zone a military base in bahrain housing five hundred navy personnel and inauguration ceremony was held on thursday it is the first permanent british base in the middle east and since one thousand nine hundred eighty one and will be able to serve minesweepers an aircraft carrier as construction was funded mainly by bahrain navy commander steve dainton told us the facility will help bolster security on key shipping routes. the aim of the war maybe being else here anyway is to enhance and ensure them are charged curacy in the in the region and whether or not it's. all there on the high seas culturing piracy countering terrorism making sure that the high seas or the all safe for the free flow of commerce the free flow of trade to be able to take place british military support for bahrain comes despite global scrutiny of the gulf monex human rights record of course a human rights watch has accused the country of widespread torture and jailing peaceful protests political analyst and glazebrook told us the u.k. has a long history of propping up hardline regimes in the middle east. bahrain sau

is it was all is all part of that so what's in it for bahrain is regime survival they will not be in power as a ruling family without that western support so the west gets to demand naval bases or whatever it wants and even demand that they pay for them because it knows this is a quid pro quo they won't survive without the west support so they have to accept the terms because if britain and the us withdraw their support for the bahraini ruling clique they'll be overthrown tomorrow. all right that does it for me i will be back in about thirty four minutes with a fork in it with us. henry kissinger one says the russia in the united states went into the ukrainian crisis acting rationally based on mutual misconceptions so tensions heightened over the scruple case other sites guided by misconceptions were deliberate misrepresentations. fracking gave americans a lot of new job opportunities i needed to come up here to make some money i could make twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could make fifty thousand dollars a year truck so i chose to drive truck people rush to a small to

their naval presence in bahrain is was all is all part of that so what's in it for bahrain is regime survival they will not be empowered as a ruling family without that western support so the west gets to demand naval bases or whatever it wants and even demand that they pay for them because it knows this is the quid pro quo they won't survive without the west support so they have to accept it because if britain and the us withdraw their support for the bahraini ruling clique they'll be overthrown tomorrow. students at the florida school where seventeen people were killed by a teenager in february speaking out against a new security measures there one survivor expressed her frustration at students being told to use seethrough backpacks which is one of the school's new safety measures the youngsters say that they want well thought out changes not useless quick fixes samir khan reports. it's been almost two months since the survivors of the deadly school shooting in parkland called on the government to take action what's more important is actual action and pertinent action that results

has opened a military base in bahrain housing five hundred maybe personnel and inauguration ceremony was held on for the day it is the first permanent british base in the middle east since the one nine hundred seventy s. will be able to serve minesweepers and aircraft carriers construction was funded mainly by rain while navy commander steve dainton said that the facility will help bolster security on t.v. shipping. the aim of the war may be being altshuler anyway. in the in the region and whether or not touch. culturing piracy culture. terrorism making sure that the high seas of. for the free flow of commerce the free flow of trade to be able to say place. well british military support for bahrain comes despite global scrutiny of the gulf monarchies human rights record human rights watch has accused the country of widespread it torture and yelling peaceful protesters political analyst dan glazebrook told us that the u.k. has a long history of propping up hardline regimes in the middle east. rein saudi arabia the same families in power today were put in power by a british britain in

is all is all part of that so what's in it for bahrain is regime survival they will not be in power as a ruling family without that western support so the west gets to demand naval bases or whatever it wants and even demand that they pay for them because it knows this is a quid pro quo they won't survive without the west support so they have to accept it because if britain and the us withdraw their support for the bahraini ruling clique they'll be overthrown tomorrow either does it for me i'll be back in about thirty six minutes with a full look at you stay with us this is international. also was to question whether it was very reasonable to react with sanctions and up breaking the dialogue between the russian still was to come to the east. also is one of those countries that is firmly convinced that it is necessary and will be necessary to keep up this dialogue and still talk. about all the metros. henry kissinger once said that russia in the united states went into the ukrainian crisis acting rationally based on mutual misconception with tensions heightened over the scruple case a

