for israeli palestinian negotiations under the obama administration joins us live from washington d.c. heidi good to have you back on the program the palestinians have already said they won't be attending this conference does that mean deal now is dead on arrival i mean it's certainly a business approach but many observers say it's not even lacks real understanding of the region what do you think look i mean in one sense i feel for trauma's team. they're in a tough position but in. another sense look what the palestinians need is not so much. economic help they need help in terms of sovereignty they need help in terms of freedom that's where the absence is that there's a freedom and sovereignty gap not a gap in. the economy so that's right you know this is a workshop they're going to try to unveil economic investments in the west bank in gaza but again palestine could thrive if it had freedom and sovereignty it's not an

investment and that that's an important point to make how to because the palestinians also say any u.s. plan will likely favor israel and they won't be financially blackmail them and this certainly isn't the peace plan that the palestinians were hoping for and they as you say they want to talk about core issues like 67 borders jerusalem settlements refugee rights all of that political stuff before any talk of economics. look that's right you can discuss it before you can discuss it after but the bottom line is for 4 look there are half of the people in the holy land are jews the other half are palestinians they can either live together and side by side in 2 states or together in one mess what we have today is the one mess in aereo and so that's right for palestinians to for the palestinian economy to thrive for a palestinian state to exist it needs 67 borders freedom of movement a shared capital in jerusalem and all these things but instead right now we have a situation where you know the unemployment rate in gaza is 53 percent higher than

any country in the world while it's 4 percent in israel g.d.p. per capita g.d.p. in gaza is $2000.00 a year while it's $40000.00 a year in israel so that's a multiple of 20 times it's sort of unheard of around the world and so to address these problems we need to address the freedom gap and the sovereignty and what about the involvement of other countries i'm an expert seems that just that without countries like russia or the europeans it's not going to work i mean how important is their involvement what do they bring to the table. look i mean. again every country is relevant this is an international problem but at the end of the day the country that is the the governments that are most relevant is the government of israel and the government of palestine those are the 2 political leadership that need to make peace all the king's horses and all the king's men can't kind of fix the situation. i was referring not to bahrain or saudi arabia

when i was saying the king but the english nursery rhyme they can't fix the situation unless the 2 parties agree to move forward and right now we have a situation where israeli and palestinian political leadership communications are very poor where the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with the palestinians and so it's almost absurd to think that the united states that is has closed the p.l.o. office that has closed 175 year old consulates of the palestinian people in jerusalem that is cut off assistance to the palestinians in the west bank and gaza that is cut off assistance to under a has any credibility or leverage to broker a deal or make peace were in in a sense an absurd situation and i think sadly i think very sadly you know this is tempered will will will not succeed hadi and i thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera. promise not to come here when he was out including ukraine's

new president is sworn in and his 1st option is to dissolve parliament. we report from france somehow upcoming e.u. elections are exposing europe's think divisions and sport but tell me about the americans celebrating the 4th major golf title of his career that's also. now in syria at least 10 civilians have been killed in airstrikes and shelling and in that province russian forces are continuing to carry out raids there but moscow says syria has declared a unilateral ceasefire under schapelle reports. in the town of kafir novel syrian civil defense workers search for survivors local activists say residential neighborhoods like this one were attacked 10 times through the night by airstrikes russia says it targeted opposition fighters who fired rockets at it's him aiming an air base while activists say these strikes took

a maternity hospital out of service 18 other health facilities have been damaged or destroyed. since the russian backed syrian government offensive of it really began last month with daylight people began searching for what they could salvage but many simply won't leave the elderly disabled and mothers trying to support their families alone have little choice but to stay well i'm not going isn't why i'm going to that that what can i do how will the small children live all these women they don't have anyone where will we go. this town is meant to be in a deescalation zone covering it live province and nearby areas but over the past 3 weeks most airstrikes have struck this area here the u.n. says along with an increase in fighting on the ground they've displaced at least 180000 people mostly from northern hama and southern it lip they've been driving north into an ever smaller area mostly under the control of his former affiliate in

syria. h.t.s. . but those who have moved from cover nobile to the nearby city of marjah tell newmont have not found safety. but syria and russia say they are targeting h.t.s. and not civilians or civilian infrastructure but on the ground it's clear many of syria's most vulnerable people are being displaced again and again and it's thought this could be the beginning of a long campaign by the syrian government to recapture the last rebel stronghold putting millions of lives at risk and or chapell algis of. ukraine's new president of a lot of men as alinsky has used his swearing in ceremony to dissolve parliament triggering a snap election the comedian turned politician also said his 1st priority is to reach a cease fire deal with pro russia separatists donahoe reports. an event that only months ago seemed unthinkable the inauguration of comedian and actor volo demit zelinsky as president of ukraine will diminish the landscape. only

