he had to be the gracious loser always scott morrison good fortune and good courage in the service of our right nation the national interests required no. it was not the speech short and hoped nor expected to make very sure i think. that's exactly this election would make you want to start instead it's just resigned the leadership of. this for labor is the only. labor's policies more action on climate change more investment in schools hospitals and infrastructure did not resonate enough one result did buck the trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott who wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for a right of center politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera melbourne well

staying in australia and the far right senator who made headlines after he blamed immigration for the christchurch mosque attack has lost his bid for reelection fraser and was widely condemned for saying that the massacre of 51 people in new zealand of march was the result of allowing muslims into the country and the previous election he only received 19 votes but was brought into parliament to replace another senator. michael dodd a former political correspondent for the australian broadcasting corporation and he says scott martin's a victory is far from resounding. as a win for scott morrison it's a narrow win and at this stage while counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll either go for a minority government which suggests more instability in the future or be able to get some of the independent voters or minor parties on board to support them in

what could be an unstable and very slim majority government so the future is uncertain however the counting ends up from here there is some suggestion that the a labor party manifesto so to speak was too detailed and they gave a lot of clues about what they do which involved being tough on what they call instead of the beginning of town tough on the the capitalists and tough on the richer people and that seems to have scared quite a few people you've also got to take into account that people also take polling results into account quite often in many countries when they vote and so the poll said a big labor win to bill shorten who's now actually leaving his job as leader of the labor party and they were nervous about that and seems enough of them were nervous

and perhaps some were not telling the pollsters exactly the way they really were going to vote and as a result we've got a surprise. well plenty more ahead on the news hour including bolivian president evo morales launches his bid for a 4th term seeking to defy the declining fortunes of the left in latin america. court in the crossfire the attack on military positions. and. history is made at wembley as manchester city clinched the triple peter the details . saudi arabia has called for 2 emergency summit and arab leaders in mecca on may 30th to discuss escalating tensions in the gulf state media says king said mom wants to discuss recent aggressions and their consequences the u.s.

has deployed an aircraft carrier and bombers to the region over alleged threats from iran for commercial ships were sabotaged off the coast of the u.a.e. last week and an oil intimation west of the saudi capital was attacked by the rebels while in the yemen survivors all the saw the u.a.e. coalition air strike say they have no idea why their neighborhood in the capital was attacked at least 6 people were killed and wounded the coalition says it's investigating the possibility of an accidental airstrike reports. the sound coalition. precision strikes on the military positions in the capital sanaa but these pictures of damaged homes tell another story residents of iraq say there is no justification for the destruction of their neighborhood. in the morning i heard an explosion god knows what kind of rocket it was we don't

know why we were bombed the. taxi driver. was injured in the attack. straight from hospital to see what's left of his time. that i did for. 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 but this school was also damaged it was closed when the air strike hit and it's unlikely to reopen anytime 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 airstrike the ceiling collapsed on top of us. the emirates led coalition in yemen now says it will investigate possible accidental airstrike

for those who survived the airstrike very little comfort. and it didn't take long for these residents to protest the attack calling it a brutal crime against civilians. now u.s. oil and gas company exxon mobil is evacuating foreign workers from basra in iraq just days after washington told some diplomatic staff to leave and bahrain is also ordering its citizens to leave iraq and neighboring iran warning of regional instability iraq is caught in the middle of tensions between iran and the united states the pentagon has deployed an aircraft carrier and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf accusing iran of threatening its troops and interests but iran says it doesn't want war. syrian air defenses have targeted projectiles fired from the direction of israel for the 2nd night syrian state media says the project projectiles came from occupied territory into the air space in southern

syria referring to territory held by israel the report comes one day after a similar incident which caused loud explosions in damascus there has been no immediate comment from israel now the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have come under attack in the form of isis stronghold of iraq or at least 20 fighters were killed in the bomb attacks at a local police station and the military base the mostly kurdish led forces had pushed ice a lot of rock and 2017 but they have been several attacks since then to bolivia now where the president has begun his campaign for reelection evo morales has been in power since 2006 the opposition has called his decision to run in the toba vote on constitutional they say morales is ignoring the 2016 referendum and which voters express their opposition to a 4th consecutive term daniel. never paul. 13 years in office many believe ins comp and then bridge time when this was not their

president he's credited with lifting tens of thousands out of poverty but giving a voice to women in the poor is getting a fairer price on international markets they believe these commodities are especially natural gas they do know the brothers i want to tell you why i want 5 more years to finish our great work why 5 more years of evil i want to tell you that we feel strong we have self-confidence and these rallies give us a lot of energy 5 more years to guarantee liberation and once and for all. these supporters were able. to continue being their president. the strength to stare in our democracy the strength and depth of our democracy is thanks to president evo morales because the people decide and deal with the side in october to start the campaign this meeting will be massive men and women miners transport workers teachers medical staff and professionals. and those believe us

