and as to border into various ways. and so we had these opposing rallies taking place. why does the opposition leader and the president nicolas maduro holding a rally as well but what what sort of dialogue have we seen between the 2 sides where there has been in the past 2 weeks an attempt at a formal dialogue between the 2 sides this has been spared headed by a group of european countries that are part of what is. really trying to resolve the political price the various whenever there have been 2 meetings in all slow but both of those could be seen as failed in what ways though is now saying is that he's not planning to send any representatives to any further meetings there's no deal on any new meetings giving the fact that he doesn't think that my daughter is truly interested in solving this crisis

a crisis but that he's just trying to buy more time and what. a great voice saying now is that essentially unless my studio is open to the possibility of a transitional government and setting a date for the elections he will not continue and try to dialogue with my daughter and his government. alessandro thank you thank paul dobson is a journalist with the online publication of venezuela and now says he joins us now via skype from married to venezuela to talk more about this thanks very much for being with us so i want to get your view 1st of all on this decision by the venezuelan president to reopen the border. with colombia why is he doing that and why now. well i think as your reporter in both our rightly points out we can

understand the opening of the border to some extent to be a recognition that the threat which was way low on the right wing for them venezuela posed against a current sitting government back in february has to some extent been beaten been defeated the opening of the border will also have important economic impacts here in venezuela or especially in the western part of the country allowing imports of goods without having to pay extra illegal taxes to the paramilitaries controlling the borders and this will of sleep benefit many citizens here in venezuela the way that the government decided to open the border with only pedestrian access and not vehicle access also takes into account worries that a full opening of the border would allow excessive extraction smuggling out of venezuela of subsidized good such as fuel and food so this is this is clearly been taken into account however many venezuelans are still wary that an opening of the

border will have an impact on the national security here in venezuela this border in particular has been shown in the past to be used by extreme right wing terrorist factions including the drone attack against the president in august of last year but if we talk about the immediate immediate effect of the opening of this border and we've seen it with the pictures hundreds if not thousands of venezuelans streaming out of the country into colombia to get desperately needed food and medicines that are that are are either very scarce in venezuela or they simply can't afford and that is a reflection isn't it of just how desperate the economic situation is in the country how ad you square that with what you will what you are saying that this will ultimately have a positive effect. well it's worth pointing out that most of the venezuelans go to colombia to buy a good 2nd nearly always find here in venice weight especially food good where they choose to travel and buy isn't there because they're cheap or not so this means

that a lot of these people were locally and that save more money doing it that way but also many will go to buy and then resell here in venezuela the increasing the general supply limits in minutes waiter and create a more accessible good to the wider population who decide not to travel so i think this is very important obviously in the health care sector many also travel to find medicines which they can find here in venezuela which is of course very important as well but we're talking about food in general economic decision to buy things cheaper across the border in colombia than here in venezuela but you say it's an economic decision isn't it just basic economic necessity because of how dire the situation is inside venezuela and this is been going on for several years now and what do you say to those who argue that this is the result of chronic mismanagement by the venezuelan government themselves and not any outside political forces

what i think there is some truth in that i think is a really far too blind to limit ourselves to this this explanation i think when we look at the venezuelan economic situation we have to take into account yes to some extent by the decision making from the government but also we can't ignore the disastrous effect of the u.s. sanctions against the country we can't also ignore the fact. extraction smuggling of hording another economic fairness we've seen here in venezuela it is really a cocktail of all of these anonymous together which have caused this economic disaster here in venezuela good to speak with you pulled the stops thanks for being with us thanks. now just a day after a deal between the u.s. and mexico on tariffs and immigration migrants continue to make the journey between the tamala and mexico's southern border it has deployed $6000.00 national guard soldiers to its border there in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants to the u.s.

