going to the lok sabha the parliament they basically grade the time that these constituencies can vote hence we have certain phases in this final ses in. order pradesh there are 13 parliamentary seats you know you've got punjab over in the west they've got 13 seats you've got states of bihar pradesh that's in the center of the country where bhopal is you will see what west bengal it's been a contentious state in the past few days it's been violence that was adopted they actually stopped campaigning 24 hours earlier the election commission so a great deal of excitement certainly for this final say and i think people here generally as we've been speaking to them as they've coming in relieved it's their turn and a great deal of excitement where you've been. as well so. stronghold last days and seen and 10 campaigning the opposition focusing to make inroads there.

indeed well in the 2014 elections you know render modi was fighting for this seat for the 1st time but does as a backup he wanted to also fight for a 2nd seat in dora and he won both of those seats he gave up by the door there was a by election there he concentrated his efforts during his parliamentary term here environ i see improving the road structures and also the banks of the various rivers and tributaries here within the city now he is hoping that he will retain this seat the 5 years of the very controversial here in india and therefore the big opposition heavyweights have been here in the last few days and certainly over the last few weeks certainly trying to make a dent into that very large win that he had back in 2014 now it's not the case that people here think that he won't win there's a general sense of humor for he will do it but the opposition want to make a severe dent into his majority that he got here to maybe prove to the people as a whole across india that he's not entirely as popular now as he was then but we

won't know that until thursday when the results are out looking forward to your coverage of that. live from nothing thank you. there are plenty more ahead on the news hour including a vulnerable to donor fatigue syrian refugees in lebanon go without essential health care as the u.n. funds run dry. a call for unity joe biden begins his 2020 presidential bid donald trump the divider in chief and history is made at wembley as manchester city clinched the treble he said we'll have the details. saddam's transitional military council says it's preparing for another round of talks with protest leaders on sunday for pressure from world bodies like the un the e.u. and the african union meanwhile demonstrators hit the streets of again on saturday

continuing their demand for a civilian government the goetia sions to determine a new governing body was suspended for 72 hours on wednesday after protesters extended their road blocks across the capital beyond what's become the accepted demonstration site. the u.n. is warning warning of a major humanitarian crisis in somalia which is again in the grip of drought 2000000 somalis are at risk of starvation unless they get emergency aid but reports hungary's the mollies arrive daily at this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the capital mogadishu their farms have failed their animals have died sheltering here is now their best chance of surviving the drought. left our home and farms because of drug related conditions and conflict our farms were hit badly by the drought thankfully now we live here somalis are leaving rural areas in the 10s of thousands to get food aid in the capital the failure of so-called long rains

which usually sweep east africa between march and may has caused crop failures across the region aid. if scaled up efforts but say more support is needed the situation in somalia is very worrying we are just 2 years on from the 27000 drought which had a famine warning to it we were able to avoid famine through working with partners governments civil society the diaspora private sector it really was a collective effort. the new arrivals joined to the half 1000000 others already displaced by conflict and passed droughts in somalia with their livelihoods destroyed many of the displaced will continue to stay in camps long after the drought is over big turia gates and be al-jazeera to australia now where the ruling conservative coalition has clinched a surprise victory in the general election all the polls had predicted promised a scott loss and would lose he is celebrating an upset when although it's not yet

clear whether he'll have an outright majority the opposition leader bill shorten resigned from his post after conceding defeat andrew thomas reports from melbourne . he wasn't supposed to be the winner of australia as election opinion polls consistently had prime minister scott morrison and his rights of sense and liberal party behind the labor party rivals he and they defied expectations side friends were going to work to do. we all work to do and we're going to get back to work we're going to get back to work for the a strategist that we not go to work every day. if i started struggles and trials every day they're looking for a fair go and they're having a go and they're going to get a guy from our government the was in the sydney hotel hosting young expected that tree party the world's euphoria. good gosh it was the liberal party once again

have profiles like me since adi scott morrison i said i might need this job how do the liberal party and let's enjoy the next 3 think it's ultimately about the least i thought was funny and labor's been taking people i mean that long with text in melbourne where they were expecting a party label politics the polls as well very subject completely i can't believe that i. should shut up i say that straight out why did. you just say that i the labor leader had been confident of victory there on saturday in states he had to be the gracious loser i was scott morrison good fortune and good carriage in the service of our right now the national interest. it was not the speech

shorten hoped nor expected to make sure i could say thanks but it's a selection i would make a promise that i can state is just resigned the leadership of this labor so you know there is a shift in. labour'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 he wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overall the surprise result is a victory for right of center politics in australia under thomas al jazeera melbourne. former us vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign with a major rally and philadelphia