1st indigenous president in a country with an indigenous majority he's been an inspiration both here and abroad other must be present in there my presence here is to accompany my friend president . to give him strength and the knowledge that the world's 1st indigenous president is here in bolivia yours are pretty increasing numbers of believe the ends believe this is out state as well they say he's acting unconstitutionally by ignoring a national referendum in 2016 the voted by more than 51 percent to prevent him standing for a 4th consecutive term in office at the. this is embarrassing democratic you can see the president morales has clearly lost the support of the bolivian people because he's not a man of his word he's lied to the bolivian people and is now using. 2 democratic mechanisms to keep himself permanently in power. even with. the

tricks campaign in the following year it was overturned by the constitutional court . but his opponents say he's undermining believe these hard won democracy both campaigns that the next 5 months earlier lead to harden their respective positions that al-jazeera. now morales is one of the last remaining leaders from what's described as the pink tide era a time in the 2 thousands when left of governments were in power across much of latin america brazil argentina venezuela bolivia and ecuador or some of the countries which define that era cristina kirchner fell from power in argentina 2015 after her administration was found to have accepted bribes from construction companies in exchange for public works tracks former brazilian president dilma rousseff wasn't paid to 2016 over accusations that she manipulated the government budget and the democratic socialists involved ecuador between 20072017

he was replaced by lenin moreno. the former argentine president cristina kirchner who we just mentioned is hoping to make a comeback as a vice president and of toby's election her decision has been seen as a surprise because she was considered the most likely challenger to conservative president. whose support has fallen in opinion polls a corruption trial involving. begin next week the 66 year old also implicated in other scandals. former u.s. vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign with a major rally in philadelphia a veteran political leader used his speech to attack president trump biden says he's best placed to take on the current commander in chief well the message tailored to republican and moderate voters. reports. in the.

nation when joe biden announced he was running for the democratic nomination for president 3 weeks ago he began by attacking president donald trump. but on saturday in his 1st big campaign rally officially kicking off his run for the presidency biden tried to present himself as a man who could unify politically divided america to defeat. this politics is so hard it's written in this country park to see. our politicians our politics today traffics in division and our president is the divider in chief. choosing pennsylvania for his kickoff rally was not by mistake the state's voters will play a key role in picking the next president in 2016 hillary clinton merely was defeated by trump in this state by less than one percent of the vote the 20 electoral votes in the state helped trump become president this time around it

might be different biden was born in pennsylvania and appeals to the state's white working class voters there. no one no one's going to work longer no one's going to campaign harder to win your heart your trust and your support than the son of character you do you refer to her in scranton pennsylvania. polls indicate he's beating trump in the state by more than 10 points but before then there are 22 other democrats vying for the nomination in a diverse field that includes 6 women 3 african-americans and 2 people under 40 years old biden is 76 but he's familiar to voters who served in washington as a senator since 1973 before being brock obama's vice president for 8 years biden will face questions already being talked about is a controversial crime bill he sponsored over 2 decades ago that even some of his

democratic challengers say led to mass incarcerations mostly young black men for nonviolent crime. thank you it's just part of his record that will come under scrutiny in the coming weeks and months ahead dave rosendo al-jazeera washington now biden's campaign launch is just the latest and what is now a crowded democratic race with 22 others of lying to challenge donald trump 3 senators could be biden's toughest competitors here just a few independent senator bernie sanders gained huge popularity and has 26000 primary race against hillary clinton a socialist platform has gained him significant support elizabeth warren as another prominent voice has offered a series of economic policy proposals warren and sanders are the most progressive in the field but there are concerns that they could split each other's votes coming a harris is the daughter of immigrants she's been vocal in her support for tighter

gun control and for universal health care well let's get more on all of this we're joined by michael fauntroy acting. director of the volatile walters leadership and public policy center at howard university and he's joining us live from washington d.c. very good to have you with us on allergies there i said joe biden has kicked off his campaign casting himself as the man to unite the nation that is of course a very tall order to begin with is he the man do you think to take on president trump well i think he has the best case to make he's doing something i think is very useful and instructive and that is he's sort of running as the inevitable nominee he's running what we recall the general election campaign largely ignoring at least through this storm all of the other democratic contenders trying to draw already right that kerry said it's just between him and the president try and i think if he does that then he be the best positioned person to take on president

