returned to work after the ousting of president of bashir but how long would it last. and india's mammoth election is its final phase we take a look at one ruling party candidate getting enough attention. hello again and welcome back to international weather forecast or here across europe we are looking at one major system that has made its way down here across italy parts of the adriatic and this particular storm is going to bring some very heavy rain over the next few days and the reason being is it's not going to be moving very far as we go towards the next $48.00 to probably $72.00 hours so they have the rains going to be isolated over parts of italy over here towards croatia down across all the as well we're talking about 50 millimeters widespread across the region but in some locations well over $160.00 could be seen and that could

lead to some localized flooding across the region now as we go from monday and into tuesday notice we do have some snow in some the higher elevations as well the temperatures are coming down in some locations so here in vienna high temperature here in the middle of may of only getting to about 7 degrees there over here towards rome it's still going to be kind of a cloudy and rainy day with a temperature of about $1000.00 degrees also much cooler across the northern part of africa that same area of low pressure is going to be bringing those winds down from the north and this area is going to be a little bit cooler than average for this time of year we're talking about the high teens in the low twenty's there so for tripoli or the facts about 20 degrees for you as we go towards tuesday not really seeing too much of a change but over here towards morocco or into the low thirty's were but at $33.00 degrees there. rewind retirement's with optics on the best of his ear his documentary it's. the moving story of 2 young tuchman girls in afghanistan. at last able to get

an education after these oppressive taliban occupation. but what has become of that tree. rewind pencils and bullets. on al-jazeera. going to one of the top stories here. the white house economic adviser says he expects china to retaliate after president trump more than doubles tariffs on chinese imports beijing has warned washington not to underestimate its ability to handle a trade war however long it lasts. the senior commander in iraq is revolutionary

guard says the presence of u.s. military in the gulf is a target not a threat earlier the group's new head major general. said the u.s. doesn't have the ability to wage war against iran dismissing the deployment of more warships as psychological warfare. united nations says the withdrawal of yemen's who see rebels from 3 major ports is going according to plan the redeployment of fighters began on saturday as part of a u.n. brokered deal. police in colombia running the largest anti drug campaigns in recent years it's aimed at cutting the cultivation of coca the plant used to make cocaine the u.n. says the colombian cocaine production is at an all time high and as others have a report. that's angering u.s. president donald trump. from the sky the coca fields that scarred this once virgin jungle in southern colombia tell a story of failure the inability of the country's government to control the

cultivation of coca plants remaining greedy and for cocaine. according to united nations estimates we are dealing with the 171 had to have cocoa that's more than 1000 metric tons of possible cocaine our president ordered a frontal assault against drug traffickers. producing more cocaine than ever before as a new criminal groups fight over territory once under the control of grabbled. who signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 i the conservative government. years elections calling the drug traffickers and extensional trail and promising an iron hand. but it wasn't enough to avoid the ire of the united states president who's blamed colombia for us as best ally in the region for flooding his country with drugs and i'll tell you something colombia you have your new president of colombia a really good guy i met him we had about the white house he said how he's going to

stop drugs more drugs are coming out of colombia right now than before he was president so he has done nothing for us ok. in response colombia launched one of the largest anti-american operation in recent years going after poor farmers making a living cultivating the coca plant as well as the drug traffickers selling the cocaine. since the beginning of the year the colombian police has destroyed $8000.00 of these smaller burra tori's the farmers use to process the coca leaf and dozen of the larger ones to produce the final product of a cocaine that it's then sold on the streets of cities across the world. but most experts say the increase in drug production is being driven by a number of global factors from the rise of the u.s. dollar to an increase in demand. that the previous government created an integral ambitious plan for crop substitution but this government already said it will not

finance it anymore so an effort that needs years lasted only one year only a comprehensive solution can make a difference unless all regions get roads infrastructure access to markets for legal crops people in there will have no alternative but to grow coca to survive military strength might bring results in the short term and help placate the united states but if history is any guide the success might be short lived. i listened. to my. journalists in sudan enjoying long lost freedoms following the toppling of longtime leader bashir months ago reporters are writing without fear of government interference intimidation or censorship it's unclear how long that will last with the military leadership failing to meet protesters demands for a civilian government when today reports from khartoum. government television the news coast is preparing to read the evening news the past few weeks

