but they also say that the tractor part of the truck is believed to have a ridge unaided in northern ireland and the british parliament the prime minister and the leader of the opposition were united in shock and sorrow this is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking i know that the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those who lost their lives and their loved ones i do pay an enormous tribute to the emergency services who've gone to the scene to deal with it all of us who just think for a moment what it's like to be a police officer or a firefighter to open that container and have to remove 39 bodies from it and deal with them in a probe in an appropriate and humane way what unimaginable horror did the $39.00 victims and refrigerated lorries are designed to be at tight that those $39.00 people suffocate in a claustrophobic and terrifyingly inevitable death or did they freeze to death in temperatures below minus 20 degrees celsius. there are echoes of the 2015

tragedy in austria when 71 people suffocated to death in the back of an airtight lorry which the people smugglers had simply abandoned in the august heat. the 25 year old driver of this lorry has been arrested and is being questioned as a potential murder suspect truck itself has now been moved to a secure location a top redox to the bodies can be removed forensically but this investigation is only just beginning and somehow somewhere the families of $39.00 people are going to have to be traced and told of their loved ones fate. paul brennan. 6. government protesters in chile have become some of the biggest and most violent in nearly 30 years at least 18 people are being killed during the past 2 weeks and a state of emergency in place it began over higher rail prices then spiraled into a movement against government oppression and poverty president. has promised to

better address the country's problems let's turn our correspondent michael republic who's in santiago and obviously a very tense scenario that we've been watching of the last few days just bring us up to speed on what we know about the situation at the moment. that's right so and that tension that we've seen over the course of the past few days continues even tonight as the sun has set the streets have started to clear in anticipation of a 5th night of curfew here in the chilean capital and it really is almost 2 different worlds that we're living in here in the in santiago where we are right now everything appears calm but only about a kilometer away it actually looks like a war zone those clashes taking place between police ahead of that curfew there are still thousands of people that are demonstrating out on the streets police throughout the course of the day and throughout the course of the past few days have been using tear gas they've been using rubber bullets they could use the water cannons and they've also now confirmed have used live ammunition to disperse the

crowds as has been one of the biggest points of anger for protesters of course when these protests began this was over a fare hike in public transportation in the metro system it did the demands of the demonstrators have since evolved people are now complaining about the state of the country's health care system about the education in this country they're complaining about the minimum wage about pension reform a whole host of issues we were talking to one a medical professional today who says that she's been treating. the treating bullet word she's been treating. trauma to the torso trauma to the face from from projectiles sent from the police officers presumably tear gas canisters rubber bullets and other quote unquote less than lethal forms of action this is also caught the attention of the united nations and of the human rights organizations from across the world who are calling for accountability as more and more human rights abuses continue to be documented but as more people from different sectors

of society continue to join in the in the demonstrations and unfortunately continue to to defy the ongoing curfew the expectation is that the violence that we've seen over the last few days is going to continue so. well of course the. situation develops. plenty more here on the al-jazeera news hour including a coup or fraught with a final count inside bolivia's electoral rivals play the blame game protesters stayed on the streets plus i i. will tell you why angry crowds are surrounding the home of the ethiopian activist after a standoff with police. and sport a busy night in the u.a.e. for champion's league clear over here with a roundup of all of their. braving rain and heavy military deployment lebanese protesters are still turning out in

massive numbers demanding the removal of a political system seen as corrupt and beyond repair in a moment 70 deca fought and her people have turned on the prime minister in the northern city of tripoli traditionally a strong support base 1st this report in the capital beirut. they try to reclaim the streets but the people stood their ground lebanon's army has been ordered by politicians to open roads across the country the same politicians these lebanese want gone there were skirmishes a few injuries but at the end the military took a step back they're trying to intimidate the system was. saying that by a show of force we're going to back out people are going to be afraid to come and actually push the opposite all of us rushed early on instead of coming at like 5 or 6 pm for a party this is the main highway connecting the capital beirut to north lebanon

