of targeting fighter jets and drawings it says the technology can handle 6 targets at once tension has been heightened between tehran and washington last month the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier group and a bomb a task force to the gulf to counter what it said were iranian threats in the region well yemen's freaky rebels say they've launched several drones targeting saudi arabia in a tweet they said they were trying to hit military facilities at the airport near the yemeni border there's been no confirmation from the saudi government al-jazeera as mohamed al asad has more from the yemeni capital sana'a. confirmed media outlets. international airports will be key to. its kind of. phones for drone that has been. claimed or the has been domestically made by the whole thing is this kind of

1st. big big distraction especially has been used to different areas and also. that has also closed. among. the military there so the. according to how the whole 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. would be considered as a legitimate target. gary and officials have been continuing their relief efforts after a boat collision on the danube river last month police announced the body of another south korean tourist had been recovered taking the confirmed death toll to 20 or 30

say the danube high water levels have been hindering recovery efforts. albania's prime minister says this month's local elections will go ahead as planned after the president announced a day earlier that they would be cancelled to reduce violence on the streets thousands of albanian opposition supporters held rallies in the capital tehran on saturday accusing the left wing government of electoral fraud and corruption from madge on 3 separate us reports. 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 this is a scheme 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 little was jubilant before his supporters. here. this is

the result of your unyielding strength your stance your unshakable faith in european values of freedom democracy and human dignity. but prime minister eddie roemer 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's $61.00 municipalities it is doubtful what legitimacy the socialist parties man's 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 romney was reelected 2 years ago thanks to help from organized crime is. that he was not elected by the people that is. legally. proclaimed that he was elected by the. many albanians a disappointed at what they see as a party is in the column in the bill does this mean 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 with the boat as an others got nothing that's why i am here because i worked for 25 years and we used to build my house. the legitimacy of edgy rama's government is already undermined by the opposition's absence from parliament if from a insists on holding a local election with only socialist party candidates he is sure to face stiff

opposition jumps at all close al-jazeera to a step ahead on al-jazeera control they say on the track in montreal it will have the action from the canadian growing problem.

al jazeera. every. horrific crime that shocked the world 51 people killed at mosques in christchurch new zealand why when east investigate the full force is put have done more to prevent this massacre on al-jazeera. and now it's time to support his peter. thank you very much rafael nadal has made tennis history in paris by winning the french open for a record 12th time the spaniard be dominant theme of austria in sunday's final at

roland garros and making the better start taking the 1st set 63 but team lost in the final last year got himself back into the match taking a tight 2nd set 75 from there though it was all as he dropped just 2 more games to wrap up victory in 4 states he maintains his incredible record of having lost twice at the french open in his entire career he's 12 victory at a single grand slam event passes the record of margaret court who won 11 at the australian open it also takes note of total of major titles the 18 is now just 2 behind his great rival roger federer. i always played with high intensity big passion for for the sport. passion for the competition too and also and all the things that i went through probably gave me that extra. passion when i am playing because i know i will not be here for hours. i just try

to be positive to be intense and to be passionate about what i am doing lewis hamilton won the canadian groom free after sebastian vettel was denied the victory in controversial circumstances the ferrari driver started on pole and crossed the line 1st in montreal but was handed a 5 2nd penalty by the stewards for incidents on the last 48 vettel made a mistake at the chicane and was paralyzed for a dangerous entry to the track which called hamilton to take evasive action vettel went on to cross the line 1st but knew the positions would be switched once the time penalty was applied general frustration was clear after the race officially finished 2nd had a teammate show on the clare hamilton was left to celebrate the 7 grand prix victory in canada and extends his championship lead to 29 points. i think we crossed the line 1st and. i can be i think we can be very proud of this

weekend's achievement also with chiles being a little on the podium i think overall it's been a great weekend so it just feels a bit weird now to to be honest. having done nothing wrong not crossing the line 1st and not getting the winner's trophy brazil have got a campaign at the women's world cup off to a flying start striker christiana was the star of the show against debutantes jamaica scoring all of the goals in the 3 nil when she's the 1st brazilian to score hattrick at this tournament for 20 years it could have been even better for brazil had on the rest not had a penalty saved in the 1st half there was a scare for england after taking the lead in their opening group game against old rival scotland a penalty from the keys of paris was added to by a 2nd from ellen whites but scotland pulled one back through clay emsley and it left england holding on for a 21 victory. and italy caused an upset with a dramatic last gasp victory over australia because 1st world cup go put the

