council were open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away from the cameras there was deep division and it was on display at the end of the meeting when 11 of the 15 members made a joint statement 4 countries south africa indonesia china and russia did not sign up to these words we express or deep concern. of a potential humanitarian catastrophe in the event of a full scale military operation in italy so on the statement did not mention the assad government or russia can you be clear which countries are carrying out the bombing thank you for now even some of russia's harshest critics on syria were not prepared to condemn the country in public medical facilities have been attacked in libya who do you think is responsible. will make medical facilities appear to

have been targeted from the air. there aren't very many options for who can target from the air in this part of syria many security council members want to stop the bombardment of a lead but they're also aware of russia's record of intransigents on syria it's used its veto 12 times in the security council that's why they're doing things behind closed doors at the moment their next step of course is likely to be an open meeting calling russia out in public jamesburg out his era of the united nations now early as for tomorrow wind chill is a communications officer at the world food programme she says syrians are facing a new enemy and its poverty. after 8 years of crisis in syria the needs are strike staggeringly high is specifically an invalid because of the latest escalation we know that there is from 150-002-1800 extension 00 people

who've been displaced from north how and. southern parts of it live to the northern camps where we've been receiving them and providing food assistance and humanitarian aid however more needs to be done since 2014 the world food program and the entire year one body has been able to reach the north west of syria through our cross border operations via turkey. alone is able to reach just a bit over half a 1000000 people on a routinely and regular basis however we have had to stop some of our assistance to parts in southern italy due to the fighting we've spoken through our partners to some of these families the happen to be the families who were unable to provide transportation for themselves it's a long road from the southern parts of it led to the northern camps and so they've ended up being stranded we're doing our best to reach them and in fact our partners

tell us that as of last evening we've managed to reach all of them with food assistance and shelter it's also important to recognize that after 8 years of christ as a lot of people are tired it's not just the folks in it live who are now under fire but also the 75 percent of syrians who are living in areas that have been settled but they are facing a new enemy that of poverty to a head on al jazeera allegations of voting irregularities in south africa's election as a nation awaits official results and we are in india way small political parties are making significant changes in danny's education system.

hello again and welcome back to international weather forecaster plenty of messy weather here across parts of europe but we are watching one area in particular over here across parts of western europe and the metal x region and you can see here this area of low pressure now a lot of rain is going to be coming out of the storm today but it's going to be getting stronger over the next few days in lead to some localized flooding so we're going to watching this right now we are going to sing some messy weather anywhere from down through paris down over here through preserved as well up towards berlin but watch what happens as we go from saturday to sunday the air of low pressure really starts to make its way down here toward the southeast we pick up some snow particularly the overnight hours in the higher elevations but it's here across the adriatic that we're going to see some very heavy rain so that is what we are going to be seeing in terms of the winds as well as the possibility of severe weather here on sunday that's also going to extend into monday as well we do expect this area of low pressure to stay so the accumulations are going to start to increase well that same area of low pressure is not going to be bringing rain to the northwestern part of africa but we could still be seeing some windy conditions

along much of the coastal areas so frail jersey is going to be a nice day a $24.00 but winds in your forecast tuna said 30 and down here towards tripoli winds in your forecast as well with attempted there of about $25.00 degrees and partly cloudy. it was sponsored by qatar and. made it to every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the world's journalists that's right out of a hamas group that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most embarrassing a free palestine listening post on al-jazeera.

logan you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bo a recap of our top stories yemen's the rebels say they will withdraw forces from 3 strategic board say say they'll redeploy troops from the ports of the data saif and ross the fire which are important transit points for food and aid the many government says the hopis offer is inaccurate and misleading. a u.s. warship designed to land marines is on its way to reinforce naval forces in the gulf region the awning 10 is joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier strike group which sailed through the suez canal on ferries say iran is dismissing the deployment as a psychological warfare. to south africa where the voting african national congress is on course to stay in power but they have been allegations of

