is waiting the administration out i mean waiting for the next 18 months until president is out and hoping that the new president will come and that would make it easier for them actually broadly to talk with i think this is not going to work why because the sanctions have been much stronger and their impact on the iranian economy has been much stronger than the initial thoughts especially after. that americans tried to apply this 0 oil export policy ok iranians so there's a big push as you know as we've been hearing from rory by the europeans and others to try and persuade iran to stay within the nuclear agreement how important is it that they don't happen very very important by because if the iranians exit the nuclear deal. you know there is a deadline now the iranians they have given a deadline that will end i think in july and after that they will start actually

taking some escalatory moves in order to abandon the nuclear deal i think if the iranians abandon the nuclear deal that would increase also the potential for confrontation with the tom administration wide because the time administration would be saying then that look the iranians are back to they have nuclear program they are trying to develop a nuclear bomb and we can't actually accept that and that will lead to further escalation they are because have been trying. says president trump abandon their nuclear deal in may last year to convince the iranians to stay in the deal but the iranians are telling them they cannot actually stay in a deal without adding that he was actually off that deal because the iranians the accepted to abandon their nuclear program because they expected that the sanctions actual be removed but now the americans actually that having that deal iran sticking to the deed but without giving them that he wants what that's being that is a very difficult city we're going to be some serious diplomacy going on thanks very

much and one couple other things you well just as donald trump and his advisors have been grappling over their strategy on iran the more upheaval in the pentagon. has been nominated by trumpets his new secretary of defense he'll be the 3rd nominee in 6 months of confirmed the u.s. president wants the former industry lobbyist and current army secretary to replace patrick shanahan who quit after questions over the lives let's bring now to erica a political commentator and author of civil war he joins us now from washington d.c. so the 3rd man to lead the pentagon in 6 months if confirmed viewed. well he's viewed very favorably on capitol hill which does suggest that his nomination process if the white house actually puts forth his nomination i would expect that they would confirm him very easily we know that one of the president's closest confidants senator lindsey graham from south carolina has already stated that he

would support this nomination and also it's important to remember that he was recently confirmed by the senate on an 89 to 60 vote so i would suggest that given the dire situation right now between the united states and iran the senate would move very quickly with this nomination he's got a big challenge ahead isn't it because these days the national security council seems to have more influence in the white house than the pentagon does not. that's true in fact if you look at many of the maneuverings that have taken place a with iran as of late much of that has come directly from central command not from the pentagon itself and so having someone at the at the top level that's not only acting but actually in the position where they've actually been confirmed would go a long busy way and courting influence not just on strategic strategy but more importantly with this president and deciding what the policy and the next step

should be so how would he. try and regain pentagon influence. well keep in mind the pentagon given its overall budget given the level of support that we have seen from the president it's not that the pentagon has been pushed to the side it's just that right now because you don't have someone who is in that permanent position they're not able to influence the level of authority and influence over decision making and that gives the president's national security adviser john bolton an enormous berth in terms of his ability to influence and shape the direction of national security and military policy with someone in that role now on a permanent basis you're able to actually implement and have a voice and actually push back on some of these decisions also i think it would go a long way and working very closely with our diplomatic game particularly with secretary of state might pump aoe to actually shape decision making because also

keep in mind not only is that position at the pentagon at an acting role right now there's still no one permanent at the u.n. and of course a number of key embassies in the middle east are also left vacant as well what about mulligans because voice what would his position be on for instance a military confrontation with iran. well we do know that mark asper has actually served in the military and that goes a long way in determining what that what their decision would be in terms of how the united states would engage more importantly because mark esper has also served in congress as a staff member as well so he knows how to work very closely not only with maneuverings and the pentagon and with our military but also more and more importantly working very closely with congress as we know that relationship between congress and the white house can and has been very contentious and so having

someone like that in that role i think that go a long way and at least giving the president cover for decision making if in fact he would need the authorization for the use of force from congress having someone like mark asper who knows how congress works was work and it worked with many of these senators and members of congress i think that will go a long way and helping shape that decision for him just great to get your perspective on this do appreciate it thanks very much senior white house advisor george bush that has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century the middle east peace plan based on $50000000000.00 of investment more than half of the cash spent on palestinian infrastructure of the 10 years of the rest's would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan one of the main projects is a $5000000000.00 transportation corridor to connect to the occupied west bank and gaza nearly $2000000000.00 will also be injected into the palestinian tourism

