day of brawling in surrey lanka's parliament peace supporting the disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa rajapaksa demonstrates a divided plea in order to disrupt proceedings it's the latest escalation of political crisis that began three weeks ago when the country's president appointed rajapaksa after removing his predecessor. it this report painting by a british artist david hockney has sold for ninety point three million dollars eleven in all from happening but it did at christie's auction house set a new record for a living artist hardly a page of the work called portrait of an artist paul with two figures in one thousand nine hundred seventy two. german chancellor is visiting chemist today three months after a fatal knife attack in the east german city provoked days a far right protests and counter-demonstrations i thought america's first stop was a sports hall rash matter a local basketball team mate cabinet's residence for an informal discussion violent protests broke out at the end of august for the number stabbed to death allegedly by two asylum seekers the armrests old mob survive bringi

replacing him with former president mahinda rajapaksa rajapaksa is now facing allegations of bribing and pace to back him and a confidence vote but a smith reports from colombo. it's unethical and despicable says opposition m.p. policy. playing recordings of phone calls he says from allies of sri lanka's new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa. bandar says he's been offered two point eight million dollars and the posting cabinet to switch sides the scramble for votes has come after president my three policy is cena suspended parliament and fired his former ally prime minister ronald wickramasinghe are both men had joined forces in elections in twenty fifteen to oust rajapaksa but don't under the work we do we formed his government democratically my three policy center joined us and described the ride your bike as corrupt thieving thugs and said he wanted allowed him to return the fact he's doing just that is very shameful rajapaksa has appointed a cabinet which includes half a dozen opposition m.p.'s who have been persuaded to join him his supporters deny allegations that anyone has bee

rajapaksa mahinda rajapaksa this man who is not the prime minister if you ask the speaker of parliament who is prime minister of the us president he has a lot of popular support on the streets and now his party are trying to sort of override holliman and they want this to go to elections and this is what they're now trying to push for their sort of pretending or ignoring the fact that what has happened in putting rajapaksa that was not constitutional and they just want to try and force election this is having an impact all of this in all of this though i'm sure one because economy the rupee at its lowest level ever again fell again yesterday against the u.s. dollar as foreign exchanges investors withdraw foreign exchange from sri lanka and also tourism a big toward this is the tourist season some tours to being frightened off and this is what is also affecting chalange is economy thank you very much for that venice smith for us in colombo sri lanka maje another looming political crisis in israel education minister enough tiny bennett has threatened to withdraw his party from prime minister benjamin it's now his coalition government unless his given the defense portfolio that's now now holds a one seat majority and is looking to sab lies his government after avigdor lieberman quit as defense minister on wednesday over a ceasefire agreement between israel and palestinian factions in gaza let's bring in st

week his decision to replace the prime minister with the former president mahinda rajapaksa has caused a political crisis but rajapaksa told al-jazeera his appointment is legitimate u.s. president donald trump is pledging a crackdown on migrants trying to claim asylum saying anyone crossing the border illegally will be detained until their claim is heard in court is called a number of people arriving from central america and invasion the u.s. has announced sanctions on venezuela's gold sector which it says has been used to finance criminal groups national security adviser john bolton and threatened more measures against cuba and the congo we will no longer appease dictators and despots near our sure will not reward firing squads torturers and murderers we will champion the independence and liberty of our neighbors and this president and his entire administration will stand with the freedom fighters the troika of tyranny in this hemisphere cuba venezuela and nicaragua has finally met its match google employees around the world to walk talent in protest against the company's handling of sexual misconduct tensions have b

the former leader mahinda rajapaksa has caused a political crisis with critics warning that it's an unconstitutional move that could lead to a bloodbath but speaking to al-jazeera rajapaksa defended his appointment as legitimate but smith reports from colombo. he has all the trappings of prime minister including access to the office but the new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is acting unconstitutionally his critics say because he was appointed by president by three policy we say no and not elected by the embers of parliament one of mr rajapaksa how useless i see you as your of a loved one legitimately think serbia says it's the institution of this budget the argument is that parliament should be deciding who's the prime minister not the normal norm. read the institution of the new framework and so your immediate one search for a now you're assuming the prime minister's position i feel lucky to be ignored or both of these the rajapaksa needs the backing of one hundred thirteen m.p.'s to solidify his return to power but the president suspended parliament some suspect he did that to give rajapaksa time to get enough support how will you get enough support from parliament

