his predecessor joseph kabila what is your reaction to that i know want to talk about they are quietly what are you concerned that he surrounding himself too much with people who are allies of the former president their people refused for the demanded of president and secondly they didn't vote for his candidate so i think today their people want a better future is a new president is a good because i think he should listen to the people why they do want for their future so you yourself have come back after almost 3 years he left the country thank you because of the fallout with the president with the with the then president joseph kabila how was your relationship now these are former presidents is it president to retire. i always good retiring i mean the opposition is goatees coalition i fink when

i resign because i saw the country was collapsing i resigned we've nanda and i think what is important is the future of congo did peace in the congo a months long hunger strike by supporters of the jailed leader of a band kurdish political group in turkey has come to an end of the local and the head of the kurdistan workers party of p.k. k. called on supporters just stop on sunday they've been calling for oakland solitary confinement be lifted he's been in prisons near istanbul on charges of treason since 999 the p.k. k. waged a decades long military campaign against turkey with the aim of achieving an independent kurdish state turkey considers the p.k. k. a terrorist organizations. norway is to host more talks aimed at resolving the crisis in venezuela both governments and opposition representatives are jus in oslo

following similar talks earlier this month the development seen as a sign of progress between presidents nicolas maduro and opposition leader on quite oh he's warned he wants to take parts in what he calls for style long. and mexico the inability of police to tackle violent crime has been blamed for a growing number of vigilante attacks angry mobs have burned some suspected criminals alive while others have been hanged but a republic has more from it on the growing frustration at the end security and police inaction. on the streets of a neighborhood in the state of mexico. is meeting residents reeses a leader of a neighborhood watch group set up in response to a growing crime rate in his state but of course sometimes police don't do their job sometimes there simply aren't enough officers or they don't patrol so if we can

lend our support to looking out for suspicious activity obviously that helps. there's a growing incidence of vigilantism in the state of banks' ago which is one of the most dangerous states in the country. and according to a recent report by the national human rights commission attacks by lynch mobs are on the rise that just because 70 he's done and the data registered in these 1st few months of $29000.00 confirms there is an increase in lynchings and there have been 67 cases and 107 victims experts say these attacks are often triggered by fake news or rumors on social media because you know you know. there is a direct relationship between the phenomenon of theft or rape and lynchings it doesn't matter if a crime has actually taken place for a lynching to occur so long as a population perceives as a crime as happened it must be punished even if it isn't real. there have been several recorded incidents involving innocent people being beaten or even burned

alive by lynch mobs after being mistaken for criminals neighborhood watch signs like these are a common sight here in the comic which is regarded as one of the more dangerous regions of mexico residents here say they've chosen to take matters into their own hands citing a noticeable increase in crime and a lack of confidence in law enforcement's ability to keep everyone safe we says his neighborhood watch group is intended to enhance the efforts of police not replace them adding that since his bija lanty collective began the streets feel much safer when it happened. to mexico. come on al-jazeera. a blow up party for the danish title when it is clear will be here to lighten the mood in school. and investigation into the real powers that control the world health organization their obligation to their shareholders completely overwhelms any consideration of

public how can they be trusted with building a healthy. future if their loyalty becomes questionable views of the people better about the v h one n one push is ok what if a kid like you know that every which oh yes there's chazz who says to me in terms of trust that you trust who on al-jazeera. examining the headline is a collapsed economy means that many people are struggling to survive setting the discussions people have real to way i don't think they can look that way anymore sharing personal stories with a global audience explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform the media's motivate and inspire. the world is watching on al-jazeera.

india's government has been linking people's personal records to their biological information and the world's largest biometrics initiative supporters said it would make it easier for the purge to access basic services but night some are raising concerns about privacy and government surveillance reports. india's biometric program adar began with a promise to give every indian a unique number that entitles them to citizenship rights and services. nearly 9 years later many say that promise hasn't been fulfilled then that romney ryan came to new delhi 5 years ago with his family from raw just on he got his biometrics

card here but other than helping him get a mobile phone sim he says it hasn't been much use and. the government promised me i'd get a plot of land in the russian cots of food but so far nothing it's let my family and i stay at the shelter and put my kids in school in the city and there are other concerns about the program even as our sign ups continue critics say their usefulness has diminished india supreme court has ruled that private corporations cannot demand customers of our info though the government has recently passed a temporary order allowing companies to use it again but that has added to concerns over data and privacy leaks. hackers journalists and others have exposed security flaws and earlier this year domestic media reported the biometric numbers and personal information of millions of people could be bought on the black market critics say the program isn't living up to its promise never allowed that potential to be delays and we were saying what harsh mander says promised opportunities for

