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i'm alamo he and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least three people are dead after an explosion near a major is selfish right in pakistan. sudan's military rulers reach an agreement saw on the opposition's proposal for a transitional government but there are still sticking points. and secretary of state's mike from peo makes an unannounced visit to iraq as tensions continue to mount a scene the u.s. and iran. polls are now open for said africa's parliamentary and provincial elections everything african national congress is facing its toughest electoral test since it will supply or twenty five years ago the governments of president cyril ramaphosa has been plagued by political scandals and that means the a.n.c.

could lose ground see opposition parties when malcolm webb joins us now from one polling station in johannesburg malcolm what's the atmosphere like where you are. so far it's quiet but there is a line of people who've come early to vote. in the exam alexandra township which you can see here housing here quite small other people many other people living in shacks it's not a wealthy area this is the entrance to the polling station political parties are allowed to set up a desk here so that they can check their own members in their register so this is the desk for the ruling african national congress they've been in power every election since one thousand nine hundred four and this is the desk still being set up for the opposition economic freedom fighters who are small but rapidly rising opposition party as we go and you can see the people who've come. to vote the people here for at least an hour to two waiting in line. for democracy in south

africa which definitely is a legacy let's go get closer we can all look at some of these people a legacy of how hard it was for people to win the right to vote here the struggle for democracy against white minority rule went on for generations and since one thousand nine hundred four people have consistently reelected the african national congress but its vote share has steadily declined as has voter turnout over successive elections and some of the key reasons for that are perceived poor delivery of public services and also corruption so here in alexandra ever since the early two thousand we've seen repeatedly protests over poor delivery of public services on employment poor housing lack of rubbish collections and so on and things here haven't really changed in spite of those protests and these are some of the key reasons why you see in similar protests of course in townships and cities

all across south africa and these are some of the reasons why that support for the ruling african national congress has dwindled but they are still the most popular political party. area where we are since twenty sixteen has actually been an opposition coalition led by the opposition party the democratic alliance that have been in charge of the municipal authorities but many people here feel that things under them still haven't changed because of this disenfranchisement with both the ruling african national congress and this perception that many people don't find opposition politicians any more convincing that explains why the numbers of people voting been getting lower and lower each election since one thousand ninety four not particularly acute among young voters. they suddenly will be keeping an eye on but for now. in johannesburg thank you so much for bringing us up to date let's move on to some breaking news coming out of pakistan an explosion caused to

a major soofi shrine in the hoar area has killed at least three people. are believed to be police officers a number of people were also left injured by the blast it took place near the dar bar one of the largest shrines in south asia well carol joins us now on the phone from islamabad come out what more can you tell us. well it got into the details to get a religion the grave said gig number two of that shrine that you mentioned they were the police land fall. that the patently was the dog ate all the today that tax that is the gold that they were raised to prepare because this is that john kerry had all believe people come out the. bugs but because they didn't

ramadan because the attack took place about nine forty five which is about four forty five pm there aren't many people on location so so far what we're hearing there in that up to five people have been. and village aboard coming from the middle hospital in level one of the larger talks but those with an emergent he had been declared and it does cause to believe that that gold may be high. and can ok just give us more about the significance of the tightening of this of this attack and what this what this may mean. when did good sit in the show and the people who have perpetrated. get that focus on high speed deadly attacks also really difficult for the body to. incidents do happen they have been attacked in the to deal with the whole prize today sold so doggie day and

lawyer and they did receive signals from these groups who want to send a signal that they are still capable of getting out. not to forget that the pakistani military had launched richard millet pre-operation screw driver some of the religion faction that were operating go to the bog down of one is on board so i definitely need that security will be on high and. it had been light they get it out the deadly attack in baluchistan province also third be interesting to see who is going to own response ability for this attack obviously to innocent foka by watching by the way let it die. at regular that some of the civilians would also cause that law. hard to joining us on the phone from islamabad thanks very much for bringing us up today's. let's bring you some more breaking news though this time

coming out of iran we understand that iran has informed the ambassadors from the u.k. france germany china and russia of its intention to sort of implementing some commitments on the twenty fifteen nuclear deal those countries viewers will remember are still committed to that deal that's despite the united states unilaterally withdrawing from the accords really in state television says that they have informants embassadors by letter of their decision to stop implementing some commitments of that deal not the full commitments we understand but just a confirmation that those letters have been delivered to the embassadors of the country still that hearing that twenty fifteen nuclear deal meanwhile the

united states secretary of state has made an unannounced visit to iraq bills trip comes amid those rising tensions with iran the u.s. has supported more warships to the area which it says is in response to the threat posed by terror on thousands of american troops are still based in iraq. you said. it's like this. or that or the. evidence. that. there. are. disputes. has more now from washington d.c. . michael pears spent about four hours on the ground in iraq speaking to various

