bass the mostly kurdish led forces had pushed out of rock and 2017 but there have been several attacks since then also in syria state media says edge offenses repelled an attack at a major airbase i'm i'm in is used by russian warplanes to launch air strikes on rebels fighters launched drones and rockets towards the base close to the coastal city of latakia at least one person was killed in a village nearby and several others wounded and explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media has reported what it described as luminous objects coming from the direction of israel and that they had been shot down israel hasn't commented but in the past its forces have attacked sites in syria that it says are connected to iran and the lebanese group hezbollah and an airstrike in a province on friday has killed several civilians including a father and his baby daughter many more people were injured and the united nations

age chief is warning of the west a humanitarian tragedy of this century if a military offensive continues in the syrian government and its russian allies have renewed their push to capture parts of it and how many provinces hospitals have been bombed and aid agencies have been forced to suspend their work our diplomatic editor james bays reports. the russian ambassador. under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a so you now it stands accused of unleashing with. a campaign of bombardment on the province since late room this is a school issue in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000. the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs in populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17

schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed you here on 18 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. despite our warnings our west phase now coming true mr local revealed the un had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k. ambassador then asked if they'd actually been deliberately targeted as a result mr president it would be absolutely grotesque if n.g.o.s and health workers providing coordinates to a mechanism they believe is there to assure their safety but finding themselves being the authors of their own destruction because if deliberate targeting by the

regime when it was time for russian ambassador ben zia to speak he accused the council of double standards ignoring civilian deaths during the us bombardment of the eyesores stronghold of russia but he denied his country's air force was currently targeting medical facilities for you but it's that we categorically reject accusations of by allayed an international humanitarian law neither the syrian army nor the russian space and air force is conducting has delivered against civilians or civilian infrastructure or you bombing of hospitals in. no outside the chamber but in his speech to the council the syrian ambassador bashar jaffrey said military operations were being carried out against what he said were terrorists they were he said operations that will continue it seems this meeting has failed to stop the devastating bombardment of it lip james plays out jazeera at

the united nations are plenty more ahead on this news hour and creating under attack why tens of thousands of algerians keep attending to the streets to push for political change. sudan's night revolutionary it's men and women joining the thetan to. tect their revolution. and manchester city could clinch a domestic travel later in the english f.a. cup final joey will have the details in schools. all to austria now where the coalition government there is in crisis chances sebastian cutts has reportedly ruled out continuing to work with his far right deputy christian straka he will make a statement shortly this follows a scandal centered around a video it was published by 2 german newspapers showing the vice chancellor straka

apparently offering government contracts in return for political support cuts as conservative people's party and struck his anti immigration freedom party joined forces in 2017 to govern the country while sonia gago is live for us in london sonia so potentially huge political fallout in austria does today's potential announcement come as a surprise. well indeed and in fact there have been suggestions that the chancellor sebastian kurtz is now no longer willing to work with the far right freedom party certainly with hans christian struck it has been a scandal of explosive proportions and it's not surprising considering exactly when you look at the contents of that video it shows that struck her a villain a spanish island of the thing a group of people amongst whom was an alleged russian woman as well as an austrian

woman of serbian origin whose husband was also a member of the freedom party and in it basically discussing how they could use russian fans or certainly direct russian funds for political support to wards getting contracts not just with austrian businesses but also with the austrian government and in that video as well there was also a notion that perhaps at one point struck i did fear that perhaps he was being set up but then he goes where is apparently late as he continued on that among the the potential assets that were being discussed were not just things like inflated construction contracts but also you had casino licenses as well and even discussion about taking over newspaper which has one of the widest circulated numbers in austria as well now with that being said the

freedom party has said that it is looking at that video closely considering its next legal options they've denied that they have received any benefits in kind of tool but what is absolutely certain really that it has signaled very much so the downfall of the freedom party leaders political career till now so sunny a guy you go across that developing story there for us will be bringing you more on that as it happens thank you sonia. well to gas was fired and algeria on the 13th successive friday of protests demanding a clean sweep of the leadership 6 weeks after forcing out their longtime president . protests to say they'll only stop when everyone friend has in a circle is replaced and the reports. for months protesters have gathered outside the iconic grampus building in the capital algiers demanding political change. but

on friday morning they arrived to find the area barricaded by police officers. tens of thousands of protesters tried to push their way through but 1st security forces responded with tear gas but outnumbered and under attack. i they eventually pulled out of the area it's the 13th consecutive week protesters have gathered in the main square to demand the removal of politicians and officials associated with the regime of asked to president abdelaziz bouteflika to make a similar mix similar to one of the they want to destroy us but they want we demand late or early we reject their stories of beings we are the ones who choose who represents us not the right many protesters day believe that interim president up till kadok been salah is the right person to run the country at this critical moment presidential elections for july the protest is not just in the capital but across algeria unrelenting in the demands but complete regime change in

