zira. color i'm mr and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the head of sudan's military calls for elections within 9 months following a deadly crackdown on protesters. the secretary general strongly condemns the farland said reports of the excessive force used by security personnel the u.n. security council will meet to discuss the crisis as leaders and diplomats around the while demand answers. bologna and i are preferred leon to. be against.

this historic state visit pomp and ceremony as donald trump dines with queen elizabeth the 2nd but his visit gets off to a very undiplomatic start. and how the 30th anniversary of chatham and square is and isn't being remembered in china. now the head of sudan's military says they'll be no more negotiations with opposition groups and is calling for elections to be held within 9 months. and made the announcement on sudanese t.v. just a short time ago he apologized for the violent crackdown that saw at least 35 people killed. go to our mothers who. were the military counselor sorry for what happened this morning for the venture that surpass or previous plans we know there's nothing

more precious than preserving life the nation is also precious and protecting it is precious. the military has decided to seize negotiations with the declaration of freedom and change horses until elections are held within 9 months with regional and international supervision all those from the previous regime have committed crimes will come before the courts there will be a peaceful resolution of the conflict in all parts of the country so that also millions can return to their homes the election will be supervised by international and regional bodies to ensure complete transparency. well the violence began when troops moved to clear protest camps in the capital khartoum and spread to other cities around the country there's been widespread condemnation with many describing the military's actions as excessive the un security council has announced a closed door meeting on the crisis that protest leaders have called for total civil disobedience to topple the military they've cut all contact with the transitional council which has been in charge since ousting president omar al bashir and april up to reports from. a raid at

dawn when the protest is least expected it. and the trees from saddam's mounted support forces. backed up by the police. shots were fired as unarmed protesters dived for cover. for more than 2 months that protected this city and outside the on the headquarters. there symbol of defiance and division but. i threat. the reason why i gathered from the army. because when life will be in the perimeter or the army great the army the right don't worry i'm going to record it. but now we have been shot right. here. coming from different sides street. where we're being attacked by

a rocket or to the police. the minute you just to say as the city and was not the target the protest to say that's a lie. has been done by the joint security force in khartoum was aimed at the columbia district the clumpy district is quite close to the city an area the columbia district is attracting all those who have negative impact on society and represent threats to security and safety in khartoum now we believe that a return to negotiations is the quickest way to resolve the problem. but protests to say there be no more talks. instead they return to the streets in their thousands in khartoum neighboring on their mon and several parts of the country. after monday's violence they're calling for civilian rule has changed into a demand for the removal of the entire military leadership. it'll be the end of.

their young not the end of the military. who are to go. protest as accused saddam's notorious paramilitary group nessun rapid support forces headed by general humidity seen here on the left of ordering the violent crackdown hit the is a deputy leader of the transitional council that has been in charge says omar bashir was deposed in april now. 24 hours earlier he was filmed making a veiled threat to protest is we want to see civilian drew. we must firmly stand up to the ongoing chaos and build a true state as for the civil state the protesters are demanding. to be truly civil with no individual is above it it must be built on the rule of law it must be ruled by and no one is above the law talks between the military jointer on protest

leaders were suspended 2 weeks ago after the 2 sides failed to agree on who will lead during the transitional period the military does says if no progress is made it will call elections before the end of the year a move rejected by the opposition many analysts think the military rulers are being influenced by power was outside sudan the latest discoloration in what is already a precarious situation came after the head of the military council of the deputy head. and then visited saudi arabia since then the significant escalation both in terms of the toric against the protestors monday's attack and what's been the most potent symbol of sudan's resistance has made a more intense free source between protesters and military rulers were likely. to see or. well let's show you where all this happened the main protest camp was

located just outside the military headquarters in the capital khartoum protesters began a sit in there in april and when the crackdown began early on monday morning they dispersed many heading to the city of on the run just across the nile it's connected to khartoum by a number of bridges where barricades have been built poor mamadu i was aired as a sudanese activist on a journalist in khartoum and he joins us on the line now with the latest on the ground mamadu you were there on monday morning when paramilitary forces opened fire we just heard your voice in our reports how do you feel now about what we're hearing from the transitional military council. in terms of what the transitional military council is saying that they are sorry that they'll be an investigation into the violence is that enough fear. move the list up another nothing would not fall the military council has launched an attack