president i'm agreeing zelinsky has become president before he's character in a popular t.v. series servant of the people is a schoolteacher whose improbable rise to the presidency is built on a campaign against corruption zelinsky his own rise now taking up the role for real was built not on clear policies but on public distrust in fact little is known about his policies instead ukraine is taking a chance on a man with no political experience rejecting a political class that many voters feel has failed them corruption remains rife and a war in the east that divides the country continues with no end in sight the landscapes problem here is that people didn't vote for him they voted against the establishment against the other candidates the people who have been running ukraine for the last 25 years and so and you saw that today in various reports from the

ukrainian parliament they want massive crowds supporting zelinsky so selenski popularity isn't really very deep in that sense it's more an anti vote approach. supporters sees alinsky as a breath of fresh air among his 1st steps a pledge to call early parliamentary elections he's referred to some m.p.'s as petty crooks and a promise to end the war with russian backed separatists said your thoughts of not you could i'm ready he said to do everything so that our heroes don't die. that's something he's pre-disaster petro poroshenko wasn't able to do and while poroshenko did make reforms that helped ukraine stave off economic collapse voters decided he hadn't done enough to rid the country of corruption zelinsky will be under great pressure to do better i a presidency that breaks with tradition got off to the most nontraditional start no

flashy convoy for volodymyr zielinski who chose to walk the streets to his swearing in ceremony high fives and selfies also not hallmarks of previous administrations all of this clearly styled as a fresh start for ukraine even though no one really knows what president's plans to do or is capable of jona whole al-jazeera. politicians from europe's mainstream parties are calling on voters to stand against the far right ahead of the european parliament election among them france's president. is just met with the european council president donald tusk to discuss the vote which starts on thursday broken with tradition and join the campaign trail reports from paris. france's european elections are shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the anti e.u. far right party of marine le pen opinion polls suggest in the lead for folks the

jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries as opposed to defend us workers but they do nothing for us says mccombs been a power was struggling to live. it's important to vote for europe because there are countries where populist governments have come to power and it will be continue the far right one france's last european elections in $24.00 teen since then and the immigration populous parties have flourished in europe and brakes it has rattled the bloc in the pen and the nationalist allies move even when the noise still weak is so we're experiencing a historic moment and all the signs show that we are on the eve of great political change in europe the idea of the europe that denies the right of nations to exist your forest area the vision of an imprisoning e.u. have been massively rejected. the french presidents rarely publicly campaign in

european elections but macro is breaking with tradition he says europe's in crisis and he's fighting to save it i want reforms e.u. i want to accelerate the integration on some issues i think on currency on digital on climate action we need more europe i want you to be more protective for emanuel mark all these elections are an opportunity not only to campaign for united europe but also to try and boost his personal popularity in bronze after a particularly challenging here domestically. difficult 6 months with yellow vests and. a huge drop in his popularity in the country so these elections are a test for him what is at stake for him is 1st of all to rebuild his popularity within the country and to be in a position to have some influence on european affairs for the next 3 years the

elections might be a chance for macro but they are also fraught with risk a win for the president's party and france would bolster him for the remainder of his mandate but if his party loses to the far right it will be a humiliating defeat in france and a setback for example in europe especially butler al-jazeera paris. democratic republic of congo's opposition politician maurice katoomba he has been addressing a massive rally just hours after returning from exile khatami spent almost 3 years in belgium after falling out with then president joseph kabila buttons or joins us live now from. the crowds of come out to support the time but what are they hoping for from him. well. he hadn't yet arrived here it's been. a long. been on the road all day just trying to get him in from day out what.

can an object. like to give them direction on the political direction that when they cannot be beaten many people like that and i think mickey kantor some of them i think that. the presidential election is over. and at that point i'm not yet know you never meet them on the political landscape but anyone they like here is going to. be a saloon regular. movement mode and some lines of political quietly and even people around the country maybe just talking to people not you that you're naive feel that presidential ambitions happen for them to not be. i'm. going.

all i want to pose is that we seem to have lost catherine sawyer there in mumbai she but let's move on shall we because google's parent company alphabet has suspended some of its business with a chinese tech giant who are always saying it's complying with the u.s. government orders knew who i was smartphones won't have access to google's play store where users download popular apps including g. mail and you tube it will maintain use though of the android operating system via open source licensing but google won't provide huawei with any technical support the u.s. is trying to blacklist the company around the world several countries of bam who are away from development of their 5 g. mobile network citing security concerns the chinese tech giant says it will continue providing updates on after sales service is to its existing smartphones and tablets line a tongan is a political analyst who advises the chinese government on economic and development issues he says the u.s. is trying to cripple the competition. basically this is a very clear attempt to cripple hallway it's kind of like in the old days the u.s.

