conflict president short needs to understand that the more he presses while may put pressure on the right it also increases the likelihood for potential mistakes indeed the as has already been pointed out the commander in chief is rather reluctant and doesn't want to get involved in another conflict but those around him of course the national security advisor perhaps also the secretary of state not to mention some others they are well known for being very enthusiastic about taking a more robust approach towards intervening inside iran who will weigh in on this particular issue. yeah we are watching john bolton for example as national security advisor is devising the president but he has a long track record of writing about bombing iran for example he wrote an op ed prior to joining the administration that said as much so there's concern we should just look at north korea as an example where the president engaged in direct

diplomacy with kim jong un to try to fix the damage between our 2 countries and a negotiation is collapsed and many look at john bolton's maneuvers there to create a very hard line position for the u.s. is undermining the negotiations so that's where the concern is the president is not a detail oriented guy and is he really in firm control of all the details or is he delegating that to someone who actually has a different view of where we should be going than he does joe rubin thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us. thanks thank you well at least 9 people have been killed in an airstrike carried out by the saudi a morality coalition on yemen's we a district that's east of ties province the raid reportedly targeted a petrol station some of the victims were children i'm funerals of been held for children killed in strikes that targeted military sites in sanaa that's the yemeni capital hoofy run t.v. reporting that 6 civilians died and dozens of others were injured including 2

russian health care workers his have controlled the capital since 2014. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including their anger maybe celebrate his party's landslide win in india's general election. new york becomes the latest u.s. states trying to end religious exemptions for parents who don't want to vaccinate their children. and the big names gear up for the french open looks ahead to the year's 2nd grand slam. that several prominent conservative m.p.'s in the u.k. have put their names forward to become the next prime minister that softer to reason may announce she'd be stepping down on june the 7th ending 3 tumultuous years in office in an emotional statement she said she deeply regretted failing to

lead the u.k. out of the european union and reports it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort to recent days resignation announcement speech began a little hesitantly and ended reluctantly but with her close staff and her husband philip standing by for support the prime minister conceded defeat it is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that i have not been able to deliver bricks it she will officially step down as party leader on june the 7th but remain as prime minister until her success is chosen. the emotional strain of recent months overcame her i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the

opportunity to serve the country i love the prime minister's resignation became inevitable after a hostile reaction to her final breaths at compromise offer even senior figures within her own party were demanding that she quit now that she has many of those same critics have now praised her dignity and determination i found it moving actually i think that we know the promises to the heart and soul is trying to do the best for this country at a difficult time facing a challenging climate and column and many of those currently paying tribute are keen to succeed her in the top job more than a dozen conservative m.p.'s could contest the leadership with a new prime minister emerging by the end of july but parliament then takes a 6 week recess and some observers see the whole process as self-indulgent with the october 31st deadline approaching we are wasting the time that's been allotted to us we are wasting good will and the next prime minister will have no different arithmetic from theresa may the same problems in parliament getting the deal 3 at

the same proms in parliament if they try to get no deal the opposition labor party is demanding a general election has a new conservative leader isn't going to solve the problem. there has to be another opportunity for the people of this country to decide who that want government how they want the government to run what the long term structure is that government i think we did a general election in brussels reaction to the resignation was diplomatic presence younker prime minister mace and now this morning without personal injury the president very much liked and appreciated working with prime minister may and as he has said before terrorism a woman of courage for whom she has great respect choosing to resubmit a successor is a 2 stage process with conservative m.p.'s 1st with lean down the candidates to a final 2 and then a postal ballots of the party's wider membership choosing the winner the early frontrunner is boris johnson who has massive support among the $125000.00

grassroots conservative members but he enjoys less support among parliamentary colleagues the party's internal divisions would once again generate international repercussions it was breakfast which marked the beginning and end of teresa mayes premiership bracks it will certainly mark out her successor paul brennan al-jazeera . well the german chancellor angela merkel wished to resume a well and said she'll work with whoever takes over. we respect this decision i've always had a good working relationship with prime minister to resign the departure of the u.k. from the european union is a major transition and regardless of what happens in british politics the german government will do everything to achieve a good partnership an orderly exits and good cooperation more now from our correspondent natasha butler in paris on europe's reaction to mrs may's resignation

