right so that is that the other members of the union so i think it's definitely show that this was a much bigger deal for citizens and it was indeed and many people were predicting that there would be a complete surge of the right wing particularly the right wing populists as an interviewer a pain in politics in the member hasn't doesn't seem to have every church that particular point but do you see what's happening in european politics generally to be perhaps an extension of of what happened in your own country with the trump election that $22016.00 and of course in britain there was the bracks which is also seen i think part of that that sentiment yes i definitely see that and as you know you're correct there weren't huge huge gains but there definitely are signs of increasing populism and nationalism i believe me you know if we took that picture where you know thank you italy make america great again in the background which you know is

a not so subtle symbol that what donald trump has put in place united states and projecting in the world is the sense of nationalism at the spent a multilateral cooperation which is the framework of the e so i definitely think while they want. it definitely shows that people are moving towards that will be global if the multilateral advocates be able to combat that. but it does reveal yet again doesn't it what appears to be the defining. characteristic if you like of of. democracies around the world and that is that there is a great disaffection a deep disaffection for the establishment if you like the ruling political elite. right and we saw that in france even though you know with marie le pen even it was the victor wasn't as much about 14 but that kind of the internal french storage is

that it kind of show the lessening of the influence of the traditional parties and i think that there is a move in the united states and in europe and around the world busy that as we face a lot of challenges that are global in nature like migration like anti-terrorism there's a move to draw again and not seek that multilateral cooperation solve it but rather to solve our problems and make america great again america for i personally don't think that's the right way to go you are correct in that many countries not just us not the e.u. are moving and i'm quite so i'm quite taken by the words of marine le pen who said that europe at least is now divided between nationalists and globalists how does if that is indeed the case how does this rather impressive result being an experience by the greens across europe how does that fit into that. well i think it

what it shows is that you definitely have there's no clear winner as far as the nationalism versus globalism arguments concerned however there are strong strong voices on both sides a strong base of support and so while i don't think they're going to be. big changes on the nationalism or what was in front in the european parliament in the individual countries france and sample the national and then i have a stronger always they're going to be able to use their slight names and be your arm and our chins to been say the mandate from their own countries to pursue more. counting to get to talk to you get your opinions from they have a side of the pond thank you very much thank you. well greece is heading for snap elections after the ruling party suffered major losses in that european parliamentary vote prime minister alexis oppresses party says he will now call

elections after june the 2nd his left is cigarettes or which stormed on to the great political scene 6 years ago on an empty platform lost out to the conservative new democracy party. a missile at the right dubbed a 2nd round of local government election on june 2nd i will request needed declination of national elections from the president of the public so adam and the greek people of the only ones to make the final decision. the 3 prominent catalan separatists are among the european parliament winners from spain this includes former catalonia regional president bush demands and his ex deputy oriel who get us on to lives in self-imposed exile in belgium called take up his new role without returning to madrid where he faces jail who get us is behind bars on rebellion charges and independence referendum was held in catalonia in october 27th in which

madrid declared illegal. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news how the news including where in sudan where deep divisions among the main opposition parties may prolong their fight for a new government. calls for an investigation into the violent police crackdown following into these disputed election. and an emotional victory lewis hamilton dedicates his monaco win to nicky lauder peter will have the details. the president has become the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor nero heater in tokyo he's also invited to a state banquet at the palace in the evening but later today the focus will be on trade when he held stalks with the prime minister shinzo and indeed that meeting

has just started let's listen to what donald trump has to say as he sits beside the japanese prime minister. and one will be a. tremendous new ship that's japanese we're doing a combination we're going to do a double and it should be very exciting and i hope you're able to come and get on because i think it's going to be very exciting tomorrow and we're just celebrating our relationship together so i want to thank everybody for coming here i know it's a long way but it's worth it and it's especially when you get to know the people the people of japan a great people it's a great nation and prime minister thank you very much for your call they must. need to know what they need to tell us and all right so they were the opening remarks from president trump national making his japanese listening to this watching all of this forest is our correspondent wayne hay who's live the

diplomatic niceties aside way now the going gets a little bit tougher doesn't it because donald trump has got quite a stern message. yes i think that's right martine we've seen both president donald trump and japanese prime minister shinzo our base speaking in the last few minutes talking about how strong this relationship is donald trump in fact saying that from the united states point of view it is stronger than it has ever been but you're right there are some tensions there are differences sometimes when it comes to the approach to the threat from north korea certainly differences on the approach to international trade donald trump very much favoring bilateral trade deals which is what the united states is trying to do at the moment with japan whereas the japanese government very much in favor of multilateral trade deals nonetheless they are negotiating a trade deal between the 2 countries and some of those niceties may well be put to