there is no cabinet after the vote of no confidence was passed on wednesday in mahinda rajapaksa and his administration of rajapaksa says i am still prime minister i was appointed by the president and those stresses of resulted in the scenes on the floor of parliament on the floor of the chamber m.p.'s supporters of rajapaksa tried again to stop a vote being taken on who should be prime minister they refused to accept wednesday's vote they said it should be a written vote this because otherwise have a vote today but then rajapaksa supporters refused to allow it to go ahead all of this of course having an effect on shoreline peace economy the rupee falling to its lowest level ever against the us dollar as investors take fright at the political instability and pull for foreign capital out of the country bangladesh to suspend the plans to start repatriating road hinge or refugees to me and mar officials say they were unable to find anyone who was willing to go earlier on thursday thousands of protested in refugee camps in bangladesh many don't want to go back to because of safety fears mohammed jhoom is following this

lanka's prime minister last week run a week from a single is being replaced by mahinda rajapaksa former president rajapaksa needs another five m. he's to get the majority in parliament speaking to outdo sirrah become a single he says democracy in sri lanka is under threat but it smith reports from colombo for the past week run a wickramasinghe has refused to leave the prime minister's official residence here in the capital it's become a symbol of legitimacy he tells me after being fired by the president in what critics are calling a constitutional two day the thirty three lankan democracy in the last presidential election parliament religion we came forward on the basis that parliament is supreme that the president must act according to the parliament there nineteen the amendment to the constitution was drafted on that basis now what has happened is the president is trying to override the power of the parliament present my three palace or a say in a swore in mahinda rajapakse as the new prime minister last friday rajapaksa was president for two terms and scrapped term limits and twenty fourteen to try and

presidents are saying or a sworn in mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency. protesters on the parliament speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by parliament not the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone but everyone needs to figure out how we can stop this. happening not. by the people of the right. while posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appointment the country's constitution which changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the president and give it. presidents are saying it says he's not breaking the law but his critics will say he's going against the spirit of the constitutional amendment which was made to strengthen democratic institutions. al-jazeera. let's have a look at some of the key events leading up to the current political crisis the twenty five year old civil war e

quit the president five him last week we could a missing gail's been replaced by mahinda rajapaksa a former president rajapaksa needs another five m.p.'s to get the majority in parliament. iran's supreme leader ali hominoids says the u.s. has failed to reach its goal of dominating to her own made the comments after the u.s. government said it's restoring sanctions lifted as part of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal this comes as the iranian defense minister said production of iran's cosell fighter jet has begun president trump has backtracked from suggestions u.s. soldiers deployed to the border with mexico would shoot migrants if they threw rocks at them he was referring to central american migrants trying to reach the united states what they did to the mexican military is that straight arrow with rocks were very seriously injured and they were throwing rocks in their face they do that with us they're going to be arrested it's going to be a problem i don't say here i didn't say here but they do that when. they're going to be arrested for a long time. at least ten thousand people have been displaced by

confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa it is already passed to no confidence motions rajapaksa is refusing to go president multi-polar city senior held an unsuccessful meeting of leaders on sunday to try and break the deadlock more than a million children in iraq are in need of mental health support that's according to a united nations survey the problem was highlighted at a meeting in baghdad between unicef and iraqi government officials un cert the un survey found eighty percent of iraqi children experience violence at home or in school exposure to contaminated drinking water is also a major problem. there is. a significant problem with access to potable water and this has knock on effect on on health. and one of the more significant issues is the adolescent population. is the largest percentage wise in the region and is set to keep on growing for the future so unless we address some of the significant problems with health and education with the water issue and so on this is going to be reflected in in the population in general in iraq for the future. this is al jazeera let's

next week is decision to replace the prime minister the former president mahinda rajapaksa has caused a political crisis but rajapaksa told al jazeera his appointment is legitimate. yes president donald trump's pledging a crackdown on migrants trying to claim asylum saying anyone crossing the border illegally will be detained until their claim is heard in court is called a number of people arriving from central america and invasion the u.s. has announced plans on venezuela's gold sector which it says has been used to finance criminal groups national security advisor john bolton also threatened more measures against cuba and nicaragua. google employees around the world of will tell it in protest against the company's humbling of sexual misconduct tensions have been building since a new york times article alleged a former senior executive received a nineteen million dollar payout despite being accused of sexual misconduct. well those are the headlines just continues. off the inside story. of the u.s. calls for an end to the war in yemen and urges both sides to agree to a cease fire and the next thirty days that with th

