al jazeera and we'll bring you the news and current events that matter to al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is that he is live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. he did not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war the acting u.s. defense secretary turns down the rhetoric over tension with iran. that has already been too much death and destruction. of grim warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. with millions having fled venezuela the u.n.

says that most are in need of refugee status alert is other countries not to deport them. and argentina's former president cristina kushner goes on trial for corruption. the acting u.s. defense secretary says that there will be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by teheran patrick shanahan made the comments following across a 5 briefing to members of the house of representatives along with the u.s. secretary of state the pair have been under pressure to reveal more about what they describe as unspecified threats from tehran our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about. we're not about

going to war this is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle east and conducting the missions that they're we are there to perform so why did you 1st we shared with both the house and the senate our strategic campaign the effort to push back against iran's malign activity 40 years of terrorist activity and so we talked about that we tried to place that or place the recent intelligence in context that 40 years of history and we walked through our efforts and our ultimate objective over the past days which has been to deter iraq democratic presidential hopeful bunny says that any further escalation should be avoided at all costs. i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster of far worse than the war with iraq and i hope the american people told this of ministration that we will not go to war in iran and live now to washington that i

was 0 as mike hanna so mike what was the reaction to that briefing in congress. well that was general relief at the fact that the acting secretary of defense said talk down the possibility of an escalating crisis insisting that there is no war as such on the table at present to the briefing welcomed by republicans but some democrats deeply skeptical a couple stating very clearly that they believe that president trump has got his eyes on some kind of military campaign not accepting the administration figures reassurances off the facts to the contrary we also heard from democratic senator bernie sanders insisting that the one point that must be made very clear is that it is congress that has the right to declare war not the president this is something that he insists is absolutely fundamental to the constitution and to the powers of

congress given the differences of opinion within the administration will this toning down of rhetoric by the u.s. actually hold. well that's a very good question because there have been reports of division in the administration as to exactly what to do next president trump himself as wavered to a degree in terms of the lack of clearly expressed strategy about what to do with iran it must be pointed out too that even while that briefing was taking place iran itself announced that it was quote tripling its production of enriched uranium now democrats in congress point out that this is a consequence of an action taken by the president to unilaterally pull out of the iranian nuclear deal without having any strategy to put in its place democrats arguing very strongly that there is no clear strategy coming out of the trump administration that they are various opinions various parts of various

strategies being affected by members of the administration but there has been no clear expression of what the unified strategy of the administration is so this of course a great concern to many democrats in congress possibly expressed in the course of those briefings in the day mike many thanks mike hanna reporting live from washington well u.s. sanctions are making life in iran increasingly difficult iranians say it's the devalued currency that's more pressing the more pressing problem which is the resentments robbi reports now from tehran. in iran ramadan is usually a time of spiritual reflection charity and family but for a 2nd year in a row iranians began a month of fasting there was escalating pressure from the united states. every day they face angry exchanges with american leaders a buildup of u.s. forces on their doorstep warnings to commercial flights in or near iranian airspace

and threats from arab neighbors saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain all that on top of an economy in freefall. so you know it's one of these got that it was trump or america can't do anything iran is not iraq even though they are strong iran's armed forces will stand against them that's going to get. them is on your mark we think our military is as strong as bass but it isn't we should never place america directly i'm afraid because we keep saying they can't do anything they finally well and they proceed and the islamic revolutionary guard corps that took to the streets in the revolution and changed everything something iranian people spirit is still at that level but it isn't. a u.s. carrier strike group deployed close by in the arabian sea was for some a chance for a little levity a widely shared post has the abraham lincoln up for sale on a website for used goods. but for many talk of war is

a real concern that some hope can be resolved through dialogue because of my government in the 2nd edition i think if they enter into talks it will be better because this is the 21st century and we should avoid war now is the time for dialogue jank even as a man and a man also god of war in my opinion is not good for us now negotiation is the best our government could overlook some issues if this pressure could be reduced speaking to a group of young artists iranian president hassan rouhani said he always remains open to the idea of dialogue but not with us bullies even if it means taking on the world alone. iranians too young to remember when their country last fought a war say fighting america seems unreal. yet many say they have more faith in the country strategic defenses than its economy in the past year the prices of fast moving consumer goods like food and household items have all gone up even bread

