each and its mystical past we'll find out glances 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 over tension with iran. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up there 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. at argentina's former president cristina cuts

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 attack iran after it shanahan made the comments following a classified briefing to members of houses of the house of representatives along with the u.s. secretary of state the past 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 war. we're not about going to war this is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle

east and conducting the missions that there are we are there to perform democratic senator bernie sanders says that any further escalation should be avoided at all costs. i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster for the war with iraq and i hope the american people told this to ministration but we will not go to war in iraq republican senator lindsey graham is pointing the finger at iran for a recent escalation in the region he referred to attacks on a saudi pipeline and cargo ships off the u.a.e. coast earlier this month but said the extra deployment of u.s. forces does not suggest an imminent war with iran the attack on the ships and the pipeline was coordinated and directed by the iranian government. that we had picked up strong intelligence that they had given the militia basically

more running room and direction and that attacks against american interests in personnel were eminent the decision to send the abraham lincoln to the region was to try to deter attacks against american personnel not to invade or start a war and i hope it works i hope the iranians understand that we will hold them liable for any attack on an american inside iraq or anywhere else. live out of washington out as soon as my can is there for a so mike what's been the reaction to that briefing in congress. but i'd read members of congress had been demanding some form of briefing in weeks said had been great concern about what many appear to believe was a lack of clear strategy by the trumpet ministration so certainly that was a degree off relief that the trumpet team was sent to brief congress members in the course of the day the reaction generally though decided by party lines

republicans generally accepting what was told to them relieved as i said that this acting secretary of defense is saying that war appears to be off the table but many democrats remain skeptical we heard from bernie sanders others arguing that it's still not clear what exactly president trump's tactic is what his strategy is and the real cause for concern or remain until that strategy becomes clear or is clearly expressed by the president given the apparent differences of opinion within the administration will this toning down of rhetoric from the u.s. actually hold. well that is a very good question because many within congress particularly democrats are saying that they are deep divisions with the an administration over an iran policy democrats also point out of course that president trump unilaterally withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal in 2015 with no apparent substitute plan in

place and they point to the fact that even as the briefing was taking place in the course of the day iran was announcing that it ted quadrupled its production often rich to reign in this democrat's content a very clear consequence of presidential action that simply was not thought through thoroughly enough and the reason being that there is no strategy to put in place having withdrawn from that nuclear deal in 2050 mike many thanks mike hanna there live in washington the u.s. says it's seen indications that the syrian government may have renewed its use of chemical weapons the state department says that it includes of the alleged chlorine attack on sunday in the northwest of the country on monday more than $400.00 u.s. politicians urged the trumpet ministration not to pull out of syria they say they have deep concerns about the situation there and the threats to regional allies the

state department said it will respond quickly and appropriately if it finds evidence of a chemical attack joe ruben is president of the washington strategy group and a former u.s. state department data on military affairs he joins us now live via skype from chevy chase in maryland good have you with us what do you make of these reports that the acid regime may have renewed its use of chemical weapons. yes well it would be very disturbing if they are doing it and quite frankly they have a negative track record in that area so i wouldn't be surprised at all if they are really this falls to russia and rein him in because russia is their patron russia signed the agreement with the united states half dozen years ago for syria to get rid of its chemical weapons busy and they were guaranteeing that and time and again we're seeing this issue papa and it's really something that needs to be punished

seriously no need because all that money the u.s. has repeated its warning that if the acid regime uses chemical weapons that the u.s. and its allies will respond quickly and appropriately what does that even mean i mean given that in the past the assad regime seems to have been able to use these weapons with impunity that's right and really i think the assad regime that it demonstrates that they don't really respect what was done recently by the trumpet ministration in terms of the strikes into syria millions even is very dangerous or threatening to their behavior so this means that the united states has to ramp it up that means more focused sanctions that means working more aggressively with our allies in the region and internationally to rush up the pressure on assad for example he should be held accountable for war crimes and michigan and ending accountability there should be a real pressure put on him as well as on the russian agents of his regime who are