protesters have been blocking roads in the hope of pressuring the government to resign prime minister starter heidi who said protests will be tolerated in squares ordered the security forces to clear the streets he has orders to oppress us he has all the stuff masters about. this is seeing that the people there are not using any violence they are so peaceful it's not clear if the presence of cameras stop the soldiers from using excessive force but not long after the army command issued a statement making it clear daily life must not be disrupted people chant revolution or revolution we want the fall of the regime and protesters are still very much defiant they are refusing to leave the streets it's a mess lebanon will witness a prolonged period of unrest if the lebanese government refuses to reside. the governing coalition has not been able to write off the protest movement which has spread across lebanon it is now entering its 2nd week of may has an

a because. my son graduates next year and all he thinks about is leaving lebanon he can't find a job here i don't want my children to leave i want those in power to return the money they stole. for decades protests like these were ineffective because the majority of the lebanese people allied themselves with one political group or another that may change hard it's different now the people on the street and when we're talking specifically about people who are affiliated politically and maybe still affiliated but it's clear what they want to hold their party is accountable maybe they didn't do it during the elections they are doing it now on the street no one can pretend to represent the street today the protesters are trying to seize their country from politicians who have been in power for decades for now they have overcome sectarian and political divides and are controlling the streets this is the 1st time lebanon's political leaders face such a serious challenge but that may change if the army chooses to protect those in

power set up for their beirut. for a week now thousands of come out into the square in tripoli to join the chorus of voices across the country calling for their government to go. as all eyes were on beirut a few nights ago this video close you don't mind when viral don'ts music lately jubilant crowds many 1st thought this was the route when it was actually here in tripoli the city many see is far more conservative. i didn't plan for this i didn't plan for this i was like all the people i was going to. all the people. we met up with the man behind the music he says he played it spontaneously didn't expect this kind of reaction all the people all of the all love each other. your children are breathing everything and everyone everyone is here because there is no one on top of them the protests have mobilized the youth here

a leaderless grassroots movement that has inspired many. it was like a domino effect among the youth and sally says the protests have given her renewed hope i'll screw whether she thinks there are challenges ahead it's going to be difficult we are scared. and we are aware that. we are going to a bit of a chaotic period after this but. when you are aware. you're ready and when you're ready if this is the 1st step of succeeding. when you're scared you either go through things or you either withdraw or this gives your perseverance to continue especially. when you've got strong out of many disappointments tripoli's traditionally your support base for the prime minister saad how d.d. but the sunni majority city has been neglected and has some of the poorest areas in

the country and the most hideous of the nude because of the flood we are defending the rights of our children in the rights of all citizens to live in a clean environment we are asking all those in power to resign and be held accountable financially all of them we will stay here until our demands meet the protesters come from a cross-section of society and that is what everyone is telling us is so important in a city that's been stigmatized due to a past spillover of the syrian war when gun battles were fought out in the streets the people have come together against the ruling elite. they also want to change a sectarian system which they accuse politicians of exploiting in order to keep people divided but there seems to be a stalemate now the government isn't standing down the people aren't leaving there are unpredictable times ahead stephanie decker of tripoli. bolivia's opposition leader says he has evidence of electoral fraud in sunday's presidential vote. is

calling for mass protests to continue unless a runoff is held present even though alice needs to secure a 10 point lead to avoid that 2nd vote counts of being frozen bolivians are still waiting for the final result there as has denounced the opposition demonstrations as a coup as he's confident he will soon be declared the winner john holdren for us from in bolivia and john i mean what's the mood where you are. it has not been pleasant. no it hasn't there's been a lot of take us some stones thrown by protesters but that's not to know it's fairly early on in the actual protests right now and see behind me here mostly john believe you have come out to protest at some of them here is the feeling this is the 3rd night that people have come out onto the streets they've been tear gassed every other night that they've been that they've been out on the place of trying to

stop them getting near the center and you mention a little bit about why these people they're saying the livest said no bolivia said no and they're saying that because of this the start of who wrote this in 2016 that president ever more on his wanted to change the constitution so he could run again as president he asked the people here in a referendum if he could do that and they said no not really but they said no and he then went ahead and did it anyway that was created the stocks of all of this and now we have the situation in the election on sunday and we are after that the count was coolest it was cool to 24 hours when it looked like it was going on to a runoff between president ever moralities and the nearest challenger colace messa when the folks began to flow again 24 hours later it looked like president havel horrendous was on the verge of a straight victory. ignites the fisa protest movement that was ignited colace

