calendar of celebrations with even more significance now there's a peace deal with its neighbor and want time enemy ethiopia. now u.n. sanctions are lifted but human rights organizations say repression is still part of daily life president is as off work he keeps a firm grip in this one party state. and reports of a ban on social media may be surprising to some when you consider how few people are actually online eritrea has a population of 5000000 but it's estimated fewer than 2 percent use the internet mobile phones don't have internet access and there's no private media dissent isn't tolerated the country is now in a position to open up to the rest of the world. the. surprising bar is that very little seems to have changed actually. despite.

the system of government. autocratic. eritrea's peace deal with ethiopia last year part of it signed in jeddah appears to have had some involvement from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates partly brokered the deal with a clear objective to have more influence in the horn of africa the u.a.e. had already built a military base in the eritrean port of back in 2015 and as these satellite images show its a large complex the runways are used by warplanes from the saudi u.a.e. coalition in its fight against the truth is in yemen. with a base in positioned at the mouth of the red sea it couldn't be more strategic the suez canal to the north but even more important to the u.a.e. its enemies in yemen are a short distance away. eritrea's war for independence from ethiopia

30 years is coming to an end back in 1990 warm the conflict may be over but unemployment is high compulsory national service in the military is indefinite tens of thousands of people have fled the country one of the houses routes out through libya where many have ended up in detention centers. peace may have been established but any hope of it bringing better a fortune for the people of eritrea is still thing on the ground. andrew symonds. just a few moments ago we were telling you that we're now hearing from the u.s. trump has can for that he will be sending an additional $1500.00 troops to the middle east let's get more from our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat what are you hearing about this decision kimberly. well the u.s.

president we know was briefed by the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan as well as his chair of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford on thursday so we had been anticipating that there may be some announcement on the escalation that has been going on now for some time between the united states and iran in the form of the united states sending troops we now know when the president has confirmed just moments ago is on the lawn of the white house where he is set to depart he has made that decision to send at least 1500 troops military resources to the gulf to in his words and that some of the pentagon officials that we have been trying to reach out to that this is to deter iranian threats now in terms of what this will look like because it's obviously a very small number we know that this may be in the form of personnel to man patriot missile. batteries this could also be used these these numbers in terms of

intel collection so reconnaissance aircraft for example now what's again this comes just less than 24 hours after the president was asked about potential troop deployments here at the white house and he said i don't think we're going to need them we also heard from the acting defense secretary this week that the threat from iran in the eyes of the united states have essentially been put on hold so to now have this announcement is certainly going to concern many lawmakers who feel that while the united states continues to say this is ministration continues to say this is in response to some sort of threat that this could be viewed by iran is some sort of provocation and how much support does this decision. lawmakers and others in the white house. well certainly there are many democrats on capitol hill who are highly critical of and

will be highly critical of this announcement that feel that the national security adviser john bolton in particular has been asked lading this and that there is no imminent threat as the administration has been portraying we do know that john bolton has in the past advocated for preemptive strikes not just on iran but also on north korea we do know that another advisor that weighs in heavily in donald trump's decision making is the u.s. secretary of state might pompei o who is also continued to maintain that there is an increased threat even as other members of the administration have effort to tamp down those types of statements so there have been briefings on capitol hill this week and i can tell you there's a lot of skepticism particularly from democrats in the house of representatives and we should also remind our viewers that while the congress of the united states legally is the one that can only authorize war there is concern that this administration may use

a loophole that was put in place after the september 11th attacks to get around any sort of congressional oversight or approval if this were to escalate further and been seen kimberly as an escalation of the strained relationship and tensions between iran and the united states. well i think that you know those in the region could probably give a better sense of how this will be reacted to but certainly there is always concern when the united states continues to say that this is purely defensive. and then points to a ride to sort of increasing its posture perhaps in response to the u.s. actions in them points to that and says this is escalus torrie behavior you have to wonder which came 1st and many people would argue that it's the united states that is provoking this not the other way around so in terms of the actions that

