of the 21st century despite our warnings our west phase and 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 of deliberate targeting by the regime when it was time for russian ambassador no benzema to speak he accused the council of double standards ignoring civilian deaths during the u.s. 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

a lady in 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 hospitals in it. or 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 lebron james plays out jazeera at the united nations the head on al-jazeera. sudan's night revolutionaries we meet the man and woman joining the sit in to protect their revolution and the angry tale of oppression from brazil that's stealing the spotlight the pecan film festival.

hello again or welcome back we're here across the northeastern part of china over the next few days things are going to get quite stormy we do have an area of low pressure right now that's making its way across parts of central china here's the air of low pressure right there what we are going to be seeing is a system really beginning to develop in the forecast a lot of rain is going to be pushing through not for beijing you're going to be on the western side but those showers are going to be making their way through early in the morning on sunday now watch the storm really develop as it pushes into the russian maritimes and with the storm we could be seeing some severe weather for a lot of us stuck the showers will push you on monday over towards support of though it won't be monday but it will be tuesday by the time this system comes down as well as across most of central japan well here across parts of china we are

looking at some very heavy rain in the central area over the next few days and humidity is going to be quite high across much of the coastline for hong kong with those winds coming out of the south it is going to be a fairly miserable day in terms of the heat index 33 degrees on the map but it's going to feel more like $35.00 to $36.00 degrees there up to fuzhou oh it is going to be a hot one day and rain in the forecast coming down to about 30 there but over here towards annoy we could be seeing some rain across parts of northern vietnam with attempted there of $33.00 and cuming at $23.00. russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside. what's the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft. russian goals here we achieve. peace and. russia all knowledge is

a. well again the top stories on al-jazeera has begun in australia is closely followed general election the conservative liberal party leader scott morrison is hoping to retain his position as the prime minister is facing a strong challenge from bill shorten who leads the labor party. far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video. who was apparently seen offering government contracts in exchange for political support. at least 20 fighters of the us backed syrian

democratic forces were killed in 2 bomb attacks. a local police station and a military base were also targeted. the international community is calling on sudan's military to resume talks with the opposition immediately they're also concerned about violence against protesters thousands of people have been demonstrating near the army headquarters demanding civilian rule and some are holding ground overnights hippa morgan met some of them. call themselves. sudanese cool calm after sunset to join the thousands outside the military headquarters they searched for weapons at checkpoints set up by other protests before they joined the sit in which is now in its 2nd month to make a nice news we do believe it's important to have people here at night because the attempts to disposed to sit in mostly happens during the evening that's why we have people come and 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 a. 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 protest estate on to demand 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 because the get up that secret out of the list but admitted 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 this while. 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 protest this people here say my. feeling is down jefferson and that many here have heard of

but haven't lived while getting a taste of how different the country can be here. on this corner different cultures are displayed the dances performed are common in the west and south of sudan 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 sudan's 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 this is they want to back down until this sort of life becomes the norm across their country. is marking 10 years since the end of the 25 year long civil war tamil tiger rebels who create their own independent home made their last stand against government

forces on the jaffna peninsula in the north both sides were accused of widespread war crimes reports from northern sri lanka where many are still grappling with the legacy of war. in the closing months of sri lanka's civil war it's estimated by the un some 40000 civilians were killed as the government launched its final campaign against tamil tiger fighters those civilians caught many of them on this warm little patch of the area that was the scene today of a very moving commemoration survivors and relatives of those missing in the conflict candles and it's a giant flame to commemorate those who were lost now the survivors many of those still have missing relatives they don't know what's happened to them some thousands and thousands of missing and a u.n. panel some years ago found that both sides were possibly culpable in

a potential war crimes they said the sri lankan forces may have summarily executed tamil tiger fighters and they say the tamil tiger fighters shot civilians trying to escape to the emotions still very particular in this part of sri lanka many people complaining but still nothing has been done to give them answers to what happened during the conflict venezuela's president has welcomed talks with his representatives and the opposition both sides who are meeting in oslo norway and nicolas maduro says it's the beginning of dialogue with those who want him to step down the mediation bedtimes after months of a power struggle between medgar and the opposition leader won by jove the crisis has resulted in demonstrations and standoff between supporters and the duros military. meanwhile venezuela's foreign minister has spoken to al-jazeera about the talks and norway has told our lot in america editor lucien newman that proposals from the opposition will only be considered if they respect venezuela's

