how much support really is there for bashar al-assad in the country?> he has displaced half the population anyway and only two unknown competitors were admitted. that tells us something. he is popular enough to win among his very reduced audience, and therefore, it is very difficult to judge. what we have seen today is just another show. gerhard: but there are no surprises. he will definitely win this election, will he? >> definitely. the television services, the army have put up images saying our only choice is bashar. gerhard: assad has promised to use his next term after these so-called elections to rebuild the country, but he cannot do that on his own. he will need help. >> he already promised earlier that he would reconstruct the country, and syrians have been paying a reconstruction tax for years now, but they have not seen this cheerio i. he has not invested in aiding the economy, so it is difficult to see what would happen. where will reconstruction money go? when should we believe those infrastructure changes are coming? gerhard: assad has rul

bashar al-assad is aiming for a fourth term. >> casting their votes in a former rebel stronghold, bashar al-assad and his wife traveled for the election. they rejected criticism who described the event as a sham. >> what we have seen in the recent weeks was a response to critics and it says to them your opinions have zero value and your worth 10 times le. >> the incumbent leader is running against two virtually unknown government approved candidates. opposition figures index out were banned from running and the losses candidates must have lived in the country for the last 10 years. in 2011, protest against the authoritarian rule morphed into a civil war. he has now managed to ph back rebels and jihadist groups to take back control of large parts of the country shown here in blue. in the northwestern city of it live, protesters took to the streets to show their opposition to the regime selection. >> we denounced the sham presidential elections taking place. >> i opened facebook -- what a farce it is to think we are stupid. >> the decade-long conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of pe

it's the 2nd presidential election since civil war broke out 10 years ago. bashar al assad face is all over the syrian capital, damascus. his campaign posters, door for those of the other 2 candidates cleared by the legislature to compete. the final vote tally is expected to show similar dominance by assad. so why is everyone so sure of an assad victory? to start with? not all syrians can participate. only residents of areas under government control can vote in the country that has the largest number of displaced people in the world. those in rebel held districts are ineligible, and the economists curtis regions in the north are not participating. millions of syrians have fled the country during its years of civil war. some of those living abroad can vote like here in lebanon. on the other hand, germany has forbidden the syrian conflict from registering voters. the president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in par

let president bashar assad is standing for reelection is like a slap in the face for many refugees. the hobbit, the bashar is elections. he's clinging to power, won't go of his own accord. accuracy meant every election and claim to be elected by the people during the holiday. the people have fled abroad. in reality, the only received few vote during the allow. we can't wait to return home, but mohammed has lost all faith in the syrian opposition. fans 1st the revolution took place under wouldn't flag, and for would go a little by little, they were joined by new flags and opinions, theater. more and more groups got involved and the revolution failed with, as they say too many cooks spoil the broth. the allowed to say their children's memories of syria are fading fast and turkey. the family can live without the fear of their future is anything but certain. the corona virus pandemic and turkeys economic crisis and hit these refugees especially hard and made them even more homesick. the style on jamal, i miss my relatives and all the gatherings and celebrations before the war with their

they think president bashar assad. you continue to rule syria, live michelle. one moment, as long as aside remains in power, i won't consider returning that this government stands for murder, destruction, unexposed and with human power that will never be peace bucket will up my name feet . but this is what aside called peace. many parts of a little the allow is home city, lie in ruins. aleppo is under the control of government troops, but most of its residents have fled. many live in turkey, like the allow is in syria. mohammed allow, we earned a good living as a sign painter. in istanbul, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. kind of knew what the money i earned just covers to pair necessities as you can on the again this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes for the holidays. but in syria it's even harder than here. there's virtually no worse should be thought 100 level in particular basic food. and if you are in short supply the relative, keep them informed about what the mood is like in their

the president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by his party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding anyone from the diaspora, and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the us says without un involvement. it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in the landslide in a vote that was also widely condemned by the u. s. and b, u, as neither free nor fer. let's get more from the banter shabba. she's a head of the middle east division at the german political foundation, the heinrich bowes shift on a welc