the side particularly over the next few months when some of the details of those negotiations start to emerge but it. moment from what we understand donald trump said the trade negotiations are going well but other indications are that they are still fairly far apart when it comes to some of the key issues and of course japan will be looking over china in the way they've been dragged into this trade war this tit for tat tariff raising. patent which is pretty much overtaken the entire relationship between the u.s. and china they'll be looking with apprehension at that. yes and it's already having an effect on the japanese economy according to the official statistics that are released regularly by the japanese government they are seeing a slowdown a reduction in some of the forecasts here which they are blaming for the most part

on the situation in china because so much of the supply chain etc comes from japan they seem to a lot of parts for various products from japan to china to be manufactured of course with that trade dispute going on between china and the united states that demand for japanese parts from china is now reduced and it could also have an effect on the negotiations between china as a rather japan and the united states when it comes to their bilateral deal because things are not clearly going very well in negotiations with china there may be a sense that the united states that donald trump particularly with that election looming may want to get a success here in a deal with japan to take back to his voter base to say look i can get the deals done japan is on the same side as us and i have managed to get a trade deal even though things aren't going well with china so it could well have direct impact on these trade negotiations for the next few months all right wayne

thanks very much indeed for that let's just listen to what the president is saying and are building plants in the united states in fact i'd like to ask the prime minister to mention that because since i am president unprecedented amounts of dollars are being invested in plants and factories flippant in the united states and perhaps i could ask the prime minister to tell him tell you folks a few things including many car companies and many new beautiful plants continue to help and when you see right. you know on mine. all right so there you see president trump prime minister shinzo are they making comments they haven't really started in earnest then i guess ations but the negotiations are due to continue today and then we understand that the president and 1st lady will go to a state banquet and just remember is not the you know whole talk about trade he has

been accorded the on earth the being the 1st foreign leader to meet the new emperor of japan but let's leave them now with course keep you right up to date with that important state visit by president trump to japan here at al-jazeera bit in the meantime we'll look at what's going on in iraq because it is fake and out against the u.s. treatment of a wrong in their escalating crisis but the iraqi foreign minister also told his iranian counterpart that iraq is willing to mediate but matheson reports now from baghdad on iraq's position. if mohammed jever 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 and. 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 like.

iran's foreign minister has proposed signing a non-aggression pact with gulf neighbors but iran says it will take action if necessary. comes i'm on 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 eisel 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 about violence they might decide to take their own action their own initiative against u.s. assets in iraq oh iraqis killed tell him 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. and iraq at the how it allowed their 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 a minute iraqis may need more evidence to convince them that they won't be dragged into an unwanted conflict rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. has been a iraqi diplomat he's now director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university he says

a european nation is much more likely to lead any mediation i have always been skeptical that iraq can ever play that role there are other countries in the region that have also that might have more ability to play that role and i think even they are sitting on the sidelines so i'm not sure that the iraqi government will in fact play this role nor indeed do the 2 principal parties appear to be looking to the government of iraq to do so one of the principal casualties in the estimates of many experts including some within the iraqi government. that one of the principal casualties of such a shooting war would be iraq itself so this is focused the minds of the entire iraq people regardless of which side of the issues they come out of so it's more conceivable to me that a european or perhaps even switzerland which after all represents american interests in iran and the president of the united states met with the swiss

president in the oval office oval office for 2 and a half 3 hours recently so i think it's more likely that a european power will have the ability to mediate between the 2 principals rather than a regional country. several credit politicians and thousands of prisoners in turkey have ended a 200 day hunger strike they were responding to a call from their leader. and he's been in jail for 20 is kurdish politicians vend started her hunger strike in november in an attempt to improve conditions and access to lawyers. safe media in saudi arabia says is intercepted a drone with explosives launched by his the fight is apparently targeted the airport in jews and their yemen's border in the south who think media confirmed a drone strike a military having isn't the apple. the americathis been hunted out

phony has received an invitation from saudi arabia's king sound man to attend 2 summits in mecca the meetings will focus on the effects of of drone strikes on oil installations in saudi arabia cattle remains under a land sea and air blockade after saudi arabia led for arab nations to impose a trade and travel in baghdad in june 27th. one of sudan's main opposition groups is rejected cool's from other protest leaders to organize a general strike on tuesday and wednesday it's the latest sign of divisions between opposition groups who are trying to force the military to give civilians full control of the country imran khan has more now from caught in. the national i'm a party have made that announcement asking people not to take part in the nationwide strikes of the people here listening from the ones that we've been speaking to certainly notes they are wanting to take part in the strike the

