement but. it seems like they're not good luck so negotiations are going to continue on the throat they're going to stay in the front of them but instead he has squashed their exact fostering and they are far stronger and better more support that is bodily that he and they are nothing being changed now except that they are born to this thing to do but you know they are still there. when think that nothing is being said no yeah and it's getting off and i think so they are thick. headed there and so it's to secure. the fact that it's easy temperature but still they have got

it going to shit up and share it is to make it to make it more easier for them military cannot do anything when. this number of c.p.d. and people are into it and they said that the find that. they i'm not scared of anything and they are ready to meet what they have but could see what is that is happening. to other news that iran is planning to cut back some of its commitments to the landmark twenty sixteen nuclear deal this is while at the same time the united states ramps up the pressure on terror and over its nuclear program through fears me and allegations of interference across the region there's a few things to talk about here first of all we've got the u.s. secretary of state made a surprise visit to iraq which came with a warning to teheran have a listen. to. this

. so he's in iraq while at the same time the u.s. has been deploying more warships to the region that includes the u.s.s. abraham lincoln major aircraft carrier b. fifty two bombers are also being sent to the gulf now washington says this is all counter vance to counter unspecified threats to u.s. forces and all the while donald trump is tightening sanctions as well on iran and pressures allies to get on board as well well the diplomatic editor james bays is in new york with more on iran's plans iran is using the anniversary of the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal to announce what it says are its own countermeasures now we don't believe that iran will be completely pulling out of the deal itself but it's going to try and ease some of the constraints on it particularly regarding research and development these were the comments over the

reining in delegates at a nuclear related meeting here at the u.n. in accordance with its recognized rights in the j c p a way we soon adopt appropriate measures to preserve its supreme national interest . iran has never abandoned its inalienable right to nuclear technology and it will never do so in the future the u.s. will be responsible for any consequences of its or reckless policies against the chase if you weigh the iranian state news agency says the president has done rouhani will be writing to the five remaining signatories of the deal the u.k. france germany china and russia the ambassadors of those five countries and to ron will be invited into the foreign ministry to be briefed by the deputy foreign minister and the foreign minister of iran mohammed job it is a relief will be right to get technical note to the e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederica mo greeny the one country that won't be briefed by iran of course is the

united states it's put more military resources into the persian gulf tensions are unlikely to decrease any time soon. and in addition to all this you've got the oil situation with iran the european union has voiced its criticism of the u.s. decision not to allow some countries to continue buying oil from iran in fact iranian crude sales have already fallen by half since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal more on that from paris within. since donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran deal one year ago european leaders have been battling to save it this week britain germany france and the e.u. foreign ministers criticize washington's decision to end sanctions waivers for some iranian oil exports to countries including china and india in a joint statement they said the lifting of nuclear related sanctions aims at having a positive impact not only on trade and economic relations with iran but most

importantly on the lives of the arabian people in february the e.u. launched a new payment mechanism called instax to allow e.u. companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions by avoiding transfers in dollars the east foreign policy chief told the un security council that ensuring regional security was the block's priority our collective security requires a solid. multilateral architecture for nonproliferation and this are meant this is why the european union has worked and will continue to work to preserve the nuclear deal with iran the e.u. says in states will it first be used for trade in humanitarian items including food and medicine managed by germany and overseen by a board in the u.k. the system is headquartered in france's finance ministry the prime minister is unlikely to persuade multinationals like french oil giant so tao to resume trade with iran and risk u.s. penalties but some analysts say that in stakes are still very important because it

sends the message to the u.s. and to iran that the e.u. still wants to maintain the twenty fifteen accord and it's also enabled the european union to find new ways of missing the u.s. is great on international trade or six what is it was what's important is the e.u. strategy because today there's a problem with u.s. sanctions on iran but tomorrow it could be cuba russia or venezuela so the europeans are building tools to allow the e.u. to overcome what they see as an acceptable u.s. dominance in the global marketplace that they can acknowledge that your plus as tensions escalate between the u.s. and iran european leaders are caught in the middle washington has sent an aircraft carrier group to the gulf and accused iran of threatening american troops iran's reported to be reconsidering its commitment to parts of the accord on tuesday french presidential sources indicated that if tehran violates the deal the e.u. would be forced to reimpose sanctions the deal they fought so hard to save looks