voting irregularities in wednesday's general election malcolm webb reports on the national results center in pretoria. since the 1st results were displayed the ruling african. congress has had more than 50 percent of the vote it's one every election since apartheid ended and democracy began in 1904 but this time it has a smaller majority than ever before more political ideas now than we had what what a story that this is telling is that there are democracy is going on for the data we now have got what over 40 parties the political parties that are participating in these elections and sees declining popularity followed a series of corruption scandals especially under former president jacob zuma and ongoing protests over poor delivery of public services president several run a poser has been credited with halting the party's decline since he took over just over a year ago he's been promising to tackle corruption the largest opposition party

the democratic alliance has just over a 5th of the vote as it did in the last election it's one of a number of opposition parties who have complained to the electoral commission that some people voted more than once the parties and the electoral commission of agreed to all the result before they were officially announced for scrutiny do not is the extent of the problem and we're hoping that that all that will show the extent of the problem if we have a nationwide phenomenon or whether it's just localized in 3rd place is the economic freedom fighters whose leaders promise radical economic reforms exposure has increased to about 10 percent it's also complained about double voting but observers say it's not on a scale that could affect the national election result agents from all of the political parties been sitting here at desks monitoring the results as they've come in and they're waiting for the official results to be announced and on this side of

the room officials from the electoral commission to be in processing some of the data one of the most interesting things that they've reported is a lower voter turnout than ever before amount to surge of registered voters. those in wednesday's polls about a quarter of eligible voters didn't even register but i think there's a general present wisdom about the political system about political parties. the rampant nature of corruption and so it cuts are really saying we haven't heard a message this is the electorate speak it's a rabbit out a message that convinces us to go out and vote south africans are waiting for the official announcement of results expected on saturday so far there are no great surprises but signs of a steadily shifting political landscape malcolm webb al-jazeera pretoria south africa. as a long election process continues across india the ruling a party in the capital is highlighting education reforms it unveiled after taking

control of the capital city 4 years ago and is now hoping to replicate its regional success in elections with delhi voting on sunday so while raman reports. like many homes across india a man out on a cart is helping his children with their reading writing and arithmetic mahomedan are sent to horror wants taught in a private school that parents believe that state schools were not up to the job until now the father is a local politician the aam aadmi party which has promised to improve state education in india's capital region but many have bush the younger me when i ask my children about the change they say government school teachers are teaching us better than the private schools private school teachers are very qualified they are paid less our teachers are more qualified and i get to know this from the children many. many government run schools in other states look like this badly in need of repair very little furniture and no support materials it's not easy to get a good education in conditions like these. one

a few parents in delhi would send their children to state schools for the same reason but a major investment in schools has seen the modern classrooms emerge with new equipment and sporting facilities that have attracted more parents back to the state system to develop it with our situation was pathetic we never wanted to step in sight now the building is amazing their 1st action is great the number of teachers in the school is also increasing that's why we are getting our children admitted to the government schools here set up the system but tracking then diet candy. is credited with turning delhi schools around she was brought in as a senior advisor to the state's ruling party she's now contesting a parliamentary seat in delhi and hopes the party's education policy will get her votes and people are now beginning to talk about the fact that in just 40 years of such a transformation can happen then why did it not happen in 20 years before that and this is the 1st time this question is that i think in their mind yes government

schools can be involved yes government hospitals can be improved and therefore we need the parties who believe in the this is not to live for us. last 5 years but the project foundation which is a non-governmental agency says the focus needs to be on those who educate the children do they have increased the number of buildings and the quality of environment and infrastructure but the child wants only the quality of education. and the quality of education is more important as compared to other aspects educational reforms in delhi are not being debated across the country but the need for reform and change is because changes here are big associated with the smaller regional party boards sponsored changed many voters asking what how to stop list parties started in their state. al-jazeera delhi. the united states and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president donald trump

