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ah, watching al jazeera life from headquarters, and ohio, eddie and abigail, also coming up a ceasefire, is in place between palestinian on groups and garza and israel. after overnight attacks from both sides that killed one palestinian sporadic fighting in the sudanese capital. despite the extension of a cease fire for one more week. and the u. s. braces for surge of migrants along its southern border as a controversial asylum law is set to expire. ah, hello iran president vehement r e c has landed in the syrian capital damascus on the 1st visit by an iranian leader. since the war began in 2011. iran and russia have back president bashar assad with economic and military supports which helped him to regain control of

most of the country in a tv interview. presidents that are easy said, his reading to cooperate with syria and rebuilding the nation. dorsey jabari is life for us from the iranian capitalist at her on. so syria and iran have been strategic allies and not relationship dorsey goes back decades. but what are we to make of the timing of this visit now? why is he there now? well, the reigning president's is the 1st or iranian president to visit damascus since wood medina jot went to syria in 2010. prior to the start of the war in syria and 2011 abraham bracy. clearly sending a message not only to the international community, but mainly israel, that this is now the time that he felt they was safe for him to make the trip. and it was important to show solidarity with the serial president bashar at assad who's managed to weather the storm in his country for over a decade. now,

the reigning president is being accompanied by large and a number of his ministers that include the oil minister, the defense minister, as well as the telecommunication and the foreign minister. this is certainly to show the importance of the relationship between the 2 countries. and the president has said over the past 24 hours. that it is to really help syria a get back on its feet after years of devastating war, and also help them to be able to defend themselves according to an official within the defense ministry in the past week, who made the comments that they believed syria to be a very much a defenseless nation when it comes to protecting their air spaces against israeli air strikes that have been taking place over the past few years. there's certainly a very much a move. it aim to show the strength between the 2 countries and the ringing president saying that they, he wants to strengthen the ties with syria to build a stronger what he calls an axis of resistance against those powers that they see

as their enemies. so tell us more about what he's actually hoping to achieve or walk away with and what's on the agenda. most certainly the rebuilding of syria is one of the main topics up for discussion between the 2 leader and a number of private sector members that have accompanied the reigning president. we'll be looking at signing some deals to help the syrian government rebuild the country that has seen devastation in the past decade as a result of the civil war there. the iranian president also took the time to mention, to meet with the members of families who lost loved ones iranian people within the revolutionary guard who lost their lives in syria. there when in president mentioning that a number of reunion officials were killed in syria after the assist said that the government at the requests of officials, they're to help them fight within the country. according to official figures that we have since 2016 until 2016. that is just over 2000 iranian members of the

revolutionary guards been killed. but now we, according to unofficially figures that number is close to 3000. that is a huge cost for ron to pay to maintain boshra le sides grip on power in syria. but nonetheless, the winning president is hoping to increase the influence iran has in and strengthened the relationship both politically and economically with butter. i'll assad. thank you so much for self reporting from to the wrong one. palestinian has been killed in 5 others were injured and is really strikes in gaza. a late night far between israel and arn, palestinian groups appears to be holding the into a heard across southern israel is arm groups fired. a barrage of rockets is really military said it's just sites belonging to hum us after that. and this latest

violence followed the death of a prominent palestinian prisoner for that. i'd known we'd been on hunger strike. it is really jail. we'll get more from you. you're going to say it to me joining us from gaza city. so the fees are largely holding well, yes, officer a whole night of boardman slot. nice. where israeli air strikes, how the different parts in areas of the gaza strip, military camps belonging to a sub brigades, the military wing of hamas, and also the national security building of how much government in godsa, agriculture lands in many areas. there was an exchange of fire also by the policy inspection here who also continued to launch rockets towards south and east . we towns also anti aircraft fire mis styles on the israeli war.