national mall party seems to have misread the mood of the country the game seems to have changed they know the party that they once were it's the sudanese professionals association that are now the key players they're the ones calling for the strike they say that they've been forced into the shrike action because the army isn't negotiating in good faith they're also saying that they want everybody to take part in the strike action because they want the sudanese people to see them and to take part and to join in with them now the sudanese professionals association is actually representative of quite a number of industries including lawyers don't and people who work in the petrochemical industry communications industry it's a very middle class movement so it will have some impact certainly here in the capital but actually a lot of these protesters also very angry because of what they see as

being the transitional military council acting as the defacto government of the sudan in the last few days we've seen the vice chairman of the sudanese transitional military council meet with mohamed bin so man the crown prince of saudi arabia we've seen the chairman meet with abdul fattah el-sisi the leader of egypt and also with the crown prince of abu dabi mohammed bin ziad and that's angering the. so also it may have been divisions were then. actual opposition groups but they seem to be now coming together to say actually it's time for us to call this strike it's time to put the army on the back for a put ourselves in a stronger negotiating position. so to come here on the al-jazeera news. an armed ambush in northeastern nigeria in which at least 20 people have been killed. the suspects. why vigilante groups in mexico are taking justice in their own time.

and in small piece has the details of roger federer's return to clay at roland garros. going. to go. to weather sponsored by qatar airways. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well again more rain across parts of china we're talking here about rain of the last couple of days and some of the story has been quite heavy we've some seen some rain totals of over $100.00 millimeters a day in some locations and you can see on the satellite image the clouds are still there now as we go towards monday plenty of rain here across much of the southeast all the way down towards the south to the north though we're beginning to see a little bit of a break so for shanghai the rain's going to end it we are going to see you clearing up as we go towards tuesday the temp is going to come down to about $25.00 degrees

but for hong kong the rain continues and the rent going to continue over here towards northern vietnam particularly heavy there with her noise seeing a temperature of $29.00 degrees well here across parts of jakarta we're going to be seeing some better conditions there we had some clouds just to the north down towards bali looking quite nice there as well sunny conditions across much of the region up towards the philippines though clouds and rain is going to be the trend over the next few days with manila seeing a temperature and a rainy day at $34.00 degrees and then very quickly over here across southern india we are picking up some showers this is normal for this time of year as the monsoon begins to make its way towards the north we're going to be seeing the tempers though here across much of the interior staying quite warm with the amount per at $44.00 in kolkata at $38.00 degrees. the weather sponsored cateye and ways. stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives as on just long standoff with

international borders is finally over separate the spin from the facts the misinformation from the journalism protesters complain about the under reporting of police violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations with the listening post on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks local communities here employee are very frustrated because the lack of post storm services. with detailed coverage this hour knowledge of the bag though people often say they're struggling to make ends meet and just want a better life from around the world and agassi has been offered it to those who rebel against the government of michelangelo to accept those involved in human rights abuses or war crimes.

have a look at the top stories here in the al-jazeera news our europe centrists have suffered significant losses in one of the most contentious elections in the history the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together have the most seats but they haven't got enough for a majority. and the right is gaining ground in the elections it's really led by a matter really has become the biggest party there and in france marine le pen has won her symbolic jewel with president emmanuel mark. in the u.k. nigel froggies new bracks it party is in the leader's voters expressed their frustration over the deadlock on how to leave the european union for raj says his party success is a massive message for the conservative and labor parties that have dominated

british politics. that belgium has been holding national elections along with the european vote and there's been a surge in support for a far right party that is valid to break up the country lawns belang secured 18 percent of the votes from the dutch speaking flanders region in the north it's 2nd to another pro independence party that is leading with 27 percent the outcome is expected to reinforce divisions the philology french speaking south the country again looks set for a long running talks on a ruling coalition. syrian government forces have regained control of a village in the northwest of the country just days after losing it to rebels government troops initially captured kfar on the buda earlier this month before losing it to fighters led by high at taria al sharm the group's used to be linked

