police operation it didn't have to be a military operation and they didn't have to use that as an excuse to go into the city and break the citizen up so the fact that they used heavy handed tactics and used the people in colombia as an excuse to play the sit in shows you the military wanted to clear that city and what do you make of the civil the disobedience campaign that's going on right now from your impressions on the ground did you feel that organizations like the s.b.a. and others have a strategy going forward or are they just take what they say my name the civil disobedience is literally the only thing that they have left and they are very good at mobilizing people there was a strike i think about 10 days ago last 2 days it was almost like a dress rehearsal for what we're seeing now and the strike held the city was crippled this country was almost brought to a standstill so after that i think yes be a realist sudanese professional socialist and realize that they could mobilize people in that way if there was sufficient anger it depends how long the strike holds people have to earn money people have to trade they have to go to their

offices and shops to get a wage it depends how long it can hold the other really interesting thing there is is the barricades now the barricades being set up in streets all across it on the young people put these barricades up and then they withdraw they leave they used to stay there and now they leave that causes a problem for the rapid security forces because they have to take those barriers down it slows them down so this whole idea of civil disobedience is taking place in those 2 forms but right now is working how long term that is is anybody's guess ok imran khan thank you. protest organizers in hong kong say more than a 1000000 people have hit the streets to oppose a controversial extradition bill they fear the proposed changes would allow china to target political opponents in the territory and send them to the mainland for trial opponents say it's another sign of hong kong losing more off its autonomy sarah clarke reports from hong kong. despite the searing heat sea of protesters

flooded the streets they blocked hong kong's roads and jambs train stations as demonstrators united in their opposition to a proposed extradition if we. haven't heard that. the losses come in many. have come out and that's why we're coming here to help hold. a gun to aus after it began protesters was still lining up to join the march to the city's legislative council the fictive parliament of hong kong under the new law wanted suspects all fugitives in hong kong could be sent to mainland china for trial critics argue that lul could be abused and beijing could target political parlance who wouldn't receive a fair trial while we want to protect our children want to try and make sure interesting . to say look like you need to be it is how freedom so that's why we have to come here to support us this is how a top class tries to protest the european union the united states great britain and

canada have all voiced their opposition as have hong kong lawyers who held the un much last week sharing the concerns of human rights groups who fear the low could also allow political kidnappings the chinese government has a very poor track record of human rights that includes fault on the external they are false confession culture and obviously out west despite these mass protests this bill is likely to be caught the hong kong government has a majority of the city's prominent and chief executive want to avoid before the end of the month to go. mint has defended the bill and says human rights would be protected and the hong kong courts can still review each case to ensure there's no political motive but if the mass turnout at this rally is any indication it's clear many in hong kong i'm not convinced sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong let's find out and speak to man cape town you heard him in that report he's the director of amnesty international hong kong is joining us from hong kong via skype thanks for

speaking to us again on al-jazeera so you were out on the streets in hong kong during that protest that now we're hearing was more than a 1000000 people well the numbers on the street actually affect the thought process of those in power in both hong kong and china as to how they proceed with this law well i think this is quite similar to what we have you know not a process well it couldn't we went national you know our. government and in bad well guess we have more than a 1000000 people who are now rich actually be late legislation so i think they. will definitely make. it and that is it should make this in hong kong so they have to think twice whether they. whether they have to ready really push it through in only just a month and what is your biggest concern with this law. well i think not just my so

but to many photos. today well i can't see they're so afraid that the couple is a moment of that it's it's additional means that removes bowl of the barrier between hong kong and china it also means. hong kong people are wary about it at this racist in-field show they will be arrest the $500.00 properties and then prosecute that even in china but the government is saying that human rights would be protected in fact and that hong kong courts can still review each case to ensure that there is no political motive behind it well you can argue that. it's not all political by mainland china yes but it is activist or human rights activists defenders or you can try buy buy some other crimes like sample tax evasion and on the other hand regionally in the case by case it's their belief it's that issue and