when confronted by russia over sputnik going to the moon they said we're going to outcompete you we're going to show you the best and the brightest and what we can do but today it seems more about tripping up the competition we don't have to compete against you if we can cripple you this is going to be a long term situation in terms of what beijing can do hopefully it won't but it could quite possibly say that for security reasons they will be banning broadcom qualcomm who have also joined on the train with google and keep all of those out make it almost impossible from the do that then this is what i would call a hard fork where you're really going to see a real change in and basically 2 camps going ahead with their respective technologies you could see apple's sales plummet this is one of the other realities of this trade war is that these types of international stories are going to impact

more and more nationalist china and they will shy away from buying apple and other u.s. products remember this is a over $350000000000.00 a year market where u.s. companies are selling in china and that that would have disastrous consequences for american businesses especially on the profit lines. to come here not just there including displaced him but 2 men from rival communities in mali tell the stories of overcoming vomits. running on empty fuel gets harder and harder to find in a country with massive oil was a. kind of sport i want to run cooler than way back into the n.b.a. playoffs far be that story after the break on that stay with us.

hello there the weather still quite unsettled over parts of the middle east at the moment but the huge area of cloud here that's working its way through parts of iraq and us towards the caspian sea and then everywhere to the east there's a chance of seeing one or 2 showers and it still stays unsettled as we head through the next couple of days so really we haven't settled down for summer yet school towards the west it should be a bit dry and brighter for us in beirut our maximum getting to around $29.00 a bit further towards the south and we've also had a lot of cloud over parts the arabian peninsula too in yemen this is what it looked like clearly a lot of rain has fallen there we've had a lot of thunder reactivity down towards the southwest in parts of the country and we've also had quite a few thunderstorms elsewhere out of this area of clouds here abu dabi de bar i we've both seen some heavy showers and we've seen plenty of them over parts of a man including muscat there i think as we head through the next few days is still a risk of seeing a few more showers and some of them again could turned out to be rather heavy that

cloud just sticking around really as we head through wednesday a bit further towards the south and things are generally looking a good deal dry ahead the southern parts of madagascar though we've been seeing a few showers we've also seen some clouds make its way over the southern parts of south africa for cape town it won't be warm on tuesday a maximum of 60. in a 2 part series. observes the lives of 2. 20 years. in science circumstances which applies. 20. 1 to 0. a policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman part but she put philip to be goods and had only

boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a poor socially disadvantaged young man so you have this system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree to starvation our money to get other people to read the story solution out there examines the politics of population control. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour iran's foreign minister has hit back at the u.s. president's latest threat saying it won't be intimidated by genocidal taunts

earlier donald trump tweeted that if iran wants to fight it'll be the end of a comfort inn later said he would prefer an economic invasion. google's parent company alphabet has suspended some of its business with the chinese tech giant huawei saying it's complying with u.s. government orders the company's new smart phones won't have access to the google play store which includes up such as g. mail and you tube. and palestine's government has rejected the 1st part of donald trump's so-called deal of the century the u.s. will co-host a conference in bahrain next month focused on economic development for the occupied territories the palestinian leaders say they have not been invited nor are they willing to participate but let's get more on that story neither abrams joins us live now from ramallah in the occupied west bank so sunny what sort of response that we had from the palestinians on this that. but 1st from the palestinian prime minister mohammed this to you this morning that and he said that the palestinians were not consulted in the words workshop that is expected to be held next month in beheading and we've heard from him in previous occasions saying that palestinians

do not treat politics for food and that the solution to the palestinian cause should definitely include a political aspect and not just an economic one we've also heard from the palestinian president's spokesperson who said that they have palestinians still to give an answer with that they are going to be attending this conference or not but they are not expected to be attending and that has been a previous conference in which palestinians have not attending we've heard from palestinian businessmen as well who said that they do not want or do not intend to join this conference the main issue here seems to be that politics should be the main issue on the table and not just economy thank you. africa's former president jacob zuma has appeared in court hoping that judges will throw out corruption charges against him zuma is accused of fraud money laundering and racketeering some of those charges relate to a controversial arms deal exposed while he was deputy president prosecutors say he