industry crucial as drumming up support for the $179.00 infrastructure and business projects ahead of an international conference which is taking place in bahrain next week the palestinian government is boycotting the event and they've refused to talk to the united states since it recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital in 2017. the plan would invest about $50000000000.00 in the region it would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank and gaza take their unemployment rate from about 30 percent single digits it would reduce their profit rate by half if it's implemented correctly it's a 10 year plan that would double their g.d.p. we've had a peer reviewed now by about a dozen economists in a dozen countries and we're very excited to put it forward. but the most still ahead on the news hour including. russia suspends flights to and from georgia where protesters are demanding the interior minister step down plus. the suspension of aid is literally a real war on yemen it literally means war. can try to load up when the world food

program suspends distribution of aid to yemen. in sport indian friends are hoping that. you can run that the cricket world. in mali thousands of protesters have marched in the capital bamako to demand improved security and then to the massacre of villages hundreds have been killed in a series of into ethnic attacks linked to the fight for between farmers and country . has been meeting some survivors in the muck to reach. too young to understand his parents have been killed his neck was cast in the same attack on his village. 2 months old.

his mother was also killed. medical workers here say they've never seen anything this bad and then one what else in the world doesn't come to help us we don't know when this will end even here we don't feel safe before and burn because a patient was killed in this hospital no one's protecting us were afraid will become the target of an attack. in this ward all the children's parents are either missing or dead we've changed their names and hidden their faces for their safety relatives have come here to take care of them their village in central mali was attacked last week. the rest of the survivors now sleeping on the roadside in a nearby town they belong to the full army ethnic group what the village chief told us was tragically familiar. it was about 10 pm and it was raining and we started hearing people shooting at the village so we ran the next morning we collected

everybody and came here the same people later burned all the houses and took all the animals militia connected to the full lonny and gone groups have been attacking each other's communities every week in a steadily escalating conflict hundreds of being killed in the last 3 months and nearly $50000.00 have fled their homes many of them now staying in camps when people run they carry whatever they can. for sleeping on here are some pots cooking utensils whatever is essential for survival containers for water. now they're living in tents here with the village life continues when a grinding mill it to wait for their mail this evening but life here having left everything else behind is very difficult. 15000 u.n. peacekeepers haven't been able to stop the violence nearly 200 of them have been

killed making it the un's most dangerous mission ever. growing protests calling for the un and other foreign forces to leave almost since they arrived 6 years ago this camera phone video shows one in 70 last week the. un peacekeeping chief visited yes we know that the situation is not easy in this country we feel terribly sorry specially for the losses of these last days and wreaths. we can only support it's the money and responsibility after all. the attacks haven't stopped. mother was killed he was shot in the leg everybody here says the violence is getting worse nobody knows how it will and malcolm webb al-jazeera the region mali well it's

a similar story in the democratic republic of congo a rival ethnic militias battling for control of resources have caused hundreds of thousands of congolese to seek safety and estimated 4000 have crossed the border into neighboring uganda this month alone reports from a resettlement center. it's been 2 days since of noir family and the chung wiley refugee settlement 2 of her 5 children aged 4 and 7 didn't survive the journey from the north east of the d.c. to western uganda. when the fighting started we ran to the boat in the panic one child fell into the water and drowned another child died because we had no food or medicine that's when i said if i stay in congo the whole family will die . conditions in uganda are basic but the refugees are grateful. forces have been deployed to fight militias in the area around the town of it's an

eternity the province at the center of the current into ethnic conflict one challenge the congolese army is facing is that some militiamen are armed not just with machetes but with more sophisticated weapons to army commanders appealing for help to restore calm. do you can't survive without the presence of soldiers this is why we've been deployed here we call on all communities to support this army so that we can restore peace and security. in the conflict but you know him and linda groups is about access to farmland as well as gold oil and gas resources. the problem today is that number of people who've been displaced is between 300-002-4000 extension 00 areas around because of attacks currently the army is heavily deployed as now trying to secure those areas. back in uganda some of the 4000 congolese who fled fighting. tried to settle into