the poor have been replaced by concerns over people's privacy especially that of critics of the government but this would biometric soviet missiles allows the government to have access to will everybody who. travel. in the state wants to get back and it has a huge amount of what do you do at its the hist the government continues to defend the program saying it's a benefit to all that will streamline bureaucracy and government services. many of those a program was meant to help say the system makes them feel trapped they're still waiting for the benefits that were promised as jimmy al-jazeera you deli. well it's time for the sport now here's leo thanks fella it's about the raptors to try to raptors have done what no canadian team has done before they're on their way to the n.b.a. finals they eliminated the milwaukee bucks in a close shoot out home on saturday in game 6 star player collier leonard scored 27

points with women kyle lowry with 17 final score 100 to 94 the raptors will take on the golden state warriors at the end of the month. is taking a lot of time gear my career 30 years 7 years here. raise one guy for a while you know we were given opportunity left and we didn't really get a little lucky for me you know savor the moment but. you know i'm not satisfied you know our goal is to to what we did when india change the championship you know we still keep getting better in plugging away but as you can imagine toronto turned into a giant fan zone 1000 celebrated on the streets all across canada online the raptors and worldwide trends canada basketball tweeted saying that they're now more than a hockey country. tennis the 2nd grand slam of the year is underway in paris roger federer has returned to the french open after 3 years and he's leading at lorenzo

so they go in their 1st round match federer has taken the 1st 2 sets. but a top seeded top seed rather has crumbled world number 5 and julie kerber is out the 3 time grand slam winner was dominated by world number 81 and both the. russia the only major herber hasn't won is the french open and it will stay that way at least for now after a straight sets access. former french open champion. overcame american taylor townsend in 3 sets to reach the 2nd round one the tournament 3 years ago and won this match 576262. for real ones monaco grand prix is underway with lewis hamilton still at the front of the pack after starting the race from pole position hamilton will look for a comfortable win on the streets of monaco not the sort of finish we saw in the formula to race on saturday and swann hubert earned his 1st victory in

a photo finish he hit it off a late challenge from lewis crossing the line just over 500 of a 2nd ahead of his rival to capture his maiden championship win. and the u.s. is showcasing a motor race of its own the indianapolis $500.00 actors christian bale and matt damon are the honorary starters for this race the 2 are starring in a racy movie in coming out in november but although they've played the roles sunday's part in the real race is still causing some confusion. i thought there would be one flag and we'd like flip a coin before him or something i guess we have 2 classes we're going to have to see is going to be synchronized flagging. we should go in blind doing this i thought initially if it was one flag was like really we're both going to hold one like this seems a little bit and the the other guy has the i phone. 3 time major winner jordan speed is just 2 shots back going into the final round at colonial the texan hasn't

won for nearly 2 years but shot a 68 to sit in a group of players all at 7 under par out in front though is kevin not he's looking for his 3rd p.g.a. tour when. byron munich are celebrating a double winning season after victory in the german cup final the champions were up against at leipsic to berlin's olympic stadium and were in front on the half hour mark through robert lewandowski and they wrapped it up in the closing stages kingsley coleman with a lovely turn and finish making it to the sealed a 3 nil victory with another individual goal 5 minutes from time it's a 12th time bayern have completed the bundesliga and cup double. but there wasn't to be a spanish double this season after valencia sprung a surprise to beat barcelona 21 in the final of the copa del rey goals from kevin again mero and rhodri go put valencia in control at half time when

a messy pulled one back for barsa but their 4 season winning streak in the spanish cup would come to an end this is valencia's 1st major trophy since 2008. and we've all seen football fans disrupt matches by throwing bottles or flares onto the pitch but those at f.c. copenhagen have a way of lightning they've been throwing pool inflatables to celebrate their team's latest danish league title having clinched their 13th week crown earlier this month fans gathered their blowup toys for this one that's become something of a tradition over the last few years. and as we've been hearing president donald trump is in japan on a state visit and on sunday he enjoyed the annual sumo tournaments alongside japanese prime minister shinzo abi chumpy even gave a special eagle top president's cup to wrestler a son. who clinched the tournament when he's the 1st u.s. president to take part in the cultural event. and if you thought trump's trophy was impressive and you haven't seen the prime minister's cup in factions or are they