received money to cover up in eagle purchases of combat equipment for the south african navy i mean the miller was outside the court in pietermaritzburg. jacob zuma supporters have been waiting patiently all day to hear from the former president is expected to address the people yeah time from now and that's off the court proceedings pietermaritzburg wrapped up on the 1st day of arguments you must know you. couldn't stand trial this is the number of reasons one of them is that jacob zuma. then i take it and even though those charges were with floor and then reinstated his lawyers are arguing that given the amount of time that's awesome. the trial should have happened at that time and should proceed now his lawyers also claim that the charges against jacob zuma are politically jordan and they also say that he has been spied on illegally by the government so these are

the arguments his lawyers will use in the coming days as they try to convince the court the jacob zuma shouldn't stand trial people outside certainly believe the former president they say he's innocent they say he's here to support him as long as he meets if they're here until the end however the prosecutors in this case it jacob zuma has been responsible in making the case it's taken this long because of some of the tactics he was employed those postponements that he's managed to get and they believe that jacob zuma assumer rather should be held accountable for what south africans are pulling the arms deal in that jacob zuma received payments from a french arms manufacturer for his political protection when they were supposed to provide a provide frigates to the south african navy almost 200000 people are displaced

right now and back enough according to the u.n. they were forced to be their homes because of violence in the northern border region with mali a warning that nicholas hans report from go contains graphic images. they keep coming carrying what they can bloody herders victims of attacks by their own neighbors they bear witness of unspeakable violence 17 year old i when i lost his parents in 2 siblings all hacked to death. there is no justice if we go to the police to denounce the killers they put us in jail it's as if we are the criminals mobile phone footage has emerged from a morgue in neighboring mali these are bodies of men killed because of their suspected link to armed groups they are the latest victims of intercommunal violence that is spreading across this hell. both the group state and the greater.

seek to attract young recruits from the full on the community exploiting grievances against the state and local authorities and encouraging revenge attacks. government believes these armed groups are behind the attacks on catholic churches in schools in the north of the country. a devout christian and primary school teacher from the northern region fled to the capital after full on the armed men stormed his classroom and threatening to kill him if he didn't convert to islam and teach the koran in school but these from the book and everything we know or attackers there for the most part are brothers from burkina faso so it's even more painful to see that this has come to this stage where we are ready to kill each other for what 2 young men displaced and caught in the spiral of violence tearing burkina faso apart nicholas hawke al jazeera. saddam's military rulers and protest leaders say talks to finalize

a new governing body are making progress and will continue discussions resumed on sunday after the military suspended the previous round of talks last week due to violence both sides are trying to settle who will sit on the transitional governing body protesters want civilians to be in charge of it even morgan has more now from the capital cost of. one common demand that can be had from people here in front of the army headquarters in the stance capital is the demand for an independent civilian transitional government now that's something the opposition coalition as the declaration of freedom and change and the transitional military council should have agreed upon but they could not reach a deal the 2 sides were discussing the sovereign presidential council its composition and its role the military council wants to be the one chairing the presidential council but the opposition coalition is saying that if it is led by a military the sovereign council will not be independent and therefore there will be no civilian in. pendent transitional government people here in front of the army headquarters are saying that that has been their main demand they say that they

have listened to the transitional military council when it demanded that most of the road blocks on the main roads are on hold to them that were put there when the when they were escalating their protests have been removed so they're saying that they've removed the barricades they have turned down their rhetoric and they're saying that they want to provide an environment that will make it possible for the 2 sides to reach a deal regarding forming an independent civilian transitional government but they are saying that with the talks between the 2 sides set to continue today if a civilian transitional government is not formed in their will continue with their protest they will continue with their sit in front of the army headquarters and tell their demands are met now they're saying that they've come from various states and they have been anticipating the civilian government for a long time and they say that they've gone way too far for them to come to call on everything to end now and given to the military so if the 2 sides are not able to reach a deal it's likely that these protests will continue until their demands are met the world health organization says politics and violence are largely to blame for the spread of the bone of the eastern democratic republic of congo the virus has

killed more than a 1000 people in the region since last august making it the world's 2nd most deadly outbreak the w.h.o. says distrust among communities and fighting between groups are hindering efforts to control the virus we are fighting in security. we are fighting violence we are fighting misinformation we are fighting mistrust and we are fighting the politicize issue. out very serious journal there have been dozens of attacks on his 1st t.v. this enormous queue. every hour disrupts operations. makes it harder to reach communities every hour gives the virus an advantage. a retrial is under way in western germany for 7 men accused of posing as self-proclaimed sharia police the men were cleared of wrongdoing in 2016 but that