a new country piece by piece a temporary home takes about a day to build the shelter is basic and meant to be temporary they get the canvas from the united nations but everything else is sourced locally in some cases and in . the shelters near the road are meant for older people so they have easy access. thousands survived a long journey across the border to get here where at least for now. meant uganda. and across. to the village. we've been told by you and see our officials that just last night more than 300 people came from across the border and they are from areas beneath the region where this fighting is taking place they're being processed and they'll be taken to a reception area that is about one and

a half hours away but it's been raining so it's very challenging to get them there's going to be a very very long journey what we've noticed is the huge families many many children who are coming here some of them and accompanied me. particularly talks to one boy who's given us a receipt experience he says that when the fighting started in these home village he ran him one direction his mother the other direction. so his mother being chased by a man with a machete so you can imagine his confusion telling us he doesn't know whether his mother is alive or not it's not possible in the r.c. the situation is still very fluid there we're being told that food aid hasn't reached many of them up to 400000 people who are in tonally displaced some aid agency says that they can't get to this area because of the security situation so the governor of utah region has been mobilizing people well wishes businessmen to

donate food to get to the most vulnerable people so the situation in the r.c.c. feel very full of. the ethiopian prime minister who is trying to help resolve the political crisis in sudan has unveiled a plan for a transitional government to be off meds proposal calls for the immediate formation of a joint military and civilian government for the next 3 years it would include a 15 member council with 7 civilians and 7 for the military and one person approved by both parties the leading protest group the sudanese professionals association has said it's received the plan but is not obliged to accept it. now then boris johnson who's tipped to become leader of the ruling conservative party has defended his care. during a campaign event in birmingham that's half the police were called to his home over reports of a domestic incident following a complaint by a neighbor a police say they will take no further action but it is the latest incident to raise questions about johnson's character he will become the next british prime

minister if he wins a runoff vote against foreign secretary jeremy hunt next month so when pressed by a journalist about why police were called to his house johnson quickly evaded the question i think more people have come here today the seductive interview of the you there you are i think people of i did think they want to hear about that kind of thing i guess i guess in this case i would i think. i think i would be i i think what they want to hear what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our part we when i was a classic boris johnson repast was now matthew goodwin is professor of politics at the university of kent joins us via skype from london what do you make of all of this is this bad news for bars well it's another uncomfortable case that he asked to navigate eyes we saw in that clip there i don't think necessarily it's going to make a massive difference to his fortunes in the conservative party leadership race

because of course that will be decided by the rank and file conservative membership which is very strongly pro-choice but this does more more widely add to his reputation he's a major somebody that does have something of an unpredictable and chaotic personal life and i suspect that might come back to hold him at the future general election right it was the right when he says the people they want to hear about this domestic incident it's a private affair after all would it matter as far as his potential supporters are concerned. i don't think his supporters will care too much but as we've seen in the press this morning there is more generally i think an attempt to try and link this case to. domestic use and arguments that rasmussen really this this year order debate that we're happy about. rights for women and also greater scrutiny of our political leaders i think it's

safe to say that these kinds of questions are going to haunt us a paris premiership i think that's inevitable so we're not talking about only boris johnson the politician suddenly we're also asking questions about the litany of scandals and extramarital affairs that he's had and loved children that he has well i think this is going to be part and parcel of prime minister johnson if indeed he gets there at some political figures are known for their ideas and for their contributions to policy others are known for the most for their personal lives and are dominated by scandals that erupts during all before their time in office i suspect. doris johnson needs to think very long and hard about is he going to be somebody who will be remembered for contribution to office an idea is or is he going to be remembered as somebody who had a very. sort of unpredictable personal life and time will tell

you we've seen in the united states haven't we how private scandals can leave a man seeking power totally unscathed that seems to think this is likely to be the case. here across the atlantic or in the u.k. across ireland. well i think there are some noticeable differences if you're alluding to president trump in that i think the british conservative party by its nature is like conservative precedent by its nature is i still i think a conservative country and as we rumble through this very old quit divisive breck's it ww people more than ever really want seeing just comfort zones leadership that is no troubles personal distractions and i think as far as johnson if he gets as far as number 10 downing street comes into office i think people are going to be asking this question is this somebody who is capable of putting country before personal interest and both mils gandel and that that