threatened to impose tariffs on all chinese imports the latest round of negotiations ended in washington with no breakthrough but china's top trade negotiator says their meeting was constructive adrian brown has more from beijing. well the question now of course is the proportionality of china's response china has warned of counter measures without specifying exactly what those measures would be but lou her who has been leading the chinese negotiating team has said the talks are going to continue he said there's been a twist but the talks are not over and they will resume in beijing in a few days time it seems but lou her there's also conceded that there were disagreements during the discussions china wants the united states to lift those tariffs if a deal is done he also admits that one of the other sticking points has been how much china has agreed to purchase from the united states but generally his language

so far has been very measured by overdraw. we have come here with sincerity on behalf of the chinese government are 2 sides of conducted candid and constructive talks we both agree that the 2 sides need to maintain the good momentum of the consultations despite some temporary friction and obstruction we also agreed to meet again in beijing to continue their consultations in the future. president xi jinping is aware that in the united states president trump has the support of the democrats on this issue and of course this tariff war comes at a time when china's economy is continuing to slow and this is a key year in china as well the communist party is 100 years old and in october it will be 70 years since the founding of the people's republic a year that the chinese leader cannot afford to appear weak particularly during trade disputes with the united states but on the issue of trade this is perhaps the

one area where the u.s. and china can do a deal because china is much more concerned right now over taiwan and the support that the trumpet ministration is giving to the independence leaning leader of the island republic. present donald trump has said he doesn't consider north korea's latest missile test to be a breach of trust young man has conducted 2 drills in less than a week trump told the american website political he thinks the missiles are short range and very standard stuff tensions are various in following the failed hanoi summit between trump and kim jong il in february. maine vester is an experts have been attending an electric vehicle exhibition in south korea aimed at promoting 0 emission tech it's a 6 time the country has whole city event on an island that aims to become the 1st in the world to be carbon free by 2030 problem a private course from the island of jeju. the show brings together everything you

need for an electric future. yes the cars both the sensible ones and the fun ones and all the other everyday vehicles to service in a world beyond fossil fuels all using the same advances in electric engine and battery technology but in all shapes and sizes even one made using a 3 d. laser printer. i think we have passed the inflection point and avi's have become the norm the better prices come down by more than a 3rd so vehicles cost less as well. for an expo promoting green transport jay-jay was the perfect stage. a large volcanic island off south korea's southern coast it's famous for its rugged good looks. a tourist destination that knows how valuable its beauty is and how vulnerable to climate change. because of

that it's committed through renewable energy and electric vehicles to being completely carbon free by 2030 and the entire jeju island is a natural treasure we wondered how best to preserve it and when it came to transport we decided to go electric jeju seems perfectly placed for such an experiment an island with relatively short driving distances well suited to electric vehicles and with a semi autonomous government able to pursue bold policies when it comes to embracing the electric vehicle juju is already way out in front of all the e.v.a.'s in south korea right now a quarter of them all here on this one island but it's still got a long way to go to be 100 percent carbon free. the vast majority of vehicles still use fossil fuels but the government is quickly putting in place the resources needed to encourage people to go electric. there is

a but. the provincial government is providing enough support in terms of regulation and funding transport companies are also replacing their vehicles so i'm sure we can achieve that goal to them because as the quest continues others in asia and beyond watch with interest what jade you can do maybe they can do also. pride al-jazeera j.j. to south korea. clear again i'm fully back with the headlines on al-jazeera yemen's healthy rebels say they will withdraw forces from 3 strategic ports over the next 4 days they say they'll wait a point troops on the part of her data. which are important transit points for food and aid the yemeni government says healthy for is inaccurate and misleading. a warship designed to land u.s. marines is on its way to reinforce naval forces in the gulf region the arlington is

joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier strike group which sails through the suez canal on thursday iran is dismissing the deployment as psychological warfare the united states and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after donald trump began the process of imposing tabs on all chinese imports the u.s. president says he is in no rush to reach a deal with beijing as the latest round of negotiations ended with no breakthrough china's vice premier and top trade negotiator says it's been progress despite temporary challenges. overpromoted. we have come here with sincerity on behalf of the chinese government for the 2 sides of conducted candid and constructive talks we both agree that the 2 sides need to maintain the good momentum of the consultations despite some temporary friction and obstruction we also agreed to meet again in beijing to continue the consultations in the future will present

