rashid latif m b f l n t on 00. 0. i'm fully back to this is the news hour live from our headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes our aim is not more the u.s. secretary of state pays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east sweden reopens a rape case against wiki leaks founder julian assange says it will seek his extradition from the u.k. also this hour polls closing in the philippines mid-term election with vote is expected to strengthen the president's grip on power plus

a gridlock reporting from lima protrude island north or an area richer and broader of the author of the course of the big old home. town in sports the toronto raptors are into the eastern conference finals for just the 2nd time in franchise history about their beating effort from quiet lehner deciding their playoff series against the philadelphia 76. thank you for joining us u.s. secretary of state michael impale is to discuss iran in a surprise stopover in brussels way is expected to meet european union foreign ministers and senior officials the e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica more greeny says supporting the iran nuclear deal is key to maintaining security in the region and wants to avoid any further escalation last month the us tighten sanctions on iran you know i. sports and put iran's every revolutionary guard on

a list of terrorist organizations the us has sent increase military forces including the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf now the new commander of iran's revolutionary guard says the u.s. doesn't have the ability to wage war against his country and that the u.s. military buildup was psychological warfare michael bell says washington does not want war with tehran but seeks a change in behavior in the ring in leadership. going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and secretary of state i want to make sure that we have all the political

diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option in the in the event that the iranians make a bad decision and the foreign policy chief federica mcgivney of reiterated the iran nuclear deal abandoned by the us is key to security in the region. we'll continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will this is very well known i think both in washington and around and we . obviously also discuss on the basis of that. work with. the regional developments on some of the issues we have very serious differences and they're going to insist we also always believe that dialogue is the only and best way to address differences and of void escalation in the region which is already tense enough any escalation should be avoided unless i speak to our correspondent in tehran zain the europeans an american seemingly wanting to defuse

tensions pompei were talking down talk of war how will the leaders be viewing all this what are they watching for. well no doubt the iranian leaders here in teheran will be watching very closely not just pump statements but the meeting in brussels later today ever since the united states pulled out of the nuclear deal and started its maximum pressure campaign on iran iranians have in some ways been carrying out a pressure campaign on their european allies their partners who they signed the nuclear deal with in 2015 saying to them that you need to make sure that you are able to abide by your part of the bargain help us mitigate the u.s. banking sanctions the u.s. oil sanctions and help us continue to realize some kind of financial benefit from the nuclear deal that we all agreed to and in so far iran has been disappointed in the european union's ability to do that european countries have tried and arguably

not managed to be successful in trying to make some of those things work there was a banking bypass that didn't work iranians have also accused the european union for working alongside the united states for eventually siding with the united states against iran so there's a great deal of distrust will be watching very carefully what comes out of these talks but there is a great deal of popularity in iran of federico mongering of the e.u. policy chief is very popular she was a stalwart supporter of the deal with iran and she's been a harsh critic of the u.s. departure secretary pompei was likely to come up against the harshest resistance the most pushback from the european leader when they meet later today so that is probably who iranians will be watching most closely they'll be trying to get a read from the e.u. foreign policy chief of the direction that europe might be going in now we are on the clock here when iran decided to stop cooperation limit some of its cooperation with the nuclear deal as part of the deal itself it gave the european countries the rating signatories to the deal approximately 2 months to try to come to some kind

of understanding to save the deal we're on the clock now and these talks will be a part of what europe is going to be trying to do to help save the deal but what iranians will be saying is that the united states has shown that it mayn't say it wants talks but the fact is. we already had those talks the nuclear deal in 2015 the signing of the deal was a culmination of talks between iran and the united states iran has said unequivocally that it will not return to the negotiating table especially not with the white house of u.s. presidents all 4 thank you very much for that zain bazarov a night for us in tehran meanwhile iran's foreign ministry is describing reports of attacks on sodger arabian and ships as alarming. as 2 of his oil tankers suffered significant damage in a tot's off the east coast of the u.a.e. the iraqi government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage near the port of food early on sunday so far there's been no independent confirmation.