requests there are regional law in hong kong. it's the cases are being examined by electricity of console rather than the courts so we move all of the legislative council in the press and amendments actually extra pressure to the courts and the cards actually tend not. to ever those are presented by the chinese authorities they can actually on you do it in a very minute minimal minimal way so even it could be argued that of the 4 taxon is not as you call s.p. 4 which ready is run by the legislative council and the fact that both the united kingdom as well as the united states have voiced concern over their proposed extradition laws does that make a difference. well certainly i think there are not only in hong kong having own test today but there are also 25 cities altogether to hold. this

expedition and also not only u.k. and us government but our other european ready ready start them on ways that on certain speeds actually well. you can say that more pressure to the hong kong government but it actually be other worries and i'm certain it's it's a management as good. as good to people not only to bank on citizens but also foreigners who work you know i'll call just on they may also be ok manic a time we thank you very much for speaking to us from hong kong india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign leader to visit sri lanka since the easter sunday bombings now in their modi has paid homage to the victims and agreed to step up cooperation to prevent future attacks when often and this has more. a 1st hand look at one of the main targets of the easter sunday bombings for indian prime minister

narendra modi he's the 1st world leader to visit children since the attacks and stopped at the nam phonies church in colombo on his way in from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here. within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more. 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcome including a 21 gun salute despite the view reince india is probably going to take a more assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of. more he has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be

a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit sends an important message that things are getting back to normal 6 weeks after the easter sunday carnage politics is a different story president mighty policy receiver and prime minister brown has become a singer may have come together for more this visit but they continue to disagree on a number of issues their latest battleground the special parliamentary select committee set up to investigate the easter bombings the president has sacked his intelligence chief and says he want to allow any serving officers to testify before the committee the indian prime minister highlighted what he calls a neighborhood 1st policy by choosing the maldives and sri lanka for his 1st foreign visit after his reelection observers say it's a policy that is likely to shape regional relations in future years fernandas jazeera colomba. plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including thousands

desperate for food and medicine pour into colombia from venezuela after the border is reopened and we're at a site described as the birthplace of civilization which archaeologists warn is crumbling before our eyes and the dramatic late finance between italy and australia at the women's world cup peter has the details on little later in sports. but 1st polls have close in kazakhstan where voters are electing the 1st new president in 30 years north nazarbayev lead kazakhstan from its separation from the soviet union in 1901 until he stood down and march this year and he handed the leadership to a career diplomats jomar talk i have he's expected to win sunday's election partly because of of supports and partly because few people know anything about 6

rivals well there's also been a crackdown on the sense in the lead up to the poll holes police have arrested more than 100 protesters and they've also shut down rallies as you can see robin forestier walker reports from the capital. this the electorate the old thirty's wanted disorder because it stands capital. and 2nd city. we call the protesters croyde because they do not believe this election office than a real choice. some said they supported the democratic choice of. the political party. is for i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've been living without a home in temporary accommodation for 3 years i'm fed up. others said they wanted

freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal and cassock starwood any chance that the election is unfair it's all been decided already it's not like attend choices as they are all on its own like the circus was the right police now are working their way down the centuries street the protesters in front of me they are trying to say ahead of the police. the indifference of the crowd to being seized. and it's really getting it's a quite difficult situation. was getting that. this was the image the authorities wanted to project an orderly participation by the electorate in a peaceful transition of power. as a boy of the man who ran kazakstan for nearly 30 years has stepped into retirement

although he retains significant powers as chairman for the life of the country's security council he's chosen successor. to talk of his own cause to take over what is your specific message to those individuals who are campaigning for democracy and rights in this country those individuals you've been detained are advised all the law enforcement agencies to be tolerant to the size restraint but any serious violations of our laws of course will not be tolerated but at the same time i urge all the young people. on the same level. to exercise restraint to be tolerant to the power through the government a rare acknowledgement that. it's does

a more political freedom i know that didn't stop the tension stopped kazakstan has never seen an election day quite like this before robin for a steal will catch al-jazeera snowsill time. thousands of venezuelans have crossed the border with colombia after it was opened by the venezuelan government's president nicolas maduro close that 4 months ago to stop aid from the u.s. getting in saying it undermined his country's sovereignty. thousands of venezuelans lined up to cross the simone boulevard bridge into columbia was a rare chance for these people to purchase food medicine and other commodities no longer available or in extremely short supply in venezuela only pedestrians were allowed to cross back and forth into colombia the government of president nicolas maduro has blocked large scale food convoys. according to the united nations

