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before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that katsav prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa plenty will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contacts with saudi the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused cats of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by cats leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation

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made the comments at a meeting with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in jeddah meanwhile in sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders of call for a general strike across the country on chuse day and wednesday. protests in algeria as well police have arrested dozens of demonstrators rallying in algiers hundreds gathered in the city for the 14th friday in a row calling for interim president and salah to leave office immediately elections it used to be held in algeria in july that brings you up to date with our top

before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that katsav prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa plenty will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contacts with saudi the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by category leader has the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle but now it's almost nothing because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the gulf and it's not a way to present iran with a solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repro small is unclear but the immediate effect of cattle is involvement here could result in a broader debate o

before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that katsav prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa funny will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contacts with saudi the us a power reign in egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by cats leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle but now it's almost nothing because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the gulf and it's not a way to present iran with a solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repro small is unclear but the immediate effect of cattle is involvement here could result in a broader debate over rel

now foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation have been meeting in the city of jeddah is under simmons the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse by the battle of rhetoric between the united states and iran the host for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more if it's to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering the drone attack which was claimed by new things in yemen in the run up to these talks by foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation john bolton the u.s. national security advisor visiting the u.s. he said naval mines almost certainly from iran we used

comes after another top general of the transitional military council met a saudi crown prince in jeddah on thursday meanwhile protest leaders in sudan of call for a general strike on tuesday and wednesday they reject any interference from egypt saying they don't want another c.c. in that country. still to come for you on the program forced disappearances in bangladesh families demanding immediate release of opposition activists who they say have been secretly detained by the government. and we look at the deadly consequences for some to scale everest overcrowded paid. close again to welcome back to international weather forecast here across europe we have seen plenty of unsettled weather over the recent days across much of central europe now into eastern parts of europe and western russia as well will be watching new system down here across the net over the next few days but over the last few days we have seen so much rain in southern poland we have seen flooding renewed across much of that area now it's a little bit of easing here on sunday so rain is pushing a little bit more towards

from iran this after the deputy head of the council of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in jeddah says sudan is part of the saudi led coalition fighting the iran back to seize in yemen meanwhile inside sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders have called for a general strike across the country on choose day and wednesday al-jazeera is emraan calm has more on this from the capital hard to. the long awaited announcement of a general strike has now been made it was made late on friday night with announcements from the sudanese professionals association that saddam brillo organization represents i number of professionals here within sudan the strike will take place the 28 on the 29th of may and the s.b.a. and the opposition coalition are hoping that all of furtively bring the entire country to a standstill and not just here in the capital khartoum now the s.b.a. have said that they've been forced into this action because they haven't been able to come to a deal with the transitional military council they say every

2 days foreign ministers an organization of islamic cooperation have been meeting in the city of jeddah and more the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse by the battle of rhetoric between the united states and iran the hosts for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more if it's to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering the drone attack which was claimed by new things in yemen in the run up to these talks by foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation john bolton the u.s. national security advisor visiting the u.s. he said naval mines almost certainly from iran we used to atta

and as regional leaders arrived in jeddah in the past few hours they've been treated to an exhibition that purports to show the threat posed by who through rebels in yemen missile drones and other military equipment said to be used by the who these were put on display at the king abdullah's ease international airport the saudi press agency says the exhibit included an iranian made ballistic missile launched at riyadh last year where the talks in saudi arabia come just ahead of the 2 year anniversary of a blockade by 4 arab countries on qatar they include saudi arabia the united arab emirates but rain and egypt and they've accused qatar of supporting terrorism in the region and made a series of demands to end the crisis but catalan leaders have always denied the accusations and called the demands a violation of their sovereignty let's bring in modern bashar is al-jazeera senior political analyst and joins us from london might want to talk about qatar's involvement in these saudi conferences and how significant is it that the qatari prime minister will be attending and what role is cats