they think president bashar assad continue to rule syria. move michelle. one moment long as aside remains in power. i won't consider returning. miss smith don't know that this government stands for murder, destruction, an expulsion who had with him and power that will never be peace with bucket, with my name feet. but this is what aside calls peace. many parts of a level the allow is home city. lion ruins. aleppo is under the control of government troops. but most of its presidents have fled. many live in turkey, like the allow is in syria. mohammed allow we earned a good living as a sign painter. in istanbul, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. yeah, and i knew what the money i earned just covers the parent necessities as you can on the again this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes, the holidays. but in syria it's even harder than here today. there's virtually no work should be a month or a 100 and then a level in particular, basic foods and a few short supply relatives to keep them inf

they think president bashar assad continue to rule syria, live michelle. one moment as long as the sod remains in power, i won't consider returning miss smith. good her with human powers will never be peace, always but good will my name faith. but this is what aside called peace. many parts of a leper lowery's home city. lion ruin. aleppo is under the control of government troops, but most of its residents have fled. many live in turkey, like the allow is in syria. mohammed allow its earned a good living as a sign painter in is symbol, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. granted that they knew what the money i earned just covers the period necessities. yes, you know, can on the again, this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes for the holidays. but in syria it's even harder than here. there's virtually no worse can be thought 100 level in particular basic foods and a few short supply relatives keep them informed about what the mood is like in their homeland. that president bashar assad is s

regimes such as the assad regime really believe in the absolute rights of bashar al-assad of being thent of syria. this is their way of showing defiance to the syrian people who oppose them and the international community that they are here to stay. it is symbolic, but also an assertion of what they believe is their claim to power forever. >> we all know how it's going to end. the international community knows that. this is a fig leaf of democracy. why not just say on the ruler for life, that's how it's going to be. why bother with the process of pretending there is a ballot when it's anything other than a sham? >> regime and its apologists in russia and in iran do fully intend to convince the world community to reengage with assad to reopen diplomatic missions, to reinvest in the country that has been destroyed. they will always point to these charades of processes and elections to give some kind of legitimate cover to this regime. the more distance you have from these events six months from today, a year from today, they will say assad was just elected and it's time to return to syri

by the russians is internationally controversial as it backs putin's ally the syrian president bashar assad. now it's 76 years since the war ended but this is still a hugely important event in russia why does victory day mean so much the russians while today's parade is an important part of the battery or to education of people in russia but today is about to much more than that you're teasing just on a government level we have to keep in mind idea that today is a very special day for millions of russian families and not only for russians but also for ukrainians belorussians cause xmas attacks and all the peoples of the former soviet union because not and no other country in the world suffered as many victims in the baltimore to the soviet union that is why millions of families are celebrating this day at home with their friends and relatives as well as with walks and it was in the home cities. now quickly before you go this far it is happening in the middle of a pandemic and with russian infection rates still high what precautions are being taken. well such parades of course clearly mask o

it says president bashar assad, who is running for a 4th 7 year term is pre ordained to win. it is the 2nd presidential election since the civil war rocked it. 10 years ago. sods face is all over the syrian capital, damascus, his campaign posters, door for those of the other 2 candidates cleared by the legislature to compete. the final vote tally is expected to show similar dominance by assad. so why is everyone so sure of an aside victory to start with? not all syrians can participate, only residence of areas under government control can vote in the country that has the largest number of displaced people in the world. those in rebel held districts are ineligible in the autonomy. curtis regions in the north are not participating. millions of syrians have fled the country during its years of civil war. some of those living abroad can vote like here in lebanon. on the other hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters, and another president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood, asked my marie, who s