was overturned by a higher court last year the group took to the streets of the city of 2014 to clear an area a shari'a controlled zone where alcohol and music were banned. prosecutors in sweden have taken the 1st step toward seeking the extradition of wiki leaks founder julian assange on allegations of rape and made a formal request to a street dischord for stands to be detained is currently serving 50 weeks a u.k. prison for skipping bail sweden dropped its case against him in 2017 it was reopened after his eviction from the ecuadorian embassy in london last month assad is also wanted in the us a side that. 32 people have been killed in a riot in a high security prison in tajikistan 3 guards are among the dead it happened in the city of that 10 kilometers east of the capital 24 of the prisoners are said to be former members. now petrol shortages are adding to the severe lack of food medicines and electricity in venezuela as the world's largest proven reserves of

oil but motorists can't even get fuel from the state of qatar bobo latin america editor at this in human explains why. the cues to philip cars with fuel the northwestern business whaler are 23 to 4 kilometers long. near the city of motorists hope and pray they'll be lucky to make it to the pump before it runs dry . yesterday i was in line for 6 hours and couldn't fill up. isn't normal ask. with this government apparently it is we are a major oil producing country and look. on top of shortages of water. the further you go from us the harder it is to find petrol but in the past 2 weeks the hunt for fuel has become much worse. look we started a great check called in focus. these are the messages from today to let each other

. there's several causes for the crisis a industry experts. venezuela's refinery capacity is down to 20 percent of its normal level instead of $1300000.00 barrels a day we're only refining $260000.00 which means we have to import gasoline. putting it from the united states but as of april 28th the u.s. government stopped all sales not just of fuel but of the additives needed to make the petrol that than his whale is still able to refine at home and then there's the chronic problem of price distortions all the patrol in this tanker truck or 13000 liters costs less than $1.00 which means it's practically free but only if you can find it these shortages and these long lines are creating a black market with some people charging as much as $10.00 or 20 leaders now

anywhere else that may be considered peanuts but here it is the only thing cheaper than petrol is the air they to breed. that is considered a fortune much more than the minimum wage. shortages have not yet impacted the capital caracas but experts say it may not be long before they do. and irony that escapes no one in venezuela the country with the world's largest oil reserves c m n . in israel. at least 11 people have been killed during a shootout in the city of belaying in northern brazil 7 gunmen opened fire in a bar in a part of the city known for drug crime the bodies of 6 women 5 men were found there on saturday 5 people were killed in a gang shootout in the northeastern city of salvador. the art of running or making patchwork quilt has existed for centuries the tradition lives on in pakistan's thawed desert where it gives poor women an opportunity to make money quilts have

become a household name in cities all over pakistan and beyond that as the story. every morning these women in pakistan start to queue up to date daily house or do you have a difficult day or head looking after the elderly they're young and doing our house for each role. despite the hard life they still find time to make. a song and i listen and we make these quilts after finishing our household chores we try to make our designs better every time we give these quilts as wedding gifts after finishing our work at home we teach our daughters or younger sisters. the word dryly in the local language means to make then good night and it's also a way for the women to make friends sitting together under a shared stop when they go about their work or eager to throw their talents

somewhere i but i recall this is a traditional walk and has been passed on to us from our great grandmother while cost 4 months to make a single quilt but we're not paid well make these quotes from scraps of cotton fabric to make extra money but the shopkeepers keep most of the profits the art of making bad throw quinn said existed for centuries in dishes region although do you mean by lebron or difficult conditions there are a guarded ward they do and i did making bad 2 of which have now become famous around the country as we prepared to leave their women want to sell out some of their work and choice there richard wright you of really. really travel to the nearest shop selling these were the shopkeepers happy to shortage based p.c. this one was minimum 6 like. i said about a higher demand for such work. these patch quilts are sold at very

high prices to make only one piece of patchwork quilt the women work for almost a whole year or sometimes longer foreign buyers pay as good money for this sometimes up to 5000 u.s. dollars. remain engaged in pretty 5 percent of the price for a day a hard road to get by made in maine and appropriates by shopkeeper the women of target say they could do with some help from their gob a man who had produced ball wiki and all for their family dinner. to modify their. pockets. when we come back. to the film festival by new wave of north african filmmakers taking center stage. on in sports is a big setback in his bid to complete the triple crown of motorsport more or not stay with us.