question is going to hold a boris premiership all right well we'll leave it there matthew goodwin appreciate that thank you very much. still ahead here on al-jazeera as istanbul prepares to rerun its marriage election we'll explain why the city is a coveted prize in turkish politics. in sport the women's world cup heads into the final stretch as the knockout rounds get underway in from. hello again it's good to have you back well across the levant we are looking at temperatures that are coming up for coate city over the next few days and as we go towards maybe tuesday those temperatures will be getting very close to almost 50 degrees right now we're going to see here on sunday 45 degrees as your high but as we go towards monday that goes up to about 48 degrees and i said the temperature

continues to climb as we go towards mid week where cross the gulf the winds have actually died down we were seeing a big problem with the winds over the last several days and here through the rest of the weekend we're looking better in terms of those winds as well as the dust temporize from doha 42 degrees there abu dhabi at about 39 temperatures will be coming up in doha to maybe 44 degrees but over here towards medina it's going to be even warmer with the time to them about $45.00 some clouds on the coast with a temperature for salon at 30 degrees well for the portions of south africa still windy conditions along the coast we did have one system push through cape down things will get slightly better for you but port elizabeth we do expect to see some windy conditions there up towards durban a passing shower to johannesburg though is going to be a little bit chilly here on sunday but by the time we get to monday more sun in the forecast up to 16 in harare a nice day for you with a temperature of 23. the

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light means. line. you're watching out is there a reminder for our top stories this hour and u.s. president donald trump says he's imposing additional sanctions against iran and that military action is still on the table that's off the iranian forces shot down an american surveillance drone iran's government has warned it will respond firmly to any u.s. aggression or threat senior white house advisor jared krishna has laid out the 1st part of its middle east peace plan based on the $50000000000.00 of investment it comes ahead of an international conference in bahrain next week the palestinian government is boycotting the event. johnson who's tipped to become leader of the

ruling conservative party in the u.k. has defended his character during a campaign event that's off the police visited his home over reports of a domestic incident johnson says voters want a leader who gets the job done. they may or shake time in behind me is in the pakistani capital for talks with the prime minister imran khan he's the leader to visit promising much needed financial investment as i have been just as. imran khan had to extend his hand to all his friends in the region even if they're no longer friends with each other he's facing a collapsing economy and needs their support even an afternoon snack has become a luxury for many of his countrymen people in pakistan are struggling to buy the basics as inflation reaches its highest level in 5 years. the governments have to borrow heavily focused on the exports have fallen and cutbacks in public spending is the precondition to alone by the international monetary fund g.d.p.

has shrunk in one year from 5.3 percent growth rate a year ago exactly a year ago to about 3 percent it's almost by half at this stage where the government is agreeing to an i.m.f. . package which requires a great deal of tax effort and requires a very strong. sense of character revenue from the people when the economy is collapsing it's going to be a killer it's going to be very very difficult. but balancing economic interests between them politics is a delicate task pakistan has strained relations with india and afghanistan its neighbors on the western and eastern borders but from china to saudi arabia it's forging closer ties with a range of countries that don't always see eye to eye if this might a $20000000000.00 deal with saudi arabia pakistan and says it will not get militarily involved in the saudi u.a.e. that war in yemen and has continued relations with iran is not received

a $6000000000.00 economic package from the u.a.e. it sent a low level delegation to the organization of islamic cooperation summit in abu dhabi to protest against india's inclusion and pakistan's remain an ally to qatar even after receiving financial assistance from both the u.a.e. and saudi arabia 2 of the 4 g.c.c. countries which are blockading other. diplomats say it's a tightrope walk in a tough neighborhood aggression is something we approve. the again this said whoever he may be we oppose ours is a positive travesty it's a constructive. and they must be real fight. if necessary because they are our friends and they have shown us in times of need that they stand with us. but we will not be used by anyone again.

and that balanced approach seems to be paying off petroleum and it's by products are pakistan's largest imports and with a number of economic packages its allies in the middle east have promised with these temporarily ease some of that burden. well its course allowed to. study by the it's all to tell us why it's come to this why why pakistan needs so much money and was gulf countries sending it to pakistan. well as you heard in that report a number of experts we've been speaking to say that this money is needed because pakistan needs to repay its loan loans that it has accumulated over the years this is the 13th time it's gone to the international monetary fund asking for money and this is by far the toughest conditions that it's seen that it has to cut spending in government in the government sector but it has to do value with currency as well as slashing subsidies to the people so it is becoming more and more difficult for