increasingly fragile natasha butler al-jazeera paris. still ahead for you on this news the latest in the crackdown on the opposition in venezuela. also how the death of a journalist is the way to a new round of talks to form a government in northern ireland. and novak djokovic celebrates his two hundred fifty kids the world number one in style the details but a little later. to syria where tens of thousands of people are fleeing the last rebel held province as there was a widening government offensive backed by russian air power the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where air strikes have killed at least twenty civilians and the rebels are promising to fight is following this from beirut. 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. death and we only brought what we can we have nothing but syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern adlib and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. is closely monitoring the situation in the demilitarized zone there are contingency plans. being revised in terms of supply. but at the same time there are also reports of local n.g.o.s suspended their operations. in the

region syrian government troops have for the first time pushed into rebel territory taking some ground in north. 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 right to land will be met with fire the next box will be fateful hour and it will be surprised. to see how. long with al qaeda linked groups are the dominant force in this area they have refused to abide by the ceasefire agreed by turkey and russia last september russia and syria say the military campaign is against those so-called radical groups but those fighters are embedded among the civilian population russia has accused turkey of not fulfilling its commitment to clear a demilitarized zone from the so-called radical groups and open highways that link

cities held by the government but turkish officials argue a war with. 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 hammer 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 that of. beirut want to take you back to our earlier story all the developments concerning iran and in the middle east region in general hillary mann leverett is with us now to talk about it. strategic political risk consultancy and she's also served in the state department always good to talk to you just the first little point to make is. going to iraq these unannounced visits

they kind of you know they're not anything out of the ordinary but the fact that he is going there now while saw all this tension is building with iran does iraq have a role to play here is as more just about getting into the region. well i can i didn't pull it is not extraordinary for an american secretary of state to go to iraq and it is not extraordinary for the united states to say. carrier aircraft carrier to the persian gulf war i there those are two ordinary things for the u.s. government to do but they are being portrayed together both the sending of this carrier to that that national security adviser bolton announced on sunday and visit sudden visit to iraq to address pressing issues as he said these are being portrayed and put into a context of. responding to something romney in plan to escalate tensions in the region and that is what pail and bolts are saying here in

washington from washington but it is coming so you mentioned john bolton there and that's important because he is the one talking this up and saying actually said we're sending me across carrier there as a warning to iran so i mean you're saying that it's not out of the ordinary for this missile to be heading there but everything else when you when you build it all up all the things which are happening it does point to something. it certainly is an escalation of rhetoric and now we do have an escalation in action their aircraft carrier was on its way and in fact when when i was asked at the pentagon about any imminent iranian threat that this aircraft carrier was in response to they said they were unaware that perhaps you know bolton knew something that they didn't or something that occurred within twenty four hours when the last assessed it so there is a disconnect between the u.s. military the state department and the white house dreams of how the united states is responding or is perpetrating

a more excellent tory posture in the middle east but it's not something that is the result of just chaos disorganization or a lack of intelligence here or there certainly is and this is why. i would disagree with some other analysts i think there is a coherent strategy coming out of the white house president trump from national security adviser bolton and from. to take whatever action they can to weaken iran in the region that is their goal and i think they're taking whatever steps they can to do so and taking advantage of whatever they can whether it's a trip to iraq whether it's sending aircraft carrier imposing more sanctions whatever it is they're going to take advantage of whatever they and to escalate the rhetoric as a. beacon iraq but whose own signed with the united states because this is all being driven as you say mostly by my own peo and john bolton and they're the ones sending all the hardware and the who's on side with the u.s.

so this well the united states is standing in many ways a run on but i also think that's a deliberate intent particularly for national security advisor bolton i worked with him in the bush administration in his view what i observed personally is that it's best for the united states to go along united states demonstrate its omnipotence its power its unilateral. posture in the world as the sole superpower when it can actually go it alone and force others whether they're allies or adversaries when the united states can force them to truly american line that's when the united states is demonstrating its strength and in terms of how bolton sees the world that's in the united states successful so the idea that we don't have allies along for the ride here is not in in many ways is not a problem for someone like national security advisor bolton that is certainly part of his intent that's part of his plan interesting days ahead on but i'm sure we'll

be talking to you again and remember thank you thank you very much. now the cia has warned norway that a palestinian activist an asylum seeker living there is facing a threat to his life from saudi arabia he had a bag that he has been under the protection of norwegian police since april twenty fifth he is a prominent critic of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman he spoke to us earlier on tuesday. be administered to the fifty dollars most of my activities in the last two years have been to focus on the human rights violations in saudi arabia this became even more so after the killing of my dear friend. this is where my work became even more focused of course there are a number of issues that could be the reason they are targeting me but i can't reveal these issues until i coordinate with the authorities. venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven politicians who supported last week's call for an uprising by opposition leader won by both on tuesday he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the