. well the big question for european union leaders is what does to reason may's resignation mean for briggs we've heard from the french president about all marcotte. calling for rapid clarification spain's prime minister says that for him it looks as if our heartbreaks it is the most likely outcome highlands prime minister very concerned about what it would mean for ireland talking about entering into now a very dangerous period indeed britain was supposed to be leaving the european union this year it was post effect in march that was delayed then at a summit in april e.u. leaders and theresa may agree don't you ed line of october 31st but of course european leaders do not know who they will now be dealing with who will replace theresa may will it be a hard line breaks it is so to speak anything that is certain is that the european commission spokesperson says that there will be no new renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement but there is no doubt that sense of frustration that has been

there within the e.u. circles for many months now and years over the break that process is only getting worse lawrence lead takes a look back now to resume a's time in office. so well the new prime minister from the political chaos that followed the bricks and referendum set out her agenda which suggested a bold change of direction for the governing conservative party we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us. that will be the mission of the government i lead and together we will build a better britain. she been the home secretary in charge of the police immigration and security for several years with a reputation for hard work competence respected but not loved by colleagues but as prime minister less than a year into the job it was her decision to call

a necessary election and that was the beginning of the end. the campaign was an inspiring stories amaze message repeated so often that who do you trust to have a strong and stable leadership strong and stable leadership that strong and stable government the results well her face said it that night she and the conservatives clung to power but their majority was gone and so was her authority she was not a personality politician in the same way and jamey called even david cameron was she doesn't believe in personality politics and that becomes harder and harder than the age of social media an old simile a country never fell in love with theresa may it tolerated her in the party tolerated her and the challenge now is to find someone who can lead the country but also bring some fades and dynamism it's been lacking in recent years restless colleagues sensed opportunity then foreign minister boris johnson amount of power. undermined her repeatedly with less than coded criticism of what he saw as her too

cautious approach to brecht's it. then came the policy speech where almost everything went wrong the interrupting prankster the coughing the letters showing off the sound behind her none of it her fault but it created a fatal impression that not only was her resume incompetents she was also unlucky windrush scandal the violations of the rights of people from the west indies who had come to britain decades ago only to find themselves at risk of deportation because of policies established by may when she was same secretary did her no good either so much for a country that works for everyone and i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense coming down on the world this is particularly those in the caribbean. and life here. today because they are generally story. but bricks it proved impossible for her to manage the supposed

hard liner accuse of flip flopping between the 2 warring sides in her power. unable to make a decision about whether she wanted the u.k. a little bit in or completely else of the european union in the end she was undone by indecision to the last 319 so the no politics at the top is always lonely and perhaps a challenge was impossible to make a success of bricks it while holding together a party war with itself lawrence lee al jazeera in london. french counterterrorism police are investigating an explosion in the city of leone at least 8 people were injured in the blast near a bakery in the center of the city the interior minister is calling for increased security across the country police have released an image of the suspect in the calling for witnesses to come forward. the indonesian opposition candidate. is challenging the result of last month's presidential election in court trouble

hours lawyers filed the appeal saying he lost because of widespread cheating official results showed president joko widodo won the vote which the election commission called free and fair the results being met with violent protests with at least 7 people killed and 200 others injured andrew thomas has more from the engine these in capital jakarta. the middle back crowd arriving at the constitutional court in the heart of jakarta a lawyer for. the defeated presidential candidate who found out earlier this week officially from the electoral commission he had lost and lost badly to the presidential power without while he does that he says that the election was systematically raped and that is what his lawyers are here at the constitutional court to claim to have been some fear that the lawyers when they arrived here might arrive with protesters and those protesters could turn violent earlier in the week

in jakarta there were big protests riots really and a number of people were killed well those scenes thankfully haven't been repeated on friday there's been a big place in soldier presence right across jakarta all day on friday was certainly ready for a mass rally it hasn't happened the lawyers arrived on their own and this is the beginning of the legal process to dispute the election result. protests leaders of called for a general strike across sudan on tuesday and wednesday our correspondent imran khan has more from khartoum the long awaited announcement of a general strike has now been made it was made late on friday nights with announcements from the sudanese professionals association that. represents i number of professionals here within the strike will take place the 20. 8 on the 29th of may and the s.b.a. and the opposition coalition are hoping that it'll effectively bring the entire

country to a standstill and not just in the capital khartoum now the s.b.a. have said that they've been forced into this action because they haven't been able to come to a deal with the transitional military council they say every time they've come close to a deal the transitional military council ups the sakes and says no we won't pull of a role in public political life also there's a lot of anger here from the protesters who say that they very angry about a recent visit by the vice president of the transitional military council who went and met with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma and they say why is he meeting with them in this manner is he now the defacto leader of the sudanese people he is a t.m.c. now the effective representation that's made them very angry so they're hoping that what's going to happen in the next few days when this strike takes place that will give them the upper hand it will give them some leeway in the negotiations between

the opposition coalition and the transitional military council. still to come here in the al-jazeera news our major play for gay rights activists in kenya as a ban on same sex relationships is upheld. and directly maronite looks back a bit says he is a film making since the cannes film festival launched a career. and a chilly day in the saddle for the ride is on the. carriage to tell your pizza has more in store. hello again and welcome back well we have seen days of severe weather here across the central night states with tornadoes hail large winds as well as the flooding we