i'll speak to. him who is head of policy analysis at the center for research and policy studies here in doha thank you so much for being with us 1st of all on this alleged incident in territorial waters how significant is it in the current context of tensions between iran and the u.s. i think it's very significant in my opinion why because the port in itself is very important it's the united arab emirates major oil shipping port. and by this. the 4 ships which have been subject to actually it indicates that. the crisis between the united states and iran might just spill over. facts. very important for the mother of it most why because for the past 34 years the amount of these had been trying to move the only shipment from inside the goal of right to european sea so they

built. a 350 kilometer long oil pipeline from. oil field in abu dhabi to get our arabian sea so they're not the arab emirates was actually now taking place from this actually will most probably cause the oil prices to go there it will indeed affect so important it's very important actually for for president trump very concerned about oil prices are now looking at the bigger picture now and the current tensions with iran we have the russian foreign minister meeting with the chinese foreign minister we have come pale in a surprise visit to brussels to talk to european leaders there how are the geo political plates moving here on this crisis on this on these tensions the clearer it was clearly everybody is very nervous at this disappoint because nobody really knows what the real intentions of the tom administration whether. they don't want

war. i mean. very tough sanctions on the iranian regime actually will weaken the regime from within from inside and most actually on the list believe that this is maybe an attempt by the administration to bring down from within. and supporting these economic measures by military force by military shore actually in the garden is an attempt to apply pressure on iran the it might not be. intending to have direct the. talk about regime change but there might be actually just doing that they say by applying this maximum pressure on the iranian regime because we expect that protest might actually ensue in the coming weeks and months as economic situations worsening and they've said the americans a few days ago that this maximum pressure was intended to force iran to come to the

negotiating table and renegotiate the nuclear deal. to come to the table with the americans while the iranians they did actually negotiate under pressure in 2015 but with this current administration i mean i believe that the iranians might at one point think that it might be for their on a benefit to maybe come to the table of negotiation because now what the americans are applying maximum pressure on them and the iranians are very very nervous about the intentions of the americans specially after the dispatching of the opera harm link one aircraft carriers and other and other military groups so i think the iranians although they are seeing that they will not negotiate under pressure with the american administration did it in the past and they might be actually considering that but they will be seeking maybe as a face saving. exit. but from this situation 1st in order to actually be

forthcoming and come to the table for negotiation but here even when the negotiations start between the americans and the iranians the conditions that americans are actually asking the iranians to meet a very very difficult in my opinion because they are asking for 3 major things fear support having a new nuclear deal to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear core. number 2 iran ballistic missile program which is the most important bit of defense for the iranians because you know i mean iranian. military equipment are very old in fact your honor is described as the the biggest military museum in the world except for the a ballistic missile program actually is about iran and regional influence these are the 3 issues that are very important for the americans thank you very much always good to get your insight on this thank you for joining us on the news hour we want to take you now live to know in norway where palestinian activists was warned by the norwegian government of

a possible threat against him from saudi arabia is holding a press conference for the very 1st time this is. who was sold the threat had been passed on to know we thought by the u.s. central intelligence agency he was informed they could be several reasons why saudi arabia would target him. he was granted asylum in norway 4 years ago and is a critic of saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman let's listen in to what he has to say i felt that i'd cross hairs on my back in february i expressed my concern to a number of friends in the region friends. and i asked for further advice in march after receiving more indications that i'm a target i filed a police report with. in fact when the p.s.t. showed up at my doorstep on april 25th i wasn't the least surprised in fact i think the 1st thing i said was something like what took you so long at the time i did not know that they received a tip from the cia only told me later. know i'd like to address the subject of what

this incident means in the broader context of m.p.'s as rights it seems to me that m.p.'s is shredding his reformist image and entering a new phase the image of the enlightened reformer. that image has served him well and i think it's gone it's over and done with it's not coming back the new phase seems to be a one of naked repression and b.s. is not done killing this is not a one off incident it's part of a new wave of repression the threats against me and my colleagues are not a new escalation it's not surprising in the end the least that m.p.'s will be going after dissidents now some might maybe wondering why m.p.'s would still be out to target dissidents after the backlash after 3 months murder some would point to the same for lack of accountability and of course they'd be right in recent reporting i've seen that m.p.'s is being presented almost as a pollutant figure as someone who is unaccountable and there's nothing that anybody can do about it i actually think i mean even some reports show the lead with

pictures of m.p.'s with putin i actually think that you should show pictures of m.p.'s was rather a question or it's m.p.'s is only unaccountable and unhinged because the administration which is most capable of holding him to account is currently his biggest enabler now there's another factor which is important to consider one of the most poignant messages that i have received in the past week came from a human rights activist working somewhere in the arab world and this was the message the message was something like if you are threatened and you're in norway what chance do i have m.b.'s has already benefited has already sent ripples of fear among dissident communities he sent a message that if you oppose and you're not safe godless where you are even if you're not in a dark way that actually mirrors the logic of targeting that basis because if jeff bezos can be blackmailed to safe. there's a 2nd way in which has benefited those who can check my twitter mentions can see

