saying that a bomb targeting the security forces who were guarding a sci fi shrine in the city of lahore has gone off several people have been wounded and the a.p. reporting four people have been killed more on this story as it comes in of course keep checking the officer websites for updates let's move on to other news and talks aimed at restoring northern ireland's power sharing governments have restarted in belfast they come after the new ira this is a republican faction admitted to killing the journalist lyric e in london last month and it's raised fears of return to sectarian violence baba reports. a smile from the woman who was first minister of northern ireland until the power sharing arrangement fell apart after the first day of tentative talks involving the five major parties arlene foster said her d u p was taking part with a good heart i hope everybody is coming to this process not just the democratic unionist party i hope everybody's coming to this process with a willingness to look forward instead of looking backwards because i think if we look forward then we have a chance

for the governing party an attack targeting a kills at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore. military council says it will call for elections if the political stalemate with the opposition isn't resolved in six months. hello iran says it's stopping its sale of enrich uranium and could restart high level production if world powers don't keep their promises to the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says the remaining signatories of the agreement the united kingdom france germany china and russia had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sector is from u.s. sanctions but he insists iran is ready for negotiations over its nuclear program he was speaking on the anniversary of the u.s. withdrawing from the deal. more namely call him as we don't want to pull out of the jay c.p.o. way and people around the world should know that today is not the end of the nuclear deal today it's a new stuff. for the j. c.p.o. way and is within the framework of the j c p a way the deal has given us this right that if the other party violates its com

party a blast targeting a soofi shrine kills at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore and sudan's military rulers say they will call for elections if an agreement to the political stalemate isn't reached with the opposition in six months. hello iran says it's stopping its sale of enriched uranium and could restart production if world powers don't keep their promises under the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani said the remaining signatories of the agreement the united kingdom france germany china and russia had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sector is from u.s. sanctions but he insists iran is ready for negotiations over its nuclear program ronnie was speaking on the anniversary of the u.s. withdrawing from the deal the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the u.n. security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries a

pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been killed in that explosion darbar that's one of the country's oldest sufi shrines it was also targeted by suicide bombers and twenty time killing more than forty people at that time let's speak to she's a security and political analyst is joining us live from islamabad via skype what can you tell us about this faction of the pakistani taliban that's now claimed responsibility for that attack that faction being has been. it's thank you it's very unfortunate a shrine has you know that couldn't hold us night all the people affected and this is the this attack as it is ours and that you let us off that much enjoy it that's not the responsibility as you mentioned disclaimed by a fact you know that you get all the fun stuff it's fun and i first knew you think that there's been a confrontation with this section of the thought of on ever since the focus on on the defense and. i guess the odds of that there have been and i think some

al-jazeera an attack targeting a sophie shrine kills at least eight people in a pakistani city of lahore. fasting during the holy month of ramadan in yemen a country facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis hometown hero let's say noah's into the n.h.l. conference final sounds coming up in sports with peter do stay with us we're back after the break. hello we're not quite into the hawks droid dusty period yet still plenty of crowd cloud around iran spurred on by the waters of the caspian or the eastern med there's not much in the sky or you wouldn't think that's in the forecast for if you used to get the potential of producing shows and dust storms ahead of those shows if you tell. that goes from saudi arabia up through iraq towards iran and beyond to eastern turkey and once that's gone through of course the sun comes to work again the temperature start to rise and it feels rather different but we've still got that process to go through and it's iran will get the cloud is picture stretching out through azerbaijan and the southern caucasus during friday could be some big thunderstorms

rob well still ahead here on the news hour we'll have details of a bomb in the pakistani city of lahore that killed eight people. and the international court of justice is here in qatar as case against the united arab emirates for targeting its citizens with a blockade will speak to a human rights lawyer. and a hometown hero lets louis into the n.h.l. conference finals all those stories coming up in sports later. becoming a living legend to the young age was simply not enough. he transformed his influence on the pitch into political clout the book piece to the ivory coast. hosted by eric cantona football rebels begins with a look at the life but did he talk about the football he succeeded with politicians not. deviate struck by the ivorians civil war on al-jazeera. one of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging liberally particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on p

pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been killed in one of pakistan's oldest shrines victoria gate be as the latest. forensic scientists focused their attention on a police band damaged in the blast it was parked outside a popular sci fi shrine in the city of lahore offices responsible for guarding the entrance the women were inside the game. most of the wounded have been moved to mt hospital according to our initial reports there are seventeen to twenty two wounded and rescue workers ongoing seven to ten people are in critical condition but we can say with a bit dead or alive. a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility and they say it marks a new wave of what they call religious fanaticism i personally think it's extremely what is but i also believe that this faction of the d.p. is not operating in full full talking good and fun because there have been some devious attempts in the past have been foiled by the security agencies the data darbar s

an explosion close a major syfy shrine in the eastern pakistani city of lahore has killed at least eight people finds of the victims are police offices several others injured and the explosion took place the data darva one of the largest shrines in citation come on hyder has this updates from islamabad. gold. creepers because it's in the back albany people come out. but because it is ramadan. about forty five acres about forty five years a large body people are located and still go followed. by people at the gate the builder board coming from the middle hartford in that level one of the larger cause. an emergency has been declared and it is what the bill that that gold may be. my polls and i will send for south africa's parliamentary and provincial elections relating african national congress is facing its toughest electoral test since it moved to par twenty five years ago the governments of president still ramaphosa has been playing spy political scandals and that means the a.n.c. could lose grinds to opposition parties welcome web joins us now from one polling station in janice bagga m

pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been killed in that explosion of data darbar one of the country's oldest sufi shrines it was also targeted by suicide bombers in twenty ten killing more than forty people when i lamas a security and political analyst based in islamabad here's what she had to say. i personally think that there's been a confrontation with the section of the follow up on ever since the pakistan army to be jihadist. that they have been and i think some elements all. the movement here in pakistan which is another political party so it did has been the sort of confrontation with the finest done in recent days we've also seen some serious commissions along the pocock on board. and as it is art of which she had three of our soldiers but also mark to dispose of our own two weeks ago from now and all of the setback has come again on the sufi shiny which is which happens to be one of the or disk we did member of the recall that some got in two thousand an

pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least ten people including four police officers have been killed by the explosion of one of the country's oldest shrines victoria b. has more. forensic scientists focused their attention on a police band damaged in the blast it was parked outside a popular sci fi shrine in the city of lahore offices responsible for guarding the entrance to women inside the game. most of the wounded have been moved to mount hospital according to initial reports there were seventeen to twenty two wounded and rescue workers ongoing seven to ten people are in critical condition but we can't say with a bit dead or alive. a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility analysts say it marks a new wave of what they call religious fanaticism i personally think it's extremely what islam but i also believe that the faction is not operating in full full talking it and but it's fun because there have been some previous attempts in the past have been foiled by the security agencies the data shrine

it was parked outside a popular sci fi shrine in the city of lahore offices responsible for guarding the entrance for women inside the game. most of the wounded have been moved to mt hospital according to initial reports there are seventeen to twenty two wounded and rescue workers ongoing seven to ten people are in critical condition but we can't say with a bit dead or alive. a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility analysts say it marks a new wave of what they call religious fanaticism i personally think it's extremely what islam but i also believe that this faction is not operating in good in pakistan because there have been some previous attempts in the past have been foiled by the security agencies the data darbar shrine which dates back to the eleventh century has been targeted before a suicide attack nine years ago killed more than forty people in pakistan's government improve security across the country after an attack on a school in push our that killed more than one hundred fifty people mostly children that was five years ago but this attack shows that a

elections at least eight people have been killed in a blast outside a popular shrine in the city of lahore police say the death toll could rise as some of the injured are in critical condition. let's get more on our top story in iran mohammad marandi is a professor at a hirani university he's joining us now from tehran thanks very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera so president rouhani just a short while ago was clear in saying that today is not the end of the iranian nuclear deal but for you what was the most significant announcement or the key takeaway message from what he had to say. the most important thing i believe is the statement that he made regarding the next steps in other words if the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal meaning the french the british the germans the russians and the chinese don't find a solution then sixty days from now iran will take the next step and iran feels it has every right to do so it has waited for over a year now for many years but especially over the last year for these countries to implement their side of the bargain the europeans in parti

