al-jazeera bangkok. and if you want a full documentary thailand's rebel artist someone is at twenty three thirty g.m.t. on thursday right there on al-jazeera. and that's it from a david apology for this news hour but stay with us there it will be here in a moment with more news. in germany's capital there is a barber like no other sort of what it is. a strong cross with us. but as his city changes he's moving with the times. and going on the road. the stories we don't often hear are told by the people who live there. the master barber of berlin this is europe on al-jazeera. march on al-jazeera. maggi husain debates discusses and dissects the big issues of our times and head to heads five years after the revolution focuses in ukraine will have a chance to offer a verdict on what's come since. in a powerful new film residents of occupied east jerusalem to its own its cost present and future. leaders will gather for the thirtieth arab league summit in tunisia join us for coverage and we examine the developm

thailand is set for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. one person has been killed and at least thirty people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir the device rolled under a bus and exploded at the main terminus in general city some of the wounded remain in a critical condition the killing of forty indian troops in a suicide attack last month inflamed tensions between india and pakistan both lay claim to the region. a medical charity doctors without borders has criticised the humanitarian response to the burger outbreak in the democratic republic of congo says not enough has been done to gain the trust of local communities even aid workers as an increasing target of violence and temporarily suspended work at the epicenter of the outbreak after two of its treatment facilities were burnt down more than five hundred sixty people have died from the disease so far the existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic it shows other response as fail to listen and act on the needs of those most affected more than

but local artists say repression will only lead to more rebellion rap and rhymes true ambrose al-jazeera bangkok. and you can watch the full documentary thailand's rebel artists on one i want at twenty two thirty g.m.t. on thursday night here on jazeera. and after all that his fortune use over to joe in your heart. lauren thank you european football's governing body you a for has confirmed it's open an investigation into manchester city over possible breaches of financial fair play rules the english premier league champions were at the center of allegations published by a german sports magazine claiming that city's m. rotty owners shakman saw injected funds into the club to top up sponsorship income u.a. fizzles have a limit on how much money an owner can add in a statement mentions city responded by saying it welcomes the opening of a formal u.a.e. for investigation is an opportunity to bring to an end the speculation resulting from the illegal hacking and out of context publication of citi e-mails the accusation of financial irregularities are entirely false the club's published accounts are f

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott hi there al jazeera bangkok. is following the story from for us and joins us now from chiang mai for us the selection it's been a long time coming what's that this for like ahead of polling day. well this is a highly anticipated election and perhaps particularly more so in chiang mai in the northern and northeast parts of the country in these areas a considered political stronghold for the shinawatra family down thompson that parties have not lost a single election since two thousand and one but taksin and his sister both former prime ministers of this country have been removed from power either in a coup or by the courts in the last fifteen years so this is a much highly anticipated election especially for this region it is also a much delayed election and when the military seized power in two thousand and fourteen it promised to hold polls within a year or two well it's been five years so people are eager to be able to cast their ballots early voting but took place a week ago saw high voter turnout of nearly e

front of won't have much time to form a government even if they can get support it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. amasses political leaders my honey has made his first public appearance in gaza since his office was bombed israeli jets destroyed a number of buildings on monday and tuesday night dozens of rockets have been fired into israel as well honey declared victory and says a ceasefire brokered by egypt is now in place. palestinian resistance kept its would and israeli enemy received the message the resistance can deliver its message in the proper time and place i call on our people to commemorate the anniversary to refresh their belonging to the especially as the great march of return started a year ago i would like to greet how egyptian president to reach the ceasefire understanding for stopping the israeli aggression in gaza stephanie decker with more now from the israel gaza border fence the real test will come this weekend when palestinians in gaza mark one year since the start of the great more should return which is seen tens of thousands of palestinians protest along the border fence

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott harbor al jazeera bangkok and try and story has more from the hometown of former prime minister. chiang mai northern thailand can be considered a political stronghold of thompson shinawatra tocsin and his sister are former prime ministers of this country who were ousted either in a coup or by the courts over the last fifteen years and despite living in self-imposed exile they are still a strong political force they draw their support mainly from the rural population in the north and northeast parts of the country who remain grateful to thompson for giving them access to cheaper health care and agricultural subsidies but over the last five years with the military government in charge it has put in place a constitution and electoral rules that give it an inbuilt advantage including capping the number of seats a party can win in an election now critics say this is to prevent another comeback by thompson whose parties have not lost an election since two thousand and one now on the eve of the election an english la

