the city's invisible killer. asks why more is not being done to relieve its citizens he's. going to. leave that we will escalate things using up peaceful civilian methods which is strikes protests and civil disobedience. a nationwide general strike in sudan is under way as talks to form a civilian government a deadlock. and we shall carry this is from taha also coming up. syrian troops put on alert after kosovo and police launched an operation and a serb dominated northern region. 2 people including a schoolgirl are killed in

a mass stabbing attack near the japanese capital. and dozens of inmates were killed in brazil the latest wave of violence to rockets overpopulated presents. a 2 day nationwide strike is underway in sudan. workers walked out of banks shops and parks and airport causing major disruptions strikes organized by the opposition to pressure military leaders to start a new round of talks for a civilian government. that if we reach an agreement than all we want is the agreement and for us to work as partners in order to guarantee a smooth and peaceful transition to a civilian government if we do not agree as we said we will escalate things using up peaceful civilian methods which is strikes protests and civil. disobedience we

can use civil disobedience if we do not reach an agreement but we hope that we do not have to resort to open strikes and complete civil disobedience because for us that means many steps and it would only be in return for all our demands not being met not when our demands a partially mitt. at the latest for him a morgan in khartoum to him but this pressure from this strike is that really likely to really affect what happens at the military council. well the military council richelle even before the strike started this morning have been voicing concerns about the impact they say that they will not accept people striking and that those who do go on strike and follow the opposition coalition's call for the strikes will be suspended now we're yet to hear reaction from them today following the start of the strike and that would the opposition is hoping is that it would put enough pressure on the military council so that they can return to the negotiating table to try to form a civilian transitional independent government whether that would happen remains to be seen but at the moment people are saying that they will continue with their strike most of them have already walked out of their words from bankers to civil

engineers to. people who work at the airport there saying that they do not support the military council and they are not afraid of the threats that have come out so far so the opposition coalition is saying that as much as it wants to continue talks and reach an agreement with the military council they are ready to put all kinds of pressure to have a civilian government in place so. corrector high level talks aren't happening but there are still some sort of talks that are going on crack. yes indeed the military council spokesman said that the technical committees between the 2 sides do meet and negotiate to try to sort out are in the differences between the 2 sides the main difference being the sovereign council now the military council wants to be the one chairing that council which will effectively be the presidential council during the transitional period but the opposition coalition wants it to be led by civilians now the military council is also saying that if the 2 sides do not reach an agreement and if the top levels from the 2 sides do not come back again to the

negotiating table to continue talks regarding forming a government then an early election will be called for within this year that's something the opposition coalition is saying that it cannot happen and that the country is not ready for partly because there are some people in the western parts of the country and the southern part of the country who are still displaced and will not be able to cast their votes so with the military council money early elections and with the opposition coalition rejecting those calls it seems like sudan is very. from completing its transition the show ok it but morgan live cartoon thank you. serbia has put its troops on high alert after renewed tensions in some thomas kosovo on the border there reports heavily armed kosovo police made several arrests in the north of the territory which is dominated by serbs kosovo says its police were targeting organized crime but belgrade says they were trying to intimidate the serbs serbia does not recognize kosovo's declaration of independence. joins us live now from belgrade so marco what else do we know about

what happened. yeah but now we know those things we may seem to fulfill a commercial for the police who really really gave the order wrong we. want to say officially are fired up from some 30 people were arrested and 3 of the mostly the members or police who were called to life have to explain going to part of a load of deliberately silly according to grieving the things i would read in pristina so they will be members of police units in the northern parts of kosovo the right to pursue service members police units talking cause of. the same old green service that with the days or months that they're leaving in the northern part the folks who are there are going to come in he needs to make a resolution to. troy those who play the fighting questions between the police

and the serbs in the northern part of the whole. and the right. 33 people and some of them are going to flood the market and i have to interrupt and fortunately there's this too much noise in the back of our viewers who aren't actually hearing what you're saying that's very important so we will try to reconnect with you thank you. european leaders are set to make their nominations for the union's top jobs backroom negotiations have already begun to appoint the commission's president and many other heads of the e.u. institutions their 1st ahmed nations will be made in the leaders to enter in brussels on tuesday imitator joins us live now from brussels so tell us about this meeting today david. richelle what essentially we're seeing here in the european council is the beginning of a new power game the rules have changed because of the parliamentary elections the

