al jazeera where we were. when we were. out when we were. starving in japan one child is dead and several others injured in an attack near tokyo. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up the e use youngest leader is ousted by the austrian parliament following a corruption scandal to return to power. dozens of inmates are killed in brazil in the latest wave of violence to roll over populated prisons. and the court case in oklahoma the major implications for america's opioid crisis.

young children are among the victims of a mass stabbing in japan at least one child is dead after a sucky near tokyo the suspect reportedly slashed people waiting at a bus stop and died after stabbing himself in the neck when he has more from japan . this attack took place at around 7 45 in the morning on tuesday just a few metres down the road from where we are standing in a suburb of kawasaki city just outside the capital tokyo normally in this part of is a fairly quiet suburb but at that time of the morning would be particularly busy with people commuting to work and also going to school there was a train station down the road behind me and also a bus stop which is where the attack is believed to have happened. at that bus stop

school children lining up waiting to go to a particular elementary school in the area a private catholic school in the hospitals are saying that most of the patients that they are treating young school children we know that the attacker is now confirmed dead is a man believed to be in his forty's or fifty's as far as we know operating on his own eyewitness accounts say that he was brandishing 2 knives when he carried out the attack of course an attack like this would be shocking anywhere in the world particularly involving school children but it is particularly shocking and disturbing in japan which is regarded as one of the safest countries in the world with one of the lowest murder rates. fighting has intensified around the libyan capital as those loyal to the u.n. recognized government battle with forces led by the warlord after. the government is trying to push its forces back from the airport road south of

tripoli have total launched an offensive in early april to take the capital from forces loyal to the prime minister. the fighting has killed more than 500 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes. and an al-jazeera investigation is trying to several military aircraft and spy planes that seem to be supporting halftimes forces to military cargo planes appear to have switched off their tracking devices to conceal their movements to and from eastern libya the countries under un imposed arms embargo supported by saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates william laurance is the u.s. ambassador in tripoli and is currently a political science and international affairs at george washington university he says the conflict in libya relied heavily on foreign shipments. both sides are violating the weapons in bargo and there are many countries supplying weapons to both sides but the primary. country for furnishing arms to have star and he is

u.a.e. and the primary country supporting the defense of tripoli in the west is turkey we are quite sure that the emirates have built an airbase for drones in the south of thing ghazi and these drones have been used on at least 7 occasions to hit civilian targets in tripoli as well as many other occasions to hit military targets now the latest reports the jazeera did are remarkable they raise more questions than the answer of course that we see planes flying from jordan from israel from a number of other countries that are probably related to not only the provision of armored vehicles but also drone technology and and other types of weapons all of which are banned by the u.n. so both sides are sort of pots calling the kettle black and and naming the other side there are some theories that the reason why you supported have start to attack

on a april 4th was because of the delayed turkish arms shipment so that these arms shipments are having major impact on the conflict in libya. austria is without a leader offering no confidence vote for the right wing chancellor sebastian coats to step down position parties joined forces to remove him from office over a corruption scandal involving a form a coalition partner dominic cain has that story from vienna. just over a week ago court said a stable coalition astri's far right. now his chancellorship is over after only 17 months in office and his country has no government. sacked this was the scandal that engulfed his family partners and eventually ended the coalition the secret

video emerged of the freedom party's leaders filmed in 2017 apparently advising russians how their country could increase its influence over austrian politics the controversy led coats to force the party's cabinet ministers from office last week now they have returned the compliment. you have begun to see if you made the entire freedom party responsible for the wrong actions of 2 people who took the appropriate measures as we agreed that's what he did he tried to take advantage of a difficult situation of a government partner he tried to enlarge his own power base for the social democrats it was about denouncing what they call the unconstitutionality of course his actions and his then shallow is that this is a shameless unrestrained and irresponsible power grab this is what we are witnessing at the power in our country is based on people and not you it was a stark contrast from sunday's scene when sebastian cortes led his party to its