the common man and just to balance its books it needs all of that money to come in from somewhere so these friends in the middle east have a promise focus on money pakistan has been a longstanding ally of the saudis it has also very close ties with the u.a.e. and of course it has a long link with respect to all of these countries despite the girls countries rocketing cut their pakistan's relationship has not has not been affected in fact by diplomats who we've been speaking to say that it is a feat of diplomacy that pakistan is ready to sell between these adverse reason to become a bursaries from friends and is trying to negotiate wants them to negotiate a solution out of their crates coming back to pakistan and qatar it is also coming on the back drop of escalating tensions in the region pakistan is a neighbor of iran and qatar is an ally of iran as well whereas other gulf members have been trying to build pressure on iran and the in going with the united states

linebacker's than has said that it will not get involved and will try and mediate any sort of agreement between various parties in the middle east these gulf countries are not just helping out a friend as well because it is geopolitics pakistan has a number of interests in these countries pakistan's military is involved in advise ing the saudis and the emir are these facts on all fronts programs with qatar as well and there is an important trade link that is being developed between the middle east north africa region and directly china are through. this economic corridor so there's a number of reasons why these companies continue to give pakistan money and foremost is the goodwill that has been brought to the fore by a prime minister in run who's trying to create a new beginning but analysts and economists have been warning that pakistan needs to get its act together unless it does that come the end of fiscal year next year around pakistan will be in a similar situation and that it takes those structural reforms which are needed to

strengthen its economy has always been generated in slow growth. the world food program has suspended some operations in yemen after failing to reach agreement with the rebels on distributing food supplies the does that decision is expected to affect around 850000 people in the who controlled couple of sana who urgently need help as will. this panic buying in saunas old city after the un world food programme said it would stop distributing food aid before the war this market was a bustling focal point for vendors who sold fruits vegetables and exotic spices but 4 years of a saudi u.a.e. led war and diversion in aid supplies have caused an unprecedented food crisis more than 850000 people in the capital are affected by the suspension in food aid deliveries and yemenis fear the situation could get much worse. even though

i have the suspension will harm us the people will be affected by this not only the people of a village or a province or a city but the entire nation. this is the suspension of aid is literally a real war on yemen it literally means war. most of the people need food aid on a daily basis because the country is in a very bad economic condition and living expenses are high. the world food program says humanitarian workers in yemen have been denied access to those in need aid convoys were blocked and local officials interfered with food distribution we're not talking about a little bit of diversion here we're spending $175000000.00 per month so if it's 10 percent 15 percent 20 percent of this being diverted in is not just being diverted into the hands of political. systems well as for military whatever was happening is innocent children. innocent victims of war or dying as

a result of us not being or get our food into these areas. since 2015 saudi arabia and its allies have been fighting against the iran backed hooty rebels for control of the country. the war has caused the world's largest humanitarian crisis with the country on the brink of famine and most of those in need are in who controlled areas the world food program says it's seeking support from the sun a base to bring in a biometric registration system that will prevent the diversion of aid but while fighting continues between warring factions uncertainty is growing for many who say they don't know where the next meal will come from. al-jazeera. vladimir putin has ordered her russia's airlines to stop flying to georgia from next month following and she russian writes the hundreds were injured by police to stop protesters from storming parliament where russian politicians had been invited to a walker has more from the georgian capital of to peace. protesters in georgia have

to keep grievances against their government its handling of russia's occupation of 20 percent of georgian territory and its heavy handed response to the demonstrations use a show here of solidarity for those blinded by rubber bullets in thursday's police crackdown. the violence began after opposition m.p.'s heckled russian deputies invited into georgia's parliament georgia has had no diplomatic ties with moscow since its war with russia over south of setia in 2008. later clashes between protesters and police were the worst in 7 years since georgia's governing party came to power with more than 200 people injured and around 300 people detained. 3 months writing. to each his interior minister wouldn't have the colleagues with among those we.