trump but again it's still her only and he will have to see her and you know you're talking about inevitability is that linked to the talk about electability and how he's the most electable why is that you know and does this. you know he's 72 years old too tall i am vice president does he have what it takes to really energize a base enough to bait trump. i think each candidate who's running plays to their strengths joe biden can make the case that he's an outsider is the ultimate insider has been for more than 45 years so it's difficult for him to make the case that he bring something new to the table consequently he's running on his strength which is experience and knowing his way around the block so to speak and as a result he's he's doing something out what ultimately proved to be very

useful because ultimately i think voters want somebody more results as they did from voters want somebody who they believe can make the best case against president truck and while there are a number of things that can be said about that one of the most important from my grandmother's position is experience and he brings that if you as long as you continue to make the case then i think it will resonate with voters and mr ford where you know after 4 years all of a complete outside of donald trump do you think that voters are more than 4 and inside and like joe biden you know i think it could cut either way i think that for democratic voters they you know they may want an outsider but just an outsider who reflects their values now the other side of it though is president truck in my view is making the nation wearing for somebody who is a steady hand and if that isn't back the way it will play out throughout next year

then joe biden is the most likely beneficiary of that view mr fauntleroy thank you very much for your time and your expertise on this we really appreciate it as michael fauntroy live in washington d.c. thank you. to the head on the news our plans to build a new church spot red protest in one of russia's biggest cities. heightened security and try to behave as protesters target they hear a vision song contest and it's party time again provide music play to have the details of another title. hello again we're here cross united states we are dealing with the severe weather event right now as we begin the week the region has been quite active with

thunderstorms making tornadoes across parts of texas oklahoma as well as into kansas we're also talking about flooding across much of this area on sunday the storm system makes its way across the horror valley and then down across the mississippi river valley up towards the north though anywhere from ontario up here towards come back it is going to be cooler and plenty of rain in the forecast but it's really as we go towards monday we're watching another system developing out of the rockies and into texas and it's right here we expect to see an extreme weather day with plenty of tornadoes coming out of this area and we will be watching this very carefully as well as flooding damaging winds and hail well here cross parts of the bahamas we're looking at plenty of rain in the forecast for you not a lot of sun for nasa or freeport eventa you'll be picking up that rain as well with temperatures hovering into the low thirty's kingston a mostly cloudy day there and said to me go clouds in your forecast with a temperature of 31 and then down here across parts of what is that is not looking too bad as we end the weekend with 17 degrees but we do expect to see much more

rain coming into play by the time we start the week here across borders that is in ascension more rate for you there in a temperature of $27.00 degrees. 20 years of china's trance. through. 2 adult is the. 2 decades following the development of animation. rewind returns to the story of k.k. the girl from. a policy imposed decades ago. changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences the. pool

of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level being given money to agree to our money to get other people to be the. examines the politics of population control. is going to have to put us on the al-jazeera news sound these are our top stories australia's chancellor has called for a snap election after his deputy was forced to resign heinz questions from the far right freedom party stepped down of and on the cover a video which showed him promising state contracts in return for campaign help. defying all projections astray and promise to stop loss in his conservative

coalition has won the general election it's not yet done by the last will have an outright majority but he is already calling the wind america and the bolivian president evo morales has begun his campaign for a 4th term. the opposition to his bid unconstitutional has been in power since 2006. with the transitional military council says it's preparing for another round of talks with protest leaders on sunday following pressure from world bodies like the you know when the. african union demonstrators hit the streets of again on saturday continuing their demand for a civilian government. to determine a new governing body suspended for 72 hours on wednesday after protesters extended their oil blocks across the capital beyond what's become the accepted demonstration site caught up with the protesters who've been keeping demonstrations alive at the

capital's army headquarters. call themselves. 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 join the sit in which is now in its 2nd month. 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 carmen 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 obama to end this 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. 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. opportunity to talk to the protesters people here say my. feelings. here have heard but haven't lived while getting a taste of how different the country can be. on this corner different cultures. the dances 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.

future will be beautiful people will be united like never before this is what looks like and i'm happy to be part of it. sudan's transition may not speak. with those here at the city. 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. to the democratic republic of congo. to avoid attacks. last august. the capital kinshasa. is just back to the capital kinshasa. central but. the few soldiers have raised the security situation increasing. treatment.