on the 11th hour from us which was about 2 weeks ago a couple of civilians a number didn't died almost killed confirmed killed in the village accounts released an official statement saying that they will start an investigation about the incident but nothing came out with the date it isn't 8 years that there is a fake news. they just talk and then like they don't do actions actually interesting how the military council or even with international and international condemning calls in cause condemning the actions of the miniature schnauzer it's interesting how they did it they simply don't care what international they they don't care if they're not they're not they look for decisions they're people who were raised in the desert or given a weapon and they were given positions of power. and then the latest statement that they're ready but i don't know hour and a half ago it was literally a blueprint copy of what happened in 2013 the ministry of foreign affairs in egypt

has read the statement calling for the political side of sudan to sit again for negotiation we have a republic we have one question to that egyptian authorities what is your business in sudan is take me out of the out of our country and it's very interesting that saudi arabia emirates and egypt they want. military camp a distaste why it's because it helps their benefit. they don't want to answer right it's a very clear thing this evolution was a revolution of our ages spread awareness of people's mind we started expanding our right before our our duty toward your country and we have no faith in the really tricky out there we don't believe that a person like you made people did you finish his elementary school education can be a leader of the country and we have a very kind of thing with sudan a person a group of. work and never bring you peace again do read our very famous one day

and village things are going to go to wendy and to philip they burn everything down to the ground they kill rape and they confiscate the property of people just like he was deeply committed to cut down the incentives from corruption is there to provide a change and then yeah but some of us are able to access the internet and we're still providing pretty good now on the ground. they're trying to remove the barricades and they say something or lose but you go out of the city find something completely different from on the day one of the things where the tearing council said was that government will be decided by the ballot box in the county elections within 9 months do you trust that process a definite no we don't want the military council to be a part of our government we don't want the government it's a very simple idea now imagine that a person has a company commute is it possible is it logical to get the security of that company to run the company on me and the rich accountant dockets to protect and that syrian how can they run a country how the hell can they really have taken in the election this is not your

business you are not political you look at this in your arm remember that your job is to write protection for the public you're not even doing your job that civilians get killed. over $32.00 confirmed killed they release an official asking the hospital royal hospital to clear all the doctors within one hour how can a little trickle down to kill this people demand a fair election and then be trusted and the public now think that when this election happened exactly like what happened they could present they didn't bring one of their one of the militias to be running the country and then again it's going to be enriched country we don't want this we want to have a peaceful life here the demands of the public will not be met unless the transition the military council is removed from the rule a very confusing situation is you cannot you cannot give them the authority to capture who killed at home or to civilians and at the same time as including we are

and we are in a dilemma now here and so that all along to do it even though we don't be a macaw you say that they are not politicians and then the talks between the council and the main opposition were already suspended where does all of this leave those talks now. well yeah it was extended 1st it was if they do it was read by the commission if it knew the ation that all. of this is the talks between detention which a council and. hear their opposition has been blocked an hour after that. were harmed the trip that they had a meeting with your topic comes on noon and he literally read out. statement of professionals with any association it's just like a kid game we don't want we don't believe that there's going to be a fair election it's a very known thing that if the republic how can a party that nobody wants to support get 8092 percent of the vote it

doesn't make sense is not logical and we've been fooled for 30 years but now we're aware of what's happening there hope we don't want any elections we want them to leave the demands of it and we want to send because if you count to give the power the government complete civil government and then afterward we will deal with those who again today and that the previous 6 months and in darfur and in the mountains and white nights great millions of these people have been to over 3000000 people have been killed in 2001 of their i wonder how many invaluable has been killed after everything that's happened today very briefly can you tell me are you still committed to a campaign of civil disobedience definitely definitely every single person was aware of their rights this is done we have a right to live peacefully in a country where our demands can be expressed we can voice our sound and this cannot happen if the traditional military council is the head of the state as simple as that we will not stop it has been 6 months with

a good point you have accomplished so much with remove that regime remove. the guy who came after him and now we've gone through this just by civil disobedience and by getting together organizing and uniting the did he dance one common enemy which is the transition the truth that's mamadu abizaid a sudanese activist and a journalist in katine thanks for joining us again on out of iran monitor. well the u.n. secretary general has criticized syrian security forces for using what he called excessive force and is urging negotiations for a peaceful transfer of power there's been widespread reaction to the crackdown with britain's foreign minister jeremy hunt calling it an outrageous step that will only lead to more polarization and violence germany's foreign ministry spokesman said there can be no justification for this violence and said it must stop immediately and the chairman of the african union commission called for those responsible for the violence to be held accountable while the u.s. assistant secretary for african affairs has tweeted that the people of sudan

