speak in public before going underground minutes earlier opposition deputy congress but only had been stripped of his legislative immunity so that he can be tried for subversion. all the regime knows how to persecute the national assembly but we want surrender it won't fall to its knees and give up the struggle for freedom that we have begun. with with that he left joining 13 other opposition deputies who by their gone into hiding asked for political asylum in embassies or been imprisoned since losing their immunity just in the last week. for opponents of president. the day had begun badly they discovered they'd been locked out of the now powerless legislature the only institution they control the national assembly building is directly behind me but since early this morning police and national guardsmen have been allowed anybody to go inside one officer told me that it's because the bomb squad is inside but according to opposition deputies who were

due to be meeting there today this is just a ploy another attempt they say by the government to intimidate them. the deputies gathered in an adjacent building as a handful of government supporters shouted insults. we are here to raise our voice against those traitorous. president madugalle has targeted the deputies who form part of the opposition leader tightest inner circle but remains defiant vowing to convene the assembly again on wednesday. if we have to hold our stations on the streets we will but the federal state of pallas belongs to the parliament to the people. and we want to announce it. brute force on this obviously yes but that will not dissuade us no matter what they do to us. why those says his representative in washington will be meeting with the head of the u.s.

southern command on monday to discuss possible u.s. military cooperation. my ludo did not immediately respond but while attending a military ceremony in honor of those who helped for oil in uprising against him on april 30th he said the armed forces are prepared to defend venezuela against any outside aggression. this as members of the 28 nation venezuela contact group prepared to arrive in caracas this week to attempt the seemingly impossible a negotiated settlement to the increasingly explosive political conflict you see in human i just got back. the mayor of mexico city has declared an emergency over its air quality the city is among the 10 most popular in the world and people there by wildfires for the toxic mix that is so smoke and car if you know it's out of our hearts. a nightmarish haze has taken over the skies above mexico city

authorities say the dense cloud of toxic air is the result of dozens of wildfires burning in southern mexico and central america is it's the season for high temperatures and this year has been especially hot on the other hand we've all seen periods of prolonged drought. the air quality in the city has gotten so bad the local government has urged people to stay indoors as the air outside is unsafe to breathe apart from breathing it really stings your eyes it's very annoying see isn't that a light it's incredible you can see it in the air the air looks cloudy the amount of pollution you can see is amazing for. the mosque because of the smart it's painful to on high alert. start levels of pollution. more than 20000000 people live in this metropolitan area making it the most densely populated space in north america. exhaust from the nearly 6000000 vehicles that regularly transit the city

isn't making things better. but some people are taking matters into their own hands been out of the recently won a lawsuit against the city after proving air pollution from hydrocarbons is causing medical problems among residents we don't know who it is when there's no doubt this is an environmental crisis by any standard there are so many pollute. schools in some parts of the city this would be considered a high contamination of fine particles. mexico's capital was once known as the most contaminated city in the world and although improvements have been made the city appears to be struggling to curb back pollution this lookout would normally guarantee a beautiful view of the mexico city skyline instead what we can see today is little more than a smoky haze you can even smell it and it could still be several days before the air quality begins to improve. the smoky air has turned the sun sets over the city blood red and with wildfires continuing to burn in surrounding states the problem

appears to be far from over. mexico city. they were a state of alabama has passed a bill outlawing almost all abortions including in cases of rape the measure which is the nation's most restrictive was approved by the state senate and they'll contains an exception for when the pregnancy creates a serious health risk for the mother the mother it will now go to the governor to be signed into law and she is expected to give her approval as part of a broader effort to have the supreme court reconsider a constitutional right to abortion. protesters in israel are calling on people to boycott the shares her vision song contest in tel aviv these were the scenes in the city earlier on tuesday the demonstrators say israel is using the event to mass rights abuses against palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza partisan broadcasters have now come under pressure to withdraw from the competition kerry fossa has this report. this is the latest in

a series of process that activists say going to be taking place throughout the week here in tel aviv tonight is also the 1st semifinal so it coincides without a more important of the activists here it coincides with the 1st anniversary of the moving of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and the border protest that took place in gaza on the same day within 60 palestinians were killed by israeli sniper fire the activists here saying that they want to make sure that that kind of message is attached to all the coverage of the year vision song contest it's an opportunity to a propaganda day from like mike it is will as this pool here more they will show you a few case where actually an apartheid state and hosting it here is a political decision to their own rights device in the 1st innings israeli government is doing all it can to counter this kind of messaging it's set up a website that directs people who are interested in the b.d.s. moving boycott divestment and sanctions something that looks like that but turns

out to be about beautiful diverse sensational israel the khan public broadcaster which is in charge of the events as it wants to make the best eurovision in history and there are performers who are saying it is important to keep these cultural ties up with this kind of music event can be a bridge and it doesn't mean they aren't interested in palestinian rights however as far as a protest is a concern the whole of israel needs to be seen of the state of israel as an occupying force and it should be boycotted in its entirety and they say that these protests their voice will continue throughout these weeks or. a painting by the french artist has sold for more than $110000000.01 a is one of $25.00 celebrated paintings depicting his neighbor's haystacks and in northern france the painting was completed in 1000 $900.00 and is the 1st by the group of artists known as impressionist to sell for more than $100000000.00.