that i've received a tremendous amount of it of abuse from saudi from saudi base for from saudi control twitter accounts the majority of the news focuses on the fact that i'm listing you ahead of the so-called deal of the century which is expected to expected to be declared next month and the us has propaganda and as is doubling down on its efforts to insult and dehumanised palestinians they describe the us as being treasonous money grabbing untrustworthy if a critical disloyal an ungrateful all of this is in order to make the case domestically that palestinians are not worth supporting and that the terrible deal is going to be declared is the best that we deserve the fact that some palestinian actually happens to serve their narrative in closing i'd like to express my gratitude to the witness security services for the care and protection that they have provided the threats against me seem to be

a long term problem and for me this is like settling into into a new lifestyle i'm not in a position to make any comments about security arrangements but i can confirm the 2 different religion the situations are involved i think that as norwegians and as residents of norway we have every right to be proud of the professionalism and competence of norwegian security services having seen the work of these agencies from the inside i can guarantee you and i can confirm that there are serious professionals whose work is impressive and comprehensive i'm not a norwegian citizen yet but as a prospective norwegian i ever say that i'm proud of this country and of the light that it has in the world today i also wish to express my gratitude to norway's minister of justice. nor was mr minister of justice has immediately taken into consideration my concerns about my family members who are or remain vulnerable outside of norway after these threats my family lived in the united arab emirates

until 2014 when i was arrested and expelled from the country my parents and my sister were later made to leave in 2015 they now live as refugees in another country and my father's mental health has deterred deteriorated sharply after these events i've been advised by security experts that my family is a soft target and that securing their safety is of utmost priority i can no longer travel to see them i need to bring them here for them to be safe. last week the norwegian ministry of justice was informed and i'm told that the deputy minister said that their case is being examined immediately i'm grateful for any and all efforts to secure my family's safety norway please bring my smyth family to safety please a final message to norway would be around about the norwegian oil fund which is the world's richest and most successful sovereign wealth fund let it be known that norway's money continues to be invested in saudi arabia i will not comment i'm

going to leave this point to the conscience of the norwegian people i would like to thank the french or foundation in norway for funding some of my work i'm on earth and humbled by their support and of course i would very much like to thank my family here etc i don't know i don't know what i would have done with actually the us and the us is a perfect embodiment of arab tyranny in its history its in its most hysterical most paranoid and hopefully its final stage it is their fear which is driving their paranoia. if you look at the arab vision today you're going to see authoritarian hysteria failed states terror organizations civil wars proxy wars economic crisis but you're also going to see popular uprisings and stiff popular resistance this pay look like absolute chaos but i submit to you that the this is exactly what a democratic transition looks like this is not a battle of a few years this is a battle of a generation history is in good hands the nations of the so-called free world need

to need to choose which side of history to stand on we're not free until we're all free we're not safe until we're all safe. thank you all take your questions. we've been listening there to palestinian activist. baghdadi who's holding a news conference in oslo norway this coming just a few days after the norwegian authorities warned him of a possible threat against him from saudi arabia and. talking extensively than during this news conference about the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin soundman he is a dissident by diety popular blogger who gained prominence during the arab spring in 2011 and this news conference and the reported threats that he's facing from the saudi government coming just 7 months after the killing of saudi journalist. inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and in the media aftermath of jamal killing he was

among a number of activists who worked around the clock to figure out to try to figure out what happened to tomorrow and we will continue to monitor this news conference in oslo and bringing all the latest science there from about palestinian activists yeah daddy some breaking news to bring in now on the news hour from sweden where the chief prosecutor has reopened a rape case against julian assange jennie's seeking his extradition that we know was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail he denies a swedish rape allegations from 9 years ago the united states also wants. to wiki leaks released thousands of secret documents. dog and i have today taken the decision to reopen the preliminary investigation into you know going out and he after reviewing the preliminary investigation in its current state my assessment is that there is still probable cause to suspect that mr songe committed rape.