constitution those when they also look at things here and they are asking for all those things because the united states is demanding it 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 numbers and the way down and i wanted to see him 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 grasp of land 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 he 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 the us has reached

a deal with canada and mexico to remove its terrorists 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 greenman to eliminate u.s. metal tariffs and chatted as retaliatory terrorist on u.s. products including pork beef. obviously these continued tariffs on steel and aluminum and our countermeasures 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 how to go high and 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 25 and 10 percent he's now heralding that those tariffs will be removed there's

some context here though 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 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 the german parliament has voted to condemn as cinematic a movement that calls for economic pressure on israel to end the occupation of palestinian land and to recognize the right of return of palestinian refugees all 3

governing parties and 2 large opposition parties past the non-binding resolution they said so-called they said the boycott divest sanctions movement is a threat to jews and to israel itself. homes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes including some on stilts perched precariously over a lake in binny in an african fishing community on the edge of lake know who has managed to preserve its lifestyle and traditions for more than 2 centuries but as a boy telling reports fisherfolk in the village of gang are finding the pressures of modern life are threatening just one. what they say about gun view is that life is peaceful. for more than 250 years people have been living on the water and what's thought to be africa's largest lake community it's grown to around 35000 people. our guide is 23 year old herman sources he grew up here

but is now studying on the mainland he shows us around the fish farms the main source of income for most families. we meet gerard when you're he explains that business is tough because they have to invest so much in it for so little return. to go around the world when we castanets and don't catch any fish it breaks our hearts we have no choice but to come back to fishing because we have nothing else to do if we can get some help to move away from this work it would be good what we really need is help. the water reaches up to 2 meters and so a boat is the only way to move. them and tells us that each family has at least 3. the community is divided into what they call villages the chief of this one is no new he tells us they need help with basic facilities. we have no electricity or clean water because of the way the population is growing the clean water we have

is not sufficient if the government could help us with this we would be happy. for 25 and sells food for a living she has plans to open up a store she is the exception among her age group and i want all of my friends are gone they've gone to the mainland to look for money i'm the only one left congo is a fully functioning community with schools churches a hospital and even a cemetery one of the challenges for people here is how to preserve their way of life without being left behind by the rest of society. a man tells a story of how his ancestors found sanctuary when they were escaping a war between bendings ancient kingdoms now there's no escaping the fact that many like him though proud of their heritage are looking for a different future i'm a blessing al-jazeera. it's a big year for brazilian cinema the 2900 cannes film festival with 7 movies on the

schedule the 1st screening and khan coincided with mass demonstrations back in brazil against education cuts by president so you're both sonars government cuts that are hurting our sector charlie angela reports on the political message that brazil's films are sending. to the cost of brazilian film background this is their moment to enjoy they say it's also the moment to protest. extreme times cool for extreme cinema. used and conceived 10 years ago angry tale of oppression feels like a bang up to date critique of brazil's current political climate. here an isolated impoverished village is forced to defend itself when threatened with being wiped off the map it's a film that shows the power of the community under fire and under fire is how the directors now feel as brazil's president. cracks down on what he calls cultural

marxism with the rise of the extreme right for some reason they have. they despise artists and culture and it's all very sinister in the way it seems to function. so. they have slashed old federal funding for cultural base and of course in a film. another distinctly brazilian film is sick sick sick a feverish story about 1st love that becomes dangerously infected. it's a poetic 1st film from director alice potato who shows brazil's youth liberal and. in some way reflects the kind of nightmarish 6 states of the.