deserve a civilian led government that works for the people not an author or a terran military council that works against them alan fischer has more from washington d.c. the u.s. response has come from 2 board not you who is the assistant secretary of state for african affairs at the state department he says that the united states absolutely condemns the violence in khartoum but he adds this was a brutal and coordinated attack led by the rapid support forces militia that mirrors some of the worst offenses of the bashir regime we call in sudan's military authorities to release these abusive forces and protect the people of sudan he says what has happened over the last few hours certainly calls into question the military unit his commitment to transitioning to civilian government and he says that the people of sudan need a government that will work with them a civilian government that will work with them and not against them the most of the secretary of state is currently abroad he's visiting a number of capitals and no doubt the events in khartoum is something that will be

raised throughout his visit now britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd has told us president donald trump that shared values and interests will continue to unite the u.k. and america she made the comments at a state banquet held at buckingham palace as part of trans 3 day visit the reports . president trump arrives for a state banquet of buckingham palace hosted by queen elizabeth various members of the royal family business leaders and cabinet ministers were there to his speeches stressing shared history and values mr president as we look to the future i'm confident that our common values and shared interests will continue to unite us tonight to celebrate an alliance that has helped to ensure the safety and prosperity of both our peoples for decades and which i believe will endure for many

years to come we are firm the common values that will unite as long into the future freedom sovereignty self-determination the rule of law and reference for the rights given to us by almighty busy god but trump is a deeply divisive figure here in the leaders of 2 of the biggest opposition parties boycotted the event while there were small protests nearby and as trump arrived in britain he used social media to call london's elected mayor city can a stone cold loser after khan accused him of being part of a global far right threat there's no doubting the amount of interest this visit is causing among visitors to the british capital but during his visit president trump will be traveling at least part of the time by road that's when he might get an idea of how unpopular he is among some of the british public. when president trump visited the u.k. last year he was met with

a large protest on the infamous baby polluted we can expect more of the same on tuesday when he goes to downing street and who knows he might actually enjoy it president basically uses the protestors and the statements of people who are leading those protests. in a way to galvanize his support back home his view is you see when i stand up for america people are always going to oppose us we're under siege i'm the only one who really fights for this country. drops met prince charles and his wife camilla amid speculation the road might try to convince the president to take the climate crisis seriously and alongside his wife maloney he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in westminster abbey of course the long standing military trade and diplomatic ties that constitute the so-called special relationship don't depend on the president being popular but this is no ordinary presidency so expect more controversy throughout the week with al-jazeera.

plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including in the u.s. a congressional investigation asks whether some tech firms have become too big. and they draw tourists by the thousands a courtroom lang is threatening the future of these houseboats in kashmir. and leer we'll have the sports and treating the defending champion showing some inspired form at the french open. on choose day marks 30 years since the tenement square massacre a 7 week standoff between pro-democracy protesters and the chinese government it ended violently when tanks and soldiers entered the square killing many protesters the final death toll is still disputed but our correspondent adrian brown joins us now from beijing adrian is it possible that many people don't know what happened 30 years ago or is it a case of people choosing not to remember. i think

possibly a bit of the latter it would be impossible if you were here 30 years ago in beijing not to know what had taken place so i think if you are you know in your forty's and fifty's and you were in beijing then of course you're going to remember what happened but this is something that's not taught in textbooks here in china and it's not something i think the parents talked to about their children if you speak to young chinese people today take sort of give a blank expression when you ask them about the events of june the 4th 1989 i think it's something they don't really want to talk about the government of course is doing its best to raise all memories of what happened the algorithm algorithmic censorship is in overdrive all vague references to tiananmen square have been a raise but with the right sort of tool you can still get around the great firewall of china and read long scholarly articles about what happened and also view documentaries about what happened here in china 30 years ago what i've been talking

to one of the leaders of the student led pro-democracy protests workers she who now lives in taiwan and he's been reflecting 30 years on as to whether it was all worth it. in the spring of 1989 student leader work-i she was in the thick of it confronting authority on the streets arguing with china's leaders in the great hall of the people dressed in hospital but the hunger striking workers she had been rated the prime minister lee passage when students began occupying tiananmen square they were demanding more accountability in government and tougher measures against corruption they were joined by doctors teachers judges and journalists from state media the growing movement posing the greatest threat to 40 years of communist rule. work-i she says he never thought it would end the way