they think president bashar assad continue to rule syria, remove michelle. one moment, as long as aside remains in power, i won't consider returning. the government stands for murder, destruction, unexposed. and who had with him in power, that will never be peace bucket with my name feet. but this is what aside called peace, many parts of a little, the allowing home city lion ruined aleppo is under the control of government troops, but most of its residents have fled. many live in turkey, like the allow is in syria. mohammed allow its earned a good living as a sign painter is symbol, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. the kind of a i need what the money i earned just covers the pair necessities as you can on the again, this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes for the holidays. but in syria it's even harder than here. there's virtually no worse should be month to be on a level in particular basic foods and a few are in short supply relative to keep them informed about what the mood is like

it's the 2nd presidential elections and civil war broke out 10 years ago. bashar al assad face is all over the syrian capital, damascus, his campaign posters, door for those of the other 2 candidates cleared by the legislature to compete. the final vote tally is expected to show similar dominance by a side. so why is everyone so sure of an aside victory to start with? not all syrians can participate, only residents of areas under government control can vote in the country that has the largest number of displaced people in the world. those in rebel held districts are ineligible, and the economists curtis regions in the north are not participating. millions of syrians have fled the country during its years of civil war. some of those living abroad can vote like here in lebanon. on the other hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters, and another president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive proc

they think president bashar assad continue to rule syria, remove michelle. one moment good as long as the sod remains and power, i won't consider returning. the government stands for murder, destruction, unexposed. and who had with him in power that will never be peace, always bucket with my name feet. but this is what a sad called peace. many parts of a little the allow is home city, lie in ruins. aleppo is under the control of government troops. but most of its residents have fled. many live in turkey like the allow in syria mohammed allow we've earned a good living as a sign painter. in istanbul, he repairs motorcycles to get by his children haven't been able to go to school for 2 years now. kind of what the money i earned just covers the parent necessities as you can on the again this year we couldn't buy a children new clothes, the holidays. but he, syria, it's even harder than here. there's virtually no work to be thought to be on the level. in particular, basic foods in a few are in short supply the relative to keep them informed about what the mood i

the world health organization gave a seat on an executive board to the government of president bashar assad doesn't rallied in rebel health problems they say i saw that is responsible for bombing clinics and hospitals during the devastating civil war now and it's 10 year well, the agency doctors without borders is warning that hundreds of thousands of people displaced by volcanic eruption in eastern democratic republic of congo. or at risk of cholera in fiction. the option of mountain nearer gone go near the city of gomez bought a k ya take macs, mass exodus hundreds of children was separated from their parents. they w. mario miller reports now from nearby soccer on the young people still waiting to be reunited with their families. then he had gone, go volcano, still fuming over a week after the devastating eruption. and it's still impacting people in it's is entity like 6 year old as he lost his parents and the calles when he and his family flat and panic on this child has been found. and he will take him to your home. because the way to find his parents, he will stay with you. but, but yo

hold up the meat al jazeera in occupied east. jerusalem. syrian president, bashar assad, has as widely predicted, been reelected for a 4th 70. a term crowds of his supporters had been celebrating in damascus, said to one just over 95 percent of the votes is close. this apparent rival took about 3 percent. people could only cost about us and government controlled areas and western capital have described bi election now, green pay says illegal gold mining is slowly destroying brazil's largest reserve indigenous people. the environmental organization has released aerial photos laying bad the scale of the damage. a northern brazil piano mummy was active as believe that as many as $20000.00 prospectors are operating in the area and eagle mining has increased unchecked under the president. j. e. both sonata who has repeatedly said the reserve is too big, and he wants to lead not legalize mining, that let's get more on this. we can speak to remove the stuff he is the spokesman for greenpeace brazil. he joins us from now. and then brazil's amazon state money, thanks for joining us on al jazeer