each journalist lead to the identified good even if they were. to his guys that they were fighting chasing. after those. so far the government has responded by removing the speaker of parliament was that opposition politicians say that snow there has to be somebody responsible for what happened yesterday and that's the minister of interior but even biggest fundamental change that is in the interest of this country east to a changed electoral system to make sure that nobody grips our the way it is now and the power is shared proportionate into. because days right it's may have strengthen the resolve of people opposed to this government but it may have wider consequences with russia now threatening to capitalize on this georgian political drama. more

than a 1000000 russians who resists visit georgia every year lie to me putin has announced a ban on flights to georgia from july to ensue russian citizens safety from what moscow calls and see russian hysteria but russians who are as i spoke to were optimistic i enjoy my lodge here my stay here and i hope it is going to be all right well i don't worry about my. tonight. on the joy of. personnel it doesn't matter which country they come from understands very well that there are governments and there are just normal people and the to the same thing banning russian visit is may hurt today's economy in the short run. but the move may only convince the protestors that their feelings about russian aggression and the competency of their own governments are correct robin for stealing al-jazeera tbilisi. voters in istanbul are going to the polls again on sunday to choose

a new mayor it's a rerun of the election in march after results that were canceled by the ruling ak party appealed when the opposition candidate won by a narrow margin. explains what's at stake. the stumble seen by many as the bridge between is to know west struggling the bosphorus strait connecting gauger with europe it served as the capital of the ottomans byzantines and the romans in the past concurring and controlling the city has always matter. and now 2 main contenders will go head to head in a duel over election for the mayor impost. extra minimal that the candidate of the main opposition party c.h.p. narrowly won the election in march against the ruling party has been. through. the candidates spent house with their last debate discussing why waters had to go back to the polls. or strange things happen when your votes were counted there were

regularities higher election board assess the situation is the organizer of this election decided to rerun it but we would have preferred not to we make great efforts for this but the republican people's party did not help us in this matter. nobody would believe that the mayoral election estimable held on march 31st was crystal clear there are no doubts they say votes were stolen by whom you can say i don't know this is a big slander a big accusation this stumble my oral post is seen as a cover to position in turkish politics turkish population is nearly 80000000 at least 16000000 live in a stumble among them 10500000 are eligible to vote with the high street people capita the city has a highly educated workforce one 3rd of the country's economy activity takes place here it provides half of turkey's overall exports and texas a hub of transportation and me. istanbul is seen turkey's door to the world as

turkey's economic powerhouse the city going to spoil it is consolidated budget exceeded the budgets of 18 ministries last you so running for istanbul is in a way running for turkey's economy. turkey's present project are you proud jong launched his political career in istanbul a journey that led him to the presidency. the ruling party doesn't want to end its 25 few control of the city many ruling party supporters say that if they lose a stumble they lose turkey. elder's era a stumble. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the sailing team who found themselves in deep water before it even made it to the start line so i will be here with all the details. al-jazeera world and meet some extraordinary women. who are making things happen

that way. following their daily struggle to survive. for their families to thrive. swimmin street silent as on al-jazeera. examining that scientists are telling us that we have just 12 years to make i'm past any changes unflinching journalism i have to leave to. be sharing personal stories with a global audience we see people making sacrifices this is what i want to see explore in abundance of world class programming. the world is watching on al-jazeera.

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peru an ankle problem is ruled the paris and your man player out of the tournament so brazil have 4 points from su games they still need at least a draw to guarantee a place in the next round of venezuela people live is saturday's other group a match a lot of councils world cup organizing committee says he's concerned about the french investigation into the bidding process surrounding the 2022 events and offer what he is in brazil where that's are also taking part in the copper brazil's takes on world cup winner catherine has been named as an ambassador for the cat's out for months on choose stay for me european football president michel platini was questioned by french police investigating alleged corruption. and i think i'd like to cry and cry from what i understood he was not arrested from what i understood was he was asked for questioning and there's a very big difference between the 2 he was asked for questioning in relation to many different matters not just in relation to the 2022 that was in russia 2018. i believe also the us 26 here are many different issues and then he was read as well

he was he was let go 3 games in the africa cup of nations this saturday right now uganda. congo in their opening group game that matches into the 2nd half an hour later on burundi will make a cup of nations debut against 3 time champions nigeria madagascar they're also in that format for the 1st time and they're up against guinea i feel those are the same as in egypt in a capsule karo on friday night after the hosts made a winning start against zimbabwe egypt not entirely convincing in that one nil victory egypt's have won the african title a record 70. the women's world cup has reached the knockout stage with 2 games coming up in france nigeria play 2 time champions germany and later on australia play norway after losing their opening game australia hit back to beat brazil 32 some curse scored all the team's goals in a 41 win over nigeria and their next game midfielder to make a gallop should have

a decent insight since the norway team that's where she placed her club football. based on my experience in the new age and league i think it's quite physical also technically pretty strong as well quite discipline in their formation and their shape and you know they look to play good football as well so i think it'll be a good clash coming up against them the new orleans number one draft pick designed williamson has been doing his best to downplay some expectations the 18 year old who was named college player of the year after just one season at university he joins a pelicans team who missed the playoffs last season and the franchise has never won the n.b.a. championship and the great britain same could hardly have had a worse state the new york sale g.p. events. the boat getting hit by gust of wind on the way to the start line and they were out of contention before the race said even begun the sale g.p. series sees the world's fastest racing boats competing at events around the world