a staple of the iranian diet that has been price controlled for decades is more expensive now and in some places the price of a piece of bread stroebel. whether they have. a few here or battle with the united states in a meeting of the city council this week. public dissatisfaction and the possibility. of biggest immediate threat more so than another american war in the middle east. let's talk to a former cia officer joins us on skype from boston good to have you with us. following this statement from the acting u.s. defense secretary is the situation any less dangerous today than it was 24 hours ago. why i think probably it is the acting defense secretary

is a rare reasonable official in the ministration of the logs and incompetence so i think that is probably true that tensions are a little lower and the problem is that you have to the extent you have a coherent series of tactics in the strategy they are those fun the neo conservatives which gave us the invasion of iraq and it is easy to threaten and to break things for the united states but it's always infinitely infinitely harder to build them or achieve another more positive end and the approach almost always forgets that in any conflict even if one side like united states is vastly more powerful than the other the other side gets to play in the game too and we can't no one can control events but i think that the

defense secretary's statement is a positive one in a rather absurd situation shanahan says the aim at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation has the u.s. miscalculated as. well if if if the calculations include what passes for policy in tactics and i think the answer is yes i mean the original sin of the last 2 years we can call it that is the united states unilateral withdrawal and denunciation of the. iranian nuclear agreement which achieves frankly historic historic change in the long term policy of iran and in the stability of the middle east and doing so tonight says withdrawing or and or. announcing its withdrawal without anything in place and what now seems to be in place is a neo conservative bit of saber rattling. how that will achieve

a greater stability is hard to imagine unless you're a me and simply kowtow and i don't see any nation count so what ultimately is the point of all of this iran as you say is not iraq and we all know what happened. yes well that's unfortunately a straightforward and sensible question and there are been many straightforward and sensible questions raised about virtually every step taken by the trump administration with regard to any international issue and the answers are not clear i think what is happening is that like that we could party in israel and the neo conservatives in the republican party of united states the view is that military pressure can at the least and military solutions can transform the stability in the strategic equation in the middle east and that has simply not been

the case in any instance in the last 4 years could still take many many thanks indeed glenn call that in boston. you know with the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program the last roll of the dice britain's prime minister office m.p.'s of votes on a 2nd briggs's referendum. why scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted. and later in sport a look back at the life of one of formula one's greatest ever drivers. the united nations security council has been warned that libya is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the un special envoy for libya briefed members in new york on salamis assessment follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar diplomatic editor james bays reports from the

un. the un special representative gas and salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by holy for hafter a renegade general believed to be by the united arab emirates and egypt 48 days into the attack on tripoli by genera have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual

is wanted by the international criminal court that being on the battlefield on all sides. all parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and referred to the i.c.c. those for whom as warrants have been issued addressing a security council it is itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling for a cease fire in libya he attacked regional and international players for fueling the conflict by sending weapons to both sides in defiance of an embargo officially in place since 2011 many countries are providing weapons to all parties in the conflict without exception the amount and sophistication of these weapons are already causing greater numbers of casualties without it robust enforcement mechanism the arms embargo into libya will become

a cynical joke some nations are fueling this bloody conflict the united nations should put an end to it the u.k. is what's known as the penholder on libya they would draw up any security council resolution it's likely they'll try again to negotiate a resolution calling for a ceasefire but it's also likely the negotiations will be difficult james pace al-jazeera at the united nations the u.s. says it seen signs that the syrian government's may have renewed its use of chemical weapons the state department says that includes an alleged chlorine attack on sunday in the northwest of the country it comes a day after more than $400.00 u.s. lawmakers urged the trumpet ministration not to pull out of syria citing deep concerns and threats on regional allies the state department said it will respond quickly and appropriately if it finds evidence of a chemical attack. protesters in indonesia's capital jakarta hold fireworks of