headlines at this hour. thousands of people have celebrated the election when of serious president bashar assad in damascus. the parliamentary speaker set aside 195 percent of the votes, making his full time in office. his rame has survived the bloody civil war that has brought before to since the 2011 western nations have condemned the election as fortune and the un human rights council says, israel recent s rights on garza may constitute to war crimes. she also accused the palestinian minister group hamas are violating international humanitarian law by foreign rockets into israel. the un human rights council is launching an investigation into a legs client crime with the jury. the 11 day conflicts earlier, germany plans to offer corona virus vaccine to children from the age of 12 next month. chance agular medical announced the policy off talks with regional leaders, the barn tech find the vaccine is likely to become the 1st to be approved for the use of children under 16 in the you. but germany is vaccine commission is still debating whether to recommend they take the shot to the attrition an

to form a new government the country's gone through 4 inconclusive elections in 2 years no one bashar assad a serious political analyst he says that netanyahu is behind much of the violence if you would ask the question why now i would say to me oh of course. that's the reason why now there is escalation in jerusalem and even worse escalation with the palestinians in gaza needing to death destruction and mayhem because clearly as we all know by now the largely discredited israeli prime minister admit that you know is desperate because he could not form a government the israelis have conducted 3 elections within 2 years and that any are still unable to maintain power and if he doesn't meant power there is a good chance that he goes to jail why because again as most people know he's under he's on trial on corruption charges of fraud and other and other and other charges and clearly like his predecessor it would all of our evening he might as well just go to prison if he doesn't maintain power so in so many ways the israeli prime minister was able to. organize and unite and enter into alliance

it's the 2nd presidential election since civil war broke out 10 years ago. bashar al assad's face is all over the syrian capital, damascus. his campaign posters dwarfed those of the other 2 candidates cleared by the legislature to compete. the final vote tally is expected to show similar dominance by assad. so why is everyone so sure of an assad victory? to start with, not all syrians can participate. only residents of areas under government control can vote in the country that has the largest number of displaced people in the world. those in rebel held districts are ineligible, and the autonomy. curtis regions in the north are not participating. millions of syrians have fled the country during its years of civil war. some of those living abroad can vote like here in lebanon. on the other hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters, and another president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive pro

the merger is russian said that the elections are illegitimate. lashonda would have god willing, bashar assad will face a trial, and instead of ruling, he will end up in the dustbin of history. and all that they, kate, the syrian war has left nearly half a 1000000 people dead. and half the countries population displaced by sharla sat. this is not the victory, but it's a victory paid for with tremendous suffering. for some analysis on this that talks about a shell she's head of the middle east of is not the german political thing to kindly both on they should bend beyond the propaganda. how much support is there really for charlotte started in the country. well, they've heard it has displaced half of the population anyway, and he also was very restricted only to unknown competitive. and then all this propaganda overkill. that tells us something not even believe that he's popular enough to win among his very reduced audience. and therefore, it's very difficult to judge whether he has an audience or at all. but what we have thing today around the show. but there are no surprises looking that he

the vote is the 2nd presidential election since the civil war erupt at 10 years ago. bashar al assad's face is all over the syrian capital, damascus. his campaign posters, dwarf those of the other 2 candidates cleared by the legislature to compete. the final vote tally is expected to show similar dominance by his side. so why is everyone so sure of an assad victory? to start with? not all syrians can participate. only residents of areas under government control can vote in the country that has the largest number of displaced people in the world. those in rebel held districts are ineligible, and the autonomy is curtis regions in the north are not participating. millions of syrians have fled the country during its years of civil war. some of those living abroad can vote like here in lebanon. on the other hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters and another president, bashar al assad. it's running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mock mood f mad marie, who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely

the world health organization gave a seat on its executive board to the government of president bashar assad. dozens rallied in rebel italy, province. i say assad is responsible for bombing clinics and hospitals during the devastating civil war. now in its 10th year, the agency doctors without borders his warning that hundreds of thousands of people displaced by volcanic eruption in eastern democratic republic of congo, risk of cholera in fiction. the option of the mountain gum go near the city of goma spot, a chaotic mass. exodus hundreds of children were separated from the parents. there they w. mario miller reports now from nearby soccer on. some of the young people still waiting to be reunited with their families. and yet are gone, go volcano, still fuming over a week after the devastating eruption and it's still impacting people in it is entity like 6 year old as he lost his parents and the chaos when he and his family flat and panic, a book on this child has been found and he will take him to your home because the way to find his parents, he will stay with you. but, but you're welcome,