that it did with the people's liberation army firing on the people. expected some bloodshed. hit by the police but. that's what we have expected life. today he lives in exile in taiwan the self-governing island republic the china wants back and he's had a lot of time to reflect on whether it was all worth it i think politically or legally or rationally speaking we are blameless. pretty confident but. morally i don't know that's there's another saying like what what what if there's this one person or shot and dead were in that place because he heard a speech that given by me the army quickly regained control of the streets but no one was quite sure who was really in charge as i reported from beijing at the time

meanwhile the men who control the army and perhaps now the government have issued another ominous warning stay off the streets or face the consequences one man certainly didn't seem to care about the consequences yesterday in an extraordinary single act of defiance this young unarmed protester brought a column of tanks to a standstill we still don't know his name or if he survived after he was bundled away unclear by who. is just another day in china they'll be no public displays of dissent or remember its china's vast security and surveillance network will see to that even mothers of students killed in the bloodshed have been told to remain silent as part of the continuing official cover up the chinese leadership still refuses to acknowledge how many people were killed or to express remorse.

well just as it was 30 years ago tiananmen square in the heart of beijing remains off limits to foreign journalists the reason why the party won't reverse its verdict on what happened on june the 4th visit to do so would be to raise questions over the party's legitimacy. we've seen a hard hitting editorial in the global times newspaper here in beijing this is a nationalistic leaning paper and it carries an editorial essential is saying that the riot as he calls it in 1909 has immunize chinese people from something similar happening in the future and also saying that chinese people have learned from the political turmoil in countries like the former soviet union the former yugoslavia and the middle east in other words what the party is saying is that as long as the party is in control the party will never express any repentance for what happened on june the 4th 1918 ran our correspondent there live for us in beijing thank you

adrian. we can now speak to emily lau he is a former hong kong democratic legislator and she joins us from hong kong via skype emily to talk us through how this anniversary is being marked in hong kong. well today is a big day and this evening in victoria pock like in the past 29 years. big crowds who gather at the candlelight vigil to commemorate the atrocities in beijing 30 years ago because this is the 30th anniversary and many people will join a commemoration and also because the hong kong government is threatening to write an actual legislation which was there to hendon for a people writing home whether they are chinese or others to the main led. by a fugitive and he crossed the 2 legal systems are so different and because for many

years in hong kong administration when the chinese government cannot reach an agreement on the handle and suddenly it went to bed it's done in the weeks time that best results send shock waves through our community so i think many people will come to night and that sort of joined the march on good nights of its month so i don't see administrations action and now you can see if things are bad in china in mainland china and hong kong people will be affected as well. let me ask you more about that and made you feel like there is a feeling that our concern that in a few years hong kong might not even be able to mark the events of june 4th. well of course there is always to stranger and hardcore as you know was a british colony when britain handed. this military code to a ship or dictatorship in 1907 and. you know a lot of a committee of parliament in the u.k.

parliament said recently so we're no longer than country 2 systems we are just one country right now and how actions to evil the u.k. parliament at mit's that. behave like it's being eroded and exist for britain just to say that during the doing about it you had that as a hook according to his rule and that one country 2 systems are scrambling our very eyes well let me i want to ask you more about what to do about it you've been called the iron lady of hong kong yourself you've been a journalist an activist you were a leader of the democratic party but now there's a new generation of young democratic activists do you feel like there's a shift in focus now what are the priorities. well i think to the young people and to people i think a safe free future was really important this is something we've enjoyed for decades

and now it looks like i see no safety and the freedoms are going to be taken away and we're going to be just like the people in the rest of mainland china and that's not the promised return and china maybe to us and to the way in 1907 so i think return must do something i know they are of course and actually but i'm sure they are fair minded people in the united kingdom or so instead government should do something and of course returns with the international community will put. their child up imo you should. look on the problem says you're looking at the people who invented that you said. well emily you've been very critical of the british government i recall at one point you criticize margaret thatcher for delivering over 5000000 people into the hands of a communist dictatorship and and you're still using that phrase now what are your greatest concerns right now about what's happening in mainland china and what can people in hong kong do about that as opposed to the u k. of course we hope that

things will improve in mainland china i'm a member of china human read slow your scorn so group and the human rights lawyers are of course. imprisoned and tortured and be brave. and tell us. as a free going city in baghdad. remember tried to get rid. of course we did not supply balance we want to do it in a peaceful rate we will continue to fight and of course the chinese coming and crash us and destroy is fully armed by road security it will be at cost and we can see. ever disarmed us the chinese government is that's emily lauer from former hong kong democratic legislature and what's called the iron lady of hong kong joining us via skype thank you for being with us on al-jazeera. thank you. still