police as they rallied against the results of the presidential election. riot police fired tear gas and water cannon as the standoff continued into the night the election commission declared president joko widodo the winner of april's poll with 55 percent of the vote opposition presidential candidate proposed so beyond of cialis so will challenge the results in court. the u.n. says that most of the people who fled venezuela's political and economic crisis are in need of refugee protection and is urging governments not to deport them 3000000 have left the country since 2015 as the economy is crumbled a power struggle is continuing between president nicolas maduro opposition leader on going to the un's refugee agency says between 3 and 5000 venezuelans are still leaving every day or most half a 1000000 of sorts for asylum mostly in other latin american countries liz throssell is a spokeswoman for the u.n.

agency are she says that thought many venezuelans the decision to leave is agonizing. then as well as in many cases are unable to go back home they're suffering from the point of view of persecution but also deterioration in the conditions inside the country one example is a father who spoke to u.n. refugee colleagues who said that he decided to take his family to brazil after 3 of his relatives including his 9 month old daughter died and he put it quite bluntly he said we either leave or we die we totally understand that the scale of the numbers of venezuelans arriving in countries is challenging and is complex we recognize that and we recognize that the countries of latin america in the caribbean have made efforts to host venezuelans in some cases they have offered them temporary visas or work arrangements to enable them to stay but what we are saying is that given that the infrastructure in their silence systems may be

overwhelmed it really is important for the governments to focus on giving venezuelans international refugee protection and it may be very difficult maybe impractical to do individual determinations so in that case we are advising that they consider venezuelans as a group in order to give them asylum argentina's former president cristina fernandez de kirchner has appeared in court on the 1st of what's expected to be a year long corruption trial it comes just days after she announced that she was running for vice president in october selection so there's a bo reports from one of solders. she was argentina's president for 8 years from 2007 to 2015. 4 years later cristina fernandez that continues to be one of the most important politicians in the country. now she's on trial for her alleged role in a corruption probe worth millions of dollars during her administration. lawyers

likely get on one understand say the links between kirshner and the businessman are a crucial part of the investigation. of the the nobody has been able to prove that she had corruption mine but what has been demonstrated is how the former president used their hotels and other places to launder illicit money. money that i legibly came ask it backs from public works contracts from last advice a family friend who was a bank clerk turned tycoon when he 1st met the kershner family cristina kirchner will be appearing in this courthouse regularly from now on even though she's been implicated in more than 10 corruption investigations this is the 1st case that makes a full court pristina kirschner is now a senate or still sees protected with parliamentary immunity which prevents her imprisonment but not her prosecution. since leaving office cristina kirchner and members of her government have been indicted and accused of corruption one of them

was even caught trying to hide around $9000000.00 in a monastery. but the former president says she's seen a cent and a victim of political persecution from her rival precedent. and the judiciary in argentina tends to lean towards those in power. there is political persecution there is animosity and judges pushing cases improperly against certain political figures but i believe it has to do with the justice system as a source of power and not because they are responding to those who are in government commissioner was expected to run in the october presidential election against modi. but the former president surprised everyone on saturday when she said she would run for vice president instead i company i'll bet the farm and this a former political ally a strategic move that is supposed to help her party win more votes. her supporters

say cristina is in a sense isn't it was. with her we had a better life education health care she has been persecuted because she defended the poor. the trial is expected to last for a year. a year in which she could make it back to power once again. and. britain's prime minister is offering m.p.'s a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd briggs's referendum to reason may set out her latest plan for britain's departure from the e.u. telling politicians they have one last chance to deliver briggs's m.p.'s have already rejected her withdrawal agreement with the european union 3 times may's latest plan will be brought to parliament in june i've also listened carefully to those who've been arguing for a 2nd referendum i've made my own view on this clear on many many times i do not

believe this is a route that we should take because i think we should be implementing the result of the 1st referendum not asking the british people to vote in a 2nd one but i recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the house on this important issue the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a 2nd referendum and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified from al-jazeera as lawrence levy in london. by her own admission this is three's m a's one last chance so she put it in a speech to try to deliver some source of bricks it's to try to deliver herself a legacy frankly but what she wants is a brick set that can appeal to as many people in this deeply divided parliament and deeply divided country as she can and so to that end she's obviously listen to all the different very loud voices across parliament who want entirely different