staying in the region the gulf nation of bahrain has discovered the biggest oil field in the country's history the field which is located off the country's west coast will do also bahrain's current that's according to the bahraini government details about size and extraction viability ought to be released by the oil ministry at a news conference later this week the rain of course isn't a major oil producer it's only ranked fifty seventh when it comes to oil production i have a sense of the financial crisis struck ten years ago austerity has been the name of the game for many cash strapped countries in europe portugal has opted for a different approach twenty fifteen people voted in a new government which seems then has been opposing cuts to public spending for example by lifting the minimum wage apparently with a positive effect portugal's economy grew by two point seven percent last year yes more. business is going pretty well for evo oldest his co-operative has been making wine since nine hundred fifty seven but sales haven't been this good for years. in the beginning there were only

forming a when the bahrain grand prix sebastian vettel was looking to win his second race of the new season if successful he'd become the first for a driver since he has schumacher in two thousand and four to start the season with two straight face. lights out in bahrain a frantic start to this race a taste of things to come so fast in fact of course away cleanly and his ferrari behind him a sadie's drive about terry porter asked me to desex in place. the race didn't start so well for red bull go down your ricardo retired with electrical problems soon followed by max to stop and after this earlier collision with lewis hamilton a nightmare for the red bull carriage. but that helped to charging hamilton worked his way out for months on the grid miss avies man on the left of screen remarkably passing three cars in one corner. but this race was ultimately decided by strategy rather than stealth they ferrari's was complicated when kimi reichen in here to mechanic in the pits. shut up shut up shut up pick up your stuff to. the mechanic was taken to hospital with a broken leg while writing

lights out in bahrain a frantic start to this race a taste of things to come so fast in fact of course away cleanly and his ferrari behind him a sadie's drive about terry porter asked me to descend in place. the race didn't start so well for red bull go down your ricardo retired with electrical problems soon followed by max for stop and after this collision with lewis hamilton a nightmare for the red bull carriage. but that helped to charging hamilton worked his way up from ninth on the grid mis eighty's man on the left of screen remarkably passing three columns in one corner. but this race was ultimately decided by strategy rather than stealth they ferrari's was complicated when kimmie reichen hit a mechanic in the pits. kicked off such stuff that i pitched to. the mechanic was taken to hospital with a broken leg while writing and was forced to retire that tipped ferrari into keeping fatso out on soft but fading tires and they both tass was putting him under extreme pressure the decision to block rather than attack paid off the german crossing the line just six tenths ahead of his riv

grand prix, which hasjust got under way in bahrain. way in bahrain.ated by immigration. what would be his fourth overall. turn—out and tactical voting could limit his majority. capital budapest and sent us this update. well up on previous years. we might end up with something like 70%. parliaments maintain or win back a lot of their power. countries in the eu. also widespread allegations of corruption against this government. hurt the prime minister and his party in this election. agreement in northern ireland. and began power sharing at stormont. has cast doubt over the legacy of the good friday agreement. were in peril as a result of recent developments. process, before we had the agreement. and terrible things happening, deep divisions and sectarian hatred. after, usher in a brave new world and everything was going to be fine. but with where we were. and secondly, it‘s worth keeping. and it would be dangerous and foolish to put it at risk. obviously it did deliver peace, and that was the main aim. been prone to deadlock, we have no assembly, no exe

lewis hamilton and ferrari sebastian patel ricky art of said he was optimistic about his chances in bahrain defending champion hamilton looking for his first season when lock up on his first best lap finishing fifth fastest qualifying takes place later today. and now to a smashing easter tradition from the greek island of course food thousands have gathered to watch as residents struck hundreds of large red clay plots from their balconies the parts are half filled with water to make a greater smash and splash the tradition marks holy saturday in the greek orthodox calendar doh.