run it would become a singer replacing him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa without the consent of paloma it's rajapaksa now faces a no confidence vote but it is also alleged he is offering money and ministerial posts to opposition lawmakers who back him. the director of the u.n. children's fund has held a news conference and short time ago on the diet humanitarian crisis in yemen four hundred thousand children are at risk of dying because of malnutrition unicef is calling for an end to the war and an immediate removal of all obstacles to deliver food aid floods on the italian island of sicily have killed at least ten people will rain was recorded across the country over the last week landslides have flattened trees in some areas the latest deaths increasing the number of people killed nationally to twenty five and a quarter him behind his sentence three opposition members to life in prison overturning a previous acquittal on charges of spying for qatar. on an alley math the aswad were arrested for their involvement in the two thousand and eleven arab spring protests behind accuse them of passing state

confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions but rajapaksa is refusing to step aside president of syria saying it held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday in an attempt to break the deadlock circe into controversially ousted and replaced former prime minister rana which are missing or four weeks ago but at smith reports from colombo. this session of sri lanka's parliament was over within minutes of it starting the session was adjourned there was no third vote of no confidence speaker story considered the first vote sufficient and then of the second vote he considered that even more than was necessary the president refused to accept both of those votes of no confidence but he said they were conducted according to procedure he was prepared to accept a third vote if it had been conducted according to procedure but it's not gone ahead to the parliament adjourned again this is beginning to become a legal battle between the courts various cases being filed in the courts of palm and he's not able it seems to decide who should be p

confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions rajapaksa is refusing to go president by three pilots that are cena held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday to try to break the deadlock the turmoil began when so saina replaced his prime minister with rajapaksa now donnell wickramasinghe is trying to return to his position on his ear as bernard smith reports from colombo this session of sri lanka's parliament was over within minutes of it starting the session was adjourned there was no third vote of no confidence speaker story consider the first vote sufficient and then of a second vote he considered that even more than was necessary the president refused to accept both of those votes of no confidence but he said they were conducted according to procedure he was prepared to accept a third vote if it had been conducted according to procedure but it's not gone ahead of parliament adjourned again this is beginning to become a legal battle between the courts various cases being filed in the courts all parliament is not able it

sacked his prime minister replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa parliament has since passed to no confidence motions against rajapaksa but he's refusing to go. and let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now u.s. president don trump says he hasn't listened to recordings of the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is there too graphic the u.s. government is expected to release a report into the killing on tuesday political hay and has more from washington d.c. . even after he's been briefed by his intelligence community his intelligence chief at the cia that he's been told that this tape of this man dying this audio is violent this is terrible and suffering that goes against the claims we've heard from the saudi arabian government themselves but still the president is sending the message that he does not necessarily believe his own intelligence community that says with a high degree of confidence a title they very rarely use that mohammed bin solomon the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi yemen the rebels say they're holding drone and missile attacks again

his prime minister and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa parliament has since passed to no confidence motions against rajapaksa but he still refusing to go. government leaders in terms of near may soon have two hundred thousand tonnes of cashew nuts on their hands the government plans to buy the entire crop to try and end the price dispute between farmers and traders as catherine sawyer reports the army has been brought in as processing workers are sent home. di nest number is have a sting the last of her cash crop that it's been. a disease or dries of food has men she's only managed to fill seven sacks instead of the usual forty on average to make martyrs while middlemen offered to buy them at and acceptably low price that course the government to intervene and buy tanzania's and hire a crop at a dollar and a half a kilo the government's also undertaken to process and sell it or. what they wanted to buy from us at a cost that will not get any returns we spend so much on fertilizes the way the government has intervened is good. the cash in us will end up in warehouses like this would be leased by the governmen