such projects elections under this president can only lead to a fraudulent government but we is the one who fix $6000000.00 forms for bootlicker good reason actions are rigged and dollars and we will not take part in the early say no to the elections. some want army chief of staff my guide to step in and remove the political elite but he's wounded against what he says are attempts to create a power vacuum so i. such mornings antigovernment protesters seem determined to continue their rallies until the political establishment is gone the tory gaita be al-jazeera well let's now speak to a melbourne parker who is an algeria analyst and a research fellow at the school for advanced science and advanced studies in the social sciences and paris she joins us now from algiers and via skype about 13 weeks so far is there any sign these protests are abating at all no no absolutely

not that's one of the main success of this moment people even if they are asking because now we are in the middle of the holy month of ramadan are still there to manage the streets and still very. concrete in their demands of having the whole regime perhaps in your living. judea now the problem is how do you negotiate with someone who refused to acknowledge even that even recognize that you exist how do you negotiate with someone who actually refuses to take any kind of decision because. they have to wait your army has him always and he is now very clearly in power but the army commander in chief gates doesn't seem to have any solution any way for lives unless they're used business as usual organizing chairman actions having sacrificing some elements within the ranks of the regime in order to survive

the crisis this is what they have done so far since $96.00 to so this time algerians certainly refusing this and that you are so violently having the regime surviving through personal. reforms but on how the negotiation process is going to take place that's still a big question what amount given the ongoing stalemate that you describe what's likely to actually happen next how will there be any progress. well some things have always you happened since 7 as i said the elites in peril refusing to negotiate at all arching hands have started to see where we will organize our culture also ition we will get back our institutions and that will go to you know actions of national concent yes absolutely because you know the current constitution basically gives her wrists you at the next president who will be chosen by would your army and that's not

a constitution that algerians want to use anymore so they want to elect a new constitutional prosecutor to have some international constituent and somewhere having a new constitution and their new chintz will emerge from this new constitution and there were people produce new leaders of new. ways to organize national elections so far that very concrete things are happening in algeria. algis university for example people have refused to acknowledge that you are probably too young for their current deal because he is preventing students and professors to demonstrate and to talk about the cost transitional process and not end their apps started to force their own and to elect the most critically they're all did something with the government officials they can't point to a speech outside so people are really not really called that you know not acknowledged. all of the people from the government under his you and now trying to organize their all transitions when storm on their all local or present that use

institutions and we'll see how it would result and i'll be back and algeria and speaking to us there from the capital algiers thank you and now thank you. well there have also been protests in libya's capital tripoli hundreds of people voiced their frustration and anger against world huffed as military offensive to capture the city they want after is meant to put down their weapons after is allied with the tobruk based government in libya's east the head of that administration of teenie has told us media they're ready to negotiate with the un backed tripoli government bonds he refused to accept the preconditions that have to his forces withdrawal from territory that they've taken. the united nations the african union the united states and europe have all called on saddam's military to resume talks with the opposition immediately they are also concerned about violence against protesters thousands of people have been demonstrating the army headquarters

demanding civilian rule and some holding ground overnight. at some of. the. sudanese cool calm after sunset to join the thousands outside the military headquarters their search for weapons at checkpoints set up by other protesters before they joined the sit in which is now in its 2nd month and they cannot. it's important to have people here at night because the attempts to disperse to sit in mostly happens during the evening that's why we have people common even sleep here to guard the revolution. but those who come here do more than guard their revolution which began in december before reaching its peak in early april when they began camping in front of the military headquarters and demanded the country's president ahmed and bashir and his 30 year rule. when the military ousted him on april 11th the protesters stayed on to demand the power be handed to civilians.

brings books every evening for protesters to all read for free if they can't afford the price he can now offer books that were banned by the old regime. that books used to have limited purposes during the former regime but now people can access books they couldn't find because of the oppression and the ban they were living under but this isn't just a revolution of the people it's a revolution of the mind as well. some other ways to learn listening to political debates from various parties and groups including those that were targeted by the former government with the opportunity to talk to other protesters people here say my bad. feeling is knowledge of person and that many here have heard of but haven't lived while getting a taste of how to. from the country. on this corner different cultures are displayed the dances performed are common in the west and. parts of the country that have been marred by violence. now people are traveling here to join in the

revolution in their own ways. to fight the future will be beautiful people will be united like never before this is what sudan's future looks like and i'm happy to be part of it. sudan's transition may not speak. but those here at the city old and young have seen a glimpse of the future they want and are living it here they want to back down until this sort of life becomes the norm across their country. well in a few moments we'll have the weather with kevin also ahead on a. quarter in the crossfire the latest on the saudi. military positions that's led to civilian deaths. living on a lake and how 250 years of history is struggling to stay afloat. last left. before she collapsed on the show has more coming up.