sebastian vettel makes it two out of two with victory at the bahrain grand prix.utes' time, rory mcillroy will tee off with masters leader patrick read in the race for the famous green jacket. hello and welcome to sportsday. it was a good day for the home nations at the commonwealth games with all of them picking up gold. the big shock of the day came from 18—year—old gymnast rhys mcclenaghan, of northern ireland, who beat the olympic champion max whitlock on the pommell horse. mike bushell is on the gold coast for us. as the gold coast stayed the night there will be sweet dreams for athletes from northern ireland, wales, scotland and england. it was the best day of the game so far but those themes. some life changing performances from happy to be in the past might have been in the shadow of others. past might have been in the shadow of others. no way! i can't believe it. it takes a special touch to raise a teenage champion. this is northern ireland's first gold of these games. rhys mcclenaghan called it his proudest day, and at 18 he'll hope it's just the start.

australia is daniel ricky topped the time sheets at the end of friday's practice session for the bahrain grand prix the red bull driver finished ahead of both mercedes lewis hamilton and ferrari's fettled ricky argos said he was optimistic about his chances in bahrain defending champion hamilton looking for his first season when locked up on his best lap finishing fifth fastest qualifying starts today. and now to a smashing easter tradition from the greek island of core food thousands of people have gathered to watch as residents drop hundreds of large red clay pots from their balconies. the pasar half filled with water to make a greater smash and splash the tradition marks holy saturday in the greek orthodox calendar although its meaning remains shrouded in mystery. you're up to date now on d.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always get the latest news and information on our web site that's sad d.w. dot com american evan stephen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. good job with. your link to school for the world your link to excepti

you know bahrain had previously much smaller proven oil reserves somewhere the vicinity of a hundred twenty five million barrels and now we're talking about eighty billion and i believe you spoke about already the fanta narrative is going to be a big one for them the problem is there they've been challenging to deal with the international committee communities have a difficult time with the contracts in bahrain they're very very stringent about those contracts and the way the way the oil is situated it's a tight reserve it's going to be tough to get to it's going to be costly hala burton and schlumberger have already begun their test wells so the challenge now is going to be how much of that eighty billion is actually recoverable and from a geological standpoint it may be very little there's also a huge thirteen trillion cubic feet of natural gas as part of that discovery so both are significant discoveries but the extraction is going to be costly and that's why i think it may not be as good news as people think and it's at least five years off from where we are right now to actual e

ambassador to syria and bahrain welcome back to r.t. the u.k. brought up the chemical incidents in syria's can shake a year ago today to remind people that was when dozens of people died at the u.s. to model those tomahawk missiles take out a syrian air base a particularly nasty incident but what's that got to do with the poisoning of mr scrapple and his daughter. well exactly the u.k. statement designed precisely to muddy the waters and tooth near russia and syria at the same time in fact the report to which the british delegate referred actually produce some evidence to the contrary of what britain has been thing about that in food and in syria that report did mention that some alleged victims of the alleged poisoning by syrian born presented to hospital hours before syrian planes were actually established to be at the site of the bombing so the. shot themselves in the foot by bringing up. but. it's an attempt to muddy the waters the british government today is on the back foot following the brave statement by the director of the porton down c

let's discuss this story now with peter ford former british ambassador to syria and bahrain peter thanks for joining us it's been a fascinating last hour or so the security council although us the holy stated that the u.s. was going to quote respond no matter what the security council decides and in fact when she spoke there in new york surely addressed the members for what five minutes saying very little apart from saying that the council does nothing about chemical attacks in syria do you think that she's already made up of mind as the u.s. already decided what it's going to do. i think that probably the u.s. has decided what it's going to do and that is attack syria probably with multiple attacks within the coming twenty four thirty six hours and what is happening in new york is there for a show rod. what the american the appear to be aiming at is a russian veto of the draft resolution that the americans have put forward it has been drafted in such a way that it appears to call for an investigation but in reality it attach to the extra conditions that have nothing to do with the duma

this is the bahrain international circuit.re than one second off the pace in fifth. immediately behind sebastien bettel who won the opening race of the season who won the opening race of the season a fortnight ago in australia. conor mcgregor has been charged with assault and criminal mischief by the new york city police. the former ufc champion was one of a group of men alleged to have vandalised bus containing rivalfighters alleged to have vandalised bus containing rival fighters on thursday. the irishman handed himself into police. he faces a judge later today. the footage on social media appears to show mcgregor throwing a trolley at the bus, smashing a window. ufc says two fighters were injured and they have been removed from saturday's. mean things i said, people each other's faces and grab each other and do things like that. it is completely normal. we always contain it and handle it as part of the business but what happened today was criminal. disgusting, despicable, it makes me sick and we as an organisation need to m