4000000 people have left venezuela in recent years the u.n. has called the mass migration the largest in the recent history of latin america and the caribbean hyperinflation poverty and political chaos are fueling the exodus the. actress and humanitarian activist angelina jolie who is a special envoy for the u.n. refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. visited a camp for venezuelan migrants in neighboring colombia she was greeted by children who spoke about the desperate conditions that forced their families to leave their country buckle me then i suppose a year is that once again we couldn't find food and if we did it was very expensive the same for my medication we couldn't find it and if we did it was triple or quadruple the price said colombia has taken in the largest share of venezuelan refugees 1300000 people jolie praise their strength and perseverance the

people who have had to go through displacement i think answer and go through it like all these young children and all of you strongest people in the world. meanwhile venezuelan opposition leader one goh i don't know when door to door in a small town south of the capital caracas he greeted residents and met with local politicians who support his efforts to topple more duro why dose said mediation efforts sponsored by norway have stalled over maduro's refusal to allow the presidential election i went to meeting in oslo takes place with the international contact group it's because we are closer to ending the usurpation to the transitional government and free elections and when we are ready to take a step in that direction and when the regime is also ready then we will have something but not in the meantime the bridge opening relieves some of the pressure on at least a small number of venezuelans millions more inside and outside vendors. way look continue to suffer their futures on german rob reynolds al-jazeera still had on the

al-jazeera news hour officials on both sides of the border as say the new and us mexico immigration deal isn't really new at all plus. no end in sight to the political crisis in albania that's put the president on a collision course with the prime minister an england star cricketer takes down more than his team's opponents at the world cup that's coming up but peter. hello again it's good to have you back well cross the parts of turkey we are looking at some scattered showers this has been what we have been seeing over the last few days as well temperatures into the low thirty's across much of the area aleppo is going to sing about $34.00 degrees beirut really not looking too bad at

about $28.00 degrees there but of course we are still seeing the heat across parts of central iraq where we are looking at 45 degrees for baghdad quite city is still warm at 43 degrees and speaking of the heat here in doha our temperatures are coming up as well 46 degrees is the expected high here on monday that's translated to about 115 fahrenheit and it's going to continue maybe getting a little bit better by the time we get to tuesday but we are talking about a dry system across much of the area over towards me it is going to be warm as well tempers coming a few to about 40 degrees there and selema some clouds in your forecast at $34.00 degrees well we are expecting some rain across the eastern shores of madagascar over the next few days anywhere from the north all the way down here towards the south and that will continue and for the capital it is going to be a high of for you about 18 degrees but down towards the south durban is going to be one of the warmest temperatures on the map at about $26.00 degrees but capetown we do expect to see some clouds in your forecast at 70 s. and over towards osaka at $22.00.

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goals to be achieved none and the nightly news on air and online. hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news our activists in sudan are accusing the military of waging war on its citizens of the opposition begins a campaign of civil disobedience streets were largely deserted across the country on sunday the 1st day of a general strike 3 protesters were reportedly killed. huge crowds have rallied in hong kong to protest a controversial extradition bill organizers say more than a 1000000 people took parts they're worried the proposed changes will allow. using

to target political opponents the polls have closed in kazakhstan where voters are electing the 1st new president in 30 years the day was marred by confrontations between police an anti-government protesters who say the vote is unfair. u.s. president donald trump is pushing back against media reports that his latest agreement with mexico doesn't actually contain anything new the white house announced the agreement on friday trump had threatened to impose tariffs on all imports from mexico unless it did more to stop migrants from crossing into the u.s. but reports soon emerged that the deal mostly involves agreements that had been reached months ago fisher is running us from washington d.c. so the president now is saying that there is more to the mexico deal but he will say what it is. well there are new things in this certainly the idea that the national guard in mexico would be deployed to the southern border that was agreed

back in december what we have now is a specific time scale from the mexican's of when they're going to do that and also they're given an exact number they're saying it's going to be somewhere in the region of $5000.00 national guard troops that will be there there is also improvements to in the idea that those seeking asylum can stay in mexico and the mexican government have decided how they are going to make things better to allow that to happen interestingly enough that's still going through the courts here in the u.s. and so the trumpet ministration might not be allowed to do that so there are new things in this what donald trump has said on twitter is that mexico is going to start buying a lot more agricultural products from the united states that both the united states and mexico is scratching their head slightly saying there is nothing like that in the agreement at all and he's left this big tease as donald trump is want to do saying that there is one big thing that was an unknown when the news release went