there is area during the limits and elections that a certain to keep president bashar assad in power. ah hello there it looks like our warm spell of fine dry and hot weather across the east side of north america is about to come to an end. we got this weakness area of high pressure just out into the atlantic. they're still true in the winds, in from a general, solely direction. hence that he got a cold front just straddling his way out of the good parts of canada, coming down into central areas of the us and the grassy make his way further east was debbie. go ahead of the front temperature getting up to 35 celsius once again. then on wednesday afternoon, that's the last of the warm days. because if you go one into thursday, turning increasingly here with 32 celsius in t. c at that state. and he comes out right and he will be very heavy at times. sundry down, pause coming through squall. he wins large house. any possibility we could see one or 2 tonight is is that system continues to make its way further. east was cooler, talking in behind the chicago at 12 celsius getting a little coo

hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters on another. president bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by a such as party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding anyone from the diaspora. and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the us says without un involvement, it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in the landslide in a vote that was also widely condemned by the u. s. and b, u, as neither free nor fer. let's get more from a banter shallow. she's a head of the middle east d

supply relative to keep them informed about what the mood is like in their homeland, the president bashar assad is standing for reelection is like a slap in the face for many refugees. the hub at the shars elections. he's clinging to power won't go of his own accord accuracy. after every election, they claim to be elected by the people during the holiday. the people have fled abroad. in reality, the only received few vote doing the hopes will be allowed. we can't wait to return home, but mohammed has lost all faith in the syrian opposition. left. the revolution took place under wouldn't flag, and for would go by little by little. they were joined by new flags and opinions, theater. more and more groups got involved. and the revolution failed with, as they say, too many cooks spoil the broth the allowed to say their children's memories of syria are fading fast. in turkey, the family can live without the fear of their future is anything but certain. the corona virus pandemic, and turkey's economic crisis had hit these refugees, especially hard and made them even more homesick dandy the style on j

has forbidden this theory and consummate from registering voters on another month, president bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by assad. past party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding anyone from the diaspora. and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the u. s. says without un involvement, it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in the landslide in a vote that was also widely condemned by the u. s. and the u, as neither free nor fair of more on this. i'm now joined by journalists, kristin hel bags,

the syrian revolution began in march 27th the government of president bashar assad responded by a fierce war against all opposition with far reaching consequences. it represents a major challenge facing the international community and 2016. the situation in syria was exacerbated by the intervention of both russia and iran and their support for the assad government against the rebels. and what the limits are as many i mean about of the. iranian people and you have to do sure you have the serial killer you. were mad at the fact the strategy said let the far north. korea you know where i mean death for analysis and no he in your. new fools. she has is that bottoms you're a bum push the one of them going to come to you of them or if there's another in the holocaust that will dockery the milat or in gone an associate will be in class sammy what he did in madness that eastwood and me are brothers and you know and there are some new one m.b.e. how good it is to what i'm being on as a citizen the particular individual could win him oakum i just threw him a can in what will be a liberal whose rec

they have bashar assad from syria on, he has 250,000 followers and he is spewing anti-israeli and anti-americanand yet that's fine with them. but president trump somehow is a threat to our country. it's nonsense. but again, the answer is not to have government oversee a private corporation. it's to make sure that that private corporation is competing in the marketplace against others. eric: here's what mr. mcconnell was on fox news sunday this morning, when the president talked about the rioters to go home, he said the president issued those statements, as the mob was ripping through the capitol and members of congress, your colleagues were cowering in fear. here's what the board said, citing the president's coming out saying they have very special people, that the people are up at the capitol, among them the rioters were patriots. the board said, quote, there was clear immediate risk of farm and the words of support for those involved in the riots legit legitimized their actions. the ayatollah is on facebook at the same time they're citing president trump's works that they say inches gaited an

