commentary from african phil maybe from lawanda. and bookkeeper, faster printed with this one here. sounds of home and the coach, africa direct on al jazeera. ah, early results predict a show down between a man norma crohn and far right. rival, marine the pen in a run off for the french presidency. ah, i carry johnston. this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up, tens of thousands take the st softer, former pakistan prime minister, iran con, rallies. supporters had had a parliamentary vote to find his replacement more mass graves found their key if as

president zalinski seeks germany support for tougher sanctions on russia. on the 1st of its kind referendum in mexico resident lopez open the door is asking voters to decide if he should stay or go ah incumbent, a french president to manual micron is set for likely run off against the far right candidate. marine, the pen, a cron. hopes to become the 1st french president to be reelected in 20 years while the pen is on her 3rd attempt for the top job. in total, 12 candidates were listed on sundays ballot, but at smith reports from the capital. emanuel micron only did one campaign rally, but the man who brands himself a centrist did enough to have a chance of being the 1st incumbent french president in 20 years to win a 2nd term. again, though, you'll have to beat the far right at to no competitor. you so. so tony,

the ellipse, don't you to our fellow citizens that abstained or voted for the extreme of either because they are angry against inequalities or to the ecological chaos or insecurity holders or the difficulty of living in dignity, even working hard. i will convince your in today's to kind do you his opponent in the 2nd round of voting will again be maureen le pen, leader of the national rally. it's manifesto includes a promise to make it illegal for muslim women to wear had scarves in public places . they were converts deep on a furniture. your vote depends all over the french territory on the legitimate preponderance of the french culture and language. the customs of our agents and the french way of life on republican laws and values, he can le pen might pick up votes from supporters of air exam or another extreme right candidates. the former t v pundit has asked his supporters to backer in the 2nd round the far lives john

luke melon, shawn had hoped that this time he might make it to the run off. but again he didn't quite get enough votes. francis, traditional right and left wing parties continue to hemorrhage support the conservative, the republicans party on the valerie pay, chris saw their share of the vote collapsed a single digits. the socialist and an hidalgo had been all but wiped out their share of the vote. barely registered, the beneficiary of those former conservative in socialists votes seems again to be micron. we ought to be asked the french brutus to support the to the a wrong european france for the next turn of the election in 2 weeks repugnant. i believe we have a good record and we have a white cap plan with the vision to the future for the young, our country and for the workers often be to the left. micron has promised higher pensions and more staff in health care for the right thousands more police officers and judges, and a rise in the retirement age from 62 to 65. going into the 2nd round, emmanuel,

my phone could again benefit from the same republican front that help you easily beat. marina pan back in 2017. that is most of the losing candidates tonight, but urge their supporters not to let in it's free right. it will be difficult marilla pen to overcome utmost blunder. burning al jazeera paris, a touch about the joins us from paris. now we're in a touch up. what did these results from round on? tell us about french politics at the moment. well, i think we confess more say that all the predictions that were made going into this 1st round election, a pretty marcher, seemed to be a realize there was a lot of talk about the possibility of their being a low virt voter turnout and in factor one in 4 french voters chose to abstain and also a predictions about the top to a front runners, emmanuel mcgraw who's looking for

a 2nd term as francis president and the far right leader marine, the pen will both widely expected to get through to the 2nd round and they have done exactly that. it looks like a run off of the 2017 election pitting, the centuries president against our marine, the pen and her populist politics. now in terms of macro, he's certainly going to have an interesting 2 weeks ahead. he said in his campaign speech a bit earlier that of course there is still a lot to play for. it is not one yet, even though he is in the lead at this stage. and who knows that he is going to have to convince a lot of voters, particularly on the left and some of the poor sections, also, or french society to back him because they are some of the ones that his last along the way over the past 5 years he is perceived by some as being the president of the rich knows though he's going to have a lot of support from are some of the sports is the losing candidates. several of them did urge or there are supporters to back came in the 2nd round in order to