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a sad about the only functioning hospital in bunch town in north eastern south sudan and his steam operate on around 60 patients the united nations refugee agency nominated him for the prestigious nansen award which you won in recognition of his work and incredibly difficult to constance's. south sudan has been in conflict since 2013 the war has divided the country along ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and looked to be a bad hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are specially in in up and they are. almost always including mother was bottles of stewart living there in the presence of who you know visions of the mother to walk into the capacity that they're supposed to. 8 years after the

fall of gadhafi more is still raging in libya but it's not just a domestic showdown outside powers are involved too spoke about the axis of evil the abu dhabi this over these and egypt sions. talks to al-jazeera. we could have a deal with that very quickly if they wanted to. but. rod want to come a wealthy. suburb. we'll call it let's make the rod great again that makes sense make the run with. a change in tone from the u.s. president but the commander in chief admits new sanctions will be imposed involves

military action is still on the table following iran's downing of an american drone on thursday. and i mean this is out 0 life and also coming up. we have a very extensive economic plan and then we have a very extensive political plan. a white house senior adviser jared krishna releases details of a controversial plan to boost the palestinian economy. the man tipped to be britain's next prime minister under scrutiny once again about his private life after a police visits over a domestic knowing that. this is the suspension of aid is literally a real war on yemen it literally means war. shoppers panic and try to stock up as the world food program suspends the distribution of aid to yemen.

so the diplomatic efforts are ramping up to try and defuse tensions between iran and the united states despite president donald trump warning that military action is still on the table trump also says the u.s. will impose additional sanctions on iran after an american drone was shot down and says. they in the strait of hormuz the top diplomats and german chancellor angela merkel there pushing for a political solution off the weeks of rhetoric and fears of all out war i mean well britain's middle east minister he will visit terror on sunday in an attempt to draw to deescalate the situation all this coming as iran's government warns it will respond firmly to any u.s. aggression or threats amid the tensions it's announced the execution of a former defense ministry employee accused of spying for washington and on friday president dilma trouble revealed he'd cooled off strikes on iran at the very last minute saying he wanted to avoid mass casualties the u.s. has requested a meeting of the u.n.

security council in that set for monday now speaking to reporters u.s. commander in chief explained how he came to the decision not to carry out retaliatory strikes against iran. i don't want to kill 150 of anything or anybody. unless it's absolutely necessary. and most people very much agree with what i what i'm doing now. the leadership of iran behaves badly. then it's got to be a very very bad day for them but hopefully this far and hopefully they really care for their people and not them and hopefully we can get a red back and do it economic bracket fantastic when they're really wealthy nation . is around want to become a wealthy nation again. from abroad they call it let's make the round

great again all right let's get the reaction out of the u.s. now with how did your customer in washington d.c. heidi how is the old trump performance being viewed by capitol hill. well look there are a lot of people who are confused and concerned by the rapid change of decision making that at least the president has publicly expressed speaking with reporters today he said that it was probably intentional the shooting down of the the unmanned drone by an iranian missile that starkly contradicts what he just said few days previously when he thought that maybe it was a mistake that a rogue general had done it and then of course leading up to the very last 10 minutes before this u.s. retaliatory strike what of the gun to the president confirming that he decided to change his mind because he was briefed again on that possible 150 iranian

casualties which you just heard him discuss so all of that a lot of whiplash a lot of theater being said we also on twitter earlier yesterday saying that kind of glorifying the fact that he made this last minute decision and that it did come down to the wire which is great stuff for a reality television where the president has experience and but as far as u.s. military and national security issues it's certainly something that members of congress are concerned by and we saw that with responses from democrats in congress who are urging that the white house needs congressional approval for any sort of military action against iran which the president just said today is still on the table now he's also saying there's plenty of time for resolution yet he's talking about putting more sanctions on iran. that's right but he hasn't shared any details of what these sanctions are and again with this theme of contradictory information