have barely talked about across the region but because these storms are tracking over the same areas it is raining and accumulating in the same places and this is what would be left with across parts of kansas oklahoma missouri arkansas and even illinois over the next few days flash flood watches are still going to be effect notice that this is the area we're talking about and we still have storms here on saturday and the storms are also going to be there on sunday with very heavy rain across much of the same area so all that floodwater is going to take time if not weeks to go down in this area up towards new york though on sunday it is going to be a warm but humid day at $29.00 degrees well here across the central part of central america nicaragua particularly we are looking at flooding conditions there as well over the next few days the heavy rain continues we do have a tropical disturbance just off the coast you can see that that swirling right there well that is going to bring some very heavy rain across the area in terms of rain though we could be seeing anywhere between $200.00 to possibly $300.00

millimeters of rain across the region so that means mudslides and landslides are going to be on the increase for the region. millions of dollars are being stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe one i want to eastgate exclusive access to this cutthroat underworld through a criminal turned whistleblower on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. good. when they're both struck many die and many risks to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of

a local film make us sick people making sacrifices. mission this is what i want the world to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera. take a look at the top stories here in the hour jazeera news out of the white house's move to bypass congress to sell billions of dollars worth of arms to allies in the middle east the u.s. secretary of state says it's to deter everything in aggression. several prominent conservative m.p.'s have put their names forward to become the next u.k. prime minister that's after treason may announce she'd be stepping down on june the

7th ending 3 years. in office. as in sudan have called for a general strike on change saying when se is a lazy slave to pressure military leaders to hand over to civilian rule. india's prime minister to render mady has pledged to take his country to new heights after leading his party to a landslide election victory the official vote counts. b j p party swept to victory taking 303 seats out of a possible 542 the opposition indian national congress party led by raul gandhi trailed behind it one of only 52 seats that still are from the party's historic low of 44 seats 5 years ago the remaining 197 seats that divided among dozens of

other passes a record number of women all enter india's new parliament 78 c. set to go to female candidates though that so well below the global average of nearly one in 4 female representatives of the victory gives modi a powerful mandate to implement his nationalist new india vision so how raman reports from new delhi. india woke up on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by the renter modi had secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election. b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial announcement modi still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a special session on saturday we need to listen to the well b.g.p.

is celebrating the mood is very different from any opposition groups whose influence in parliament is now. severely reduced given our experience the last 5 years we kept his government on doors and we showed them that we mean business we would let them have the only way we will stand up as far as people's issues are concerned will be an effective operation 1st time voter has analysts suggest job creation in rural and urban areas is a topic the government needs to focus on modi has one this victory by appealing significantly to the young and 1st time voter much like he did in 202014 but in the last couple of years unemployment has been very high and and it will be something that he will have to address for the young as well as for the future of the country . but one senior leader says moody's policies are working what next in terms of how . the self-employed sector all the sec this must all move because

if the impetus which is already there is the fastest growing economy has to do you mean the must produce results which will better performance at least until. the public too has those concerns that if you got a good about age of reason you should try and remove unemployment for the young of the country the problems of the villages lack of electricity water should be tackled farmers should get more facilities and the marginal and problem farmers get their problem solved these are the issues for money. and as the prime minister gets ready to begin his 2nd term and then he will be looking to see if he'll address these issues modi has received an overwhelming mandate to deliver on his pledges but it's not just domestic issues that'll be a factor in his 2nd term. global financial uncertainty is something that may affect india's growth and economy and regional stability with pakistan is something that modi has to balance while appeasing his nationalist vote base so he'll raman al

jazeera new delhi and saying in india at least. 19 people have died in a far in the western city of that witnesses say several people jumped from the building to try to escape the blaze thought most of the dead and injured a teenage students who were attending classes in the full story building. a measles outbreak in the united states has officials looking for ways to get more children so they to the shots are already required to attend school but most states allow exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons christensen the me has more from new york where there's a movement to change that. the latest measles outbreak in the united states is concentrated in orthodox jewish neighborhoods of new york like here in borough park brooklyn there's nothing about the vaccine which has been proven safe and effective in the limiting the disease that is contrary to the jewish faith in fact religious

leaders have been at the forefront of urging members to vaccinate still this local elected official thinks people should have the option of opting out on religious grounds it is just a dangerous precedent we will be opening a pandora's box 1st amendment issues with the state senator brad hoyle men is sponsoring legislation to eliminate the religious exemption in new york just like california did after a 2015 outbreak. of course you have a 1st amendment right to practice your religious beliefs in this country and that it sank or sank but you do not as the supreme court has said time and time again have the right to endanger your children or worse someone else's child all but 3 states allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their children on religious grounds even though none of the major religions in this country are against vaccinations here in new york it's as easy as filling out

