for the top job couldn't register because of pressure from protesters who've been demanding more reforms and the move all politicians linked to former president abdul aziz beautifully because government analysts say interim president abdul qadeer been solid and prime minister nuri diem been doing now need to listen to the 10s of thousands of protesters. they've turned out across algeria for 15 consecutive weeks demanding the resignation of anyone linked to the former government that's been cited has to listen to it but at this it's you know they have to get that out of that eminence of the president did that but isn't the government and did they have to have a new council to organize these elections some protesters want army chief of staff. to step in and remove the political elite but he's warned against what he says are attempts to create a power vacuum despite such warnings anti-government protesters seem determined to keep up the pressure until algeria's political stuff with mint has gone. into

al-jazeera. well i'm a bit of a car is a researcher at the school of advanced studies in the social sciences in paris and joins us via skype from l.j. is and so we have now the cancellation of the upcoming election in algeria and we know that the protest as all along have been demanding a change in the overall political system i suppose now we are likely to see the interim administration on the leadership of al qaida and. essentially remaining in place for the forseeable future. well you know we focused a modest floor on the service of the army on who will be leading the transition on the side of the political establishment and we forget that these politiques of waiting that the army have organized in chapter. 2 several to have a plan b.

or to have a clear vision of what the transition should be beyond the elections that this doesn't actually that they want to have the ija light and we forgot to actually do that maybe the army has the ok and the have the athletes not to enable to ulster or give them protesters a couple of proper response a proper answer on what's a transition and then what the transition could be so defendant here in algiers now is there in march that there's nothing to expect from your army and to marty armies or any kind of real genuine transitional dialogue with the civil society the more the the demands of the of the of the people aren't getting what you call air in there right now there's a sense that it's no more about only it becomes so. of the elections but also about right there pulled the stacks and the demand out there won't be any more

political prisoners are not generally arts that the government and the army and security false as should respect their rights to demonstrate that you know that you do students have been civil the request is not his and that's where bad police want to try it demonstrates of looking at that that's a crucial point isn't it because we might be getting more challenging for the demonstrators and yet we do see we come to we protest as continuing to turn out on to the streets now will they be will those protests be ongoing in the numbers that we have seen so far. yet it's not only about the test of what is the focus really on going again that even during the but i mean without the intervention of the army all the security forces yeah exactly it's much more about a general don't just exist there are a lot of. local groups that are out there that is meeting and preparing themselves in our church you are going as

a transition people are sinking see the society members asking about our guys international conference now so we should build should really keep in mind that yes i mean it's not just that middle east is not really only india is hand of course people are waiting for your enemy to step ahead and to negotiate generally eat but if that doesn't happen that doesn't mean that there will be any transition and people are trying also to think now about how to organize their own childish and even if that means doing it without the army thank you very much joining us from algiers and all because appreciative. you know at the news hour live from london there is more still ahead britain braces for the arrival of president john for a 3 day state visit expected to be full of pomp and protests. we travel to the remote island many thought was a myth where the philippines are building a key strategic military base. and in sport we hear from brazil star football

a name is given his response to rape allegations. israeli forces have arrested a number of muslims at the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem they use pepper spray and rubber bullets against palestinians who were inside attending pres a large group of israeli settlers entered the compound alongside the israeli military as part of jerusalem day celebrations are a force that reports. protests inside the mosque compound in the last days of ramadan the word had gone round that israeli security forces were about to allow access to hundreds of nationalist israelis gathered outside usually the compound looted uses the temple mount is off limits to the muslims in the last 10 days of ramadan but not this time but please learn how to the media of the story israel wants this to be a religious war and this will bring about destruction and israel is responsible for