he'll start his 200th formula one race from pole at the bahrain grand prix.ood evening, in the last ten minutes the full time whistle has gone at the etihad stadium and manchester city are going to have to wait for at least another week for the premier league title. they threw away a two—nil lead against manchester united and lost three—two. a win would have done it for city with six games to spare and that would have been a premier league record, but united seemed determinded to spoil that, three goals after the break stunned city. stunned us, too. let's cross live to azi farni at the etihad. azi, a brillaint response from united but city's capitulation was shocking. when you consider what was at stake for city. yes, and the fans leaving the stadium now are very dejected and very angry. we were here hours before when they were coming into, three hours before kick—off, and really was a pretty atmosphere inside stadium. i city quietly confident despite the midweek defeat with liverpool. they started so strongly. captain vincent kompany putting them ahead, and

sebastian vettel will start today's bahrain grand prix on pole.the gear box on his mercedes. the athletics in the 20 kilometre walk. walk. versus scotland in the final of the men's trebles. men's trebles. alex gulrajani takes up the story. sunday mornings down under don't get much better. much better. a packed house and golds on the line. scotland against australia. australia. an epic lawn bowls final was building up nicely. has he got it? what a bowl! pick the bowls out of that one! of that one! and top prize at stake, the aussies came fighting back. came fighting back. scotland skip darren burn it put some distance between the two. some distance between the two. close, he thinks he's got it, he has! what a bowl! tremendous stuff! with one more end to go, good australia fightback? it's all over! a fourth gold of these games 1a scotland. scotland. add to england's impressive haul of treasure in the race walk. treasure in the race walk. was a tussle between england and australia. australia. enough to hold off his friend and rival. bosworth delighte

said to be a high quality extracting them could be costly and therefore impact the profitability bahrain said it's looking to be global oil companies to help in assisting the development of the discovery. and according to euro stat the euro zone's jobless rate was reduced by another tenth of a point to eight point five percent the lowest overall euro zone unemployment rate since two thousand and eight in the u.s. stocks fell sharply on friday while the labor department's bureau of labor just says to release our march jobs report which shows a continuing unemployment rate of four point one percent for the six months in a row and one hundred thousand jobs were created in march and that added to the economy which came in below however expectations of one hundred eighty five thousand jobs average wage growth is up two point seven percent year over year that comes out to be an increase of eight cents per hour and to give us more in-depth look at the markets and jobs report we're joined by danielle de martino booth founder of money strong the author of fed up and a former advisor to the u.s. f

drills in saudi arabia despite a major diplomatic rift saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain qatar with high level months ago kissing it's of funding terrorism which qatar strongly denies the cattery defense ministry says the armed forces chief of staff attended the exercises closing ceremony at the invitation of his saudi counterpart qatar's participation was not announced before hand twenty five other nations also took part in the european union has warned venezuelan president nicolas maduro of war sanctions if it believes next month's elections are not credible the country's main opposition group is boycotting the main may twentieth presidential and legislative elections calling them for jail and the foreign affairs chief. says appropriate measures will be taken if democracy is undermined venezuela's ongoing economic and political crisis has led to widespread on race. security forces are hunting for fighters or killed two journalists and their driver near the colombia ecuador border two people were taken hostage as child benefit reports. hunting rebels in the jungle colomb

egypt and bahrain reiterated his commitment to build a strong relationship with washington our economy quarter ship is more than one hundred twenty five billion and our aim and goal is to double it in the next coming years our military. cooperation is very solid very strong as everybody knows that the heart of fighting terrorism is from other database last year donald trump accused qatar alone of financing extremism now he says all of the gulf rivals have a part to play those countries are stopping the funding of terrorism that includes u.a.e. it includes saudi arabia it includes guitar and others who have now become a very big advocate appreciate. the events in syria also near the top of the edge and the u.s. administration is said to be seriously considering as riots following alleged chemical attacks by syrian army in duma on the outskirts of damascus the president and the one in blaming syria's for the atrocity and seventy years of war we can't tolerate with a war criminal record to tolerate will someone who could more than half a. million offers on people and this matter should be