a veteran political leader used his speech to attack president trump biden says he is best placed to take on trump well the message tailored to republicans and moderate voters gave their reports who were 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 problem so it's easy for him so far 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 kick off 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 is 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 stronger 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 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. and boeing has admitted the software used to train pilots on a 737 max planes is floor that is after 2 accidents involving the same plane killed 346 people in just 5 months the aircraft manufacturer and johns discovered it $77.00 max simulators could not replicate conditions that contributed to the crash involving an ethiopian airlines plane in march boeing says it's updated the software but it's just the latest in

a string of faults discovered in the aircraft systems let's get more on this we're joined by all of them again a former u.s. deputy assistant secretary for transportation under president clinton is joining us live from lubbock texas very good to have you with us on al jazeera so boeing admitting the software faults saying it's made corrections are they enough mr mckay . this may be a long haul for boeing he lives with boeing is really our new shuttle and these are very complex flying systems that are in the upper tried through lower upper stratosphere but it requires risk management and this simulation the simulators are very important to the airline operators they can cost about tens of millions of dollars over the life of the aircraft so american airlines is already on board saying we're going to get those simulators and we're going to get more data and information to the manufacturer from the pilots where the maneuverability and controllability the impasse takes place when this airplane is diving in

a. stall situation and there's a tremendous amount of load on the tail section it is very very hard to turn that wheel to get that in cas back on track and particularly in the ethiopian procedures that they have got boeing they told them to shut it off and then when they try to turn the trim it was very very hard to do it very very fast when you're racing down to the ground at 500 miles per hour or less of a game when the max isn't continuous unabomber said pilots didn't need experience on the flight simulators the federal aviation administration agreed as the f.a.a. liable to hear. the f.a.a. was wrong and i believe boeing was wrong i think they really need to have more information more data so that the pilots can have a better knowledge and understanding of this in caste system it was very wrong for them to put that into the sky and the pilots didn't even know what the m.

cas was to after the accidents occurred that is a risk management problem and that puts it in the realm of the challenger and the columbia shuttle accidents we can get boeing back on track and i've been calling for a long time for them to go back into a clean sheet designed to get this aircraft welfare dynamically and structurally stable right now i'm concerned about it are they willing to do that. well that's a lot of balance with the stock price on the on and on the wall street i think what we're seeing is a balance between getting the plane back up so they can stop bleeding the millions of dollars of billions of dollars are losing and then get this thing back up in the air but i'm willing to bet that inside very quietly inside boeing there are really doing some type of clean sheet redesign because this is too much every time we get a news new story about something brand new that wasn't disclosed wasn't shared with the f.a.a. and what we're doing is we're trying to do risk management and get plane back up in but also we need to do a little bit of brand management here because we have an f.a.a.

have to get the credibility back and the other safety agencies around the world by those so many layers and they're going to test it themselves and you know mr mcgee they are facing a credibility problem i want to go back to what you were saying about how they got this wrong how could they get this wrong because 346 people have died as a result. well i think it was i like to call it what my friends in a classroom when i teach aircraft structures a texas tech i call it group think sometimes you can get so much energy in an organization to go one direction that country and thinking gets clouded behind and the contouring think contrarian thinking in this aircraft is just structural stability combined with the arithmetic stability that i can look at but sometimes that's hard to get through with a company messages to get the plane up and this has been a big seller for them and they still have a whole lot more planes to sell about 5000 so if i were boeing and i were the

betting man and in the board boeing and the c.e.o. i'd be doing a clean sheet design i'm on the down low while i'm trying to look at the software package and the system again thank you very much for breaking that down for. live and love of texas thank you thank you for having me. still ahead on the news hour heightened security in tel aviv as protesters target the euro mission song contest . and it has party time again for behind munich peace to have the details and not been titled. the weather sponsored by the time. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast or across china over the next few days there is going to be plenty of rain for many cities actually ravan see some airport delays across much of the

south because of the heavy rain we do expect to see here on sunday the rain extends mostly across much of the central area where han is going to be a very rainy day for you with a temper there of 20 some degrees down towards the south though hong kong humid it is going to be quite high it's going to feel more like $35.00 to $36.00 degrees with the temps are there of $33.00 but by the time we get towards monday we are going to be seeing more rain in the forecast $29.00 degrees is the forecast of hype and over towards taiwan you'll be picking up the rain as well at about 29 also well here across much of the philippines it is going to be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy we do expect to see the rain start to increase over the next few days but what we are getting a break in the rain is over here to the vietnam most of the rain is going to linger more towards the south you had seen plenty of rain as we ended the week but a little bit of a break but by the time we get to monday those rain showers do start in earnest again and then very quickly across parts of india we are seeing some rain across carola and that is going to continue over the next few days but still quite dry across much of the central area with temperatures hovering about $42.00 degrees