we. this is give you some breaking news media reports quoting a nuclear official saying that iran has quadrupled production of low enriched uranium the amount of loaner geranium iran can produce under the nuclear deal is 300 kilograms but iran has said that cap no longer applies them as we do again for you or me to reports quoting a nuclear fishel saying that iran has quadrupled production of low enriched uranium of course on that as we get it all right time for the sport now his far there and

thank you so much briggs kapur has won gold championship for the 2nd consecutive year the 29 year old said he never thought about failing on his way to a 4th major title despite a closer than expected final round and the richardson reports. another major title for america's troops kept but this wasn't the final day procession most expected to be standing here today with 4 majors is it's mind blowing today was definitely the most satisfying out of all of them for how. stressful that round was. kept began the final round at new york's bethpage black course but the 7 shot lead the 1st 10 holes didn't hints at the drama to come but with a 2nd straight p.j. title seemingly in his grasp kept big counts of false. was bogey's rather than birdies appeared on

a school card. and former us open champion dustin johnson was on the charge. and he was with 3 holes to play johnson moved within a single stroke of the leader was but johnson has a habit of coming up just short of mages and he dropped shots at the 16th and 17th that gave kepcher the chance to steady himself heading towards the final green as he became the 1st person to successfully defend the p.g.a. and u.s. open titles a 4 of a par round of $74.00 and nuff to secure a 2 shot win was definitely test i never thought about failing i mean i was trying my charm my butt off you know if if i would have bowed all the way in. you know i still would've worked out as i tried my hardest always on 12 t.v.

maybe i saw there was a there's a leaderboard or a tear and you know i think it was at 12 under making the turn and so you know i knew i knew the play well federation but. yeah gave it gave it a run so you can ask for it kept it has now won 4 majors in his last 8 starts on you ben hogan jack nicklaus and tonga woods have enjoyed similar success in such a short space of time on the richardson al-jazeera. the trauma raptors have claw their way back into the n.b.a. playoff series with the milwaukee bucks they won game 3 of the eastern conference finals a while leonard led the raptors once again with a game high 36 points it wasn't easy though but after surviving 2 overtimes to beat no walk 21182112 the bucs those silly the series 2 games to one game 4 will be on cheese day a truck. you know how much work we put in and we know how you know how bad

you want to and he says it just going to the show every single night and you know you just want to take it was it was a hard victory but you want to take it in and the next game trying to get another one we were able to get over the give them credit as a group you know they played well a couple guys really stepped up for them so i think there's lots of opportunity for us to look and look at how we can get better collectively how we can be better going in the game for so. you know i think we look forward to that i think a month ago the st louis blues were in last place in the n.h.l. now they're on the brink of the stanley cup finals for the 1st time in nearly half a century values is big turnaround since january had its latest highlight on sunday as they went 32 ops in their playoff series against the san jose sharks. jaden schwartz scored a hat trick as st louis beat the sharks 5 nothing they win game 6 on wednesday they'll play the boston bruins in the finals that's also who they lost when they

last reached the stanley cup finals and unlike some 70. german world cup winner tony crows has signed a new 4 year contract with real madrid the 29 year old says he hopes to end his career at the club across is saying rails coaches in a deal is set to overhaul his squad ahead of the new season gareth bale just one of the high profile players likely to depart well have endured a poor season finishing 3rd in the league exiting champions league in the last 16 after comes a year that is not too good ok i don't like. you know i would have seen those playing much better but now it's just as not to change that on this ng we can do is to think in the next season to prepare the next season. and for now no alonzo's hopes of securing the triple crown motor sports have suffered a huge setback alonso has failed to qualify for the indianapolis $500.00 mclaren

driver quit formula want to focus on winning part 3 of the triple crown the spaniard has already won the man 24 hour race and the monaco grand prix. and that's all you sport for now daryn back to you for oh thank you very much indeed now this year's cannes film festival showcasing works by several north african filmmakers who are tackling subjects long considered in their home countries the festival is also featuring more female directors from the region than ever before al-jazeera was charlie and the reports now from the south of france. but. a new film from algeria about a free spirited student during the civil war of the 1990 s. . is a party goer a feminist and a fashion designer fiercely loyal to our dear resisting the rising conservatism the help of her friends. she course is a. it's

a moving drama loosely based on the life of 1st time feature director. who explained why argyria is now seeing a greater artistic output. i think that me and my old darian friends are to filmmakers are part of a generation who needed some time we lived in through the ninety's so we couldn't express ourselves because the situation was very complicated there are new film schools in algeria we don't have cinemas we are a generation that needed to build itself and the generation is now ready to convey their stories. another film selected by can is adam by moroccan filmmaker mariam to the story of a friendship between a single mother from casablanca and a pregnant girl who seeks her house. both projects are 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 so