least eight people have been killed in a blast outside a popular shrine in the pakistani city of lahore police say the death toll could rise a some of the injured are in critical condition. voters in south africa are casting their ballots in national elections the governing african national congress is expected to win by it but by a smaller margin it's been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years and accusations it's failed to provide basic services the opposition leader my money from the democratic alliance party cost his votes polls opens in the township of soweto a pakistani christian woman who spent eight years on death row in a blasphemy case has left the country. lawyers say she's headed for canada six months after her acquittal by pakistan's supreme court the verdict led to protests in parts of the country. the international court of justice is here in qatar as case right now against the united arab emirates for violating human rights council as government as the u.a.e. targeted its citizens based on their national origin when it expelled all categories and stopped

party a blast targeting a soofi shrine kills at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore and sudan's military rulers say they will call for elections if an agreement to the political stalemate isn't reached with the opposition in six months. hello iran says it's stopping its sale of and rich uranium and could restart production if world powers don't keep their promises under the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani said the remaining signatories of the agreement the united kingdom france germany china and russia had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sector is from u.s. sanctions but he insists iran is ready for negotiations over its nuclear program ronnie was speaking on the anniversary of the u.s. withdrawing from the deal the united states wants to pull out of the way to make iran withdrawal the day after so they could refer the case to the u.n. security council in order to reach.

dr mental to the region the world an explosion close to a major in the eastern pakistani city of lahore has killed at least eight people five of the victims are police officers to has this update from islamabad. albany people are great. but recorded in ramadan. by forty five. or forty five. they were ready prepared or no creation. polls are now open for south africa's parliamentary and provincial elections the ruling african national congress is facing its toughest electoral test since it rose to power twenty five years ago. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province of italy amid a widening government offensive backed by russian air power the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty eight civilians venezuela's supreme court has ordered the prosecution of seven opposition politicians who supported last week's call for an uprising by the opposition leader to address the opposition controlled national assembly on cheese day six days after failing to persuade the military to change sides and

shine cares at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore. hello we're not quite into the hot dry heat dusty period yet still plenty crowd cloud around iran spurred on by the waters of the caspian or the eastern med there's not much in the sky or you wouldn't think that's in the forecast for if you used to get the. tension of producing showers or even dust storms ahead of those showers in a tale that goes from saudi arabia up through iraq towards iran and beyond to eastern turkey and once that's gone through of course the sun comes to work again the temperature start to rise and it feels rather different but we still got that process to go through and it's a run or get the cloud is picture stretching out through azerbaijan and the southern caucasus during friday could be some big thunderstorms out of that rather fewer and lighter ones to the south it's still possible that the end of the day on thursday in may be even in kuwait and the high ground in western society typically there we're seeing fairly high temperatures now highs that is even l

been killed and dozens more wounded in the bombing of his suit the shrine in the pakistani city of lahore police say the explosion struck a security checkpoint outside the. same building was targeted in twenty ten when a suicide attack killed more than forty people. afghan forces afford to gun battles with taliban militants who killed at least four civilians in an attack on an international aid organization in the capital kabul dozens more wounded more than one hundred fifty staff were led to safety began with a massive car bomb explosion. and i south africa presidential and parliamentary elections are underway president several mark. and his ruling a.n.c. party of been watching their approval ratings plummet as he struggles to make good on promises to fight corruption and revive the economy. every election since the country emerged from white minority rule twenty five years ago this year is expected to be no different than analysts believe the margin of victory will be small. christine has been talking to voters finding out about the issues that concern them most. i'm outside a polling s

and an attack targeting a soofi shrine kills at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore. and we'll have reaction to one of the most incredible comebacks in sport liverpool fight from three no down to beat barcelona and reach the final of the champions league. welcome to the news iran says it's stopping its sale of heavy water and rich to ukrainian and could step up production of both if world powers don't keep their promises under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal the move comes on the first anniversary of the us withdrawing from the deal and at a time of escalating tension between the countries june starts our coverage. iran will suspend some of its commitments under the landmark twenty fifteen nuclear deal president has and rouhani telling world powers his country is stopping its sale of enriched uranium and could restart high level production if world powers don't keep their promises under the joint comprehensive plan of action the. states wanted to pull out of the j c p o way to make iran withdraw the day after so that they could refer the case to the un security counci