it's the u.s. had suspended plans to impose tariffs on all mexican goods as part of that deal and we've got plenty more ahead on this news hour why sri lanka's president has sacked the intelligence chief over the easter sunday bombings. we'll have more on the u.s. sanctions and the black gold keeping iran's economy going. and later in sport the toronto raptors are just one win away from clinching their 1st ever n.b.a. title. palestinian leaders have condemned the u.s. ambassador to israel for backing a partial annexation of the occupied west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu had promised to begin and next an israeli settlements in the territory that would violate international law in an interview with the new york times david friedman

said under certain circumstances i think israel has the right to retain its some but unlikely all of the west bank friedman made the comments just weeks ahead of a conference in bahrain where the u.s. is expected expected to unveil part of its new peace deal more now from need in the occupied west bank. the secretary general of the p.l.o. cyber part has said that these remarks should send a clear message to anyone who is willing to attend them and am a conference that is expected to be held in a couple couple of weeks he says that israel wants to annex occupied territories which is considered a work crime under the international law the p.l.o. executive committee member had on our show we said that the us is justifying israel theft of land for the has also released a statement which is the ruling party in the west bank in which it said that they don't know if ambassador friedman is advocating for the israeli settlers or if he

is representing the u.s. administration's point of view now asked or that conference in manama that is expected to be held the palestinians said they weren't consulted in it and they believe that any conference that does not tackle the political aspect of the palestinian israeli conflict conflict is not going to be successful they want an end of the occupation and not a better life under it amnesty international is urging saudi arabia to rule out the death penalty for a teenage boy 18 year old more tajik or it is says been detained for the past 5 years for taking part in anti-government protests years awaiting his next trial for alleged offenses dating back to when he was just 10 years old iran says new sanctions on its petro chemical industry show the u.s. is not serious about its calls for dialogue the sanctions targeting iran's largest petrochemical group which provides billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps the u.s.

branded the lead military unit a terrorist organization it comes after the american secretary of state mike pompei announced it was ready to sit down with iran and iran's oil minister says it is keeping up world sales through what it calls unconventional means to circumvent u.s. sanctions also job body has more from tehran. well this move is being called economic terrorism according to the foreign ministry spokesman up us mousavi this is a continuation of the united states government's policy towards iran of putting pressure on the pressure on iran and the people of this country and that the suggestion last week by officials in the united states that they were willing to talk with the iranians is not really a true one it's not they does not what they actually mean they're not true to their words that they cannot be trusted the iranian oil minister has also been speaking on saturday saying that iran has absolutely no plans to leave opec and the gap that's been created in the oil markets by iran being not being able to sell all its

oil on the international market can never actually be filled by any of the countries such as saudi arabia and the u.a.e. so he's also reiterating iran's position that all these sanctions they might put some pressure on the country but nobody can actually replace what they're trying to do by the pressure from u.s. sanctions is having an effect on iran's economy with export margins tied investors are turning to small and medium sized businesses like coffee shops that can still turn a profit zain bus robbie has more from toronto. in iran oil isn't the only source of energy suffering under american sanctions the threat of punishment has made doing any kind of trade with iran highly risky for foreign companies that even in a cup of coffee the plight of iran's small businesses can be found. shyly muscly is a trained lab scientist whose passion for the drink inspired her to become possibly iran's 1st and only female coffee bean roaster we have some trade there is business

marketing and there is a kind of like coffee. factories and you can be buy from around then but because of the sanctions they don't want to get me wrong they send copies to the baha'i arctura and we get them from there and we buy them at the most precious time of their life once we get them like 7 or 8 months later the work is delicate timing is everything a bad batch gets thrown out and sanctions have made these beans more precious than ever so people need a cup or 10 just to wake up in the morning for others it's a way that you come together for the people who make the coffee they say it's the perfect marriage of art and sun a coffee roaster from germany is this cafes pride and joy a piece of precision equipment it needs regular maintenance and new parts but the manufacturers headquarters in germany and offices in istanbul and by have all

refused to service it in iran after months of emails cafe managers found a technician from friends who wanted to come on holiday and was willing to bring the parts and do the work but going through back channels is time consuming and expensive. but jumping hurdles is the part of running a business the cafe owner most in mudgee the hall likes the best. for them it's become very difficult but it is interesting for us because we have to innovate it's a challenge in a. like joe does when i compare myself to people who have businesses abroad i feel i'm doing better here because they can do whatever they want but we mustn't be in things here. still sanctions are hurting bottom lines many cafes have already closed their doors. and iran's old coffeehouses or cowboy economy are also under threat losing money could make it harder to preserve the roots of persian