a window where they can speak up about oppression and about the social impacts and they're going to make an impact of these political. situations that they had to go through and this is a fantastic because the female perspective usually has a different point of view. and adam may be novelties for the cannes film festival but one to museum producer says the output was there in the past it's just been overlooked if you compare our region with the west we've always had many friends directors interim is even in egypt. and it's not something new for us began film festival has the power to thrust 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

they'll pave the way for future female filmmakers charlie under al-jazeera. well also from a down jordan so this news but don't go away i'll be back in a moment with much more of the day's such and such like. meet maria driven by poverty into prostitution and drugs as an early age now as a mother she's turning her life around with the help of a theater a group of colombia women fighting the challenges they face through their art as it

was compelling series which showcases fresh filmmaking talent from around the globe if you find a lot in america presents acting lessons on al-jazeera. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan tiger's nest ball astri seems to defy gravity every beauty's is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness when it became a democracy in 2008 b. time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow betimes example but how do you measure it many brittany's happiness is what we ensure it if it is quantifiable but by simply turning its pursuit into policy bhutan has done what no other country has. good. when the boneless

struck many die and many reste will to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of local filmmakers who say people are making sacrifices more been offered. this is what i want to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera. iran has just announced it will quadruple production of low enriched uranium but kept agreement on the nuclear deal now no longer applies. down in jordan this is al jazeera life and also coming up no invite for the palestinians and they say they wouldn't attend the u.s. that conference on the future even if they were asked google cuts ties the chinese

phone john to long awaited which washington considers a national security threat. ukraine's new president is sworn in in his 1st action is to design. to begin with that breaking news out of iran on its nuclear program within the past half hour tehran has announced it will quadruple production for low enriched uranium it comes a week after iran officially ended some of its commitments under the international nuclear deal which was abandoned by the trump administration but saying but rather joins us live now from tehran what more can you tell us about this announcement how significant is it. well it follows on from what we've heard from senior leaders in iran in the past several weeks of course president hassan rouhani not very long ago earlier this month announced that iran would begin down cooperation with part of the nuclear deal very much

a reaction to the nuclear sanctions placed on iran by the united states donald trump's white house the president trying to at house attacking the framework of the deal itself limiting iran's ability through those sanctions to get rid of stockpiles of enriched uranium and heavy water in accordance with the 2015 nuclear deal iran was not allowed to keep stockpiles of potential weapons making material. and it was selling that to russia was sending heavy water to oman getting enrich uranium out of the country well those sanctions made it impossible for iran to do that so president rouhani said that they would not abide by the stockpile limitations placed on them as part of the joint comprehensive plan of action a few days later the head of the atomic energy organization of iran confirmed that they were beginning to carry out work extending that stockpile of today's announcement seems to suggest that they have either quadrupled the amount of stockpile they have or they've increased the pace of production of enriched uranium by 4 times we're still trying to get clarity on the exact wording of the statement

coming out from iran's atomic energy agency today but this is a clear message that they are making good on their promise that they are doing what they said they would which is continue or discontinue rather their cooperation with the 2015 make clear deal many people are seeing what iran is doing now is trying to get back to the place it was at before it negotiated the nuclear deal in the 1st place that they signed in 2015 so it's to have a little more collateral a little more. a little more in their arsenal if they ever do go back to the negotiating table with the united states or with any other signatories to the nuclear deal i'm saying to our people been reacting there over this worrying escalation of tensions with the u.s. . well we've been speaking to iranians on the streets in the past several days and there's really been a rise of the of responses there is still defiance many people still have a lot of faith in the security apparatus here in iran in their military and their

military capability to defend their country but there are people who feel that the zeal that iran had in 1989 through the 1980 s. when it was facing off with the united states that spirit just isn't there that fighting spirit isn't necessarily there in the iranian public so many people are wary of any sort of escalation with the united states and iranians that we have spoken to have actually said that they think their government. sit down and discuss a way out of these tensions discuss the escalation essentially carry on dialogue somehow with the united states that of course flies in the face of stated iranian policy by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei himself who has said that we will not negotiate with the united states and especially not the white house of u.s. president donald trump or examples ravi of the in terror and same thank you for that . well the u.s. president has issued a direct threat to iran tweeting that if iran wants to fight it'll be the end of the country he later said he would prefer economic invasion iran's foreign minister zarif has hit back saying iran won't be intimidated by genocidal taunts.

