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 early on. 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 iraq or at least 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 where 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 steps rather than has more from a culture of enberg. it started as a spontaneous protest that quickly grew into a daily vigil against the building of a large good deed will one of 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 a church because in the city center there are hardly any green areas not many places where people can relax walk around and meet each other. about shots of those too. under president vladimir putin the russian orthodox church has become

increasingly influential with thousands 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. 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 sorry 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. 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 is in a very bad state is on the verge of collapse because the governors mayors and their deputies are not representing the people the members of the orthodox church are not happy with the delay of the cathedral project they too came to the park to make themselves heard and if the government keeps its promise soon everyone. will have a say about where st catharines cathedral will be built step fastened al-jazeera. to then as well and our opposition leader anwar though says he wants me to same by the governor's office. talks. why there are valid supporters after

a meeting between the opposition and president nicolas maduro government to ended in no way without a breakthrough says he's trying to build up his for the gender to resolve the political crisis they want to clear himself and turn president 4 months ago a move by brutal described as a coup. we have a path a strategy of people that a mobilized a plan for the country we will not be deceived and the door government will not deceive us they are so weak and insists they want to manipulate talks we went because of an invitation from a friendly country norway let me say clearly to norway the contact group europe the united states the lima group we appreciate all your efforts but we have very clear in the dura government will not confuse us. former president cristina kirchner as having to make a comeback as a vice president and a top as an election a decision has come as a surprise as she was considered the most likely challenger to conservative

president what is your moxie a corruption trial involving as jewish again next week. now actors have held up. a pro abortion protest on the red carpet at the cannes film festival the protests came ahead of the premiere of the argentine documentary let it be norwich looked for the topic of a naked abortion in the country the actors were in handkerchiefs the sign symbol rather all argentina's abortion mills and. we have the sports news to the head on the news hour rafa nadal delights the crowds in the run peter would have all the action.

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stoppers for tears peta. thank you very much manchester city have rounded off an incredible season by completing an historic english treble they rolled over watford in the f.a. cup final with a 6 no victory david sobel set them on their way. the 1st of a hat trick for him sterling came as he tucked in across from gabriel jess's. the rot continued after half time sub kevin the making of 3. jesu spain raced away from the halfway line the 16th. sterling end of the game with 2 late goals to complete his hatrick and a great day for city fans this week was the largest margin of victory ever seen in this showpiece match city adding the africa to the league cup and premier league

title is something that had never been achieved before in the history of english football. as one of the best seasons. i have experienced as a manager is. i wouldn't say the best but one of the best for sure. region mounds they know competitions the fact can never know teams when incredible teams have done in this in this country but i mean a couple german champions for a recalled 7th straight season in the bundesliga they came to the title on the final day of the campaign with a 51 victory over eintracht frankfurt on saturday fittingly frankly very annoying robins called the loss to bind goals as they both played the last league games for the club this is also the 1st one to sneak a crown on the coachmaker coverage by and can claim the domestic double when they take on leipzig in the german cup final next saturday. celebrations in lisbon

as well where benfica have regained the portuguese league title for one final day of the season win against santa clara meant to finish 2 points clear of rivals porto and figure taking the championship in portugal for a record extending 37th time. as for the italian champions outgoing new venters coach massimiliano a legacy was emotional he spoke for the 1st time about his 5 year tenure in today in coming to an end a leg reconfirmed had was the club who had decided it was time for a change he's delivered 5 league titles in a row but not a coveted european trophy. by the last we talked we discussed we shared our ideas would express my thoughts about his future and for you if it is good then the club rightly decided that the coach would not be next season but this doesn't change my relationship with president i'd nearly leon remain top of the

tree in women's european football they've won the 4th champions league crown in a row after beating barcelona in the final in budapest. the 1st half hattrick fully on in a $41.00 victory. the top 2 maine's tennis players will go head to head for the telly and open title novak djokovic beat diego schwartzman in 3 sets to reach the final where he will face the 8 time and defending champion rafa of spain they'll beat stefano city bus in straight sets in the semi on saturday the spaniard had been knocked out of the stage of his last play called tournaments before the square. in the women's event here at a concert is into the final after coming from a set down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's concert taking the decider $62.00 for the biggest result of her career on clay she'll face covering the pressure of the czech