held off the challenge of valtteri bottas to make it back to back grand prix wins with victory in bahrainhe mowed make it onto the podium in third. —— grands prix. voiceover: to be royal champion you need to keep your call. stranded down in ninth, thanks to a penalty for changing gearbox, it was going to be a day of damage limitation for the somerton, action packed start in bahrain saw some lose their way, lewis hamilton took a more careful approach, even when challenged at the start of the second lap, max verstappen came off worse. puncture and damage ending his day. race was briefly neutralised and when it resumed, hamilton was quick to capitalise, jumping three places in one go. on a different strategy briefly led, until rival sebastian vettel started from pole position and got back in front. the problem with his pit stop saw kimi raikkonen retire, andy hamilton third place. the briton could not catch team—mate valtteri bottas or ferrari and bastian fettle, the german extended his championship lead to 17 points. the lewis hamilton will be relieved it is not more. studio: arsenal got th

bundesliga title you could hardly pick a better opponent than outscored for a busy team on the go like bahrain where the second leg in the champions league tie with severe coming up on was the all fired had to do to wrap things up was to ride the bus up the eight for an hour take down a mid table side with a little to play for like f.c.a. let's take a look at how they did it coming right up. rotation is a tradition as well as a necessity for a boy in munich and despite frank river a celebrating his thirty fifth birthday he took his place on the bench he was in good company they substituted scored forty one of bias seventy two goals so far this season. made it clear from the start they were there to spoil the party sergio code of dispossessed. and nicklaus added to the comedy of errors to open the scoring. only rush saved in vain soulless face handing out go one no lady but that leg was short lived yahshua kimmie delivered from the wing current team to lay so heading home to equalize after thirty two minutes. by and then clicked into gear a flowing move ended at the feet of hammers rodriguez. g

led air strikes on syria saudi arabia bahrain and qatar of previously issued statements in support of the action while egypt and lebanon have expressed their concerns the saudi monarch used his role as host to push for a unified stance against iran which he blamed for instability and meddling so joining us to discuss this is al jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashara and so marwan there are no shortage of challenges in the region from syria to yemen and then you also have problems with economic and political instability how to arab leaders view this dysfunction. it's viewed as a. leaders who seem to their own people like bio maniac firemen they say they want to put off fires in the region but they are the ones instigated the fires in the region in the first place they also hardly represent their people and they don't mean what they say and they don't do what they promise and they are the reason or one of the more important reasons why the region is living the nightmare it's living no a days and because the regime has lived this nightmare it's the crisis in the region has been

leipsic and bremen against dortmund so now let's take a look at the table not much change after top of bahrain the champions elect with an incredible twenty four point advantage hof and move into the champions league spots while laver coups and drop in. the europa league places but where all the action really is is down relegation spots there is clone already relegated to points now separate them from mines mines really need to win on sunday teetering very very close to the relegation spots so they really need to pull their socks up . as always we end the show with a look at the play of the day as voted by you on twitter the winner with forty four percent of the vote is. freiburg the twenty four year old was in the right place at the right time to stop home the latest of winners in a five three to go also condemned along to the second division. is your sense of. well that's all for me and the rest of the bundesliga team here in berlin we leave you with images from clones relegation bird salvation for the time being of course i'll be back on sunday with michel so for me. and i think one day thi

story thank you very much for your analysis from singapore and draining the force the gulf nation of bahrain has discovered its biggest oil field since one thousand nine hundred thirty two it's located off the country's west coast and build wharf borrowings current reserves that's according to the bahraini government the oil ministry will release all the details about size and extraction viability at a news conference this week already his into major oil producer it's only right fifty seventh in the annual oil production it pumps about forty five thousand barrels of oil a day. twenty five years after the end of a pouty didn't south africa white farmers still own most commercial farmland governing a.n.c. party has adopted a policy of land expropriation without compensation to fast track land reform but a closer look reveals it has less to do with correcting historic injustice and more with winning back voters ahead of an election. the northern part of free state province is one of the most fertile areas of south africa it's here that yako owns a large farm he's one of about thirty five thousa