says that 4 commercial vessels were hit by unspecified quote sabotage attacks near the port city of jeddah off its east coast and the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the lairs incidents come as the u.s. warns that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region iran has called for an investigation to find out who is responsible and. what is the take on this incident. well we really have to stress that those are just reports and rita that's something that frederica really really stressed in her statement just a short while ago that these reports in the e.u. were still assessing the situation they were looking into it and then they would consider action going forward they are watching these events unfold but they have stressed that they are worried about escalation in the region and something that is british foreign minister jeremy hunt said earlier today and it's something that monger really echoed in that press conference that i keep referring to and they are really worried about escalation from both sides whether that

made the comments at a meeting with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in jeddah meanwhile in sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders of call for a general strike across the country on chuse day and wednesday. protests in algeria as well police have arrested dozens of demonstrators rallying in algiers hundreds gathered in the city for the 14th friday in a row calling for interim president and salah to leave office immediately elections it used to be held in algeria in july that brings you up to date with our top stories there will be more news a bit later on in about 25 minutes time i was c for that coming up next it's up front with. on up from today we'll debate why turkey is rerunning a major election but 1st i'll challenge nobel peace laureate and former liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf on corruption nepotism and the prosecution of war crimes. ellen johnson sirleaf thank you for joining me up front it's been more than a year since you left office as president of liberia you came into power off t

why there's not only one summit in mecca, a couple miles away from where i am now in jeddah, there'se, the other for the arab league, one for islamic leaders throughout the world. what the saudis are try fog do with a tripartite setup is send a message to the entire world and, indeed, to the white house that the arab and islamic worlds are united against iran and we'll see if they achieve that in the coming day. ali? >> what does success look like for this gathering? just to get on the same page or expecting something material to come out of it? >> reporter: of course, ali, with conferences like this, they always come out with statements that end up being, you know, very stage managed, somewhat wishy-washy, very pro forma. at the oend the day, it's the symbolism that matters, not whawha what comes out of the conferences. that's why one of the big surprises this weekend is qatar was invited and as you know for the fast tpast two years sai s led a blockade of qatar, punishing that country for what they consider their alliance with terrorists throughout the middle east and really kind o

before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that capsize prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa lanny will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contacts with saudi the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by category leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle but now it's almost nothing because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the gulf and it's not a way to present iran with a solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repro small is unclear but the immediate effect of cattle is involvement here could result in a broader debate over

our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is following developments from jeddah.er she told me how this summit reveals divisions in the arab world when it comes to iran. lyse: turkish present erdogan not here. the lebanese foreign minister is not here. the qatari emir is not here. thit i most senior official, but not the emir. r countries like iraq and lebanon, which have had long-standing historical relations with iran and whose plations with iran are so intertwined in titics and security, this is a very uncomfortable moment. last night one foreignter said to me that there are people who are playing with fire because they don't want these tensions to keep escalating. the one thing that unites all of leaders of the arab and islamic is tt a solution must be fou to this problem, because it just doesn't go away. some would say thairan is part of the region and you have to make space for it. some say that iran isn't listening but it must be send the strongest of messages that its behavior must not be tolerated. jane: lyse doucet there. in other news, r. kelly has been

comes after another top general of the transitional military council met saudi arabia's conference in jeddah on thursday meanwhile protest leaders in khartoum have called for a general strike on tuesday and wednesday. an international maritime cortez rules russia must release 3 ukrainian naval ships and 24 sailors captured in november russia sees the vessels and crew during a standoff in waters off the crimean peninsula russia stayed away from saturday's hearing which took place in hamburg dominic was say in a hearing that lasted 45 minutes the korean president of this court read out the findings of the ruling that the panel had made regarding this situation the documents were merged 32 pages but the most important elements are right at the back where this panel this court has said the russian federation must release the ships and perhaps more importantly for the ukrainians the crew who have been detained by the russian federation basically for almost 6 months the point to make here is that this is for the ukrainian side certainly the deputy foreign minister who was here in court welcome. th

eritrea's peace deal with ethiopia last year part of it signed in jeddah appears to have had some involvement from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates partly brokered the deal with a clear objective to have more influence in the horn of africa the u.a.e. had already built a military base in the eritrean port of back in 2015 and as these satellite images show it's a large complex the runways are used by warplanes from the saudi u.s. coalition in its fight against the truth is in yemen. with a base in asvab positioned at the mouth of the red sea it couldn't be more strategic the suez canal to the north but even more important to the u.a.e. its enemies in yemen are a short distance away. eritrea's war for independence from ethiopia lasted 30 years coming to an end back in 1990 warm the conflict may be over but unemployment is high compulsory national service in the military is indefinite tens of thousands of people have fled the country one of the hazardous routes out through libya where many have ended up in detention centers. peace may have been established but any hope of it bringing be