a form and bringing it to your local school for approval. but now several like new york are reconsidering why when we vaccinate our children alexander rappaport took part in new york's pro-vaccine ad campaign and runs a local social services agency but he thinks a limiting the religious exemption will simply fuel the conspiracy theories that lead to the distrust of vaccines it gives the end. platform they say you see what they're doing to they're closing down your schools they're getting rid of the religious exemption there so then. instead of. being seen as a friend someone to take advice from being alienated i am concerned that the measles outbreak will continue to grow eliminating the religious exemption has raised vaccination rates in california though the number of children seeking medical exemption is there has tripled the bill sponsors are hoping to bring it to

a vote before the legislative session and in june kristen salumi al-jazeera brooklyn new york. a u.s. federal judge has blocked an abortion law or in mississippi that's a bit stymie nation after the detection of a hot debate now this comes as the state of alabama is being sued over its recent ban on abortion the american civil liberties union and planned parenthood launched legal action the ban which offers. exceptions for rape or incest was signed last week but has not taken effect the alabama legislation sparked protests. president trump has turned his attention to japan with the trade war simmering between the u.s. and china is due to arrive in tokyo on saturday and big business will be analyzing is meeting with prime minister shinzo rb for any trade developments that may test their relationship wednesday reports from taking. away from high profile

trade disputes between governments small and medium sized japanese businesses are forging their own relationships suck a casting company used to make car parts of the large japanese companies now it focuses on making products for other industries instead of relying on the japanese government to do the deals for it it's going directly to the united states. there is a global political trying to put your country 1st but even if there is an existing framework for trade i want to build relationships with other countries that are private sector level the relationship between japan and the united states is good but donald trump is trying to push japanese prime minister shinzo arbet around on trade the u.s. president will attend a sumo tournament while he's in tokyo and may find that japan is determined to hold its ground trump is threatening to increase tariffs on imports of japanese cars if

trade talks are successful within 6 months when the talks are going on between the 2 nations neither party should call for any unilateral action most of the threats are coming from the u.s. side which wants to correct its trade deficit with japan. but japan's government knows it's in a fairly strong position because the united states needs it strategically mainly because of the threat from north korea. and. for oil against the growing regional influence of china which is involved in its own trade dispute with the united states the white house says trade will not be the main focus of the president's trip to japan instead it's mainly about being a state guest here at the imperial palace when donald trump will become the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor and empress you know he became emperor on the 1st of may after his father akihito abdicated giving this historic 1st

meeting to the u.s. president is being seen as a symbol of the strong alliance between the countries and a desire to keep it that way i think his government very important gift for him. to. keep. is unlikely to be a trade agreement reached while donald trump is in japan meaning the threats and strong rhetoric may continue in the meantime japan's smaller businesses have no choice but to carry on innovating and making their own deals wayne hay al-jazeera tokyo. more than 20 prisoners have been killed and 14 policemen wounded during riots at a jail in venezuela the prison is in the central state of puerto gays as around 350 kilometers from the capital caracas an ngo that defends prison the right says the fighting began when special forces were sent in to rescue visitors you've been

taken hostage by inmates. 4 people have been killed including a prominent religious scholar in an attack on a mosque in the afghan capital it happened during friday prayers when a bomb exploded at the top. will at least 17 worshippers were wounded no group has claimed responsibility. thailand's newly elected parliament has held its 1st session since its disputed elections in months and governments yet to be formed as rival coalitions battle for more seats as that goes on in poland one of thailand's main opposition figures is on trial it's called hide the ripples from bangkok. 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 genota in the bed and. it is important for everyone to be truthful and work together with full

abilities. party. is positioned 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 said 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 the case against on a torn a wrong kids his new future forward party ran on an anti who 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 biegel cases against the court he says there trumped up charges by the military government and politically motivated earlier he told our he's concerned about people losing faith in the system look at the big picture i think it's clear the attempt to continue to be in power of the military government is that there they'd be willing to tax thailand to the bottom if need be for them to stay in power some feel that this new government will be short lived mainly because of how 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 latest lengthy process he will face

a lot of challenges he cannot run the country by i don't feel. our eyes in 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 bankcard. in taiwan more than $360.00 same sex couples have tied the knot after the island became the 1st place in asia to legalize gay marriage thailand's parliament approved same sex marriage last week and it follows years of debate have a marriage equality with religious and conservative groups among the most vocal opponents of the one i saw yesterday i suggested that we slap each other since it feels like a dream i think it is.