certainly is a subjective perspective perhaps some would argue but at the same time when you look at these numbers they're relatively small i mean we've been hearing numbers for a while now that have ranged up to 120000 and many thought that that was also inadequate should there be some sort of military confrontation so perhaps the smaller number will be seen as the deterrence that the united states claims it is it's still unclear if we will have to now watch for reaction from iran in the surrounding region of those that support iran to find out how this might be interpreted but i can tell you as of in the last few moments the u.s. president has confirmed as the u.s. commander in chief of military forces that he is in fact deploying 1500 troops in response to what the united states believes is an escalation by iran ok kimberly yes and we will be waiting to see if we get any reaction from iran as well as others in the region for the time being here really thank you for from washington. high court upheld

a colonial era law that criminalizes gay sex but courts the ban on same sex relationships that not violate the constitution it comes off to 3 years of campaigning by activists to expand gay rights and anyone in a same sex relationship faces 14 years in prison we are the government to tick. immediate. tips to protect and for the rights of the educate you personally by repealing sections $162.00 in c. and $165.00 you know the court of kenya and introducing legislation that prohibits discrimination on all grounds including sexual orientation gender identity or expression indonesian presidential candidate. expected to file a legal challenge last month's election results jakarta has experienced days of violent protests with the least 7 people killed and 200 others injured in riots in the past week are angry that president joker we don't owe was declared the winner

of last month's election they say there was widespread cheating at the election commission says the poll was free and fair and just thomas has more. it's here at the constitutional court in the heart of jakarta that the opposition has said they will before the end of friday lodge a formal legal appeal over the election results it's quite possible that many hundreds of their supporters maybe thousands will come down to watch them do it and that's why the such a big police presence here the roads are closed they've got riot gear they're resting at the moment but they're prepared for what might come because earlier in the week protests violent turned into riots and people were killed sunday argo who was the vice presidential candidate supporting the presidential candidate for votes to be anti who has called for their supporters not to protest violently although he has said they can come down here is a tough task for them to persuade the constitutional court that the vote was

systematically raikes because the margin by which we don't know won the election 11 percent according to the electoral commission well you need to have a lot of evidence of voter fraud to overcome that tried of margin and on friday afternoon at a press conference the opposition didn't really go beyond saying they wanted the court to test whether the election was free and fair they didn't that much evidence that it had been raped nevertheless the full legal process will begin on friday and this company by violent protests the place that repay it. a prominent religious scholar is one of 2 people killed in a mosque. gone off during friday prayers. ministry said 16 were wounded isn't yet responsible at least 3 people have been killed and several more injured by a bomb blast at a mosque in the city of southwestern pakistan it happened inside the main praying hall about half an hour before worshippers were due to arrive there been similar

attacks recently in april at least 4 police officers were killed in a bomb blast outside a mosque the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for that attack in just prime minister narendra modi has to take his country to new heights after leading his party to a landslide reelection victory with the loss of the 600000000 votes counted the party has secured a large majority in parliament it gives modi a powerful mandate to implementing his nationalist vision which promises a stronger economy and a more influential rule role rather in international affairs so hell raman has the latest from the capital new delhi. the vote count of the indian general election is over and the p j p have secured over 300 seats so they world now form an absolute majority in the lok sabha the indian parliament clearly needed 200 $72.00 but with their partners added to over $300.00 parliamentary seats they are looking

at around about $350.00 on friday evening the prime minister narendra modi officially resigned as prime minister and the cabinet was dissolved as is all part of the protocol leading to the fact that he now needs to go and visit the president to claim the fact that he can now form a new government in his 2nd term as prime minister on saturday what we will see is that all of those b j p parliamentarians that have won seats in the lok sabha will gather here in new delhi to meet the prime minister elect and they will formally nominate him as the new prime minister of india he will then go to the presidency and claim that he has a majority and has the right to form the next indian government this is a new historic chapter being written in indian electoral history it will be very interesting to see whether mr modi will be able to keep the promises that he's made

to over 600000000 voters cast their ballots thailand's parliament is holding its 1st session since disputed elections 8 weeks ago but a government has yet to be formed as multiple coalitions continue to jockey for more seats it's all happening against the backdrop of the trial of one of the country's main opposition leaders scott hardware reports from bangkok. kingma. addressing the new members as he opens thailand's parliament it follows a contentious election in march the 1st since a coup 5 years ago this week led by the current prime minister. did it is important for everyone to be truthful and work together with full abilities. party. is position to take control of the government allowing him to keep his job thanks mainly to a recently written constitution allowing the military government to appoint the 250