people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing of soofi shrine in the pakistani city of lahore police say the explosion struck a security checkpoint outside the doctor dhaba shrine same building was targeted in twenty ten when a suicide attack killed more than forty people. afghan forces afford gun battles with taliban militants who killed at least four civilians in an attack on an international aid organization in the capital kabul dozens more wounded more than one hundred fifty staff were led to safety began with a massive car bomb explosion. b.b. the christian woman who spent two years on death row in a blasphemy charge has left the country according to her lawyer she is now in canada where two of her daughters are fought to have already been granted asylum it marks the start of a new safe life far from pakistan's islamist hardliners who want to dead. she's one of the most talked about women in pakistan as a baby pictured here shortly after her conviction in two thousand and ten the christian mother of five sentenced to death for alleged remarks about islam during an argumen

pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been killed in the explosion of data darby. our one of the country's oldest soofi shrines it was also targeted by suicide bombers in twenty ten when more than forty people. still ahead on al-jazeera south africans go to the polls to choose a new parliament and the toughest test yet for the governing a.n.c. part. the sun is out but is often cited over in japan not normally because of what's coming out of china but what's being picked up for the south if you increase humanity and therefore the cloud you end up producing some rain but just disappoint for the most part by taking away the blue ceiling twenty four degrees and you'll feel less on the green trees and stickiness in tokyo twenty three in bright sunshine in pyongyang and thirty a rise in temperature in beijing clearly it's not particularly warm to the northeast and twelve invited for stock but that's in the sunshine little real change for tokyo at that say on friday but i

officials in the eastern city of lahore say nine people have been killed and 20 others injured as a resultf an explosion which targeted a checkpoint at a major sufi shrine. sufis have long faced persecution from hard-line sunn is. this comes one month to the day after ramadan. forensic evidence is being gathered. a faction of the pakistani taliban claim response ability. south africa voting today in national elections, a major test for the ruling party. this comes amid growing dissatisfaction triggered by corruptition, a weak economy and record unemployment. allparty, which has got five postapartheid elections, is expected on top again but with reduced majority. the african national congress easily won all five postapartheid elections in the last 25 years. it consistently held 60% of seats in parliament. issues are causing popularity to slide. corruption. the party of nelson mandela was scandalsnished by the of jacob zuma.a. replaced him who has consistently promised to tackle the issue. polls suggest voters are skeptical. land reforms. many south africans feel the party that led the charg

nine people have been killed and up to 25 injured in an explosion next to a major sufi shrine in lahoreople are reported to have been killed in fighting in north—western syria. government forces have been attacking a strategically significant town in their latest offensive against rebel and jihadist fighters. that's from bbc arabic. and one of our most read stories is about a six—year—old afghan boy who began dancing with joy after being fitted with a new prosthetic leg. according to the red cross, ahmad rahman lost his leg when he was just eight months old, and whenever he is fitted with a new limb he dances for the nurses in the hospital. let's talk about asia bibi because she has left pakistan. she's a christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy. islam is pakistan's national religion and public support for its blasphemy laws remain strong. that meant when her conviction was overturned by the pakistani supreme court last year, this happened. this was islamabad in november — and protestors chanting for asia bibi to be hanged. after her release, asia bibi went into

chilly one for the riders on cycling's ditto that earlier the 196 kilometer trek in the mountains to lahore set to deliver plenty of snow laden roads russian. broke away on the final climb to take the stage victories 1st that a grand tour since 2016. of team emirates retained the overall race leader's pink jersey with a 2 minute lead of a fellow slovenian primos ra glitch. the formula one drivers have had friday off in monaco as is the race tradition ahead of qualifying but they have to race on the street circuit has been providing plenty of drama involving the son of michael schumacher mick the premier racing driver was hit from behind by nicolas 30 feet on the happened in which brought out the yellow warning flags and the red flags were being waved to ensure america try to overtake tatiana culbert on of the b.w.t. arden team later in the race this led to a large pile up of cause at the turn and the drivers eventually were sent back to the pit lane for a restart make the free so of the a.r.t. team would go on to win the 2nd of the f 2 races takes place on saturday that's often are more spo

on a police band damaged in the blast it was parked outside a popular soofi shrine in the city of lahore offices responsible for guarding the entrance to women we're inside the game district the os is the other stuff most of the wounded have been moved to mount hospital according to our initial reports the receiving team to twenty two wounded and rescue workers ongoing seven to ten people who are in critical condition but we can't say with a bit dead or alive. a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility analysts say it marks a new wave of what they call religious fanaticism i personally think it is extremely what islam but i also believe that this faction of the g.d.p. is not operating in full full talking it in pakistan because there have been some previous attempts in the past has been have been foiled by the security agencies the data dhaba shrine which dates back to the eleventh century has been targeted before a suicide attack nine years ago killed more than forty people in pakistan's government improve security across the country after an attack on a school in pus