u.s. warships sailing in the arabian sea these the latest pictures showing additional u.s. military personnel deployed to the region and move to counter what the u.s. sees a thrifts from iran the tensions also eskin lasing on twitter donald trump wrote if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never thracian the united states again. to iran has described the roots of psychological warfare and a political guy iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif tweeted trump hopes to achieve what alexander and other aggressors failed to do iranians have stood tall for millennia well aggressors all gone economic terrorism and genocide towards words in duran try respect it works it's been mixed messages out of the white house and a pretty recorded interview on fox news trump said he preferred an economic war over

a military one i want to have to economically we've created a much stronger country economically than when i took it over and on thursday he said this. we have got that we would not get out. and if we did that would send a hell of a lot more troops and that what i think is just where was that story in the new york times or the new york times. saudi arabia's king so mom has called for to emergency summit some valving gulf and arab leaders later this month to discuss. but analysts say talking won't work for tehran which wants the u.s. to stick to the iran nuclear deal or a way i really don't. the iranians are going to engage in any diplomacy until at least trump fires bolton and starts to abide by the g.c. if you wait because if the idea is to go to the table with this extra leverage

trump now believes that he has because of the sanctions while the iranians are not going to go to the table without them 1st also building some leverage would most likely would mean that they would restart other aspects of their nuclear program is not a good scenario for anyone iran u.s. relations hit a new low last year strong pulled out of the 2015 agreement embry imposed sanctions they had been lifted in exchange for tehran scaling back its nuclear program no under u.s. led sanctions iran is suffering economically and wondering what trumps true intentions really are dallas ok. let's bring in ali fatah in the job is a visiting fellow at brookings doha center he joins us live again from berlin early let's start 1st with this latest development that iran has just announced it's quadrupled its production of low enriched uranium how significant is this and what's iran's thinking why they're doing this now. well as your correspondent has rightly pointed out this is to reestablish the bargaining

position and the leverage that iran had a decade ago so iran's announcement a few weeks ago to also stop commitments of history and to is restart and to enrich uranium on a higher level than allowed by the jessop your way after the 60 day ultimatum posed visa v. europe and other signatories of the deal is precisely geared towards reestablishing this bargaining position because for iran now although there are a lot of necessities that point to the fact that it needs to talk to the united states because after all with those u.s. sanctions iran will not be able to cope with the severe economic crisis at home where a lot. people who argue that iran is now in a position of weakness so it would be premature to engage in talks with the united states so this is all you know the intention is to reestablish

a stronger position of bargaining by having a nuclear program revitalized but of course there's also a risky step because once iran revitalizes its nuclear program to a certain degree you know a new nuclear crisis might be kicked off and then european support models might also be in danger yet that's an important point to make because i mean as as you say the europeans were trying to save the deal but this latest announcement by the iranians what does that mean overall for the deal mel. well. for the europeans it is very difficult in the next 60 days to you know provide iran with economic dividends that it wishes so the nuclear deal is still very much on the verge of collapse and so the only you know possible scenario that would be you know would be desirable is that some kind of

negotiations between the iranian and the u.s. side would take place and perhaps by with europe facilitating such a such negotiations so let's talk about the ongoing war of words between the americans and the iranians i mean iran has dismissed president thumbs latest threats as genocidal towards meant terror and of course wants to appear tough but i mean how worried is iran at the moment about the threat of a real conflict. well a large scale military confrontation would be too costly not only for iran but also for regional states including the adverse trees of iran across the other side of the gulf but also for the united states so what we've been witnessing over the recently is a very high risk game of brinkmanship that both sides played in order to deceive to show to the other side that of you know large scale military confrontation would be too costly but of course if you do that disses inherently risky

and there is always you know you know possibilities of miscalculation and given also that there are not no real channels of communication between the opposing sides just a final thought from you i mean what about regional players like saudi arabia like israel who would love to see the u.s. bring terror on to its knees and saudi arabia has called to emergency meetings to discuss these escalating tensions but there's so much just unity among gulf arab states anyway so anything we achieve do you think. i think despite the bombastic and belligerent tones from some capitals on the arabian peninsula or these of iran i think they need to realize that a large scale military conflict would be too costly for them as well and as we can see you know from the recent attack on the tankers in for jr so i

think you know restraint is needed and. i don't think that you know that those capitals would really wish for any kind of large scale mage conflict if at all in their job thank you for talking to our jazeera. now palestinians are going to take part in a conference about their future organized by donald trump's son in law jared cushion is expected to unveil the u.s. presidents a long awaited blueprint for palestine and israel in bahrain next month events expected to raise tens of billions of dollars for investment in the occupied west bank and gaza but the palestinian prime minister says they haven't been consulted about the conference mohamad chatah it says any u.s. plan would probably favor israel and be financial blackmail for palestinians where you are going to. use the cabinet stresses that it wasn't consulted about the reported workshop and neither about the content nor the outcome and or the timing of it clarifies that the financial crisis that.