on friday and that will become clear in coming days what is clear is that dollar trump walk this all the way up to the very last minute he was told by business leaders he was told by fellow republicans please don't put on mexico it will be bad for the economy and he came out with a solution so donald trump has delivered and his supporters are saying it was only the threat of titus that got the mexicans to finally move on things that they had agreed months before so al and then what are you hearing about that threat is that threat of tariffs now completely off the table. it's suspended and the thing to remember of course is that don't trump doesn't really understand. because he has said if this doesn't work if makes good doesn't start doing more on immigration then we will reintroduce tired of which we do well for the united states and i'm paraphrasing there he does not understand what part of

course the american consumers and american companies and many people were saying there is a real problem here if you go ahead with this so what we're seeing is that this is all suspended and there is the possibility in the section for the action in the agreement that the united states could reactivate these again so if the problem on the southern border does not get better donald trump now has a very convenient political light he can say this isn't our fault this is the mexicans we are going to consider tired of sigint so this like many things with the trump presidency isn't over but for the time being the threat the immediate crisis has been resolved by donald trump ok alan fessor thank you well before trump's latest tweets mexican side been celebrating the announced deal the event with mexico's president and u.s. money while lopez obrador took place in the town of tijuana near the u.s. border manual rapper low has more. it was all cheers for mexican president

and this man with his will but i thought as he arrived at this rally in downtown t. one. he then which included a march by local factory workers was initially organized as the protest against u.s. president donald trump's threat to impose up to 25 percent export tariffs on mexico . this is the one that is my move some of those speaking to hundreds of supporters president look there's a little bit called for unity among neighbors as he outlined the importance of the relationship between mexico and the united states if either. the united states and mexico are not distant neighbors our border is more than 3000 kilometers long and we have a shared history that includes hostility but also cooperation and understanding. it was a festive atmosphere in downtown to one of many people expressed relief that the 2 countries had reached an agreement on. the important things that these new pretext

for investment to stop generating jobs in mexico but. this is very important because the americans are friends of the mexican people and we are friends of theirs. successful negotiations between the u.s. and mexico may be a cause for celebration but the also resulted in a significant change to mexico's immigration policy since that agreement between the united states and mexico was announced the big question here in the city so close to the u.s. southern border is what will happen to the hundreds of central american asylum seekers who will now have to wait here in mexico for their asylum cases to be processed. the threats of tariffs from the trumpet ministration have subsided at least for now and so has the anxiety many felt over the past few days along mexico's northern border. want to host the media and yemen say the rebels have launched several drones targeting saudi arabia in

a tweet they said they were trying to take military facilities at this is an airport near the yemeni border there's been no confirmation from the saudi government. has more from the yemeni capital. hafiz confirmed the media outlets. international airports with the key to. its kind of. phones for drone that has been. claimed that the has been domestically made by the whole of these this kind of 1st drew and. big big distraction especially has been used to different areas and also. that has also closed. among. the military there so the. key has according to how the hold these has had its targets

this is not the 1st time for the whole of these 2 to launch. international reports the say that this. response that this report is being used to launch air strikes against yemen so be considered as a legitimate target iran has unveiled a new air defense system which it says is capable of targeting fighter jets and drones it says the system can handle 6 targets all at once the announcement comes at a time of heightened tensions between toronto and washington last month the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier group and a bomber task force to the gulf to counter what it said were threatening moves by iran well the foreign minister of iran has once again criticize u.s. sanctions washington announced its latest round on friday which targets iran's petrochemical industry for indirectly supporting iran's elite military units devide