aesthete to paul brennan any london for a sad poll swedish prosecutors in a racially decided to drop the rape investigation against a science 2 years ago why they are reopening the case now will out of precise point was addressed to marry a person the deputy director of public prosecutions in that news conference that you just played a clip from and she said that the reason why money and a naive the previous investigates of the previous prosecutor had decided to discontinue her investigations was not because of any lack of quality of the evidence but simply because progress was made impossible by the fact that you and i saw each had sought refuge within the ecuadorian embassy here in london and therefore the swedish authorities couldn't go any further what has changed since then of course is that julian our son says how does protection by the ecuadorians withdrawn has been taken out of the embassy he's now in a prison in the u.k. serving a sentence for a flight essentially for not surrendering to the oath or eighty's for bail offenses

and he will remain there probably until around october time which is when he will be eligible for parole on a 50 week sentence on that basis and given the seriousness of the offenses the prosecutors decided to reignite the preliminary investigation to continue with the inquiry and submit the european arrest warrant to the british let me just say in reaction wiki leaks has issued a statement kristen halfs an rough ansen who is the wiki leaks editor in chief accusing the swedes of mishandling the case saying that the case has been under considerable political pressure he says that his son was always willing to answer questions and he says that reopening the case will give julian the chance to clear his name so the question now i guess is which extradition requests will go forward phrase that of sweden or the us what's likely to happen next in this case. well

that is down to the home secretary of the u.k. that's the in the international cricket would be the interior minister the minister of government who has responsibility for these things it's governed by the extradition act and we had a quick look at it before i came on air and there are a couple of factors that the home secretary such as jeff it has to consider 1st of all he has to look at the relative seriousness of the offenses that are subject to the indictment so for american for the american case it would be official secrets of treason i suppose and for the swedish case it's an allegation of rape the home secretary to weigh those 2 up and decide which is more serious there's also the chronology which country submitted or which of whether the offense come which came 1st and finally there's the idea of whether there's a priority to be given because weeden is a european territory compared to non european territory of the us these are the kind of factors that the home secretary will weigh up but at the end of the day

it's down to his discretion and i thank you for that pope and life for us in london . plenty more ahead on this on just their news hour including china's remains defiant as a trade war with the united states escalate glass. to . picking up the pieces in mozambique survivors of not just one but 2 sign clones need all the help they can get and in sports english football team manchester city move a step closer to historic trouble of trophies. for suppose of clothes in the philippines for midterm elections which could see president rodrigo to tend to strengthen his grip on power filipinos have decided who will fill $800000.00 positions including half the seats in the upper house senate to 10 days a need to have more on eyes elected to the senate which has resisted some of his

controversial policies including his crackdown on illegal drugs that speak to demean and to gun whose i correspond who is our correspondent in manila jimmy to this referendum as we've said he's seen this vote is seen as a referendum under 10 how did the voting go and what were the big issues for photos . while foley polls just officially closed at about 60 am local dime that's almost an hour ago but just an hour before that we spoke to poll watchers because there's a major concern about long lines still of vultures waiting to vote outside the precincts and they said that even if the 6 pm part of time happens there is still going to accommodate voters lined up within 30 meter radius of every precinct across the country as you know where the polls started for the win when polls opened this morning there was this very strong sense of excitement people did not mind that you minute see the long queues because they were eager to mark and make

their voices heard but as hours dragged on people started to complain. because of the long hours in the queue and of electoral registration breaking down this is not exclusive here in downtown manila and even the commission election said around $400.00 electoral electoral machines broke down across the country so now it's not just a security concern about keeping the peace and safety of polling free since across the country there are now concerns over the credibility of these elections something that the commission and elections say they are able to secure and of course for the members of the opposition knowing all too well that it's going to be an uphill battle they remain cautiously optimistic that they will be able to clinch a few seats in the senate to keep the balances of power basically in check thank you for jimmy lend again live for us in manila. so don and talks between the opposition coalition and the military are expected to resume the 2 sides are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following

a military coup last month the opposition is demanding the transitional military council hand over power to civilians. joins us now live from khartoum ahmed so the military council and opposition movement have agreed to resume talks on establishing this transitional council any hope of a breakthrough this time iraq's. well destroyed it is folly but the meeting in a secret location away from the prying eyes of the press and they say for the next 72 hours there will be huddled in talks. aimed at bringing up about some sort of transition to civilian rule in sudan where they're talking about $5.00 the population and of transitional authority that is going to. take the country through a period of transition of them organized elections and then dealing with the main

issues that led to disagreement in the last round of talks and eventual deadlock in the talks the main one is paying who takes what in terms of the membership of the council the role of the military during that period of transition and what role they will have to play would they be just did it with security and defense muds as all they would be having an active role which is exactly what the transitional military council wants they will also be discussing the do if the transitional period should be and the new constitution force of done so to say no one will hear from them for the next 72 hours as they talk about these key issues and lot of the protesters have claimed they have been attempts to break up the city not side the military headquarters in khartoum what's the military saying about. well the military are denying the they are tempted to break up the city in the square outside the military had horses but rather they've been dealing with groups

