both sides should be investigated for possible war crimes but there have not been any prosecutions the passing years haven't been the pain of loss for many families some came from around the country to share their grief each line inscribed here is the name of a member of the military or the police who died during 26 years of conflict more than 28000 people died 6000 are listed as still missing and thousands are disabled by their wounds today's event is about commemorating their contribution to the war effort surely chandler's husband was killed in battle on the east coast when she was 8 months pregnant she told us how the soldier was dedicated to serving his country and hopes he didn't mean. we can only hope that with his sacrifice our children can have a better future. another widow still has the uniform of

a husband thus america he was killed in battle 11 years ago his brother also lost his life both graves lie side by side in their garden here in poland nor are. the men he gave his life to save this country my hope even today is that this country saved by such sacrifice must be safeguarded for our children and that they will have freedom that is my hope through these tears. now their sons are older she says life is easier. but the memories will not feed and neither will the pm 11 and as colombo. eurovision song contest organizers say that they're considering action against iceland's performers for waving palestinian scarves during the show members of the island's punk band held up the scarves when the camera cut to them as points were being awarded it prompted boos from some of the crowd in tel aviv madonna has also been criticized

for the fine qantas struggles with a political statement during her performance 2 of her backup dancers had israeli and palestinian flags pinned on their backs and the push of a chair and i think there should be no mixing of politics in a cultural or music event such as this i think it was a mistake and that it suddenly inappropriate and such things shouldn't happen with all due respect madonna iceland has closed off an ancient river canyon where justin bieber music video was filmed to saying an increase in tourists as damaged its vegetation more than a 1000000 people is have visited the site since it appeared in the musicians video in 2015 yes artie say that many have tried to jump the fence to get to the canyon and walk in bieber's footsteps the site is expected to reopen the summary of weather conditions are dry. some people to leave out of commitment you say are just in babies defense when he visited the canyon it did not have

a right francis and designated path to show what was and wasn't allowed but on the other hand to stomp on vegetation and walk to the edge of a cliff that is not role model behavior because if masses of people fall like we have seen this leads to a dramatic effect on the entire area. still ahead in the news hour. i'm sorry and at the cannes film festival where new wave of north african female filmmakers are taking center stage. also coming up ford but not down some space at the fence on the 4th peter has that in sport and we'll tell you why one sentence from this billionaire suddenly made the students graduation day then back to. examining the headlines a collapsed economy means that many people are struggling to survive setting the

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north african women are in the spotlight at this year's cannes film festival female directors formal geria morocco and tunisia presenting films which push the boundaries of issues that are in the region charlie angela reports from cannes. but. a new film from algeria about a free spirited student during the civil war of the 1990 s. and it's a lesson. led to is a party go a feminist and a fashion designer fiercely loyal to algeria resisting the rising conservatism the health of her friends. she questions a fuss about coming home it's

a moving drama loosely based on the life of 1st time feature director mooney about doing who explain why algeria is now seeing a greater artistic output. up our home was i think that me and my old darian friends alton's to filmmakers are part of a generation who needed some time we lived in through the ninety's so we couldn't express ourselves then because the situation was very complicated there are no film schools in algeria we don't have cinemas we are a generation that needed to build itself and that generation is now ready to convey their stories. another film selected by canned adam by moroccan filmmaker. the story of a friendship between a single mother from casablanca and a pregnant girl. both projects is supported by the doha film institute 4 whose mission is to empower filmmakers in the arab world after all the revolutions and the political issues that happened in that region. a window where they can speak

about oppression about the. impacts on the economical and. political. situations that they had to go through and this is fantastic because the female perspective usually has a different point of view. and maybe novelties for the cannes film festival but one to museum producers says the output was there in the past it's just been overlooked. our region with the west we've always had many directors. it's not something new for us maybe the west doesn't know much about it began a film festival has the power to run these stories into the spotlight stories of repression patriarchy and resistance told in the own way both films a strong contenders for the camera door prize for 1st feature film more importantly

