action my 3 policy center sparked a constitutional crisis last year when he sacked and replaced the prime minister a decision that was later overturned by the supreme court also faced criticism over the government's handling of an intelligence report warning of the attacks that happened in east the next presidential elections june of ember 16 his middle fernandez in colombia a record 41 candidates posting cash bones for the election head of handing in nominations on monday but the president might be policy receive not being among that group now when he believes he's pretty says that former president mahinda rajapaksa it was a complete we've where he sort of swept that election saying that he was only in for one term to bring change however his tenure has been fraught with disappointment for sri lankan voters and despite in recent months trying

desperately to mount a real action bid to try and ghana support for that relax in bed president citizen there has been forced to admit that he's not going to make it the sort of reasons for public discontent with the city say the rule has continued just here in april we did see those tragic sort of easter bombings the fact that it was sort of a tragedy of huge number of errors that led to that spate of bomb attacks claiming so many lives was not something that people are willing to forget so this is president is in his way obviously of realizing and then meeting that he's not making going to make it so he's just going to stop with that 1st presidential bid. in the news ahead to new zealand's votes in parliamentary elections a test for the country's established parties. and making giant strides an ethiopian

becomes the 1st runner from his country to win the world championship marathon in 18 minutes. heller rain has returned to one of 2 places in china it's been raining up in the high ground in the west this massive white has produced rain in hong kong and if anything that will develop in the next day or so might even get a proper circulation out of it and you know what that means that means significant rain in the area associated with it sas rest in china and northern vietnam the still the potential for some rain further north chengdu or eastwards as you can see but mostly it's still a fairly dry picture except here where the expanse of green is getting bigger but the northeast monsoon will dominate now for the next few months the monsoon rains of india has you know been very heavy recently in bihar for example they seem to be

not some option at this massive cloud here but these are the usual shower activity in pakistan and might do the same again but rosin a concentration over india of being in maharashtra or bihar it's don't so much that it's more east and a bit this size still heavy rain in the cold and in bangladesh is as to potential and the northeast of india but as you can see there's not a huge area for example of protection where it's dry more showers alive again i think today in amman otherwise it's still dry. children risk you don't look at you in the countries look up in the sky with the death of a. boy spawn calls to ban them from the week one when they speak to time. 1.

0. and. this is al jazeera these are the top stories a 2nd whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry against president on trumpets come forward and they could still be more the person to assess his client has spoken to the inspector general of the intelligence community. iraq's prime minister says he'll meet protestors to urge them to stop their violent actions those demonstrations now into a 6 day at least 104 people have been killed and 6000 injured so far.

the police in hong kong the 5 tear gas and arrested protesters who are defying a ban on where facebook asks opposition activists who lost their legal good to overexpose the bad. citizens their prime minister down the leader of its sovereign council in saudi arabia general abdul fatah rolled out and met officials in riyadh and following that meeting the saudi foreign minister has said it is working on removing sudan from the u.s. list of state sponsors of terror him organismal from. let's go back to when saddam was placed on this u.s. list of states sponsoring terrorism that happened in 1993 following accusations from the united states of sudan supporting some groups like hezbollah hamas and al qaida which at that time the u.s. deemed as terrorist organizations now sudan had at that time denied those accusations now so they really had come out and said that it is supporting to try

and working to try to get saddam of that list to try to get the country standing back on its feet again and it comes after the prime minister said that saddam not only needs to get of that list but it also needs other countries to support it with economic development rather than grants like saudi arabia has been doing following the ousting of former president i'm going to share in april now the reason why this visit is significant is because besides bilateral relations the 2 sides will be talking about her dance involvement in the yemen war where sudan is participating with more than 10000 troops fighting on the side of the united arab emirates coalition side people have said that they don't want to dam participating in this in this war but the transitional government has said that it is up to an elected government which will come in 3 years time to decide whether sudan should continue with that participation or whether the troops should be withdrawn so for the time being the prime minister said that the focus will be on bilateral relations economic and political relations between sudan and saudi arabia and that people are

hoping that whatever the outcome of this visit is it will not hinder down a path to start a stable democratic transition. in yemen solvent separatists backed by the u.s. the have withdrawn from the west coast and moved into the port city of aden it follows an agreement last week between the u.s. the saudi partners to hand over the city to the southern separatists supports the bisons that's caused tension between yemen's government and they are also used who along with the saudis intervened in yemen to fight the hutu rebels more than 4 years ago and the yemeni government is warning health services are struggling because of worsening petrol shortages the oil ministry is blaming the saudi u.a.e. the coalition for imposing restrictions on fuel imports just one tanker has been granted permission to dock in the past 2 weeks providing enough fuel for just 5 days. libya's internationally recognized government is calling on the un security council to take action against the warlords after afters forces have attacked 2