jeff, the exchange of fire and rocket launching continued until the early hours of wednesday morning when the israeli military and now the end of their military operation. 1 their operation in god's while the policy of factions here also while the strikes were going be said that they will continue to fire back until the striking and the shelling top. so with the israeli army announcement, the policy, your factions also and now that they're launching of rockets has come to an end. now we, we have the other show all the hon hanging handing over the body of that odd nun to his family. that would have a senior leader in islamic jihad tools of jesse right last night that they have

asked egypt to pressure israeli government to had over the body of $109.00 to his family to get approved for burial among his family and loved ones. but these negotiations are still going on and there is no progress yet in the hanging handing over the body. thank you so much, jim. the say is reporting from data ok, the 109 people have been killed and flooding and landslides due to heavy rains in western rwanda. official say many others have been injured and thousands are trapped in their homes. rescuers have been deployed to affected areas. there's been more violence and students capital cartoon smoke can be seen hanging over the presidential palace on wednesday morning. the scene of intense fighting in the course of the conflict. a new 7 day seas far was announced on tuesday. after mediation efforts by south sedans, president salva cure it's due to come into effect on thursday. so the rapids for

forces has released the video. it says shows its forces around the presidential palace on monday. there is extensive damage to the area and rapid support forces. members are seen holding their weapons. hey, but morgan reports from cartoon. theres been fighting around the presidential palace with the sounds of heavy artillery being heard. now the rapid support forces are in control of the palace. but the sydney's army from the very 1st day of the fighting have been trying to regain control of it because of its vicinity to the general command of the army. and because it signifies the symbol of the nation and it's the office of the president. well, there are 2 ways to cope now in the northern part of the capital, people say that they've been trapped in their homes. they've been without power or running water for the 3rd week. now many of them said that for them to be able to get their basic necessities, nathan, he's like groceries. they have to cross the bridge into the western part of the

capitol into the city of undermanned, where there has been fighting as well. but it's been relatively quieter compared to the northern part of the capital. so they say that they have to cross the bridge and come back and they have to be very careful because of the increase in robbery, armed robberies and losing. so they all consent for people who are living in the northern part of the capital and been north east when it comes to the southern parts of the capital. it's been relatively more quiet. people say that they've been able to access the market, but prices of commodities have increased and they don't have the cash because of banks not operating since the thoughts of the conflicts. but many of them say that they're waiting to see where that goes to. there's a lot of uncertainty. people are not sure whether they should talk up on commodities or whether this is going to and many of them say they have questions on what's happening in the capital and round the country at the moment. the bible ministration. ascending 1500 soldiers to the border with mexico to deal with increasing numbers of asylum seekers trying to enter the united states. the search comes ahead of next week's relaxation of pandemic era restrictions,

which allow border officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants particle have has a latest. i'm having a direct. another $1500.00 us soldiers and marines will be arriving on the southern border. as soon as next week to join the 2500 national guard troops that are already there. the reason it goes back to cov it former president donald trump, made no secret of his disdain for migrants. he used the cobit emergency to enact a plan to turn back migrants to mexico, before they could ask for asylum called title 42, which president joe biden kept in place. but on may 11th, the cobra emergency is officially over an authority to expect as many as 11000 people will try to cross the border without documents each week. but biden has changed the rules of what will happen when they get here. now anyone ca crossing without permission will be presumed to not qualify for asylum, making it easier to send them back immediately unless they can prove they were

denied asylum in another country. immigration advocates are outraged. biden's record has been very effective as taking away access to asylum and limiting access to sal and and so in my view, not great and protecting the rights of, of my rents and some speakers and honoring their humanity divine and ministration says it is allowing access for people to claim asylum if they make a very hard to get appointment at the border crossing. it is also change the role. so the $30000.00 migrants from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and venezuela can come to the us every month if they apply and have a local sponsor. the military is downplaying. the significance of the move military personnel will not directly participate in law enforcement activities. while this request is for 90 days, i would point out that d o d has supported d h s on the southwest border for 18 of the last 22 years. and every year since

2006, a long standing issue that has divided the nation and has seen presidents from both parties, promising to stop the flow of people so far to little affect how to clean al jazeera washington still has on l. 0. me, mars military pardon more than 2000 prisoners arrested during its crackdown on the son a call to and thrust attacks faced by journalists on world press freedom de ah . it's midway through the week. let's go with your weather update for europe and africa. nice to have you along. so he's got this storm systems swirling around in the central mediterranean sea that what weather go through. creation, hungry,

ukraine and the western side of russia. but let's go region by region right now. i think the rain will be particularly bad around calabria, greece and albania, some big down ports here, thundering downpours, and this same storm system is chucking more cloud cover into western turkey are so mostly cloudy, day in antalya, and it's stumble. won't be surprised if we see a straight shower here. meantime, for the other side of mediterranean were finally starting to break some of that heat, southern spain. we've got rounds of rain, central, northern portugal, and the northwest of spain in time to the northwest. not the best stay in london, you're going to max out at 14 degrees has to do with that easterly wind, paris looking good at 20, by the way, london, you're still searching for your 1st 20 to create a of the year to africa. we go still high temperatures in new oxide, at 40 degree and with that disturbed weather in this central mediterranean breezy conditions. fort northern tunisia, coach of storms, just off the east coast of south africa. i think that could generate some showers for kazoo luna, top province, and same goes for southern mozambique and la poto today on wednesday. see later.