world in pakistan at least nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a bombing at a shrine in lahore police say that the explosion struck a security check point the building had previously been targeted back in two thousand and ten when a suicide attack killed more than forty people. to students were arrested and school in denver colorado after they opened fire on their classmates one student was killed in the shooting of several others remain in the hospital in a critical condition authorities have not yet commented on a possible motive for that attack. the polls have opened in south africa as voters give their verdict on the performance of president cyril ramaphosa ramaphosa and his ruling a.n.c. party have been watching their approval ratings nosedive as he struggles to make good on promises to fight corruption and get the economy back on track although the a.n.c. is expected to win this election as it has every time since the country emerge from white minority rule in one thousand nine hundred four i'm melissa are predicting that it's margin of victory could fall sharply. into th

joining me now from lahore in pakistan is you know giuliani she's a human rights activists and an advocate of the supreme courts and we welcome to you here on our reports say bibi is in canada is any official confirmation of that . also i don't have any. doubt that. if you have. actually checked the comeback of prison because of the militants who are. being. i'm going to tackle. that i mean that this case had really poor as the country now as if he was acquitted last year and that they could it was upheld by the supreme court and get she had to live in hiding so what's the reaction been there to the news that she's there left the country. let me correct the impression that this was. the general public i can assure you of that. but it invaded also kind of objections and the extreme opposition to not akin to that was coming from the general public it was coming from certain people just often and groups who have. you know had our influence on the state don't play disproportionate to dead. you know. supported in amongst the masses so dense in the parise ation is not the issue here it is how an

pakistan at least nine people were killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing at a swiffer strine in lahore police say the explosion struck a security checkpoint outside that shrine the building has been previously targeted back in two thousand and ten when the suicide attack killed more than forty people . issue lanka one of the churches that was bombed in easter sunday is terrorist attacks has partially reopened since antony's in the capital colombo allowed worshipers to pray in a smaller shrine amid tight security the attacks on churches and hotels across the country left over two hundred and fifty people dead. the counting has finished in thailand's general election the vote was held in march this year under the country's complex vote allocation system season parliament were awarded to twenty seven different bodies no single party has won an overall majority but the anti military opposition camp has won the most seats the pure thai party associated with a fugitive former prime minister taksin shinawatra top of the field by winning at the top the field i beg your pardon by winning one hu

american groups branch in pakistan has also claimed responsibility for an explosion in the city of lahore earlier today which is now believed to have killed ten people. american schoolchildren are apparently falling victim to the poor arising of u.s. politics now it's been reported the curriculum in so-called swing states is being repeatedly withdrawn depending on who's in power. until recently the election of state school board to set academic staff. it was not even run on party lines people didn't view them as politicians but simply as functionaries carrying out the task of how we educate our kids however like so many other things now it is deeply political here's the number one disagreement what system of government does the united states have now according to the democrats the usa is a democracy and according to the republicans the usa is you guessed it a republic however some say that there could be common ground between the two terms the debate really isn't about whether a republic or a democracy but understanding that we can be both in michigan the republicans did not like the soci

chilly one for the riders on cycling's ditto that earlier the 196 kilometer trek in the mountains to lahore set to deliver plenty of snow laden roads russian. broke away on the final climb to take the stage victory his 1st at a grand tour since 2016. of team emirates retain the overall race leader's pink jersey with a 2 minute lead of a fellow slovenian primos rah glitch. the formula one drivers of had friday off in monaco as is the race tradition ahead of qualifying but they have to race on the street circuit has been providing plenty of drama involving the son of michael schumacher mick the premier racing driver was hit from behind by nicolas 30 feet on the happened in which brought out the yellow warning flags and the red flags were being waved to ensure america try to overtake tatiana culbert on of the b.w.t. arden team later in the race this led to a large pile up of cause at the turn and the drivers eventually were sent back to the pit plane for a restart make the fleece of the a r t team would go on to win the 2nd of the f 2 races takes place on saturday that's often are more sport c