donald trump says he doesn't consider north korea's latest missile tests to be a breach of trust has conducted 2 drills in less than a week told the american website political he thinks the missiles a short range and very standard stuff at least $65.00 migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia the boat was sailing from libya with iran 90 people on board when it sank near the city of facts they said they were trying to reach italy is the largest loss of life since january when more than 100 people disappeared in the mediterranean and venezuela's opposition leader is calling for his supporters to take to the streets to protest against the government crackdown on opposition figures several politicians have been supporting his attempts to oust president nicolas maduro have been arrested the vice president of the opposition controlled assembly national assembly edguy zambrano has been put in a military prison in response the u.s. has impose new sanctions on shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela

those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year if still listening posts . as u.s. sanctions and levied against iran we ask who want him to like this one on iraq's relations with its key trading. will not be part of 3. years again is another matter that iraq's deputy prime minister and will minister. for the knowledge is there a. report. today when we die. like the white. hot. democratic society on earth. none of them are. as prime minister scott. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week in india's elections one party is definitely winning the media game the trump white house is that using new rules for press

passes to lock out journalists it doesn't like me and maher where the refugees story and the coverage of it continue to make news and looking to be inspired then look elsewhere it's been a little more than a month now since the 1st votes were cast in the largest democratic exercise on the planet india's general election prime minister narendra modi wants a 2nd term and his party the b j p seems destined for victory how much of that is due to modi is genuine popularity and how much is down to the b j p sprawling publicity machine is another question it comes down to the money over the past financial year the b j p s publicity budget has been 20 times that of the main opposition party the congress that's a lot of extra rallies billboards and social media it's all spent to brand modi as the leader indians need the antithesis to what the b j p calls the country's weak anti national and anti hindu opposition throw in

a few dozen celebrity endorsements bollywood style a mainstream news. media most of who support the b j p gets for free and that adds up to an election that looks like narendra modi's to lose our starting point this week as the campaign trail in india. india the election story starts with the numbers and they are stacking more the 900000000 voters 7 stages of voting lasting 5 weeks more than 2000 national regional and state party. more than $8000.00 names on the ballot and more than $400.00 television news channels regional and nationwide covering the election and based on the media output one would be forgiven for concluding the disallow action is about just one candidate prime minister narendra the b.g.p.

said he has an extremely effective campaigning weapon and an eye caught in the figure of the prime minister narendra modi and nobody knows that better than mr modi and so now india has a parliamentary election but since mr modi has arrived on the scene national election as p. diddy been described as presidential style if you see what has happened to how. m.p. candidates are named that is getting pushed back to leave her leave her your 2 weeks away from the deeds that you weren't before and cost a vote and you don't know who is standing for elections in your neighborhood. and the only way that worth is if you don't care who is standing for election is in your neighborhood because you're working for movie that it will be is not the 1st person who have been elections presidential political parties have but if having a strong leader work stands up i didn't give up but it will be there when i look

things have gone wrong and i didn't need to they would live footage it doesn't mean that it would even know what things were all about in. somebody else is live for it but as with things good he is the one who takes a look at. the kind of visibility and name recognition to render a modi benefits from does not all come for free for the financial year 201718 the b j p spent the equivalent of more than 80000000 u.s. dollars in election publicity more than all the other parties combined and that was before the campaign had formally begun for one period earlier this year the party spent $100000.00 u.s. on google advertising alone 10 times more than its congress party challenge and modis p.j. peak is also india's biggest facebook appetite those are among the places the b j p's money is going to then comes the issue of where that money is coming from. the

beach if he has found a way to fill these funds that you can see in absolute secrecy it has introduced a new system of electoral bonds which allows completely anonymous donations we don't even have a we of tracking who exactly is giving this money to the beach and why what are they getting in return in the last year for which this data is available to be g.p.'s income was 3 times the size of the combined income of the next 6 largest political parties country and that's a huge what a difference in a chance into a massively different spending budget so the bigger big currently spends about 20 times as much on election campaigns as any of the other parties they've really managed to have a very comprehensive presence from the national all the. local level people are told when they are supposed to put out. how specifically to write the