disrupt the administration of the disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa his supporters boycotted the vote declaring it's illegal rajapaksa was controversially installed off of the president the prime minister on a wickramasinghe last month in a move many considered to be unconstitutional the first time in a decade a train from south korea has crossed into north korea it's part of a mission to help upgrade pyongyang's poor well way system eugene joan has more from seoul. south korean carriage is a left station behind me on friday morning across the military demarcation line dividing the two careers and shortly after a series or g.m.t. now the south korean officials and inspectors on the train will be joined with their north korean counterparts for the next eighteen days to inspect railways along the eastern and western coast of north korea now this is the first time for south korean carriages to cross their korean border in ten years and also what's more remarkable is that this will be the first time for south korean train to run along the railways along the eastern coast of north korea ever since the korean war ended mor

replaced a christmas single with former leader mahinda rajapaksa last month triggering a political crisis violence broke out in parliament when supporters of rajapaksa rejected two no confidence votes against him both men insisted they are the lawful prime minister for more let's cross to me now for nando's in colombo she's at parliament where the vote is taking place now tell us a little about what today's vote is all about. basically waters happened is the ousted prime minister running a very convincing her he still claims he is the legal prime minister of sri lanka he does not recognize the appointment of the former president mahinda rajapaksa as the successor now his basically his support base in parliament passed to a no confidence motion which was accepted and brought on by the speaker courage but both the president and of the rajapaksa camp have said that these votes were not the goal because they were taken by voice and did not basically recognize those votes of today is a different motion that the missing a faction has brought it's a motion that was handed in last week put on the order paper and a vote is expected later today basically it s

quit after being fired last week by the president he has been replaced by mahinda rajapaksa the two time former president rajapaksa needs another five m.p.'s to get his majority in parliament. i mean i did nations children's fund says the likelihood of widespread famine in yemen will get even higher if efforts to deliver i blocked already millions are going hungry in the phone says but the yemeni government and the who the rebels are making it impossible to deliver and distribute aid unicef is backing u.s. calls for a cease fire within a month to end the conflict. just before we hit the brakes some of your comments actually had a great message from do who's watching from toronto in canada and she's direct message me you can my d.m. . if you want to send me a message directly she's talking about the turkish narrative over the whole story and how it perhaps is change not just the saudi narrative so we will have a little look into that you have to the show and see if we can do it perhaps in tomorrow's news grid but also can i suggest you go and have a listen to that podcast i mentioned earlier the take which you can

sing at has been replaced as premier performer president mahinda rajapaksa in a controversial move which critics have branded unconstitutional rajapaksa now faces a no confidence fall it's being alleged that he's offering money and ministerial post office lawmakers to back him needs the support of another five m.p.'s to form a majority furnace but has more now from colombo. we believe that so far today rajapakse that needs another seven stories got seven minutes needed twelve at the end of last week to switch over to given the parliamentary majority he wants it he's done it he's got persuaded seven in the last few days to join him he's given the ministries basically and with the ministries come influence and power and money so he's got seventy needs five more like kampala six is not unusual for m.p.'s to switch between parties so he's got five more that some fire m.p.'s the weather they may be that they need to be persuaded to join rajapaksa side before parliament is recall we've had in the last couple of days and one m.p. has given a press conference about it not so long ago saying that he was offered almost three million dollars thr

sacked as prime minister and replaced him to form a strongman mahinda rajapaksa column and has since passed to no confidence motions against rajapaksa but he is refusing to go for the first time in history leaders attending the apec summit have failed to agree on a final statement two days of talks at the asia pacific economic cooperation ended up being less about working together and more about individual statements under thomas reports from papa new guinea where the summit was held. international summits usually end with bland communiques not chaotic scenes and the prime minister being bundled out to conference room who that peter o'neill papua new guinea's prime minister had just been telling reporters about the success of the apec summit he'd been hosting and trying to leave without taking questions on its dramatic failure but leaders not been able to agree on even the plan this language for an agreement leader's statement the apec summit took place behind closed doors so why the failure to get all twenty one to agree i think your writing is alastair you are the reason not to be able to achieve a community where you have almost