by a rebel group. just last week there were 3 attempts on. the day. is to move. tons are where people who are suspected of having a ball off stake and so the plan is to move some of them to moss a fire isn't all that just needs money. also saying that they want to go back to the community. of people who live in this area so they want to go back and just continue talking to them because there's been a lot of misunderstanding some people in those areas like. these diseases brought in by outside. so there really needs to reengage them and show them just how serious the situation is. a need to give confidence to the

local community involve them in everything including. trust more than a 1100 feet off the now this disease could spread across borders to neighboring countries to hide from the international committee of the red cross officials say that they've run out of money. so a very complicated situation in the pockets of eastern. health workers having to deal with security problems not just acknowledged money problems as well as facing an extremely hostile from media. to russia and i was thousands of protesters have claimed victory in a campaign to stop a new cathedral being built russian orthodox leaders said they need new churches to replace those demolished on the soviet era laws but activists say construction

destroyed increasingly urban green areas now plans for the building have been put on hold after president vladimir putin intervened stepped blossom has more from. it started as a spontaneous protest the. quickly grew into a daily vigil against the building of a large cathedral in one of the at that in books public parks people took out their anger on a fence put up around a construction site tens of protesters were detained so. it's very simple this is the worst price to build any building not just the church because in the city center there are hardly any green areas but many places where people can relax walk around and meet each other. and the president vladimir putin the russian orthodox church has become increasingly influential without and of churches rebuilt or new ones built the old

st catharine's cathedral was one of many churches that were destroyed during this opiate regime from the church was demolished during the artist's times of war against legion in the 1930 s. why we would like to rebuild it to show that we are a story for our wrongdoings and return to our historical roots. more than 70 percent of russians say they are religious surveys show that only a small percentage go to church regularly that's why some protesters say that a park benefits more people than another church so much protests are becoming more common here russians have recently rejected several local government decisions after 3 nights of protests here and. the president himself intervened it's a sign that the government is taking this protest pretty seriously. but you must after put an order to local authorities to hold a public pool about

a new church the mayor opened the doors of the city hall for a meeting with protesters analysts say these protests show that people don't have much trust in their local authorities. should be worried that his pyramid of power isn't a very. that state is on the verge of collapse because the governors mayors and their deputies are not representing the people you go to members of the orthodox church are not happy with the cathedral project they too came to the park to make themselves heard and if the government keeps its promise so everyone. will have a say about where st catharines cathedral will be built step fastened al-jazeera. but your vision song contest in israel's television has been targeted by protesters police placed a security cordon around the venue amid calls for a boycott and protest against the israeli government's policies in the occupied

west bank and gaza harry force that has more from that of a. few months in the making israel's eurovision finale was at last getting underway in tel aviv fans from around europe around the world here for the music and the party thousands of police have been mobilized hugely over matching the small if the risk group of protesters nearby competition has been the focus of profilers tinian calls for a boycott in protest of the israeli government's policies in the west bank and gaza what israel really hurt but not glitter and happy sounds it's actually daily rober here are the people who are just right back all right. well those ticket holders are arriving for the euro vision final they're walking past this group of protesters who say it shouldn't be happening here at all they may have failed in their endeavor to get it stopped but they are at least using this opportunity to try to get their message across. oh israel's national broadcast promised to put

on the best show in your vision history to an estimated audience of 200000000 people madonna provided halftime entertainment having rejected calls to boycott the event on the grounds that she would not stop playing music to suit a political agenda and that she would continue to speak out on human rights before the event is really p.r. if it was well underway with a controversial somewhat tongue in cheek promotional video referencing jewish stereotypes in the occupation along with tourist sites rather protected eurovision bumi of the expectations of some hotel and restaurant owners is still allowed for a showcasing of israel's main tourist city yes c.b.s. 3 yeah another big now so let me so but they're. naive. but it's also provided an opportunity for another type of tourism the former israeli soldiers turned anti occupation activists of breaking the silence have been targeting eurovision fans taking them on tours of one of the starkest examples of

the conflict and occupation of the divided west bank city of hebron you have this amazing liberal city with beaches and wide ball of ards and then you have empty streets and a ghost town and this complex city is something that we want them to see we want them to see the full picture and we don't want to allow the israeli government to use liberal television ordered to hide occupied have brought israel has certainly made the most of your vision demonstrating its ability to host a major international event but its critics have also made their mark highlighting the unresolved conflict playing out just a short drive away hari forsett al-jazeera television. 3 lanka has been marking 10 years from the end of a decade. as long civil war that left more than 100000 people dead the un has called for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by both sides but political disputes and to communal tensions continue to stand in the way of justice with reports from a warm all.