the results of this aggression it is unprecedented aggression against the worshippers and against muslims alex a mosque hundreds of settlers are allowed in a muslims are not allowed to walk in from the gates of the old city. the jewish activists were marking what's known in israel as jerusalem day the anniversary according to the jewish calendar of the day israel seized east jerusalem in 1967 last month it was understood israeli authorities had decided to bar access to jews on jerusalem day because it coincided with the end of ramadan but on the day itself they decided differently last week sunday monday and tuesday the temple mount was open and the regular visits wednesday thursday they were in the cations of disturbances so we had to close it this morning the situation was relatively calm and our units responded allowing on the jerusalem celebration days regular visits on the temple mount inside the old city preparations were under way ahead of the next potential flash point of the day well there's a heightened israeli security forces presence here inside the narrow streets of the

old city well you can see that shopkeepers are starting to close up their shops it's ahead of what we're expecting and then extreme minutes large scale marches of ultra nationalist and religious nationalist israeli jews carrying flags celebrating what they call jerusalem day it's a yearly tradition for the shopkeepers here but concerns this year were particularly acute after the morning's incident such a few meters away outside damascus gate the marchers were arriving many of them settlers many of them teenagers all of them here to make their presence felt for the participants this is a commemoration of a great victory a reclaiming of religious and national capital for the palestinians who live here under occupation it's an expression of power and of ownership that many find deliberately provocative ari forces out his era occupied east jerusalem. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has sacked 2 cabinet ministers ahead of general

elections this september but the education minister naftali bennett and justice minister island shack and rivals to netanyahu on the right of israel politics no reasons have been given for the sackings but the vacancies can. it gives the prime minister leverage when negotiating a future coalition government netanyahu got parliament to dissolve itself and call israel 2nd election this year after failing to form a coalition within the $42.00 day deadline. now final preparations are under way in the u.k. where the u.s. president is set to arrive on monday donald trump can expect both pomp and protester in his 3 day state visit last year hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against him john who has more now from london. thank you thank you let me. draw the war rehearsals for the sort of welcome donald trump could expect if he joined the audience at the king's head theater in london's up a street and this is a flavor of the welcome the u.s.

president will actually get on his state visit to the united kingdom so i think people are really sick and that he's been finally invited over for a state visit. with the queen like this who really friends the core values of our society be. disgraced former hope indefinitely for bigger numbers than last time. almost 70 percent of britons have a negative view of donald trump and during a visit last summer trump avoided central london where hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protest he met the queen at windsor castle instead where he sent off in front of her in a breach of royal protocol that forced the monarch to overtake him. with the country now in political turmoil new off script moments in wait are you going to tell your secret plan king nigel farage of england he's invited a visit. to. paris yes of course you will tell.

president trump will be denied some of the traditional privileges of a full state visit bilby no address to both houses of parliament he's too divisive says the speaker he won't be staying in buckingham palace the room renovations going on nor will he join the list of other heads of state to be enjoyed a golden carriage ride along a mile or 2 but obviously it's hard to believe reportedly because of security concerns or because the mail would likely be lined with unflattering plaque cards not flag waving fans i can water talks between the president and the british prime minister who less than a fortnight ago gave notice of her intention to. sign the disputes at the top of the headlines of the moment between the u.s. and u.k. around while weigh on the question of 5 g. networks and whether hallway will be allowed to build those in allied countries to the u.s. and around the questions of iran with the u.s.

having dropped out of the chase pressuring european allies to do the same and those are the major issues but both the u.s. and u.k. have fairly hardened positions and i don't think that it's particularly likely that this visit especially with a lame duck prime minister is going to resolve this. for donald trump and the family members accompanying him they'll be pumped they'll be ceremony and at the king's head in london's up a street there'll be a musical chorus line to the religious faith here of the let's go to whole al-jazeera london. there are. well ahead of his visit trump has weighed in on breaks it says bryson should be prepared to walk away from the e.u. without a dale and ignore the divorce almost $50000000000.00 well if i were them i wouldn't pay $50000000000.00 it's a big number i would be 50 believe me i'm only saying this from my standpoint i