of protesters who had taken them porters to other parts of the city and were bringing about problems for motorists and the people close to him who as you know already are facing so many issues regarding transportation brooke 2 of the railway station bridges and some of the main rules of truce in this city something that has created heavy traffic in many parts of the city particularly in the central business district where we are right now but the protesters are saying no to that what's hog's will some of the protesters on the some of the obstacles checkpoints the port on the roads for their own security and they will not have anything of the huffing and they've been asking people to come out in the numbers and bolster their ranks at the square to oppose any such move by the military thank you for that mohammed at the live for us in khartoum sudan. moments will have the world where

that where the brabant still ahead on the news hour we'll look at a new approach aimed at providing a hanger refugees with better nutrition class in sports and cities continue to dominate the formula one season fire is here with that story in 8. when it came to pass last night was a stormy one in the balkans that shouldn't be like this in most is more like a march to what revolution in the cloud is pretty obvious the result was some wind damage and some flooding maybe donald big surprise particularly in zagreb where the winds along with split down the coast reached nearly 90 calories from blowing a gale all night so i grabbed in

a valley of the mountains to the north so often to show this time no there was some tree damage at least for the rain where we thought it was going to be on this side of the reactor and across in belong yeah well it was in croatia and in italy the figures $60.00 to $90.00 are going to be it is typically not that was overnight so that's a bulk of the forecast for an already fall and now the forecast for today still looks pretty bad it is still ready to be honest the circulation is still there and the temperatures i've cited it is slightly better but if you're in that green mess it's no good if you keep circulating tonight but the whole of it is slowly filling up and the rain is drifting in that direction we still got a bit more to come and he's so good to be on the eastern side of the adriatic so quite simply the next 2 days will get little red hots coming up i've got no yellow which is 160 that is 50 to 100 more millimeters more still to fall. sponsored by cattle and. we wind returns with updates on

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welcome back you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to pull out a reminder of our top stories the u.s. secretary of state is downplaying talk of any military conflicts with iran by comparison as washington does not want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region sweden's chief prosecutor has reopened a rape case against julian assange is seeking his extradition. was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail he denies a swedish rape allegations from 9 years ago and the poles have goals in the

philippines for midterm elections president rodrigo to ted hayes aiming to strengthen his grip on power to take wants more odd lies elected to the senate which has resisted some of his policies including his crackdown on drugs. that china is remaining defiant as the trade war with the united states escalates the foreign ministry says beijing will never surrender to foreign pressure china's promising to retaliate after the u.s. raised tires on $200000000000.00 worth of its goods but so far it hasn't said what action it will take its currency the yuan weakened to a 4 month low against the us dollar. only a present donald trump's top economic adviser larry kudlow outlined the impact of the trade war both sides will pay these things and of course it was a tariff on goods coming into the country the chinese are no but the chinese will suffer g.d.p. losses and so forth with respect to a diminishing export market and goods that they may need for their own history on

this but president says china doesn't china it pays the terrace they may suffer consequences but it's us businesses and us consumers who paid correct yes to some extent i don't disagree with that again both sides both sides will suffer on this. one off from al-jazeera as adrian brown in beijing. well larry kudlow scum and in a sense bear out what chinese leaders have been saying again and again namely it will be the us consumer the will be hardest hit by this increase in tariffs larry kudlow also indicating it'll be at least another 3 months before all these tariffs actually start to take effect because there has to be a 60 day consultation period for the levies that president trump says he now wants to put on some $300000000000.00 worth of chinese goods that's the balance of the goods that china of course exports to the united states the language we're getting

from chinese leaders continues to be fairly restrained very moderate i think that's because they want to be seen to be very much the adults in the room right now the state controlled media is not holding back in particular the global times newspaper which has a very sort of nationalistic leaning it has a very belligerent editorial on monday warning that the u.s. strategy right now was useless and also saying that china is prepared for a worst case scenario but the central thrust of the editorial was essentially this the chinese people have a far higher pain threshold than people in the united states let's now bring in filipino guy in london he's a former special adviser to the director general at the world trade organization thank you so much for being with us on al-jazeera so we were basically now waiting to see how the chinese will retaliate to the e.u.'s status in new taxes what action

do you expect they will take will they escalate things you think. i don't think they'll escalate i think that they'll go in for a limited retaliation they want to show strength but i don't think want things to get out of hand and there are some obvious things they can do they can walk back some of the additional purchases of american soybeans that they'd announced back in december they could reimpose tariffs on us made cars and car parts or indeed. and purchases of planes if china wanted to escalate of course there's that other things that it could do it could start holding up u.s. imports in chinese ports they could organize consumer boycotts as they've done against south korea and other countries that of annoy chinese leaders or indeed if they really want to go for the nuclear option they could start. additional