pave the way for future female filmmakers charlie and to al jazeera. and now it's time for the sports. barbara thank you very much we're into the closing holds a bethpage black in new york where brooks is on course for the u.s. p.g.a. championship title the american has been in command since day one and he's still leading the way he kept his own tail on the poor he's 3 shots clear of the field is the defending champion and chasing what would be he's 4th major crown out of the last 8 you also won back to back u.s. open titles last season rafael nadal has laid down a big marker head of the year 2nd a grand slam event he beat novak djokovic in the final of the italian open on sunday that looked well set for his 9th rome title as he won the 1st set 6 love shock of each fought back and levelled the match by taking the 2nd 64 but there was

another twist in the deciding sitters in the dow dropped just one game to secure the victory and the title his 1st of the season he heads to paris next week with a 12th french open crown in the sights. always a special place against all odds against roger not this kind of much as are. just par for the last 14 years now so it's always a special you know you're doing a great way to get out of that well i was last week in madrid final so yeah it's an important thing for me carrying the person who had a concert in the women's final the 4th seed from the czech republic proving too good to take it 6364 this is the food and biggest clay court side to the political career to get a 2nd grand slam roland garros begins next sunday. emotions were high for you venters on sunday as they played their final home game of the city our season as the champions collected the league winners trophy there was a chance for the fans to say goodbye to head coach massimiliano

a legacy is leaving after 5 years in charge a familiar sight now in italian football of the event as players celebrated the 8th title in a row. but in the match itself you they were held to a 11 draw by atalanta and its key result for the visitors. the crucial goal which keeps their hopes alive of qualifying for the champions league for the 1st time in the history. so atalanta will go into the final day of the season next sunday in 3rd place after going above into man into it would be one at napoli go to the zelinsky with the pick of the goal. and they say milan kept of their hopes of a top 4 finish with a 2 no winner or foresee no need to reflect free kick from the spaniard suso wrapping up a victory. kit celebration to real madrid's worst season in 20 years indeed in another defeat and the team were greeted with boos from their own fans

after the final game on sunday a 12 league defeat of the season was handed to them by rail bettis beaten 3 known as occasion the druids coach sitting in the den has said this was definitely a campaign to forget gareth bale was an unused substitute and stormed off down the tunnel at full time is one of the players reported to be leaving the club this coming off season. little missy reached another mile sternness champions barcelona signed of barely get season with a $22.00 draw and able messi scored both which takes him to the 50 goal mark for a season for the 6th time in his career basso will be going for the domestic doubles when they play valencia next weekend in the spanish cup final. well murder . has extended his lead at the top of the standings the honda rider started on poland's at the checkered flag of the one the french grand prix on sunday the spaniard taking his 3rd victory in the last 4 races to put him in control of the

title race is now 7 points clear in the riders championship. and on 4 wheels max for stepan treats of these home dutch f one fans the taste of what's to come red bull have tasted because it was on for track which is returning to the race calendar next season the strata last stage f one back in 1952 and it will be the 1st dutch grand prix for 35 years. underlined his billing as favorite to win cycling's did its earlier with victory on stage 9 the slovenian won the 35 kilometer time trial around the streets of ricky on a on sunday topping the timings with his run of 51 minutes 53 seconds and he's now moved to 2nd in the general classification italian conti retain the overall lead but is expected to relinquish the plane to the once they head into the mountains next week monday will be the 1st rest day of this year's judo. and here's proof

why when you're never out when you're down so this is malaysia against china at badminton suited him and cup. losing sprucing but even being normal flow didn't stop him carrying on with a rally the chinese pay eventually seeing off an opponent stuck on the ground but it took some doing. that's the winning shot almost a little unfair barbara. thank you a billionaire technology investor has stunned the hundreds of graduates at a historically black college in the u.s. by announcing he'll pay off all of their student loans robert f. smith made the announcement during his commencement speech at morehouse college a school official says the gift. from smith is worth about $14000000.00 he's still to have a fortune worth $4400000000.00. i know my hands make sure they see this. handsome look at these alumnus these beautiful

morehouse brothers. and this make sure every class as a same opportunity going forward because we are enough to take care of our own community. amazing graduation present point news in a few minutes. they call this bleeding the tree. first substance the world is addicted to now at the center of a global trade war. it's latex in its purest form found in tires phones