would not pay it's a tremendous number if they don't get what they want to walk away yes. this is their decision which is just greed when. i do it and. if you don't get the deal you want if you don't get a fair deal. then you walk away. well london's mayor city con has condemned donald trump's visit to the u.k. in a scathing newspaper editorial he compared the u.s. president to several 20th century fascists he wrote president trump is just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat to reason may should issue a powerful rejection of the us as a country or the office of the presidency but of trump and the far right agenda he embodies in years to come i suspect this state visit will be one way to back home with profound regret and acknowledge that we were on the wrong side of history. well let's talk more about this now with james boies he's a political historian specializing in u.s. politics that is going to be very interesting few days ahead but of course the

timing of this is quite strange because britain is in a political message greatest crisis in modern times with a government that has ceased to function properly what is the purpose of president trump's visit then well this of course is a visit that has been long planned ever since theresa may 1st extended the invitation when she visited the white house in the 1st weeks of donald trump's presidency is to i think commemorate the links between the 2 countries it is a state visit of course which is different from the working visit which he played this time last year that was quite incredible in its own right you showing some pictures from the earlier on but the idea now is he can be a full state visit is of great significance both symbolic political and of course military when we think about what's going to be occurring down in portsmouth in the middle the week what can britain hope to gain from this in political diplomatic terms well i think it's important to recognize you know every time that there is

a spat between the british government and washington the same old cliches are rolled out about the end of the special relationship we have people like sit com for example coming out saying oh we're you see is terrible we shouldn't be walking in him jeremy corbin doing the same but of course you know there are great intrinsic powerful links between the united states and great britain the historic political military and intelligence level which will continue irrespective of whoever the president is no matter the fact that this point in time many people in this country i think of a family offended by what it is that donald trump presents and so i mean yes there are to be certainly said he can statement shows that some of those shared values and principles are you know that part of the relationship has taken a bit of a blow with donald trump in the office of the u.s. president but. also just interesting on the intelligence side of the relationship because of course we have had the u.s. warning britain against using 5 g.

technology from chinese and telecoms giant huawei and so you know we could could that be a possible point of contention it's important to remember it's not just don't trump americans who are saying this you know there are people working within the intelligence community in this country for organizations who specialize in this who have got their own concerns about this so this isn't just a threat which is coming from united states with regard to that telecom organization and let's not forget you know the relationship between united states and great britain has been through difficult times in the past and we can think about the series crises for example 950 s. this relationship people are very quick to write off and far too slow i think to recognize the intrinsic value which comes from this relationship that we have seen a present from expressing his views on on breaks it and i suppose we can debate the the pitfalls of the diplomacy around this visit but really for president trump who loves being in the limelight you loves making headlines is this really just about the pomp and pageantry is it just not

a fantastic photo opportunity at the end of the day well it certainly is going to be some great imagery which comes out of this and certainly think donald trump personally has been angling for this visit to happen i think the white house was clearly disappointed when last year's visit was downgraded from a state visit to a working visit but i think that when you see don't troops approach diplomacy it is unique it isn't particularly diplomatic in any way shape or form but he does what he does he gets people talking about it and it's one of reasons we're discussing it this evening i guess yeah thank you very much james it always is more still ahead for you this hour. we join libyan soldiers on the front line as they break their ramma down fast under enemy gunfire. and you paramilitary force that's designed to tackle mexico's drug cartel murders head on. and then later in sport a 5 hour battle at the french open tennis sets up of course the final between 2.

champions. hello the showers are still revolving in the southeast of your run the car pace in manson's the balkans they may not know much here but they are not going anywhere is enough of a feed of moisture on board as there to give showers all the way from northern greece to sudden parts of better roofs and extending into austria now the difference of the european forecast is to the west where on sunday paris recorded best part of thursday reason that much of france was very warm is all gone that line of green is a cold front behind it it is colder not cold 20 to 22 but colder hadn't affected spain in portugal so we're talking about the thirty's here cools down a little bit particularly in the northwest of spain come tuesday and then all of west and central europe is

a little bit cooler and cheri nice warm slow in germany and in poland but the showers are still there it looks like early summer actually as it should be there will be some effect in morocco eventually but robots still maintaining 28 degrees or don't show breeze still cool in a cooler or should say in libya but tunis is put itself back up to 30 so much of the north african coast is pretty warm the car is wholly out of 36 if you have time south to us 145. griscom utah. coming soon.