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hello again i'm. reminded of the news this allen counting has begun and a strain is closely for general election the conservative liberal party leader scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister he's facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video christian straka was seen offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support. chance us about as conservative peoples party and struck as anti immigration freedom party $24.00 says and 2017 to govern the country. at least $25.00 of us democratic forces were killed in 2 bomb attacks and rocca a local police station and a military base were targeted. in yemen survivors of a saudi u.a.e.

coalition air strikes say they have no idea why their neighborhood in the capital sana was attacked at least 6 people were killed and dozens were injured the coalition says it's investigating what it calls the possibility of an accidental airstrike as the fighters were targeted reports. the sounds of u.a.e. led coalition in yemen says its position strikes on the military positions in the capital sanaa but these pictures of damaged homes tell another story residents of iraq all say there is no justification for the destruction of their neighborhood. again and i guess out of their minds at 8 in the morning i heard an almighty explosion god knows what kind of rocket it was we don't know why we were bombed. sleeping in our. taxi driver he was injured in the attack he's come straight from hospital to see what's left of

his home. so i went to look for my children the stairs were full of shrapnel and blood they got us out and took us to hospital my 3 taxis are damaged we have nothing more than taxis we don't have rockets we're just ordinary people. the school was also damaged it was close when the air strike hit and it's unlikely to reopen any time soon the injured are being treated in hospital many feeling traumatised by what. i was with my children in our home we were hit by an air strike the ceiling collapsed on top of us. saudi emirates led coalition in yemen now says it will investigate what it calls a possible accidental air strike but for those who survived the airstrike it offers very little comfort it's. the war and it didn't take long for these residents to

protest the attack corning it's a brutal crime against civilians so the height of. venezuela's president has welcomes talks with his representatives and the opposition both sides are meeting and also in norway nicolas maduro says it's the beginning of dialogue with those who want him to step down the mediation bit comes after a month of power struggle between mature and opposition leader. the crisis has resulted in demonstrations and stand offs between supporters and majoris military venezuela's foreign minister spoke to al-jazeera about the talks in norway he's told our latin america editor lucien human that proposals from the opposition will only be considered if they respect to venezuela's constitution those whom he owes a lot of things he and they are asking for all those things because the united states is demanding it and we will sit at a table for talks and also or anywhere else all initiatives are possible with our constitution on the table not with a pistol not with an imperial order but with our constitution the options that they

are proposing are not in the constitution dumbass and then the way down and i want to do so do you believe that there is a real credible threat of u.s. military intervention in minnesota or is it a bluff they're also going to have. no with those hawks in the white house there is no bluff you always have to be careful and be prepared for all scenarios it was president trump who in august 27th teen said that he would consider a military option in venezuela it wasn't bolton or pompei oh it was trump bolton has said it thousands of times pompei o has said it pence has said it that all options are on the table including the military one we are prepared for all scenarios. well it's the. anniversary of the end of the 25 year long civil war in sri lanka tamil tiger rebels feared for to create their own independent homeland made their last stand against government forces on the jaffna peninsula in the north both sides were accused of widespread war crimes as an elephant and as

reports from killing the wait for justice goes on for the families of the many victims the pain never stops with. the end it ended as mothers were dying every day we had children bring them up as good human beings for a good life we think of our children 24 hours a day and die again and again eldest son ugandan was shot dead in 2006 sickened sancha jeevan killed by a shell in the last month of the war she was separated from another son martin than as the final battle raged and thought he was dead until she saw a picture showing him in a government rehabilitation center. but after 10 years of searching she's never found him. then we don't know where he is but he's not that he's alive i believe what is my child situation the government has to give us an answer we're asking to give our children back let them go give us an answer what did they do with our

children say publicly. after the civil war government troops battled the tamil tigers who were fighting for a separate homeland following years of discrimination by the majority singhalese population in 2006 then president mahinda rajapaksa backed his brother the defense secretary to launch an all out assault on the tigers in the final stages almost 300000 civilians were trapped in the middle many died in the crossfire sri lankan troops work used of deliberately shelling no fire zones a charge they denied the tigers used to villains as human shields. and they're no longer believe. after the war the suffering continues hundreds of wives and mothers have spent the last 10 years visiting all branches of the police the military government and attended every protest demonstration and vigil they've