inspections and regulatory attacks on u.s. firms in china that of course that would harm chinese exports last night what is this continued trade war doing to the world markets and what are the risks to the global economy if it drags on. well i think the impact on the economy from the direct trade effect is relatively limited so far though obviously if donald trump follows through on his threat to impose 25 percent tariff not just the 200000000000 that is just an increase but also at a further 325000000000 and china responds and then the bigger i think the larger impact is on investments and on confidence and so far markets have been relatively restrained and the danger is that that may make make trump slightly too overconfident and that he may escalate things and then the markets would tank and

then that in turn could have a very harmful economic impact yet trump claims that terry son china will yield $100000000000.00 annually how true is sad and at this stage i mean of the negotiations the chinese have said they are still open to talks presumably hopefully in june which side is the most vulnerable way out. well i think the terrorists mostly harm the country imposing them so trying things that they're a sign of strength but actually it's attacks on u.s. consumers and attacks on u.s. businesses that import from china i think that china is in a stronger position than it was towards the end of last year when the truce was declared its economy was in freefall the stimulus measures of now kicked in the economy has stabilized and i think they're just in a stronger position. i think it's likely that we're going to see escalation in the short term some kind of deal in the medium term but the bigger picture is that you

know the conflict and the strategic rivalry between the u.s. and china and the emergence of a new cold war i think is going to be with us for the years and indeed decades to come all right very good to talk to you about the sink you so much for your insight former special adviser at the director general of the world trade organization thank you. i mean people in southern africa are having to rebuild their lives after one cycle and was quickly followed by another last month zimbabwe malawi and mozambique were all hard hit as specially on the island of evil off the coast of northern mozambique has been to see how survivors are picking up the pieces. this is the 1st time daddy army says combat evil island since like looking at him last month his than me home is gone so to have all his belongings i'm not feeling good is not feeling the look to see all the houses call it is 1st

time. before the cyclone the. feeling that. we're going to. need to make. good. to. us. now the rain is eased aid with is a study managed. to reach more remote areas and small islands in some places the damage is extensive patients had to be evacuated from this hospital when the storm hit thousands are now homeless they sleep wherever it's dry in schools and community holes even in this old fort. the 16th century building survived the cycloid people who lost their homes say they feel safe leaving india because it's so strong but conditions are dire families the drinking water clothes blankets and food. aid has started to arrive by road in air but many people are still waiting for help the cycle destroyed many crops in northern mozambique. we

are grateful for the help we have received so far but we need more it's not just food people also need medicines clinics and was because were destroyed. mozambique was still struggling to deal with it. when the 2nd one struck this is already considered one of the poorest countries in the world and the building will cost a lot of money and in people's will how do. it while and mozambique. cholera is on the rise in yemen doctors have recorded more than 200000 suspected cases this year and seasonal rains are helping spread the disease among both war wary yemenis and others too. exposed to the elements hungry and struck by disease africans who have crossed the sea from 2 puti in search of a better life are the latest victims of yemen's cholera epidemic this dusty

hospital courtyard in the southern province of la here has become a makeshift ward security forces brought the sick from a migrant detention center but the hospital was full many have already died of the disease there's barely enough food and water and hospital staff work with limited supplies to keep survivors alive. today we were fed dring lunch one piece of bread and one flat bread nothing much and the people here are still hungry it is not enough there is so much heat and there is no air conditioning in the detention center even the water is little and not good enough for drinking it's estimated that more than 4000 african migrants are in yemen security forces in the cities of aden island huge have detained them in camps where poor conditions have allowed the epidemic to thrive. they're dying before our eyes and we cannot do anything there are still cases to come just

a few minutes ago the authorities called and told us that there were still more than 100 cases in which the patients were critically ill the destruction reeks by yemen's 4 years civil war has created prime conditions for the spread of cholera fighting and as strikes have damaged sewage systems and water stations and many people don't have access to clean water color is spread by contaminated water causing dehydration through vomiting and severe diarrhea. in the capital sana'a health workers go door to door giving children the color f.x. see it's a slow process but these drops could mean the difference between life and death. in march the u.n. reported that the number of suspected cases had increased by 150 percent in the space of a month and of course of those affected are young children. we go to houses and give the vaccines and educate people because it's