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hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, this, our iran is president, but i aimed at e. c. has landed in the syrian capital damascus. it's the 1st visit by an iranian president since the outbreak of syria's war president at r e. c said he is ready to cooperate with syria in rebuilding the country. one palestinian has been killed and 5 others injured and is really airstrikes in garza a ceasefire. agreed upon late last night between israel. an armed palestinian groups and garza appears to be holding. and this comes after the death of a prominent palestinian figure who was on hunger strike in an is really prison. there has been more violence to dance capital, harder to smoke, can be seen hanging over the presidential palace on wednesday morning. the scene of intense fighting in the course of the conflict. a fire has broken out at a fuel to own ross, a southern crust across not our region. the governor said

a drone attack caused there near the russian annex crimea region. charles stratford is joining us from the ukrainian capital kids to tell us more about what we're learning about this fire. will very little information coming through so far. but as you say, there has seemed to be some sort of explosion that occurred at a fuel depot in crescent at all that's from mainland russia. very close to the entrance of the. busy coach bridge that connects mainland russia with the crimean peninsula. we've heard from russian authority, certainly according to the regional governor. he saying that this fire is what he describes as being the highest level of difficulty in trying to extinguish it. but of course, it comes in the wake of those attacks we saw a couple of days ago, which certainly the russians reported as being a tax on a major fuel depot in service to pull on main line. crimea close to the very

important oversee port for the russians, black sea fleet, again the ukrainians. today we've heard nothing from them any kind of official confirmation or comment on these suspected attacks, but it wouldn't be inconceivable that this was an attack. and we have seen an increase in recent days from 70, from the ukrainian side these the suspected attacks on russians hogs. and it's a similar scenario as well. with missile enjoyed attacks from the russian side of various locations deep inside ukraine. they were another $26.00. so called kamikaze drones launched by russia last night $21.00 of which so the ukrainian se were intercepted. and of course if you this in the context of what's expected to be a major counter offensive by the ukrainians in the days and weeks. i hate these kind of tit for tat attacks would not be inconceivable. seemingly russia

joined to hit ukrainian supply lines and ukrainians trying to potentially hate fuel depos. so in poland overseas for the russians as they digging their defensive positions in expectation for this counter offensive. all right, thank you so much. charl. stratford reporting from keep me in mars. military genta has pardons, more than 2000 prisoners to mark a buddhist festival. relatives gathered outside young dawns insane prison, where inmates were jailed. they were detained under a law which carries a 3 year jail term that criminalizes the sent against the military. more than 21000 people had been detained since the military took power and at 2021 q. tony chang is in bangkok. further, the charge of 5 or 5 a. the inclusion of the been the penal code of descent against the military punishes those who are responsible for fake news or inciting against the military. these were new laws which have been imposed since the military coup in february

2021. so it is a very narrow group of people. none the less, it was very unexpected. a prisoner amnesty and not uncommon in myanmar, but they usually happen over big national holidays like the new year festival independence. they are armed forces day. this is not one of those days and i don't think anyone in young gone was expecting this. nonetheless, it is a significant number of people were not expecting any high profile political prisoners. today. those who were charged under 5 or 5 a are usually sentenced to that 3 year jail term. we are, however, expecting a number of journalists, in fact, al jazeera has spoken to a photojournalist who was in the 1st batch of releases to come out of insane prison . he said he was, he was very relieved to be out. he'd been arrested in december 2021 during one of the silent street protests. but he did also mentioned that some of those arrested with him have died in custody. and i think this will highlight the apply to those

