hello barbara sarah with the headlines on al-jazeera russian president vladimir putin says his country has the vella new nuclear weapons that would be immune to enemy intercept putin used this annual address to boost it to boast about the missiles raising concerns about a new arms race with the west he said the new weapons can pierce through nato as a u.s. led missile defense systems rendering them useless but i see it as that we're going to. be russia has developed a new effective and modestly priced missile we're also testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile the new system would carry up to two hundred tons and would be difficult to intercept it can reach much farther and will have a number of nuclear warheads it will be able to penetrate america's missile defense well the pentagon downplayed the announcement saying moscow's nuclear development had already been factored into u.s. assessments we're not surprised by the statements and the american people should rest assured that we are fully prepared. at least nineteen civilians including a young girl have been killed in the la

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes syrian state television says a rebel rocket attack has killed thirty five civilians in a market in damascus plus five hundred thirty three million dollars five hundred twenty five million dollars that's peanuts for you the u.s. president shows off his arms sales to saudi arabia as he hosts the crown prince mohamed bin son man twenty three russian diplomats fly out of london after being expelled by the u.k. over the poisoning of an expiry and his daughter and the world's left last male northern white rhino dies in kenya leaving only two females of his subspecies. i'm joined again with the day's sport as serino williams prepares to take to the at her home tournament a tough first round opponent awaits her in miami. let's begin the news hour in syria were state media say that at least thirty five people have been killed after a rocket fired by opposition fighters landed in a busy marketplace in a government held area of the mosque it happened at the cash school mar

unknown barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming out of the u.n. calls for urgent taxes to the people of eastern syria drops of white phosphorus and shells children sheltering in a school. to russia with not very much love twenty three diplomats expelled by britain leave from moscow and the world's last the mail northern white rhino dies in kenya leaving only two females open subspecies. the crown prince of saudi arabia has been having a working lunch with u.s. president donald trump at the white house in an unusual photo opportunity trump used the visual aids a to show how much money and how many jobs arms the sales the saudi arabia were bringing in. we've become very good friends over a fairly short period of time i was in saudi arabia in may and we are bringing back hundreds of billions of dollars into the united states and we understand that and they understand that some of the things that have been approved in are currently under construction and will be delivered to saudi arabia very soon and that's for their protection but if you look in ter

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hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. school students stage a walkout across the u.s. in their push for tighter gun control us. residents to flee villages in syria's a free an enclave as turkish forces turn up the heat on fighters plus. it took a little longer than we thought but we did. democrat congressional candidate claims victory in a republican heartland but it's not over yet and how one t.v. reporters i roll stole the show a china orchestrated and you won't parliament session. hello thank you for joining us britain's government has announced a range of measures against russia in response to the nerve gas poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in southern england last week prime minister to resign may said the only conclusion was that the russian state is responsible she told parliament the u.k. will expel twenty three russian diplomats alleged to be on the cleared intelligence officers giving them a week to leave may said the u.k. will suspend all high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a

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hello i'm barbara sarah and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories that we're tracking this week the poisoning of a russian spy in britain sets off a.

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming out in the next sixty minutes italians are voting in an election likely.

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes a diplomatic triumph the china in pink trumps from becoming the first world leader to meet north korea's kim jong il in the. polls close in egypt's presidential election but it looks like turnout has been low despite the best efforts of the government is donald trump setting his sights on amazon rumors that he's doing just that send shares in the retail giant tumbling. and i'm peter with all the day's sport including australia's disgraced cricketers steve smith and david warner are banned from playing for twelve months for their part in a ball tampering scandal. in the program. north korea's leader has pledged his commitment to denuclearization and says he will go ahead and meet u.s. officials that's according to china which has just hosted the reclusive leader after days of speculation beijing revealed that kim jong un was its guest from sunday to wednesday what it called an unofficial visit but kim jong un received almost all the trappings of a state visit inc

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes a u.n. convoy finally gets into syria's battered eastern huta but not all of the aid supplies have been allowed through the leader of the city's far right the anti immigrant league party declares he has a duty to form the government after an election with no clear winner and al jazeera investigation uncovers evidence that saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain supported a nine hundred ninety six attempt to overthrow the catherine government a south korean delegation meets the north korean leader kim jong un it's the first high profile visit from seoul in eleven years. and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all the sports including crossing an ethical line at british parliamentary report finds that former top front champion bradley wiggins and his team used performance enhancing drugs within the anti doping rule. we begin in syria where a u.n. aid convoy has entered the main town inside the besieged that rebel held. but before being allowed past army checkpoints most