zarif says the restrictions are hurting the economy and they're affecting millions off a rainy and so you think about it we said it clearly that economic war is not different from a military war used to trump is now. that he is pursuing an economic war that targets ordinary people and is in fact terrorism this policy must stop the only solution to current problems is stopping a policy of economic war moldova's interim president has called for snap elections in september philip was appointed after a court relieved president igor draws on of his duties he had refused to dissolve parliament and backed the formation of a new coalition government instead. albania's president has cancelled local elections due later this month putting him on a collision course with the prime minister who says they will go ahead if the latest developments in a political crisis that spilled out into the streets johnson reports in the capital tirana. protesters calling for the resignation of prime minister eddie roemer were

met with a cannonade of tear gas outside parliament the opposition democratic party that held this protest didn't get to the general election it is askin for but the chief another goal albania's president has called for local government elections scheduled for june 30th to be cancelled saying current conditions don't allow for real democratic representative and inclusive elections opposition leader losing busha was jubilant before his supporters. here. this is the result of your unyielding strength your stand your unshakable faith in european values of freedom democracy and human dignity. but prime minister eddie romer insists the local elections will go ahead and has called an emergency cabinet meeting on sunday there's no constitutional court to decide the issue because it's judges are under ethical review for possible bribery and corruption this puts albania in

a constitutional crisis not only did the president and prime minister disagree the opposition democratic party refuses to field mayoral candidates in the country $61.00 municipalities it is doubtful what legitimacy the socialist parties may as would enjoy if elected unopposed this was the 8th anti-government protest since the opposition democratic party walked out of parliament over 3 months ago and took its campaign to the streets to unseat the socialist government these protests are fueled by a widespread perception of corruption the government was hit by a series of scandals suggesting roma was reelected 2 years ago thanks to help from organize. crime is. that he was not elected by the people it is. legal to prove their claim that he was elected by the. many albanians a disappointed at what they see as a partisan economy. because the speech when rama was elected in 2013 he said that

every house in albania will be given a title deed because a lot of homes have been built illegally but when he became prime minister he gave papers to a supposed as an others got nothing that's why i am happy i worked for 25 years in greece to build my house. the legitimacy of edgy rama's government is already undermined by the opposition's absence from the tallent if from a insists on holding a local election with only socialist party candidates he is sure to face stiff opposition jumps several close al-jazeera to run the. us politicians have asked the white house to spell out exactly where it stands on libya they say confusion is allowing armed groups to justify fighting as warlords attempts to take over the capital tripoli how to go hang reports from washington. as forces loyal to khalifa haftar moved on tripoli the u.s. secretary of state sounded the alarm the swap it was all through force of arms is

just another way that's going to take place we there's a u.n. process we've been part of that and a half stars been part of that we urged them to have started stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution in libya but then soon after the president picked up the phone and in a readout of the call the white house said president donald trump recognized field marshal have to our significant role in fighting terrorism and security in libya's oil resources and the 2 discussed a shared vision for libya's transition to a stable democratic political system that to many seemed like an endorsement including to the democratic members of the. foreign affairs committee who have sent this letter to the secretary of state writing the call has led to uncertainty regarding the u.s. position and that libyan armed actors are using the confusion to continue the conflict they're urging him to clarify the country's position this is part of a broader fight for influence according to federal filings just last month after

hours organization agreed to pay $2000000.00 to a u.s. lobbying firm to help improve his image in d.c. the white house says he has not been invited to meet with the president at the white house. but they've said very little about which side of the conflict the u.s. actually supports members of congress say that needs to change. political hay al-jazeera washington hundreds of argentinians have marched in support of a doctor who refused to perform an abortion reports say a judge found. guilty of failing in his duties after refusing to terminate the pregnancy if a young rape victim which is allowed under the law argentina's lower house has presented a bill to legalize all abortions recently although the senate rejected similar legislation last year. iraq erica all of just say they need urgent help to preserve artifacts from what was the ancient kingdom of babylon the biblical city is the

birthplace of the world's 1st complex urban communities but many sites have faced neglects because of fears of conflicts trial stratford went to babylon to find out more. on the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could name around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel just say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous gate king maybe couldn't is his name is carved including form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks. the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts concrete has forced moisture insult up into the ancient foundations the water table is high

because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficult. problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by we need a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs sustainable preservation because the archaeological material is being heavily eroded rising above the site perched on top of a manmade hill is a palace built for a man who often identified himself with the babylonian kings saddam hussein's sama policy is an eerie reminder of iraq's more recent past the former dictator's faces carved into the palace walls. the great holes inside the empty marble walls are covered in graffiti a mural on the ceiling seems the only thing not defiled. saddam hussein was