allowing this to continue unfettered yes to understand that use of chemical weapons particularly in a battle in ready closing that all it as he may perceive it would be a grave violation of human rights and that cannot stand richard you say he should be held accountable but he should he should he we know he should but how. right and it big question right now is in terms of how one has to look at the pressure on russia in particular on sanctioning russia more aggressively and on putting his case forward into the international arena a son's case as a war criminal that must be done that is not being done the ministration is doubly more aggressive in that way and if it does conduct airstrikes they need to be air strikes that are effective targets that are attacking a couple of years that when air strikes were taken they were essentially mocked and they were not doing anything but being a pinprick it doesn't mean

a full american invasion but there is a repeated history of gross violations year by assad and it needs to be met with a harder response and it has that show ready to talk to many thanks to joe rubin that. the united nations security council has been warned that libya is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the u.n. special envoy for libya briefed members in new york karsan salamis assessment from a 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord holly for hafta diplomatic etta james bays reports from the u.n. . the u.n. special representative gas sands 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 helli for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt

$48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general 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 appearing on the battlefield on all sides or parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and referred to the i.c.c. laws for whom at arrest warrants have been issued addressing a security council that his 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 arms 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 air robust and forstmann mechanism for 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 we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then thousands of us unite against the recent wave of anti abortion legislation. and the last roll of the dice britain's prime minister's office m.p.'s a vote on a 2nd briggs's referendum. the weather sponsored by cattle and. hello there we're still seeing quite a few showers over the southern parts of china they've been with us for the past few days and they are giving us some very very heavy downpours you see the bright white cloud on our satellite picture here just over the southern parts of china and into the northern parts of vietnam some places have been reporting way over 100 millimeters of rain from the system just in a 24 hour period there's more weather still to come to this system gradually is

going to be pushing its way eastwards as we head through wednesday and into thursday so we'll thursday looks like hong kong will join us under that wet weather some of the thunderstorms here could be fairly violent i mean further towards the south and there's lots of showers here as well particularly over the western parts of borneo and there's a drifting their way west would still say force in singapore and k.l. it's likely to be more wet weather over the next few days to those showers are also getting going further north 2 so plenty of wet weather here is in the south of our map where there's more in the way of dry weather for java and across into bali there is plenty of fine weather but a bit more cloud seems to be gathering for thursday and that could just give us one or 2 showers are just pakistan afghanistan still rather unsettled here yet more cloud in a few showers drifting its way across us as we head through the next few days is could also reach us in the northern parts of india but further south are not poor just incredibly hot where at 44. the weather sponsored. always in a 2 part series. observes the lives of. 20

years. in science circumstances. change. 20 years of. morning. on which is iraq. again this is al jazeera let's just talk about it to remind you of the main news this hour the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has to turn possible attacks by. the u.s.

on the pressure to reveal details on what they describe as unspecified threats from iran. the u.s. says that it's seen indications the syrian government may have renewed its use of chemical weapons the state department says the chlorine may have been used in an attack on sunday in the northwest of the country and the united nations special envoy for libya as well 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 lord howley for after. 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 i've left the country since 2015 as the economy has crumbled a power struggle is continuing between president nicolas maduro and opposition leader on the un's refugee agency says that between 3 and 5000 venezuelans are

still leaving every day almost half a 1000000 have sought for asylum mostly in other latin american countries let's get more now from our latin america editor lucien human who joins us now live from caracas what's prompted lucy of the u.n. h.c.r. to make this declaration. you know adrian i think what's prompting it is that we're seeing as. just mentioned that more women are leaving this country that the problem is getting worse and not getting better in fact the u.n. refugee agency is latest statistics show that it's almost 4000000 venezuelans who have left in just the last 4 years and most of them are going to latin america which is a region that cannot cope with this unprecedented influx its own social services its own infrastructure can barely make do for its own citizens and so latin american countries are saying that they need help they need help from the international community but they also want the burden to be shared not just