2 days 4 ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation have been meeting in the city of jeddah andrew symonds reports. the 1st of 3 major gatherings of leaders one objective to find a way of reducing tension in the middle east it's difficult at a time when divisions within the region run deep made worse by the battle of rhetoric between the united states and iran the hosts for these talks saudi arabia has made its position clear. we emphasize the need to exert more efforts to combat the subversive activities of extremist terrorist groups they must be addressed with all strength and firmness. a reference there to damage to 4 vessels including 2 saudi all tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month and drone attacks on saudi oil installations 2 days later the saudis had accused iran of ordering the drone attack which was claimed by new things in yemen in the run up to these talks by foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation john bolton the u.s. national security advisor visiting the us he said naval mines almost certainly from iran we

nbc's matt bradley is in jeddah, saudi arabia, near where the summit is taking place. matt, the palestinian resistance to this deal is not surprising because the palestinians had zero involvement in drafting the plan. they were not consulted on this. what do we think of -- what are the other arab leaders saying about this? >> reporter: well, it's a great question, ali. you know, what's really fascinating about all of this, wile it lo while it looks like inside israel and the palestinians that situation has seen year upon year of stasist and no change, outside of israel and the palestinian territories has changed dramatically since the arab spring and since trump was elected. it used to be that israel was enemy number one amongst the arab states. now that's changed. now it's iran and a lot of homegrown islamists movements are really causing a lot of fear among arab regimes, especially here in the gulf region. and that's why we're starting to see this rollout, this economic rollout, in bahrain, which is a mostly sunni/arab power located not far from here in saudi arabia.

consulate in jeddah bill should relieve the country by commercial means basically that they have to get commercial flights out of the country as quickly as possible and we don't yet know how many people that's likely to affect but we also don't know whether or not that warning is going to be extended to all u.s. citizens excluding perhaps military in iraq obviously there are u.s. citizens who are working here in the oil and gas industries and in the construction industries as well but it's although this is a significant ramping up if you like of the the rhetoric here at the same time it's perhaps no surprise because if the u.s. genuinely believes that there is a significant risk then embassies and consulates are likely targets and therefore for example back in february the u.s. embassy here in baghdad which isn't too far away from me just a few 100 meters away from where i am now was targeted by 2 rockets after u.s. president donald trump said that he intended to keep u.s. forces in iraq in order to be able to monitor iran this whole situation has brought it has come to a point where ir

our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from jeddah.t the kingdom regards as the threat posed by orion in this region and beyond. in his first speech, he pointed to what he had said had been for decades of iran's subversive role, including the recent attacks on four vessels in the gulf of mine, which he said demand serious action. he didn't say what it was, but he said there had to be a response. the king pointed out it had been the failure of the world to act in the past that have led to be run out‘s transgressions, and he called on the international community to use in his words, all means do stop iran from intervening in other countries. not clear what kind of intervention the king is seeking, like so many leaders here, there was a need to avoid another war. in fact, many of the arab and muslim leaders here, while they will back his hard line on the run —— on iran, other leaders are worried about the escalating rhetoric and say that iran must be included, not isolated in order to strengthen regional security. here's our briefing on s

foreign ministers from member states of the organization of islamic cooperation are due to meet in jeddah at talks on friday the growing tensions between the u.s. and iran and in washington's plan of the future of israel and palestine are expected to top the agenda now boris johnson one of the front runners in the race to become britain's next prime minister has been summoned to court johnson's facing accusations of misconduct in public office statements made in the run up to the brags that referendum 3 years ago the case alleges he knowingly lied to people about funds being sent to the e.u. paul brennan has more from london. this is not the legal authorities who are bringing boris johnson to court it's a private prosecution that's been launched by an individual who spent the last 3 years raising around 230000 pounds to crowd fund a private prosecution against the former former mayor of london now conservative m.p. and now also prime ministerial candidate forrest johnson one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office