replacement with former strongman leader mahinda rajapaksa has caused a political crisis with critics warning it's an unconstitutional move that could lead to a bloodbath rajapaksa has told al-jazeera his appointment is legitimate turkey's justice minister has demanded that saudi arabia cooperate fully with the investigation into the murder of a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it comes after turkey revealed her shuggie was strangled to death as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second saudi arabia is yet to respond to the revelations. we've received this the whole world's attention is on this matter so it cannot be kept a secret it's a concern for everyone for the conscience of everyone the world is calling for an answer we're asking for the saudi side to cooperate closely they need to cooperate and support the inquiry so the matter can be resolved deep sea divers have found one of the two flight recorders from monday's jet crash off the coast of indonesia the search continues for the main fuselage where the one hundred eighty nine people onboard the plane was sitting american crash experts have arrived to investigate why the bra

supporting the disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa out of parliament they accuse the speaker of favorites as a. week when the no confidence motion against rajapaksa both. by the president last month claim to be the lawful prime minister those are the headlines on. less than thirty minutes time that's coming up right after the stream that's next they with us. extortions generates foundations of headlines to. separate the spin from the. fact. the listening on al-jazeera. really could be here in the stream today part two of our discussion with the cast of the fall a play that chronicles the activism behind a social movement that started in south africa in march of twenty fifteen students at the university of cape town lot she rode smiles for a movement that not only brought down a statue but spots a global campaign to de colonise education so what does it mean to be a student activist and what's been the global impact of not just the movement but the play as well joining us to discuss that are three of the co-creators and members of the cast cleo writers. and. welcome everyone to the stream it is really good to have you both here i wanted to start w

confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motion is but mr rajapaksa is refusing to go the president's made through palace at a center held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday to break the deadlock and smith joins us live now from colombo so bernat why did they decide not to go with another potential vote. well there was always a rumor that there were there were the have a hoax or not the speaker story i already said what we thought one much should be enough to was a bonus he didn't really want to have three anyway so the session today was adjourned really only after a couple of minutes they put it back to next week and they going to have a vote and this is how we're going to try and take some of the prime minister ministerial powers away from in the rajapaksa we're going to have a vote on funding for the prime minister's office if they cut the funding for the prime minister's office scuse me and makes it harder for him to operate because he's still acting as prime minister on the official because that signed by the president his pri

confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister mahinda rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions but rajapaksa is refusing to go the president made three policy that a senate held an unsuccessful meeting of political leaders on sunday trying to break the deadlock the democratic republic of congo's health ministry has resumed for its to contain an outbreak of ebola in the north east of the country all operations including vaccinations have been briefly suspended after health workers were attacked in the city of beni the country is facing its worst ever outbreak of ebola sebastian spencer is with doctors without borders he says his teams are committed to containing the outbreak and won't be put off by the attacks we check the situation on saturday but activities were not suspended we've been able to carry out all our activities and it's very important as the brick is making progress that all the actors stay committed we have no other option hundreds of people in the mexican border city of tijuana have been protesting against the arrival of asylum seekers they've travelled from central america an

disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed after the president sacked his prime minister last month and a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the vote declaring it's illegal those are the headlines one to one east is coming up on al-jazeera. a recent un report has given renewed seats in the fight against climate change over his threats like sea level rise at this year's climate talks in poland and the international community seize the opportunity to take concerted action to play with al-jazeera the latest from the front lines of the climate crisis from the conference itself. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic for standards is giving them new hope. i'm steve on this episode one on one he's follows one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading surgeon as he melds humans with robotics to help people walk again. welcome back to the. point surrounded by armored vehicles and. we have plenty of security with us you can see among my way to the even seen a hospital in baghdad's green zone we don't do

basically appointed the former president mahinda rajapaksa as his new prime minister we've seen number of ministers being sworn in loyalists of longing rajapaksa while a constitutional crisis has been brewing now the ousted prime minister still claims that he is alleged to be a prime minister that the president acted contrary and in violation to the country's constitution and now basically the new date for parliament sitting on the being fixed for the fourteenth of november that being mixed wednesday when both parties have been urged to display their majority and thereby claim the magic in the rule of prime minister however we have heard this that it's not the solution just within the hour and still coming to terms with that here in this country come out so if the numbers weren't there as far as trying to get enough support to confirm mr rajapaksa as prime minister mr citizen i found he didn't actually have a list number. some of his his actions certainly would point to that because if. the prime minister among the right to harm the numbers as himself the president might to policy the same and all the supporters had claimed then it would have