matildas ahead but it all changed in the 2nd half baba but nancy scored twice including the winner in the final minute of injury time. portugal are being crowned champions of the you know we're all you way from nations league the hosts beat the netherlands 10 in the final in puerto gonzalo get this the only goal on the market means portugal hope earth trophies available at international level in europe having won the european championship title back in 2016 earlier england keeper jordan pictured was the hero as they finished in 3rd place at the tournament he scored an save the penalty as they beat switzerland long spot kicks after their playoff finished goalless. india have laid down a marker the cricket world cup by beating the defending champions australia at the oval in london shikhar dhawan led the way for india with $117.00 as captain did

after only put on 82 and with heart of pundits 48 of just 27 balls they posted an imposing target by making 352 for 5 innings. of strayer's run chase took time to get going and approved costly of measure kumar and just what boomer took 3 wickets each as they bowled their opponents are for $316.00 a 1st defeat for australia with india winning by $36.00 runs they and new zealand are the only sides yet to be a match in the group stage of the swiss to show. it's bad news for russia with the athletics world governing body extending their ban for an 11th time the world athletics taskforce said they've been positive developments that it was troubled by reports earlier this month that russian coaches had been suspended for doping continue to train athletes. 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 band coaches and band doctor continue to work with russian athletes if so that calls into question whether rousseff is able to enforce doping balance the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race the comrades marathon has a new women's record holder had a stain finish the annual 87 kilometer run between durban 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 a bit more tb won the men's race in 5 hours 31 minutes and 33 seconds we'll leave it there for now more sport coming up again later. well it's been all about the lotuses and the lights in the chinese city of war have visitors were treated to

animations of lotus flower as a symbol of perfection and purity and but its culture at the opening of a festival the best was safer lost as 400 don singh drawings formed passons in the night sky and onlooker describes the show as a skillful integration of culture with technology well that's it for me in a star for this news hour i'll be back in just a minute to stay with us. a natural resource that's gone untapped for more than 2 decades i was serious. of course years before israel has found its own al-jazeera world tells the untold

story of gaza's un exploited gas fields gaza loggin is it only made us of the but it's going to it's so it's a lot of money and how this valuable resource could have transformed palestinian lives. because the gas deal on al-jazeera. running 6 continents across the. al-jazeera is correspondent live in the story stages of this was not a good move by the letters. were at the worst of the russian account for palestinian refugees al-jazeera slewed in world news. they start as drinks containing. and they usually end. in a nuisance but for a select few. as the building blocks of

a better life. ready and the stepping stones to owning a family. do you find a lot in america is in bolivia and delves into the world of garbage. staying away deserted streets in sudan's capital as people back a call for a general strike in defiance of a military crackdown. hello i'm the star here today and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up

a violent end to a march by hundreds of thousands of people in hong kong against a controversial extradition. the outrage as a lection in kazakhstan that many say wasn't free nor fair. and it's a record for a 12th the french open tennis title for the king of calais. now sudan's military has defended its crackdown on unarmed protesters saying it's their job to ensure the safety of the country at least 4 more people were killed on sunday in the capital khartoum and neighboring on their minds as demonstrators heated the calls of protest leaders for a general strike. as more. 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 the general strike. and. 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 and. 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. the movement for freedom and change together with the sudanese professionals union had announced sunday's action in response to the military gentle 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 it's personnel are trying to beat the people into submission or was it this unit that we had to take the will thing of the citizens especially when the citizens refused to acknowledge the call for civil disobedience and were determined to go to work this despite the difficulties and the barricades we have therm that the military council is not an enemy of the forces of change will freedom away or any other political entity in the country and we affirm our determination to achieve the aims of the revolution and in particular the desired democratic change the military forces and the rapid support forces are ensuring the security of the people and the country. despite an attempt by the if your pm prime minister to mediate between the gentle

and pro-democracy groups being received well by both sides security forces arrested several of the group's leaders within hours of the if your pm pm departs in khartoum the man believed to be calling the shots in the military council is its vice presidents mohammed one down mattie the former warlord in his notorious jonjo 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 emeritus de facto leader mohammed bin zayed and egypt's crew leader turned president how different the all of whom have been accused by human rights groups of cracking down on free speech. the main groups behind to dance revolution have insisted they will remain peaceful and not give up their demands for freedom despite the violence general strikes like zombies are an example of peaceful resistance but in a country with a history of conflict in