block marine the pen and the national front. as for marine the pen, she would be of course, very pleased to be through to the 2nd round. perhaps she was hoping for slightly, a higher score though, but she will still very much be aiming to be in the early se palace in a 2 weeks time as far as 1st fall. right president. she has run a very tight campaign really focusing on the cost of living that is allowed her to really a can move the spotlight away from her anti immigration, anti islam message. an agenda that has put off many voters in the past year, softened her image is appealed to a lot more fo to she will be hoping to do that in the 2 weeks to come. ok, natasha bassa. thank you for that. let sir, stay with this and bring in jean pierre peron, a journalist and political analyst. he joins us on skype from the french capital. thanks for being with us here on out here at emmanuel mc cronin, marine, the panel will clearly go forward to run off what you expect to see from the

candidates from now until then. oh, it will be there is it will have a big moment. it will be the debate between a mrs la burner and the present mackerel. so everybody is waiting for this debate because you as you know, until now mr. mackerel as refuse any kind of debate with any candidate. so it will be its 1st debate for the selection. and so everybody is waiting for that. we will see at that moment how mr. ah, look, ben will succeed to, to by mr. mackerel. we know that before the election from, from a 2000 or a 19 and 17, sorry, she was not very, very good in this debate. so she has to make a lot of progress to be at the same level that the president. and we would see if she would succeed or not, that's a great moment. we will. it as that, everybody's expecting. as you say,

debates expected on that april 20th that are in your view. hash politics in france become more polarized. yes, subtly. it's subtly pull our eyes. we have now 3 blocks. so we have a of a left is block with mr. middle show or got a very good score, much more than the little mall under the ball predicted that we have the, the block with mr. mackerel and we as a far ride block, so we have trib rugs to traditional parties like that. so shall his party or the right bodies of nearly disappear. so we don't know what will be the future for them . is a big worry. father, media dance is a big wherever the political leaders of this to traditional parties are socialists and the right. and so we will see when after the presidential election, we read over the parliament election. so we would see what they will succeed to, to keep act because as they represent, a lot of towns of districts are alpha constituencies. so definitely

disappeared. but there is a big france against them because of a so ridiculous a score at this election. even imagine all the left parties are beyond 70 percent. so it's incredible, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's like a, a, a, a big explores on, in the, in the, in the, in the political earth scope you know, owed, but that the socialist party, as a one less than 2 person. it's a party that is existing since the 19th century. and now only lesson to person. imagine our it is shocking for earth larger but of the population who wouldn't for him for a long period of time the time was right. some would say that her mccann's campaign didn't really get going until quite late. if so, has he actually done quite well considering e s he has done quite well because he

has in brother is gar, regarding the former election is a case as well for mrs. lubin, we did a very good campaign, probably been even better herb because also she us improved her score. so the book both candidates up i'm out of middle good got campaign mr. mcgraw as not really started his campaign, but that that of the literally did was it was rather good. but if i get something very essential or if forget, he forgot to speak about the ghost of life. he forgot to speak about the how this is the economy can situation is difficult for the poorest if forgot to do it, to speak about the, the, the, the, and as you problems father, that the french lowest level of the population. so maybe it will try to, to come back on on this. so,

and this matters. but until now i e as not convinced and, and we can see once something very important that the young people in france, us know, voted for him. doors the young people find zeltzin, marcia in the big cities like that, they are voted for me some in our shall, one further of the, of the your as voted for me. some it also that these are very important because a part of this, so young people are as no voted at all. so we, we, we see that of miss. i mean also is us is attracted the young people, not mr. michael ok. of her parent, ernest empirical. allister, thank you very much for joining us here on out there. thank you very much for your now tens of thousands of people have answered a call by pocket stones, former prime minister iran calm to protest against his removal from office con, treated this video, and thank to support us for opposing what he calls us back regime change to bring