to al qaeda government forces launched an offensive on it late last month which is the last major rebel stronghold in syria. there's also have told urgency or this unarmed group has ambushed the nigerian military convoy killing at least 20 people they say it happened while the army was trying to move refugees from a camp in dembo or on monday and i saw a linked group struck a military base killing 9 soldiers in the same region a major says more now from my degree. local sources say the attack happened when the military was escorting a group of civilians from the village of near salisbury towards the world on saturday morning now the military has not issued a statement regarding this attack and this is not by the way the only attack in recent days a few days ago there were claims by islamic state in west africa problems that it had attacked military positions around give your area killing so many soldiers just

days after they released a video which they claim to show the execution of soldiers fighting the insurgency in law nigeria recently both factions of both islamic state in west africa probably is not aligned to the islamic state of west africa province as well as the core. in other parts of borno state have launched attacks but the ice up targets mainly military targets in the region while both foreign fighters the other ones led by factional leader i will because shake out i've been raiding villages for food items and the rest they missed mostly target civilians and they also attacked military positions and now the nigerian military in collaboration with the multinational joint task force the regional force like involved in the electorate area have ramped up their attacks and operations against in the region claiming to have killed several of them in attacks carried out on their bases in the north east. to

indonesia where there are calls for a full investigation into how police handled riots over the election results at least 7 people were killed in violence that broke out between opposition supporters and the police after the election commission said president jacob had won and warning andrew thomas' report contains some violent images. down a narrow alley in a poor area of jakarta is a family in mourning this was the home of the youngest person to die in the protests in the. as capital for a handful was 15 late on tuesday night he got messages from excited friends there was something big going on in the center of town just 15 years old. in france parents don't think he took part in any violence and they don't know how or why shot. i went to the hospital and for hours no one could tell me anything eventually they took me to

a body i didn't wanted to be him but he was there when i heard about it i was distraught i can't believe that he's got that kind of. peace to make me laugh he was a kind boy a lovely boy. police say they didn't fall out of bullets last week just tear gas and rubber coated bullets to control and disperse drawing crowds . they say their action was restrained doing only what they had to but others question. people from human rights groups say from their early investigations into what happened here last week basis spec the place of using unnecessary force and of violations of human rights. they say they've seen disturbing videos like this one of what appear to be police beating a man cowering here another appears to show men in uniform attacking someone who's already been detained human rights activists want

a formal investigation into police tactics and actions by. the police used tear gas indiscriminately and treated everyone violently peaceful protesters people who just came out to watch and those throwing stones. at. last week's riots began as protests by supporters of presidential election contender. after in the media's electoral commission announced he had lost to the re-elected president djoko. the ray hand for czar is family say he wasn't motivated by politics he was just a curious teenager his parents want to know why that led to his death and littleness al-jazeera jakarta tens of thousands of brazilians have rallied in support of president john abell sonando crowds gathered in more than 200 cities calling for political reforms many are accusing the supreme court and congress of

trying to block the president's agenda the demonstrations are being seen as an effort to counter earlier protests against paulson are and his decision to cut funding from public education. well close to the pro bowl march in rio human rights activists and people living in the city's favelas demonstrated against an increase in police violence they've been a record 434 police killings in the 1st 3 months of the year the protests were called stop killing us president also an hour and the governor of rio support shoot to kill policy is in neighborhoods where drug gangs operate in mexico vigilante attacks are becoming more common human rights groups are blaming the police for not reducing violent crime some suspected criminals have been burnt alive others hind. has more from tacoma. 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 state but 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 having he's done in the data registered in these 1st few months of 2900 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 here 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 who said 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 than it up in new jersey to mexico for now at least one person has died in no them hurry where there's been a powerful earthquake there magnitude 8 event happened about 75 kilometers

southeast of lagoa nass district. president martin has flown over the epicenter where the quake damaged buildings and roads and calls part of a hillside to collapse at least 18 people were injured. there are accusations of corruption rampant in argentina when cristina fernandez the cashier was in power since then judicial authorities have launched a campaign to detain and seize the assets of those involved in corruption scandals for isabeau has more now from. sealing through a river aboard a confiscated $1000000.00 luxury yacht that's been used by argentine security forces. the ship belong to regard the former transport secretary during the administration of cristina fernandez. he's currently in prison accused of corruption. praefect. says all saudis are using the

yacht because the government cannot sell it. recovered in a corruption operation it is now used by the students of the institute so they can learn how to navigate we have to pay for maintenance everything is very costly but i would rather buy speedboats all students but in the meantime it is what we have. a labor union representing construction workers he's being accused of corruption and extortion be estimated value of this is about $350000.00. but it's not just for a reason there are at least 3 garages like this one filled with luxury cars the government has to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the vehicles at cost that people like weekend evil says needs to stop. ideally.