had to do some heavy lifting to hand it over to us and before the winning wrestler took it off his hands. and back to how thanks very much for that from someplace new sent to stay with us on al-jazeera i'm back with you after this very short break don't go away. 20120 traveled to iraq people here are definitely scared to speak on camera they're saying that if they talk to us they think they'll be arrested down the line to take the pulse of a country ravaged under us occupation some of these graves are completely destroyed it's one of the most holy and sacred sites in all of iraq turned into a battleground between them i do ya mean the americans rewind returns to iraq after the americans on al-jazeera. if you want to learn above the world might look like very soon reguard 100 and

hungry is in the extreme example of the predicament the whole world is going through. soon as mass immigration story we had paunch question is between the cultures and the problems that the culture of the news you are should say some grade in the us is or is not comfortable with european culture this is not like food fascist. triumphal march. dreams of conquest and love global tribe. this is very very uneventful glide towards the precipice without resistance we are past the danger is already happened. it was then just 10 years ago. now this is it. every war makes a devastating impact on me and cars earthrise explore some of the efforts to

recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important southpaws that we have to make sure they are surviving to the refugees striving to co-exist with nature ok so what's going on there there simulating what happens when an elephant comes life up to conflict on al-jazeera. iraq's foreign minister says his country stands with its neighbor iran as tensions rise between terran and washington. i'm out of my he this is al jazeera. life in doha also coming up a major test for the e.u.

millions at the polls across europe as a wave of populism sweeps through the continent's. a presidential election without candidates algeria's constitutional council says none of the $77.00 hopefuls are eligible to take bart's. concerns over the world's biggest biometrics projects and boss it means for people's privacy. iraq's leaders are vowing to stand with iran after the united states wraps up its rhetoric against what it calls the every knee and threats foreign minister mohammad al hakim made the pledge following talks with his reigning counterparts matheson reports now from baghdad. if mohammed java jerry for came to baghdad to clarify where iraq stands in the ongoing tension between the u.s.

and iran iraq's foreign minister seems to have given him an answer. against the unilateral measures taken by the us we are standing by iran in its position and god willing we can play an intermediary role between the parties if necessary. iran's foreign minister has proposed signing a non-aggression pact with gulf neighbors but iran says it will take action if necessary. we will defend ourselves against any efforts for a war with iran whether it is a military or economic one that would victimize the iranian people we will face it was strength and resistance iran and iraq have close ties to trade culture and religion but iraq relies on u.s. and foreign troops to combat the threat of ice all added needs foreign investment especially to develop its oil fields iraq has been doing a diplomatic balancing act for years. and some say that puts it in a perfect position to be able to mediate between the united states and iran but to

do it successfully like most negotiations it has to be seen not to take sides there are also fears that some of shia armed groups in iraq who are allied to iran might decide to upset that balance they might decide to take their own action their own initiative against u.s. assets in iraq. iraqis filled tucker you square in the heart of baghdad on friday demanding that their government put iraq's safety 1st and that their country should be at the center of talks to find a solution. in iraq at the however though legitimacy on iraq has become a bridge where meetings have been held at the iranian embassy with european diplomatic missions and it's taken the decision to start talks with moderate countries affected by the situation to lobby the united states and iran to try to extinguish the fires of war. iraqis may need more evidence to convince them that they won't be dragged into an unwanted conflict rob matheson al jazeera baghdad.

there's a member of the middle east center's research committee at the london school of economics he says he's not convinced by iraq's pledge to stand by iran against the u.s. . the influence of iran the presence on the ground is for iran the power on the ground is for iran and not for the united states this is the mistake of the united states of course of course since 2003 they left the door open for the iranians don't filtrate iraq and to strengthen their position while they were busy doing other things now this position was throwing things militarily and politically most important with the with the help of the militias the mop up mobilization political forces these are surrounding the whole government so you have to mean you have to expect number of the iraqi governments to speak the languages when they meet them