a coterie of bible crooks to power, parliament will select his replacement on monday. the thought the contender opposition leader sharif leader focused on muslim league will come out hyde has been following the protests in is i'm about the ouster prime minister am ron con. had made an effort to a nation to come out and read it, cross log on and dive. families have turned out and you can see people are still boring in to f 9 log. when you're situated in central islam abroad. it's important to know that dad been a get on the board for the outer prime minister within 24 hour bug, or don re enacting a new prime minister day buckets on. teddy can solve it saying that if that opposition candidate becomes the prime minister, that they were gender,

then red technicians, and mom and dad to go to another crisis. they got the bug on that he gets off by far, the largest party and body tens of thousands of people have come out to grow to pockets on and all the major cities from the southern port city of god, j to center, fun job. the city of la hor abad after a while proven in for shaw and enron. a public is concerned, the kind of logan that we've been hearing, that friends of the united states are trade dr. this country. they did their data base re arctic po which are they're merging around con, maybe down, but not out politically. and then i just thought that particular jack from the outer prime minister, i gave it to go back to his math days. now also we have been door that the budget

sunday diaspora, which is located outside the country, had also come out to protest in london and madrid, spain in australia. i was still ahead on al jazeera rising tensions between israelis and palestinians after more violence and occupied westbank. and we meet the doctor whose personal experience inspired him to open somalis 1st public non bank in decades. ah hello, we've got stormy weather gathering across south central parts of the us, pushing up towards the great lakes, easing up into that to eastern side of canada. here's an area of low pressure which

is making its way further east, which said, gathering just around the other the lakes. pushing a little further north, she could see some snow there, just pushing into ontario, grassy, making his way towards quebec. one of that line of where to where the down towards a deep south, we'll see them big down pause coming through. he could see what a t tornadoes mixed in on that. so certainly something to keep an eye on up to was a north west. well, a fair bit of snow useful snow, that'll top up the reservoirs is extending right across sea at north west of the u . s. static was washington state, oregon easing down into california, making its way further east, which as we go one through choose day by tuesday, notice the deep south also seeing some big down pause possibility of some localized flooding here. that system makes his way through east of that fine and try some lovely weather coming through for the middle part of the week. lovely weather across much of the carabiner suspect the best of the sunshine. gotta be across the eastern islands, lottie, fine and dry. here over the next few days we got some wet weather just around the

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you're watching, i'll just remind to now of our top stories this incumbent french president to manuel macaroni is set for a likely run off against the far right count. marine. the pen will be held on april 24th. most opinion polls show he'll deter in round 2, but the margin could be very tight. thousands of iran, con supporters have rallied in islamabad a day off to parliament, removed him as prime minister in a vote of no confidence. he's what she's his successor. later on monday, with ukraine's president for the mayor lensky says he's spoken to the german chancellor about imposing more sanctions on russia. local officials say they found graves with the bodies of dozens of civilians in the village of lucifer nick. he, if russian forces have withdrawn from the area the sight of another mass graving

gucia, especially designated ukrainian war crimes, prosecutors and forensic experts have exempt 9 more bodies. in total, the mass says $320.00 civilians have been confirmed that initial discovery of bodies in civilian clothes, in boucher from 2 more sanctions against russia and eventually led to moscow being thrown out of the un human rights council. last a few days, i've seen a series of high profile visits by well leaders to tier are so thought it has more than recently we have just seen that there has been at the high level diplomatic wizards, the highest levels actually since the war began on 24th of february 1st wonderland, the president of the european commission, joined by the blogs or foreign policy of joseph world. they have listed here just 2 days ago and also so they can from prime minister or so was here. and wonder leon has promised