major airports since the start of their offensive to seize tripoli really 6 months ago the attacks on the tikka and mistrusts airports resulted in deaths and damages after us forces say they were being targeted by jets being flown from those airports the government in tripoli is also calling for measures against countries who have been supporting khalifa haftar. 2 new zealand's are voting in their 2nd parliamentary election since the revolution 8 years ago sunday's vote is seen as a test of the established parties accused by many of failing to solve 2 news years the economic crisis the number of newly formed political groups and are trying to gain some support hashim the whole bara now with more from a polling station in tunis. more than 7000000 tunisians are expected to cast their votes in this crucial elections but many believe the voter turnout could be lower compared to the 2014 election because millions of tinnies ians believe

that the political elite that has taken over since 2011 revolution has betrayed the hopes of the dreams of the tendency of people into. our democratic transition it's time and it's patients we need to know what we're doing what we've accomplished is something extraordinary this is a huge change and needs patients and needs a lot of hard work f.t. sat my top priorities put in a c.r. the economy a living standards m.p.t. education and that to next year as well there are 2 key contenders in these elections the conservative another party which has dominated the political landscape into his sister 1011 of the newly formed heart of tunisia led by the media tycoon and the beetle car we who is in jail the 2 parties are opposing ands of the political spectrum and the middest quite clear that they're not going to form any coalition in the near future which means that we are most likely going to

see a political impasse in tunisia after these elections all police agencies to justice is going to be a tight race this absolutely no way and not on its own can form a coalition without him up with the heart of the disease and vice versa and this is a huge problem 14 these years they have been grappling with political instability and economic problems for almost 80 years and. people say that they took to the streets into $1011.00 and topple the former ruler so that i would be in bed early hoping that it is there would be different would be better those hopes turned out into disillusionment and frustration al-jazeera turnus. 2 of the big votes taking place the polls close in kosovo in less than an hour in a snap parliamentary election that was called when prime minister romish. resigned back in july that was when he was summoned by kosovo's war crimes prosecutor he

wants to ask what the knowledge about his role in the conflict with the serb forces 20 years ago poll suggests no party will have enough support to form a government on its own and it is also general election day in portugal the opinion polls suggest the governing socialists could win but probably without an outright majority prime minister antonio costas minority government has been backed for the past 4 years by 2 far left parties have been protests in the french capital paris against a change in the law which will allow single and gay women to get fertility treatment final parliamentary approval is needed to end the restriction on in-vitro fertilisation treatment i.v.'s just currently only for women in a heterosexual relationship conservative and catholic groups say medically assisted reproductive treatment deprives children of a natural father. now it is a struggle to make ends meet for many in russia average incomes of fall into the

past 5 years and half the population we're talking about $70000000.00 people their own lives than 550 dollars a month to get by many families are now taking out risky and high cost loans which is only making the more soft from moscow step fasteners the story. 4 weeks anastasio you die your back has been receiving threatening phone calls that collectors are telling her they will hurt her child or family if she doesn't pay back her loans she lives in a town 2 hours drive from moscow and the salaries there are so low that she can't afford the rent she was offered loans despite being a single mother without a steady job but with high interest rates she's been able to pay them back rather charming i'm disappointed in myself but it's true that these loans are available to everyone and it's very bad there are a lot of such stories i think i managed to do with this emotionally because i have a child and i need to fight for his sake but i heard very tragic stories of people

who commit suicide heard a lot of these stories thousands of credit companies have opened up in recent years with many offering so-called fast cash on line a recent survey shows that 39 percent of russians believe they only paid about half what they deserve for the work they perform to help people to get better jobs moscow has started a pilot project that offers advice training and psychological support to 250000 people who have fallen below the government standard of living. the 1st thing we do is to clarify their situation what has happened to them and that their income is lower than the living standard what is their psychological condition their qualification level and if it corresponds with the job market do they have a motivation and what their needs are but since it opened 3 months ago 22000 people have visited the center most are women staff here say men are less inclined to look