cafe culture you know i think about my grandparents my great great grandparents who were hanging out in these kind of places back in the old days a serious concern for employers is also young people heading abroad to find work i mean that sucks i mean that's that's horrible we're losing a lot of these talented. folks just because of that because. they see the future of. coffee business as somehow limited for them in the wrong. muscly says she wants to enroll in a new coffee program at the university of california in the united states but a ban on visas for iranians makes that dream seem impossible because even darker dreams but these create some like to hear that thanks to you someday i will.

let you know that they don't want to see you as a self described coffee lover cup it seems is oh how awful i sound part. of the same bus ride the ultra 0 to her. house for lanka's intelligence chief has left his post after an emergency meeting on friday president policy to siena said he sacked mendis after he appeared before a parliamentary committee investigating the april attacks mendis says he resigned on thursday told the committee the attacks could have been prevented he said the president should have held more security meetings president said a senior is refusing to cooperate with the inquiry now for nando's has more on this from colombia colombia. present my 3 policy recently livid at the proceedings at the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings on the very 1st day he ordered a halt to the live feed from that parliamentary select committee and that is where his chief of national intelligence is or mendis

a gave testimony we had him say that the national security council had met on a regular basis essentially revealing the kind of lackadaisical attitude to its intelligence to its intelligence sharing and things like that now he told his senior police officers when he met them last evening that all those who had given evidence were those who had been removed and there he revealed that even his chief of the national intelligence had been removed or sacked now here's his reason why moammar marble i will not send anyone who is currently working for the defense ministry or police department before the select committee and i will take primary responsibility because revealing intelligence chiefs intelligence directors and criminal investigation chiefs through the media is not something that is done anywhere in the world. present my policy receive talking about the number of cases before the supreme court saying that his attorney general had pointed out that it's

the same issues that the select committee is looking at so he says he has informed the speaker you know essentially implying that the select committee should defer to the supreme court however we are hearing that a special emergency cabinet meeting that the president called essentially on friday evening to discuss these issues reached no sort of conclusive decision and that we are expecting that the select committee will resume sittings on tuesday. a group of u.s. politicians has called on secretary of state might pay or to clear up the government's policy on libya they say confusion over the white house position on the issue is being used by armed groups to justify the fighting there on friday the deputy prime minister of libya's a u.n. recognized government expressed concern over a phone call between the u.s. president and warlord holy father after in april it took place soon after a half launched a military campaign to try to take the capital tripoli. all right still ahead

on and is it a time running out for a palestinian journalist facing deportation from israel. more than 22000000 children are out of school in pakistan we don't know what the government is doing to change that. and later in sport australia's preparations for their upcoming cricket world cup game take an unexpected turn. hello resettled on to gently rising temperatures over the plain of iraq the cloud that shows the north. seems more like you do so on the high ground just over the border in iran and certainly near the coast north of tara now we see it's

a very hard times in southeast iraq even yesterday some are reported $56.00 to be verified but more typically were in the high forty's maybe the low fifty's it is that time of year after or so showers are very unlikely except where you got close to a water source which means the coast nets ready you could if you're lucky but sunshines in the forecast for monday 27 in beirut sasso this increasing humidity seems like to produce showers in the mountains of yemen or west and saudi in particular is a possibility you see something in the forecast it's clear blue sky at the moment is quite high 44 in dire hot spot hard not in in land in a band certainly the empty quarter is about the same atrocity mecca as well i'm also not a cloud in the whole of africa if you come further south it is that time of year when tonight i was quiet most the time with any stormy weather just rushing across the far south so in the forecast we find the most probably showers in mozambique.

