the lend itself to a great amount of confidence amongst the minorities would she say this victory means for religious minorities in india well. the action is i would say in some cases even in secure for the for the reasons that i cited earlier mr moore these seemingly inability or head station in acting against or even of ending in the not demote about sense some of the hardliners villain is within the organization. just adds to that when you have just senior members of parliament when you have union ministers this is. rocking that kind of language and all of god lending people who have been accused of lynchings offs of to be seed patronizing such elements then like i said earlier this doesn't look as euro act to anybody's content it just adds to the insecurities

ok and for us we have to leave it there but thank you so much for your thoughts on the stuff and sorry a political analyst there joining us live from you danny. the hardline buddhist monk jail for contempt of court sound accused of inciting violence against muslims has been released from prison in sri lanka the head of the buddhist power force received a presidential pardon for serving a 6 year sentence. on his release a lot of excitement surrounding the release of a hero the 2nd general of the. all the buddhists powerful now for more than 3 hours there were a couple of 100 people his supporters who congregated here outside the valley could a prison where he was serving basically a 6 year prison term for contempt of court he had to been slapped with a 19 year prison sentence of rigorous imprisonment but this was compounded for him

to serve it in 6 years now the reasons for concern at his release which comes following a presidential pardon from prison policy center is that this was a buddhist monk who had been essentially identified with being behind a key campaign several years ago against the muslims that also many people say led to and to muslim violence down in the south in 2014 so given the current situation in the country which is just recovering from some violent and riots in the northwest part of the country his release by a presidential pardon is seen as sending the wrong messages in terms of sri lanka way stands its commitment to ensuring. interracially into common olah sectarian harmony and this is what many people are beginning to question one constitutional lawyer basically saying that this presidential pardon was

a slap in the face of an independent judiciary given the basically reason he was convicted so as sort of the. whole thing begins to sort of see bill for sure lanka many questions being asked about his release. plenty more still to come on the news our including. steps up security in the capital after violent protests against the results of last month's presidential elections. will find. taking the police to courts over facial recognition technology and public places. india captain reveals here he thinks are the team to beat the cricket world cup. in northwestern syria rebels have launched a counterattack against pro-government forces fighting has been intensifying in

hama provinces that's despite a turkish and russian brokered ceasefire say in a harder has the latest. the rebels have beat back gains by the syrian army and its allies in the countryside of hama province in northwest syria the town of far no buddha is back under opposition control the government says it will recapture it but the loss is a strategic and symbolic setback. for no bhutto was the army's 1st win since launching an offensive almost a month ago since then games on the ground have been limited and has been facing stiff resistance. to heavy to share an armed group many of the international community believe is linked to al qaida is in control of this region after forcing syrian rebels backed by turkey to leave earlier this year those rebels are back on the front lines they are cooperating in what they are calling

a battle for survival but it is also an indication that turkey too has joined the fight. when you take a look at the position of turkey in the living. speeches by the. turkey is very dedicated. to. every hour. more than 3500000. turkey and russia work together in syria and sponsor a cease fire in the area but the offensive is testing their relationship at a time of intensifying dialogue between turkey and the united states the area of hostilities includes a belt of territory that stretches from the northern countryside of. provinces reaching the southern edges of province as well as rebel controlled villages west

of aleppo city the pro-democracy side wants to clear those areas from rebels in order to open trade arteries and protect. aleppo cities under its control but little progress has been made so far advancing on the ground is proving to be difficult the offensive however has depopulated villages and created a humanitarian crisis. the almost nonstop airstrikes by syrian and russian jets on opposition controlled villages intensified since the rebel advance at least $200.00 civilians have been killed in turkey and russian ties have so far survived their relationship extends beyond syria but that live is where they are bargaining and strengthening their negotiating hand. beirut. yemen city rebels say they've carried out a 3rd to draw an attack on an airport and military base in the saudi city of nurture on who's the media say they've been targeting hangars containing warplanes