things from bracks it's and tried to bring them all together and say ok let's see if we can have a withdrawal bill that we can pass that brings all of these things in at once and so she's trying to appease the hardliners in her own party who want to ensure that at some points the u.k. will be free from a customs union with the european union says that will have to be done by december 2020 that the northern irish part of the democratic unionists have been propping her up that there will be a same system nor nolen to the rest of the u.k. so the argument be divorced so all that to appease them but she's trying to appease the labor party as well and those other much more moderate parties by saying don't worry we won't have a horrible american chicken in the u.k. afterwards will be environmental standards and most crucially of all she said to those m.p.'s on the labor party side if you pass my bill then we will have a confirmation referendum where the public will get to decide if they like it or if

they don't presumably the u.k. then doesn't leave the european union at all to bend pieces like it's no they do not speak as much of it is absolutely hated there's no really big new idea in any of it's to try to move the process forward or the bracks there's a saying with hurdle this no thanks very much the labor party side crucially those who won the 2nd referendum are saying well i'm on trees i'm a your saying these things but you're leaving office anyway and your successor could be a hard liner who will rip up the idea of a 2nd referendum completely so as an idea a week or 2 before this voted or it looks pretty much dead in the water. the european parliament selection begins on thursday for rise and populist parties are expected to do well and that could shift the blocs balance of power and it's only the right wing likud party is predicted to emerge as the country's largest. reports now from. italy's deputy prime minister an interior minister

is hoping to upset the status quo during this european elections he plans to do it with the help of euro skeptics immigrant nationalists are pulling crowds in ailing economies. more. need to do everything that is right to free this country this continent from the illegal occupation organized by brussels. instead of traditional billboards and social media has been instrumental in getting the league's message across and making inroads into traditional left leaning cities such as milan and it found an audience in the richer parts of northern italy where some relate to slogans such as why should we pay for others who don't contribute as much. and xander morelli has been a bit salvini since the beginning a divided e.u. italy's balls. into france decided to start a military operation against libya which caused very serious damage not only in italy but also in europe of europe today is totally divided in only exist for the

interests of france and germany. many italians disagree with the populists and they have been protesting with thousands of home banners. the movement of the government forcibly removed slogans from a balcony by using fire fighters. opponents this was one more manifestation of authoritarianism and fascism which they say is being peddled by the league party. that. said. this election has become more interesting than previous ones besides u.k.'s brags of fame there's also a surge of populists across europe among them its least let yourself be populist policies about immigration an economy that's found in allies from germany to hungary and this new alliance wants to overhaul the european union and its wrote a book about the rise of 2015 he fears that

a strong right wing alliance in the long run could mean the end of the european a dream. of any fair. politics have been too far from people and too close to finance europe was not able to give real answers as it put too many limits on everything and there are many parts of the european population who felt the burden of the european union without feeling the advantages. of the european parliament consists of 751 amy pease representing more than 500000000 people from 28 countries the big question is how many of them will give their backing to new alliance a far right european leaders. we're going to weather update next here on the news that does anyone here think our women in this country was the silence of all our rights are being taken away from our. thousands of women across the u.s. unite against the recent wave of anti abortion legislation out in sport

basketball's most dominant team heading to the n.b.a. finals for a 5th straight season. had over we've had a lot of severe weather over parts of north america recently we look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud that's brought us our latest batch of thunderstorms that have given us some tornadoes some very large hail and some flooding rains all of this is edging its way towards the east and on wednesday it looks like the risk is easing so fortunately the weather is calming down for us no for long though as we head through thursday the next system is beginning to gather strength and this one could give us some more severe weather towards the northwest it should be fine for us warm too in seattle it 23 degrees in calgary they're getting to around 19

a bit further towards the south of us some of us in mexico and across towards the yucatan peninsula is fine and dry enough following dry weather should extend through more parts of cuba and it's jamaica there is we had 3 thursday for the south though plenty of showers here and some of them very heavy actually welcome rain for some of us here because we do need the wet weather but it may cause a problem with some localized flooding because of the 2 was a sound there's also some very wet weather on the cards for south america over the next few days as well but securely over parts of paraguayan the system pushes its way northward so paraguay in the northern parts of argentina southern parts of brazil that's where it's looking wettest and as that system pushes northwards setting up fresh air behind it. in a 2 part series. algy 0 observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that shaped

