asian american and to people that are under 40 years old you've got a whole spectrum of people going out there in the democratic party of very diverse field biden's basically saying let's work on coming together as democrats to defeat donald trump and his message here in philadelphia is he thinks he's the best person to do it. this is. joe biden's 3rd. at the top job but the presidency what is chance is. he thinks he has very good chances and if you look at the polls. if the election was to happen tomorrow the polls are indicating he would beat donald trump and if you look at the polls in pennsylvania where he's at now this is critical state that hillary clinton lost by less than one percentage point to donald trump and trumps the president today primarily because he won a small number of very important states one being pennsylvania critical states with a lot of electoral votes so biden if you're

a supporter of his you look back and say he's doing well in the polls he's from pennsylvania was born there he's probably going to do well there so they think he's got a actually a very good chance and you also notice that donald trump has been out attacking joe biden a lot that's a pretty good indication that within the trump campaign they're also a little bit worried about joe biden as well years older he's in his seventy's he's been creature of washington been there for decades so he has a long extensive public record that will be scrutinized no doubt about it but that will be happening in the days weeks and really months ahead as well but we'll let you get back to listening to that speech in pennsylvania from. thank you very much . well it's more still to come on the including. sudan's nocturnal activists the men and women joining the 6 in to protect their revolution. and in the sports a ruffle that sounds like the crowds in rome we'll have all the details for you.

let's head back to see that breaking news i civil street where the chancellor has called a snap election after his far right deputy was forced to resign over the leaks of its e.u. sébastien courts said the votes would happen as soon as possible his vice chancellor heinz christian. star who was secretly filmed apparently offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political supports well the video threaten the stability of austria's governing coalition just days before it key european union elections. and this also comes as far right politicians across europe have gathered for a rally in italy to try and boost their chances as heads of parliamentary elections

next week the events in milan was organized by italy's deputy prime minister material salvini he says there are new alliances set to gain a powerful voice in european affairs all of henkel is a member of the european parliament's from germany and he joins us now on skype from berlin thank you very much for talking to us here on al-jazeera if i could just start by getting your reaction 1st of all to that news coming out of austria snap elections being called after that break in the coalition between suppressing courts and his far right vice chancellor. well for me it is very interesting because this party as well as many of the other right wing parties in europe is apparently much supported by russia and here we're phonte if you wish for the very 1st time also for that austrian right wing party call it

a sort of smoking gun and i think that's the reason why i had to resign this party is much associated with russia and putin and i think they deserve what they know got and then you mentioned a lot of the other far right parties across europe accusing them of having connections with russia i'm shy we don't have any of them here now but i'm sure many of them would argue that their connections aren't with russia they're within or it's an remind and women on the streets they're speaking up for people who have been neglected spy the political classes for years if not decades. were these these right wing parties in europe they had a few things in common number one of course they are. not only rejecting immigration very often they are racist i think this is one commonality the 2nd one is and i have some understanding and sympathy for that that is the fact that they

are against the united states of europe because brussels is always trying to essential as more and harmonize more and it is very much above the head of a lot of european people and the 3rd commonality i mentioned already is there. are some some there they are in nam and by putin they love a strong leader and i think these 3 things are common thread through all all parties on the right wing in europe at the moment that we saw in italy in milan a group of these leaders from these far right parties are all claiming to be very strong leaders and themselves one of them of course material salvini very strong views on europe as there's another magazine that then leads the far right party in france again they would reject those charges of racism and say they are speaking for the ordinary people on the streets and they would also argue that they are

a force to be reckoned with in these coming elections do you feel threatened by the challenge polls by these parties on the far right who seem to be grouping courser together. because i think that is in my view not very healthy for europe as i said before i think it is good i think to have a political group or a let's say a larger movement of people who are objecting to the united states of europe by the way so was great britain and one of the reasons for brics that the my sole opinion is the fact that brussels went much too far for british taste and their centralization homeowners ation ignoring the differences in europe so here i think is a productive part of that movement but the trouble is they're trying to get those also