and i think that the ending of the film is like. trying to. get the intensity back trying to get the. love back maybe because you are in the society of haters. it's unclear what films like this will get from the government going forward president bush has recently merged the ministry of culture with a ministry of citizenship brazil has brought 7 films to catalyse it's a record for the country and something to be celebrated but for the filmmakers here there is concern that back in brazil the crowds gathering and their future artistic freedom could be under threat of al jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera counting has begun in australia as closely fought 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 to lead the labor party. austria's far right deputy vice chancellor has resigned over a controversial video hinds christian who was apparently seen offering government contracts in exchange for political support. explains there are now concerns about the extent of russian influence over a far right parties in europe. during that video which was made in july 27th t. he even suspected at one point that he may have been being set out but clearly those worries were laid and he continued speaking about the business in hand as it were which revolves around gaining russian support financial and political in a bid to try and win over contracts not just with austrian businesses but with the austrian government as well inflated contracts to to build highways casinos and

also even discussing the possibility of taking over one of australia's most widely read newspapers at least 20 photos of u.s. backed syrian democratic forces were killed in 2 bomb attacks in iraq a local police station and a military base were also targeted explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media describe the shooting down of luminous objects coming from the direction of israel israel hasn't commented but after an attack targets connected to iran and the lebanese group hezbollah turmel's in sri lanka are marking 10 years since the end of the 25 year long civil war tamil tiger rebels who fought 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 . those are the headlines on inside story is coming

up next to stay with us. will 10 years since sri lanka's civil war ethnic and religious tension is running high again buddhist groups are accused of attacking muslims want tamils demand justice over alleged war crimes can sri lanka ever achieve lasting peace this is inside story. we're going to. be. the will. come to the program fully back to sri lanka is remembering

a decade since the end of its civil war hundreds of thousands of people were killed over 26 years as a government for an ethnic minority tamils who wanted to create their own state but he was returning to the country attacks on churches and hotels killed nearly 260 people on easter sunday last month eisel claimed responsibility but the government blamed a little known homegrown armed group mosques and muslim owned businesses were burnt down this week in revenge attacks the government is blaming what it calls hardline buddhist groups it says the situation is now calm enough to lift a nationwide curfew but the united nations is warning that the violence could undermine peace efforts now the civil war ended in 2009 let's take a closer look at what's happened since then in 2012 the government rejected a un resolution urging it to investigate crimes committed during the last few years of the conflicts but in 2015 months he promised to see now replace mind the

rajapaksa as president and pledge accountability over civil war try. last year sarah scenery praised the prime minister with rajapaksa and his old parliament by the supreme court ruled against this and reinstated the former prime minister to end the political crisis and in march the un approved another extension to set up a credible war crimes investigation or will bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st now for 9 days reports from kilinochchi and northern town that was ravaged by the civil war and where people are trying to rebuild their lives. strip dr tangle to subtlety has worked hard since the end of the war in 2009 to put the brutal conflict behind him he's one of 5 doctors who treated civilians caught between government and tamil tiger fighters mother and father brought to children so that one was. does not call them. the in

the next one the next. and they told of this one also going today. they were crying. at least one arrested by the government questioned and released after the war he quickly returned to his job he now uses his spare time to teach young people how to make the best of their education 10 years after the end of the war dr south of the hopes programs like these will give students more opportunities to build a better future. it's an option that may have kept candle and from joining the tigers when he was 16 years old today his battle is to provide for his family after spending 3 years in prison i got a conditional bail and have to go and sign in every month this is a must no matter where i work i also have to attend court hearings the 3 years that i was in prison we got into a lot of debt. that's

a common feature in most households here in the formal war zone many families struggle to make ends meet these people who are devastated during the war who could not earn a living for many many years even over the last 10 years are still in an economic crisis of saud's and we have yet to see how we are going to get them out of this high rates of unemployment have not helped the aftermath of the war has left households struggling to cope financially with little old few opportunities and many have lost family members or beatings the news of the still missing. government troops battled a 26 year war with the tamil tigers who fought to win their rights against what they described as discrimination by should learn to sing in these majority successive governments could not defeat the tigers until president minded rajapaksa