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok before and slowly filed this report from the northern part of the country where tax and should know what is from. we're in the district center of sun campaign that's the hometown of former prime minister tops in china what ballot papers from polling stations across the district have been taken here for a final announcement tally and preliminary results taken from the election commission's website showing how long the military backed party in the lead overall this is an unexpected result especially as opinion polls taken just days before voting started had suggested that. the party talks would be in the lead analysts some analysts had said that even if i didn't win enough to form the next government it would have a chance to form a coalition the voters here say they are shocked they are surprised some remain optimistic because they say these are still preliminary results in the north and northeast and parts of its punditry have long to live with election victories to thompson and his a

but look to say repression only lead to move rebellion and rhymes drew ambrose al-jazeera bangkok or you can watch stuff full documentary thailand's rebel artists on one a whiny twenty to thirty g.m.t. on thursday right here on al-jazeera. the headlines on al-jazeera this hour a chinese telecom giant weiwei is suing the u.s. government is accusing washington of hacking its servers and stealing e-mails the u.s. considers why was products a security threat and says beijing can use its equipment to spy on federal agencies the company denies the allegations the u.s. government had branded its right it has hacked into servers and this story and e-mails and songs quote these tragedies the u.s. government has never provided and every day supposed accusation that i we posies sample securities direct. the u.s. government is very no effort to a company and it's probably a bot. british and american weapons have been used to kill hundreds of civilians in yemen that's according to a report by yemen based human rights group findings were based on more than two dozen attacks by the saudi and u.a.e.

thailand is sit for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. disgraced french cardinal silly barbara has offered his resignation after being found guilty of failing to report child sex abuse by one of his priests the case has highlighted the catholic church declining influence in france that's a sure butler has more from the on. from his diocese in the city of leon french cardinal philip announced his resignation. i have decided to go and see the holy father to tender my resignation he will receive me in a few days. it was an unexpected twist often already dramatic morning in court in his absence the judge found the cardinal guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to authorities giving him a six month suspended prison sentence babar had known the priest bernard painter had abused boys from the one nine hundred seventy s. to ninety's but he allowed him to work with children until his retirement in twenty fifteen the victim's lawyer said barber has resignation was sudden but welcome. symbolically make sense needed to respond to the verdict i

al-jazeera bangkok you can watch the full documentary thailand's rebel artists on want to unease that twenty to thirty g.m.t. on thursday right here on al-jazeera. the top stories this hour chinese telecom giant weiwei is suing the us government and is accusing washington of hacking its servers and stealing e-mails the u.s. considers why waste products a security threat and says beijing can use its equipment to spy on federal agencies the company denies the allegations. the u.s. government had said. that it has hacked into service and this story and e-mails and this. disease the us government has never parole why do you. suppose. that we pose a security strict. a us government. effort to a company and. venezuela expelled the german ambassador for a while coming up with a back to iraq us daniel criner has been accused of meddling event as well as internal affairs and has been given forty eight hours to leave. the starts of argentina has been postponed by a three day teachers strike they say wages aren't keeping up with inflation which reached nearly fifty percent last year the governme

thailand is sit for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. the medical charity doctors without borders says a more humane response is needed to end the boehner epidemic in democratic republic of congo it says not enough has been done to gain the trust of local communities and even aid workers and increasing target for violence comes as the head of the world health organization is visiting the country to get an update on the outbreak and bron reports. wearing protective suits they wash down with chlorine making sure every particle of the highly contagious virus is destroyed but doctors without borders says efforts to contain it working and instead have led to his still iffy end violence against the people who are trying to help the existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic it shows how the response has failed to listen and act on the needs of those most affected the doctor who was in the democratic republic of congo last week went to treatment centers were burned down it forced the charity to suspend its operations at the a.p.c. into

providing an alternative to parties which have dominated this country for nearly two decades al-jazeera bangkok . the ensor national criminal courts is considering whether the persecution of the right only me and mine is government's once an investigation a group of younger refugees say they've been fighting for justice ever since they fled along with hundreds of thousands back in august twenty seventh seen by coke's as bizarre in bangladesh stephanie decker meets the volunteers piecing together the stories of survivors. our meeting place may not look like much but what this young man has achieved is extraordinary every day a list three marked nonstop but human continue to walk through that dr can mount fled me in march one thousand months ago along with hundreds of thousands of other rangar he and other volunteers immediately took the initiative to document what happened speaking to survivors one by one they wrote down their stories are dead that we are thinking we lost everything. we are thinking we need to collect and calculate a lot to tell loss but we need to prove what had done through to