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hello again i'm. reminded of the news this hour the head of sudan's military says he's scrapping all agreements with the main opposition coalition and will move ahead with elections to be held within 9 months. also apologized for the violent crackdown on monday that saw at least 35 people killed and. president donald trump has toasted the u.s. alliance with britain during a state banquet hosted by queen elizabeth the 2nd he's on a state visit to the u.k. but earlier trump ruffled feathers with controversial comments about the london met . and choose to mock things he is since the violent and into

a standoff between student protesters and the chinese government at beijing's chinaman square more than 100000 people are expected at a vigil in hong kong events are being held around the wilds but not on the chinese mainland. more now on our top story and the crackdown in sudan let's take a closer look at just who is behind it a paramilitary group called the rapid support forces who are s.f. led to the assault on the protesters it's made up of former members of the militia which was backed by saddam's former president bush if the general brutal tactics in darfur in the early 2000 shops the wilds 300000 people were killed and more than 2000000 displaced the jonjo wade was led by this man mohamed hummed on the go also known as he met the who's now leader of the rapid support forces he's also the deputy leader of the transitional military council which has been in charge of sudan since bashir was deposed in april. well best woman is a political science professor at the university of waterloo and she joins us now

live on skype from the best that we've been seeing international condemnation of monday's violence but some would argue that it's external forces other countries who wield influence over the transitional the trade council and some of the choices they making you know and i'm actually want to clarify i don't think the condemnation is loud enough frankly we have seen you know statements here and there but certainly not the attention this deserves and ominous signs as you pointed out with the gender read militia henchman really being in charge you know the future is very tenuous i think and many people are worried about what's going to happen in the next coming days but back to your question in terms of the regional dynamics look this is you know a country of great interest for regional powers particularly the u.a.e. in the saudis it's not a coincidence that they poured $3000000000.00 just the other day into the military and i think they want the liberty of a certain result and that's not a result frankly that the sudanese professional so soon in the entire opposition want to see which is the democratization of the country all the paramilitary forces

the rapid support forces who are fighting alongside saudi and amorality troops in yemen who led the raid this morning and opened fire tell us a little more about that right their relationship to saudi and and the u.a.e. . well quite simply look the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have this war with yemen but don't have nearly as much troops committed to do the street by street battle if you will inside yemen and so they've really depended on these gendry militias who are battle hardened and ruthless and they really do not have the kind of respect for international law clearly after the genocide so i think that this is really on one of the ports you know the saudis in particular don't want to put their troops inside the country of yemen we see increasingly the sudanese soldiers being used as mercenaries and i have to point out as both are sort of rattling potentially you know with war with iran they're going to look for sudanese military again to really be the kind of course that's

going to do the fighting for them because they certainly don't want to put their own troops and harm's way well in the last couple of hours we've been hearing that the transitional that she council saying they'll be holding members of the old regime is regime accountable but the deputy of that council hannity was very close to she and for a time the r.s.s. that he still heads acted as god when he was in power will he be held accountable. i don't think under the current you know ruling coalition of tension that you're going to see any sort of justice so that they all have blood on their hands when it comes to the genocide in darfur they certainly don't want to i think find their way to find themselves frankly put towards some sort of international criminal court i mean we they will stick together and not respected human rights the behind bashir you may be locked up but they're not going to hand him over to because they're afraid bashir might spill more beans about who else is complicit in the genocide well him it is fast international trip since bush is overthrown and volved

a meeting with saudi prince mohammed bin salam and saudi arabia as you say and the u.a.e. have to get the pledged billions in funding off to bishop was deposed give us a read on how much influence they and egypt wield at the moment in. well certainly the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have financial influence its arms deal they also own a lot of land and sudan for their own frankly food needs because of course they don't have the kind of arable land that sudan might have and of course egypt certainly historically disputed territory they all have a vested kind of stake in this and i think that you know all 3 of those regional actors are not to be trusted and i think that's the essence of the challenge here so many members of the opposition civil society certainly the sudanese professional association they don't trust these international actors to have the best interests of the people on the ground therefore i think too savvy to fall you know for the