his prime minister and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa parliament has since passed to no confidence motions against rajapaksa but he's still refusing to go. politician in central african republic has to face war crimes charges at the international criminal court alfred the actor tom also known as rambo was the senior leader within the mostly christian . it's pfizer's attack the muslim salak arrivals who seems power in two thousand and thirteen rob matheson reports. nearly twelve months gunfire rang out across parts of central african republic muslim rebels accused of committing atrocities after seizing control in late twenty thirteen were targeted by armed christian groups known as anti baraka now five years later the man accused of leading one of those christian groups is facing trial at the international criminal court. known as rambo independent and impartial investigation has produced evidence on the basis of which we allege. is criminally responsible for several counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the central african republic with fifth this amber twenty thirty and august of tw

with former leader mahinda rajapaksa has caused a political crisis with critics warning it's an unconstitutional move that could lead to a bloodbath speaking to an jazeera rajapaksa defended his appointment as legitimate ben smith reports from colombo. he has all the trappings of prime minister including access to the office for the new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is acting unconstitutionally his critics say because he was appointed by president by three policy is saying or a not elected by the members of parliament on a mr rajapaksa how useless i see you as your of a loved one legitimate you think serbia says it's the institution of the budget the argument is that parliament should be deciding who's the prime minister not the normal norm. read the institution the new play and so your immediate one search for a now you're assuming the prime minister's position i who are going to be ignored or both of these the rajapaksa needs the backing of one hundred thirteen m.p.'s to solidify his return to power but the president suspended parliament some suspect he did that to give rajapaksa time to get enough support how will you get enough support from parliament how

prime minister's residence out those mahinda rajapaksa who's only appointed controversially now we know at the end of october by the president and out with rajapaksa those all those cabinet ministers he appointed to take over those jobs. the un envoy for libya says renegade general khalifa haftar is committed to a un action plan to end seven years of fighting them libya's rival leaders and other foreign powers indorse the plan after a conference in sicily it is the latest attempt to bring all parties together after a similar talks in paris in may u.n. special envoy is a sense says he hopes the meeting will help libyans find a clear path to democracy. the libyan people deserve. a life that is much better than the one they are now under. and to see that the international community can gather. a unified message to them that it is high time they take their destiny in their own hands with our support. is crucial. and. will be remembered as a milestone in this common effort to help our b.m. friends. are italian prime minister just seppi conti says it is important for libyans to be part of the election process. perspective. we want to reassure and ensure

prime minister mahinda rajapaksa says he has the numbers to prove his majority he's just spoken to al-jazeera all the island nation has been embroiled in a political crisis after rajapaksa predecessor was dismissed last week right now we're missing that claims he still enjoys a majority in parliament and it's with his joining us from the capital colombo what more did rajapaksa have to say to you bernard. green man the rajapaksa to the prime minister's office. the prime ministerial convoy has been appointed prime minister by president. so he says he's prime minister of course he's accused of acting unconstitutionally because. of votes on who should be prime minister when we managed to catch him on his way into work this morning we confidently told us that he the numbers. if your of a loved one the just image you think services and the institution of these both of the arguments is that holland should be deciding who's the prime minister not the normal. institution of the new faith and so your immediate plans for a now you're assuming the prime minister's position i have long be ignored or both of these double booked on your immediate plans though so what are your immediat

rajapaksa defended his appointment as legitimate but it's missed reports from the capital colombo. he has all the trappings of prime minister including access to the office but the new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is acting unconstitutionally his critics say because he was appointed by president by three policy we say to a not elected by the members of parliament one of mr rajapaksa how useless i must see you is your of of the one legitimately think services of the institution of the buffet the argument is that parliament should be deciding who is the prime minister not the normal norm as i read the institution in your reply and so your immediate one sir for i know you are assuming the prime minister's position i who are being ignored or both of these the book rajapaksa needs the backing of one hundred thirteen m.p.'s to solidify his return to power but the president suspended pollo meant some suspect he did that to give rajapaksa time to get enough support how will you get enough support from parliament how do you get the n.p.c. what we have already got that i'm going to be sure and so why the delay in recalling pollen and what are we hanging on for norm because we want to. get ready for the i did rajapakse that was at the prime minister's office to meet academics telling them there's no crisis as far as he's concerned it certainly is a crisis for the ousted pri