a very dangerous disease vaccines cannot ensure immunity and their fat sickness declined rapidly after a year but this temporary measure is the only option to help stem the spread of cholera an epidemic adding to what's already regarded as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. al-jazeera a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck panama on sunday near its border with costa rica the epicenter was 50 kilometer kilometers northwest of panama's coastal city of david some businesses and homes were damaged several people were injured but there's been no reports of any deaths. lithuania's prime minister has been knocked out of the presidential race soundness governor nellie's conceded defeat a few hours after the polls kohl's a runoff vote will be held on may 26th and economists who is promising to build a welfare state will be against a conservative former finance minister. and norway has earned billions of dollars

exporting oil and gas and it's still bowls of vast untapped resources many lying areas rich in biodiversity but as nick carr reports there's growing pressure to stop drilling the far north of norway is spectacular a lot of mountains and fuel didn't rule beauty it's an important fishing area as you can imagine it brings in the tourist dollar there's lots of. particularly in the folk annoyance we're getting close to major is what you do. the problem is the wealth of little lies beneath the waters for a long time let's hope niland have been in the crosshairs of the big oil companies because read your logis know that cross the waters lie the nonprofit all feel what an estimated 60000000000 dollars and their bosses or the like to explore in the past this has been supported by the government and for many it's a big concern among those that say the all against oil but i'm also really afraid

of the dems that can happen if there isn't big always been so i wouldn't take the risk but things may be changing recently norway's opposition labor party with drew its support for next gratian meeting now there's a majority in parliament to keep the islands off limits the young people today and they are more important about the future climate change watchers really live about . and i think the fish wrists and the tourism industry is the future more than oil and gas especially in the. arctic areas. norway is a nation made rich by 4 decades of oil and gas extraction the sovereign wealth fund worth a colossal one trillion dollars so every move away from fossil fuels is significant the climate crisis is also more real it's close up in our face you have to do serious stuff the next 10 years. and educated people in already understand that

it's it when we start to understand that there will be some changes on the small to even maybe a politically the size of the market will change to the amount of consumers will demand. we're happy with that we're making progress before those in the folks in who rely on these waters and fear the potential impact of oil spills still skepticism we're never gets. the food the. food in no for oil exploration so for me it seems like it's only no intil it's yes and when it's yes there is no turning back at a time when the world needs to radically cut back on fossil fuel emissions it will become increasingly hard for the nation to justify new extraction contracts especially in these waters nic log al-jazeera the liberated islands norway. several states in germany have indicated their support for a so-called mosque attacks aimed at making muslim organizations less dependent on

foreign funding the scheme would mirror a voluntary church tax according to newspaper reports its main roles as a way to reverse enjoins a foreign government over the country's $5000000.00 muslims around $900.00 mosques in germany are run by the turkish islamic union of the institute for religion which is under the authority of the tech ish governments. now there's something new on the menu in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh aid agencies want to reduce monetization by encouraging rohingya refugees to eat more fresh vegetables and other healthy food to. start. a basic diets of just rice and lentils is what most refugees such as thereto begum have been surviving on in this camp but the trip so far to stop promise is something different she has a wide selection of nutritional food to choose from to feed her family a more varied and balanced diet is on the menu thanks to a new electronic russians voucher for refugees they rely on rations every 2 weeks

and the vouchers are especially welcome for under 5 year olds who need a wider range of meals have access to 20 food items which include fresh vegetables eggs dried fresh and alive a lot more dodgy diverse diet for a few refugees we are currently feeding about 330000 refugees through this mechanism and by the end of the year we hope to have all 880000 refugees will have access to this mechanism. elsewhere in the camp abdulmutallab tends to his micro vegetable garden ranger refugees are being given seeds into supplants food they can use their agro kits on any patch of land next to their huts to grow nutrient rich greens and vegetables. they're giving us seeds and plants for maize chilies eggplant spinach better lemons carrots squash and pumpkins we've planted all of them were comfortable now and it also keeps

a scooter being out here but something to do. there's also the added bonus of selling any extra produce for profit. really closely with the department of agriculture to increase food production not only in the camps but in the host communities. in 2000 and we've delivered micro gardening kits to 25000 households inside the. an additional $25000.00 outside of the cabs and the plan is to expand this to move families by the end of the year to not only provide them with a healthy balanced diet but to also help or hinder refugees to be more self-sufficient so to hide out. to have a source has far fully thank you so much the toronto raptors are into the eastern conference finals for just the 2nd time in franchise history a buzzer beating effort from quite a leonard deciding game 7 of their playoff series against the philadelphia $76.00 ers and the richardson reports. it's