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott harder al jazeera bangkok. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera at least one hundred thirty four fly any herders have been killed in mali in an attack blamed on an ethnic militia the mayor of a nearby town says gunmen dressed as traditional dons a hunter has targeted the village of although so go in the early hours of saturday they also attacked another flood even the. at least eighteen people have died in a wave of violence unleashed by al-shabaab fighters in the somali capital mogadishu first a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near the labor ministry on demand then stormed the building sparking a gun battle with police at least fifteen people were killed including an assistant minister and four of the gunmen in a separate attack a bomb at a checkpoint killed at least three people. we were in the middle of the judy's when the suicide vehicle exploded at the gate i flipped from the building just as the gunfire was starting. with. the ministry building when the first explosion happened in fr

al-jazeera bangkok and you can watch the full documentary of thailand's rebel artists on the one i want to east at twenty two thirty g.m.t. on thursday right here on al-jazeera at least one person has been killed and twenty nine injured in a grenade attack on a bus station in indian administered kashmir the device rolled under a bus and exploded at the main terminus and generous city the killing of forty engine troops in a suicide attack last month has inflame tensions between india and pakistan which contest kashmir while pakistan says it's intensifying a crackdown on religious schools and individuals suspected of from our seeing violence al-jazeera has come out joins us now live from the whole kemal just who has been targeted in this crackdown. where the group operation is underway dad include your mom. dollar and. chatted. to. watch dog gone. doing days in order to meet that requirement of the financial action dog for the rich bloggers gone out committed and as a member of the group of the bloggers on the it is that requirement also because the f.a.p. have gone on to great. does not

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok mollies armed forces chief and several top commanders have been sacked after more than one hundred thirty four people including women and children were killed in an attack on a village a local mayor says gunmen dressed as traditional hunters raided although sagal village of cattle herders in central mali they also attacked another funny village nearby ethnic violence has flared up in mali regions particularly since groups like al qaeda and i sold began operating there the prime minister announced the sacking of the military commanders after an emergency cabinet meeting. kenya's government has warned that up to a million people are at risk of starvation as a severe drought grips the northern half of the country rainfall has been low for months affecting crops and leaving people struggling to feed themselves catherine sort of reports now from too can a county one of the worst affected areas it's weltering in the more i village as from this dry desolate land here to receive food aid from

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok let's go live to florence newey in chiang mai florence so is it clear who is in the lead at this stage. well it's neck and neck ninety four percent of votes have been counted but counting with paused overnight we expected to resume in the next very soon perhaps in the next hour or so we've been getting the latest figures from the website of the election commission now and in terms of popular vote the pro-military party is in the lead and the second second place is per tie that's the party linked to exiled prime minister taksin should know what he was deposed in a coup in two thousand and six they're trailing behind by about half a million votes but that's not the full picture and in terms of number of seats allocated or in terms of number of seats. that the there have been in terms of number of seats the it's the reverse per thai party is ahead by about ten seats but this is only the three hundred fifty constituency seats in the lower house that's not the full picture because there ar

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott hi there al jazeera bangkok. is following the story from us for us and joins us now from chiang mai.

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott harbor al jazeera bangkok. police in france are warning of a severe reaction if there's a repeat so riot steering yell of us process in paris the saturday professor bands from the famous shoals of easy to shops were torched and lit it's a week ago david chase to reports. soldiers will be deployed to guard public buildings in the french capital as the yellow vests prepare to take to the streets for the nineteenth time this weekend they're being diverted from their normal operations sentinel anti terror patrols to free up police resources but the decision has attracted fierce criticism the army not being used in the context of social protestants nine hundred forty seven and and the strong symbol of putting the army back in the street for this purpose and or the question but it traces the risk potentially of a risk. this is archived film of the clashes seventy two years ago five striking miners were killed. last weekend in paris millions of years of damage was caused by writers on the seans elisei this time polic