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cost as the u.s. ratchets up the pressure on iran we look at the strait of hormuz the most valuable waterway in the world $3.00 lanka's tourism industry takes a hit after these the sunday attacks and flying cars as the future just iraq. cost . talks resume between military and protest leaders who insist civilian must head the new ruling council. hello barbara sarah you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming out the white house unveils the 1st part of its middle east peace plan an economic workshop

to encourage investment in the region. and. it could be. thousands march in alabama against the most restrictive abortion law in the united states class i'm sorry and at the cannes film festival where new wave of north african female filmmakers are taking center stage. talks have resumed between sedan military and protest leaders who say that they will insist a civilian heads a new governing body for the country's transition the general suspended the last round of negotiations a few days ago demanding the demonstrators remove road blocks in the capital khartoum the military has ruled sudan since president tomorrow bashir was deposed last month and insists that the new ruling body must be military led mohammed

though is live for us in khartoum so the talks have resume bafta or much pressure do we know how far they've gotten and what the main sticking points are. well barbara there are a couple of hours into the talks and this is being viewed as a huge progress by the people of sudan who are 1.4 of the talks of kumble of the the general who is leading the transitional military council postponed the talks until a number of things were done by the protesters the protesters know what they want and quickly complied there's also been a lot of pressure been piled on the transitional military council to resume the talks and now the entered a critical phase and agrement of the sword council would mean that sudan is closer to achieving a transitional government that will take you through

a 3 year period of transition and then organize elections that will see a democratically elected leader which is that fight action of most people of sudan but it is the composition of the transitional council the sort in council that is causing a lot of friction between the both of them want a major stake in this consul which is going to be the highest organ in the transitional administration or it ever could up porn. a parliament which would be selected from all parties in sudanese politics and then they have also agreed on a technocrat cabinet that will be of people who are none political who will steer the country through the period of transition but it is going to be really difficult for them to come to an agreement if neither side compromises mohamed atta with the latest on those talks in khartoum mohamed thank you. a rocket has been fired into

baghdad's heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and foreign embassies that were no casualties according to the iraqi military the u.s. embassy. c.m. baghdad which is based in the green zone evacuated nonessential staff earlier this week signed a heightened threat from iran. the us energy giant exxon mobil is also evacuated all its foreign staff from an oil field in prompting criticism from iraq's oil minister amir gav by the says that the system is unacceptable unjustified and politically motivated on saturday saudi arabia's regional ally back rain ordered all of its nationals to leave iraq and the iran citing quote unstable conditions. trafford has more details now on the military's investigations. they in fact saying that they found a katyusha rocket launch pad on

a road close by to the green zone and it's incidents like this that of course are making iraq iraqis and iraqi politicians very nervous because of course iraq has incredible economic political and military ties and religious ties with neighboring iran and of course is a major u.s. ally as well we saw mike pompei as visit this month's pompei are warning the iraqi government about what he described as specific and increasing threat spike what the americans describe as iran's proxies in this country these are these iraqi iran backed armed groups that were so very effective in the fight against eisel that were integrated into the iraqi military in 2016 and who certainly the u.s. oppose a major threat here to u.s. interests those 5200 or so american servicemen and women still in

iraq so despite the fact that the iraqi prime minister has come out and said that he's seen no increased threat from these groups certainly incidents like this evening suggest just how fragile the situation is here although it's very important to say that nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack. the u.s. navy says its conducted exercises in the gulf to highlight how effectively it can respond to potential threats this is regional rivals iran and saudi arabia say that they don't want to war the leader of iran's revolutionary guards a said his country is not pursuing a conflict and the saudi foreign ministry says the kingdom doesn't want to escalate tensions but will respond if iran chooses to engage in war king solomon a staunch ally of the us has called for 2 emergency summits involving gulf and arab