military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro military police stopped journalists from entering entering the assembly for that speech the us is also lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence after he broke ranks with president maduro u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement at the annual washington conference on the americans. it is time for the supreme court in venezuela to return to its founding purpose if the supreme court of venezuela does not return to its constitutional mandate to uphold the rule of law the united states of america will hold all twenty five of its magistrates accountable for their actions so i came today to be very clear united states of america will continue to observe all diplomatic and economic pressure to bring about

a peaceful transition of democracy in venezuela but to those who continue to oppress the good people of venezuela know this all options are on the table bring all this together now with theresa bo in caracas. very early in the morning the supreme court here in venezuela announced that they were initiating a criminal actions against opposition lawmakers. from the national assembly here in venezuela they said that they were accused of treason and rebellion of being part of what the government here says was a cool to remove a little out of office later on we saw the constituent assembly which is a legislative body created by the government to in a way replace the national assembly because it's considered to be in contempt of by the administration to vault to strip from immunity those same lawmakers this is not the first time that something like this happened it happens with opposition leader

one way the last month and it doesn't mean that they are going to be detained any type soon but it shows in a way that the government is very very serious about what happened here in venezuela one week ago and it does not want to go and noted what one way though is saying is that they will continue to challenge the administration here that the government is becoming more repressive because they cannot solve the problems that venezuelans are facing every day from shortages of food of medicines among other things one way though has already acknowledged that he's attempted uprising that happened last tuesday failed and now they're trying to figure out what they're going to do next and what we saw the state is vice press and mike pence in the united states trying to add pressure to the military here in venice where less saying that they were lifting the sanctions for example from a high ranking former intelligence officer that rebelled against the government of nicolas maduro and is currently in hiding so what the united states making it very

very clear that the military if the military. turned the table the possibility of military intervention here in venezuela is still an option but they're still using the possibility of sunshines among other things to increase pressure on the administration. well south africans will be voting for a new parliament on wednesday in fact in a few hours they will start voting so we want to take you through the three main parties to watch out for there is the governing african national congress first of all it is led by cyril ramaphosa he is a former trade union leader is a businessman he has come under a lot of criticism over corruption in the economy so those have been big issues for him about reforming next we have got the opposition the democratic alliance party it has its first black leader mahmoud see. who supports more market friendly policies or trying to appeal to a different sort of ground middle class people business owners though there are fears he may be losing ground amongst wealthier supporters and finally the economic

freedom fighters led by julius malema who is actually previously with the a.n.c. expelled back in twenty thirteen got six percent of the vote though in twenty fourteen and this party is the third largest in parliament wants to nationalize the mines wants to take land without compensation to give to the poor very much more left wing policies for me the miller is leading our coverage of the elections she has the support from cape town. on prime real estate along cape town's waterfront is a building 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 old sicilian mother bella went to sit in class you can give a wherever you like to be. there's no rich or poor people we are all the same and 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 of 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 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. . 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 who are there 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 caped on. we'll grab a break on the news when we come back the united nations calls for an end to foreign interference in the libyan conflict. the drought in angola has left more than two million people struggling to get enough food. and sport of studies because rugby star learns his fate at a disciplinary hearing santa will have that the rest of the spotlight. and over the showers have really got going over the south china sea recently take a look at the satellite picture you can see the showers here really blooming and they have given us some very heavy downpours we've seen plenty of showers a republic of the philippines recently more still to come was

a fine man and for some of us in vietnam too and i think this is the region we're likely to see some of the wettest of the weather here over the next couple of days further north there will also be some showers headed but this should be a few breaks as well in the cloud there for the towards the south and we've got a little developing feature here just over the band to see that it is giving us some very heavy downpours at the moment plenty more still to come from that feature away and towards the west there's more in the way of dry weather just a handful of showers here in that times really the majority of the show is a further north at the moment say through parts of thailand cambodia and into vietnam as we head across towards the west for many of us in india is fine and dry at the moment just incredibly hot as you'd expect at this time of year the temperatures at least forty three degrees there in nagpur and force in new delhi will get to around forty two and staying very hot as we head through the day on thursday for the south of course it's not quite that won't because it's already more humid with colombo getting to around thirty one degrees. whether

