buddy we just need to do what he's asking us to do because he is our king our president. since the parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition president calderon has ignored the violent protests against him and not made any public statements but his government dick congratulate the restraint of the armed forces after the shot at an armed protesters demanding his resignation. before entering politics became wealthy after taking over been in state run cotton mills he financed the election campaigns of youyou boni who was president until 2060 buddy returned the favor allowing him to take stakes in the management of the lucrative ports of coaches. but the 2 men fell out when they became political rivals not only by please turn on a rich man he's also a political outsider who took many by surprise when he won the 2016 presidential election he's often referred to as the donald trump of been in because he campaigned on a promise to change what he describes as

a corrupt political system promising a greater share of been into wealth to those who have been ignored by politicians. but the poor are getting poorer and are growing in numbers despite the economy booming at the rate of 6 percent in the past decade the number of people living in poverty has risen to 40 percent according to the world bank. the newly elected member of parliament or dean dean says only the president can reverse the trend. if i. get sick we'll take a plane and go to the u.s. or europe for treatment by the state the hospital is always on strike that's why we made going on strike eagle i know it's not popular but we have to do it to help the poor. the opposition excuse of sweeping away basic freedoms so we can tighten his grip on power his supporters say he's just got

a different style of government. still to come here. a chinese construction company is being accused of disrupting a front. current state. of donald trump. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast all across europe we're looking at a very wet scenario that is coming into play particularly down here across the southern part of europe deserve low pressure they're watching coming out of western europe is making its way towards the south and by tomorrow we're looking at some very heavy rain across much of italy across parts of the adriatic now that leads to

flooding as we go towards midweek because this area of low pressure is not going to be moving fast any time soon once it gets down across this region we're talking anywhere between $100.00 to possibly $150.00 millimeters of rain across much of this area in conjunction we are going to seeing some very windy conditions for much of the region so for rome you can be rain but at the temps it's going to be about 20 degrees there up towards the north though winds coming out of the north from berlin about 12 degrees there as you make our way down here across the northwestern part of africa we are going to be seeing some windy conditions no rain with this system you can see here mostly dry across much of the north but because that system is just to the north the you in the central med we are going to sing some windy conditions for tunis as well as tripoli here on sunday and as we go towards monday really not looking at much for a change there magazine you could see some clouds in your forecast at $26.00 degrees and over here towards cairo it is going to be a warm day for you with a temperature of $27.00 degrees.

russia has jeopardized the united states security interest we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside. on to the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft. russian goals be achieved not peace and if you will russia on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera my name's peter dhabi these are your

headlines who the rebels say they've begun redeploying fighters from 3 major ports in yemen they say it's part of the u.n. brokered deal however the yemeni government says it's a ploy and handing control to allies. as well as opposition leader says he wants to work with the u.s. military to try to oust president nicolas maduro. made that call during an opposition rally where he urged his supporters to keep protesting against men to. one of the story of the 6th phase of voting in india's one and a half month long parliamentary election is now on the way around 10 percent of seats are up for grabs including those in the capital new delhi there's one more round on made the 19th. in sri lanka the 1st sunday mass since the east to bomb attacks has been held but such a tight security military forces patrolled the streets and the police conducted bodies searches on people entering catholic churches the situation does the remain 10 softer a series of attacks on churches and hotels last month left more than $250.00 people

dead. an attack on a luxury hotel in the south west of pakistan has ended with a security guard and 3 gunman dead it happened in the port city of water in the province of stan the separatist group known as the blotches stan liberation army claimed responsibility for the attack on the pearl continental hotel saying it was a chinese and other foreign investors. 3 or 4 hostages rescued by french special forces in booking a fast so have now arrived in france the president emanuel welcome them at an air base near paris. 2 french soldiers were killed during the rescue operation. it's not clear who attacked the tourists who were on a safari in neighboring binny. the opposition coalition in sudan says it will work to resolve differences with the country's military rulers by tuesday the army invites the group for a new round of talks on saturday after weeks of over the makeup of an interim governing body morgan in the capital. looks at photos from home

and is reminded of when the word arrived on his doorstep his from the nuba mountains in southern sudan where he saw sudanese where planes dropped bombs on his village some fellow farmers were killed and others were forced to escape. the government forces dropped bombs from ime to nerves and other kinds of planes and didn't distinguish fighters from civilians they dropped bombs indiscriminately it was a massacre a genocide against the people of new bam mountains. the farmer says knowing what the military can do to civilians is what brought him to join the massive army headquarters and the 5 week long sit in followed months of anti-government protests demanding president obama to be sure and his 30 year rule. he was ousted in april 11th by military commanders a transitional military council has been in control ever since despite demands for civilian rule opposition parties and the 00s at the city are demanding the council transfers power to the nuba mountains area and southward to find is just one of