since wednesday the saudi led coalition say they insist set's is an explosive laden drone and accused iran of supporting the he sees and carrying aid these attacks. security in indonesia as capital is still tight after election results sparked violent protests 7 people were killed in riots and 200 injured on choose day protesters are angry that president joker with dodo was declared the winner over last month's election they say there was widespread cheating the election commission says the poll was free and fair forums louis has the latest now from jakarta. it's a different scene in central jakarta on thursday off to today's street protests security is still tight the barricades are still up but police have taken off their full riot gear and there's not a protester in sight the sting of tear gas still lingers in the air the clean up crews are here they swept every off the streets left by riots over light

presidential challenger. has urged his supporters to refrain from resorting to violent street president joe. issued a strong warning to demonstrators saying he will not tolerate those who seek to disrupt the security and unity of indonesia the tide of public opinion also seems to be against probable at the moment on social media local television talk shows he and his supporters have been criticized for creating chaos during the muslim holy month of ramadan hash tag. which translates to a rest was the top trending topic on twitter in indonesia on wednesday 2 out of 5 parties in problems coalition have distanced themselves from the demonstrations saying they accept the election results still has a legal option and that is to follow a complaint with the constitutional court but the situation here is hard to read demonstrates as may not be out on the streets on thursday but it doesn't mean

they've given up their fight while the u.k. prime minister to resign me is facing increasing pressure to resign seaborne i with more from our european broadcast center thanks so much hello yes that's right i'm a has been holding one on one meetings with 2 of her most senior cabinet ministers she's facing a backlash from within her own party over her plan to offer lawmakers a vote on holding a 2nd referendum on a series lawrence lehi small. well trees amaze really hanging on absolutely by have fingernails holding talks with ministers to try to see if there's any way saul that they can find some sort of wording that would allow her to bring her withdrawal agreement bill an idea of how to leave the european union back to the house of commons at some points in the 2nd week of june perhaps the 4th attempt but it looks like a pretty full on hope because politicians from our own conservative policy think

think that she's run out of road and have totally lost patience with her and the general thinking now is that on friday morning the representative of all the backbench is going to go and see her and say to her that she has to announce the dates of her departure and if she doesn't they will try to rewrite their own rules to force another version of no confidence in and based on that the general supposition is that perhaps by friday lunchtime or in the afternoon she will stand probably outside downing street and announce that she's stepping down as leader of the conservative party which would allow the process to begin finding a replacement for her as head of the conservative party but she probably will try it is thought to stay on as cat take a prime minister while that process continues that would allow her to leave at least a bit under her own terms rather than being forced out by people in her own party who despise her and she thinks are getting in the way of form of brecht's it but what it would then lead to throughout the whole of june and potentially into the

start of july is a conservative leadership contest which would once again lay bare the differences between those moderates sue say the u.k. needs to maintain some sort of relationship with the european union and the growing number of hardliners who wants a hard brick sit with no deal and they will be led by boris johnson the full of foreign secretary who has made it clear that that's what he supports and he's the favorite in that race so is it progress is difficult to say but certainly weeks and we. it's more of these bricks and conservative policies psychodrama still to play out or voters in the u.k. and the netherlands are the 1st to head to the polls in the european parliament elections more than 400000000 people are eligible to vote across the block over the next 3 days they will be electing 751 parliamentarians the 1st results are expected to be announced late on sunday the french far right leader marine le pen has been

ordered to reimburse the european parliament well the $330000.00 for money paid incorrectly to an aids the european court of justice rejected an appeal from le pen who was contesting a lower court's ruling against her for many people now have to pay back the money she claimed for parliamentary assistant who is based in paris the pen has vowed to take the case to the european court of human rights. we were french president emanuel macro has hosted the 1st meeting of his newly formed environmental defense council has been criticized by activists who don't think he's done enough to deal with global warming but others injured and many from the yellow vest movement say is of our mental policies go too far at the meeting across his government to come up with new ideas about how to tackle the climate crisis by july. if this is. not a move for the past 2 years we've been in a time to take decisions for today right now and a lot has been done by the government in these 2 years i think it's important to

assess it to see where we stand what succeeded what didn't succeed and to check in detail the implementation of the climate plan and the biodiversity plan. now also mastic facial recognition technology is transforming the lives of millions across the developed world are unique facial dimensions let us access bank accounts cashless in holiday resorts and use also makes it border controls but they are far can also track us and invade our privacy for brennan reports on the u.k.'s 1st legal challenge against the technology. security or surveillance cameras have become a silent ubiquitous feature of cities across the world residency more most oblivious to the routine monitoring of their daily lives. ed bridges was irritated the 1st time he realized the police automatic facial recognition vehicle that scanned his features in a shopping center but the 2nd time it happened was at a peaceful street protest and on that occasion the van was parked opposite the