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refugees and i'll just zero in world news. here on the news on here at al-jazeera these are our top stories sudan's military rule is a saying they may call an election within six months federal reach an agreement with the opposition at a news conference in a cartoon they admitted to differences remain over who will eventually lead the country iran says it will remain part of the nuclear deal but will cut back on some of its commitments as part of a landmark agreement. the u.s. continues to ramp up pressure on iran sanctions have been tightened an extra warships and bombers are on their way to the gulf. and tens of. people fleeing

syria's last rebel held province of. as there is a widening of government offensive backed by russian air power the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where strikes have killed at least twenty seven it's. democrats in the u.s. house of representatives are moving closer to holding president donald trump's attorney general in contempt of congress vote is scheduled later on wednesday there is anger over his refusal to submit the on it is a version of the mother report into russian meddling in the twenty sixth in the election more from our white house correspondent complete that case closed case closed battle on the floor of the u.s. senate as its top republican challenged his democratic opposition in congress to move on and and the ongoing investigation of the us president it bears remembering what this investigation most actually supposed to be about. russian an affair and

and twenty six days for many of the president's opponents that quickly morphed. into something else a last hope that maybe they'd never have to come to terms with the american people schorsch of a president there's plenty to be out democrats pushed back promising to continue investigating donald trump even as the special counsel robert mueller concluded in his recent report there was no collusion between trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign and russia he doesn't want to move on he wants to run away from these awful facts that relate to the wellspring of our democracy foreign interference in our election and a president. who is lawless the white house has instructed its former lawyer don began not to comply with the request by democrats in congress to turn over

documents related to muller's investigation and despite expectations muller himself might testify later this month the white house thinks it's unnecessary mr moller has already spoken at length through his report democrats say they're obligated to investigate allegations of presidential corruption and obstruction of justice during the moller investigation still last week trump's attorney general refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing he's also refusing to provide lawmakers with an uncensored copy of mahler's report if democrats hold the attorney general in contempt it would be a rare rebuke of the nation's top law enforcement official that will further escalate the fight between the trouble white house and congress can really help at al-jazeera the white house still in the u.s. and the state of georgia is banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected which can be as early as six weeks into

a pregnancy similar restrictions have already been passed in mississippi kentucky and ohio this year but just as in alabama want to outlaw abortions that any stage of pregnancy with specific exceptions these laws are likely to face legal challenges though there's of course the landmark nine hundred seventy three u.s. supreme court ruling roe v wade which legalized abortion nationwide until a fetus is developed enough to live outside a woman's uterus but the courts composition is of course changed since then president trumps appointed two justices to the bench tipping it in a more conservative direction and the abortion activists hope that if a case reaches the supreme court it will result in the overturning of roe v wade is what georgia's governor said just after he signed the new law which comes into effect on the first of january is just the beginning of. we have too many children that are stuck in foster care the adoptions process while we've made great strides

in georgia we have more to do but because it's still too expensive in too cumbersome for georgia families the elderly are being exploited and abused and communities throughout our state and our nation in countless victims of human trafficking remain in the shadows. they deserve justice that is why we must all continue to fight we must protect life at all stages we worse we must remember our higher calling and we must remember to work in the days months and years ahead with us on skype from chicago now to tell could camp is the deputy director of the reproductive freedom project at the a.c.l.u. the american civil liberties union nice to have you with us i wonder if just for our international audience for us you wouldn't mind doing a really quick politics lesson and the difference between state laws and nationwide polls and which one in this case of abortion has more power. well

at both the stat or all and state level you can have there are constitutional provisions and statutory provisions in this case what's at issue is the federal constitution and a state law so under the united states federal constitution states are not allowed to ban abortion they have to respect the decision that a woman makes with her family her doctor her nurse for pastor or whatever whoever she brings into the circle decision that's what the u.s. constitution currently says here on of the states in the united states georgia has passed a statute that by awaits that principle so that georgia statute must fall under the u.s. constitution so why the changes now we are talking about georgia specifically but as i mentioned there are the states which have taken this step as well is this part of sort of. empowerment also given that there is

a very conservative president in power there are conservatives in power in the senate did they states almost feel empowered to to to push for this now look i mean on the one hand that's right on the nose that's right this statute that the governor just flying today in georgia is part of the nationwide push to take this internet important medical decision out of the hands of women and families and put it with politicians you're absolutely right on the other hand you know we shouldn't get too fixated on the question of whether the supreme court will overturn roe v wade it would be terrible terrible if this newly conservative supreme court did that and took away the right but let's not forget for so so many women in the united states today abortion is out of reach. so many restrictions four hundred