line that somehow they're going to bring the kinds of stability that so that means they know that at the end of the day sudan is basically being used as a proxy state for their own regional gambit it's best not to think we'll see elections in saddam within 9 months as they promised you know look we all want to see elections but you know unfortunately it's how you get there and the testimonies of people on the ground for little information that we're getting out of people on the ground looks like the judge is doing what they've done historically which is you know go home to home and arrest people so you don't have to hours who's going to be left to stand for election that's the big issue and who's going to be allowed to stand for election elections are not just the process they have to also be fair transparent and of course i think can be run in a professional manner i don't trust absolutely do not trust the transitional military council to do that that's my money at political science professor at the university of washington a great speech again on al-jazeera thank you. well jamal khashoggi is name has been

added to a washington memorial honoring slain journalists because she was murdered in turkey after entering a saudi consulate in istanbul in october a colleague of khrushchev she said if he can be murdered with impunity the no journalist is safe his name is one of $21.00 people that were killed last year the memorial is at the newseum a u.s. congressional investigation has begun into competition and the tekken online markets the house of representatives judiciary committees says a handful of companies have come to dominate digital platforms and now have extraordinary power no firms were mentioned by name but the justice department is already preparing to examine the influence of apple amazon facebook and google's parent company alphabet how does your caster has more from washington d.c. . social media and big tech has been effectively put on notice here in the united states this is the biggest political challenge that these companies have faced

really since their birth and this would be the 1st step to any upcoming regulations were they to await down the road so this these this industry has been one that's enjoyed benevolent tolerance in a sense up until the 2016 presidential elections when it became painfully obvious that facebook and others had these vulnerabilities that foreign happy hours were able to use and also its vulnerability to data breaches so that goodwill began in roading after 2016 and it's led up to this congressional investigation that has just been announced which promises to be a sweeping review of silicon valley though the congressional the russian investigators say that this will be a broad look they are looking at 2 specific companies as mentioned by the leader of this. congressional committee that would be facebook what she called a repeat offender when it comes to privacy and google cited for its 90 percent dominance of the search engine use in the united states if you recall google was

fined $9000000000.00 in europe for prioritizing its searches over those of its rivals and it's notable too that there is bipartisan support behind this congressional investigation and it's not the only watchdog the department of justice is preparing its own investigation into google and the federal trade commission has also received jurisdiction over looking into facebook now muslim ministers and regional governors have resigned in sri lanka following protests led by a hardline but just a monk on a hunger strike he and his supporters are accusing muslim politicians of enabling the easter sunday attacks allegations they deny 258 people killed. now german chancellor angela merkel insists her governing coalition is secure despite the junior party losing its leader under an hour as resigned as head of the center left social democrats appalled by the party's poor standing with voters

dominic cain reports from berlin the social democrats now find themselves in a leadership vacuum 3 leaders have led this party in the past 3 years to electoral defeat plummeting poll ratings and now nobody is there to take up the banner of social democracy into that vacuum have stepped 3 prominent social democrats the prime ministers of 2 states and a leading member from a 3rd state none of them says they want to run the party they're going to allow the party to try to find a way forward in the next few weeks of this month the important thing to stress here is that so far at least from those figures there doesn't seem to be the indication that they want to pull out of the grand coalition with the christian democrats and angular merkel the chancellor from the christian democrats so far at least says that she doesn't believe that what's happening right now is a threat to the grand coalition if. it is a new situation for the s.p.d. which is finding itself in

a coalition it is best to accept things as they happen the s.p.d. has made some decisions which will not hinder our work had. but the question is whether social democrats will accept the things as they happen remember that when the vote was held among ordinary party members about whether they wanted another coalition with anglo american last year or 2 someone said yes but since then 5 major elections have been held in germany and the party has lost 4 of them can they afford to lose yet more support yet more elections yet more poll ratings these are the questions that social democrats are asking themselves right now. human rights lawyers are suing the european union over the deaths of thousands of libyan migrants crossing the mediterranean sea in a request submitted to the international criminal court the lawyers say that policies are so blame for crimes against humanity they've also criticized a recent decision which sent back more than 40000 migrants to libya in camps