member upper house but they'll still have to form a coalition to reach the 376 seats needed for control of both houses and there are strong indications that they have the numbers there's a physical transition with this new parliament as well the old parliamentary building has been closed and is set to be torn down the new building was supposed to open 4 years ago but remains unfinished the king had to meet with the new members here in the ministry of foreign affairs on the eve of this opening session the constitutional court decided to move forward with a case against tun a torn june get his new future forward party ran on an anti who to platform and did very well in the election the party is in the democratic alliance coalition with main opposition party it garnered the most votes there are multiple legal cases against the court he says there are trumped up charges by the military government and politically motivated earlier he told al-jazeera he's concerned about people losing faith in the system and look at the big picture i think it's clear the

attempt to continue to be in power of the military government is that. they be willing to tax thailand to the bottom if need be for them to stay. some feel that this new government will be short lived mainly because of how pretty it has run the country over the last 5 years he had not been talented so in order to answer to the parliament he has to be more polite this is not his way at all and also in terms of late is late he process he faced a lot of challenges he could not run the country by i don't feel. parliament will also face those challenges as they try to govern now operating outside the political vacuum they enjoyed for the last 5 years many feel it will be a short term government a year or 2 and the political tension could possibly lead to public unrest it's got

harder al-jazeera bangkok the cannes film festival is where director mira nair came to prominence in 1988 she became the 1st indian filmmaker to win the camera door for best 1st feature for bombay and now 30 years on for a socially conscious work continues to have an impact on the industry charlie angela sat down with her. welcome to cannes we're here with director mira nair talking about how the festival shaped her career and some of her future projects mira thank you for joining us just take us back to that day when your film salaam bombay one can prize the best 1st film the bully was you know extraordinarily received we had a 30 minute ovation lamb and so on and then i went back home to my pencil on them and i had sort of the whole world you know in the morning and it was that kind of fairy tale and of course topped by the cabin door and great prizes and certainly it

launched me you know in the in the industry and made life much easier as a sort of sort of negotiate what to do next you stories i mean they not only take it to india but they take us to pakistan to uganda. countries that are often seen through quite a narrow lens is that very important here that i think every food is a political act you know and you can choose to have a point of view that becomes the bane stream or you can choose to make your point to view the mainstream as i have tried to do i just believe that you know where we come from matters our language our poetry our everyday struggles our humor you know is not just particular to us but actually if you get to the truth of it it's universal and just tell us about your current project is an adaptation of the pick novel suitable boy i jokingly call it the crown in brown it has that kind of big

deficits and sweep but it is about us it's about our country it's about the india taking you know after independence from the british going to a democratic elections for the 1st time a country finding its voice and a young woman finding her voice through her harried mother who's keen to make her find a suitable boy because i really believe that if we don't tell our stories no one else will tell the. or if they were to tell them they were. there when and not are we. are again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour donald trump says the u.s. is sending an extra $1500.00 troops to the middle east the president says it's a mainly protective measure in light of growing tension with iran british prime minister to resume a has announced her resignation she will stay on as caretaker prime minister until

a successor is chosen may have been under growing pressure to resign with the brags that process are in disarray. but it is now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort so i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th of june so that the success can be chosen i do so with no ill will but with enormous and during gratitude to have had the opportunity to see the country. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sandman has reinforced his support for sudan's transitional military council in a meeting with the deputy head meanwhile in sudan doctors engineers and artists have rallied on the streets of hearts demanding a transition to a civilian government. people are protesting on the streets of the algerian capital goes for the 14 consecutive friday there are demanding democratic reforms and the

removal of politicians from former president. government presidential elections are expected in july and we're getting reports of an explosion in the center of the friend city of local media say several people have been injured the cause is still unclear. the final votes have been counted in india's election confirming prime minister narendra modi's party has secured an absolute majority in parliament the result gives modi a powerful mandate to implement his nationalist vision which promises a strong economy and a more influential role in international affairs kenya's high court has upheld a colonial era law that criminalizes gay sex the court says the ban on same sex relationships that violate the constitution. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera will have more news for you coming up right after

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