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news good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha with the news from up 0 the headlines the acting u.s. defense secretary says that there will be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by. the u.s. on the precious revealed details of what they describe as unspecified threats from iran. the united nations special envoy for libya has warned of the country is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the assessment follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the wall khalifa haftar. and the united nations says that most of the people who fled venezuela's political and economic crisis are in need of refugee protection it's urging governments not to deport. iraq's prime minister says that he's sending

a delegation to the united states and iran there are concerns that a military confrontation could lead to renewed conflict in iraq which is a u.s. ally and iran's neighbor charles stratford reports from baghdad. iraqi fighters back. by iran fighting eisel in 2014. experts say that without the popular mobilisation forces o.p.m. arabs the victory over eisel in iraq may not have been won. but with the u.s. now increasing pressure on iran many iraqis are concerned that they will be caught in the middle of washington says the pm in for one of iran's proxy fighting forces and are a potential threat to u.s. interests in iraq including about 5200 u.s. soldiers stationed here there are tens of thousands of fighters among different p.m.s. factions in iraq and. america wants to control this region and to exploit its

resources and frankly that's why we totally stand with the republic of iran and its people because iranian people are being oppressed by the sanctions also there is a religious bond between us that's another motive to support iran. 1 pm in a function led by the influential shiite cleric other assad or has distanced itself from iran but said that any party that threatens iraq's stability is an enemy neither iran nor its people compare another war he tweeted on monday we need peace and reconstruction any party that ignites iraq with war and makes it a battlefield will be an enemy of the iraqi people the u.s. has withdrawn its non-emergency staff from the embassy in baghdad there was an evacuation of exxon mobil foreign workers over the weekend from an oil field in the south of the country a katyusha rocket was fired into the green zone which is home to the u.s.

embassy on monday night nobody claimed responsibility as the war of words continues between the u.s. and iran the atmosphere here in iraq is increasingly tense. iraqi prime minister says any u.s. intelligence about increasing threats to u.s. interests in iraq is wrong and his country has been mediating between both sides to try and avoid further escalating tension and. iraq is very concerned that its country might be a battleground so iraq is seeking solutions between the iranians and the u.s. and their allies including saudi arabia iraq knows that if this fireball grows bigger it will set a blaze in the society dividing it deeply. were formally integrated into iraq military and security apparatus in 2016 they take part in raids on eisel sleeper cells in iraq almost every day but amid fears of a military confrontation between the u.s.

and iran there were questions over how these iran backed fighters in iraq would respond. like that women who support abortion rights have marched in cities across the u.s. in a show of force against conservative efforts to restrict the procedure heidi joe castro reports. well you got. c on the 100th anniversary of the house giving women the vote in the united states women and abortion rights activists in cities across the country took to the streets to say their battle is not finished does anyone here think that women in this country will stay silent while our rights are being taken away from us. they march to protest abortion restrictions recently passed in conservative states 256 nays one alabama's new law is the most extreme it bans abortions except for when

a woman's health is at risk making no exceptions for rape or incest this was a separate we were a lot read on the fact we have a right in america and it says it's very important analysis which other great work by. more than a dozen other states are trying to make abortion illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected as early as 6 weeks democratic leaders say such laws are unconstitutional from them it's very fact that you are republican but play truth are waking up there are going rabid are women's rights come in all right the state laws are not yet enforced they face court challenges that will likely escalate to the u.s. supreme court. what conservative activists have decided now is the time to challenge roe versus wade the landmark case that gave women the right to an abortion in 1973 you believe you are. and i