best european election result in 20 years which makes the opposition decision to force an early election seemed electorally questionable the chamber is now empty the politicians who voted the government out of left perhaps come to think about planning their election campaign the one irony of this results is that the man who's been forced from office might well soon be back on those same government benches if the opinion polls are anything to go by something mr cortes knows only too well as he told his supporters soon after losing the confidence of parliament been wiped out by let me get to the. parliament decided but at the end of the day in september in this democracy the people will decide and i'm looking forward to that thank you for your support clearly he thinks he can ride that support back to the chancellorship dominant can al-jazeera. there's a disagreement between paris and berlin over who should be the next european

commission president the french president emmanuel back home believes it should be someone who represents the emerging policies from the recent e.u. parliamentary elections the german chancellor says no from paris the touch of butler explains. the face of europe's parliament is changing the traditional power blocs of the center right and center left that have dominated for decades lost seats as populous greens and liberal searched for the 1st time in 40 yes since the 1st elections in $1879.00 of the european parliament due to classical parties socialist and conservatives will no longer have a majority. nationalism and fears over immigration fueled gains for populist parties in france hungry and italy where matteo sell vinnie's far right policy won more than 30 percent of the vote. in in not only is the league the 1st party in italy but marine le pen is the 1st party in france in the u.k.

knowledge of the rajah's 1st so is city france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing green parties in several countries celebrated their best e.u. election results highlighting concern among some voters and the climate change after ending the people all across europe want to form a peaceful europe together we haven't just got a great result in germany but as it stands in ireland and the netherlands in austria all across europe the greens are strong. the election results reflect a growing political trend in me use 28 member states people are increasingly rejecting establishment traditional mainstream parties and supporting alternatives and voting for causes the center right european people's party remains the largest bloc in the e.u. parliament but with no majority it will be forced to seek support to form a pro e.u. coalition the center right and center left parties have scored badly they have both

lost. they have both lost votes but we see a 3rd party emerging which is the liberals at the moment so the liberal party if one includes the votes from across is likely to become the king made. in the next european parliament. the european project was created after world war 2 to ensure the rivalries between countries would never again result in conflict while these elections show that politically europe is more fragmented than ever pro e.u. party still retain a majority suggesting that although some voters may be questioning the european union most still believe in it natasha butler al-jazeera paris. at least 57 prisoners have been killed in fighting in northern brazil over the past 2 days 42 inmates were found dead in 4 different prisons in my. state just a day after 15 prisoners died in violence between rival gangs official says some

inmates were stabbed with sharpened toothbrushes while others were strangled brazil has the world's 3rd biggest prison population with many jail suffering from overcrowding as my burghers a journalist in sao paulo who says there wouldn't have been enough security in the prisons to break up the fights. the guards in these cases tend to leave the prisoners to themselves if you like to believe that these riots they these fights they happen in the in the. security area of the prisons wait typically the guards are not there and law in and out of referral area and when these fights break out. some conflicts there is these prisons obviously severely understaffed because brazil's prisons are 200 percent of the full so when these fights break out. you prison officials that are

on the ground call and control what is going on they know that so they brought it on go and they white and told the fighters of until things calm down and then maybe they send in negotiators or they call in reinforcements which sometimes takes a while to iraq a lot more news still to come for you here on al-jazeera will bring you these stories when you the young patients in afghanistan think the high price of war and poverty. also ahead what protesters in sudan are doing next to help the pressure on the military rulers. hello there we've got yet more showers across parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing this little swell of cloud here that just about works its way down through positive iran you can see

a little speckled area of cloud here these are actually giving us some fairly lively thunderstorms and say we're seeing a fair amount of dust kicked up with those showers as well so the risk of seeing more of them as we head through the day on choose day and into wednesday but aside from the showers this region now is just very hot couple there up to 31 degrees 30 in tehran and further west even hotter in baghdad with a top temperature of $43.00 degrees a bit further towards the south and here in doha it's a little bit human at times in our temperatures getting to around 40 or $41.00 there have been a lot of showers down towards the southwest in parts of saudi and into yemen but there is generally speaking all clearing now so if you choose day wednesday it does look a good deal drier than it has been over the past few days than towards the southern parts of africa and we've had a fair amount of cloud in the south over the last day or so we've got this area of wet weather here in the eastern parts of south africa very heavy downpours are expected here and choose day but by the time we get to wednesday should have cleared away by way of bright weather then just the outside chance of

a shower and cape town should be fairly well we'll have a temperature of 21. 1 and. now settled in towns and villages. but many are registered to disappear. 6 boards and. none of the citizen. 0 who. need to upgrade to be. got out of their persons course who do not exist. on al-jazeera.