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the russians is internationally controversial as it backs putin's ally this is when president bashar assad. now it's 7 to 6 years since the war and this is still a hugely important event in russia why does victory day mean so much to russians while today's parade is an important part of the battery or to education off people in russia but today is about to much more than that your team isn't just on a government level we have to keep in mind idea that today is a very special day for millions of russian families and to not only for russians but also for ukrainians belorussians kazakhs mystics and all the peoples of the former soviet union because not and no other country in the world suffered as many victims in the baltimore 2 as of the soviet union that is why millions of families are celebrating this day at home with their friends and relatives as well as with walks and esteban's in their home cities. now quickly before you go this far it is happening in the middle of a pandemic era where the russian infection rates still high what precautions are being taken. well such parades of course

the world health organization gave a seat on an executive board for the government of president, bashar assad, dozens rallied in rebel rebel held it lid province. they say a thought is responsible for bombing clinics and hospitals during the devastating civil war now and it's 10 year columbia security forces are tightened in control over the city of cali, president yvonne do k ordered soldiers and police patrol the streets after several people were killed and anti government protest, the city of kali has become a hotspot for demonstrations. protesters started in april over a proposed tack that increased and extended to police brutality poverty and health crisis. we're joined now by the w correspondent, johan ramirez and colleague, columbia. johan kali has been one of the epa centers of this protest movement. what's happening there? now? i would say that some parts of the city are quite normal in this moment. some other parts are very, very tense. we have seen a very important military person from the city today. let's remember that. on friday, president yvonne yvonne took an order the militar

syria's president bashar assad has been re-elected, in a vote that western nations branded a sham. government officials say he won 95% of the vote on wednesday. syria has been ravaged by a ten-year war pitting assad's dictatorship against rebels. lawmakers in hong kong approved sweeping election changes today to give mainland china more control over the territory. they're adding more pro-beijing lawmakers, and cutting the number elected by the public. candidates will also be checked for loyalty to beijing. back in this country, the u.s. senate confirmed christine wormuth as the first woman to become army secretary. the vote was unanimous. wormuth takes over amid problems of sexual assault and racial tensions in the ranks. new claims for unemployment benefits dropped again in the last week, to 406,000. and on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 141 points to close at 34,464. the nasdaq fell one point. the s&p 500 added nearly five points. still to come on the newshour: new details on the a.t.f.'s peferential treatment of the gun industry. new jersey governor p

since then, there have been bursts of violence as the situation was impaired bashar al-assad has been elected for a fourth seven-year term, supporters celebrating in damascus. he is said to have won just over 95% of the vote. that is your news. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> israel's offensive in gaza because death and injury. antonio guterres cold for an immediate cease-fire, but benjamin netanyahu insisted the offensive would go on as long as necessary. world leaders expressed concerns, pakistan prominent. the united nations general assembly held an emergency session. they were looking for consensus to put an end to what was cold the atrocities of palestine. what role does it play given the geopolitical dynamics in the normalized relations with israel? pakistan's foreign minister to "al jazeera." foreign minister of pakistan, thank you for talking to "al jazeera." how would you characterize israel's actions in gaza over the last week? >> barbaric. in human. uncalled for. the excessive use of force attacking the mosque was unacceptable, and that triggered the crisis. anchor: what is your react

the world health organization gave a seat on its executive board to the government of president bashar assad doesn't rallied in rebel held italy, province. they say assad is responsible for bombing clinics and hospitals during the devastating civil war. now in its year. well, the u. s. is mocking to some temporary of one of the most notorious racial atrocities in american history. in 1921, a white mob looted and burned a prosperous black neighbourhood in tulsa, oklahoma, killing as many as 300 people living 1000 con list ceremonies to remember what is one of the deadliest racial massacres in the u. s. have been taking place president joe biden will also join the commemoration 100 years ago. the area was known as black bull street because of its many black entrepreneurial businesses. the decades what has happened was kept quiet only recently as the full scale of the massacre come to life. i reported carolina cheerfully since this report, the joy and pride in tulsa green, what district people here are commemorating one of the worst res massacres in the u . s, history about the same time they'r