eritrea's peace deal with ethiopia last year part of it signed in jeddah appears to have had some involvement from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates partly brokered the deal with a clear objective to have more influence in the horn of africa the u.a.e. had already built a military base in the eritrean port of back in 2015 and as these satellite images show its a large complex the runways are used by warplanes from the saudi u.a.e. coalition in its fight against the truth is in yemen. with a base in positioned at the mouth of the red sea it couldn't be more strategic the suez canal to the north but even more important to the u.a.e. its enemies in yemen are a short distance away. eritrea's war for independence from ethiopia 30 years is coming to an end back in 1990 warm the conflict may be over but unemployment is high compulsory national service in the military is indefinite tens of thousands of people have fled the country one of the houses routes out through libya where many have ended up in detention centers. peace may have been established but any hope of it bringing better a fortu

eritrea's peace deal with ethiopia last year part of it signed in jeddah appears to have had some involvement from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates partly brokered the deal with a clear objective to have more influence in the horn of africa the u.a.e. had already built a military base in the eritrean port of back in 2015 and as these satellite images show its a large complex the runways are used by warplanes from the saudi u.a.e. coalition in its fight against the truth is in yemen. with a base in positioned at the mouth of the red sea it couldn't be more strategic the suez canal to the north but even more important to the u.a.e. its enemies in yemen are a short distance away. eritrea as war for independence from ethiopia lasted 30 years coming to an end back in 1991 the conflict may be over but unemployment is high compulsory national service in the military is indefinite tens of thousands of people have fled the country one of the hazardous routes out through libya where many have ended up in detention centers. peace may have been established.

a meeting in saudi arabia but say they will continue to monitor the market market the meeting in jeddah follows u.s. president trump saying the oil producing nations had agreed to boost production to combat an increase in fuel prices the increase has been calls in part by renewed sanctions on iran the opec nations and russia say they will meet again in june. well on top of severe shortages of food medicine and power venezuelans are now struggling to find petrol harsh u.s. economic sanctions coupled with a lack of maintenance in the oil industry are pushing the energy the energy sector to crisis point from the state of credible lucien human reports. the cues to philip cars with fuel in northwestern venezuela are 23 to 4 kilometers long . near the city of motorists hope and pray they'll be lucky to make it to the pump before it runs dry. yesterday i was in line for 6 hours and couldn't fill up. is that normal i ask. with this government apparently it is a major oil producing country and look. on top of shortages of water. the further you go from the harder it is to find petrol but in the

before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that cattles prime minister abdullah bin nasa bin khalifa lanny will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contact with saudi the us a power reign in egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by category leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially they being the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle ball but now it's almost nothing because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the go off and it's not a way to present iran with those solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repost mong is unclear but the immediate effect of catalans involvement here could result in a broader de

saudi arabia the kingdom's energy minister has told a meeting of opec and other major suppliers in jeddah that there's plenty of oil around the wilds and he wants fuel supplies to be driven down nigeria africa's largest crude producer says it's not worried about a war in the gulf but it does want supply cuts to be extended president donald trump said saudi arabia and other opec members had agreed to his request to boost oil production and to come back to combat an increase in fuel prices in the wake of sanctions on iran. still ahead on al-jazeera we get exclusive access in northern became a fast as the government tries to find out who's responsible for a church attack. we look at the new talents of lighting up the cannes film festival . and oh there were scenes of very heavy rains over parts of southeastern china the showers so far have given to some very impressive amounts of rain around 80 millimeters out of this system and that will gradually now sinking its way towards the south i think for monday plenty of us will see that rain but then in the north of our map it will begin to dry up

meet in jeddah at of talks on friday the growing tension between the u.s. and iran and washington's plan on the future of israel and palestine are expected to top the agenda. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then. an ailing economy and rising violence a tough road ahead for nigeria's president and his 2nd. on parched in pakistan villages have to find pastures new as the animals die of thirst. out of the rain seems to be behaving itself as the season was just known with most in southern china running back towards vietnam but not to the exclusion of elsewhere in grand dog the heaviest rains been reported recently 120 minutes or thereabouts in the last 24 hours similar to.