center left and center right of last that overall majority that means that the euro skeptic parties the far right parties the liberals in the greens can all have their say so this whole the whole balance of power is now changing and the 1st thing that is going to be discussed over the informal dinner tonight with the presidents and prime ministers of europe will be the appointment of the new president of the european commission this is the executive arm if you like of the european union a way back in $214.00 junko junker was pushed through without any disturbance at all it was all fixed beforehand in the back rooms but this time it's going to be very different because there are pressures from both the french and from other areas like in poland and in italy to have a say this time and they don't want the the german camp has been put forward

a 46 year old varing called my friend verba who's got no no executive positions in his history at all he's top to toe the man made by the european parliament and there are many other candidates that the other parties want to hear about so this is the beginning as i say of a new power struggle i've been talking to some of the policy research is here in brussels who are specialists in the architecture of power in brussels let's hear what they had to say. now i think it's a little bit different because the parliament is more fragmented it will be more difficult any more time what time to kind of fight majorities infallible institution so i doubt that they will have the same kind of momentum and that they will use this woman to marry. they have actually today before. and the leaders here because on the other side they also learned a lesson from last time and i think despite. that different opinions on who should

be the candidate if you think that as an institution that keen on getting back to. president david what can we expect as an outcome. well it's going to be an interesting day for a start we're going to hear from trees a may and this be the 1st time we've heard from her and the consequences of the break that mess since she walked back into 10 downing street in tears so she will be attending the the actual informal summit she will take part in discussions about the future a lineup of the main candidates for the post of power in brussels and perhaps that will be very useful who succeeds so she should take that intelligence to heart and take it back to the next leader of the conservative party who will be the next british prime minister but as for the rest be looking at positions like the

president of the european central bank they'll be looking at the presence of the european council these are vital positions and they'll all be important for britain no matter what happens with bret's it days will be the people who will control the negotiations over the next few years about the trade relationship between the united kingdom and the rest of europe so these are vital nominations and must be watched closely because they will have a huge impact on the brig's it breaks that mess at the moment and everybody will be watching which candidates actually take over and who's behind them is it the germans is it the french is it the italians all this will have an impact on what occurs during the final negotiations between the united kingdom and the european union all right david chaytor life in brussels thank you david. a new report by war child u.k. says the conflict in yemen has had a catastrophic effect on children the charity says 2000000 children are out of

school and sense of child marriage is on the rise increasing 3 fold between 20172018 air strikes have severely damaged many of yemen schools and some schools are being used as military bases. has more. how is still in shock after she lost her sister in a bombardment near the risk all her father's a to convince her to go back to school have proved successful. back. to school from horror and later on it's covered the death of my sister now i'm afraid if i go back i could face the same fate. father. as the marsh has left students scared. the deaths of 18 children. after the saudi u.s. strike we found out about the death of my daughter along with other students we

wondered why they targeted schools in civilian areas as brutal war should stop a mama shrug and some of her classmates were killed in a saudi strikes while they were on their way to. become a symbol of the fact of the war on children. scalds inside the north of the capital sana'a are the worst heads. most of the infrastructure is being destroyed every 300 schools have been totally and completely destroyed 2 thirds of them have been targeted but such action has not prevented students from continuing their education. those students and the after region and the middle highlands of yemen have been forced to study the shadow of attacks after a dear school was destroyed many calls have been turned into barracks

and centers for internally displaced people that creates another challenge for the country's current generation to have the right to an education. bob al jazeera sanaa so ahead on al-jazeera ali's president is nearly reelected for a 2nd term but not without controversy. will change the weather across japan at the moment we had a heat wave over the last few days as part of a wait time is getting up in say the mid to high thirty's even approaching the 40 degree mark you wanted to spot this 1st weather systems making its way through you see those temperatures zooming right down just 22 celsius in tokyo that cloud and