think. the supreme court has skewed to the right due to president trump's recent appointment of 2 conservative justices but there's no guarantee the court will intervene meanwhile the president has distanced himself from the. most restrictive abortion ban tweeting he's pro-life with 3 exceptions including rape and incest. but these protesters say that's not enough they fear women's rights are eroding in america and are telling the supreme court now to protect their right to an abortion heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington judges in france of force dr cerezyme life support for a man who's at the center of a debate over end of life decision making on salt lamba suffered severe brain damage in a car crash 11 years ago paralyzed in his arms and legs the 42 year old's been on

life support ever since after listening to the wishes of his wife doctors agreed to switch off life support equipment on monday but the appeals court overturned that decision from the tasha butler in paris. well vassal long bears case is a very high profile one in france it's one that is a divided people across the country and it's actually torn apart his own family he's a 42 year old man in 2008 he had a motorbike accident and ever since he has been in a vegetative state in a hospital nice to france now he can breathe on his own he can sometimes open his eyes but he is being artificially fed and hydrated by doctors he's on life support now on monday in a rather dramatic turn of events doctors began stopping withdrawing that life support after a judicial hearing which followed the advice of his medical team saying the vassal or bear was simply not going to recover but just hours later

a paris appeals court reversed the decision that doctors were forced to resume the life support while this is being the case in france all of bear's life ever since 2013 because it was then the doctors 1st said it was not going to recover in any significant way and they advised that his life support or be withdrawn his wife is legal guardian agrees she says that he should be allowed a dignified death and she has brought this to the courts many a time but on the other side you have us on bears parents who are devout catholics and they say that it shouldn't be up to the state to take away his life and they have also fought for his life and for the life support to be maintained in the french calls where any form of doctor assisted dying or euthanasia is prohibited in france it is of course a very complex and sensitive issue craniums will head to the polls on july 21st after the country's new president announced a snap election law to mere zelinsky that he was dissolved in parliament

immediately after being sworn in on monday television actor and comedian pete former president petro poroshenko in a runoff vote last month a new poll. give selenski party the opportunity to win its 1st seats in parliament . austria's chancellor sebastian kurtz said that he will appoint a new caretaker government he faces a vote of no confidence after a scandal that saw the removal of coalition party politicians some of it came reports from berlin. sebastian courts has very much been in crisis management mode ever since the scandal that engulfed his coalition partners the freedom party erupted over the weekend in forcing out the ministers of that party all but one of whom have left their posts in cabinet mr cortes clearly believes that this is will bring support will reassure voters in austria but also reassure those looking on

from the wider european union austria's government is still in steady hands because i believe this is a key step in guaranteeing security for our country and making sure that we remain capable of acting on the european level in the crucial coming months and the government has a responsibility in austria it also has a responsibility in and for the european union i promise you i will fulfill the responsibility to the best of my ability in referring to the coming months if the courts is clearly conscious of the role his country is playing as president of the european union specifically with european elections taking place in the next few days but it's the coming the coming days in austria which really matter there will be a confidence vote in the austrian parliament on monday must survive that or there will be greater constitutional worries for his country one last thought to make though is that in the most recent opinion poll released in austria since the scandal

erupted over the freedom party it appears that mr courts his party the austrian people's party government has found a boost several pursue. points up they have whereas the freedom party is down it's dangerous to infer too much from one poll but if it's accurate it suggests that mr courts well some people do approve of the actions he's been taking in austria the new prime minister of the democratic republic of congo is already facing challenges longer was appointed on monday under a political agreement between president felix to chicago and his predecessor that ends months of political uncertainty in the central african nation since january is controversial election result. catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. what stands out when you visit kinshasa are the number of roads being built in the city infamous for its bad drugs and traffic congestion many are part prone to

floods because of poor training president kennedy has a located $7000000.00 for an emergency infrastructure program in downtown kinshasa traders and the disrepair has cost them lots of money. is very important to many businesses here and. we've got it. so most 4 months since she said katie became president inheriting many of cannot make and social problems from his predecessor joseph kabila the previous government was accused of mismanagement of public resources as well as human rights abuses she said he says he wants to change that he's also given amnesty to hundreds of political prisoners in exile to come back home but all that has been overshadowed by politics with some critics saying that he's a weak president who's not in control of the country's affairs he said katie has