comes after another top general of the transitional military council met the saudi crown prince in jeddah on thursday meanwhile protest leaders in sudan have called for a general strike on tuesday and wednesday they reject any interference from egypt saying they don't want another sisi in their country. in yemen 7 children are among at least 12 people killed in an airstrike by the saudi u.a.e. coalition in the southwest according to who the rebels and witnesses who say a fuel station was bombed in the district of tice province there's been no comment from the military coalition which intervened in yemen's war in 2015 and there's been more fighting near ties city between who fees and saudi backed forces have been explosions and clouds of smoke seen rising from the area elsewhere in yemen funerals have been held for those killed in an air strike in the capital sanaa last week. the details. the family friends and neighbors performing last islamic prayers for those killed in last week's coalition air strike in sanaa the coffins lined up one by 14 of the victims were children from one family 3

with america because negotiation has no benefits and carries homme before the talking started in jeddah it emerged that katsav prime minister abdullah bin nasa been khalifa plenty will attend g.c.c. and arab league sessions on thursday it will be cattles 1st high level contact with saudi the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt since the fall states imposed an ad land and sea blockade on the country nearly 2 years ago the 4 states had accused of supporting terrorism accusations vehemently denied by category leaders the united states wants to see an end to the blockade on cata i would hope that they could work out some of these things because they have essentially babying the saudis destroyed the gulf cooperation council it's a paper organization now it never was for middle but now it's almost nothing because of this bitter fight within the ranks of its own members this is not a way to assure security in the gulf and it's not a way to present iran with a solid front from as it were the other side of the ocean whether this could be a 1st step towards repro small is unclear but the immediate effect of

foreign ministers from member states of the organization of islamic cooperation at you to meet in jeddah ahead of the annual session on friday a growing tension between the u.s. and iran and washington's plan on the future of israel and palestine are expected to top the agenda. it is one of the balkans most volatile areas and tensions in kosovo have increased off the course of a police operation in a predominantly area a protest is under way right now admit tributes in kosovo these are live pictures of a protest dozens of people including ethnics were arrested in an empty smuggling operation serbia says the move was designed to intimidate and has put its troops on high alert well kosovo is almost entirely ethnically albanian but used to be part of serbia as yugoslavia broke apart of the 1990 s. a group calling itself the cost of the liberation army began an insurrection to gain in support independence as the rebellion escalated serbia launched a bloody crackdown that included civilian massacres and ethnic cleansing of the albanian population. eager to avoid another genocide like that in

mecca i had about 4 ministers from the organization of islamic combination apparently missing in jeddah. at least 10 civilians have been killed in the latest wave of attacks and air strikes in northwest syria government and russian forces someone still talks on wednesday. syria civil defense volunteers the white house that's trying to rescue people from the rubble but the constant bombing ended that efforts. still has on the program the quickest way to hospital in kenya how many in rural areas now rely on 2 wheels for medical help. she's one of the world's top. mexico's top dancer brings her country struggles center stage. we've had something of a wintry blast across the southeast of australia belden having its coldest may day since 2012 you see that rattling of shallow cloud which is that it's way through some snow over the australian alps and 11 celsius for melbourne so really struggling to get into double figures not too much pressure for hope some website which was a west beginning to 24 here for perth. type code was going into friday but still not too bad one more cloud just coming

attacks on oil installations in the region were blamed on a wrong by the usus. an earlyy a gathering in jeddah saudi arabia said iranian interference must be dealt with. though it doesn't want war. to a kid in my message currently act. threataten the glolobal economy. and posose a danger to regional and international security. they must be dealt with with strength and firmness in what has. tehran has denied involvement in the attacks as tensions rise with washingtoton off to the wet left the multinational nucuclear deal witith iran w we imposesed sanctions and boosted its military presence in the gulf. another concern f for the summis the rift between qatar and other gulf states. the joint defense agreement between them was formed almost forty years ago but it's been fractured by disputes in twenty seventeen a saudi led political and economic boycotts was imposed on guitar. the qatari prime minister is however attending the meetings the highest level official to visit saudi arabibia since relations sououred. they want to calm hostilities qatar's foreign ministry says it's for the greater good