welcome back let's just recap the top stories for you so far this half hour at least one child is dead from a stabbing in japan 13 children and 3 adults were injured in the attack in color saki near tokyo the suspect died after stabbing himself in the neck. fighting has intensified around the libyan capital as those loyal to the u.n. recognized government battled forces back in the war after meanwhile an al jazeera investigation has tracked several military aircraft and spy planes that seem to be supporting his fighters. one other story the chancellor in austria has been ousted after a vote of no confidence in parliament forced him to step up a session parties joined forces to remove the right wing leader sebastian cortes following a corruption scandal involving a form a coalition. turning our attention to sudan where the opposition is pushing ahead with a 2 day strike that set to begin in about one hours time protesters are trying to

pressurize the ruling transitional military council into handing over to civilian rule but there are signs of divisions within the pro-democracy movement with one opposition party refusing to support the strike imran khan has more now from khartoum. the vice chairman of the transitional military council has been speaking of these issues a very strong statement at a dinner for fellow officers he said the army has popular support than any other organization and threw it out well the people who would disagree with the speaker over that he used to retrieve the word mayday mayday and it means civil servants i still demanding a civilian government now the sudanese professional association people were up. all but a trainer on strike tomorrow also speak english as a press conference as you can hear every ticket judging by. the millions and

millions of millions now they've issued a strong statement as i've said and what they've said is this regarding would not be rolled at the barrel of a gun just take a listen to what they had. done we lose so what are the sole guarantor of the revolution are the sudanese people and the law and order in what we agree upon as a constitutional declaration or otherwise this is the guarantor of the revolution not a military rifle has the i mean. right now obviously people are very much like that about the general strike it looks like it will hold but will say over the next couple of days. human rights watch is accusing egyptian forces of committing abuses in sinai there are more than 40000 soldiers deployed there to fight and i salute philippe to group the report says the troops of arrested more than 12000 people including children as young as 12 the report says up to $1000.00 detainees are being held without trial at one of 3 secret locations. there are fears in baghdad

the growing tensions between the u.s. and iran could dangerous implications for iraq's stability as the fight against eisel continues on the ground is feared the group is just waiting for any weakness in international coalition efforts charles stratford explains from baghdad. iraqi security forces and armed groups backed by iran known as the popular mobilization forces or p.m.s. hunt eisel sleeper cells in northern iraq. the u.s. calls the p.m.s. iran's proxy militia they were set up after a decree by iraq's top shia cleric calling on iraqis to fight i saw when the iraqi military present isolette fancy of on the city of mosul in 2014 tens of thousands of p.m.s. fighters were formally integrated into iraq security forces 2 years later. military analysts say they were vital in the battle against eisel

a fight the iraqi prime minister said was won in 2017 but some p.m.s. factions have warned they would support iran if there was a military escalation between the us and iran potentially jeopardizing the fight against eisel. any conflict would weaken iraq's security and defense establishment including the p.m.s. because some of these armed groups would divert their focus from fighting i sell to siding with iran i still would be given a huge opportunity to penetrate the areas they want occupied as we have seen sleeper cells trying to do in recent days. this video shows iraqi military air strikes on eisel targets in the hungry mountains in ceylon who didn't province army commanders say sleeper cells of i saw fighters have been trying to recruit in the area analysts say i saw would exploited any deterioration in iraq's stability especially if there was a military escalation between the us and iran they have been increasing attacks by

eisel in the west in the north of the country in recent months car bombs killed 5 civilians and 3 members of the iraqi security forces in 2 separate attacks in recent days. the hunt for eisel sleeper cells goes on across remote areas of iraq. there that i mean they rock a security forces continue their military operations across the vast desert. this includes search and destroy missions of any ice in the remenant and sleeper cells that have recently attacked remote villages in towns. as u.s. pressure on iran increased earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o warned the iraqi government about what he said was intelligence showing increased specific threats against u.s. interests in iraq the iraqi government denied there were any threats from the p.m.s. days later a rocket was fired into the green zone in baghdad which is home to the u.s.