eric and they will tell them that we are supporting you but when they meet the iranian representatives they will tell them that we are backing you so this is because they feel the influence of these militias around the government i mean entirely i should say prime minister. president of the republic and the speaker of the parliament parliament are all. their affiliation are towards the united states story even the foreign minister is that but regarding the fact that he is talking while the foreign minister of iran standing beside him he tends to give such a speech such a talk such a warning but i think if anything happens the iraqi government will stand on the side of the united states. and a final day of voting in europe's parliamentary elections is well underway they're

being closely watched as a barometer of the strength of the far right across the continent forces are casting ballots in $21.00 member states including germany france and italy $751.00 politicians will be elected for a fire. year term with missiles expected one day there which has more from brussels . political analysts have been widely debating whether liberal values are on retreat in the european union and whether the $28.00 countries taking part in these parliamentary elections who show a rise in populism well will have to wait and see when the polling booths close on sunday evening what the 1st exit polls will tell us about those trends immigration policy the economy and terrorism have been the issues at the heart of this debate in europe the 1st direct elections to the european parliament began in 1989 but the 5 year early polls have seen

a steady drop in voter turnout ever since 57 percent abstained in 2014 there are 7 $151.00 seats here in the chamber of the european parliament up for grabs now each country is awarded a portion of them according to their population size or germany has $96.00 their top followed by france with 74 and then britain on 73 once elected the m e p's are organized into transnational blocs the largest group up to now has been the center right european peoples party so when the newly elected any peace take up their position in the chamber their 1st task will be to elect a president of the european commission because. because days in that term are now numbered in just a few weeks then also they'll have to decide on the shape and size of the european union's budget nearing 200000000000 dollars this year. no

one has managed to register successfully to stands in algeria as upcoming presidential election in july dozens of candidates said they intended to run for the top job but virtually all of them failed to get the required number of signatures sattar hideout reports. july the 4th is a proposed date of algeria's presidential election but it doesn't have any candidate so far the constitutional council has declared that almost all of the 77 candidates don't meet the legal requirements to take part candidates from the future front party a national republican party withdrew their applications calling for the election to be delayed and for the creation of an independent election monitoring body. the authority can form an independent entity like a national committee with branches nationwide so that we can have an election not involving the executive powers namely the president the government and the

constitutional council critics of the ruling military fear the election will work in its favor the army's chief of staff rahm agave saleh sees the election as an important step to restoring stability to algeria. so a presidential election will put in them to those trying to prolong the crisis it's important to form an independent body to organize and supervise the elections. on friday protesters chanted for saleh to resign along with other leaders connected to former president added i visited frica including interior prime minister abdul kahar that have been silent protesters don't trust the interim government which took over in april after beautifully could step down the 82 year old was algeria's longest serving president in power for 20 years it's been 14 weeks since protesters 1st took to the streets demanding change now they want the election perspire and. remember an independent monitor must have more power than just organizing an

election it should be able to supervise the entire process including the. clearing the results this is vital to bring back the people's trust despite the hardship of protesting while fasting during the holy month of ramadan demonstrates his insists they won't stop until their demands are met so to hide out. well in a separate developments serious new state prosecutor is pursuing corruption charges against a dozen former high ranking officials from pacifica's governments they include 2 former prime ministers and 5 former cabinet ministers files have been referred to the supreme court's well for more on this joining me in the studio is one though he is a professor of political science and international relations at qatar university 1st of all just how significance of these charges i mean this 2 former prime ministers and their 1st that's quite a development it is it is

a very important development let's not forget that these 2 prime ministers have been seen by a judge before all over the last 2 weeks when they opened up the investigations and obviously the fact that the files have been transferred to the high court suggests that the mounting evidence against a few weeks ago the who or do you chief of staff or those we spoke about corruption in algeria he made it absolutely clear that he had sold the evidence against members of the books because the government or. people in the administration. this is and obviously the case is is going to be ongoing and we can't apportion say they are guilty or not but does this suggest that the old regime that the protesters were so against this suggests that they are moving on obviously it is moving on because what happens is that the promised to stop the no

blood would be spilled and. so far so good he has kept to his words on the also said that he would get rid of what he called. the guy and the people who have been bullied in algeria the drug so would the movement all the announcements today you would go a very very long way into a p.c. in the streets even though the. news came out over the last half an hour or so but the social media has been very very quick in wish. many of those people to spend the ied. in jail. so this is certainly cheered by this do you think this will how will this impact this ongoing protest movement because let's not forget they've been out on the streets for weeks now i think that the protests will continue obviously this the fact that these people and some of them very.