there new delhi it is going to be a small you day for you with a temperature of $39.00. the west. alleys 20 years of china's transformation. told through one young girl's journey. from 2 adult each. 2 decades following the development of a lion animation. rewind returns to the story of k.k. the girl from wang joe. on al-jazeera. classic one of our biggest strengths that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gavin. outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know where their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a 2 worlds we can get to washington d.c.

2 hours on jurists in the rest of central bankers about the same time we're born these where those 2 cultures north and south america. it's a very important place for all to do it's a big. get to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour and these are our top stories saudi arabia says it doesn't want a war in the gulf but it will respond of the iranian regime chooses war the announcement comes on recent attacks on several sell the oil assets last week has called for emergency meetings involving arab and gulf leaders later this month to discuss the regional tensions the 7th and final phase of india's general election

is underway hundreds of millions of people have been casting their ballots of the past 6 weeks the main contenders the prime minister and that in the morning of the b j p and the congress parties and the austria's chancellor has called for a snap election after his deputy was forced to resign christians from the far right freedom party stepped down over an undercover video that showed him promising state contracts in return for campaign help italy's deputy prime minister has led a rally of farache leaders from 12 european countries matteo salvation he was joined in milan by france's ben to promote their europe of nations and freedom group they hope the party would win enough votes the next weeks and elections to become the 3rd largest in the european parliament under quite reports. right groups together in the shadow of milan cathedral in do i am a square. led by a sleaze deputy prime minister deni populist movements from across europe promoted

their shared political vision. he has teamed up with other nationalist leaders to form the european of nations and freedom green after next weeks he would be an election it hopes to become the 3rd biggest party in parliament if you vote early the same of those who will vote for the league on the 26th of may if you help us bring the league from 1st italian party to 1st european party we will garrus in not only the italian orders but the european borders here no one enters without permission this is what we ask you to do a little sense of progress aquarist book a ticket. beneath a show of unity lies the divide over the vision of europe's future i'm only far right groups are split when it comes to managing government budgets and how to redistribute migrants across the regions another a.s.u. is russia's influence on a u.

policy while some nationalists hope to strengthen ties with russia others are suspicious of moscow's intent. despite this opinion polls predicts nationalist parties will win more seats in parliament which could see them play a greater role shaping e.u. policy. on the campaign trail in croatia the leader for the european people's party warns that populace are not the solution for europe real patriots those who believe in their country who are proud about the nation but who are ready to work together as a rest means stronger opinion i forget oh i mean while another rally this time in poland showing support for the e.u. sorry for his and i knew of a. it was led by e.u. council president donald tusk poland's former prime minister backing for membership is high in poland as 85 percent is among the union's highest but even here the

right wing ruling law and justice party is highly critical of the e.u. and the country is deeply divided. al-jazeera. the euro vision song contest and as rails television has been targeted by protesters please post a security cordon around the venue and that calls for a boycott and protest against the israeli government's policies in the occupied west bank and gaza how a force that has more from that of a. because 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 the competition has been the focus of pro palestinian calls for a boycott in protest of the israeli government's policies in the west bank and gaza what israel really got glitter and happy sounds its identity daily rubber

ring of people who are deaf right back all right all those ticket always arriving for the or 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. was israel's national broadcaster promised to put on the best show in europe 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. effort was well underway with a controversial somewhat tongue in cheek promotional video referencing jewish stereotypes in the occupation along with tourist sites where the projected eurovision bumi are full and below 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 and out of the last 11 me so but there is still night. 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 conflict and occupation the divided west bank city of hebron you have. amazing liberal city with beaches and wide boulevards 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 order to hide occupied hebron 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. television well let's get more on this knowledge on by ali abunimah the co-founder of electronic and the father an online news publication focusing on palestine and joins us from chicago in the u.s. mr always a pleasure to have you with us on al-jazeera how successful do you think the boycott movement has been and deterring a year of vision fans from attending the see i know you've been following the efforts across the world. i think it was successful in a number of ways one is that the number of your of vision to her wrists was actually tiny it was a fraction of the number who went to lisbon last year and in fact thousands of tickets for the 3 year of vision shows went on sold with the israeli public broadcaster had to start giving them away so it was a flop in that sense and i think it was