and other embassies no one claimed responsibility a sign that increased tension between the u.s. and iran has dangerous implications for the stability of iraq and could ultimately weaken international coalition efforts to fight eisel which is killed thousands of people in attacks in this region and beyond john strafford al jazeera fact that. china and russia will not attend the u.s. sponsored summit on palestine in bahrain next month the palestine liberation organization has also announced it won't be going the trump administration is expected to unveil its interpretation of the economic benefits of ending the israeli palestinian conflict and try to attract investment. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's doing everything he can to build a coalition and avoid another election after parliament passed a preliminary motion to dissolve itself less than 2 months after the election seemed to offer mr netanyahu a new mandate he has just 48 hours to form

a government he's called on potential partners to put the good of the nation ahead of other interests. a 1st crucial test of whether u.s. states can hold drug makers responsible for the opioid crisis starts in oklahoma on tuesday lawyers will argue the company johnson and johnson is to blame for the widespread addiction that's devastated the state the case will likely affect around 2000 other pending cases across the country and gallacher has that story from oklahoma city. it's a drug crisis of epic proportions that's what i wouldn't busy die for it according to the center for disease control in 2017 close 250000 people died from overdosing on drugs more than a 3rd of those deaths were caused by prescription opioids given to patients for pain faced with a growing crisis oklahoma's attorney general decided to take action to big drug companies purdue pharma and tiva pharmaceuticals have already settled before being

taken to court that leaves johnson and johnson who lawyers say are an opioid kingpin these companies we believe. made no effort. when this process began 20 years ago to ensure that they were providing in a clear and informed way what the downside was oklahoma's case is just the 1st of almost 2000 lawsuits brought by states local municipalities and native american tribes this then is an important test case for the entire nation if lawyers here can prove a multi-billion dollar company like johnson and johnson played a role in the opioid crisis the ramifications could be huge ultimately campaigners say it will save lives and could be the beginning of tackling a crisis has claimed so many legal experts say whatever happens drug manufacturer is watching closely and think it's going to have

a really good benefit for the public as a whole in terms of the safety and the marketing of drugs in april president trump valid to tackle the opioid crisis by providing more treatment and oversight of big pharmaceutical companies we will end this terrible menace we will smash the grip of addiction we will make our cities safe our communities strong and our future brighter than ever before as one united nations we will work we will pray and we will fight. for the day when every family across our land can live in a drug free america. the opioid crisis has already claimed countless victims over the last 2 decades and continues to blight the lives of millions pharmaceutical companies claim they're not responsible but courts across the us and now primed to hold them to account and gallica al-jazeera oklahoma city. is

a war on poverty have had a devastating impacts on afghanistan's health care system largest children's hospital treats up to 1200 patients every day but children need to share beds and a lot of equipment doesn't work as stephanie deca. she's barely a year old but little roy is struggling to stay alive it took her family 6 hours to drive here and there is little they can do now but wait i got you would you or we took her to a local hospital in our village and take up but it didn't help her health condition was getting worse so we came here there is only one intensive care room here and it's full their tiny bodies share the beds talk about. the stand that it is completely against all medical standards but we have no choice it is the lack of facilities that we're faced with that the current condition is stressful for doctors and nurses and it has a negative impact on treatment. every day is