messes saying no this should go to a 2nd round but he's not alone the price president of the electoral tribunal has resigned he said it that they put the electoral process in doubt that cools that freezing of the rapid fire count on the organization of american states has also said that they should be a 2nd round president parolees will be behind as you said has said that he's on the good to winning they see. around us is an attempt to. well of course but the president himself took to the airwaves or in the day in a rebuttal of any accusations being made against him he's coming out fighting certainly verbal e. and turn 72 why don't more dns in the media. we were there actually when he said that this morning and the maid was certainly no conciliatory he was saying that the young people that you can see around us the sled that this is a right to that's receiving international health he didn't present any evidence of

international support that press conference so that's the route that the president people should just accept this result we've also talked to his supporters today earlier on there was a much government supporters their vision is look this is a president who most poverty is growing the economy and don't have a lot of stuff in this country if you should just accept this result and let it get on with doing the job when we asked him about the 24 hour pools the freezing of the folk out they said well the electoral tribunals have their reasons for doing that so that's the other side that's really the basis of the president rallies from the 1st round right to election right and. that's cool the shirt you have indeed we're going to leave it at the moment john obviously it looks like it's going to quite a lively night in la paz and we'll come back to you with any further developments thank you. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour sucked less than

a year after taking office we bring you the latest changes at the top of riyadh's diplomacy and after his success in the deadly start of a putin turns of russia's attention towards africa. also is for roger federer continues his bid for a 10th title of the swiss indoors in basle for half the story straight after the break. we've got some wet some windy weather moving away from the far northeast of the us system making its way through here we've seen some very heavy rain on that the eastern parts of canada dragging in some much colder air out of that western side of ontario digging down across the northern plains of the u.s. through the midwest a lot of severe storms on the system as it starts to push is why it's very real

nice to see but we still have you know cities and some day some warmth that we're getting up to around 20 celsius in washington d.c. and 18 there for new york as we go on into friday i say with temperatures here wetter weather still lingering around a similar place just around texas through oklahoma pushing up towards console i think a little further north woods down towards the southeast we've got the system which will push its way and from the gulf of mexico so we could see some flooding as a result of that right across the deep south further west it stays hot and dry 30 celsius in l.a. no relief from the wildfires we have got some wet weather so when she weather into that western side of kind of there with cloud right polly in from the pacific pacific side of central america also seeing some wet weather stormy weather there continue for eastern parts of mexico with a rush of showers the caribbean. the

environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes out into the environment goes around the world. and crowns that it's a very modern way to do probably believe me voices the measure of progress. the domestic population. here in the mountain active enough to believe that you're assuming that you will kill people who are more vulnerable to circle of poison on al-jazeera. in a world of alternative facts and truths unfiltered social media spreads misinformation unfavorable reports become fake abuse. the enemy of the people and press freedom is under attack. in a brand new documentary series we explore the media landscape of the future how are journalists the world over coming to terms with this new reality and finding ways to challenge mainstream misconceptions whose truth is it anyway coming soon on

al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera means the whole rather remind of our top stories the u.s. president says he's lifting sanctions on turkey following a truce still in syria donald trump says the turkish military offensive has ended thanks to washington's intervention. also a murder investigation is underway in the united kingdom after the bodies of 39 people were found in a contained a truck in a town east of london police say the vehicle came from to england from belgium. and antigovernment protests in chile have become some of the largest and most violent in nearly 30 years that began over high prices that have spiraled into

a movement against government oppression and poverty. iraq says it won't allow u.s. forces retreating from northern syria to stay in its territories. prime minister. reiterated his country's position after meeting u.s. defense secretary margaret spring baghdad esther had previously said u.s. troops crossing the border from syria would stay in iraq to counter scattered i saw fighters and one car has more from baghdad. well there's been a period of uncertainty when it comes to the u.s. troops leaving northeastern syria as to exactly where they were going to go just a few days ago we were told that they were going to go to assad air base which is in the west of iraq and that didn't happen and then we were told that they may stay in the kurdish region of northern iraq and be replaced that that didn't happen either and now we've had the visit of the u.s. secretary of defense mark s.