from other. areas that there are some of them are plainly and semantic some races some hate. and so on so i think they go much too far and the trouble is that some of the good reasons they are trying to advocate are being overshadowed by their populistic areas in the other direction like racism and so on ok and bill you mentioned bricks at their backs it of course is still hanging over the european elections and of course in britain the brics at party another party challenging the e.u. and saying the e.u. needs reforms britain has to lead leave as soon as possible do you think that the e.u. as a whole is at risk it would be able to tell that from the results of these these elections. ever since the referendum took place i am of the

opinion that this is a severe blow to the european union let's face it britain is economically a large country it's the 2nd largest economy in the european union and just economically it means as if 19 small and medium sized countries are leading the european union at the same time britain has always been an advocate for reason for competition for. forces of responsibility and brussels has more and more in the last couple of years shows in the opposite direction their way are for centralization they want to go towards the united states of europe. being the united states of america but of course in america everybody or more or less everybody speaks english we europe have $24.00 different countries languages so it is extremely difficult to inform the brics that is a severe blow to the european union and it would in my view school

severely impact the competitiveness and the future of the european union altogether so i am hoping that maybe there is a chance in britain for a 2nd referendum and for a reversal because it is a lose lose situation for both for britain and the european union ok i am a face he will have to leave it there but hans all of hankel good to get your thoughts thank you very much for speaking to us here at al-jazeera thank you. now sudan's transitional military council says it's preparing for another round of talks with protest leaders on sunday demonstrators had the streets of khartoum again on saturday continuing their demands for a civilian government negotiations to determine a new governing board see were suspended for 72 hours on wetten say it's like the un e.u. and called for talks to resume as soon as possible morgan caught up with the

protesters has been keeping the demonstrations alive at the capital's army headquarters. call themselves. to be nice cool calm after sunset to join the thousands outside the military headquarters they searched for weapons at checkpoints set up by other protesters before they joined the sit in which is now in its 2nd month as an agonizingly is we do believe 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 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 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 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 you could have to do that in lisbon 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 choose 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 protective people here saying my bad but that it was politics feeling this knowledge of president that many here have heard of but haven't lived while getting a taste of how different the country can be under here. on this corner different cultures are in full display 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 their revolution in their own ways. to fight the 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 over but those here at the sit in 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 complete more going to the er. so long as marking 10 years since the end of a decades long civil war that left more than 100000 people died the un has or sri lanka to investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides but disputes among communities continue to limit progress smith's reports from a war memorial events in movies like us.

10 years hasn't diminished the grief for the survivors of shoreline because civil war. thousands of tamil civilians were trapped on the strip of land as government forces on the liberation tigers of tamil eelam forced out the last weeks of the war thank you on a cell in iraq he was 8 months old at the time she was found sucking milk from had that mother's breast. the u.n. estimates of 40000 civilians were killed in the last few months of the fighting because the government launched its final assault on our suits me fine says. today 10 years on there are still families here waiting for the government to tell them what has happened to us of thousands and fathers and sons our mothers and daughters who went missing during the conflict carol comma not an 18 year old son disappeared after he walked into a military controlled area trying to escape the fighting no one has told what happened to him noted the angle of the car you make it it's too painful for us even to step foot in this place no one understands the suffering and pain from losing

our loved ones it's unbearable to be here i wanted him in the. tunnels started fighting in 1983 for a homeland because they felt marginalized by governments dominated by cynical of buddhist interests 10 years after the war many tamils feel little has improved if you are a government that fundamentally has an as your of a bit warmer water be nice to see you know what is the beach that looks on disconnected that this is in the this country but that morning this must be enough to stay in any part of. the hostel cheating the times after the war u.n. panel of experts said both sides should be investigated for possible war crimes including government forces shelling hospitals and tamil tigers shooting civilians who try to escape the government has set up a small team of investigators to try and help find some of the 20000 people who

disappeared during the conflict but no one has been prosecuted for any alleged war crimes from the 26 year long civil war that left more than 100000 people dead birds made al-jazeera. in northern sri lanka. so it's come on al-jazeera we'll have the latest from tel aviv as calls for a boycott of this year's new vision song contest preaching oppression. and iran is gearing up for tokyo 2020 paralympics hoping to make an end. x. in c.t.'s volleyball peter will have all the details for you he scores. hello again it's good to have you back well this i do want to take you over here towards turkey because the next several days are going to be quite active