no one else in the government is confirming that these sanctions which trump actually announced yesterday saying that they had already been imposed while in fact they haven't we really don't know what he's talking about although they may be revealed at a later date i should also add the cov yet that all of this is happening during a tumultuous transition in the leadership of the u.s. defense department the united states has been without a permanent senate confirmed defense secretary now going on 6 months which is the rate times the record in u.s. history and just yesterday the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan left the building for good now that followed just on the tail of this very decisive you know this very important decision made to cancel that military strike on iran and now the person who is set to replace shanahan is mark s. for who is currently the army secretary trump says he intends to nominate aspart to

become the senate confirmed permanent defense secretary most people are viewing that as a wise choice this is a person with military experience also experience working as a congressional staffer however asper also spent 7 years as a lobbyist for the defense industry which may be a weak spot when it comes time for his confirmation hearings and his duty ahead of him cannot be overstated in his importance the pentagon has really lost a lot of clout with the presidency or since the departure of general mattis who was the original secretary of defense and since then the president has been his own worth sort of on his own he just said today that he is only one whose decision matters are already thanks very much how did your country. well as we mentioned earlier iran has announced it has executed a former defense ministry employee on charges of spying for the u.s.

general. left his post 9 years ago he was convicted by a military court after investigators allegedly discovered documents and spoil your quit and at his home has more now from turkey the judicial division of the armed forces has just released information that they have executed a person for spying for the cia and the i'm an american administration they have identified a man by the name of john. zawar who was a former freelance employee within the defense ministries aerospace unit now this person has apparently was suspended in 2010 and that's when he apparently confessed that he was spying for the cia and according to the information released espionage devices and documents were also found in his home we also know that his wife has also been sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accomplice this comes at a very very important time we know we don't know exactly when this person was

executed he was executed by hanging the date of his execution has not been released but the information about this person is being released today is very important given the current tensions that we've seen ongoing between the united states and iran this is just another development within this scheme of escalation between the 2 sides. senior white house adviser jared cushion has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century the middle east peace plan based on $50000000000.00 of investment more than half of the cash spent on palestinian infrastructure over 10 years the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan one of the main projects is a $5000000000.00 transportation curdle to connect the occupied west bank and gaza nearly $2000000000.00 will also be injected into the palestinian tourism industry because there is drumming up support for the $179.00 infrastructure and business projects ahead of an international conference in bahrain next week the palestinian

government is boycotting the event and have refused to talk to the u.s. since it recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital in 2017. the plan would invest about $50000000000.00 in the region it would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank and gaza take their unemployment rate from about 30 percent single digits it would reduce their poverty rate by half if it's implemented correctly it's a 10 year plan that would double their g.d.p. we've had a peer reviewed now by about a dozen economists in a dozen countries and we're very excited to put it forward. johnson who's tipped to become a leader of the ruling conservative party has defended his character during a campaign event in birmingham itself the police were called to his home of reports of a domestic incident which was reported by a neighbor police say they'll take no further action but it is the latest incident to raise questions about johnson's character he will become the next british prime minister if he wins a runoff vote against foreign secretary jeremy hunt next month but when pressed by

a journalist about why police were called to his house johnson quickly evaded the question. i think more people have come here today seductive interview and there you are i think people i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. it is a world i think. i think to believe. i think what they want to hear what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country in. the world food program has suspended some operations in yemen after failing to reach agreement with rebels on distributing food supplies that decision is expected to affect around 850000 people people in the who think controlled capital of sana who need help them 100 has been . this panic buying in sonas old city after the u.n. world food program said it would stop distributing food aid before the war this market was a bustling focal point for vendors who sold fruits vegetables and exotic spices but

4 years of a saudi u.a.e. led war and diversion in aid supplies have caused an unprecedented food crisis more than 850000 people in the capital sanaa are affected by the suspension in food aid deliveries and yemenis fear the situation could get much worse. than no i have the suspension will harm us the people will be affected by this not only the people of a village or a province or a city but the entire nation. this is the suspension of aid is literally a real war on yemen it literally means war. most of the people need food aid on a daily basis because the country is in a very bad economic condition and living expenses are high. the world food program says humanitarian workers in yemen have been denied access to those in need aid convoys were blocked and local officials interfered with food distribution we're not talking.