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welcome back a look at the top stories now the u.s. secretary of state my point is his country is ready to sit down with iran with no preconditions but will keep up its maximum pressure policy on tap iran after weeks of protests algeria's constitutional council has canceled next month's presidential elections saying both candidates would deemed invalid and israeli forces have arrested a number of muslim worshippers off the clashes broke out when israeli settlers entered the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem. all to syria now where state t.v. says the military's a defensive defenses of intercepted an israeli missile attack on an airbase in homs province which killed 2 people at least 13 people have also been killed in a suicide bomb attack in a city just. territory in northern aleppo which is close to the turkish border the authorities say a car was blown out with several civilians close by responsibility. it comes as

syrian opposition activists are reporting the use of white phosphorus which is banned under international law in the rebel held town of consequent we knew the bombing by russian backed government forces in the northwest is being described as a catastrophic humanitarian disaster it tore a gate and b. reports. syrian opposition activists say this video shows syrian government forces dropping white phosphorus on the town of qana in southern lebanon al-jazeera can't independently verify this footage. but white phosphorus is an internationally banned weapon and incendiary material conclusive there burns and breathing difficulties. activists say it's part of the strategy to depopulate a particular territory in order to secure the strategically important roads tens of thousands of syrians are believed to be caught in the middle of the fighting hundreds of thousands more have moved north towards the turkish border.

april 26th the continuous bombing campaigns carried out by the russian and syrian regime airplanes have directly hit 22 medical centers 5 markets and 6 white house centers it's led to a catastrophic humanitarian disaster there are more than 300000 displaced people sheltering and all the trees along the syrian turkish border. russian syrian jet civil sabin bombing neighboring hamma provence hitting residential areas analysts predict the latest fighting could have far reaching consequences beyond syria's borders. the displaced people will soon move towards other countries their potential refugees the status quo continues turkey the european union and the whole world will suffer a new wave of refugees. last september russia and turkey reached an agreement to reduce hostilities and since then an armed group formally allied with al qaeda has

seized large parts of the area triggering the syrian government's latest offensive and leading to yet another humanitarian crisis victoria gates and be al jazeera. the fighting around tripoli has divided libya's capital into different worlds on the southern outskirts amid the constant threat of violence people break their ramadan fast with weapons by their side but in the center of the city young libyans have been using the main square as a racetrack before it becomes a battlefield wired in tripoli has more. as we approach the front line in southern tripoli. there is silence and uncertainty people have left this area and their homes and shops old ruined by war. a bleak landscape covered by smoke from missiles fired by warlords flee for have to the forces 2 forces loyal to the you enter the government in ains our neighborhood

. by sunset it's time for the government forces to perform their prayers as it's ramadan the holy month of fasting they break their fast alongside their fire arms. they come under fire. and try to fire back. here on the battlefield food is usually mixed with weapons in between these fighters take time to chill out get on with. her chanting jokingly against have to. go on the. car and blaming fighters from the city of god who are now saying they betrayed them by taking have to decide thought all the hope you had

that we try to alleviate the tension by just laughing joking and telling personal stories that's how time goes by here but at the same time we're maintaining our location well and always anticipate. a possible counterattack. time for coffee on a wood fire but as fire light can be spotted by drones they try to hide it. from government the fighters here on the edge of. the fence fighting could break out at any moment and it's even dangerous at night when have jets attack this area but far from here in the center of tripoli the situation is very different. here in the main square come to enjoy watching the drifting in a country that does not have many entertainment activities drifting has become a way out. it's entertaining but dangerous your. i like