are ushered in a new era for journalists here with censorship and media harassment gone with the deposed. topic is off limits anymore the fear of retaliation journalists has just. at least for. for a long time we 1st stringent controls and injustices from the state something that made our jobs almost unnecessary before the revolution and there was no media to speak off in sudan and. sudan is ranked 174 out of 180 countries and reporters without borders 2018 world press freedom index the biggest crackdown on the media came last december when up to government protests began across the country. according to reporters without borders at least 80 journalists were arrested therefore it is also confiscated copies of a list 16 newspapers between december. the people's confidence in both public and private

newspapers television and radio stations is slowly returning and. we need to be a more responsible media now more than ever before we need bodies to govern us in law as necessary to guide us we have a runaway media who can't hear progress in sudan. but there are growing concerns about abuse of the newly found freedom of expression by some media organizations accused of sensationalising and even spreading fake news unless they were afraid of that because. in the past the state security apparatus used to dictate what a journalist could write or not we're seeing a steady change the media is freer than ever. a lot of sacrifices have been made by journalists throughout the past 30 years in sudan present progress towards a more free and open media has given them hope for greater freedom to report the

news sudanese journalism has done too well but a change of leadership in their country does not necessarily mean an end to their struggle for media freedom all redeem has been replaced by a military council which they say could take them hostage once again but now but they have tasted freedom they say going back is not an option for them. how tom sudan. polls in india have closed in the announcement phase of its 6 week long general election the final seats will be voted on next week with counting take place at the end of the month it's been an acrimonious campaign and one ruling party candidate has a lot of attention it's got highly reports. facing terrorism charges but that hasn't stopped campaigning. praga is

a 1st time candidate running for parliament in the central indian city of bhopal under the ruling. party or b j p banner she the party the prime minister and then there are modi have sent to their campaigns on hindu nationalism. but a court also has passed last year terrorism charges laid against her as a suspect in 2008. killed 6 people she's out on bail due to poor health. visiting a hindu temple for a cleansing ceremony she adamantly maintains her innocence in the case and points to the opposition. there are many from the opposition congress party i'll turn bail and also fighting the elections these people want to break the country but i am 100 percent innocent. on these attorney explains it's illegal for her to run as she is not yet convicted but it brings into question the decision by the b j p to field a candidate facing terrorism charge. but if it's proved that she is implicated by

the court and gets a prison term then she would never be able to run for elections and. it's not just the b j p that's pushing hindu nationalism in bhopal albeit a softer version the congress party candidate has also been promoting hindu ideology in this community with a 20 percent muslim voter base 35 years ago one of the worst industrial. accident in history happened here in bhopal the union carbide ghastly thousands were killed and now more than a 3rd of bhopal 2000000 residents are still affected and some who work with victim support groups feel that the ruling party due to its nationalist agenda are ignoring them and other minorities. even though abdul jabar as health is failing he still runs an organization that trains women impacted from the gasoline. to get out but it's creating a toxic atmosphere and the hate speech is just like that the $94.00 poisonous gas

leak the book all hate speech is destroying the makes most of talks about between hindus and muslims it's creating the tension it's creating hate. so when the people above paul cast their ballots they are not only choosing their next leaders they could also be deciding whether their community will become more divided it's got harder al-jazeera bhopal india. final rallies have been held in the philippines ahead of monday's midterm elections they're seen as a test of rodrigo to test his presidency even though his name is not on the ballot to tat is aiming to tighten his grip on power through his allies and make it easier to push through policies that includes a controversial crackdown on illegal drugs and the return of the death penalty but critics say the president is using violence and intimidation to force voters to back his supporters in the west african nation of been the opposition is refusing to accept the parliamentary election results they were barred from taking part in april's vote and critics are demanding the president as we stand will step down for

in days of violent protests reports from katrina. this is the been president wants the world to see not the soldiers patrolling the capital shooting at protesters arresting members of the opposition. here it's a different parade one of been in young elite who for the most part support the man who has ruled for the past 3 years. i think patrice alone is working for our country he's doing the right thing for our country and he isn't hurting anybody 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 did 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 who was president until 2060 but he returned the favor allowing him to take stakes in the management of the lucrative port of cotton but the 2 men fell out when they became political rivals not only but he's a rich man he's also a political outsider who took many my surprise when he won the 2016 presidential election he's often referred to as the donald trump of 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. newly elected member