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott harbor al-jazeera bangkok and florence louis has more from the hometown of exiled former prime minister attacks and. chiang mai northern thailand can be considered a political stronghold of thompson shinawatra thompson and his sister are former prime ministers of this country who were ousted either in a crew or by the courts over the last fifteen years and despite living in self-imposed exile they are still a strong political force they draw their support mainly from the rural population in the north and northeast parts of the country who remain grateful to thompson for giving them access to cheaper health care and agricultural subsidies but over the last five years with the military government in charge it has put in place a constitution and electoral rules that give it an inbuilt advantage including capping the number of feet a party can win in an election now critics say this is to prevent another comeback by thompson whose parties have not lost an election since two thousand and one now on the eve of the e

front of won't have much time to form a government even if they can get support it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. five cases of cholera have been confirmed in mozambique's badly damaged port city of beara two weeks up to psycho needed slammed into the area the u.n. now fears the disease will spread it says it needs nearly three hundred million dollars in aid to help mozambique's one point seven million victims and killed more than seven hundred people across southern africa tony but they travel to one community in mozambique that's been cut off for twelve days. it's a race against time to reach isolated cyclon survivors before and disease breaking out. helicopters are scouring the three thousand square kilometer disaster zone in central mozambique searching for the vulnerable and overlooked who desperately need help. in the village of greater two hundred kilometers from deraa they found a thousand hungry people if they ate something once a day they were among the more fortunate we are very happy very happy because of the many bears we got forward we got a clean water and we got some extension as

thailand is it for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok disgraced french cardinal silly barbara has offered his resignation after being found guilty of failing to report child sex abuse by one of his priests the case has highlighted the catholic church.

thailand is it for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok now germany says it doesn't want to ban chinese telecoms giant away from building its five g. networks but it says it will tighten security criteria for companies offering the new services earlier hallway announced it's taking the u.s. to courts over a ban on government agencies using its technology washington considers wild ways products a security threat and as beijing can use its equipment for spying. the rise of far right politics and parts of europe has been matched by a growing reluctance to accept refugees one country that's bucking the trend is portugal which is actively seeking new arrivals for its lee has the story from lisbon. six years ago raf fats was a student in damascus since then his dad's been killed he's travelled to jordan and egypt before finding himself of all places in lisbon now he runs a restaurant stops by other refugees it's quite a story but he's happy. i really like being here for different reasons i like the country the people the climates like home and t

thailand is set for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. to files our discourse karner barbara ann has offered his resignation after being found guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to authorities the cases highlighter the catholic church is declining influence in france and has more family on. from his diocese in the city of french cardinal philip announced his resignation. i have decided to go and see the holy father to tender my resignation he will receive me in a few days. it was an unexpected twist often already dramatic morning in court in his absence a judge found the cardinal guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to authorities giving him a six month suspended prison sentence babar had known the priest bernard painter had abused boys from the one nine hundred seventy s. to ninety's but he allowed him to work with children until his retirement in twenty fifteen the victim's lawyer said barber has resignation was sudden but welcome. symbolically make sense needed to respond to the verdict in some way because of a shown i

al jazeera is way in hay in bangkok for us watching these developments thank you wayne. israel central elections committee has disqualified an alliance of palestinian israeli parties from running in next month's elections and follows a petition filed by the prime minister's likud party and two others they accuse the run by coalition of supporting violent palestinian resistance and backing hezbollah poll suggested it would win four seats in israel's parliament the supremes court will have the final say while the palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire along the gaza border overnight fighter jets later struck several sites belonging to hamas in southern gaza israel's army says it was in response to explosive devices being sent across the border fence a u.s. congressional committee has been told the white house needs to do more to end the war in yemen the warning comes from expert testimony gathered by members of the house of representatives it says the fighting could create long term instability and pose a future threat to the united states alan fischer report

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. let's talk about this in more detail with justin wintle who's a southeast asia historian thank you so much for joining us here on out there are so obviously not all the votes have been counted yet but it does seem that the most votes have gone to the polling a patch up the party which is pro-military party explain to us why it's a surprise that they've done so well it's a surprise because for several reasons i think first of all you would expect people given the opportunity to vote against the military junta which has been impossible two thousand and fourteen would grab the chance but in a way that's not a surprise now come back to that it's a surprise because although it's not it's not an opinion poll sort of culture and the talk was that it wasn't going to do very well on that tax and shinawatra party put i was going to do well and that seems not to have happened the talk there is i'm tired of the conservatism i've been going out there for donkey's yes exactly how low but there's a