formed a partnership with a former presidents a common front for. the f.c.c. controls parliament the senate and local governments. struggling to. he really tied to the will of the if he were to have a gallon that would really be operational that's part of the deal he knew what he was getting in as he signed for this did however it will come up to a point where they will have to citizens. and the 4 met will start pointing fingers people will know who is blocking from desired results from happening the president has appointed a new prime minister 73 year old sylvester is a little known career public servant who served in 3 previous governments and is loyal to some colleagues say he brings nothing new to the table but others believe he comes in a wealth of economic experience really have

a problem. with our public into prices and he was the head for some time of the committee rituals are actually. what was in charge of trying to reform our public enterprises understanding and so if you can bring that expertise and security they can actually outlined new vision the new prime minister is yet to meet his cabinet many people we talked to said they want to see government ministers who are keen to make reforms but here political choices of the past may largely determine who's going to be appointed catherine so i al-jazeera kinshasa global sea levels could rise by as much as 2 meters by the end of the century if the world's carbon emissions continue unchecked researchers say that's far more than predicted and it's juju accelerated melting in greenland and antarctica but as of 0 as mariana horn reports scientists say there is still time to act. our planet's ice

sheets are enormous around 10000000 square kilometers in size and they're melting but just tell much fresh water is flowing into our oceans and how quickly has been notoriously difficult to assess the climate can vary widely from one part to another they are affected by different weather events the thickness of the ice the temperature and flow of the ocean around it the long held view of the i.p.c.c. that's the un body dealing with climate change has been that if we do nothing and continue on our current trajectory sea levels could rise by as much as a metre by 2100 here's the coastal city of miami by that assists meant but new scientific research just published in the u.s. predicts sea levels will rise by twice as much the city of shanghai would cease to exist along with many island nations and other coastal cities that took me to sea

level rise that we we project $2100.00 is not the most likely scenario but it is a plausible scenario so it is one that we should consider if we want to plan and adapt to can just the level rise it was based on the assumption that we carry on increasing our emissions of greenhouse gases into the future and i mean sadly carbon emissions have carried on increasing even after the paris agreement on the 15th the all things combined to the assessments of 22 scientists and insist this is a worst case scenario a world where we have not taken action with global temperatures have hit 5 degrees celsius and the world's seas have risen by 2 mases they say there is still time to wait but there has yet to happen just last week the national oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide in the its atmosphere from burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal is now at its highest level in human history. and how to 0.

afghanistan seen through teenage stunts the subject of one of this year's term film festival entries filmmaker siobhan who saw that 2nd feature is set in kabul in the 1980 s. names to show a side of the country really seen on screen charlie angela caught up with the. welcome to the couch film festival but hoping someone can direct the show when you said that about you filmed the opening thank you for joining us the film is based on your friend memories of being an information published in the 1980 s. tell me what inspired you to see this but i had access to the diary of my friend almost 10 years ago it was 800 pages that few roads in a very honest for the police to go. before sewer i was so inspired by reading each paragraph of your film the set in kabul but shot in the g.q.

style why would many of my troop be a woman so of the reach to the point of the many discussion that maybe doesn't work study could have a life in danger because of the film we did location scouting all over the world and we ended up in that you can stand on screen afghanistan is easy to fix it as a wizard how important is it to be the western audiences see the different perspective there are a lot of films coming out with the topic of afghanistan mainly it's about the prison the prison up on the front afghanistan today or it's about the taliban and we don't really know that much about the eighty's about the seventy's about the sixty's and this is what i'm really interested at because i think if we want to talk about afghanistan prisons we should know about the past how easy will it be for afghans see your film there are 3 cinemas lifted kabul. and

i can say that it's very difficult to show the kind of my face to indo cinema it's a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy i think it's the fights it's a war by itself but i'm getting prepared for the. will be without one of the. final find out why in the sports next.