so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon the world located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to get world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon. conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's the world heritage property and that goes for many sides in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization in the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself kingship and the temple complex

evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the babylonians for trying to build a structure to heaven and this overgrown trench is where it's believed the tower of babel once stood experts say a star archaeological investigation of babylon in the surrounding area could take centuries a site often described as the birthplace of civilization in a country the struggling to recover from its violent recent past chance trafford al-jazeera babylon. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour it's a bar to party there french open champion is the host of paris peter will have the details coming up in a moment. burnell reads a little good report every man a creator of twitter returns to activism with a new mission i settled here with my job trying to build software for future.

but can't digital dissidents work within the technological free market it's a race to get its occurred in the patients when they're still from the capitalists part of the rebel geek series on al-jazeera. and natural resource that's gone untapped for more than 2 decades allison is found of course years before israel has found its on al-jazeera world tells the untold story of gaza's un exploited gas fields gaza loggin is the only miming the us of the palestinians so it's a lot of money and how this valuable resource could have transformed palestinian lives. because the gas deal on al-jazeera.

hello again time for the sports news at peter 3 a thank you very much bad news for russia with the f lasix world governing body extending the ban for an 11th time russian athletes have been suspended from track and field events since 2015 because of widespread and state sponsored doping the world athletics. asked force on the matter said they'd been positive developments but that it was troubled by reports earlier this month that russian coaches who'd been suspended for doping continued to train athletes they had hoped to be back on the track for the world championships in doha in september the task force shares council's frustration that progress in 2 areas is being undermined by apparent backsliding into other

areas the taskforce noted recent allegations that coaches and band doctor continue to work with russian athletes if so that calls into question whether research is able to enforce doping bans it's going to french open men's final between are a phone a bell and the many t. know nadella name for a 12 title at roland garros he took the 1st set 63 the austrian coming back with a 75 2nd sit win but since then though has been storming form 61 and 3 love up in the 4th he certainly is on course for yet another victory on the clay in paris now let's take a look at the women's side of the draw the new champion at roland garros ashley barty well she's been showing off her trophy you're straight and winning her maiden grand slam title at this tournament but his victory also sees her climb to number 2 in the new world rankings. brazil about the campaign at the women's world cup off

to a flying start striker christiane was the star of the show against debutantes jamaica scoring all of the goals in the 3 you know when she's the 1st brazilian to score hattrick at this tournament for 20 years it could have been even better for brazil had and the rest had her penalty saved by keeper sidney schneider in the 1st half. and italy cause an upset with a dramatic last gasp victory over australia sam kearns 1st world cup go put the matildas in control but it was all change in the 2nd half barbara but nancy equalized for the italians and in the final minute of injury time but nancy would pounce again to snatch a $21.00 victory and the 3rd match of the day sees a england face scotland in their opening game england are one of the favorites for this year's trophy but they have a tricky group with japan and argentina for company as well. portugal the ins will be crowned the champions of the in all girl you waif in nations league later both

teams have plenty of stars in their sides but it's the battle between 5 time ballon d'or winner rinaldo and the world's most expensive defender virgil van dyke that's going to be the one to watch and with portugal on home soil the netherlands know they really have to show up we know that we need to play you could football and. we showed that a constraint and we be trans would be germany would beat england it will be unbelievable if you beat portugal in the final at home persona simply to approach writing it's a positive pressure playing at home count to beat your fans it's positive motivating but i don't see a potential for nerves with players of such quality and experience in top level football i only see it as motivation playing at home is exciting.