another president, bashar al assad, is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mock mode of mud marie who stand very little chance of winning they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by us. as party candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding anyone from the diaspora. and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the u. s. says without un involvement, it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014, at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in the lands live in a vote that was also widely condemned by the us and b. u, as neither free nor fair. the un security council will hold an emergency meeting on a growing crisis in molly the military there has stripped the countries, transiti

world health organization's gave a seat on its executive board to the government of president bashar al assadthousands rallied intaly province. they say aside is responsible for bombing clinics and hospitals during the devastating civil war, now in its eighth year. the eight agency doctors without borders is warning that thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption in congo are at risk of cholera infection. the eruption of mount nyiragongo sparked a chaotic mass exodus. hundreds of children were separated from their parents. our reporter reports from a nearby city on the young people still waiting to be reunited with her family's. reporter: the mount nyiragongo volcano is still fuming, over a week after the devastating eruption, and it is still impacting people in its vicinity, like six-year-old ezra. he lost his parents in the chaos when he and his family fled in panic. this child has been fou. we will take him as we wait to -- you will take them to your home as we wait to find his parents. he will stay with you. he works as a volunteer for the red cross. 's job is to register childr

other hand, germany has forbidden this theory and consummate from registering voters. president bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by a certain party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding any one from the diaspora. and they must be married to a serious citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the us says without un involvement. it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in the landslide in a vote that was also widely condemned by the us and b. u, as neither free nor fair for un security council will hold an emergency meeting on a growing crisi

hand, germany has forbidden the syrian consulate from registering voters, and another president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mark mood after marie who stand very little chance of winning. they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by a sub baptist party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding anyone from the diaspora. and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election. and the us says without un involvement, it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod when in a landslide, in a vote that was also widely condemned by the u. s. and the u. as neither free nor fair of more this i'm now joined by journalists, kristin hel bags. she's one of ger

president bashar al—assad faces two little known challengers, but is considered virtually certain to of syria — a country devastated by civil war. a new report suggests that climate change could put the health of olympic athletes at risk during the forthcoming tokyo games. the british association for sustainable sport says mean temperatures in the japanese capital have risen three times faster than global averages over the last century. police in the us state of new hampshire have issued an active arrest warrant for the singer marilyn manson in connection with an alleged assault. the charges relate to an incident involving a videographer in 2019. ecuador has confirmed that a giant tortoise found on one of the galapagos islands is from a species believed to be extinct for more than a century. the tortoise was found two years ago hidden in vegetation — scientists had considered it to be extinct since 1906. president biden has urged the us congress to pass a policing reform bill quickly, in memory of george floyd. after meeting mr floyd's relatives at the white house — exactly a year af

election officials in syria have announced that president bashar al—assad has won a fourth term in offices. the election is the second such vote since the start of syria's conflict. it's already been dismissed by western diplomats as neither free nor fair. three men who assisted the perpetrators ofjihadist terror attacks in and around barcelona that killed 16 people in 2017 have beenjailed in spain. two of the group were handed sentences of 53 and 46 years, while a third man was given an eight—yearjail term. twitter says it's worried about the safety of its staff in india. the company has been coming under pressure after it put a "manipulated media" label on a tweet by a spokesperson from the governing bjp. the information ministry accused the social media giant of hampering free speech by arbitrarily suspending accounts and deleting tweets. the united nations human rights council has agreed to open an investigation into this month's conflict between israel and the militant group hamas. hamas has welcomed the decision, but israel described it as a moral failure. american political support