in the coco botches to make a move to bahrain do you think the eagles still have a chance for a europeanqualification law it's difficult because when you have trouble in the club in the team when the other topics where the player is care about then it's difficult to focus on what's on the pitch and i think this will be difficult for for the team and for the players to handle the situation and want to focus on the work on the pitch now as a player just personally speaking do you think it makes it a lot more difficult to really motivate oneself to be competitive because you know arguably the biggest competition in the bundesliga is nico botches new new residents you know start after july first at the pick up because it's all about trust and credibility so when your coach is telling you the whole season that you want to come to the euro you're probably ok and you want to munich and you want to have. yeah give all your hard for the team for profit and then. one week later you know that he's going to be coach of going to then yeah you have to have this feeling what the players think about thi

frankfurt still chasing a european berth could hurt his current club moving forward however coaching in bahrain is irresistible. but. i've had a good two years here and that's coming to an end soon it will be a difficult time for me of course but it's the case that where one door closes another door opens somewhere else. to be honest not many coaches are offered the opportunity to get a position in munich. didn't. you hike you said he thought byron made a good decision making the coco botches successor stating he's diligent and has innovative qualities not all coaches possess. essential up to the top in the meantime of course there's always the website that's t w dot com of the day . earth home to millions of species of home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation.

seven and formula one ferraris a bust and federal grant his first pole position of the season at the bahrain grand prix ferrari dominated the session to again show their class in qualifying the german driver will be joined on the front row on sunday by his team mate kimi raikkonen and ferrari's evening was made even better when the world champion lewis hamilton was relegated from fourth on the grid to nine that was due to gearbox change. now how would you like a roman style chariot a gold rolex watch or even a leather jockstrap previously worn by a hollywood star russell crowe well even if you did have the cash i'm afraid it's too late those items from some of the actor's most popular films including gladiator and l.a. confidential have just sold at auction in sydney for two point eight million u.s. dollars sale attracted dozens of buyers and spectators crow said the clear out was in honor of his recent divorce from his wife of fifteen years and his fifty fourth birthday. a reminder now the top stories we're following for you a syrian rebel group says more than forty people have been killed

in formula one ferrari is the boss in vettel grabbed his first pole position of the season at the bahrain grand prix ferrari dominated the session and show their class in qualifying the german driver will be joined on the front row by his team mates can you recommend and ferrari's evening was may's even better when world champion lewis hamilton was relegated from fourth on the grid to ny and that was due to exchange. and just a reminder of the top story that we're following for you. three people are dead and dozens injured after a bond plowed into crowds and then start the driver is amongst the dead's having taken his own life police have said it's too early to know the attackers moses but local media are forces but he was a german man with psychological issues. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin more at the top of the hour but coming up after the break a decisive day in the bundesliga join in and catch up on all the day's action they include ing of course i mean it's sixth consecutive league title win if. all three points and on saturday to move one step closer to winnin

think they'll find it tough to get the trophies but i think it has said that he will not return to bahrain do you think that they could change his mind or who could his replacement be yeah i mean again he turns seventy three next month and he came out of retirement to save by munich i mean the club should just leave him alone and let him do what he wants he deserves a nice a nice rest i think but that said it is a book big problem for the born. again river in robben getting any younger the coming of contract the best striker he's getting chased by some big clubs and they made the right coach to push them on to the next level and where they're going to find it is a bit of a mystery i think the coach has to be proficiency german to understand the culture of by munich and they also have to manage egos in the squad and that puts the list at a pretty limited limits of capacity and so that targets thomas tool and roughhousing who do have reportedly said that they're not interested so i think for a club like this stature they really. shouldn't be in a position where they're struggling to find a c