right a position their processes out of japan for wednesday are clear through as we go on into thursday temperatures do banks back a little they should be far and dry but a pleasant 26 celsius there similar temperatures across the korean peninsula little more cloud just sliding in here and that cloud still extends across into northern parts of china surprising grey skies temperatures at around $31.00 celsius grey skies to into southern parts of china has been pretty disturbed the really heavy rain across the south recently and those heavy downpours are set to continue for another day or 2 just yet so that wet weather never too far away from the south that brought some broughton's up there for hong kong temperatures. at around $28.00 celsius shells continue across much of indochina down into thailand sunshine and showers into the philippines lots of fun and looks pretty good if the trees benign want to show central asia but dry into these.

and investigation into the real powers that control the world health organization their obligation to their shareholders completely overwhelms any consideration of public health can they be trusted with building a healthier future if their loyalty becomes questionable these are the people that are called to the h one n one push is it getting much difficult for you know a w h o has this chaz who says don't hear in terms of trust that you trust on al-jazeera.

watching out to 0 let's work out the top stories right now today nationwide strike is underway and sudan protest leaders are trying to pressure the military to start a new round of talks for a civilian government. troops in serbia have been put on high alert because of her new tensions on the border with neighboring kosovo heavily armed coastline police made several arrests in the north of the semi autonomous territory which is dominated by serbs. european leaders are set to make their nominations for the union's top jobs akram to go she have already begun to appoint the commission's president and the other heads of the u.n. situations the 1st nominations will be made at the leaders general brussels on tuesday. parties received strong voter support in the european elections but vowing to promote policies to protect the environment this comes as austria hosts an international summit focusing on ways to curb climate change on a global scale time and again has more from the at. this summit is about bringing

together leading members of the environment in the schools and many of the sides to try to discuss clean energy production and to combat climate change and opens the austrian president mr funded belen from the green party interesting that he should speak and talk about the priorities because of course the movement he represents been so successful in the european parliamentary elections that took place from photo to sunday of last week mr funded and prioritizing the issues he felt need to be at the top of the agenda but perhaps one of the most profound speeches came from the swedish teenager. as she told people in this audience about the reasons that she felt she had to speak to get involved in the. family that was a speech from the former governor of california arnold schwarzenegger when he really targeted many leading multinational companies involved in energy production and said that they really have to change the things they're doing because he says

they are damaging the clothes and the fight against climate change has to be prioritized by those companies as well as point many of the leading elements in society. politicians in iraq semi autonomous kurdish region have elected former prime minister of and verizon e as their new presidents his uncle masoud barzani last held the presidency it was frozen after a failed independence referendum in 2017 matheson has more from baghdad. what this does is to close a gap at the top of the region's government and it's a gap that's existed since about 2017 that's when the kurdish region held a referendum forces. from the rest of iraq that the referendum got about 90 percent of the vote and over but it created an awful lot of tension with the iraqi government here in baghdad but also with other company countries as well such as turkey to the north now that resentment and irritation has ebbed away but there's

still been a degree of tension between the 2 main political parties in the region and the kurdistan democratic party or the k d p that spies on his own party and the patrick union battery out union of kurdistan or the p u k and one of the reasons why this post has taken so long to be filled is because there's been a lot of negotiation between those 2 parties and others in order to fill out find out and work out who should be filling the key posts the top of the regions of government it's interesting to note there are 111 seats in the regional government 81 parliamentarians went into vote about zani got 68 of those votes in his opponent's got none what does this mean for the region as a whole while it means increases the chances of foreign investment the region like in many other parts of the world are looking for foreign investment and foreign investors like to see stability so it's so hoped by filling this last piece in the