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott hi there al jazeera bangkok. pakistan has been showing off its military might as part of its national day celebrations india's prime minister narendra modi sent his best wishes pakistan's prime minister imran khan tweeted his reply saying he believes it's time for the two countries to hold serious talks tensions between india and pakistan remain high following the killing of indian soldiers in disputed kashmir and the shoot down of warplanes. hello i'm a star with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed forces in syria have declared what they call one hundred percent territorial defeat of iso and elimination of its so-called caliphate following weeks of fighting the syrian democratic forces have raised their flag and bug who is the last i still held town in northeast syria a car bomb blast has tugs at government buildings in somalia's capital mogadishu police say it happened at the ministry of labor and there was a second explosion nearby gunfire has also been reported in the area but there's been no word yet on

front of won't have much time to form a government even if they can get support it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. india's prime minister narendra modi says his country is now part of the space superleague gulf it successfully shot down a satellite india is the fourth country to use an anti-satellite weapons to the us russia and china modi's announcement comes just two weeks before india's election so how wrong and how small from you danny. what the prime minister said was that within the last twenty four hours he could confirm that india become the fourth nation in the world along with the us china and russia and satellite technology it had shot down successfully one of its own satellites in orbit and that he wanted to tell the nation of course is a policy that was started back in two thousand and twelve under the former prime minister manmohan singh's so india's space development through isro the indian space research organization has been developing space technology for decades now but it's a huge further in the prime minister's cap operation shock the was launched. over in addition to reachin

thailand is set for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. still ahead on the bulletin more on the catholic cardinal found guilty of covering up child sex abuse in france. across the water for an education the extra one point lens that is weighing in children are going to to get to school. hello action once again from the point of view of the weather is not so much in iran though there are hints of showers here in india afghanistan but no further west once again the action has been in turkey in northern syria and there's more to come snow overseas quite readily available in the air is cold enough to bring that's not quite low levels it's running across the far north of iraq into iran you might even find that some snow briefly falls even the capital is mainly a story of rain and other keep moving dancer iran during friday leaving behind it quite looking weather not much of a brazen attempt in the high teens twenty two if you're lucky in baghdad now typically when this sort of thing happens you pick up quite a when running down to the gulf it

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. the leaders are for a mania and say they will recognize jerusalem as israel's capital following the lead of donald trump they made the announcement of the american israel public affairs committee conference in washington a powerful lobby group romania plans to move its embassy to jerusalem while honduras will open an office there for trade and cooperation the move will anger palestinians who want east jerusalem to be the capital of a future state there's been fighting in the yemeni city of ties between elements of the army backed by saudi arabia and fighters supported by saudis coalition partner the united arab emirates video shared online shows several buildings on fire after days of street battles witnesses say a number of civilians have been kills a ceasefire has since come into effect. monday marks four years since the saudi you're led coalition intervened in yemen to support the governments in its war against the rebels the conflict has killed at least ten thousand people and le

thailand is set for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. the medical charity doctors without borders has criticized the humanitarian response to the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo it says not enough has been done to gain the trust of local communities leaving aid workers and increasing target of violence comes as the head of the world health organization is visiting the country to get an update on the outbreak lexie o'brien reports. wearing protective suits they wash down with chlorine making sure every particle of the highly contagious virus is destroyed but doctors without borders says efforts to contain it all are out working and instead have led to hostility and violence the existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic it shows how the response has failed to listen and act on the needs of those most affected dr who has just returned from the democratic republic of congo where she saw firsthand the challenges i'd workers are facing last week the charity suspended its operations at the center of the outbreak aft

ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok and al-jazeera straw and so he has more from chiang mai the stronghold of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. were in the district center of sun campaigning that's the hometown of former prime minister the top since you know what ballot papers from polling stations across the district been taken here for a final. announcement tally on preliminary results taken from the election commission's website showed how long the military backed party in the lead overall this is an unexpected result especially as opinion polls taken just days before voting stopped it had suggested that. toxin would be in the lead analysts some analysts had said but even if i didn't win enough to form the next government it would have a chance to form a coalition government. say they are shocked they are surprised some remain optimistic because they say these are still preliminary results in the north and northeast and parts of the country have long to live with election victories to thompson and his allies

thailand is sit for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok a court in france has found a catholic cardinal guilty of failing to act on allegations of child sex abuse and has diocese phillip barbour on a prominent church for there and five others to trial accused of failing to protect children from alleged crimes committed by a priest in one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's germany's ambassador to venezuela has twenty four hours to leave the country after being accused of meddling in domestic affairs the orders were issued on wednesday two days out of daniel chrono welcomed on why though and caracas the opposition leader traveled abroad to rally support for his leadership it. well while politicians battle for power people in venezuela struggling to survive their injuries shortages of food medicine and the world's highest inflation rate some venezuelan children a crossing the border into neighboring colombia to get an education one a while rap on a reports from the border city of kuta. most of the children waiting in this lunch line are fro