over four hundred state restrictions passed since two thousand and eleven have put abortion care out of reach it's too far too many hurdles too many bureaucratic burdens too far way too expensive to disrupt it women just can't access the care not because clinicians won't provide it but because state politicians a question out of reach seven states in the united states are down to one clinic while i'm happy to listen if you want so what so yes it is important to see this georgia law as part of a nationwide trend regulate abortion out of existence but don't forget even with the cause federal constitutional right technically still intact for so many women particularly low income women world women young women and very disproportionately women of color the right is out of reach today there are other states who want to go down this road as well. absolutely well you mentioned states that have passed laws almost identical to georgia's just in twenty nineteen mississippi kentucky and

ohio and those laws that either already been blocked or will be blocked i personally will go to court and challenge that law that governor camp signed today in georgia and i would get it blocked before it takes effect january first and as you mentioned our bama has an outright ban i mean these are all outright and six weeks which is when and where aeonic kartik activity cardiac activity is first detectable only the one even though they're pregnant then this is a ban on abortion clane and simple but i'm really glad that you brought that george example to light because you know what i heard that that clip you played of governor can't you know what i didn't hear him say i didn't hear him say the state of georgia has a shameful a high rate of maternal death women who want to be pregnant and have babies they have an incredibly high rate of dying in georgia and it's specially african-american women i didn't hear governor can't say i connect the time and

resources of this state to protect women who are pregnant and having babies and they are dying preventable deaths we know how to keep women say i've been and georgia politicians haven't done it instead they passed a ban on the decisions that women have the right to make in dignity and respect talk that can really interesting talking to you about this i really do thank you for your time thank you so much for having me. the u.n. secretary general is calling for an end to foreign interference in libya and a security council committee has a stablish that the united arab emirates military supports to avoid khalifa haftar forces for years in violation of an arms embargo more on this for measures to pill . 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's 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. us the 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. this is a neutral committee that works under the u.n. report clearly shows that the u.a.e.

and in particular 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 u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards a full blown civil war and you should help al-jazeera. the international court of justice is hearing cutter's case against the united arab emirates for violating human rights cuts the government says the u.a.e. targeted its citizens when it expelled all qatar is and stopped them from entering the u.a.e. after the blockade began and twenty seventeen the u.a.e. for its part claims cut there is hampering amorality efforts to improve the situation which caught a denies all the details now with stephanie there in the hague. it is the second time in the history of the international court of justice that a respondent is coming up with a case requesting provisional measures what does that mean well. one initial let's

say step of the international court saying that the u.a.e. needed to allow the students back into the country needed to allow the renewed cation of families because of course when the blockade started the emirates gave cup to the citizens fourteen days to leave the country it's become a very personal issue of what is a political spot well we are now expecting the emirates to present what they want to see going forward which are things that include they allege that qatar is blocking a website that allows called the citizens to apply for amorality visas and also a clampdown on the al-jazeera news channel so will be hearing from the emirates will be hearing from caught and then the court will go away and think about it the bottom line is this it is now almost two years since the blockade in countries closed air land and sea access to qatar to also expelling its citizens has become a very personal issue qatar says that what the court suggested still hasn't been implemented and this is the top court in the world when it comes to resolving

disputes between states both sides of employed the top lawyers trying to resolve this in a legal framework but certainly at the moment there seems to be no sign that the blockade is going to end anytime soon talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing government of re started in belfast this is after the new iranian dissident republican faction admitted killing the journalist leader mckinney in london during last month it's all raised fears of a return to sectarian violence is not involved in our reports. a smile from the woman who was first minister of northern ireland until the power sharing arrangement fell apart after the first day of tentative talks involving the five major parties arlene foster said her d u p was taking part with a good heart i hope everybody is coming to this process not just the democratic unionist party i hope everybody's coming to this process but the willingness to look forward instead of looking backwards because i think if we look forward then

we have a chance to build something again here for the people of northern ireland that's what i want to say how playing on i hope it's what up the other parties want to see happening as well. the stormont assembly arose from the good friday agreement which ended the violence in northern ireland but the assembly has been suspended since january twenty seventh teen the trigger was a scandal over a green energy project when four still refused to step down the late martin mcguinness then deputy first minister quit his post and power sharing ended now his should feign party the largest nationalist party says a return to devolved government is long overdue we are here to to do the business obviously the current stalemate is now six september and it's not sustainable. there are outstanding issues that need to be resolved we believe they can be resolved but other issues have got in the way of a breakthrough in fein wants a law to protect the irish language and marriage equality for the community something the assembly actually voted for in twenty fifteen for the d u p those are