a region where revolutions have tried to interest of wars there is genuine concern for sudan's future. well let's take a closer look at the demands of the opposition they want a clear admission and apology for monday's crackdown in khartoum which according to sudanese doctors killed $117.00 people there also demanding the release of all political detainees on friday 5 opposition members were arrested soon after holding mediation talks with ethiopia's prime minister protest leaders want all internet and media restrictions lifted there's been a complete more about that blackout since the crackdown last week the military genter close al-jazeera has offices in the capital and withdrew accreditation for other media outlets and they want to guarantee a public friedan's like the right to assembly and freedom of speech earlier i spoke to as a sudanese human rights activist she says the military has no regard for human life and the international community needs to act. they want to kill everybody they have

not shown one act that can make us trust them or they did not issue any act to free morse or any actor for ignition of the crimes we cannot trust them what do you what do we need more to recognize the viz our criminals host taking the people of sudan hostage and they're committing more crimes they say that they want the people to go back to normal life we can't there's tanks and catchers and cars and guns every single every street you look around even when people don't go out of their houses they break in a lot of them and i'm talking only about how to do that has a relatively a crack of information leaking but we're know what's happening in other cities and this is not new it happened in darfur and everybody was watching we documented so many crimes everything that happened in darfur is happening now is to die and countrywide if you fail to stop there for you have

a chance now to make this right and correct your mistake i have no idea what can the international community do but since this is their mass they need to clean it 1st starting by cutting any aid any aid giunta t.m.c. any aid they're doing they need to cut it to t.m.c. money anything do not recognize them they fail to do that time and time again look where the got us the need to recognize that he can see gentle we are not trustworthy in any political solution or any peaceful solution any delay or recognizing this fact just make it harder. now protesters and riot police have faced off during what could be hong kong's biggest rally in 3 decades they fear the proposed changes could allow china to target political opponents and send them to the mainland for trial organizers say more than a 1000000 people marched against a controversial extradition bill hong kong authorities say the numbers were near

a 250000 and editorial in the official chinese newspaper says certain foreign forces are trying to hurt beijing by creating chaos and hong kong sarah cock reports. it started as a peaceful city and around the city's parliament building. soon descended into chaos holding middle barricades protestors brand the police frontline by pushed back with veterans pepper spray and water guns. hundreds camped out on the streets to the government headquarters 3 hour standoff ensued the streets blocked in central homecoming this was a busy area but just didn't have any inviting clashes fundamentals of council. under the plan fugitives or potential suspects in hong kong could be sent for trial on the chinese mainland that's angered some in the former british territory who say china will target political opponents while we want to protect our children to. the

next generation we have to say what we need to be it is how agreed on so that's why we have to come here quarter past this is how it was last tries to protest sharing those concerns of human rights groups he feels alone will be abused and will legalize political kidnappings the chinese government has a very poor track record of human rights that includes falls on external they are also compassion called chair and between iran pro-democracy groups like the proposals also threaten hong kong's free society and undermine civil liberties promised under the one country 2 system. steve agreed when the former british territory was handed back to china in $997.00 the city's chief executive however has refused to back down on this bill insisting that human rights will be protected and that the proposals were firmly grounded in the rule of law that 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. and police and protesters have also fought in kazakstan on election day there. was on course to be the 1st new president and 30 s. but some opposition groups say the vote was unfair and should be boycotted at least 500 people were arrested robin forrester walker reports from the capital. i was this was no what's the electoral turnout the authorities wanted disorder in kazakstan capital. and 2nd city almaty was the only course the vote protesters cried because they do not believe this election office them a real choice. some said they supported the democratic choice of kazakstan political party. the cameraman was for i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've

been living without a home in temporary accommodation for 13 years i'm fed up of this said they wanted freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal and hasn't started really just the election isn't fair it's all been decided already it's not like the term to choices as they are all. it's all like the circus was to drive the east now working their way down the centuries street the protesters are in front of me they are trying to stay ahead of the police. in the street. grabbing ceased. it's really getting it's a good if the situation. was good and 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 kasim jorma taccone 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 being detained are advised all the law enforcement agencies to be tolerant. 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 to the government a rare acknowledgement because it's deserved more political freedom. that didn't stop the tensions kazakstan has never seen an election day quite like this before robin for a steelworker al-jazeera though so tied up now syrian government forces say they've captured advantage on the border between hama and the provinces government tanks and soldiers have moved into town president bashar al assad's forces launched an offensive to recapture the adventure and parts of hama province as in april at least 300000 people have been displaced and hospitals have been attacked since the beginning of the offensive and thousands of mourners gathered in southern turkey for the funeral of a prominent syrian opposition figure who was killed by regime forces on saturday. a former football star from homs was famously known as the singer of the revolution.