crowd i felt it was better to intimidate people and to sway them from using their right to peaceful protest so ed has taken south wales police to court in the 1st u.k. challenge to the use of a. i mean essentially what you have is a situation where technology is running miles ahead of where the lorries and the law needs to catch up. biometrics is increasingly used for things like keyless buildings and cashless leisure resorts but civil liberties groups are most concerned by its use in public spaces to scam more abiding citizens as they walk past the camera and it takes a really sensitive biometric data from them without their knowledge or their consent says radio then walking down the high street and the police forcibly taking their fingerprint or their d.n.a. automatic facial recognition has dramatically improved thanks to rapid advances in a computer technology known as d. planet the accuracy is still variable but the 2017 champions league final the

system produced 92 percent of false positives and even if accuracy can be improved there's still the other questions of governance and of purpose and the wider question of exactly when protection of the public tips over into intrusion and oppression. china's mass surveillance of its citizens including the use of facial recognition is well known in 2017 australia authorized police and some private companies to use and access a controversial new fast system but this month the u.s. city of san francisco banned city your thirty's from deploying the technology academic dr anna hence has examined digital citizenship and surveillance our data trails make us transparent he says the balance of power is shifting we have become very transparent on the other hand the process by which we are assessed also through our data and not very transparent and in that sense then we can see there is a reversal in empowerment and power shifts from the citizen to the states al-jazeera

approached the company and e.c. and other a.f.r. providers but none responded to interview requests in a statement london's metropolitan police said it's our pilot scheme that now and it and the results are being assessed judgement in bridges legal challenge is expected to be handed down in the autumn paul brennan al-jazeera. or that's it from here in london let's go back to doha and rejoin our. thanks melissa say what's more still to come on al-jazeera a flu outbreak at a u.s. a border detention center kills a 16 year old son forces the removal of hundreds of migrants. but swan analysts say hunting down on elephants despite the animal being a danger to elsewhere. and in sports these 2 mercedes drivers are sending a message to the heads of the monaco grand prix.

hello again and welcome back we are seeing some more rain here across parts of turkey over the next few days you can see on the satellite image all of that rain and clouds making their way from the south up here towards the north so for the north coast of turkey we do expect to see some rain for on korea anywhere on the south side of the black sea could be a rainy day for you along the coastline there as we go towards saturday some of the rain improves but we do pick up more clouds across parts of syria as well as into iraq baghdad we do expect to see a high temperature a few of 44 degrees there well it had been windy of the last couple of days but the winds have died down here across the gulf things are looking a little better temper wise 39 degrees for doha riyadh at 39 degrees as well here on friday maybe a little bit cooler in doha but across the interior we are looking at riyadh at 40 mecca at about 40 as well as medina seeing

a high temperature of 42 degrees and then very quickly across the southern portions of africa we're going to be seeing a continued dry clouds dry conditions not clouds across much of the south and for cape town we do expect to see a nice day for you at 20 degrees there up to join hands for it is also going to be about 20 and here towards durban we are going to see some clouds pushing through but the temperature comes up to 24 and very nice conditions across much of madagascar with a temperature of 22 degrees there. what is left of the vast indigenous knowledge that colonize ation of the americas has assaulted for centuries to amateur astronomers embark on a journey of discovery and reach a remote village in mexico's mayan breacher. but who has more to learn about the ways of the world a route through makes a close contemporary wreckage and its mystical past few find glances on

al-jazeera. until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about covering khuda taz tragedies of quakes and that was it but not how people feel how they look how they think and that's what we do we go anyway why would i have the guts are demanding a good education system that was introduced to. latin america al-jazeera has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. this is ours is here a quick reminder of the headlines for you know indian prime minister narendra