particularly for the northern part of turkey now we've already seen some thunderstorms across the region and we are going to be seeing some more brew up as we go towards sunday the rain is going to be quite heavy as well temperatures are going to stay in the high teens with $1000.00 degrees but as we go towards monday notice the rain shifts a little bit more towards the east we are going to sing plenty of sun and on cross so a clear day if you are $25.00 degrees but across parts of the black sea there it is going to be a problem with some very heavy rain well here across the gulf we are looking at our temperatures and dog coming down we were into the low forty's and here on sunday 37 degrees but we could be seeing the possibility of some very gusty winds as well we do expect to see a problem in terms of rain for the northern part of oman now in the afternoon we could be seen those thunderstorms brew up so in the water as we could be seeing some localized flooding there on monday muscat at $32.00 but down towards the south along the coast into yemen we are going to see is a very heavy rains as well and over towards madagascar the rain could be a problem here across the southern part of madagascar not too much for the northern

part with the temperature across the area seeing into the middle twenty's and over here towards durban attempt a few of the 30 degrees there. people have to weigh your record on this trouble in fact a few years ago there is place only for one state on the land of israel all you do not believe in a 2 state solution the official story is unfair and on people we all feel are you i don't care about the official story if you were to go visit today you would say what has the media been telling the world isn't black and white there's a lot to graze in here join me near the hot sun on our front of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories on the big issues here on al-jazeera. i really want to get down to the nitty gritty of the reality whether on line when you have a male chauvinist and that is in hands with in our global federation it is really hard to get a piece of that or if you join us on saturday. they can speak up their mind this is

a dialogue everyone has a voice to talk to us in our live you tube chat and you too can be in history join the global conversation on how does iraq. you're watching also see a quick reminder of the top stories this hour austria's chancellor sebastian cord so it's called a snap election after his far right deputy was forced to resign over a links video appearing to show him offering government contracts in exchange for political supports australia's ruling conservative coalition has won the country's

general election in a major upset prime minister scott morrison has described the victory. as a miracle the opposition leader bill shorten stick died after conceding defeat and former us vice president joe biden has officially launched his campaign to challenge president donald trump in next year's election he's considered the front runner in a crowded field of democratic candidates. a u.s. oil and gas company x. on more bill is evacuating foreign workers from basra in iraq just days after america told some diplomatic staff to leave but here in is also ordering its citizens from iraq neighboring iran warning regional instability well iraq is course in the middle of tensions between iran and the united states the pentagon and had to poison aircraft carrier and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf accusing iran of threatening its troops and interests

but iran says it does not want war well to syria now where there have been 2 explosions targeting u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in iraq or at least 20 sci-fi says were killed in the bomb attacks at a local police station and military base the most the kurdish led forces have pushed i saw eyes of rock in 2017 but there have been several attacks since then and stary and states media reporting very or defenses have repelled an attack from is really controlled territory for a 2nd nights earlier they said they repelled a rebel attack on an airbase may mean is used by russian warplanes to launch airstrikes on rebels fighters launched drones and rockets towards the base close to the corso city of latakia at least one person was killed in the village nearby and several others were wounded. the year vision song contest is just to be

held in tel aviv shortly despite calls for contestants to boycott the competition activists say israel is using the event to mosque rights abuses against palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza american pop star madonna wasn't a pressured c. withdraw competitions organizers confirmed her performance on thursday while harry fawcett's joins us now live from outside the entrance to the your vision venue in tel aviv ferry that event starting very soon but protests have also been held. a sort of event starts of the top of the next hour news you can see people are walking up the street towards the entrance to attend the final bit just across. the road here in this on this roundabout is a group of protesters b.d.'s activists who are in favor of boycott divestment and sanctions of israel in protest against its policy of occupation in the occupied

west bank and the point of view is that this event should not be happening here at all that attending your vision staging your vision supporting your vision is all the way of supporting israel in its desire to try to divert attention with the portrayal of a tell of even years as a liberal place for an event such as this started as a nation away from the realities of the occupation they are though having failed to stop the event taking place and making the most of the opportunity at least trying to get that message across and harry how have those protests and the efforts by israel to counter them playing 8. would be playing out for many months now but it's really peaked in the last week or so protesters such as this have been taking part in activities especially focused in tel aviv which is where this is happening and we've also seen news really government set up a website. right for example which directs people interested in the b.d.s.

