the world today, this is what the picture looks like the the world from a different perspective on out here. we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to places that others and not as far as i said, i'm going the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. ah, false. a difficult year armina holds a not collections as a referendum on the prime minister. blame for military defeat. ah, money. this is alice, is there a line from day or so coming up? israel's new prime minister issues a warning about iran president a leg calling abraham. right. you see the hang man from being able to revive the

iran nuclear deal happen? gen washington says they all those disagreements on key issues. if you're, if you're from a degree region will be left out of monday on a mentoring election, and now we are the refugees pledging saddam how they feel about ah, we begin in armenia, where polls closing in an election, triggered by a national crisis that was caused by defeats in a war. prime minister nicole pushing in cold b snap parliamentary votes in april. the 1st month of protest for leaving territory to us by john indigo. and the car back machines main model appears to be the former president, robert could checked in. guys have already challenge to live in yet of and worry house 10 up in today. well, the podium stations, though, we visited iran in the day,

seems to pre pretty well populated with people, cues stretching out the door. and sadly, a consistent churn of people going into the polling booth through the day. so it looks good from there. and up until quite recently, it seemed as though 10 out was higher than it had been at the last parliament, 3 elections in 2018. but in the last few hours, it seems that it's bit below the 2018 with a pretty low turn out itself. so we'll have to see what the final figures are. but the candidate, these main front runners in the election, who are battling to get into the building behind me that step department is office our nicole passion and rebecca cherry. now she is the acting prime minister. he's been in the job for about 3 years time. now he's trying to convince voters that although there was this catastrophic military defeat last year, that should not throw out his anti corruption reformist agenda just because of that

. that's the, his message to the people. his main rival contrary and who was armenia seconds president is trying to tell where it says that they should ignore the kind of the fleas and the scandals and the corruption associated with his. he is in office and trust him again as a strong man who is going to rebuild. army is military and it's strengthened standing in the region. so those are the kind of messages that these 2 men have being put to been putting to devices. we'll have to wait and see how can, how convincing they have been. there are plenty of people i think, in the country who doesn't like either of these 2 men particularly meet those. we expect them to have had a lost lost son or a brother or i father in the war time to those people. i switched off from politics altogether. and maury, whoever wins this race,

one of the challenges they're going to face. oh, they're huge, a long list of things that the future prime minister of armenia is going to have to deal with. we can start with the fact that this is a traumatized and divided nation, so it has to be some kind of heating process to bring this country back together again. you have the after effects of the war, which are p o w, that still needs to be brought. hope you have a refugee crisis, but people need to be reset old. and then there's a whole host of economic and development problems. adding to that, the fact this armenia is isolated, landlocked country with often difficult relationships with its immediate neighbors . and that's a sturdy part to trade for the future prime minister. so there are a lot of issues that they must grapple with if they get into that building behind

make it live, it's being to say that they expect whoever is the next prime minister of the media to be pretty unpopular within the space of half. because that is just too much of an ask for even the a blessed and politicians. funny thanks for that, rory challenge there for us in yet of and israel's new prime minister natalie bennett has described iranian president elect abraham rice. he's when as a final wake up call for world powers before returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, he made the comments during a cabinet meeting. re, selection is i would say the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement and to understand who they're doing business with. these guys are murder, mass murderers, a regime of brutal aim and never be allowed to weapons of mass destruction that will enable it to enough to kill 1000 millions. hurry force that has more from west

jerusalem. you would expect natalie bennett to say something like this. he certainly has been extremely vociferous in his opposition to the jcp iran nuclear deal, and he's making those comments in english, in a cabinet meeting to his colleagues with him. he usually expected to speak in hebrew says obviously a clear message to the outside world. he has been coming in for a great criticism from the full of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, certainly on his way out of the door. netanyahu kept on criticizing bennett over his in netanyahu's view inability to stand up to iran. and so again, you would expect bennett to be fairly hard line in his comments about racy whom he also called the butcher of tehran and saying that of all the people that jose could have chosen, he chose this man. so again, that is

a fairly natural kind of response to those criticisms from that, you know, who also said that, that, but it wouldn't be able to stand up to the rate to the administration of president biden on the j. c, p. o, a. and there are reports, at least in the reading media, that senior officials believe that this election could lead to a delay in negotiations to return to that deal. and therefore potentially a window of opportunity to try and press the u. s. a bit more in favor of israel's position on the deal. meanwhile, in iran, the new president, a leg has only a few weeks to put together his cabinet before taking office in early august. dorothy jabbar, he takes a look at what shape it's likely to take a show of unity. while these 2 men are on opposite sides of the political spectrum in iran. what comes next for the president elect abraham, right. you see is the exact same procedure president has found. ronnie has gone through twice 1st,