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time for sport with or shall thank you so much steph curry has put in another game winning playoff performance for the golden state warriors curry scored 36 points against portland trailblazers as golden state took an early lead in the western conference finals and the richardson reports i there have been some concerns about steph carey's form heading into the western conference finals to get

a look at. this very post 6 time all star wasted little time in moving that merits of along in game one against the portland trail blazers thanks thanks can't show her a lot just. with kevin durant's out injured curry stepped up to school $93.00 pointers and $36.00 points over all the warriors and aiming for a 5th straight appearance in the n.b.a. finals and a 3rd strike championships this 116 to 94 when suggesting it will be difficult for any team to stop them this is nice to see the ball to shoot the ball well for 4 to have quarters and afford to have games of say in the series and going on to a good start tonight so one want to maintain that every game is different you got to re establish yourself. that's my perspective no matter how.

oh i thought our minds was right we came in a game ready but there are teams that you know they go to make shots in the game can get away from them so tonight we are too many moments where you know we have slipped out of the 1st really frank i carry on the warriors return to action for game 2 at this best of 7 series on thursday and the richardson al-jazeera. college basketball's biggest names in williamson turns pro next season and we're a bit closer to finding out which team helped play for the 18 year old is expected to be 1st pick in next month and being drafted and he was in chicago for the draft lottery where one team is chosen at random to be given that all important 1st pick and here's how it turned out so you see the 2nd period will be made. this morning. was that the number one if it was going to track those 2 good towards now would you. and it's the balcones throughout the

1st chance signed williamson who says he's never actually been to new orleans. the boston bruins are just one win away from a place in the stanley cup finals bruins goalie took a rascally 35 saves as the carolina hurricanes suffered their 1st home loss in the postseason the bruins winning 21 to take a 3 nothing series lead in the eastern conference final. i want to play. and you know make myself look bad you know maybe even chances try to. you know make it look easy kind of. you know if. it's in the zone and i just try to be focused and not use a chance. now that joke a bridge rafa nadal and roger federer are all in action at the italian open this wednesday there are unlikely to emulate the tactics deployed by nick curious in the 1st round match the australian opting to open his title bid with a nod to sir despite his an orthodox approach throughout this encounter with

daniele met the curious did go on to win the match and speak so. much as like 1st point so what happens when the boy. kind of just encourage me to keep doing. you know i think it's a good tactic and some of he doesn't he doesn't want people to just. you know just play every shot he needs rhythm so if we can get in with. tiger woods says he's feeling in great physical condition heading into the p.g.a. championship he's taken a month off since winning the masters ahead of his bid to win a 16th major title i want to play a couple weeks ago just wasn't quite mentally ready to do it but physically i've been feeling really good the training session is a good. i've been to a lot of practicing of late i'm excited to get out there a moment of course we came up here last week took a look at detail and spent a lot of time on it but this is going to be a long week the way the golf course is set up and potentially you know could play this could be held the championship for the 1st 2 rounds which will be playing with

the open champion francesco molinari of last year's p.g.a. winner who says he's not scared of tiger and is relishing the chance to defend his title. when i have the trophy i mean yeah i mean someone's going to feel like i'm playing really good the last time we played you know this championship i want so i'm i feel like. i like our chances this week i feel like i'm playing good. you know if if i do what i'm supposed to do than there are think or think i'd be tough to beat x. formula one champion fernando alonso is getting ready to challenge for the indy 500 later this month has been out practicing ahead of the race which takes place a week on sunday victory would see alonso complete the prestigious triple crown a noticeboard been already won the monaco grand prix and i'm on $24.00 hours race.

and that's all you sport for now more coming up later are out of backyard thank you thank you for joining me for the news hour keep it here much more news on the other side of the break my colleague hala is up next. in a 2 part series. observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that cheap ploy its. property changing. 20 years of me

continues. on now to 0. driven by outrage and spanning generations demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticised repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 2030 or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. russia has jeopardized the united states security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions

from the outside looking. into the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft. russian goals can be a true. piece of good news. on al-jazeera. u.s. troops in iraq are placed on a heightened state of alert my washington or there's not an emergency staff telling . him how he'd seen this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. celebrations in sudan after the military council and opposition alliance which an

agreement on a transition period but some sticking points remain. arrests in sri lanka as the government instigate investigates growing violence against muslims. and 12 months after the arrest of a prominent women activists in saudi arabia amnesty international says it's been a year of shame. the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the order follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups last week the u.s. supplied warships in the gulf in a move it said was a message to iran well we'll be speaking to zain ravi in tehran but 1st let's

go to rob matheson who is in baghdad rob do you have any lace any more for us on the this embassy warning that's been issues. at the moment the warning is as you mentioned before it's to all non-emergency stuff in the embassies here in baghdad which is a few 100 meters away from where i am but also to the consulate. as well the point is that the emergency stops are being asked to leave but all the other stuff the stuff for the deployment for the embassies and for the the consulate in bill are remaining and the other important thing to note is the fact.