tried to raise their plight with international figures from the u.n. but nothing. subtle just of a chandan who has worked with many of these women says they are vulnerable bare of getting income is important for them. for survival north or that are for many. and even then they go out to have their livelihood to work. even if they go and work in the how work is their fierce head as mine. because they had the everybody knew the never. the present government came to power in 2000. in 15 promising change setting up an office of missing persons has been a key achievement but an office of reparations and truth and justice mechanisms are still pending a fact the senior most government official in the north admit i think government representing. i do not bring anyone who is fully happy of obvious humans

would say yes we should do more and we could have done more that admission is of little comfort to jacob mari and hundreds like who just want justice 10 years after the end of the war there's still a lot of work to be done many families depend on war widows and they're struggling to make ends meet find employment and rebuild their lives for this government would help them find answers is fading and patience is running thin but yet the we are desperate for any scrap of information about their loved ones enough and then there's. killing a change. while our bernard smith is in the predominantly tamil town of and northern sri lanka bennett i believe you have just attended a commemoration a vent nearby. and

a stage of the commemoration was one of the main. very solemn and moving events of they've had in the northern parts of sri lanka and sell a few years ago it was called a celebration of victory in the capital colombo but up here it's always been much more of a commemoration i was at the location where the very last bottle essentially of the civil war was held in those dying months because civil war when the government forces launched its final big assault on the l.c.t. liberation tigers fight says it's estimated some 40000 people were killed just in those few months and that beach area where today's ceremony was held where people let large candles in memory of lost relatives that was a scene of blood shed with bodies all over that beach area at the end of that conflict so a very moving day in the states but at smith and north entry lanka for us thank you for that update and well the united states has reached

a deal with canada and mexico to remove its tariffs from steel and aluminum imports the move could put the 3 countries a step closer to ratifying a deal that would replace the north american free trade agreement the agreement will eliminate u.s. metal tariffs and canada's retaliatory tariffs on u.s. products and tooting pork beef and babbin. obviously these continued tariffs on steel and aluminum and our countermeasures i represented significant barriers to moving forward with the new now. now that we've had a full lift on these tariffs we are going to work with you my united states on timing for ratification but we're very optimistic we're going to be able to move forward move forward well in the coming weeks and patty callahan has more from washington. it's been a sticking point in the relationship between the united states canada and mexico the president including those countries on his tariff list for steel and aluminum

a 25 and 10 percent he's now heralding that those tariffs will be removed there's some context here that it all goes back to renegotiate in the north american free trade agreement the president campaigned on this he said it was the worst deal the united states ever made and basically he renegotiated it now there's not many huge changes but still he needs to be able to tell his base before the election that he kept his promise it is facing stiff opposition in congress in a very influential senator chuck grassley of the state of iowa had said he would not put that for a vote that he wouldn't get a vote on this new nafta deal until he got rid of the steel and aluminum tariffs so the president's people have been pushing on capitol hill they want to see a vote on this new trade agreement and now because those tariffs have been removed they have a better shot than they did before. as adding to the uncertainty surrounding the future of britain's steel industry the owners a form a stage and british steel have agreed emergency funding to stave off the threat of

collapse that's a reprieve for thousands of workers and scandal on the east coast of england and as emma hayward reports it's one of only 2 giant steel works left and britain. for more than 120 years the steel works have dominated scunthorpe style and its glory days when tens of thousands of people were all long gone and these are anxious times the 4000 or so stop on share with worries about bricks it leading its owner to ask the government to loan it tens of millions of dollars for a business in profit so we're actually getting somewhere and then bricks the bricks it is causing us problems so the problems that's happening at the moment are no fault of the workers no fault of the management. it's way above the problem is the deal. british steel has now put on the cash from its own lenders and investors to

carry on in the short term view orders from the e.u. because of the crisis already tough trading conditions here it can be a long way from the political workings of westminster and even further from the e.u. space in brussels but uncertainty surrounding breaks it is having a real impact on people's lives say. $20000.00 jobs in the supply chain we couldn't grow them mark them out at. busier than ever fabricating still construction and industry certainty and the body will tell you with a very voted labor my. it's the uncertainty that kills businesses people hold back an investment i can people on and it has a pro quo for all the way through because. more than 2 thirds of people in this area voted to leave the e.u. back in 2016 there are pockets of deprivation in scotland so securing the still

works long term future is important to the town's survival if we're serious about being an indie.