meeting in saudi arabia but they say that they will continue to monitor the market the meeting in jeddah follows u.s. president trump saying the oil producing nations had agreed to boost production to combat an increase in fuel prices they increase has been caused in part by renewed sanctions on iran the opec nations and russia say that they will meet again in june . yemen's who the rebels say they plan to target $300.00 military sites in yemen the saudi arabia and the united arab emirates the statement follows a drone attack on a saudi oil pumping facility the explosion that rectally hit a pipeline rupturing it and causing an oil leak that covered a 1000 square metres. thanks . i'm a morial service has been held in sri lanka for government forces killed during the 26 year civil war which ended exactly 10 years ago president city center joint security chiefs and military families to remember the 10s of thousands killed and injured while fighting against tamil separatists mina fernandez was at the service in colombo. was. the beating of battle drums to remember fallen comrades who died fi

from iran after the deputy head of the council met the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in jeddah saddam is part of a saudi led coalition fighting the iran back to seize in yemen meanwhile in sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders of call for a general strike across the country on tuesday and wednesday and ron cohen has more on this now from the capital hard to. ever since the sit ins began early look at how the 7 has become a focal quick to boast a rallying cry look at set up that service often dictates the agenda for the opposition coalition for the next few days now the more there's buttons for a general strike so it's not just in the capitol itself but across the city as professionals association of the brotherhood rises to bring the represents most of the city's professionals is also that destroyed it destroyed could will cripple look just a couple but the entire over the country there what we're hearing is that the opposition to the should i cut off hope that that destroyed will put them in the driver's

ahead about 4 ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation a currently missing in jeddah. ok ass's gulf neighbors cut diplomatic ties on impose the economic blockade 2 years ago next week the main book 18 countries all saudi arabia the united arab emirates and egypt they accused cata of supporting terrorism in the region and made a series of demands to end the crisis as leaders have always strongly denies the accusations. we can bring in now al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar is samoan how significant is it that the cattery pm is going to be attending this event it's pretty significant after 2 years of paralysis clearly the blockage the country led by saudi arabia have run out of ammunition become too i did lock the sanctions and the blockade are not working and hence. extending a hand of some sort for the time being it's just all of this is just the beginning of something perhaps a 1st step an important step whether there will be bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit between the qatari prime minister and his. golf. partners remains to be seen if

china because we've been treated very unfairly for many many decades for actually a long time in jeddah financials a long time ago and it was a 3rd one handling now i think it's going to be i think it's going to turn out extremely well we're in a very strong position we are the piggy bank that everybody likes to take advantage of or take from and we can't let that happen anymore taxi driver in south korea has died after setting himself on fire he was apparently protesting the introduction of ride sharing mobile apps mcbride has more from seoul. it seems the driver wanted his protest and his death to be as public as possible taking place right here in downtown seoul and in front of the city hole it was here in the early hours that he set himself on fire sustaining injuries from which he later died in hospital it's all part of a dispute with south korea's taxi drivers that's been going on now for several months and which has claimed other lives in december and then again in january 2 taxi drivers took their own lives through self immolation it's all over the use of car pooling good right

foreign ministers from member states of the organization of islamic cooperation at you to meet in jeddah ahead of talks on friday the growing tension between the u.s. and iran and washington's plan on the future of israel and palestine are expected to top the agenda. this is the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program a child is pulled from the rubble after the syrian government intensifies its. of rebel held town. there's no. no smoke only speculation a legal challenge by the way against the u.s. decision to put it on a trade blacklist. in sports big names say a final farewell to one of the legend of formula one. vowed to resist further police raids in the semi autonomous region protesters in north spoke out against a police operation on tuesday dozens of people were arrested in an operation against organized crime and corruption serbia put its troops on high alert saying the arrests largely popular in the area largely populated by ethnic serbs were designed to intimidate. that's the latest from the protests but we already know. the palettes. people here don't feel the mi