word content they have to read tweet when. they have to read this is really a massive centralized campaign which reaches everyone all the way down to that so if we did. that they're going to get in. on the other hand they're up against all this which is not even close when it comes to its communications use to defeat in creating. the b.g.p. also helped in the media that it's been mandated that it will be and there's. a lot in keeping is a major beck but i'm going to house the children. not to contradict the reasons for the mainstream media's preoccupation with modi range from the commercial to the idea launching. the prime minister's brand of nationalism and penchant for bella casa are marketable commodities that play

well on the hundreds of news channels the battle for viewers 247 in 2014 modi came into office having campaigned on economic issues promises of development and agrarian reform during this campaign the primary focus has been on national security issues like kashmir and pakistan and the b j peace interpretation of india's identity as a hindu 1st saw the movie day. the night he made the name. news outlets are also with cuba where the d.j. people led government is the country's biggest media advertise and the party wields that money tactically if you turn on any news channel during a primetime hour we got that you would destroy your own country in the way that you are going likely to be. hysterical declarations of loyalty to the

nation and to the state and to the armed forces and somewhat implicitly to the ruling. but dozen feet. in front of each scene of carnage and easily say that one of the successes of the mahdi government has been to call off major media houses especially television networks by make management of government funds of which media houses patronized interviews from ministers or from the prime minister the media business has always been picking areas for what has also happened now in media companies are now raising revenue by doing events for which they require the attendance of top level government functionaries including the prime minister we don't know now and there will be august will not be a mock up of our members now this in turn introduces constraints on the freedom of taking on the government of falling into account of a of not wanting to eliminate the powers that. be other media modi's d.j.

p. has mastered is filmed through the prime minister's courtship of bollywood a listers tweeting at them taking selfies with them even being interviewed by the way. on april 24th 2 weeks after voting had begun modi had a series of softball questions logged his way by bollywood actor akshay kumar who was playing the role of an interviewer. of big. all. india selection rules for bid such interviews during the voting period however the news agency that put that interview out which is closely tied to the b j p argued that since no journalist was involved the interview was not journalism it was a political what is a political when it involves a person standing for election. money. but

when you sit through doing. you realize that not in the room or the loves mangoes he was a poor person point to point that out. and it highlights how he is a self-made man and this is a really important because the person he's standing against. is the son of a prime minister and he's the grandson of a prime minister who is the great grandson of a prime minister and not in the mood he comes across in this interview everything that the average indian is or aspires to be that factors in india have a long history of being involved on the team so the involvement of value isn't entirely new selfies of bollywood celebrities with the prime minister carefully

planned as tweets that the prime minister bags film actors is a symptom of how carefully with great attention b.g.p. plans media campaigns though it does make you wonder why the prime minister who has so much time for instagram influence to meet and selfie himself with bollywood stars has not had the time to hold a single open press conference and is the 1st indian prime minister to feel to do so in effect. what is causing other media stories that are on our radar this week was one of our producers not far the trump administration and the white house press corps are back at it what's this latest issue over accreditation well this week dana milbank of the washington post reported that the white house had revoked his press puff and what he called a mass of accredited reporter press householders get privileged access to the white

house as one of the opportunity to ask questions of government spokespeople. but the trumpet ministration recently changed the criteria for a credit station the new rules disqualify john not being in the white house for at least half of the previous 180 days requirement that according to milbank excludes most of the press corps. press secretary thera sound said the change was about improving security but the concern is it makes journalists conditional in a way that could disqualify reports of the white house doesn't like and this would not be the 1st time that the white house has played the credentials card would it no that's right you remember that highly publicized spot last november between president trump and fin and reporter jim acosta on the russian vest occasion are you concerned that you may have not heard about anything with me how much i mean it's been a shame because it's a hoax or you that's enough put down the might.