officials including the prime minister on the way there he spoke to reporters he was asked so why the sudden trip to iraq canceling a trip to germany to talk to michael perry gave three reasons first of all he did put it in the context of the increasing escalation of rhetoric from washington against iran and he said that he wanted to reassure the iraqi leadership that the u.s. stood ready to continue to ensure that iraq was a sovereign independent nation which led to a question from a reporter on board a plane well do you have some intelligence that iran is trying to make iraq less of a sovereign nation of the trying to overthrow the iraqi government to which compare replied narrative that he didn't want to imply that this is all just in keeping with the national security strategy to trumpet ministration had laid out at the beginning of the presidency and it's those sorts of comments the leading to the great deal of skepticism we're seeing in washington a surprising amount of skepticism for washington about whether there really is a threat from iran or whether this is this is escalate to rhetoric from those

within the administration who just want conflict with iran there is quite a debate on the way now in in washington about that. hillary mann leverett says c.e.o. of strategic political risk consultancy she says the u.s. has a coherent strategy to undermine iran. 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 reporters 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 they last assessed it so there is a disconnect between the u.s. military the state department and the white house in terms 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 where i would disagree with some other analysts i think there is a coherent strategy coming out of the white house from president trying now since kerry 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 take advantage of whatever they can the united states is standing in many ways alone but i also think that it's a deliberate intent particularly from 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 the united states demonstrates 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 troll the american line that's when the united states is demonstrating its strength and in terms of how blocked and sees the world that's when the united states is successful. still to come on al-jazeera we'll have the latest in the cranks are in on the opposition in venezuela. hello there is still rather unsettled for many of us in the middle east at the moment for take a look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud as it makes its way across parts of iraq and into iran most of this is just cloud but we could see one or two showers i think over the next few days most likely over the northern parts of iran but also through georgia and into parts of turkey but there is over turkey due east

as we head into thursday they'll be more in the way of sunshine around but it still will be that warm even in the sunshine so we'll see a top temperature in ankara of around fifteen degrees now here in doha it's not been too bad recently the winds coming down from the northwest but then change over the next few days so it will feel more humid so a sticky few days to come for us a good deal of cloud over policy for saudi at times but it looks like that will eventually break up as we head through the day on thursday muscat not as hot here it will get to around thirty one degrees down towards the southern parts of africa it was a fairly heavy rain head that's crossing the southern parts lots of weather and behind it not feeling that warm forth in cape town with a top temperature of just seventeen but a bit more sunshine on thursday though i think we'll see the temperatures improve wickets were around nineteen this time but the rain still too far away want to two of us just around the coast of mozambique could see one or two showers at times during the day.

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you're watching al-jazeera quick reminder of the top stories this hour. polls are now open for south africa's parliamentary and prevention elections the ruling african national congress is facing its toughest electoral test since it will supplier twenty five years ago. iranian president hassan rouhani has told world powers that will stop implementing some commitments under the twenty fifty nuclear deal and a letter to ambassadors of the u.k. france germany china and russia romney said iran was still committed to the deal despite stay u.s. withdrawal last year. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province amid a whitening government offensive backed spine russian air par the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have

killed at least twenty civilians the rebels are promising to fight back saying a quarter has more 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. only brought what we can we have nothing. syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern it live and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. is closely monitoring the situation. there are contingency plans.

being revised in terms of supply. but at the same time we are also. looking. into the operation. in the region syrian government troops have for the first time pushed into rebel territory taking some ground in northwest but it's only the beginning of what is expected to be a difficult and costly battle. against political blackmail under military pressure and the time by the russians to enter our pure and they were right that land will be met with fire the next battleground be faithful our enemies will be surprised. along with al-qaeda linked groups are the dominant force in this. they have refused to abide by the cease fire 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 hama countryside and a few kilometers into an area that was supposed to be a buffer zone the army hasn't announced the scope of its operations but there is no indication it involves recapturing the entire province especially since turkey continues to have a military presence there and still maintains a strong alliance with russia. beirut. let's return to that breaking news we understand that the that iran

has sent less is the remaining adherence to the nuclear deal in fifteen the iranian president has also said the collapse of this nuclear deal is dangerous for iran and the world this comes after iran sent lessens the bassett is of china russia the u.k. france and germany the countries still russia also the countries so committed to the clear deal in that letter tehran informs those countries decision to stop implementing some commitments on that deal let's get the latest knows zain does rafi ed joins us now on the line from tehran zain just give us some context here just hide big and move is this from tehran. yesterday what we're hearing this morning was that letters have gone out. or not letters from

present to the remaining signatories of. iran speaking at the moment in the coming hours we should have a better sense to see what the latest measures biden running government will mean both for the nuclear deal and iran's nuclear program going forward. for the region security. tension between the united states and iran but really iran has been saying for almost two years the out of the you or limited of cooperation is part of this one comprehensive plan of action names an option for it within the framework within the written word of the flow if other signatories to the deal are cooperative so this really is unlikely to come as a surprise. and of the countries receiving those. this morning what we've seen today one year since united states pulled out of the nuclear deal between fifty