leaders later this month to discuss the situation in the region trump has also said in the last few days that he doesn't want a war but a little earlier he ramped up the rhetoric again tweeting that if iran wants to fight it will be the official end of the country has a call lane is live for us in washington d.c. so we know that sometimes trump kind of tweets perhaps without really having thought about it what side do you think more clearly reflects sees attitude towards erratic right now. we know we truly don't know because we don't really know what he's reacting to obviously he's the president of the united states so the question is did he get a classified briefing with the most secret information the teligent agencies have and decided to send this tweet or did he see something on fox news that he felt like responding to he went golfing and he's been back at the white house for a couple of hours and really he has been tweeting up

a storm since he got back recently saying that fox news shouldn't have a town hall with people who judge democratic candidate for president he's promoted a book he's talked about immigration the economy college graduations and also arend so the question is is he just basically spit balling and sending these messages we don't know we do know that he sent 2 very distinctive messages one and one had he tweeted in the past when barack obama was president that he was going to start a war with iran to guarantee re-election so that would imply that he thinks that is a winning election strategy but at the same time he campaigned on getting america out of foreign wars it was one of his biggest selling points to his base he said let's bring that money home and spend it on infrastructure here in the united states so he sent 2 very distinct messages on iran we don't yet know which one is going to win out but we also know that this week's going to be important congress has been very skeptical about all of these claims of an iranian threat that's coming from some republicans and a lot of democrats they're supposed to get

a classified briefing in both chambers from both chambers this week so we'll see how they respond to that but to tell you the truth there's been talk that the president's power on this needs to be reined in there has been discussion about putting a bill forward that would basically say the president cannot start a war with iran without congressional approval not sure that you get through the senate that is controlled by the president's own party but it is something that is being discussed because a lot of people are saying this sounds a lot familiar this sounds very familiar something like what led up to the war in iraq which the vast majority of americans now think was a disastrous move. and patty iran was always been a key policy of the trumpet ministration of course trying to find some kind of solution to these really palestinian conflict is another and now the white house has released the 1st part of its long awaited peace plan call it such for the middle east what does it say what's it about well it's the trump playbook they

think that if you promise a country economic stability and growth that they're going to go ahead make concessions we've seen that throughout the world especially if you think about north korea so the trump playbook is going to follow along with the israeli palestinian conflict they're saying they're going to have a summit basically in bahrain at the end of june and they're asking treasury secretaries finance ministers private companies to come in and come up with an aid package basically that would look at low interest loans or grants to help with infrastructure and investment and their stand there and economic excuse me governance reforms of the palestinians so the playbook here is they think that if they can grow the palestinian economy in the palestinians are going to be more likely to make those political concessions those points that have been so difficult in past negotiations for such as the right to return and the capital for both countries and in their independence as of the question is is that going to be enough so far the palestinian leadership of sent the message no it will not be

practical aim with the latest from washington patty thank you well the white house says the peace plan will not address issues including a palestinian state and the status of jerusalem an adviser to the palestinian president says that that means it's likely very little will be achieved. had been suffered so. will deal proposed a body u.s. president at a time when the us dominant to rule is granted it will in world war even in latin america and therefore we are insistent if we want to go to the peace process there has to be a solution although we proposed to the jews in the past our willingness to have a one state democratic nonsectarian so we wanted to states one palestinian estate on the 1967 borders with full control and sovereignty on its territory with east jerusalem as its capital. a roadside bomb has hit

a tourist bus in egypt near the giza pyramids injuring at least 17 people the bus was carrying 25 south african tourists from the airport to the pyramids area egyptians and a nearby car were also injured in the center a bomb struck a bus carrying vietnamese tourists apparently it's killing 3 of them no group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack russia says a syrian government forces have implemented a unilateral ceasefire in northwest province the opposition activists say shelling in the airstrikes have continued the syrian government stepped up its attacks on the last remaining rebel territory last month despite a cease fire brokered by russia and turkey since then erin there tillery strikes and infantry assaults have driven the rebels out of several villages. still ahead in this half hour of voting ends in india's a 7 phase election.