chilly one for the riders on cycling's ditto that earlier the 196 kilometer trick in the mountains to lahore set to deliver plenty of snow laden roads russian. broke away on the final climb to take the stage victories 1st at a grand tour since 216 young talents of team emirates retain the overall race leaders pink jersey with a 2 minute lead of a fellow slovenian primos rah glitch. before the one drivers of friday off in monaco as is the race tradition hit of qualifying but the if to race on the streets could has been providing plenty of drama involving the son of michael schumacher mick the prima racing driver was hit from behind by nicholas latif on the hip and turn which brought up the yellow warning flags and the red flags were being waved when schumacher tried to overtake tatyana color on of the b.w.t. auden team later in the race. and will even bifida more sport later i mean thank you peter just one of the story to bring you space x. as it successfully launched 60 communication satellites into orbit which could revolutionize the internet a rocket carrying almost 9000 tons of material l

have been killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing at a soofi shrine in the pakistani city of lahore police say the explosions struck a security checkpoint outside the data dabbashi trial the building was also targeted twenty ten when a suicide attack killed more than forty. seven inmates have died and another ten seriously wounded in prison right in guatemala of prisoners took over the jail for about eight hours before a fifteen hundred police officers regain control of the facility east of the capital of guatemala city. last year b.b. the pakistani christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has left the country a lawyer says bibi has arrived in canada to be reunited with her daughter just as her baby was sentenced to death in twenty ten after being accused of insulting the prophet muhammad in a dispute with muslim colleagues last year she won an appeal against her conviction which largely protests throughout the country and death threats from religious extremists and mother of five had been living in safe houses since a sentence was a top. joined now by wilson

after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding stuffed up joining me now from lahore in pakistan is you know johnny she's a human rights activist and an advocate at the supreme court and welcome to you here on our reports say r c a b b is in canada is any official confirmation of that . also i don't have any compensation. if you have. actually just come back a prisoner because of militants who are. being. under attack or. i mean at this case had really poor eyes the country now as a baby was acquitted last year and that they could it was upheld by the supreme court and get she had to live in hiding so what's the reaction been there to the news that she's there left the country. let me correct the impression that this was a case that her friends the general public but i can assure you that. it indeed also kind of objections and the extreme opposition to medical that was coming from the general public it was coming from certain religious often and groups. you know shared our influence on the state going to disproportionate to the. you know. supported in the mosque the m

months also an attack targeting a sufi shrine kills at least eight people in the pakistani city of lahore. welcome to the program iran says it's stopping its sale of heavy water it's also warned it may step up its production of enriched uranium if world powers don't keep their promises under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal the move comes on the first anniversary of the u.s. for drawing from the deal and at a time of escalating tension between the countries short time ago the iranian and russian foreign ministers addressed reporters in moscow iran's foreign minister how much of a desire east placed the blame for his country's move on the united states. because you had. the current us government is not committed to any international agreements pulling out one after another now after the human rights council the actions carried out by the us government which is a law breaking government and as mr lavrov suggested that. is very important to us and important for international community here. for over the past year iran despite what the u.s. is doing we have stayed committed to our decision tod

year after the supreme court upheld its verdict that's crowds demanding death joining me now from lahore in pakistan is he not giuliani she's a human rights activist and an advocate of the supreme court's now welcome to you he now reports a baby is in canada is any official confirmation of that. i don't have any compensation that if you have been able to escape this actually check the comeback of prison because of the militants who are. you know we've been . i'm going to tackle. that and at this case had really poor eyes the country now as if he was acquitted last year and that he could it was upheld by the supreme court and get she had to live in hiding so what's the reaction been there to the news that she's now left the country. let me correct the impression that this was. the general public i can assure you that. the debate also kind of objections and the extreme opposition to medical that was coming from the general public it was coming from certain religious often and groups who have. you know shared our influence on the state don't play disproportionate to their. you know. support

that reporting four people killed and eighteen more injured in an explosion in the pakistani city of lahore the blast is said to taken place outside of major muslim shrine a wednesday morning it was apparent. targeting security forces guarding that holy site it's unclear whether or not the attack was a suicide bombing emergency services occur at the scene no word on who may have been responsible at this stage as we get more on that one we'll let you know. elsewhere in the wake of sri lanka's devastating easter sunday bombings the government expelled now around six hundred foreign nationals including two hundred muslim clerics found to have overstayed their visas the country's home affairs minister says it comes as part of a broader push to tighten immigration controls considering the current situation in the country we have reviewed the visa system and taken a decision to tighten visa restrictions for religious teachers of those who were sent out about two hundred were islamic preaches there are religious institutions which have been getting in foreign preachers for decades we have no issue