nuclear deal by aleisha of the international agreement we're also seeing the efforts by european countries to help iran maintain the financial benefit that it would gain from signing on to the deal in. trade for its limitations on its nuclear program those financial benefits really haven't come to pass so what iran is likely to say is that it given this new year and given this deal wrong longer than a year since donald trump has been hammering on this president donald trump has been hammering on the euro as the worst we'll ever since he was a candidate so we're likely to feel banyan stay. done their part and other signatories to the deal have not met their part of the bargain and as such they've been left with no option but to limit their cooperation as part of this deal but as i said. it's country and now and we should have a better sense of exactly what the mechanics will be with the runyon reaction that comes exactly one year since united states pulled out of the nuclear deal last year

and then the story very much still unfolding which we say and i appreciate we are still listening to. rouhani speaking we'll let you get back to him working following the story very closely and i thank you so much for joining us on the phone from tehran let's bring you some of the day's other news now the cia warns norway that a palestinian activist and asylum seeker living there is facing a threat to his life from saudi arabia. he has been under the protection of norwegian police since april twenty fifth he's a prominent critic of thirty crimes prince mohammed bin from and here's what he told al jazeera has mcbeal in the hopper you figured out of most of my activities in the last two years have been to focus on the human rights violations in saudi arabia. became even more so after the killing of my dear friend shoji 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. the un secretary general is calling for n c foreign interference in libya a security council committee has established that the united arab emirates gave military support to have just forces for you is violating an arms embargo under schapelle has more. a series of drone strikes near the libyan capital last month is being investigated by a u.n. panel of experts at least six nighttime raids were carried out striking military camps of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government photos of fragments from those strikes analyzed by weapons experts point to a chinese weapon system known to be operated by the united arab emirates a key backer of warlord tar 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 use forces last week the u.a.e. minister of state for foreign affairs on more guard got said that abu dhabi's priority in libya is to counter extremism and terrorism and support stability he also claim that extremists militias continue to control the capital and are derailing a search for a political solution while libya's foreign minister has responded saying that such remarks are a tool of war and undermine the efforts of building a democratic civilian state indicating the glaring contradiction of the u.a.e. minister's remarks in which on one side he confirms his country support for stability in libya while at the same time he supports the war on tripoli and ignores that what have is doing in tripoli is outright terrorism. the un security council has assessed that have air forces are too. who told 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 a us 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 control along with armored vehicles and hundreds of non armored vehicles that can easily be mounted with machine guns and other heavy weapons we have to fight and. it was well that we this is a neutral committee that works under the u.n. report clearly shows that the u.a.e. in particular not anyone else in the u.a.e. has violated the embargo and supplied half there with weapons that were delivered on saudi ships we have evidence this is not just talk we seized weapons that were manufactured in twenty. as reports are published and the u.n. writes letters of concern fears are only growing that libya is heading towards

a full blown civil war and help al jazeera. venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven politicians he supported last week's coal for an uprising by opposition leader one on she say he addressed the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and turn on president nicolas maduro well the u.s. is lifting sanctions on venezuela's former chief of intelligence that's after he broke ranks with president maduro u.s. vice president mike pence made the announcement at the annual washington conference on the americas 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 exert 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. what's reasonable has more now from 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 happened 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 to 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 this day is vice president mike pence in the

united states trying to add pressure to the military here in venice way 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. this is on to syria and these are the top stories and explosion cool so major syfy shrine in the eastern pakistani city of lahore has killed at least five people all the victims are believed to be police officers several others have been injured

they waiting president hassan rouhani has told world powers that will stop implementing some commitments of the twenty eight fifty nuclear deal and a lesson basters of the u.k. france germany china and russia rani said iran was still committed to the deal despite the us withdrawal last year the united states wanted to pull out of the j c.p.o. way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know that we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the deal is and scuttling the deal will be costly and detrimental to the region and the world. polls are now open for so africa's a parliamentary and provincial elections the ruling african national congress is facing his toughest electoral test since it rules the par twenty five years ago the

government's presence around a force that has been plagued by political scandals and that means the air sea could lose current opposition parties. saddam's military rulers have agreed in principle with the opposition's proposal for a transitional government but they see differences remain over who will eventually lead the country venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven opposition politicians who supported last week's call for an uprising on cheese they want to go i do address the opposition controlled national assembly six days after failing to persuade the military to change sites and turn on president nicolas maduro. comic a poor show has agreed to pay a fine of over six hundred million dollars to the german governments for cheating on its diesel emissions tests the latest fine for porsche is a winner. after is admitted to tampering vehicles to hide their pollution levels

for your legal cases course the company would have thirty three billion dollars of those are the headlines the news continues and all just sirrah after the listening post people have to weigh your record on this trial in five years ago there is place only for one state on the land of israel i do not believe in a two state solution the official story is appearing on the off you know you don't care about the official story.