red lines they're not prepared to cross and they like shin fein can veto legislation on such sensitive issues still some observers see signs shifting public opinion could lead to compromise in the current talks clearly people have stated a lack of action in relation to the politicians and we could see that by the resupplied selections for the middle ground for the first time in northern ireland maybe in we always think that our politics is for a great annoying so for the centigrade to be in is quite mild quite a sight but nobody's talking about a quick resolution of all the issues which divide the biggest parties here at stormont with european elections coming up later this month any real shift in policy could be a way down the line nadine barber al-jazeera belfast. millions of people in angola are struggling to find enough food as a major drops grips the country and when the son of rain supplies of drinking water running dangerously low mama junction reports. for maria and her family

this is a daily task here in angola southern coonan province they're taking what they need for cleaning cooking and drinking if they can find water finally they come across some rainwater collected in a hole dug by road builders despite it being unclean they are overtaken by first. name with sad well we drink this water say to gates cows ducks and pay nice along with all the animals we also can see this water even though animals difficult 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. this year we are concerned with the upcoming months especially the next four to five months until october which is the time the rains begin we believe that until then the situation we saw in namibia and k'naan will get worse therefore the emergency program should be expanded so that we no longer lose cattle and human lives in this region. the oil producing country has suffered an economic crisis since oil prices fell five years ago and unicef says the government led response isn't getting the funds it needs weaving maria her family and many others facing a struggle that's only getting worse.

incredible lot of football in the champions league son has got the details now. thank you very much liverpool have produced one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history they erased a three goal deficit to beat barcelona in the foster the final in the thrilling second leg at anfield deval corey gay and or genial wilton scored two goals each to

make it four nil on the night of four three on aggregate it's the first time a team has overturned a three goal deficit in the champions league semifinal all this is liverpool's ninth champions league final of the five time champions will face either i.x. or talking them in madrid on june the first all spurs will be aiming to overturn a one goal deficit when they visit i.x. in the second leg of their semi final tie on wednesday tottenham have never reached the champions league final while full 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 take a premier league when you play a premier league team with the team that had city is different with experienced it before with you ventus and the rail in the first match against you set up my team has got the ability to adapt and plan at a high level so. i think this is a good moment for us to be in the semifinal and i think we need to show it 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 so i. i think we need to feel more more freedom to play to more room nothing to lose from the beginning we know that we need to win and try. now about a joke of it celebrated his two hundred fiftieth week as world number one with a straight sets win at the madrid open the two time champion beating taylor fritz for the last of just six games joke of it 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. and roger federer had an easy second round match against just gave the thirty seven year old swiss who was playing in his first clay court match since two thousand and sixteen needed less than an hour to edge out the frenchman in straight sets six two six three. and women's world

number one now we all soka had a tougher time in her maj against a side. of spain the japanese star needed two hours and thirty seven minutes to beat her wildcard opponent love six its recent seven advance to ground. 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 the hearing which finishes early on choose day after four days as three person panel still has to decide his punishment donald trump described tiger was 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 at one of the greatest career comebacks in sports but it is a business associate of trump the forty three year old is the fourth in youngest

golfer to receive the medal of freedom. well not all athletes have been so keen to accept invitations to the white house with visits to collect awards all celebrate championships becoming more controversial since trump took office an official reports it's wonderful to have you will hear 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 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 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 and that's a small for me i will have more. son i thank you for that and how he things along in just a moment with the latest news now to zero. climate is changing and time is running out i've never seen an elephant like while it's.

in a new series earthrise meet some of the people driving the struggle to save the environment . telling us that we have twelve war to make i pressed on any changes to transform every part of our economy and the psyche earthrise coming soon on a jersey little. leverage years. of duction killings and unanswered questions we don't know what happened so we can't heal faultlines investigates why native american women are vanishing in disproportionate numbers in the us the search. for missing and murdered indigenous women. on al-jazeera is still searching. to look in. coming. up.

sudan's military rulers say they could call actions within six months if there is no agreement on a transition plan with the opposition. time how long he did and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the secretary of state's my copay or makes an unannounced visit to iraq as tensions continue to months between the u.s. and iran. pleading for their lives thousands of syrians leave it as government forces stand their brush and allies on the rebel held pro.