who remain in jail. the united nation says that it will remain in afghanistan to deliver a despite last month's ban on it. female staff by the taliban secretary general antonio terrace, made the announcement after a 2 day meeting of more than 20 countries in cat are to discuss international concerns about the situation in afghanistan. the participants are worried about the stability of afghanistan and left, expressed those serious concerns. they relate to the persistent presence of various organizations, the risk for the country, the region, and for a bit of fields. the lack of inclusivity, which importantly called zoom and rights in particular, those of minimum girls severely undermined by recent volleyball decisions and the spread of the dr. freaking with all its domestic consequences. some of in java has

more on the significance of that gathering. it was healed as a crucial meeting involving the united nations. it's future work in of when a sun and all its partners and they have been discussing what is going to be their role in of going to son to provide much needed humanitarian assistance and respond to the restrictions that have come with the taliban in charge of a plan, a son to discuss that with us is the minutes minister of state for foreign affairs of pakistan, henry bonnie car. thank you very much for talking to us. you've been involved and as a partner of the united nations and a neighbor of of gone to sun. what is the future of a blind, a son? because it seems that the taliban are no longer involved in the conversation and they're not hearing what the international community is saying. okay. ah, what is the future? is your question? i think it seems that the taliban are not enrolled. i think. ok. first of all, on the question of what is the future the future lies in the hands of the in term

of one government in many ways as to what doors the open for themselves through the process of engagement with the rest of the world rather than disengagement, i think that's one and the future lies also with the international community to make sure that they are not completely, they're not involved in the process of shutting doors to opportunities to ordinary of funds. so it's a 2 way street, great idea as an immediate neighbor of, of i understand we obviously have deep concerns about the spill off from the push back deserter. i think the one, the son leading to more and more flow of people in focus on which has its own challenges. we have always talked about the challenges that exist for progress on which are coming in through some you know, organizations which are using a fun file to be able to launch attacks. that's also a reality of which is based on the situation on the ground. and

you know, some other concerns that are regional, that they need neighbors has grease. the supreme court says a political party founded by a former leader of the far right golden dawn may not run in the upcoming general election. that decision is being criticized as unconstitutional. john serrato, less reports from athens. the supreme court traditionally rules on parties eligibility to take part in elections. this year, there's intense interest in that ruling. that's because greeks national party is the vehicle of this man. las cassey theories, former spokesman for golden dawn, greece's neo fascist party, condemned as a criminal organization in 2020 it's leading figures sentenced to 14 years in jail . custody of his lawyer says he can't constitutionally be prevented from running

yet. is that medical to thank you? degree constitution requires an irrevocable criminal conviction to buy any citizen from elected office. so person has to be found guilty on appeal to the supreme court. here we have the unique situation of a person with a 1st conviction being stripped of the right to office. but he still enjoys the presumption of innocence about the fallacy. will not grace's constitution is very liberal, it makes it essentially impossible to disqualify parties. that's why the ruling new democracy. conservatives focused on disqualifying kasey the early sent his colleagues as individuals. the government has passed 3 legal amendments in the last 2 years aimed at keeping former golden dawn. members, out of parliament amendments broadly say that certain types of convicted felons may not participating or lead political parties or be in effect of control of political parties that they've put strawman, nominally in charge of. but opponents of these amendments,

both in the judiciary and, and parliament have said that they are potentially unconstitutional. luanda should be constitutional, lawyer, yanine throes is among those who believe the government has pushed the constitution to its limit. but even he says the government did the right thing, albeit in a legally clumsy way. the racist and nazi speech which is prohibited both in my country and in europe. and did this accepted that this by virtue of the constitution prohibited, cannot be elicit and legal than uns formed in electoral speech and the electoral elective. it another right wing party has been approved to run its leader is not a felon demonstrating how difficult it may be for greece to bypass europe's political swoon. to the vote. jobs are open source al jazeera evans,

columbia government, and national liberation army guerrillas. i resume talks in cuba capital, havana, it's the 3rd round of talks aimed at agreeing to a ceasefire since president gustavo petro, restored an appeal process with the e. l. m. last year, there had been fears the negotiations could stall after guerrillas killed 9 soldiers in an ambush in march. and you are senator, has called on the biden administration to release the findings for report on the killing of al jazeera journalist. shitty in of our clay. it's been nearly a year since city and was shot by is really forces during a raid and journey in the occupied west bank. no one has been held accountable. senator chris van holland has called for the full assessment by the united states security coordinator. be made available without any edits for congressional review, while citizens killing and the fate of many journalists killed or imprison, isn't sharp. focus on world press freedom day. and here's

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