germany's birth varian alps where stunning scenery is play host to europe's latest arrivals. separate in origin. they share a common roof and together dream of a german future. welcome to german café veld loved a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks local communities here employee are very frustrated because the lack of post storm services with detailed coverage this might not be the bag though people flock to see this struggling to make plans and it's i just want a better life from around the world and i'm going to see has been offered to those who rebel against the government of unequal except those involved in human rights

abuses or war crimes. and again you're watching i was in a reminder of our top stories this hour sudanese protest leaders are calling for renewed civil disobedience after 5 opposition members were arrested they were detained hours after taking part in talks led by ethiopia ethiopian prime minister . wen is when i'm president nicolas maduro has reopened the border with colombia sounds crossing into cooper top to buy food and medicine because of shortages and high costs in venezuela the border was closed for nearly 4 months. the u.s.

ambassador to israel told the new york times the israeli government has the right to annex part of the occupied west bank palestinian leaders say david friedman is trying to justify the theft of their land. the palestinian photojournalist arrested by israeli police will hear whether he'll be deported rights groups say mostafa is being punished for his work but officials argue he's in the occupied east jerusalem illegally how a force or a force. 6 years ago. appeared in the documentary describing the difficulties of living stateless and under occupation in east jerusalem doesn't for us if you have no idea the you're an o.b.d. . now as families in east jerusalem have been celebrating the muslim festival of ied. obama his wife to mom and their daughter without him as they have been since january when he was arrested and threatened with deportation the whole

month for. his psychological situation is really bad he's refusing to communicate with anyone he's allowed to use the telephone but he's refusing to talk to his friends his family colleagues and even his mother he just calls make sure a see is ok. arrest followed a long battle over the legality of his status in occupied east jerusalem our host palestinian father brought him here from algeria when he was 12 years old but delays in applying for and processing family reunification papers meant that his case wasn't considered until he was an adult he's been living here on humanitarian visas since but in late 2015 he was informed the interior ministry was considering rejecting his latest renewal request over security concerns. the ministry cited the nature of some of the images he was posting on social media and alleged links to hamas which are of denies he's long been a well known figure at the locks a mosque compound volunteering as a medic in an activist before his growing focus on patrol graffiti so i'm hired

full time last year by turkey's an adult agency. lawyer has taken his case to the supreme court arguing the security concerns are a pretext to get rid of a journalist whose work the government doesn't like we see a straight line connection between his walk with join least to the fact that he annoyed the israeli authorities and to the current situation where he is under bars and we think it's illegal. to to keep him under arrest. israel's interior ministry declined our request for a statement saying only that our whole roof was arrested due to an illegal stay in israel it still intends to deport him to jordan he has no right to citizenship but his legal team says jordanian officials have indicated they would reject such a move for his wife to deportation is the biggest fear the prospect of his living in a country where she and their daughter have no right to live not knowing when if ever there in force separation would end her

a full suit al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem a russian investigative journalist has been charged with drug dealing in a court in moscow yvonne golan off's lawyer says he was severely beaten while in custody called another is accused of drug possession with intent to sell but his supporters say officers planted the substance on him to stop him from reporting on corruption there were protests against his arrest outside of moscow's police headquarters on friday tens of thousands of albanians are taking to the streets of the capital in another week of protests against the government for more let's cross the line taylor in our european forecast center line that is has him is the rally in toronto is expected to be the biggest opposition demonstration since they began in february. but just as a calling for new elections to be held and if his promise to end the rama of corruption and electoral fraud he's denied any wrongdoing and has offered

resolution talks with his rivals the rallies have turned violent in recent weeks and its face down rest might continue its going to have to lie about it have sca in the capital to run a so how big is the demonstration this time the most sever dollars and people are hearing the same old iran on the main message you know being around my e.q. around my ear it means rameau go away so for sisters here are demanding from the prime minister a full video to resign and all the early election to be organized albanian opposition is accusing go away until video and prime minister examine the cabinet leaving the corruption and organized crime local maxima here you know being here taking place and the. united the opposition real boy thought their main political requests are technical government new electoral law after that

to be organized only election at the deep end of this political process to be held along the. prime minister will be any idea around my using it. there from. the lead to some of this for a while and you wrote an international you asked for this there's to be a poll and they ask opposition for dialogue plays for loyalties in the parliament so they searched the top positions to go back in the parliament but as we know in several. members of the opposition returned a mandate to parliament this is a very delicate moment for this country albania is really. start of the negotiation . and all these political turbulence can have