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greatest ever drivers has died at the age of 713 will titles came in to them after near fatal crash in 1976 looks back at the korea of the men who never knew when he was beaten in his prime it louder was one of the most famous fastest people in sport formula one world champion 3 times 2 of these titles came after an astonishing with coverage from a crash that almost killed him and dressmakers lauder was born in vienna in 1949 but the age of 22 people took enough racing car experience to be part of f 1. 74 he'd been asked to draw for italian culture and it's ferrari. he finished 4th 14 that had been struggling on his input to improve the car proved invaluable because in 175 he became world champion. more dominant in 76 until

a horrific and infamous crash at the new germany now the had urged his fellow drivers to boycott the rice i was safety concerns but it went ahead and on the 2nd lot of the truck and burst into flames he was trapped in the wreckage suffering severe burns damage to his lungs and was left in a coma he survived severely scarred but incredibly missed just to rice's return to regime is jus with english dr james hunt with physical and psychological scars. then you just fight with. the brain you hear noises in the voices and you just try to listen what they're saying and to try to keep your brain working and to get the body ready to fight against illness and i think this was very good that i did that because of a lot of retired from the foreign advice of the season author just 2 lops concerned with its eventual writing hunt completed device in place so when the 76 drivers title by a single point. now did manage to reassert himself dominating the 77th season to

regain his title. when he left ferrari there was a limp a week including too short a time in its. 1900 he was back winning races with mclaren and part of another famous rivalry this time with tonight alan crossed the frenchman to the 84 will drive his title by just half a point when he finally retired as a driver at the end of the 5 season there was plenty to keep him busy he want to align and yes there were times he was back in the cockpit as a pilot management positions include the returns a ferrari in the ninety's and he was non-executive chairman of messiah days when i signed lewis hamilton in 2012. parts of his legacy to be his dedication to drive a safety. for damage from the 76 crash was. but the trophies and powers of recovery i want you to find mickey around the. cricket world

cup hosts england have named. and their final squad for the tournament. a born play only qualified to play for england in march and has appeared in just 31 day internationals david. souter despite being involved in the recent series against pakistan thing then arrive at the world cup in good shape good preparation good squad good leadership good captain good track record is number one of the world but there's always the question during the business of the tournament and they're very excited about. afghanistan have got their world cup preparations back on track they've beaten arlen the by a 126 runs in belfast it comes after being thrashed out by the irish on sunday arsenal will head to buckle for the europa league final against chelsea without a star matilda henrik make it terry and the armenian international has concerns

over his security while his country's involved in a territorial dispute with host as a debate on the over the. region yassar bridge on f.a. had assured arsenal there would be no issues over and italian safety the final happens on may the 29th it's been the usual. kind of 2. and if you fall for all of these issues it's very very personal decision personal decision and we need to respect. i don't understand. political programs but. i must respect. gun as all time leading goalscorer has announced his retirement from international football. says that he won't play at the upcoming africa cup of nations in egypt he said to 3 year old that was unhappy at not being named team captain for the

tournament the golden say henri is have advanced to the n.b.a. finals for the 5th straight year golden state securing 119217 over time against the portland trailblazers to wrap up a 4 nothing series sweep in the western conference finals 6 time champion is all next take on either the toronto raptors all of the milwaukee bucks. as a hunger about us and whether we want to lose you know if we take pride in how we play and. you know if i say fall of the historic nature with that is kind of crazy to think about. i want to enjoy. you know full well where's the fun just season where the championship so got to stay locked in and that's all is well for we'll have more later on. and that's it for the news hour be back with more news in just a few. architecture

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gathered on the very day a widely criticised repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 20 if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. what is left of the vast indigenous knowledge that cone isolation of the americas has assaulted for centuries to amateur astronomers has embarked on a journey of discovery and reach a remote village in mexico's mayan region but who has more to learn about the ways of the world a route through make sicko's contemporary wreckage and its mystical prost we'll

find out flounces on al-jazeera. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war the acting u.s. defense secretary turns down the rhetoric of attention with iran. hello i agree and forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up that has already been too much death and destruction a grim warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. the u.n. says that millions of people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee status and urges countries not to deport them.