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott harbor al jazeera bangkok and china the number of people killed in thursday's chemical factory explosion has risen to sixty four nearly one hundred people are seriously injured and dozens remain unaccounted for residents in young chiang a coastal area north of shanghai are seeking government compensation to repair the damaged homes explosion was so powerful it shattered windows several kilometers away. india's government has banned another pro independent school be an indian administered kashmir the general kashmir liberation front is accused of raising money for what india's government leaders call terrorists fighting for unification with pakistan tensions are high following the killing of indian soldiers and the shooting down of warplanes in disputed kashmir a crackdown coincides with counterpane for india's general election pakistan meanwhile has been showing off its military might as part of its national day celebrations india's prime minister narendra modi sent his best wishes pakistan's prime minister ir

was deserted in droves by its former supporters and its leader promptly resigned scot heiler al-jazeera bangkok. democratic politicians in the us when robert mallos full reports on the russia probe to be made public a summary concluded there was no evidence dollars from his campaign colluded with moscow during the two thousand and sixteen election the president says he's been completely exonerated on the investigation didn't draw a conclusion on whether he obstructed justice i think all he reports from washington d.c. . it's the investigation us president donald trump has long condemned as a witch hunt in till it was released and now the president is cheering the findings there was no collusion with the russians there was no up structure. and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration that's not completely true the attorney general says there is no evidence the trump campaign coordinated with russian officials but on obstruction of justice the special counsel robert mueller didn't decide if he should be charged the attorney general made that call and in his letter to congress

thailand is set for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. still ahead on ideas there are more on the catholic cardinal found guilty of covering up the sexual abuse of children in france. and why racing's been suspended at a famous track in the u.s. . ally it is still raining in central and more especially southern china the green represents the rain obviously has been concentrated to some degree in taiwan it might do so again there's obviously across and in mainland china down towards hong kong where it's been in an act and your position is setting up a dry one of the next couple days where shanghai is just on the edge of it temperature wise teens or low twenty's and surprisingly the hero trust in the same line of last year for change has very little going on not much in the north of india not much cloud around bangladesh are occasional showers and just about possible more especially i think in myanmar that they need india or buying the dish and the certainly the possibility a little bit of snow running out through northern afghanistan far

trading before the people of this nation see the face of their next government scott hi there al jazeera bangkok hope francis has accepted the resignation of the highest ranking leader of the catholic church in chile the archbishop of santiago cardinal ricardo he is facing trial for allegedly covering up sexual abuse by three priests the church is under intense criticism for their response to decades of clerical abuse. hundreds of thousands of people have marched through central london demanding another referendum on whether britain should leave the european union called the people's march snaked through the city to converge on parliament where politicians are deadlocked on brecht sets from london sunday ok go reports. they bought central london to a standstill at a time when the government is power lies by brics it this was supposed to be the week when the u.k. would have begun its divorce from the european union instead. there is more uncertainty more waiting and more anger and the forty eight percent of britons who voted in the referendum three years ago to remain in the u.k. are increasingly

was deserted in droves by its former supporters and its leader promptly resigned scott hardly al-jazeera bangkok. and still in the asia pacific a straight lines are being urged to stay indoors because off site clone veronica it's expected to come ashore on the north northwest coast port hedland further north has already felt the force of one hundred sixty kilometers an hour wind speeds from abroad says the cycling was bigger than anyone expected. what made it all the more unprecedented for australia was that it coincided with a second massive storm cyclonic travel that barreled into northern territory causing widespread destruction there as here in this part of western australia people were under a cyclon red alert that's a virtual lockdown for the best part of forty eight hours told to stay indoors and seek shelter it was only when that was lifted that people were able to come out and assess the damage and start the cleanup people here are used to cycle owns they had prepared well but this was a reminder that they live in one of the most cyclists on prone of australia we've dodged a bullet but