drifting it's i hope all libyans can have fun and get rid of that negative energy caused by the war. it's risky and needs to be organized there should be police here to maintain order. but the young libyans here seem to be fascinated by the sport this is one of the city's landmarks and if the war gets any closer it could become another battlefield. tripoli. china's defense minister has warned that the military will take action to defend beijing's claims of the south china sea on the island nation of taiwan the comments come a day off to the acting u.s. defense secretary told china to stop threatening taiwanese sovereignty 6 countries of overlapping claims in the south china sea china vietnam the philippines taiwan malaysia and bernanke i china historically claims nearly all of the sea including

waters close to the coastlines of rival nations spill several artificial islands to house military bases the sea is a major trade route where 5 trillion dollars and has abundant fisheries natural resources and possible oil and gas reserves. or the philippines is building a military base on its northernmost island which is just 80 kilometers from taiwan across the disputed south china sea jamila island dogan was allowed to visit this island she just went along the yummy island to check it out. people here say it's talked about like mythical islands in the children's book a place so remote many thought there was no way to get there. but the philippine military invited us on the trip. and after almost 2 days of travel we finally arrived at the island. yemi is also known as is the

northernmost to put the philippines taiwan. for the last 2 years the philippine military has been quietly building a maritime zone here it's not in a contested area as it's well within the philippines exclusive economic zone but the philippine military is thinking ahead to the area of the naval forces to. be. the very 1st other naval forces in the. yemeni the island is highly strategic it's facing a key waterway that connects the pacific ocean the east china sea and the south china sea. at a time when the administration is highly criticized for its. person. in the north. we have

a responsibility we should exercise our rights braving the rough seas louise has been fishing here for more than 50 years he says of foreign poachers with larger fishing vessels have been bullying local fishermen like him for decades he says he is grateful for the shelter that's been built here for them. be it for me i never imagined that this was possible in my lifetime before. for a nurse to throw dynamite in front of us. food security is a growing issue not just in the philippines but in a region with competing claims over territorial waters and analysts say this may well be the next milegi flashpoint. as the flag is raised and the national anthem reverberates on this now occupied island the

philippine navy promises to increase its patrols here on the northern front. dogon al jazeera police island northern philippines a cruise ship in venice has collided with a tourist boat injuring at least 4 people mastership was coming into dock when it crashed into the wharf and the small about local residents along voiced concern about large boats sailing so close to their floating city as and the hayward reports of the the m.s.c. sounds its horn but it is too late passengers on board the tourist spoke. to scramble to safety as the cruise liner threatens to go the smaller. terrifying the passengers on the top.

and promote ever angle you watch the collision is scary with the cruise line or simply walking the earth about. several people were hurt as they tried to escape. i was on my terrorist i live on the 4th floor and i can see the deck a canal very well from the i saw the tip of the ship that was rapidly approaching and it seemed like it was coming here and in fact it ended up squeeze i had this deafening noise coming closer the sound of the horn we were very lucky because it could have been much worse i thought the ship would reach my house the accident happened on the deck a canal which is a major thoroughfare into this city built on water. bennis is one of europe's most popular tourist destinations 20000000 people visit every year but the number of large cruise ships traveling through this u.n. world heritage site has alarmed many here fearing the impact on this delicate city

and the lagoon surrounding it. you know. it's a shameful situation but despite what happened we have been lucky given the circumstances it could have been a lot worse and it is a problem but half of the city earn thanks to these cruise ships before they said they will send my wife slowly now this is happening they will do it immediately. was was as people left the embassy or they were greeted by protesters was the cruise ships owner says it was about to dog when it encountered a mechanical problem it's reported to tow boats tried to prevent it from bombing into the river about. an investigation is underway to find out what happened and why he would al-jazeera. mexico as one of the highest

murder rates in the world and it's rising fast nearly 8 and a half 1000 people were killed in the 1st 3 months of this year alone almost 10 percent higher than the same period last year president andres manuel lopez obrador made tackling violence a key campaign promise in the latest part of our series on the president's 1st 6 months in office john heilemann looks at what he plans to do. record murder levels in mexico it's clear president and that is money daughter needed a plan to bring the killings down and this is it or a big part of it the national guard branded as a new security force it's actually made up of the same soldiers marines and federal police that have been deployed to mexico's hotspots for years now.