a flop in the sense that you know israel's political agenda in hosting your evasion was to completely hide the fact that that is occupying millions of palestinians depriving them of their rights and as we saw in the report to present itself as a fun normal country where your tourists can go and have a great time but if you look at much of the international media coverage it did talk about the boycott madonna who was supposed to be sort of a big star attraction was forced to contend with the demands for boycotts and although none of the big international you know none of the can contestants decided to stay away in the end nonetheless israel did not get what it wanted which was a controversial uncontroversial funny or a vision but won't they take notice of that and does that put real pressure on the as as israeli government because their policies the. the occupation continues

unabated. i think that what that document that house thing in smale is that if israel continues to be treated as a normal country and continues to be rewarded with international events like this then israel has no reason to change and that's exactly the logic of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement which after all is inspired by the movement that helped and apartheid in south africa there was a time in the 1970 s. where it was perfectly normal for a big international artist to go and. perform before segregated audiences and the white supremacist regime of south africa but the boycott movement made that unacceptable and the south african regime tried to use arts and culture to whitewash its racism but the international movement said no we're not going to

allow that and we're starting to see that let's remember that more than a 100 l.g.b. t.q. groups a lot of international artists a lot of prominent people including former euro vision content contestants in europe vision hosts did call for a boycott and said we card to allow israel to be rewarded and to act like it's just perfectly normal while snipers of murdering children in gaza one thing that was really striking about this was that the so called your efficient village was built directly on top of the ruins of the jaffa neighborhood of a palestinian neighborhood that was ethnically cleansed by the end of june terrorist organization 1948 and i think that's a perfect example of the white washing that the movement is protesting mr abbott

and i thank you very much for your time. on this we appreciate it as always ali up . live in chicago thank you. thank you. now the united nations says funding to meet the health care needs of syrian refugees in lebanon is running dry nonprofit organizations of trying to fill the gap but as donna fatigue sets in the refugee population is growing more vulnerable by the day the reports from the bekaa valley . 70 percent of lebanon syrian refugee population lives in poverty. is one of them he also lives with chronic diseases the cost of care is high non-governmental organizations run clinics like this one for those who can't afford treatment or medicine but not everything he needs is available. i have cancer and diabetes i also have heart problems i need my medicine but they're no longer providing it the help has dramatically decreased and we do not

know why. the lack of money is why at the same time the needs are growing up to $4000.00 patients come to this clinic every month. and. we are unable to secure medicine consistently for these people because we don't have the financial support we don't have the exact number but around 20 to 30 percent of those being treated at this center don't get the medicine they need. the u.n. does provide support to a network of 40 hospitals across the country but it received 38 percent of the budget it requested this year the u.n. refugee agency also complains about donor fatigue there are 1000000 syrian refugees registered with the u.n. in lebanon and at least 180000 of them suffer from a chronic disease. budget cuts mean some don't get continuous treatment the u.n. says at least 25 percent of nearly 200 refugees with kidney disease have been

affected by this. number. like with a program. like. voice of extremely high cost of life. complicated is the still having trouble induced to receive necessary. another challenges reaching health centers refugees are too poor to pay for transport that is why doctors regularly visit camps they treat common illnesses but they also try to prevent disease outbreaks and complications which have resulted in death you have many many other diseases that cannot be covered. against syrian refugees 9 years into the largest refugee crisis and help is being reduced aid

agencies are forced to prioritize which. means the needs of the whole sector are not always covered so what there was was either because valley. syrian air defenses have targeted projectiles fired from the direction of israel for the 2nd night state media says the projectiles came from occupied territory into the airspace in southern syria referring to territory held by israel the report comes a day after a similar incident which caused a loud explosions in damascus there's been no immediate comment from israel now that u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have come under attack in the former stronghold of rock or at least a 20 s.d.f. fighters were killed in the bomb attacks at a local police station and a military base the mostly kurdish led forces pushed eisel out of iraq and 2017 but they have been several attacks and then. to russia now with thousands of protesters have claimed a victory in a campaign to stop a new cathedral being built russian orthodox leaders say they need new churches to

replace those demolished under soviet era laws but activists say construction will destroy increasingly rare urban green areas plans for the building have been put on hold after president vladimir putin intervened stepped last and has more from. it started as a spontaneous protest that quickly grew into a daily vigil against the building of a large good deed will one of those been books public parks people took out their anger on a fence put up around a construction site of protesters who were detained. it's very simple this is the worst place 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. about shots of those too.