several regions that were in sudan others in the southern region of the nile and the western region of therefore many people have fled those areas due to military operations some led by commanders in the military council sudanese refugees in the capital and who have been able to join the sitting here in front of the army headquarters they want to leave until power is handed to the government. but it's a stalemate in talks between the 2 sides with the military council threatening to hold early elections if no deal is reached within 6 months the opposition call. says it wants to end the deadlock but won't back down in its demand for civilian government. the legitimacy the military council is leading on comes from the people who forced the military to overthrow bashir so the talk shouldn't be about how is sharing or delegating and the military should not want to chair the sovereign council and have authority to appoint members of the transitional government it should hand over power to the people to form

a civilian government. sudan has been under military rule for much of its existence since independence from britain in 1956 protesters here say when they forced the military to overthrow bashir a month ago they discovered how much power they have and know it can also be used to force the military to hand over power to the people people morgan al-jazeera how tom. saudi arabian state t.v. is reporting security forces have killed 8 members of what they're calling a terrorist cell. the police raided a property in the eastern qatif region which is a shia minority area a gun battle broke out after those inside refused to surrender security officials say the men were preparing to carry out attacks that happened rest in this eastern province where the shia population accuses the governments of discrimination. final rallies are being held in the philippines for midterm elections seen as a test of his presidency he's aiming to tighten his grip on power to make it easier

to push through policies including a controversial crackdown on illegal drugs his critics say he's using violence and intimidation to force voters back to his. story. entertainment has long been a fixture cheering elections in the philippines and it may seem as though these midterm elections will be no different but many observers say there's more at stake this year president with the good it or does political machinery has the backing of candidates from various political parties some are new to the political scene but are known allies of the terror to but most are returning politicians who have established name is in government the president has devoted most of his time recently publicly backing his candidates and this election will be seen as a test of his popularity more than 18000 local provincial and municipal positions

are being contested but none are more critical than the 12 feet in senate seats the philippines long been able to keep political powers in check even those of the president this is why it is expected to be a key battleground in this election. for a change of government to a federal form which critics say is merely an attempt to perpetuate itself in power there's an excessive number of endorsements of himself as well as his. political coalition really talking about an election that could deter me in the possible landscape of competition for 2022. but those in the opposition liberal party which was run by former president. remain and deterred the party's influence has been severely weakened over. the past few years and it's now taking a risk lining up new candidates with one main goal to counter the growing power of

president goodluck go to tear to the president is so powerful that we need checks and balances we need an independent without a go or give them anything they want because we know it's. fear it's violence and it's. big news you know the surveys that were conducted. were saying that they're easy fear factor and. when you get moving toward they don't want to be the surveys that have been carried out so far suggest a win for detector and allies but the political winds are still blowing and the opposition remains confident it can clinch a few seats in the senate. al-jazeera monella. attempts to return jewish property stolen during world war 2 have angered far right activists in poland hundreds marched to the american embassy in the capital warsaw to protest against

u.s. pressure on their government to compensate victims of the holocaust and their families the demonstrators say poles should not be held responsible for the crimes the nazis carried out while occupying their country $3000000.00 polish jews were killed in the holocaust. some villages along me and miles border with thailand the promise of a new road is an opportunity but others see it as a threat to life as they know it mohammed has more on how a chinese construction project is threatening a fragile peace in me and mosque karen state. when a road was built through his property to transport crushed rock from a nearby quarry sound he in few decided to take action. because. the vibration of the mine explosion is very strong in the neighbor houses and wells cracked with the series 5 gratian from the explosions these houses are a few. yards away from the quarry whatever the situation is they didn't come and see the damage just to grow all the following. to save his crops he's attempted to

break up the road on his land and is now being sued by the contractor. the quarry began operating in 2017 and people here say they're landscape is now being chipped away at a rapidly increasing rate. the area is under a fragile ceasefire agreement between warring ethnic groups and government forces after decades of conflict while some people were compensated for damage to their properties by the road construction most were not which is added to preexisting tensions between villagers most quarries on the mountain are small and locally operated but the much larger chinese quarry was never assessed for social or environmental impact.