took power he won the war but many say he lost the peace and alienated the tamil people i made serious allegations of human rights violations both the government and. or accused of committing war crimes but only the government has faced pressure to answer for its actions so far a senior government official in the north says the government could have done more if real life calm and everyday life need to be on 3rd fall and be bold which we can move forward i would a mark of if you move forward without answering i would have a call to review and i bet you won't be any justice for that and i'm standing for that dr southam of the hopes those pledges will be honored till then he's concentrating on helping young tamils better their lives and their philander's al-jazeera killing archie northern sri lanka. let's bring in our guest now for today's inside story in. dublin tamil and anti

vinaya gun lecturer in international law i griffith college joining us on skype from london cero a lot to hong an associate fellow champ house and chair of the board of trustees of the sri lankan campaign for peace and justice thank you all for being on inside story charo if i can start with you in london 10 years since the end of the civil war has there been closure. i think the most clear and decisive oncet would be nil. not for the tamil community not healing and no real recreative process has been put in place you know not just in terms of judicial accountability which is a far cry i think in terms of really an outlet to ceiling on so those 2 there are many questions. questions about the thousands of people the timers who've been disappeared. questions about continuing militarization and military

presence in the northeast which is a very stark reminder to the time of a brutal end to the conflict so no really there has been. but present sarah cena insists the country is on path to a consolation chair on what concrete lee has been done since 2009 to bring about reconciliation and unite communities well the measures that have been put into place you know the office of the missing person and very fledgling attempts at transitional justice mechanisms have really not borne any fruit so far you know the measures have been taken as a response to international pressure dehydrate to the human rights council a resolution on sri lanka which called for these measures to be put in place and accountability to be measures of accountability to be put in force. these

responses these small initiatives really a response to exacerbate stress but actually in reality not a single case has been dropped against you know housing the lights were lots of civilians were killed and indeed egregious war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed but all sides all parties but none of this. country's accountability map so when we talk about the current season another thing to consider is a recent. easter sunday attack and i think it would also bring to this the fault lines on. society i think it's very important you pointed out there that both sides in the civil war have been accused of committing crimes it's not just the government at the end of the conflict but also the tamil tigers that's

wrong in tamil in dublin tunnel you wrote recently in an article that sri lanka might be post war but not post conflict and said media events of the past few weeks isa sunday bombings the religious tensions the political climate have raised concerns about the future but is another conflicts really likely i mean many sri lankan is set we spoke to have been speaking to say you know never again. thanks very much for having me yes indeed as a wrote in a recent article is. a country that of sports war but certainly not post conflict and as you said i. the recent developments in the country especially in light of the anti muslim sentiments that are now emerging i see a new conflict coming to the forefront we have seen already the signs in 20142018 at the recent into religious riots that had happened in the

country. and we also have to stress that. is at the end of the day still a country that has never gated since this post colonial times within a prescriptive parameters of single leave buddhist nationalism and we have to understand that any kind of an intervention on behalf of the minorities in those countries is seen largely with suspicion as i have also pointed out in my recent book. that is dealing with the human rights and gauge went of sri lanka with the united nations so yes to answer your question there is a conflict looming and we have to be highly vigilant to encounter the rising nationalist threat towards any minority in the country while let's take a closer look at sri lanka's population it's largely divided into 2 ethnic groups

the sinhalese buddhist majority any minority tamils who are mostly hindu buddhist account for 70 percent and dominate the political and military establishments while just over 12 percent of the population is hindu muslims make up 9.7 percent and christians round up the number at nearly 7.4 percent so you know when you talk about the current tensions tamil are they religious tensions or ethnic tensions are both. well i think it's a mix of many things that have accumulated all over the years of course colonial governance in the country and different legislative measures have actually paved the way before a narrative that has fostered the attitude that it's the country of the single least buddhist. many scholars have written with with.

many research indications that. is a country where the single leaves are living with a minority complex they are the majority of the minority complex and. there is this kind of an attitude that was carried from pre-colonial times already. where. certain leaders of nationalist religious movements like that of a baller had infuse politician the lead singer leaves politicians with this ideology where she should be only governed by the single eaves and minorities are just subjugated to then the tarot during the civil war muslims were also targeted by the tamil tiger rebels and suffered at their hands what has the government done to restore confidence among young muslims following the recent attacks by by some members of the.