front of won't have much time to form a government even if they can get support it's got harder al jazeera bangkok. still have you on this news. one night you could get a new you know an exclusive report on why and how an australian right wing policy sought cash from the u.s. gun laws and we will hear from tiger woods as he returns to the world match play championship for the first time in six years. how the weather is still look rather disturbed across many parts of the middle east and in northern sections of the middle east somewhat dry weather now making its way into iran the wettest weather is pushing for a swiss towards of kind of down towards pakistan but you can see this is what we have make its way across terra recently we are going to see it telling a little drier and brought over the next couple of days but still the chance of want to see showers has to be said here we go you can see how that wet weather makes its way across that eastern side of iraq pushes up towards southern parts of turkey will see a few showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean as well as we go throug

demise could make a difference in key districts in the upcoming election well al jazeera is wayne hay joins us live from bangkok outside the constitutional court when what have we heard from the judges so far. yes well that by the nine constitutional court judges was finished being read out just a few moments ago and it was a unanimous decision all knowing voted in favor of the decision to dissolve the tie rocks a charter party the other decision they had to make which were the band the leaders of the party the fourteen executive committee members from politics at least ten years they didn't you know them silly but they did pass that so they voted sixty three in favor of banning the leaders from politics fourteen years of course with the dissolution of this party. it's the end of the line for the candidates they were to stand in the election on march twenty fourth almost three hundred candidates in constituency seats and also running for the party list can now no longer take part in that election we heard from several of the judges in what was a relatively brief reading of the verdict one of them said that the

democrats was deserted in droves by its former supporters and its leader promptly resigned scott al-jazeera bangkok. all right still ahead on the program. i pray to god that i can get ten to twenty rios to eat a daily struggle the reality of life for so many yemeni people off to four years of war. and when one of the remote parts of may be quite help is finally arriving more than a week after cycling a day spent three. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast we're here across europe we ended last week looking quite nice across much of central europe we have seen a lot more problems in terms of the clouds in the winds as we start the week here and we're going to be seeing more of that as we go towards tuesday we have are fronts can be slowing down here towards the southwest there the clouds right there and the winds behind it and we're also be seeing those temperatures only getting to about the single digits for many locations so berlin at seven the warsaw at about eight degrees there here across the west not looking too bad in the trend is going to be as we go towards wednesday t

can always leave your comments in the you tube chat as we look at this clip from al-jazeera scott heide learned bangkok. for decades thailand's youth has been politically active like in this parade held before the end you will rival football match between thailand's top two universities it satirizes politics here and one of this year's targets the general election to be held sunday many taking part have become old enough to vote since the last election eight years ago. and with nearly seven million voting for the first time a forum was held in bangkok to teach them how the process works. and why it's important for thailand. who want a free and fair election. not and not just an election that the g. to make someone to say that ok i've become a government because i'm elected i think it doesn't matter. what people believe in . for more on this i'm joined from bangkok by private rosanna procures the senior journalist at cow saw the english private thank you so much for being with us i want to start with the basics i mean what makes this a very different election from those in the past. well for two reasons

bangkok thank you. but more ahead on al-jazeera including parts of kenya's northwest strawn the brink of starvation the government is accused of not doing enough to deal with the drought. the opposition cries foul and a chorus over a bitterly contested presidential election. hello there we've got a fair amount of mild weather across europe with plenty of sunshine but no fall of us you can see this speckled area of cloud that is making its way southwards working its way across scandinavia there and down through the central parts of europe this is an area of cloud and showers and it's really dragging down the temperatures so we'll see some snow after this over the high ground as well and that will gradually feet down towards the southeast corner as we head through into choose day so for bucharest instead of around twenty two for tuesday will be just fourteen lots of clouds and lots of gray weather around as well with a chance of quite a few showers behind it staying fairly cool with the top temperature in berlin just of seven degrees but in the west is still fine unsettled we're looking at fourteen in lo

al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you are. the polls have closed and now thailand awaits the results of its election since a military takeover five years ago live pictures here from bangkok where but it counting is underway. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of a million people desperate for food we visit her village in kenya at the center of a drought crisis. fishing boats to the rescue in mozambique but the death toll rises every day and the u.n. warns of the dangers of disease. people here change your expect an extreme weather event that is now. our correspondents in the thick of it as a powerful storm last as north west australia. well the polls closed just over an hour ago in thailand's first election since a military coup and twenty fourteen the leader of that coup prayer wants to remain as prime minister through the ballot box his biggest challenge is expected from prot side the most prominent party whose leader you can see verging here it's linked to exiled former prime minister taksin shinawatra he was ousted by the army in two thousand and six as was his sister eighty years later a group is led by the anti tax and democ