the results of the election have to be approved by this body known as the guardian council. it is made up of 12 men who are legal and islamic experts. they will certify the results within a week after the interior ministry announcing the winner and about a month after election day and endorsement ceremony by the supreme leader confirms the new president. then within days of that, the new president makes his way to parliament for another inauguration ceremony which is presided over by the head of the judiciary. following that president's legs racy has 2 weeks to introduce his new cabinet to parliament who votes on each of the 1900 physicians in the new government. once the majority of the 290 member parliament votes in favor of a candidate, then the person is officially a minister. but there are 3 high profile cabinet posts which need the final approval from ron's highest authority. those include the foreign minister

intelligence minister and the defense minister poem, but i them don't. but the logic behind that is because the position of supreme leader is that of the head of the country. he needs to be directly involved in choosing those ministers whom he will be dealing with, alongside the presidency mosaic order for us to shake it in. the basic convention is that the supreme leader deals with foreign policy issues. he also deals with all security issues in the country and in turn deals with the defense minister. he is the commander and chief of the countries forces. so that's why the supreme leader has a say in who fills those portfolios and governance omar, that iranians a president has a big job ahead of him. the economy is struggling after years of devastating us sanctions. and indirect talks on the 2015 nuclear deal are still happening in vienna, in the hopes of reviving the agreement and lifting sanctions. but the chief justice

is coming into office at a time when all levels of government are run by conservatives, which will likely make his job easier than any of his predecessors, including picking his cabinet ever have right you see, will have to choose 900 people to form his cabinet, 2 weeks after his confirmation ceremony by the supreme leader, it is possible for the president elect to appoint the candidate who dropped out of the race and endorsed him into his cabinet. and this time around race, you will, most likely reward, said lily, and the reds is a connie for their support. during the election sources, safari, al jazeera on the united states says they are still sticking points on key issues and efforts to revive the 2015 iraq nuclear dale. that's as talk in vienna have been gen negotiators have returned home for further consultations ahead of the iranian delegation. said that close to the never to an agreement,

but the remaining issues will not be easy to overcome. negotiations have been ongoing since april. yeah, let's go to kristen salumi who join me now from washington dc. kristen, what are these sticking points? the u. s. is referring to well, it appears that sanctions and lifting sanctions on iran which have been so devastating to their economy and what iran has to do to achieve that goal, remain the key sticking points. iran going into the talks demanded that all the sanctions be lifted before they return to the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. jake sullivan, who's the national security advisor for the united states, told us media that the united states is retaining the right to impose sanctions for non nuclear issues. whether that's human rights abuses or a ron's ballistic missile program, missile development and things of that sort. we know that president joe biden,

in his campaign for presidency, actually was talking about getting a ron to include rhonda ballistic missile program in a renegotiated deal. he did not discuss that as part of the ongoing negotiations, but that was their wine heading into the negotiations. busy in terms of the new president of iran, sullivan play down the importance of the election of hardliner, either hombre, he right. you see saying that ultimately it will be the supreme leader. i told the come in a who will decide in he said that there's still a fair distance to travel. what i would say is that there is still a fair distance to travel on some of the key issues, including on sanctions and the nuclear commitments that iran has to make. but the arrow has been pointed in the right direction in terms of the work that's getting done in vienna. so we will see if the iranian negotiators come to the next round of talks prepared to make the hard choices that they have to make. in order for the

joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran nuclear deal to be reinstated sullivan also said that it is important for the united states to stay focused on its key goal, which is preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon. money. thanks for that isn't salumi that 1st, and washington fill ahead on the al jazeera. if you didn't understand before the pandemic, what a small ins connected planet were own, surely you must understand that now the un outgoing humanitarian chief tells algae era how the pandemic has exposed flores in the system, not supposed to be held. and a key root linking to areas of libya that was for years as being reopened, but they could still be some road blocks ahead. ah,

ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cattle airways. however, was seen some very heavy rain into southern parts of china recently more of the same as we go one through the next couple of days, anywhere between the, the yangtze and the per river. and that is courtesy of the my you front, which is now the process is just pulling out into the open. was his bright skies the last dry for japan. but the heavy rain will sink a little further south was it makes your way towards the taiwan as we go through monday and on into tuesday, and that will cause some localized flooding that rain also eventually making his way into hong kong north is that it is generally try there, be a few showers in the korean peninsula. maybe a few showers to just running into that western side of japan. plenty of showers across south east asia. some live the ones there into the philippines. received some big and heavy rain there. it's northern parts of bonnie,

i was see some rather wet weather to into a good part of java should be started to dry up here, but those shells will continue over the coming day. so i was continuing to the western side of india, the monsoon rains, taking a little bit of a breaker such kind of stack it there along the western, got small so for around southern possible roster down towards carola showers, continuing to into bangladesh in the boot on a chapter some flooding from the poll sponsored cattle airways in mamma allegations of torture are emerging under the military. one on one east investigate the secret detention center i make on the defective to reveal like one out of the or i