of parliament or dean dean says only the president can reverse the trend. if i put the stallone gets sick we'll take a plane and go to the u.s. or europe for treatments paid for 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 an accused of sweeping away basic freedoms so he can tighten his grip on power his supporters say he's just got a different style of governing. nicolas hawke al-jazeera could do. on the northern tip of arctic norway there's an unexpected new industry there a photo nolens a usually known for their rich fishing waters where people still make a living from the same but i know i went rather more extreme explains that. 0

degrees. you won't find too many cold and halibut fisherman here one of the northernmost surf beaches in the world and one of the coldest day you can see nude in the phrase in winter darkness or under the midnight sun in a slightly less freezing summer it is thing in the street where north of iceland were north of the arctic the rule of thirds they call me 7 degrees celsius you've got to be kidding and yet they come here from all over the world yeah i'm from south africa all the way down south. for that is over the space because it's just so beautiful and roy and i'm touched you know today's the day of the norwegian company and it draws a crowd become well for paid for the entertaining hours ahead the waves are pretty reliable it and study the shape of the bay funneling in the ocean rollers perhaps one of the most dramatic beaches to suffer anyway.

this is marion fronts and he runs. a prize destination for any self respecting safa and this is had died tool probably the 1st a week away. back in the sixty's he had an idea build a surfboard using only the cover of the beach boys album as a guide and went head 1st into the waves wasn't 63 the 1st time he was here but of course you have you know you have. last week you are again but at 1st started to surf in 1970 body in the willis were coming out to the beach it was like what are you doing be careful no no no no don't go out they were every time we were here there were people on the beach watching now meet the 3rd generation that's marion and confronts and pretty much born and raised on this beach it's cold it's really cold in the winter it. served you know.

it's more far like trying to get out in the water than to like me in the water so i think in the foton has changed things in this form of fishing in farming habit but not much in standstill lately has a resident winter population 11 but that's the time of year you can do something extraordinary under the swirling wonder of the northern lights you can't do that in hawaii. al-jazeera and start the night and. does look amazing now you can catch up with all the rest of the news on our website. which is here even dot com and you can watch us live by clicking on the live icon. and one of the other top stories here now is there at the white house economic adviser says he expects china to retaliate after president trump more than doubled tariffs on chinese imports beijing has warned washington not to underestimate its

ability to handle the trade war however long it lasts president trump escalated tensions on friday by raising tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent we want to be as sure as we can be we don't think the chinese of come for enough we'll wait and see the talks will continue and i will say this is a g. 20 meeting in japan toward the end of june next month and the chances that president trump and president xi will get together at that meeting are probably pretty good. see a commander in iran is revolutionary guard says the presence of u.s. military in the gulf is a target not a threat earlier the group's new head major general hoar saying salome so the u.s. doesn't have the ability to wage war against iran it also dismissed the deployment of more u.s. warships in the gulf as psychological warfare the pentagon says increasing iranian aggression is the reason for sending its fleet to the middle east with an aircraft

carrier and b. $52.00 bombers. you know as a nation says the withdrawal of yemen's hoofy rebels from 3 major ports is going according to plan that's despite the yemeni government saying the pull out is just a ploy it accuses the hoof use of handing over control to allies the redeployment of fighters as part of a un brokered deal and is expected to continue over the next few days. you noted arab emirates says for commercial ships have been targeted by quote sabotage operations close to its territorial waters according to the state news agency it happened near for gera just outside the strait of hormuz it's a vital oil and natural gas corridor for the global energy market. those in india have closed in they put ultimate phase of its 6 week long general election 59 seats in the lower house of parliament are up for grabs including several in the capital new delhi for the 100000000 people across 7 states who are eligible to vote in the

poll which 1st dotted april there's a headline stay stay with us next morning after that by for. to see. iraq. a country recovering from decades of war sanctions and sectarian divisions and the rise and fall of lysol. it's achieve some progress in recent years thanks to its oil industry. but public 2nd largest producer is now trying to diversify its economy by making it easier to attract foreign investment. iraqis still suffer from

a lack of adequate facilities bureaucracy and deep rooted corruption. additionally regional politics and u.s. sanctions against iran one of its major partners impacting its economy. so can iraq overcome years of conflict to face the challenges ahead. they're up to date.