republic for the title in rome the 4th seed brought to an end the run of greek qualifier marius a car taking it in straight sets. there was a terrific finish to stage eights of cycling's jiggled italia the 239 kilometer ride to pursue the longest stage of this year's race came down to a sprint finish it was a straight a scale a given who grabbed victory on the line it's the 2nd stage when of his career italian valerio conti of team emirates retained the race leaders pink juicy with a turbulent mix and paralympics just over a year away iran is preparing to stand out by sitting down a sitting volleyball team already has dozens of medals to their name same day as ravi went to meet them. this is the highest ranking sitting volleyball team in the world and one of iran's best hopes to win battles and make the top 10 at the next paralympic games at tokyo 2020. every paralympic games they've attended

iran sitting volleyball team has won medals i rode in paralympics gave their best performance to date at london 2012 finishing 11th overall with a total of $24.00 medals including 10 gold. and this time coaches want to make sure their athletes ranked even higher on the leaderboard. better money has iran deserves to win the title as was shown in previous tournaments because we work harder and harder and harder we have very good players and management we've been ranked 1st in the world for almost 20 years everyone has high expectations of our. figure doing well at the tokyo summer games isn't just about when it's a matter of national pride on the world stage even a friendly match with a close ally russia it's no time to hold back this may just be a friendly match but after handshakes things have become very competitive after all there is a lot of response but i told her that of these athletes tokyo 2020 is only

a little more than a year away and president hassan rouhani himself has said he expects iranian paralympians to show russia's hoping to take titles in europe and playing iran means training with the best. but it was. not so easy because whether it was from birth childhood illness accidents or injury no matter how they got here they're all here to play. for someone introduced me to disport i would stay in the house i did nothing i got depressed and then i found this sport but the iranians say sports has been in their blood for generations and representing their country as an athlete is considered a great honor. and for a country that's been seeking to normalize relations with the international

community for years there are no small victories. and that's what we have coming up again. thank you very much painters stay with us on al-jazeera martin deficit here in just a couple of minutes. as yugoslavia disintegrated war descended on its inhabitants. amidst the death and destruction one man created a peaceful microcosm for boys whose fathers faced each other in battle episode 3 of football rebels enters the world of footballing legend push each. who went from coaching boys football to teaching young men like frederick push each of the siege of sarajevo on al-jazeera. this is a really fabulous news for one of the best i've ever worked in there is

a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in that's something i feel every time i get on the chair every time i interview someone. often working round the clock to make sure that we bring the fans as i currently as possible to the viewer that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. a policy imposed decades ago. that you could selectively goods and boy it's changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences creating poor socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree to sterilization or money to get other people to be the sterilisation how does their examines the politics of population control.

you have 3. saudi arabia says it wants to avert war in the region but stands ready to respond after last week's attacks on its own oil assets. hello welcome to our there live from doha that is also coming up a hidden camera sting exposes corruption at the top of austria's government forcing

the chancellor to pull the plug on his ruling coalition. india's marathon election goes into its final days 6 weeks after voting began. and 2 years after somalia was on the brink of famine another severe drought leaves millions going hungry. the saudi arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs other bears says the kingdom doesn't want a war in the region but will respond if a wrong chooses to engage in conflict king solomon has called for 2 emergency summits involving the gulf states and the arab leaders in mecca on may 30th to discuss escalating tensions in the gulf the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier and bombers to the region over alleged threats

from iran for commercial ships was sabotaged off the coast of the u.a.e. just last week and. west of the saudi capital was attacked by yemen. saudi arabia does not want war in the region and is not seeking it and will do its best to evade it but at the same time if the other party chooses war then we will respond with all strength and determination and will defend itself and its interests the kingdom hopes others to be wise and the iranian regime and its each instance to stay away from recklessness and stupid acts and spare the region instability in saudi arabia ask the international community to take responsibility to stop that regime from destabilizing the world. from the u.s. now here's our correspondent. we haven't got just yet so

we're move on to the next story which is austria's chance in the sebastian cook's has called a snap election after his deputy was filmed apparently doing deals with an unknown russian woman a hidden camera saying has brought down the right wing government just days before the european parliament elections in which far right movements a striving to gain ground. has more. a political downfall and a humiliating and to political office austria's vice chancellor hines christian strong have faced the cameras after handing in his resignation but he was adamant that he was the victim in this scandal. the only criminal offense that is present here is this stage secret service trap with illegal were caught doing this for some 2 years and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination. i think it's