in lahore police say that the explosion struck a security checkpoint outside of the shrine the building had previously been targeted in a twenty ten attack when a suicide bomber killed more than forty forty people. two students were arrested at a school in denver colorado after they opened fire on their classmates one student was killed in the shooting while several others remain in the hospital in critical condition authorities have not yet commented on a possible motive for the attack. or polls have opened in south africa's presidential and parliamentary elections as voters give their verdict on the performance of president. robert posts and his ruling a.n.c. party have been watching their approval ratings nosedive as he struggles to make good on promises to fight corruption and get the economy back on track although the a.n.c. is expected to win this election as it has every time since the country emerged from white minority rule twenty five years ago analysts are predicting that its margin of victory will fall sharply and covering this election for us from johannesburg. and this cou

that the group's branch in pakistan has also claimed responsibility for explosion in the city of lahore wednesday morning is what we talked about earlier which is now believed to have killed nine people so as to say the news in there is that the taliban have claimed responsibility for last. this is not international thanks being with us the news continues in just about half an hour's time and also over at home. with gold make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round lives only the one percent. we can. all middle of the room sick. room i mean real news. you know world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstratio

these are the top stories and explosion cool so major syfy shrine in the eastern pakistani city of lahore has killed at least five people all the victims are believed to be police officers several others have been injured they waiting president hassan rouhani has told world powers that will stop implementing some commitments of the twenty eight fifty nuclear deal and a lesson basters of the u.k. france germany china and russia rani said iran was still committed to the deal despite the us withdrawal last year the united states wanted to pull out of the j c.p.o. way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know that we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the deal is and scuttling the deal will be costly and detrimental to the region and the world. polls are now open for so afr

in lahore, pakistan, a at least0 people were killed wednesday morning and 25 others wounded after a suicide attacker bombed an 11th-cecentury sufi s shrine. the attack was claimed by a splinter group of the pakistani taliban. in 2010, an attack on the same site killed more than 40 people. north korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles today in its latest show of military power after president trump walked away from denuclearization talks with kim jong-un in february. the military drill did not violate a moratorium on long-range, nuclear-papable missile e tests, but south kor's government called them a very disturbing development that won't help to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. in south africa, polls clolosed wednesday in national elections, with early results showing the governing african national congress will likely hold its parliamentary majority. with about one-third of districts reporting, the anc has won about 55% of the vote, with the main opposition democratic alliance party in second-place, with a quarter of the vote. the results do suggest support for the anc c

on this track moving off toward the east at about 35 miles per hour around the lahore area.it has been an incredibly busy day. we've got some rain around the culpeper rea. this is just south of culpeper along 522. look at the hail core with ts. 2 inch hail. 2 inch hail aassociatssociated s storm. a tornado warning now for orange county and spotsylvania county. if you live in thisar ea, and let's go ahead and zoom on in, i'm not as familiar with orangeo county into this area, so right around 5:22, i believe that's 20 right tere. or 29. coming out of and in towards co spotsylvania unty, 5:22 and 29 -- 20 rather, 5:20 and 20. if hou live in t area, you need to make sure you get undercover. this is right around the town of orange just east of orange. you're looking at a possible tornado with this storm right now. a tornado warning in effect for orange here's the county line between orange and spotsythania county. until 7:30 tonight. once again, until 7:30 tonight a tornado warning. you want to get into the lowest level ofur yo home. i have been showing you video of damage from t

least eight people have been killed in an explosion close to a prominent sufi shrine in the city of lahoree blast occurred near the dataa darbar shrine. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex later today when he's expected to attend his first photocall. prince charles is among those looking forward to seeing the two—day—old baby. on a visit to germany he said he was "impatient" to meet his new grandson on his return to the uk. voting hasjust begun in government elections in south africa, 25 years after the first democratic election was held following the end of apartheid. the ruling anc is expected to hold on to power, but the opposition democratic alliance are hoping to cause an upset amid growing public disillusionment around corruption, crime and the economy. 0ur correspondent, shingai nyoka is injohannesburg for us now. thank you forjoining us. tell us about the issues that are forefront in this election? i think this area, where i am at this polling station, typifies some of the issues, the major issues that face south africa and th