bangkok scott thank you. now a three year al-jazeera investigation into the u.s. gun lobby has uncovered efforts by a political party in australia to secure twenty million dollars from pro-gun advocates in america the one nation party visited washington d.c. in september last year seeking funds from the national rifle association p to charlie fly investigative unit reports. al-jazeera is investigative unit filmed it covertly about pulling henson from one nation visited the u.s. to attend a series of meetings with gun lobby representatives. the one nation delegation was made up of the party's chief of staff james ashby and steve dixon the leader of the party in the astringent state of queensland they threw in two million dollars a week when i hate to say plush was safe for the senate they were hoping that cafferty donations from the gun lobby would help them secure the balance of power in a strenuous parliament in an upcoming federal election there we would we would be counting down. to see you know. you know what our record. if you want one to tell you we've given

monday afternoon local time thank you for that call hyde on the line there from bangkok thailand capital and here now is al jazeera small and snowy with more from chiang mai the stronghold of former prime minister talked in shinawatra. were in the districts and have a song come time that's the hometown of former prime minister population away ballot papers from polling stations across the district has been taken here for a final announcement tally can in the results taken from the election commission's web site shows how little foster out the minute he backs pa in the need overall this is an unexpected result especially as. opinion polls taken just days before voting started had suggested that. the party linked to thompson would be in the lead analysts some analysts had said but even if the tide didn't win enough to form the next government it would have a chance to form a coalition the voters here say they are shocked they are surprised some remain optimistic because they say these are still preliminary results in the north and northeast and parts of its hunting have long to live with election victories to thomps

its charismatic billionaire front man is popular among younger people well al jazeera scott hyla is joining us live now from bangkok scott as voting draws to a close in the next hour how's it all been going. so far so good. very smooth from what we're hearing there have been no reports of any kind of destructions no reports of discrepancies of any sort and as you said we're in the last hour of polling i were at a polling station in central bangkok and see behind me it's interesting we've gone to several throughout the city there six thousand polling positions throughout bangkok city we've gone to several of them and we've kind of seen something like this where it's a little bit empty there has been a kind of a steady flow but it's never really been kind of bursting at the seams this is actually a school that we're in now but there has been a steady flow what's interesting is last weekend they had early voting eighty seven percent of those who registered to vote early came out and voted last week and over fifty one million people are eligible to vote today across this nation ninety two thousand well in positions tha

still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour i'm scott hardware in bangkok as thailand readies itself for its first election since the two thousand and fourteen who many feel that a new government won't reflect our turn to democracy that story coming up also ahead the exhibition bearing silent witness to violence against native american women and just six weeks after being released from prison a former bahraini footballer makes his return to the pitch peter will have those details in sports to stay with us. it's good to have you back here cross the vod we are watching a very stormy situation here that's making its. way out of egypt we have an area of low pressure that is just down here and by the time we get to sunday that is going to start to make its way up here towards the northeast and look at all the rain as well as the winds and even snow up here towards parts of turkey so this is going to be a very messy situation we are going to see rain down from quite city up towards baghdad aleppo is going to be rain tehran the rain is going to be on the increase for you and then as we go from

its charismatic billionaire frontman is popular among younger people well al jazeera scott hyla is joining us live from bangkok scott it's the final few hours of voting their how's it all been going. yeah just a couple more hours left in the day of polling here in the start yet now it's been going pretty smoothly now this is one of several polling stations we've been to across bangkok and something we need to know is that there are so many polling positions there are six thousand in bangkok city alone that's quite a lot ninety two thousand across thailand you know when you're looking at over fifty one million voters they need those polling positions but what we have noticed in the places we've gone to is kind of what you see over my shoulder now it's not they're not people lined up. the doorway this is the school the door of the school into the into the street but what we have seen is a steady clip as an indication last weekend there was early polling eighty seven percent of those who registered for early polling came out and cast their ballots so using that as an as a model if you will of what we probably wil

al-jazeera. aimed at iraq's president following a ferry disaster that killed one hundred and twenty people. i was got heiler in bangkok as thailand already has itself for its first election since the two thousand and fourteen who many feel that a new government won't reflect our turn to democracy that story coming out. of logan a welcome back we do want to update you what is happening here in australia we have two cycles to talk about first of all up here towards the north this is trevor it has made landfall very strong storm very big storm a lot of rain coming out of the storm but what's going to be happening over the next few days is of course we are going to be losing the intensity of the storm as it makes its way down here toward the south but still very heavy rain coming out here across much of the west we are talking about veronica veronica is going to be making landfall in love.