modi's governing party has claimed a landslide victory in the biggest election on earth more to ride out the party headquarters where he's thank supporters for giving him a 2nd term. the hard line buddhist monk jailed for contempt of court sounds and accused of inciting violence against muslims has been released from prison in sri lanka the head of the british power force received a president. martin all serving a 6 year sentence. in northwestern syria rebels have launched a counterattack against pro-government forces facing has been intensifying in a province since last month despite a cease fire brokered by turkey and russia. meanwhile more than a 120000 students in the libyan capital are missing school because of the fighting the warlord how if i have to is trying to take control of tripoli and several education facilities have been damaged by explosions including vice

a warehouses where after rejecting a cease fire that conflicts looks set to continue and as mahmoud of the war had reports some schools and i are being used as temporary shelters. 50 days of fighting in southern tripoli has changed many aspects of people's lives the education ministry decided to close schools down until the end of the fasting month of ramadan. but this school in the super neighborhood near the city center is the exception it's remaining open for displaced students to catch up on missed classes. my year most of us is a 12th grade science student she was displaced along with her family from the world it'll be area in southern tripoli after the fighting broke out on april 4th she has joined other students in this school tim primarily but she still has concerns.

i'm still worried about the missed curriculum the time wasted and the powerful where will sit exams if the original students of the school return here after ramadan i have no idea what happened to my old school it could have been damaged by the ongoing war there i don't know how long this will continue where under stress. 5 weeks ago a school in a neighborhood in southern tripoli was targeted by a fighter jet belonging to the forces of warlords have turned to days later another jet hit this education warehouse in the same neighborhood it's the government's main reserve for school supplies books turn it into ashes and the whole building collapsed by the explosion the books stored here used to be distributed to areas all over the country. millions of textbooks in this warehouse were damaged by the airstrike in mid april along with the equipment and students records

libya's education minister says it's a great loss that will affect teaching across all age groups for months to come. the education ministry is postponing classes in safer areas 2 it says that's because fuel shortages and other problems have made it difficult for students to reach their schools. education will be resumed after aid and all students from the troubled areas can resume their classes and safer areas they moved they can also be set for exams in the areas they move to although i'm sure it will face a problem of overcrowded schools by then the fighting in southern new tripoli led by have to forces to take control of the capital has forced it nearly 70000 people to leave their homes and according to the education ministry more than 120000 students are unable to go to school other schools have been used as temporary

shelters for those displaced by the fighting not only libyans but foreign migrants and refugees as well. marianna says she's still traumatized by the sound of rocket explosions near her home her dream is to start missing classes at a university later this year but she's worried she might not be able to fulfill her dream if the world moves closer to the city center. tripoli. they hit iran television channel has also read these very few allegedly showing an attack on abu dhabi's international airports that took place in 2018 united arab emirates always denied that the attack took place at the time they tweeted and incidents with a surprise vehicle to place. women's rights activists from saudi

arabia say they're being targeted by the government speaking at a congressional panel in washington campaigners say those fighting for women's rights are being tortured and abused often whether it's any clear course is happening in saudi arabia as the definition of what is a terrorist can include. apostasy can include joining us here because we are considered terrorists or you being in the same room with us is now a crime so they can accuse you of being in the same room with us thus encouraging dissent in saudi arabia and unrest and social unrest in the country so everything the solos that we no longer know what is than isn't actually legal or illegal in salary and i think this is deliberately done to increase this environment of fear inside the country a video has emerged appearing to show israeli settlers setting fire to palestinian lands in the occupied west bank it was released by an advocacy group which says the israelis burned fields in 2 villages last week and threw rocks at residents homes

the un's humanitarian affairs agency has recorded 122 secular related attacks against palestinians since the beginning of the year. israel is calling for the elimination of the un agency that provides aid it's a palestinian refugees and is accused of inciting violence against israel. failed to meet the governor 3. fitted. in violence against they do. have mandate must come to an end well ahead of an era says the agency cannot be blamed for stalled peace efforts and votes to continue its work. i'm always open for a critical discussion on on our services and how we do the work but i will not accept and i will firmly reject attempts to diligent demise palestine refugees or