a scandal that's proved to turbulent for the survival of austria's coalition government just hours after accepting stratas resignation the chancellor sebastian cuts announced snap elections if you are with us this i believe that a new coalition is currently not possible with anyone the freedom party cannot if the social democrats do not share the substance of my approach and the small parties are too small to really be able to support us. this is the video that led to his demise recorded secretly at a villa on the spanish island of a.b.c. just months before the 2017 actions in it struck another senior member of the freedom party and a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice wanting to make a $280000000.00 investment that led to talk of funneling funds from the russian national to the freedom party turned an offer of lucrative austrian government

contracts. for the election now for the election campaign yes yes. tell me. then you have to translate these are some very wealthy people they paid between 500008 1000000 and a half to 2000000. to current election. yes however they do not pay to the path. between nonprofit association you have to explain not to an association. that this is not going to the court of order to. the freedom party issued a statement denying it had accepted any funds but a straw has stood down. erupted outside chancellor office many claiming it's been going into coalition with the far right freedom party in the past so need i i go out as era where the german chancellor angela merkel she's referred to the

austrian scandal whilst campaigning for the european elections she was speaking in croatia and she called on voters to stand up to what she described as politicians for sale facing a challenge from the right home in germany this is merkel suborned of the threat posed by hardline nationalists. highs in the us our common values mean we are all proud of our native countries but at the same time we want to build up europe patriotism and the european union are not in opposition to each other nationalism is the enemy of the european project and this is what we have to make clear in these final days before the european election. while many nationalists leaders from across europe have been meeting in milan led by its deputy prime minister met a.s.l. vini they hope to win enough votes next week to become the 3rd biggest block in the european parliament undock wave reports. build up in the. far right groups together in the shadow of milan cathedral in square. led by

deputy prime minister the populist movements from across europe promoting their shared political vision. has teamed up with other nationalist leaders to form the european nations and freedom group after next week's european election it hopes to become the 3rd biggest party impala. and if you vote early to save 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 garrison not only the italian the borders but the european borders here no one enters without permission this is what we ask you to do a little sense of progress a crystal clear because. beneath this 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 e.u. policy while some nationalists hope to strengthen ties with russia others are suspicious of moscow's intent. despite this opinion polls projects 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 papua it's all 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 vo meanwhile another rally this time in poland showing support for the e.u. 5 of his 9 year of it was led by e.u.

council president donald tusk poland's former prime minister backing for a u. 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. now indians are voting in the final phase of national elections ending a 6 week long process more than 100000000 people across 7 states are eligible to vote in sunday's poll and they include those living in prime minister and his constituency he's seeking a 2nd 5 year term we will go live to my colleagues the hell ruckman who's involved are nasty which is prime minister mode is consistency isn't it and you're in it or

pradesh sale aren't you which is the most populous state in india and what happens there with the big impact on the final result. yes it does martino's or pradesh you could say as the equivalent to florida in the us where we always hear about this particular state being influential in perhaps forming or choosing in america's case the next president here in india's case the potentially new political party that could rule the country and in 2014 of the 80 parliamentary seats that were available here across this state over 70 of them went to the b j p it's always very hard for an incumbent government to repeat that sort of scenario but that's exactly what the b j p are hoping for and certainly here environ are see that come paining has been tough. because not only has there andrew modi been attacked from all sides in terms of the opposition coming here in the forms of priyanka gandhi and akhilesh yadav of the s.p.

party but also his own heavyweights from the cabinet have been they want to try to increase that majority that render modi had here environ r.c. he's absolutely determined to hold on to this seat and of course whatever happens in this phased election all eyes will be on you p. in terms of the numbers of seats that go towards the lok sabha now the start of this 6 week period the main issues seem to be that of national security following on from that spat between india and pakistan what have been the main issues is this place has come to an end. yes indeed the discourse certainly changed in the middle of february after those paramilitary troops were killed in poll wire and then what we saw was a very high stakes rhetoric game between opposition and incumbent government over what the state of the country was and who who and what were the

government doing about national security and of course mr modi went on to talk about that great length and has continued to do so however as the election process has continued since february and certainly the people that we've been speaking to both members of the public the one thing that keeps coming out is that the actual issues haven't been discussed the issues of health education sanitation infrastructure projects this is where the opposition have talked about what they would do and the incumbent government in the b j p have been very reluctant to talk about what they've actually achieved and that has been perhaps a weakness in the their election campaign and the weakness that the opposition of exploited whether it's got through to the masses or not martine is another thing we won't know what the result is of the campaigning until those votes are counted on thursday. the hail rahman i should say thank you very much indeed tony does live

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