chasing a target of 353 against india in the cricket world cup match at the oval in london sugar there on the lead the way for india with 117 and captain virat kohli put on 82 australia in reply or 144 for 2 of the 27 overs both teams have 2 wins from 2 matches so far in the group stage. so far both sides have avoided a collision with the umpire unlike england's jason roy during it seems whenever pakistan on saturday the century celebrations had to wait as he helped the match official back to its feet despite his team's reaction neither got hurt but rather found it funny. the world's largest and oldest ultra marathon race the comrades marathon has a new women's record holder the stain finish the annual 87 kilometer run between durban and pietermaritzburg in south africa in a time of 5 hours 58 minutes and 53 seconds it's the 1st time

a woman has finished in under 6 hours it would more t. be won the men's race in 5 hours 31 minutes and 33 seconds so winston won the final jewel in the triple crown of horse racing at the belmont stakes 10 horses were vying for the win but it was so winston's trainer who ended up winning more than any of the horses he won the preakness with a war of will this was the 1st year they was no possibility of a triple crown winner in 5 years and it was a messy triple crown at that after a disqualification in the kentucky derby and the horse without a rider in the preakness. ferrari sebastian vettel will start from pole position later for the canadian grand prix all of the drivers will be looking to avoid the kind of incident for me if one driver takuma sato had an indy car race on saturday was leading the race for 16 when he took out his crew member in texas the mechanic was taken to the medical center but later released social stuff was painful for him

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a 1000000 people crowd the streets of hong kong opposing a proposal to allow extraditions to mainland china. fighting between demonstrators and police in kazakhstan during elections to replace the longtime president costs india's the river modi becomes the 1st world leader it's a visit sri lanka after the easter sunday bombings. fellow activists in sudan are accusing the military of waging a war on its citizens as the opposition begins a campaign of civil disobedience they're promising to keep up protests until the gentile gives up power and this was the scene earlier on sunday near the capital hard to miss many people appearing to heed that call for a general strike they include airport workers and here we can see banks piling up inside a terminal and hard to move all this follows

a week long crackdown on protests demanding civilian rule 3 protesters were reported killed on sunday the opposition is also accusing the military of endangering lives by shutting down hospitals there's been no official word from the military so far but police have been deployed around the capital more now from jim i'll show you. sunday marks the beginning of the we can sit down but rather than work commutes and traffic jams the streets of khartoum are empty these videos appear to show that the public has heated the calls by pro-democracy groups for civil disobedience and a general strike the movement for freedom and change together with the sudanese professionals union had announced sunday's action in response to the military gintas seizing of power and the continued crackdown on protesters. it's still not known how many people were killed by the security forces during last week's massacre when the main pro-democracy sits in was forcibly dispersed but a sudanese doctors group puts the toll in the past week at 117 videos like these

continue to emerge showing that while the military gentle talks about dialogue its personnel are trying to beat the people into submission but when the play. we hope that our brothers in the other groups respond to our colfer dialogue without preconditions what's at stake is the nation we value the efforts of our friends who are concerned about developments in sudan we want to reach an agreement but if we don't then we will form a government. despite an attempt by the if european prime minister to mediates between the joints and pro-democracy groups being received well by both sides security forces arrested several of the group's leaders within hours of the if european pm departs and caught a bomb the man believed to be calling the shots in the military council is its vice presidents mohamad hum done the former warlord in his notorious jungle weed forces have been accused of committing war crimes during the darfur conflict that doesn't

bode well for sudan's pro-democracy protesters. added to that the military's leadership has held several meetings with saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon a mirage de facto leader mohammed bin zayed and egypt's crew leader turned president are different the all of whom have been accused by human rights groups of cracking down on free speech. the main groups behind sudan's revolution have insisted they will remain peaceful and not to give up their demands for freedom despite the violence general strikes like sundays are an example of peaceful resistance but in a country with a history of conflict in a region where revolutions have turned into civil wars there is genuine concern for sudan's future. or just 0 and here are some reactions to the civil disobedience campaign from hearts to. the people cannot be governed by force and i'm not saying this neither as

a member of the opposition nor someone who supports the government but the people do not want this government and as you can see the streets are empty shops are closed i personally want to civilian government. but the sudanese people also had a big role to play in order for the civil disobedience to be executed in the correct way and on its 1st day i think that it has been 300 percent successful let's speak to some hatim about actually is a spokeswoman for the city's professionals association she's joining us live from khartoum via skype thanks very much for speaking to us again on al-jazeera so how would you measure the success of the civil disobedience campaign. the civil that's against. sorry it has. many many cities across the videos as you have seen have come from different cities showing markets