movement to another website which talks about israel being a place of beauty and diversity and being a sensational place so that there is a real effort by the israeli government to try to counter this kind of thing and make the most of what obviously they are trying to achieve here the can national broadcaster says it wants to make this the best eurovision in history there is though another alternative method that's being used apart from this campaign to totally boycott your vision we were in hebron the other day in the occupied west bank and the activist group that is breaking the silence former israeli soldiers they have been very heavily advertising themselves here in tel aviv to your vision goes to try and take them to the west bank and in their words open their eyes to reality in the complexity of the situation so they are not in favor of boycotting but they are in favor of people coming here and trying to find out more about what's really going on people here are saying that what is being done is an attempt

to whitewash the situation in the occupied territories and to try to portray israel in a way that doesn't tell the full story and that's the point they're making again here tonight and think they are very force that for now thank you very much indeed. now in yemen survivors of assad's a u.a.e. coalition air strike say they have no idea why their neighborhoods in the capital sana'a was attacked at least 6 people were killed and dozens wounded the coalition says it's investigating what it calls the possibility of an accidental air strike fighters were targeted set a hideouts reports. the sounds the u.a.e. led coalition in yemen says it's knowledge decision strikes on the military positions in the capital sanaa but these pictures of damaged homes tell another story residents of iraq cost saving is no justification for the destruction of their neighborhood. one leg and i go. sat a man 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 they attacked us while we were sleeping in our beds. still just so. sexy dr ahmed in the straw for he was injured in the attack he's come straight from hospital to see what's left of his time i think i did. 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 closed. and it's unlikely to reopen anytime soon the injured are being treated in hospital many feeling traumatized by what. i was with my children. we were hit by an airstrike the ceiling collapsed on top of us. the 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. in the war and it didn't take long for these residents to protest the attack calling it a brutal crime against civilians so the height of jazeera. venezuela's president has welcomed talks with his representatives and the opposition both sides are meeting in all slow in norway because material says it's the beginning of dialogue with those who want him to step down the mediation bits comes after months of paris struggle between the dear old and opposition leader. the crisis has resulted in demonstrations and standoffs inquiries of supporters and materials military the u.s. 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 that's agreements will eliminates u.s. missile tariffs and cancels retaliatory tariffs on u.s. products including pork beef and bourbon. 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 particle has more now 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 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 people 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 brics it is adding to the uncertainty surrounding the future of person steel industry here when her soul of former state owns british steel have a great american city funding to stave off the threat of collapse that's a reprieve for thousands of workers in scum thought on the east coast of england so

i hayward reports is one of only 2 giant still works left in britain. for more than 120 years the steel works have dominated scum and its glory days when tens of thousands of people who. all long gone and these are anxious times the $4000.00 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 in the bricks 8 is causing us problems so the problems that's happening at the moment are no fault of the workers out there no fault of the management. it's way above the problem is the daylight. british steel has now found the cash from its own lenders and investors to carry on in the short term view of what is from the e.u. because of the crisis have had to do already tough trading conditions hair it can

be a long way from the political workings of westminster and even further from the e.u. is based in brussels but uncertainty surrounding bracks it is having a real impact on people's lives. should is the life. 1000 jobs in the supply chain. at. the busier than ever fabricating steel construction and industry certainty and the body will tell you whether i voted labor my. it's the uncertainty that kills businesses people hold back an investment in tracking people on and it has a perfect right now for all the life of economy. more than 2 thirds of people in this area voted to leave the e.u. back in 2016 there are pockets of deprivation in scum top so securing the steelworks long term future is important to the town's survival if we're serious

about being an independent self-sufficient nation outside the european union that can stand on its own 2 feet we had need to have our own steel building capacity that's the foundation of our manufacturing the foundation for defense and our security. british steel is in no way alone in its struggles because of the uncertainty regarding brics it and britain's future place in the world here they just hope its long history of steelmaking won't be snuffed out emma heywood al-jazeera scum top. so heads on al-jazeera will reports from the cannes film festival on the filmmakers creating a buzz i'd sign the main competition plus a controversial loss left this woman in tears before she collapse on the podium peter has that story and more in the sports.

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