for help because they feel poverty as a taboo that it may put in as promised to have the number of people living below the poverty line by the end of 1st term 5 years from now but some economists say this is unrealistic since the economy has to grow at least 3 times as fast as we able to achieve this and they say all prices and sanctions imposed on russia are only part of the problem and structural changes are needed. put in has criticised his government for working too slowly on a national project aimed to increase state spending but even if they are implemented efficiently some economists don't believe they will fix russia's economy problems. what's happening isn't reasonable distribution of the revenue mistakes in the budget planning i think until the paradigm changes the political paradigm and the political paradigm on the top of the will remain at the current level we know that despite all the new national projects the states just 6 agency

had to report to the level of poverty hasn't decreased but even increase this year when i must see i couldn't see a way of clearing thousands of dollars of debt she decided to look for help on the internet her emotional letter is typical of many that now can be found on russian websites the advice she got is to file for bankruptcy but even if she did that she still need a job that pays for a whole one bedroom flat step fastened al-jazeera stooping low russia. just a bit of sport few now and an ethiopian if it will be one of the enduring memories of the world athletics championships which have been held here in qatar for the past week also the deceased one his country's 1st mouth and title at the event for 18 years it was the last of the road races here and where competitors of really had to battle the heat and humidity but scientists have also been using their conditions to help find ways to help the athletes and the richardson reports.

a test of insurance for the runners a test of nerve for the organizers doha's aircooled khalifa stadium isn't an option for the road races despite a midnight start time high humidity contributed to more than a 3rd of the field failing to finish last week's women's marathon conditions were kind of for the men's race with humidity below 50 percent. and higher humidity what happens is it doesn't allow the body to court so our star mechanism sweating and the evaporation of sweat off the body is your cooling mechanism skin is your largest organ in your body so the ability to cool and evaporate is important higher humidity you're not bad hurting that sweat out your body. more than 50 competitors at these championships have volunteered to consume electronic capsules which contain the moment says and transmit is to keep a track on the courts have creature during events there are also infrared cameras

being used during competition to measure the athlete skin temperature. again these are single use their missions it's the sort of information performance experts can use to better prepare athletes 15 races with heat and humidity set to be a big factor at next year's tokyo olympics months before these championships runners were receiving guidance on what to expect in doha if you're in the lead at the. considering the medical setting we have here and if you have if you have previously been through a committee vision i would say yes definitively it's safe because we have all through an over scale an over equipped medical staff and medical plan in this marathon 18 runners failed to finish from a field of 73 out in front it was a sprint finish to the line as ethiopia's lisa decease a one gold in these conditions are not going to produce a personal best in the world records i mean again you've got to be very well

trained but you know again it's. part of the sport is part of what we're facing in indoor intervention and better around the world so it's part of the new normal. conditions appear to suit decease he warned in his best time of the season and the richardson al-jazeera don't have a funny few tens of thousands of spectators of watch one of the world's largest festivals dedicated to hot air ballooning have a look at the skies above albuquerque in the u.s. state of new mexico hundreds of multicolored balloons there for day 2 of the international balloon fiesta mostly grounded on saturday actually because of fog but organise a sun those conditions were perfect for mass flights. how fast the hour on al jazeera these are the headlines a 2nd whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry against president i will trump has

now come forward and there could still be more of the person's lawyer says his client has spoken to the inspector general of the intelligence community iraq's prime minister says he'll meet protestors to urge them to stop violent actions as demonstrations edger a 6 day at least 104 people have been killed and more than $6000.00 injured so far and. i'm ready to go with brotherly proteus is stationed and meet them or seen them on boys to other locations in other provinces without any armed forces i will go and meet them without weapons and sit with them for hours to listen to the demands if this will ease the situation the number 80 to do their best in spin the coming days and the scenes in return we call them halting the protests in baghdad streets and also in the provinces. because president has decided not to run in the upcoming election might their policy to center caused a constitutional crisis last year when he sacked and replaced the prime minister a decision later overturned by the supreme court he also faced criticism over the

way the government handled an intelligence report which warned of the easter attacks so that his new prime minister. and the leader of the sovereign council are now in saudi arabia general abdul fatah or all burned met officials in riyadh and after that made the saudi foreign ministry says it would work on removing sudan from the u.s. list of state sponsors of terrorism police in hong kong are fired tear gas and arrested protesters have been defying a ban on wearing face masks acquisition activists lost their legal bid to overturn the ban. tunisians voting in their 2nd parliamentary elections since the revolution 8 years ago sunday's vote is seen as a test of the established accused by many of failing to solve the economic crisis a number of newly formed political groups are trying to gain support and they were hardest in the french capital paris against a change in the law which allows single and gay women to now get fertility treatments final parliamentary approval is needed to end the restriction on