on last week's mass shooting in the u.s. state of virginia left 12 people dead it was the worst so far this year but media interest faded quickly raising concerns that the american public is becoming increasingly immune to gun violence political hay imports from washington d.c. . 2 were mothers with children so young they will likely have no memory of them they were husbands fathers brothers sisters these are the normally faceless bureaucrats doing the quiet work that keeps a city running when a colleague came to the office armed with 2 handguns a large capacity ammunition clips and a silencer and now a familiar scene in the us this time in virginia beach mourners gather outside the crime scene survivors recount their narrow scapes and immoral sprouts up with crosses and flowers the heart that is that is felt if not just saying it's not just florida paying is not from las vegas but is

a global thing that's taking place and we've got to stop it has got to stop it's got to stop this devastation has got to stop its heart and it doesn't go away you know these families they. live 30 cop cars passes 10 emergency vehicles and instantly my mind i knew it's amazing that we come to a place in a country without our 1st thought when we see that kind of response but unlike past mass shootings this one has not been the focus of nonstop cable news coverage less than 48 hours later and a full hour of c.n.n. with no mention of fox news the same nothing amiss n.b.c. mentioned 18 minutes into the hour police in virginia beach today trying to pin down chris brown as the president of brady a gun violence prevention organization she says that could have long term negative impacts the reality is if we really want to do something about this issue we need to ensure that and their accounts don't become inured to gun violence and that has

an important aspect of that as ensuring that the media are telling these stories and i thought full and meaningful way i would like to see much more coverage of the human impact of this epidemic so far halfway into 2019 there have been at least 156 mass shootings were 4 more people were shot most don't make the news now it appears even the ones with large casualty counts don't stay in the headlines for long. al-jazeera washington. now doll lake an indian administered kashmir draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year who come to see its colorful houseboats but a high court sees them as a threat to the environment and has ordered that unregistered boats be removed from here in 100 has. known as the lake of flowers the dull lake is one of the most famous attractions in the city of st anger in indian administered kashmir. a

picturesque corner of the world between india china and pakistan it's become a serene place for tourists and recreation. and its most attractive feature hundreds of hand carved houseboats mordor along the shorelines. so the people who are. living. in this is. this. the boats are made from cedar pine wood carved into intricate designs and for nearly a century they've represented a long past age of british colonial rule. but over the years their numbers have dwindled in 1983 the indian government stopped boatbuilders being granted licenses saying it wants to stop the lake being polluted and recently the high court directed the government to remove unregistered houseboats tarik ahmed put loose

family has been building the vessels for nearly 100 years but says they are being squeezed out as soon as the government burned the house boards for the betterment and we people are suffering a lot because this house was like with child. i'm feeding my family i'm feeding everyone you know here also we generated the employees in our house aboard . the houseboat owners association into smear says in 1947 they used to be 3000 house boats in use but now there are only around 900 the number is dwindling because of what's happening there is a total decline in tucson because of the ban the government won't allow us to build a house built so there is no need for much production. but the government says the dull lake may not survive beyond 30 years if the house votes stay. it has been brutally seen and physically seen that house boat owners have constructed kitchens

and other facilities outside their house boards and small patches of land these are a large source of pollution to the dog in order to keep the glory and precision of it's been thought essential and important that we should stop for the time being narration as well as reconstruction and fresh constructions. the government plans to end pollution by installing compost units on houseboats to get rid of waste. but those who rely on the lake for a living say it's their livelihoods that could disappear to. al-jazeera. well coming up next in sports. unusual shots helps dominic team reach the quarter finals and paris leo will have the details.

it's now time for sports. thank you very much will track olympian caster semenya has been cleared to compete after the swiss federal court said they will hear her appeal the double olympic 800 metre champion has higher levels of testosterone and lost her battle with the court of arbitration for sport after they ruled that there needed to be restricted levels of testosterone in female athletes so many a had the choice of taking medication to reduce her levels compete in longer distance races or take her case to the higher courts the ruling made by cas is now suspended until the swiss courts make a ruling on her appeal. now in a quote symon you says i'm thankful to the swiss judges for this decision i hope