will just when ever you ah ah ah, welcome back. you're watching al jazeera mind, the top stories this our poles have closed in armenia, parliamentary election, prime minister, nicole pushing you and call the snap vote in april off a national crisis co side defeat in a war with us by john israel's new prime minister. and the valley bennett has described crises when, as a final wake up call for world powers before returning to the 2015 nuclear. do the us in iran say they're still sticking points on key issues and efforts to revive that iran deal. the head of the iranian delegation did say that close isn't ever to

an agreement. talks in vienna have now been agend the road that links eastern and western libya is we opening after many years. the prime minister, the new national unity government began the task by getting on a bulldozer and symbolically removing a mound. the 2 sides of libya were controlled by rival administrations on that allied militia since the fall of the long time lead. while i get duffy back in 2011 a ceasefire was finally agreed last october. is what libby as prime minister had to say as a portion of the road was reopened. you charge you need yeah, that you owe me more about it. it is my pleasure to be part of this historic day as the reopened the main arch, reconnecting. but you simply be edward west. it will enable our people to reunite as a doctor of division and separation have gone forever. i take this opportunity to call an all libyans to steal away from rift malice or hatred,

and to join hands to rebuild our country to take libya forward. maddox, china has more from the coastal road west of the city, a set. now we're here on the coastal road in between the cities of miss rasa and sir, approximately 130 kilometers east of miss. rather the prime minister has just arrived. he's opened the road and to commemorate the event. now this road has been closed. since warlord after lunch is offensive on tripoli in 2019 in april 2019, this is a very important road to live in trade between eastern and western libya. so this is very significant. according to the prime minister, he says this will help rebuild libya to bring about unity and to further prosperity in the country. now, there are critics, that they, that open in the road will give war fighters as approximately, according to the un,

20000 warrant fighters in libya, according to military forces. there's at least 2000 russian mercenaries to the south of here. wagner grew also some play that this will help for the flooring fighters to continue on or to move up towards towards the north. so we're here now. this is the front line. there's another, there's another, a place that they're going to go to about 20 kilometers to the east of here, and they're going to be opening up that road there. the hope is that the libyans will be able to travel from eastern to western libya from western to eastern libya . and that this will help unite the country. people. and if you, if you know of antigua region will not take part in mondays,

general elections. the government says the conditions on the ground don't allow the votes, but has promised to hold them. once things stabilize more than 2000000 people have been displaced by months of conflict, that's force tens of thousands to seek refuge, a neighboring c. dawn alger there is hippa, morgan reports from gallery states along the border with this little coffee shop in cuba. camp is where some refugees hang out to escape the scorching sun outside. it's also where they come to talk about the latest development in their home region of the great in northern, if you, which there, let's escape fighting. and today, most of the conversation revolved around if the, if this parliamentary election on our, on they are. i love my country and to morrow the elections. i would have liked to vote, but the conflict in politics. and if you have ruined many, many things. we've been excluded as if t gray was not part of the few p. and that really pains me. conflict erupted last

november and if he appears to agree between the government and the regional take re people's liberation front or t p l f. the ruling party, if you appeal for 27 years, they will also from power in 2018. following years of protests and new government was formed, led by prime minister abbey met, who promised reformed, and free and fair elections in 2020. but they have been twice postponed due to the corolla virus pandemic, and logistical problems. many here of what's in h cast ballots in the to grid regional elections, which were held in september last year that was not recognized by the federal government. and was one of the factors behind the conflict. the regent. $7000000.00 people want to be taking part in parliamentary election this year. many who fled to camp here say after the violence of witness back home. they don't feel they're missing out. right groups have accused both the left and federal government, of committing atrocities in the conflict. refugees who arrived here have reported being tortured, beat him and imprisoned because of

a grand identity. every twin groups fighting integrity for the government have been accused of human rights violations from masculine, to sexual violence, to blocking a to those in need. refugees also accused militia term is, i'm her region of carrying out killings integrate. are you going to be, i'm her militias came to my house at night and beat my husband and try to force us into a military truck. i was 6 months pregnant and the neighbors told them to let me go because of that. we skate. we saw the malicious kill many people including my 30 year old neighbor here in this coffee shop. the verdict is that the conflict integrate has divided a country that was already unraveling and that elections would further destabilize, if someone or someone is there, is fighting in other parts. if it's job you, including the somali region, aroma, and venetian google on the most prominent opposition, figures are in jail of the government, for layman. this is