but we were told that actually there was going to be a press conference between mark and the iraqi prime minister. that didn't happen we do know that the secretary of defense did meet with his iraqi counterparts and he did we meet with the prime minister of iraq there was a statement issued from the defense ministry now the defense ministry said that they welcome the cooperation between iraq and the u.s. that the u.s. echoed that view in similar words but there was no real concrete timeline given to as to what happens to these u.s. troops now what we've heard subsequently is that they have been given 4 weeks to leave the country so they are allowed to stay here for 4 weeks or effectively in transit which is what the iraqis have always insisted those u.s. troops do you know this isn't the only set of u.s. troops that are hey under

a previous agreement there are 5000 troops here but adding another 770-2800 troops those people retreating from syria is seen as being very politically sensitive particularly as the u.s. said they would mount operations against isis fighters in syrian territory from iraq and then they would also be able to go back into syrian territory if needed if that was a decision that was taken that seems to have angered a lot of people in iraq and it really seems to be the crux of why those u.s. troops are now being given the deadline to leave the country. saadi arabia's foreign minister has been fired after less than one year in the role the announcement was broadcast on state television ibrahim bin abilities us of was only appointed in the last year will be replaced by the kingdom's ambassador to germany vessel been for harm the saudi minister for transport has also been replaced let's get more on this with. he's executive director of the arab center in washington

d.c. a research organization good to have you with us on the program sir i mean a foreign the foreign ministry really has really taken a hit this past year i mean what do you think has brought on this change. it definitely has taken a hit over the best your show right when i sat. through to your audience to whom knows it has a long term civil servant essentially the technocrat known him since 199596 when he became finance minister and served in that position for more than 20 years. it's been a very turbulent carrier for him to the last 3 years i think the 1st surprising element of that was his arrest. 2017 with the ritz carlton incident in saudi arabia and later suddenly he's released and he joins that

inner circle of king some man as an advisor and then quickly after that appointed as a foreign minister to be dismissed after 11 months i think i clearly hear that is some sort of a political game of musical chairs which does not bode well for you know giving a sense of stability in difficult to say what it is kind of price of an esther's and others so it was a shot if i just get in that i mean basically that well what does what facile been for hollande is going to bring to that makes if if was side sidelined and also bad who has really you know remained still in the public limelight setting in the media. you know with all due respect i think this was a formula that was destined to fear from the very beginning. placing the foreign minister and demoting the previous one to him in

a sort of state for foreign affairs so people couldn't tell whether the brain i thought was really the foreign minister of saudi arabia or whether either germany or remain so and now they are doing the same thing took place and been fired on it seems to me that they're setting him up again for failure and unless there is some clarity some changes being made at the ministry does that clarity mean that we need to see less of just bear all the international stage because if in the next few months we continue to see him in high profile press conferences. that things are not working the way do we assume that things about working the way that the king wants the modoc needs. apparently you know i mean it's not a matter of being more or less. here but when you have a division of labor what braman i sat of course brought in supposedly put administrative reasons to organize the ministry effectively and i and was kept

ensure there was kept to continue to conduct foreign policy and to continue to represent the kingdom internationally that doesn't work you either have a foreign minister or you do not have a foreign minister and i do not care whether the foreign minister is brought you know not south korea or why something. interesting times i think we'll have to keep a very close eye on much in day to thanks for joining us from the u.s. . now u.s. democratic party senator is blaming donald trump for the stalemate in the dispute between 4 arab nations and qatar chris murphy says trump has taken a lax the probe to dealing with that crisis and others in the region saudi arabia the united arab emirates bihari in egypt imposed a diplomatic and economic embargo on qatar in 2017 accusing its government of supporting terrorism qatar denies the allegations and elsewhere in the middle east

things are falling apart fast due mostly to the trump administration's incompetence it started with his nonsensical fracture of relations between saudi arabia and another key u.s. gulf ally cutter it was the kind of disruption that frankly would normally be papered over and fixed by a competent us administration probably in days but 3 years later these 2 countries saudi arabia and qatar still aren't talking largely because we did nothing to fix it former military chief benny gantz has been asked to try and form a coalition government after prime minister binyamin netanyahu failed to do so it can't fails to israel may end up facing another general election its 3rd in just a year how we force it has more from west jerusalem. for the 1st time in more than 10 years israelis watched the president give someone other than benjamin netanyahu the chance to form their government riven rivlin urged benny gantz and