a $1000000000.00 euro's worth of weapons to the supply to ukraine, and also promise a $600000000.00 euro worth of education, about a new budget for the reconstruction of ukraine. however, the prisoners get asked for more weapons. but yesterday, when prayer b u k prime minister job, but his johnson also. busy was here, and he has promised to provide more anti tanks, anti aircraft, and anti ship missiles to ukraine, which could cause a significant damage, particularly, or in the black sea. considering that the russia has a very heavy presence of naval forces in biloxi. but despite all of these diplomatic wizards that now jeep is seen again, there has been a very little emphasize on the, on, on, on the diplomatic efforts to find

a piece and to the present. zalinski says that we shouldn't mr opportunity to find a piece or to, to design a deal that could and the, the war that is on going in the country. mexicans are deciding whether president andrews, manuel lopez, over a dorm should stay or go in an unprecedented referendum called by the president himself. he says the recall vote is vital to confirm his democratic mandate. but opponents say the $80000000.00 exercise is a waste of money. they're calling for a boycott. 40 percent of voters must take part for the results to be binding. content does not bloom us go and then with so many we had to suffer and put up with we were only satisfied with making means and social networks. but in any case, they kept on doing what they wanted. so i think this is going to be a good opportunity to put a stop to them when a passport get him as a own. it seems to me an unprecedented opportunity for the people of mexico to legalize this type of citizen participation. the possibility of recalling the

president to be able to decide on the future if we like or dislike the president. we have a lot of enter have the possibility of revoking him in the middle of his term of office. let's go live now to manual rep. hollow in mexico city. yeah. why did the president call for this referendum? that is a big question and very much of the heart of why this because it has become such a polarizing topic here in mexico. i believe from the president's perspective here in mexico president lope is over the road is simply making good on a campaign promise that he made to reform electoral law. so that presidents in mexico who are only able to serve a single 6 year term that citizens are able to for lack of better term, hold their presidents accountable, be able to by way of signatures, be able to activate this recall mechanism, this recall vote. so that 3 years into a president, 6 year mandate, they can be held to

a referendum. so the question that mexican citizens that went out to the polls today to answer was very simple. should president lopez over the vote of mexico be allowed to continue his 6 year mandate or not? that essentially was the vote that was, that was a place before the mexican citizens today. now person love is what i thought has said that for him, this recall mechanism is a vital way to validate his presidency. he said that direct democracy or mexico is away for citizens to be empowered. but again, we're 3 years into the presidency that recall vote has been activated. and if nothing else that will determine whether or not the president is able to finish his mandate. as you say, this has become a very polarizing political topic in mexico. what have been the main issues there been a lot of criticisms of the way that the government has chosen to activate this recall mechanism. for starters, one of the biggest, if not the biggest criticism,

is that it's a waste of money at nearly $80000000.00. the president has the nearly 60 percent approval rating. many people simply ask the question, why hold a referendum at all? so what we're hearing from some critics, some political experts who say that the president is simply manipulating the recall mechanism so that he can sort of galvanize his party's base ahead of the next presidential elections in mexico due to take place in 2024 others have criticize that this is a slippery slope. seeing that a referendum of this sort can sort of open the door for an end of term limits in a country where presidents are only allowed to serve us a single 6 your 6 year term. there have been protests both for and against the lead up to the selection. and there's also the question of voter turnout do. a recent survey suggests that only as many as as much as 27 percent of eligible voters have participated or would participate in this referendum that's far below the 40

percent threshold needed for the outcome of this boat to be legally binding. nevertheless, president hope is over that says that he will honor the results of the vote regardless of voter turnout, which means that if he loses that boat, he has vowed to reside ok. manual polar in mexico city. thank you for that. a funeral has been held for palestinian women shots by israeli forces and occupied westbank town of his own. hundreds of people attended the burial of the mother of 6 . she's the 3rd palestinian woman to be killed by israeli forces in the west bank on sunday. and in jeanine israeli forces fired at a vehicle in one man, he's believed to be the brother of the suspect behind the shooting that killed 3 people in tel aviv last thursday. jeanine residents have blocked roads and