a country of law and order, but this is a line. and i don't think this election will be democratic process. those here say, even though the votes are yet to be cast and the results haven't been announced, the outcome of the election is unlikely to change the trajectory of africa 2nd to most populous country. people morgan august 0. who bought camp? the body, stayed. in south africa. the government has tightened. coven 19 restrictions defied a 3rd wave, which is expected to be worse than the last one in some areas of the country. and as robin smith reports from cape town, coping with the var is largely depends on where people live and how much money they have. the south africa is in the grip of a deadly 3rd wave of cove. at 19 infection. the army has been deployed to assist doctors in the most populous province of haunting,

almost 2 thirds of the countries active cases have been reported. their hospitals are under pressure and supplies of oxygen are becoming short. the situation was similar in the western cape during the 2nd wave at the end of last year. but experts believe that province won't be as hard hit this time around. hard bay in cape town is often described as a microcosm of south africa, informal settlements, skirt, the boundary of sprawling estates, mcmercer lives here and contracted cove at 19 in december last year. i've never felt as sick as in my whole life as, as i did fax, those 10 days say it was quite scary for me. but luckily for me, we live in my house and i had a, i see you, dr. looking after me. so we had things like, you know, we had sets, monitors and the monitors and stuff, just a few 100 meters,

the way things are very different people living here. she also toilets and full time social distancing is not easy. and families come into these tiny check. do not have the luxury of isolating. the provincial health department says poor people are at greater risk and blames those better off for spreading the virus. the 3rd wave in this province as primarily been driven by people that live in the area. so the people that can isolate the people that can warranty the other ones. it's not been the adding to the behaviors. south africa cove at 19 vaccination program has faced several obstacles and only one percent of the population is fully vaccinated. it still does a lot about equity and staying in the world. we could have prevented quite a lot of data that will come out of the said way. if we had access to vaccines

earlier and fairly when you again have to stand in line, it just kills just kill. and it's, it's, it's the most real feeling of they've been do you do? many here on all waiting anxiously for more developed nations to respond. robin smith, i'll just 0, kept on i've got missed on has recorded 92 new corona virus death in just the last 24 hours. i've seen a such infection since late last month. 10000 new cases were recorded and just last week, i've got install began it's vaccine rollouts in april, but so far, not even one percent of the population husband fully vaccinated. the pandemic has exposed fundamental challenges and failures of the current humanitarian system. that is the view of outgoing united nations humanitarian chief mark coke. he made the comments in an interview with al jazeera diplomatic editor james base. for 4

years. mark low call has been the u. n's, talk humanitarian official. he's sometimes been outspoken. recently describing the g 7 pledge to provide 1000000000 doses of vaccine over the next year, as a small step in an interview without his era. he says cobit 19 should have been a time for global cooperation, but instead, each country was funding for themselves. his 1st, the failure of kindness and empathy, but it's secondly, a huge act of self home. because if you didn't understand before the pandemic or the small ins connected planet where own surely, you must understand that now everybody can see the new variance coming up all over the world. a border wall does not protect you from the virus. if you want to keep yourself safe, you have to worry about everybody else's safety to in terms of the humanitarian system of the world,

has cobit 19 exposed flores. i do think that the pandemic has exposed some fundamental challenges about the humanitarian system. we have a financing system which is far too slow and reactive. the best and cheapest responses are the fastest ones, the more proactive you are. this the day, the cheaper is to solve that problem, but also the better the solution and that alongside the fact that the burden is shared in a very you know, unfair way with for leading finance. he is the us, germany, the e u. and certainly up to recently the u. k. paying 70 percent of the cost of the responses to $20000000000.00 a year response is i've been managing i increasingly thing that is not really a sustainable situation. i think the world is going to have to find a different way of financing these kinds of responses in terms of the humanitarian

situation around the world. is it moving in the right direction or not? or it's not. unfortunately, you do confront a lot of human misery and suffering in this job. and the good thing is you, you can at least do something to take the edge of that off that bought the problem . is that because the causes of humanitarian suffering, conflict, climate change, disease like cove it have been accumulating because while it's been responding to his large he the symptoms, the problems keep getting worse. mr. low coke has in recent months warned of the possibility of 2 separate famines in ethiopia, the country where he began his humanitarian career, dealing with a famine of 984 and in yemen, a country his successor. in the job, martin griffin knows very well having served in recent years is that un special m boy. james bays al jazeera london, the renowned and controversial graffiti office bank,

the as making headlines again. the anonymous artist last rides to 4 of his most famous pieces and a legal battle with a postcard maker. he uses his work for profit. european union, intellectual property office says his work can't be protected if he doesn't identify himself. a panel of judges cited statements attributed to bang c, in which he dismissed intellectual property laws and urged people to copy borrow steel and amend his work. ah, i'm on insight into how you headlines on al jazeera poles have closed in armenia, commentary election. prime minister nicole pushing in call the snap vote back in april.