a moment raptors farm will easily forget. a while and it's buzz of beating short going the long way round thank you. for eventually dropping in to give the raptors a 9290 victory over the philadelphia 76 is in the decisive 7th game of their playoff series something i'm ever experienced before. i want to show. so. no. no blessing to just be able to you know get pointed and make and feel that moment with the semifinal series tied at 33 these teams could barely be separated throughout this encounter then it's excellence the marginal difference by which i really. scored $41.00 points but with 4 seconds left everything was still up for grabs as the $76.00 is jimmy butler

tied the game up at 90 points each week to a stake you know i can only tell you to go away i want to reform the king for that final fling from leonard the 1st game 7 buzzer beater in n.b.a. playoff history he and his team now move on to the eastern conference finals and a series with the milwaukee bucks and some 1st shot somebody get a game winner and then be in game 7. roger showed emotion. and it was a very very friendly moment is how we know we can move on to the next round also moving on after a game 7 when all the portland trail blazers beating the denver nuggets next up for them the golden state warriors in the western conference finals and the richardson al-jazeera are just in the n.h.l. playoffs the boston bruins have taken another step towards the stanley cup final in front of a home crowd they thrashed the carolina hurricanes 6 to 2 and game 2 of their is or conference final the bruins are now 2 up in the best of 7 series but carolina do

have home advantage in the next 2 games. manchester city are one win away from becoming the 1st english team to win a domestic trouble of trophies on sunday city were celebrating their 2nd consecutive premier league title to be brighton for one on the last day of the season to finish one point clear of rivals liverpool they face watch for it in the f.a. cup final on saturday. more more difficult so the 1st time loss is always always perfect but this isn't. an. easy grable season but. we did it we did them. in contrast a generation of liverpool supporters is still waiting to witness a league title when our reporter lee wellings spent the day with some very patient france. liverpool fans have seen that same produce football miracles one of the

vote on tuesday when they beat barcelona 4 nil to reach the champions league final political hadn't been english champions since 9090 before the premier league was formed and monte mean this era has come from behind to win the title on the last the fans still come in hope and expectation that. the city would slip up. if we got faith in brian helping us. said. liverpool needed to do their job in the sunshine on the 1st against wolves going in the 78th minute a new wave of euphoria swept on field with news of a britain go but it was swiftly doused by manchester city equaliser by how time city were ahead and the reality was sinking in that liverpool were going to fall just short a light 2nd goal for liverpool by manet secured the victory but not the title. the vital one at manchester city in january and with

a record amount of points for obama's up there was frustration. and pride 2. oh it was a great day. there is no prob with liberal. guides all over the web next be diverse and we can come yes very proud of the same liverpool now face tottenham in the all english champions league final at the start of june i want to be seen as the kings of european football and also to finally win you're going club's 1st trophy as manager of the kings of english football off 50 kilometers away in manchester welling's al-jazeera. well number one novak djokovic is looking great form ahead of the french open which begins later this month the serene claim the projected open title on sunday it's the 3rd time he's won the event jock which beating stuff no 6 appice and straight sets in the final.

it was hamilton has retaken the lead in the formula one title standings the defending world champion won the spanish grand prix ahead of his mercedes teammate valtteri but it's. really grateful for this incredible team that continued to push the limits bring some upgrades here this weekend which it really. added to the cost performance and. we know it created history day by day weekend by weekend. incredibly proud to be a part of that. and south korea's sung kang has won for the 1st time on goals p.g.a. tour the 31 year old told 7 birdies on sunday to win the byron nelson championship in texas can won by 2 shots he now heads to the 2nd major of the year the p.g.a. championship which starts in new york on thursday. and that's all you sport for now more later back to you folly thank you very much for that that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera but do stay with us we've got plenty more wild news coming up very shortly peter dumb people be knife next.

coming. up. as u.s. sanctions and levied against iran we want them to mark this one on iraq's relations with its key trading partner or not be part of through to a new alliance against another other than iraq step you see prime minister and will minister. sounds is there a. problem it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in due time. astri seems to defy gravity every beauty's is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness when it became a democracy in 2008 the time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow betimes example but how do you measure it many brits unease happiness is what we ensure it's if it is quantifiable but by

simply turning its pursuit into policy bhutan has done what no other country have. our aim is not war. the u.s. secretary of state plays the talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east. and the moca mind to w. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up sweden it reopens a rape case against the wiki leaks founder julian assange and says it will see his extradition from the u.k. . polls are closing right now in the philippines mid-term elections with voters expected to strength.