preparation for possible raids by is when forces, marianna are duty is a political writer and research a she explains what's fueling new tensions between israelis and palestinians. these are palestinian acts of resistance and confrontation. i think it has less to do with the fact that it's some of the on and more to do with the fact that for the past couple of years, israel hasn't been increasing. it has been intensifying and further brutalizing its assault on palestinians. it's gone to a point where and nobody say, not palestinians with israeli citizenship, not a not policy in the west and not palestinians and forced exile. and i really think that the settler regime is reaching a point where it's we either take it all now or we risk losing parts of it. you know, they're, they're annexation that have been,

it didn't have much to do with the changes. this is the part and parcel of these really secular regime in terms of settlements across the west bank as well as an historic pastime. there has been an intensification of land seizures of burning palestinian, all the groves of mass detention and incarceration of politically active use as well as demolitions. we have reached some peak frequencies in demolitions of palestinian civilian infrastructure in 48 as well as on the west bank. in jerusalem and as it, let's not forget the carpet bombing that took place last year in the us as well. so there is a complete full force going on with the aiding and abetting of the international community with the israeli judicial system playing a key part in it. and the continued militarization of these are

a population other news now protest is in shall anchor, calling on their president to resign. ha, they blame. go to buy roger pack sir for the worst economic crisis since independence from britain in 1948. to rankin's have had to struggle with months of food and fuel shortages and power cuts lasting more than 12 hours. protest as into nicea have returned to the streets took using present case i eat, of imposing a failed dictatorship. said dissolved parliament last month after a majority of and peace held an online session to revoke his decrees. doctors in somalia have opened the 1st public blood bank there in 30 years. it was inspired by one doctor's personal experience. malcolm webb went to meet cooper. a tosh amid ibrahim says he'll never forget the day

a car bomb nearly killed him. he says his shattered legs were gushing blood. he's a mechanic in somali as capital mogadishu? no. so as mo vall, it was in the morning when a client pulled me his car for repairing. as soon as i started working on it, the car blew up because it had a bomb attached. and i didn't know about it is here in the street by outside at thought, his home that him and other mechanics work on took dogs, cars and bikes. is right here that the bomb went off. he would have joined the other hundreds of somalis who die in armed conflict every year. if it wasn't for one man, doctor amin abdicated mohammed says he was tired of seeing people bleed to death. so he set up somali as only public blood bank funded by private donors. this is what inspired him. 5 years ago, about 600 people were killed when 2 truck bombs exploded in mogadishu was the worst attack in somali. as history investigators blamed the armed group house, bob,

many of those killed bled to death. from their injuries was put on the doctor, amid decided to do something about it. but it feels like the country is in an emergency all the time with many explosions and accidents. there is always a need for blood. this center supplies blood to many hospitals in the city to save the lives of wounded people, mothers and childbirth and others. it's all, she's one of the many people who've been saved with the blood. the doctor had collect. he and his team deliver. it's a hospital where it's needed. he says more people die of blood loss than from the bullets hit them. and the u. n says about $5000.00 women die in childbirth in somalia, every year, many of whom could be saved by blood transfusions, marleen rag marleen is another one of the blood recipients. he says a dr. misdiagnosed, him with tuberculosis and gave him strong drugs that destroyed his kidneys. he now depends on kidney dialysis with their native blood. well, it was

a good thing for the community without him so many people would be dying because of lack of blood like me. if i did not get blood from him, it would be hard for me to stay alive. talk to am, ed says finding donors his hard, he says he's met many people. he believe they'll die if they don't. nate. he speaks on tv and radio every week to educate and encourage people. the bank stores enough blood to treat just a few 100 patients. it's a start that he says he has a long way to go to meet molly as needs malcolm web. al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia, ah, and carry johnston with the headlines on al jazeera incumbent french president. emanuel micron is set for a likely run off against the far right candidate marine the pen. it will be held on april 24th. most opinion polls show he'll beat her in round too, but.