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm contempt and defiance britain to expel twenty three russian diplomats over the poisoning of a russian former spy and his daughter. residents leave illegitimate syria's a free man clave as turkish forces turn up the heat on kurdish fighters plus. school students stage a walk across the u.s. in their push for tighter gun controls. and a true genius with an extraordinary mind the world pays tribute to superstar scientists stephen hawking has died at the age of seventy six. smile be here with all the sport on a big night of champions league football the competitions biggest rivals barcelona and chelsea prepare to face off for a place in the quarterfinals. russia has accused the u.k. of choosing confrontation over cooperation and its handling of a nerve agent attack on a russian former spy british prime minister to resign may has unveiled a range of measures against russia in retaliation

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes fifty two people are injured in clashes in barcelona after the former captain a leader. is a respite in germany. evacuations from eastern huta is the syrian government tightens its grip on the last rebel stronghold near damascus. thirteen people are killed in a car bomb attack in somalia al-shabaab claims responsibility after a day of powerful voices calling for gun reform in the u.s. a day of silence from the president in response. and in sport the cheating cricket scandal that's in golf to australia other national kept it. down after his team admitted to ball tampering and it has to match against south africa. but first we begin the news hour with some breaking news from saudi arabia state t.v. there says a missile has been intercepted over the capital it says the air force shot it down over northeastern riyadh the yemeni rebel group the who these have claimed responsibility and say that they've targeted three airports in the country saudi arabia is of course

news for it all the other ways to connect are right there behind me barbara sarah and our colleagues over in london will take over in just a moment with more of the day's news including that meeting between the saudi crown prince and the u.s. president happening very shortly we'll see you back here studio fourteen on wednesday. the scene for us where there are on line what is a very new sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist who's close to the story joined the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera the sams in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to billings pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in babylon most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several building museums taking part in the pro

occurred for now the rescue crews as such and for any signs of life preparing for the west barbara and. to sarah. thousands of brazilians have been mourning the death of a city councilor the president's calling an assassination mariel franco and her driver were shot dead in their car wednesday. the thirty eight year old was a popular public official and a critic of killings by police in some of rio's poorer districts the military took charge of policing the city last month. in. the murder of council member mary ellen a driver anderson is an acceptable like other associations it happened in rio de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy relatives of crew members on a missing argentine submarine are demanding answers they're not convinced by government assurances that all is being done to find the vessel in the southern atlantic that is about reports of. a small group of protesters in front of argentina's presidential palace most of them relatives of the forty four crew members of the one submarine. we feel abandoned not only by the government but also by side. we've b

occurred for now the rescue crews as such and for any signs of life preparing for the west barbara and. to sarah iran's foreign ministry spokesman has described the saudi crown prince as delusional naive person who has no idea of politics he was reacting to mohamed bin some months first u.s. television interview during the discussion on c.b.s. the crown prince said his country will develop nuclear weapons if you run does you've been rivals for centuries at its heart what is this rift about is it a battle for islam the only said iran is not a rival to saudi arabia its army is not among the top five armies in the muslim world the saudi economy is larger than the iranian economy and that iran is far from being equal to saudi arabia but i've seen that you call the ayatollah khomeini the new hitler of the middle east absolutely why. he did it because he wants to expand he wants to create his own project in the middle east very much like hitler who wanted to expand it at a time many countries around the world and in europe did not realize how dangerous hitler was until what happened happened i don't w

occurred for now the rescue crews as such and for any signs of life preparing for the west barbara and. to sarah. it's led on al-jazeera bitter taste to robert mugabe says he never believed zimbabwe's new president would turn against him plus. outpouring of grief at the death of a popular politician brazil's president calls it an assassination. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. welcome back as we look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia we've lost the snow which has been affecting those eastern areas so tashkent respect to stand back up to eleven degrees cherry looking ok or in much the caspian sea all that is rather cloudy on the south side we could see want to shower so terrine is at risk of the old shower bank that i think will stay largely dry but across iran iraq variable amounts of cloud around the eastern side of turkey we've got some rain with snow higher elevations but that tends to clear away as we head through into saturday and leaves them with fine conditions around the eastern side of the mediterranean with highs of

occurred for now the rescue crews as such and for any signs of life preparing for the west barbara and. to sarah. robert mugabe spoken out for the first time since being ousted as zimbabwe's president mugabe gave an interview to foreign media from his home in harare he's called his removal from office last november saying he never thought gaga would turn against him ninety four year old described his ousting as a military takeover and says gaga assumed the presidency illegally. i. felt. we had. been brought into government. and who's life were. so easy to save. and was very to. we've had. we would be demand. turned against. well still to cheap or dead deer a she's a visiting assistant professor of political science at hearst college and she joins us live from gainesville in florida cheaper so how serious then should we take what magog is saying or is this just the the rumblings from a deposed leader who is still very bitter at his ousting i think we can take his comments on the coup to taste seriously but i think you're absolutely right this is a very bitter man who shows no remorse for his thir