that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on syrian president, bashar al assad has been reelected for a 4th, a 7 year term. that's despite a decade of war and then economy that's in freefall. voting was only in government controlled areas and the side stood against 2 largely unknown figures who are in considered considered serious rivals and whose candidacy required the regimes approval the exile. but position was not allowed to take part i the french president has asked for forgiveness from the one the thing he recognizes his country's role in the 994 genocide and manual mccrory made the comments that of vigil in the capital kigali on his 1st visit there as president, but as malcolm web reports from kigali, he stopped short of a formal apology. rwanda's relations with franz have warmed up after a quarter of a century of tensions. french president emanuel macro visited with london counterpart pool could call me in the capital kick ali. 27 years earlier, companies were one than patriotic front or p. f was fighting a civil war, france back to the enemy. the government of juvenile, h

the president, bashar al assad is running against 2 other men. abdullah saloon, abdullah and mock mood mad marie, who said very little chance of winning they qualified for the vote after an extremely restrictive process in parliament. all candidates must have the support of 35 members of parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by a party. candidates must have lived in syria continuously for 10 years, excluding any one from the diaspora, and they must be married to a syrian citizen. the united nations has said it is not involved in the election, and the u. s. says without un involvement, it won't recognize the results. syria media says the regime has invited observers, but from regime friendly countries like russia, iran, china, and venezuela. the last elections were held in 2014 at the height of the civil war and saw a sod win and a landslide in a vote that was also widely condemned by the u. s. and b. u, as neither free nor fair. let's get some analysis on this now with a journalist kristin, head back, one of germany's leading experts on the middle east and syria. kristen, thank

election officials in syria have announced that president bashar al—assad has won a fourth term in officees cast in wednesday's polls. the election is the second such vote since the start of syria's conflict. it's already been dismissed by western diplomats as neither free nor fair. three men who assisted the perpetrators ofjihadist terror attacks in and around barcelona that killed 16 people in 2017 have beenjailed in spain. two of the group were handed sentences of 53 and 46 years, while a third man was given an eight—yearjail term. twitter says it's worried about the safety of its staff in india. the company has been coming under pressure after it put a �*manipulated media' label on a tweet by a spokesperson from the governing bjp. the information ministry accused the social media giant of hampering free speech by arbitrarily suspending accounts and deleting tweets. the united nations human rights council has agreed to open an investigation into this month's conflict between israel and the militant group hamas. hamas has welcomed the decision. but israel described it as a moral failure

and half the countries population displaced for bashar al assad. this is another victory, but it's a bit repaid for with tremendous suffering. for some analysis on this, let's talk to ben to shell. she's head of the middle east of is another german political thing turned kindly both on they should bend beyond the propaganda. how much support is there really for charlotte sought in the country? well, they've heard it has displaced half of the population anyway. and he also was very restricted only to unknown competitive. and then all this propaganda overkill, that tells us something not even believe that he's popular enough to win among his very reduced audience. and therefore it's very difficult to judge whether he has video audience or at all. but what we have thing today on the show. but there are no surprises lacking that he will definitely win this election really. exactly. and therefore i find it very surprising. and all the immature, if you see only his picture, the intelligence services, the 4th division of the army, they have all with poste

his era, syrian president, bashar al assad has as widely expected been re elected for a full 7 year term. crowds of his borders have been celebrated in damascus, said to one just over 95 percent of the vote. places parent rival took about 3 percent. people could only cost ballots in government control. there is and western capital to describe it as a shot to rival leaders in somalia say they've resolved a longstanding election stand off. the government says voting will now take place within 60 days. prime minister mohammed, his st. verbal says he's committed to free and fair polls which were supposed to be held in february since and been best violence. the opposition refused to recognise mohammed, i believe he will have it as president saying his for your time has expired. more than $800.00 candidates for next month. local elections in mexico had been murdered . the president blamed criminal gangs. the latest victim was running for mayor and city violence played with jackins date. and his 1st report from area john, home and reports on how drug cartels and games fighting for control when,