that following my appeal i will once again be able to run free. pakistan's cricketers have ended their 11 game losing streak to beat host england at the world cup pakistan posted a tough target of $349.00 after being put in to bat at trent bridge and not even on monday mohammed have fees made $84.00. he was one of 3 players to reach a half century. england's run chase was hampered as they lost wickets at regular intervals shoaib removed been stokes joe root top scored with one of 7 and just butler fired $103.00 from just $76.00 balls to keep their hopes alive but in england fell 14 run short pakistan finally have a much needed morale boost to take into the rest of the group stage their next game is against sri lanka on friday. and tennis novak djokovic is through to the last 8

at the french open and has made history in the process the top seed is the 1st man to reach 10 consecutive quarter finals at roland garros after a straight sets win over germany's young men are destroyed djokovic is aiming to hold all 4 slams at the same time for the 2nd time in his career after already winning wimbledon the u.s. open an australian open titles. joke a bitch will face the 15 alexanders vera in the last 8 he came from a set down to win in 4 against italy's fabio fognini. former u.s. open champion kane misha corey kept his cool despite being taken to 5 sets by frenchman been mobbed down corrie booking his place in the last 8 or hole come up against a formidable 11 time champion rafael nadal. for c. dominant team produce a wonder moment in history it sets win over again. this shot through his legs also

called the hot dog delighting in the crowds in paris and getting a round of applause from his opponent. and late in the day there was a big moment for russian player carol catchin of he's into his 1st quarter final at a grand slam event after seen off one martin del potro in 4 sets. and in the women's draw the defending champion simona halep wasted no time getting past so attack of poland drop just one game with a commanding performance and straight sets victory. next up for help in a 17 year old amanda and this him over the american ended the run spanish qualifier alyona taking it also in straight sets american madison keys grabbed her spot in the quarter finals with a straight sets win over cut to the net sending the cover of the czech republic. she'll face ashley barty next the australian was taken to 3 sets by sophia cannon before taking that side or 6 love to reach the last 8. in football as part of the

build up to the world cup in 2022 fever has named qatar as host of the next 2 club world cup tournaments stadiums and facilities are still being built in the gulf country the next club world cups which will involve 7 teams will take place december of 210-2020. of course excited to host the 290-2020 additions of the club world cup for us it's a great opportunity it's a great test event to try out some of the operational plans we've had in place in the lead up to the world cup and we're excited of course to hosting the world you know in the major clubs in qatar in 21020 will 11000 fans visited the coffin of former arsenal and real madrid star jose antonio reyes before his funeral the casket was taken to soviet stadium for others to pay their respects died in a car crash at the age of 35 on saturday along with his 23 year old cousin ray as

part of arsenal's invincibles squad that won the 2004 premier league and also won 21 caps for spain brazilian footballer neymar has returned to training with the national squad after denying allegations that he raped a woman in paris neymar arrived by helicopter to the training camp as he and the team prepare for the copa america the striker posted a link the video on social media saying that he had been set up after the woman lodged a complaint with brazilian police neymar was also removed as brazil captain last week over disciplinary problems at his french club his teammates so are backing him . i believe in the innocence of i believe that what he was accused of didn't happen i'm sure that we will support him 100 percent so that nothing can interfere with him on the pitch well that's it for me but we'll have more sport for you later and that's also it for me in a star that you can find more details on our stories including ongoing coverage of the crackdown in sudan on our website al-jazeera dot com stay with us.

on counting the cost from credit into currency crisis how can you fix the. made in america how much would consumers pay for u.s. made goods and the debt crisis is making it harder for mozambique to invest for the future. counting the cost. an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of northern california leading to some of the worst air quality in the world but with more than 12000 structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term

accommodations jobs and medical care. local officials say there isn't enough housing stock available. after decades of being programmed with instructions hungry computers can own on their own identifying patterns and predicting human behavior. official intelligence could monitor ombudsman. and decide on a future big picture. of the world according to a guy and exposes the bias inside the machine. 00 as there were dozens always breaks but also dead to see what happens next actuation one could get fired by the battery or square mobile barricade of the $73.00 that we need to hear the movies now is we were about to change people have gone off the pier area the mission of the national army is to search the entire

complex and not just your stories about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their culture. after a deadly crackdown sudan's military giunta says it will end until it's revealed position and cole for elections within 9 months. the secretary general strongly condemns the violence and reports of the excessive force used by security personnel . the u.n. security council's jute to discuss the crisis as leaders and diplomats around the world demand says. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i might seen dennis also coming up.