a challenge inside afghanistan's largest children's hospital they desperately need money it's not only a lack of space but the equipment needs to be fixed and updated and some of the machines don't work a tool we need to 1st of all invest more in. the basic markets for health services because the current investment isn't sufficient and the system isn't able to serve. the whole population of afghanistan and children are always. the most vulnerable so the impact there is is the worst through all these challenges doctors tell us at least these children managed to reach the hospital their families able to afford the trip there are many more children across afghanistan who urgently need medical care but have no access. stephanie decker al-jazeera. the u.s. attorney in cooperation fear chrysler has proposed a merger with the french manufacturer renault to create the world's biggest

automaker the new company will be worth $40000000000.00 and combine forces in the race to make electric drive cars run as a merger with the japanese manufacturing nissan has faced challenges following the arrest of the former boss. on financial misconduct charges. the u.s. is honoring its military servicemen and women killed in battle as part of memorial day but not all those years american born about $40000.00 immigrants enlisting the military in hopes of ending u.s. citizenship but a fight each other castro explains that program is being scaled back ok. every year thousands of immigrants pledge their allegiance to the united states to become new americans. it's a moment baba cain longs for he left senegal 10 years ago to study computer science in virginia after earning several degrees he decided to enlist in the army in 2016

through a program called magdy that allows non u.s. citizens for in the country legally to join the military and immediately apply for citizenship it has always been like a dream of mine for me to serve this country. but i figured this was the best opportunity for me to do that the army was looking for french speakers from africa at a time when terrorism threats were growing in the region kane says he can fill that role but it's been 3 years since he enlisted and he's still waiting to ship to basic training. the pentagon in 2017 announced major changes to the way non-citizens are recruited and leading to long the legs there's a concern that mommy recruits may be so hurt interest less are you a national security rest of the united states no i don't think so i don't think that i have a national security risk i don't have any problems i don't have any. issues with

the law or anything. retired major general paul eaton led the u.s. army effort to train the iraqi military in the early 2000 he says at a time when the u.s. military is struggling to meet recruitment goals welcoming immigrants. serve is essential they tend to be very high performers they tend to be. language important they tend to be ambassadors from their. birth country and all that weaves into a picture of a young man or young woman who is who has a lot to contribute to the armed forces of the united states but a growing number of immigrants soldiers are denied citizenship even after reporting for duty it's become harder and harder for foreign born u.s. military recruits to become citizens of the country they now serve in fact recent

government figures show that 16 percent of immigrant soldiers are denied a u.s. citizenship that is higher than the 11 percent denial rate for immigrant civilians kane says he wants to be a u.s. citizen but he chose joining the military over sponsorship through work because he wants to give something back to the country he hopes to one day call his own he doesn't know if that day will ever come. heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. this is these are your top stories so far one child. from a stop in japan 13 children are among the 16 injured in the attack in the a tokyo the suspect died after stabbing himself in the neck when he has more now

from a sucky. we know that the attacker is now confirmed dead he is a man believed to be in his forty's or fifty's as far as we know operating on his own eyewitness accounts say that he was brandishing to not live when he carried out the attack of course an attack like this would be shocking anywhere in the world. particularly involving school children but it is particularly shocking and disturbing in japan which is regarded as one of the safest countries in the world with one of the lowest murder rates fight scenes intensified around the libyan capital as those loyal to the un recognized government battle forces allied to the warlords. meanwhile an al jazeera investigation has tracked several military aircraft and spy planes that seem to be supporting his fighters. austria is out of a leader today after a no confidence vote forced the right wing chancellor kurtz to step down opposition parties joined forces to remove him from office over

a corruption scandal involving his former coalition partner. at least 57 prisoners have been killed in fighting in northern brazil over the past 2 days 42 inmates were found in 4 different prisons in my. state just a day after 15 prisoners died in violence between rival gangs officials see some inmates were shot and toothbrushes while others were strangled. sudan's opposition is pushing ahead with the strike set to begin in a few hours time protesters are trying to pressure the ruling transitional military council to hand over to civilian rule there are signs of division within the pro-democracy movement with one opposition party refusing to support the strike. those are your top stories up next it's counting the cost i will see you very soon . 6 weeks.

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