influence on european part of this country. measured in toronto thank you very much indeed. which is in kazakhstan head to the polls on sunday to choose their next president nursultan nazarbayev was in charge for 30 years before stepping down in march and his chosen successor is favored to win win for us to walk a report from the newly renamed capital nor sultan. god 2 men now appear to run kazakstan the official leader of the nation north of 10 as a buyer and his appointee interim president kasim your market talk i am not sure go army is not our ship our main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of our state i firmly believe in the success of our noble endeavor. took i have has government resources to boost his

chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media. the were staged was there was a lawsuit that was the start was the season. when as a boy of resigned in march ok of renamed the capital after him some saw that as a sign of subservience. it was all done you i got turn it is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for a boycott of the vote seeing talk as a stopgap for dinner stick succession. as senate leader now survives daughter daddy go is next in line for the presidency. on

friday police raided homes and detained several activists in the authorities are on high alert so i want to live for the 1st time in almost 3 decades the voters will have a choice or an appearance of choice at least but ok you have failed to show up at this t.v. debate a sign he doesn't take the competition seriously even a year a lot and he when you tell us about competition does include. a genuine government critic i mean. may take his share of the vote but he isn't optimistic because. some boaters will boycott the vote but not those who support to cry over i'm afraid these votes will be taken from me by those who are organizing the boycott today i ask people to boycott the boycott so. students may vote just as they were required to attend the rally off camera when you talk and i support it this way failure to comply means failing your exams that is the kind of pressure that will benefit so

kind of at the ballot box robin for a steelworker al-jazeera no sauterne police in hungary say they've questioned nearly 300 people over last month's deadly boat collision on the danube river at least 18 south korean tourists were killed and several are still missing a sightseeing boat sank within seconds after being struck by a cruise ship in downtown but it passed authorities say the danube high water levels have hindered recovery efforts and the boat is unlikely to be pulled out before tuesday. i thought that. we were able to close all the windows and openings facing the current to prevent any bodies in the boat getting out during the removal it. installing the large harness will begin on sunday and what pace we can make progress greatly depends on how favorable the rivers flow conditions are to us and how successful these procedures are. let's have him on

then back to have them and. laura and thank you now the u.s. is warning turkey they'll be consequences if it goes ahead with buying russian s. $400.00 defense missiles to nato allies have sparred for months over turkey's plans to buy the weapons from moscow simca salo has more from istanbul. relations between the u.s. and turkey have been strained for some time but these russian made missiles are making that worse the u.s. is threatening to impose sanctions on turkey if it doesn't cancel the deal for the s 400 missile defense system a threat that some are warning could be counterproductive the united states needs especially in the middle east if you if the issue is taken into consideration. and i expect compromise because the united states in the middle east is dependent on territory turkey support in terms of. when the war in syria ask lated turkey

complaint nisar sold by its nato allies were too expensive and in 2015 its partners withdrew their pet trade missiles from southern turkey turkey had then turned to russia to force its missile defenses now some say moscow is exploiting that the situation here overriding variation on the side of moscow is really true trigger a political escalation between turkey and on ited states which will have a very negative impact on the cohesion of the western alliance and they don't particularly turkey and russia say they are deal will go ahead and they will join the produce a next generation missile ass $500.00. but in retaliation the us is threatening to want agreement with turkey to produce f. $35.00 jets something that benefits turkish companies buy after $12000000000.00 with a struggling economy that's hard for unca to ignore while some fear possible u.s.

sanctions on the turkish defense industry could cost billions of dollars others believe the u.s. is triggering the tension to stop turkey from buying this $400.00 missile system but the common concern is that if there is a crisis with washington it could cause a recession and force the only route to lose its value even further so now because all of al-jazeera stumble. a prominent figure in syria's rebellion has died fighting government forces and the bastard settled 1st rose to fame as an athlete but he later became known as the singer of the revolution katia lopez holiday on has more. he had lived his life in the spotlight but abdelbaset cerruti left it all behind for serious revolution the 27 year old was a famous goalkeeper in homes as well as a singer and activist he chose a battleground over comfort joining sirius.