emptied clothes shops had their in their doors shut down banks did not work the day meeting the central bank civil aviation did not work the airport as you have seen in their reports has also had employees did not go everyone is protesting this this is the solidarity of the food in a futile against what's happening what happened on the 3rd of june and apart from that. showing that there will and the demand of the sudanese people is for a civilian government and for democracy that will be around for so long is still there and persists but are you worried that the t.m.c. has said that they will not tolerate any chaos and we certainly saw over the past couple of weeks that they are capable of responding quite a heavy handed manner. yes indeed we expect that they may in fact a few of the forces of the freedom have been arrested members of at least they have

have been arrested but what violence did you have on a person who is just a goal to work and stay at home they responded to that still today with shooting 3 innocent civilians who refused to go to work and say it took the protests instead of. allowing that what happened on the 3rd to just pass by and why do you think that the civil disobedience campaign is the best way forward right now you're effectively bringing a country and this city to a complete standstill. if there is no there if you don't have anyone to rule if you don't have a nation then that's that's taking them legitimacy from the head of the state right now represented by that by the criminal can see where we're just saying at home we're not we're not we're showing our protest by not going to work by not allowing

the unsafe to function and therefore we are stripping efforts legitimacy and how long will you continue this campaign for our demands are said thank you here we want the civilian authority and we aspire for a certain new sedan that we're looking for so this campaign right now is announced for as long as it could go until we are prerequisites are met but clearly the military council has no appetite for it for a civilian also already as we've seen so what happens next the military council in the council is actually not the one to decide. whether we should get a civilian authority or not we overthrew the near the face if and but he was not less violence in the military council if signing on means of violence right now it's right and brings people to break people down and they're exciting. they're trying to. sort of attack the protesters

attack the organizers they have committed major crimes that were under the eyes of this are not of the international community they are not the ones to decide there right now the future for that and are to be brought to justice because they have been actively involved in the criminal way that sit in on the 9 has been evacuated . we thank you very much for speaking to us from khartoum al-jazeera correspondent emraan khan has just come back from khartoum and he says the protest movement is now in a new fates. well if you speak to the protest movement there are really 2 very distinct periods now that they talk about they talk about before june the 3rd and after june the 3rd not before june the sit in was a very peaceful it was almost like carnival like atmosphere and we would go down to the protest signs every night to see what was going on to do our reporting and what

we saw was a young people old people families coming and want the people providing face painting services you see these little kids with sudanese flags across their faces would be people giving lectures there was a lending library on the would be people creating and then june the thing that happened now on june the 3rd in the very early hours of the morning they actually blocked off her telephone stopped us from leaving and what happened was i went out onto the balcony with my colleagues just to see what was going on we were hearing sporadic gunfire and the road was closed off by the rapid security forces on both ends of the street and then they came to the street with guns and forced us back inside the international media was staying at the hotel none of us could leave that day and it was a real problem for people who want to report now we were banned from reporting on the friday before the monday so we knew that there was an issue we knew there was

a problem going in what we didn't realize is how much they were going to stop us then you get to june the protest movement say is that the sit in has been dispersed a 100 people at least killed on that day so now what they're doing is this campaign of civil disobedience is taking 2 forms this is a strike and you see the pictures of the empty streets and the strong kids taking hold but also what's happening is kids basically young people from various different neighborhoods are building barricades they're building barricades of brick and they're building barricades with burning tires they set them up and then they leave and that causes a problem for the rapid security forces because they then have to take them down and this is a way of slowing though so the civil disobedience is a huge campaign and it's the only thing really that the protesters say they have left. protests organizers in hong kong say more than a 1000000 people have hit the streets to oppose a controversial extradition bill they fear the proposed changes would allow china

to target political opponents in the territory and send them to the mainland for a trial sarah clarke reports from hong kong. despite the searing heat the sea of protesters flooded the streets they blocked on kong's roads and jams train stations as demonstrators united in their opposition to a proposed extradition if we passed the next question on the losses come in many more have come out and that's why we're coming here to hold. that a guy hours after it began protesters were still lining up to join the march to the city's legislative council the fictive parliament of hong kong under the new law wanted suspects all fugitives in hong kong could be sent to mainland china for trial critics argue that law could be abused and beijing could target political parlance who wouldn't receive a fair trial while we want to protect our children to. make sure.