financially but also in the distribution of these venezuelans which according to the united nations should now be getting refugee status. venezuela specifically in north central american nations that the people who are also fleeing right now. that's a very good point i mean you could argue certainly that haitians have just as dire conditions in their own country lack of food and medicine the guatemalans the hondurans who are fleeing terror violence and of course economic the poverty that they also when they make their caravans to the united states should be allowed to come in easily or at least be given a blanket refugee status but i think the reason is kind of obvious that the numbers the sheer numbers are unprecedented of venezuelans we're not talking about thousands or hundreds of thousands but millions and those millions could reach as

many as $5000000.00 by the end of this year unless there is a political and economic solution to the crisis here and there's no indication adrian at this point that that is in the making you see many thanks indeed to see a new human there live in caracas. 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 joe who were the winner of april's hole with 55 percent of the vote opposition presidential candidate for bo so be others who will challenge the result in course women who support abortion rights of marched in cities across the u.s. in a show of force against conservative efforts to restrict the procedure zeros heidi jocasta reports. well you got it i was. right. 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 the 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 step in we were a lot read on the fact we have the 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. i can't quite plain 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. where 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 really where 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 jo castro al-jazeera washington. former president cristina fernandez to has appeared in court on the 1st day 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's election reports from one of us. 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 and. lawyers likely get on one at a sun 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 cristina kirchner is now a center for 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're 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 a lot of the for a man 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. 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. they say i will. britain's prime minister is offering m.p.'s a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd brigs referendum to reason may set out her latest plan for britain's departure from the e.u. something 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 what are for more and sleep 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 sort of breck's 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 parliaments i 5 who want entirely

different things from bricks it 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 element 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 it's all to ben p's like it's no they do not

speakers 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 we've heard all 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 you're 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 a lot. pretty much dead in the water judges in france of forced doctors to resume life support for a man who's at the center of the debate over end of life decision making. suffered severe brain damage in a car crash 11 years ago paralyzed in his arms and legs 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 their

decision more now from in session in paris. well vassal numbers 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 in 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 with drawing that life support after a judicial hearing which followed the advice of his medical team saying the vassal on 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 vassal law bears 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 ukrainians will head to the polls on july 21st of the country's new president announced a snap election law to be a soul and announce that he was dissolve in parliament immediately after being sworn in on monday the television actor and comedian breed former president petro

poroshenko in a runoff vote last month a new poll will give selenski his party the opportunity to win its 1st seeps in parliament. plenty more video and all the latest news on our web site take a look at al-jazeera dot com. it is good to have you with us adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and that the deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by to run the trick shot had made the comments following a classified briefing to members of congress along with the u.s. secretary of state they've been on the pressure to explain 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 war. 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 what. the u.s. says that it's seen indications that the syrian government may have renewed its use of chemical weapons the state department says the chlorine may have been used in an attack on sunday in the northwest of the country the united nations special envoy to libya has warned 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 warlord khalifa haftar the united nations says most of the people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee protection it's urging governments not to deport them 3000000 have left the country since 2015 which asked as an indonesian capital jakarta hurled fireworks at 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 president joko widodo was declared the winner of a. poll with 55 percent of the voters opposition presidential candidates prabhu so we will challenge the results in court britain's prime minister is offering m.p.'s the chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd briggs's referendum to reason i asked her latest plan for britain's departure from the e.u. so i think politicians they have one last chance to deliver briggs's mase latest plan will be brought before parliament in june. those the headlines that he was continues here on of his era after today's inside story mixed.

with europe's populists finally make a breakthrough mainstream politicians face a challenge from the far right as 400000000 europeans vote in this week's e.u. parliament elections how will voting shape the future of the continent this is inside story. hello and welcome to this special edition of inside story from london i'm barbara sara the world's 2nd largest democratic election starts on thursday voters and 28 countries will choose 751 members of the e.u. parliament immigration and the economy are dominating the political agenda.