jigsaw puzzle in the region's government that that will encourage foreign investment. a syrian government offensive is reaching deeper into it and hama forces loyal to president bashar al assad are intensifying military efforts to take serious last major rebel stronghold the violence is forcing hundreds of thousands to head north towards turkey and search for safety say the holder has more from beirut. but the intensity of strikes like these is increasing and so is the number of civilians killed across southern adlib and northern russian and syria jets are carrying out more than 100 raids a day. was. and most are hitting crowded residential areas marketplaces are reduced to rubble hospitals clinics and schools have been destroyed in the offensive in northwest syria that is entering its 2nd month thank the law but. many civilians have been killed the planes of

return to hit model to newman the people are panicking afraid. opposition activists are accusing the government and its allies of using internationally banned weapons like cluster bombs and white phosphorous they say it is part of a strategy to depopulate a belt of territory on the southern edges of it live province to secure 2 international wrote more than 200000 syrians have moved north towards turkey's borders seeking safety in open fields but tens of thousands are believed to be caught in the area of hostilities the russian backed syrian government offensive has barely changed the lines of control government forces are trying to recapture territory to connect cities under their control and revive trade but they haven't been able to take much ground russia too is trying to push the rebels nourse so that its military base in lucky i will no longer be within the opposition's firing

range. opposition forces have united and. are fighting back and some of the armed groups say they are getting the letairis support from turkey which wants to strengthen its negotiating hand many believe the offensive is about pressuring turkey which is trying to balance relations between moscow and washington there are reports that turkey is holding behind the scenes negotiations to try and revive last year's cease fire deal and create a demilitarized zone that fighters from a sham or h d s and the syrian army will respect. that's. all i ask. yes. but. actually that's up to jim is the same.

since and also on terrorism that sometimes. this best garage. although as the spy would save lives there's no sign of a deal but for now through their proxies russia and turkey are reminding each other how costly it is when they're not working together 7. schoolgirls have been killed and injured in a stabbing attack at a bus stop in japan a bystander also died before the attacker committed suicide when hey reports from the say. the attack happened just before 8 in the morning in this usually quiet suburb of kawasaki city as children were waiting to board a bus to go to a nearby private catholic elementary school a man attacked a group of girls with knives it appears he deliberately targeted the students but some adults were also caught in the violence eyewitnesses say the attacker was carrying 2 knives the latest stabbed himself and died in hospital not. a sock

hid screaming and crying other kids in people at the scene looked too shocked to do anything i didn't know what i could do for them. medical staff say most of the wounded being treated at several hospitals are children among those killed an 11 year old girl and attacks like this mainly against children is particularly shocking in japan which is regarded as one of the safest countries in the world with one of the lowest murder rates. in july 2016 there was another mass stabbing in the same prefecture on that occasion 19 people were killed in a home for people with disabilities by a former employee as the scene of this attack was cleaned investigators were trying to find out why children may have been the targets of such violence wayne hay al-jazeera kawasaki japan. well he's president has been re-elected for a 2nd term in office in the closeness run election and the country's history with

the recall 138 percent of the vote just 3 points ahead of his rival last worst where the results were delayed after the high court ordered a review of last week's ballot the opposition is accuse the ruling to macwrite it caress of party a vote tampering committee miller has more. pizza motoric is managed to hold on to power following of vote that was marred by fraud allegations last week opposition parties approached the court to stop the results being announced over what they say was alleged vote rigging opposition parties complained that in some cases numbers on a vote count sheets were changed with correction fluid they claimed there were irregularities in results from 10 of malawi's 28 districts now once an interdict was lifted malawi's electoral commission announced it. had won the vote to 38.5 percent while lesser rest chuck where of the opposition malawi congress party had come in 2nd

with 35 percent this result is likely to trigger criticism from chuck queer and other opposition parties they have said they have of course allege that there was a vote rigging and while the european union one of the observers said that the campaign ahead of elections was well managed inclusive and transparent it's also said there were tensions ahead of polling day which weren't helped by these claims of rigging now while mr rico warned his 1st term back in 2014 volleying to fight corruption his son's face corruption scandals obvious own now will be sworn in the course of the day and we will have a formal inauguration ceremony on friday and brazil dozens of prisoners have been killed fighting among themselves and 4 different jails the riots follow years of overcrowding jail break attempts and rival gangs battling for control real mom it