to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of own roes work and of its stuff. palestinian police say illegal drug production is increasing across the occupied west bank and much of it is destined for use inside israel as palestinians face worsening economic conditions more are turning to drugs as a way to make money or the up to hamid's reports from the occupied west bank as a young carpenter that's not his real name couldn't make ends meet so it was difficult to turn down the chance to make some quick money when the opportunity presented itself but it landed him in prison. a palestinian living in israel rented the 2nd floor of my shop you brought soil seeds water tanks everything needed he told me all the medical plant and it takes

a month to grow and i would get 10000 dollars in exchange i don't have to do anything i barely have any work i don't have a permit to work in israel so i accept. $2500.00 plants were found on the upper floor of his family business now he's facing up to 15 years behind bars after being charged with growing can abas plants and drug trafficking police say that illegal truck plantations have been spreading across the occupied west bank ever since it became more difficult to import the drugs through dishonor. brigade you have the law believes it's due to an increase in demand in israel where mary one is tolerated for recreational use but production is illegal. but me explain over the past 4 or 5 years there's been this trend to plant drugs like this in the west bank especially synthetic cannabis known as hydro it's this one here they grow this and greenhouses are in secret labs at home this started

when it became more difficult to traffic from sinai drug rates were stepped up by 30 percent in the occupied west bank last year about 33000 plants were seeds that's with an estimated market value of $7000000.00. it was the prospect of getting some of that cash that pushed some years to accept an offer to grow the plant 31 he's unemployed and has 5 children to feed. and i didn't produce for the local market it was all for export but the seeds come from israel to the bedouin they put them here at someone's place for a certain period of time depending on the type they could take 2 to 5 months to make sure i planted them in a valley which is hard to access authorities suspect there are many more money $1.00 of fields out there but most would be in the soup called area c. which represents about 60 percent of the west back but palestinian police are not allowed to operate there without prior consent from israel making it more likely

that illegal drug production will continue to increase as the economic situation among palestinians continues to deteriorate but at the al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. a flu outbreak in the u.s. is largest attention facility in texas forced officials to move hundreds of detainees the decision came after a 16 year old guatemalan boy died after getting sick in custody is the 6th miner to die in u.s. border patrol facilities since september or brunell's as the reports. the largest border detention center in the u.s. has stopped taking in new migrants for processing after a large number of people at the center came down with high fevers and flu symptoms officials say the closure came shortly after the death of 16 year old carlos hernandez vasquez on may 20th the guatemalan boy who traveled to the u.s.

without his parents spent 6 days at the macallan texas processing center before he was diagnosed with the flu he was transferred to another facility and given medication but was not hospitalized he was found dead on monday hernandez vasquez was the 6th child to die after being apprehended crossing the u.s. border since september late wednesday u.s. official said the texas iselin he had resumed normal operations in the rural guatemalan village of san jose down or dale the boy's family mourned and asked questions oh no ok open though i am fighting for them to send me the body as soon as possible because why do they want him there why do they want him because they did not take care of him can or they can move him how or from what to say. they won't get clarification something must have happened or they did something to him or it's conditions in migrant detention centers sparked this exchange at an

oversight hearing on capitol hill at this point with 5 kids that have died 5000 separated from their families i feel like and the evidence is really clear that this is intentional it's intentional it's a policy choice being made on purpose by this administration and it's cruel and inhumane and thank you mr chairman i act as that's what i'm trying accusation down in our men and women fight hard to protect people in our custody every single day record numbers of families and unaccompanied minors are fleeing violence and poverty in central america and seeking asylum in the u.s. in some cases nearly overwhelming government border and immigration agencies robert oulds al jazeera. japanese electronics make a panasonic says it has still some smartphone related business with war way it's a component a with u.s. restrictions against the chinese company earlier britain's vodafone announced their own measures to distance themselves from the chinese tech giants well u.k.

chip designer arm says it will suspend all toys last week the u.s. blacklisted hallway citing national security concerns the u.s. federal aviation administration is hosting officials from around the world in texas there to discuss the boeing 737 max but the meeting isn't open to the public or the media it comes a week after boeing said it completed a software updates this after 346 people were killed when the air crash crashed less twice in less than 5 months reports. the global fleet of nearly 400 boeing 737 max has been grounded since mid march the federal aviation administration in the u.s. says birthday's reading will provide international aviation officials to any questions they have as they weigh whether the jets should fly again representatives .