israel's entire political class to get it done and avoid sending the country to the polls for the 3rd time in less than a year i hope the lord gives you 28 days to form a government starting from tomorrow this is a short time and these fateful days. gantz a former army chief has tried to present himself as a pragmatic centrist throughout his short political career now but its most significant moment so far there was no change of course if dr cuellar keep my promise to form a liberal unity government and that's what i intend to do in this government i will serve all israeli citizens and will act in their interests i will work to form the functioning government that israel is in desperate need of a government that will strengthen israel a unity government means one composed of dances blue and white party and the likud of benjamin netanyahu the new who blamed gantz for frustrating his efforts to do the same thing ever since he was given the mandate last month now the roles are reversed but the same obstructions bar the way blue white says it won't sit in

unity government led by a man and you know he's facing indictment in 3 separate corruption cases netanyahu is refusing to step down or to go 2nd in a potential rotational prime minister deal he's seen as having a better chance of fighting off those charges from the prime minister's office and there's no reason yet for the stalemate to break. another option for gantz a minority government with external support from members of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list that would be fraught with political risk even if there was the will to give it a try so far gantz isn't willing to do so. the benny gantz has another path failure and the upside down of israeli politics it could just lead to success the longer he spends not forming a government the closer netanyahu gets to a possible triple corruption indictment testing the loyalty of his party. to the afghans his mandate expires a final $21.00 day scramble would ensue all kinds of deals could then be on the

table if no deal gets done that it would be election number 3 early next year ari force it out west jerusalem. now the 1st black leader of south africa's largest opposition party has resigned lucy my mani said that there'd been internal conflicts in the democratic alliance he added that he'd struggle to attract black voters to the historically white liberal party he's the 2nd senior black politician to quit quit in a week. left on monday over the way the da handles race relations. at least 5 people have died in violent protests across after a high profile activist accused of plotting to assassinate a controversial media entrepreneur behind it who is from the. ethnic group says his security detail was removed in the middle of the night robyn kriel. a message to the o.p.'s prime minister. from hundreds of mostly young ethnic or my

man outside the home of the man they are calling their hero. throughout the day young men have been coming to this neighborhood in addis ababa they say they are gathering in support to show solidarity to do 100 the popular but polarizing figure mohamad owns the influential or mia media network and has emerged as a prominent activist since his return from exile in the united states last year some even credit him with galvanizing support for the protests that brought prime minister abi to power but their relationship seems to have soured yet nothing on tuesday i'll be told parliament that people with joining nationality who also own media organizations should not stir up undressed an apparent reference to muhammad who has dual u.s. and its european citizenship mohamed calls that a threat the problem is that in the parliament publicly. harshly threaten

the media. expected mohamed has had official police protection since last year because of threats on his life late tuesday night he says security officials arrived at his home and told his guards to leave they refused mohammad says it was an assassination plot and he blames the prime minister's comments with. some security officials to. independently act or whether he give the green light a most of the body beate. however i don't believe these were isolated incident if the o.p.'s police commissioner and a short test you denied mohammed's account saying his message that the police were taking measures against him are false neither the government nor the police took any measure against him wednesday's protests began as news of the incident spread

through the state of or mia and at the end of our interview a further twist i'm not sure whether i don't fall over there i don't know but i'm seriously considering. direct and active participation in the coming election and even before that to help to ensure that the transition that thousands so quest was for will not hold back elections are scheduled to be held next may robyn kriel al jazeera. russian president vladimir putin has told african leaders that he wants to more than double the amount russia trades with the continent as he welcomed them to a meeting a black sea resort but a step back in reports from the summit in sochi economic ties are not the only thing on the agenda. this statue of congolese independence leader patrice lumumba at this moscow university is a reminder of the close relationship the soviet union built with african nations as

they freed themselves from colonialism in the decades after world war 2 modern day russia is now trying to revive these times by inviting african students to its universities in the past 8 years to numbers have doubled to 17000 with the help of scholarships. first of all it influences the language many people in our country in europe and speak russian it gives an opportunity to spread russian language in african countries for example in our country. education is very important to improve society. while education and health care are still russia's main focus and parts of africa president vladimir putin wants to expand its influence far beyond this. is mutual trains between russia and various african countries to exceed $20000000000.00.