has more. as a deadly fights broke out between inmates inside this prison in my analysis on sunday anxious family members protested outside demanding answers blocking roads and clashing with police look at the watch again and what am i going to tell my mother in law and my kids when i arrive at home that my husband did prison guard say the attack happened during visiting hours. around 11 am an internal fight broke out billions 5 in 3 waiting the warden to immediately activate the prison intervention group on the right calls the deaths of 15 inmates the prison intervention groups action was fundamental so we could maintain control of the incident started around 11 am 1140 it had been contained within. this prison is one of 4 in amazon a state where riots have started over the past 48 hours officials say 42 inmates were found dead others stabbed with toothbrushes which have been crudely shop and. gang violence overcrowding and break out attempts are common in brazil's jails.

result prisons pretty much governed by drug trafficking and when people. arrives in prison they have to basically choose decide between these factions for protection the guards or not them all in and out that. area and when these fights break out prison officials that are on the ground all control what is going on. brazil has the world's largest prison population close to 3 quarters of a 1000000 inmates is twice the capacity of what the jails were designed to hold was 3 weeks of riots and prison 2 years ago and did with nearly 150 inmates dead. the same year hundreds of inmates escaped in sao paulo after setting fire to their jail. government attempts implementor reforms were resisted by

powerful criminal gangs with connections behind bars and outside to public buildings banks and petrol stations were targets in a series of attacks in january president diable scenario has promised to build new prisons address underfunding to control the overcrowding and boost security reinforcements. as angry family members await for news of the recent deaths prison guards on alert for further attacks. al jazeera malaysia that will not be bullied into becoming a dumping ground for waste from other countries and sending thousands of tons of british back to britain the us canada saudi arabia and china philippines in a similar dispute with canada malaysian government has clamped down on dozens of illegal plastic recycling factory since china banned imports of plastic waste last year whoever this. waste to malaysia.

we will send it back and we will fight back. even though we are a small country we cannot be bullied by developed countries. and we shall carry let's take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera a 2 day nationwide strike is under way in sudan protest leaders are trying to pressure the military to start a new round of talks for a civilian government. if we reach an agreement then all we want is the agreement and for us to work as partners in order to guarantee a smooth and peaceful transition to a civilian government if we do not agree as we said we will escalate things using up peaceful civilian methods which is strikes protests and civil disobedience we can use civil disobedience if we do not reach an agreement but we hope that we do not have to resort to open strikes and complete civil disobedience because for us

that means many steps and it would only be in return for all our demands not being met not when our demands a partially met and the morgan has more from khartoum. the opposition coalition is saying that it is just the beginning they're saying that they will be able to make the transitional military council feel the presence and feel the strength all their popularity all their b.s. if people listen to them and go on strike there's already been reports of some flights out of the international airport canceling due to most of the people being on strike as well as people on the streets you can see most of the streets around me right now most of the shops are closed people are saying that they are standing in solidarity with the opposition coalition troops in serbia have been put on high alert because of our new tensions on the border with kosovo heavily armed kosovo and police made several arrests in the north of the semi autonomous territory which is dominated by serbs police say they were targeting organized crime but serbian leaders who don't recognize kosovo's declaration of independence say police were

sent to intimidate serbs. politicians in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region have elected a former prime minister in a church that sure of on barzani as their new president his uncle masoud barzani last tell the presidency the post was suspended after a failed independence referendum in 2017 at least 2 people have been killed in a stabbing attack in japan a group of schoolchildren was targeted and callous saki stabbed himself and died in the hospital. number at least 40 prisoners have been killed in fighting in 4 different jails inmates were found dead in jails in amazon a state police say the violence is gang related security reinforcements have been dispatched to the headlines keep it on al-jazeera inside story is next.

far right makes gains in the european parliament elections but not the clean sweep some feared as pro e.u. policies are still the majority of the results mean for nationalists in the divided parliament this is inside story. hello and welcome to this special inside story from london i'm barbara setup a record number of voters across europe have dealt a blow to traditional centrist politics with far right parties making significant gains in the.