in-vitro fertilisation treatment or i v f which is currently only for women in a heterosexual relationship up to date with the headlines on down to 010 waste starts right now. it's a crucial area in a violent and wildly popular across thailand a little more tart is one of the toughest martial law. i will write how many will make a problem to look at so. are risking it all the finer and for to hold up a fight. but the death of

a 13 year old boy and growing warnings that young foxes risk. have led to cool the children to be banned from the league these kids. job a country how can we let the sky thing happened 1018 investigates the true cost of thailand's national. hotel. pool will soak up. with a tug. boat along. the line. they pull. up off holding out not to take live their lives. on one side of the wall the conlang. final and there.

has been fighting to bring since a month. he trained 7 hours a day to be the best he's a field opponent. with a slew of knockouts under his belt. one tall fellow all i can tell i am. making his country. the. same.

and even that. it's almost. if you need. the gnocchi dial well literally. i need to. charge him why bother to talk to him what by the thought behind his dad was once a fighter himself and knows the toll it can take. don't know. obviously fire i don't know. when i heard one of them in the. bag without.

it's a dangerous spot and many are asking with children like poor pat should be subjected to the bruises kicks and punches the come with an. i'm heading to a small village east of bangkok to meet a boy whose life was changed forever after a movie tie fight with terribly wrong. 15 year old need to corn is already a veteran fighter of more than $100.00 matches. in november last year before 13 year old champion boxer and. fired up.

ok well feet up. well i come. from a power trip. by how. time fight is there's no more decisive win than the knockout. a new chair is on the right with the great gloves on the lift with the blue gloves. at this point the fight was like any other. but a few moments later. delivers the fatal blow to a new cheese here. 2 days later a new chip was pronounced did from a brain haemorrhage. yeah.

yeah yeah. but. both. on home and out of it and they all went out. according to the rules of morning time the knockout punch was legal he did nothing wrong but the impact of this tragedy will be long lasting. and that's how my doc and mom got home over a lot on how. up what i end up. following his death the new just family called for tougher regulations for children's fights including making protective gear compulsory. how could you allow this shy it is sold box almost every 2 weeks he

died in the cradle him race it means the bleeding inside the brain. brain specialist professor just the board wants to see children banned from the ring she spent 5 years scanning the brains of hundreds of child fighters. and found shocking evidence that would tie causes irreversible brain damage. to what it really. going to be a doctor ok we look at the brain of the mocks of kits. she found old bleats from repeated head injuries that cause damage to the brain's nerve cells. it has a lot of all black. accumulated in there when you accumulate it in there it means that they had been injury and in the old that is cell it will act as a new or old system the damage to the brain for the. study also found the child

boxes have to creased memory and low i.q. if you are a boxer kickboxer you have to i.q. that low and then that shy of the same socio economy and same. i was surprised by the i.q. and in thing that is the drop this little sum was 10 points compared to the normal the none box a keep 10 points it means a lot. so what would you like to see happen in the law when it comes to kids boxing in thailand. be as the sport authority a pilot and i don't know maker in pilot. just sing the kids younger than 15 years old as a professional boxer. this is what we want it just one day to follow that in the nationalist band that like relation form a 2 boxes but these kids they are

a wolf they are few job what country how can we let the sky thing happen is there any way. this can be safe from the rain as long as you put 2 people on the ring and one is met the dandiya. now will be no save. despite the risks more time remains the national obsession. there are around 200000 children who regularly compete kick boxing matches across thailand. and for some of these kids the sport is a ticket out of poverty. was able to go to a good school we had changed mine thanks to her books and school. and every time she steps into the ring she's bending money to help support her family.

must be the question women and men are made of a man with a quality food that is very cold and one of the required of me coming. by far enough i would out where i see a member you pick. up. even if i have all the plate. money to do. something for me because there's no. doubt. without thinking truths out there a lot of requirement for. a man. who not being ready to end up. broke up.

with a she wins or loses ton cause next flight around $85.00. thailand's minimum daily wage is just $10.00 so it's tempting for the kids of poor families to risk injury for a big bang fight. which is exactly what tank was about to. call their home. thank you for their fight as it was and there's a lot of her. tomorrow she'll be fighting for a junior championship title. her mom is her biggest fan but she's nervous about the match. even if the coach isn't sure she's ready and i think home. only one i hope i hope and a lot.