as prime minister and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa argument has since passed to no confidence motions against rajapaksa but he is refusing to go three people have been killed in an attack on the prayer hole of a sikh sect in a northern indian state to point job at least ten others were injured when two men on a motorbike threw a grenade into a group of worshippers from the near and cari sect fighting between the minority community and some members of the wider sikh faith it's been going on since the early one nine hundred eighty s. those are the headlines europe today right now on al-jazeera its al-jazeera world. i thank all of your now and on to chicago and i was in the in. my. on the eighth of june nineteenth sixty eight american speech tribute to a remarkable politician the younger brother of former president john f. kennedy senator robert kennedy had been assassinated three days earlier in the back room of a los angeles hotel. sirhan b. charest her husband was arrested at the scene of the crime in what the los angeles police department the l.a.p.d. thought was an open and shut case. which i. and to

prime minister's residence an hour goes mahinda rajapaksa who's only appointed controversially now we know at the end of october by the president and out with rajapaksa goes all those cabinet ministers he appointed to take over those jobs. lead to united nations report says the world body won't help refugees who returned to me and more from bangladesh if their interned in camps the governments in bangladesh and myanmar agreed in october to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees living in un supported camps along the border and most of those camps are in the city of cox's bizarre from where mohammad jump june reports. a dire warning issued by the un high commissioner for human rights michelle by chalet who in a statement on tuesday said that the return of or hinder refugees to me and more would constitute a violation of international law and would put their lives and freedom at great risk this is just one more statement of great concern this been issued by a member of the you when at a very critical time here in bangladesh in the past few weeks it was announced by the government of bangladesh and the government of myanmar that possibly thousands

official prime minister's residence out mahinda rajapaksa only appointed controversially now we know at the end of october by the president and out with rajapaksa those all those cabinet ministers he appointed to take over those job. dozens of ethiopian government security agents have appeared in court over a grenade attack on the prime minister in june and his attorney general says evidence points to security chiefs ordering the assassination attempt on him and two people died after the grenade was thrown during the rally and. it comes as the former heads of state owned military corp was arrested on charges of corruption. is the true in chief of standards she spoke to us from frankfurt about what happened in court on tuesday. well according to the attorney general it's a guy who gave a press and yesterday to the to the media there are now city outstanding investigations being conducted by his office the first why is this grand chorus in caves again as the management of mostly they met a military business empire as we call it and this is a good idea to the gross human rights violations by the security and intelligence operations and a third is

president mahinda rajapaksa took over after the president removed her missing up plunging the country into a political crisis there's been violence in parliament when those loyal to rajapaksa rejected two no confidence votes against him. south korea's supreme court has ordered a japanese industrial giant mitsubishi to compensate twenty eight south koreans for forced labor during the second world war the decision follows the court's ruling in october in favor of those seeking damages from another japanese company for its use of forced wartime labor those are the headlines on al-jazeera people and power rendition revisited is up next. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and other uses that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. america's president trumka police told should workers he's pledged to keep the contaminated detention facility opened and is set to bring back wall to pull the suspects so in the first of a special two project best to go reaping to

disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed after the president sacked his prime minister last month and a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the vote declaring it illegal those are the headlines one. coming up on al-jazeera. a recent un report has given renewed agency to the fight against climate change and released threats like sea level rise at this year's climate talks in poland and the international community sees the opportunity to take concerted action starting with al-jazeera the latest from the front lines of the climate crisis from the conference itself. decades of war have left thousands of iraqi amputees desperate to mend their broken bodies. now the chance to use cutting edge robotic persistence is giving them new hope. on this episode one of one man's incredible journey from refugee to world leading surgeon. with robotics to help people walk again.

disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed after the president sacked as prime minister last month in a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the declaring it's illegal those are the latest headlines on the story is coming up next. zero is a very important source of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. today a check in on three stories we're following closely here on the stream china is testing a cutting edge a new plan authorities say will make it easier for citizens to do business and build trust in one another so why are critics calling it an orwellian nightmare then the mars insight has touched down on the red planet what does nasa hoping to learn but first the g twenty summit is set to begin in argentina on friday with some highly anticipated meetings between world leaders so what's expected i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course in our you tube check out. this president donald trump's first visit

disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed after the president sacked his prime minister last month and a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the vote declaring it illegal. doctors nurses teachers students and civil servants have gone on strike in the spanish region of catalonia they're demanding the regional government spending cuts and focus on managing the economy rather than trying to split from the rest of spain the parliament declared independence in october last year after a disputed referendum in response national government imposed direct rule. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up. xenophobic violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. infiltrates one of the continent's fastest growing far right organization. and exposes links to members of the european parliament some of. our. generation paid. special tupac investigation on the just. over his response to. this is story.

prime minister's residence out those mahinda rajapaksa who's only appointed controversially now we know at the end of october by the president and out with rajapaksathose all those cabinet ministers he appointed to take over those job. united nations report says the world body won't help or hinder refugees who return to me and more from bangladesh if there interned in camps the governments in bangladesh and myanmar agreed in october to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees living in un supported camps along the border and most of those camps are in the city of cox's bizarre from where mohammad june reports. a dire warning issued by the u.n. high commissioner for human rights michelle by chalet who in a statement on tuesday said that the return of refugees to me and more would constitute a violation of international law and would put their lives and freedom at great risk this is just one more statement of great concern this been issued by a member of the year when at a very critical time here in bangladesh in the past few weeks it was announced by the government of bangladesh and the government of myanmar that possibly thousands of refugees

the president replaced with former leader mahinda rajapaksa last month triggering a political crisis violence broke out in parliament when supporters of rajapaksa rejected to no confidence votes against him both men insist they are the lawful prime minister. a car bomb attack in afghanistan's capital kabul has killed at least ten people nineteen others were injured by the explosion of the compound of british security firm g four s. the taliban says it was behind the attack it's been the deadliest year for indian administered kashmir in nearly a decade more than five hundred civilian separatist fighters and soldiers have been killed since january mexico says it will keep deporting asylum seekers who attempt to storm its border with the u.s. nearly one hundred people from central america was sent home this week after trying to break through the fence in the mexican border city of tijuana. results in georgia's presidential runoff so the ruling party backed candidates salome is will win those are the headlines join me here for more news after al-jazeera correspondent trail of mota. thank. you nisha has fascinated me ever since i was a teenager. it

disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed off to the president sacked his prime minister last month in a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the vote declaring its illegal. top architects are competing for design glory at the world architecture festival underway in amsterdam the dutch capital is known for its architectural treasures ranging from windmills to its more modern buildings parker takes a look working buildings need to work they need to combine form and function some such as the humble dutch windmill and now of human achievement this is industrial architecture. the same is true of contemporary buildings in our bolton cities they need to work for people in the case of this year's winner of the amsterdam architecture prize lots of people. the dutch capital has a new spine that all south metro line is ten kilometers long and has eight gleaming stations it took decades of planning fifteen years of construction and required a catalogue of engineering innovations to deal with the city's many canals and thick layers of modern we're reinventing the city we're reinventing the engineers that works on t

has replaced him former strongman mahinda rajapaksa took over the job after the president removed from a singer plunging the country into a political crisis and rajapaksa supporters for it with their opponents and police during two previous votes of no confidence against him. are now south sudan has been at war for much of its existence a report from an e.u. funded research organization says a network of shell companies in the us israel and uganda of help the country get hold of weapons this is despite a un arms and dog embargo that some place investigators with conflicts armament research found nearly three million rounds of ammunition delivered to south sudan's army came from bulgaria weapons were also sent from two other european union nations one military aircraft came from the united states during the shipping process documents wrongly indicated uganda was the final destination of these arms but once the cargo arrived in uganda the shipment was illegally transported to south sudan. that funding has allowed our field teams to spend nearly four years crisscrossing south sudan alongside both government and rebel forces to physically documents the wea

prepared to recognise mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister until parliament says so and the suggestion is as we've been saying all along these last seven to ten days also is a raja how rajapaksa supporters are playing for time delaying their they've got the president to delay the opening of parliament so they can get the support they need we understand now they need only about three war and peace to come to their side to give them that majority. what impacts bernard is a delayed political crisis is likely to have on sri lanka. well i think in the end of rajapaksa gets the support he needs and just about gets that majority in parliament it will leave behind a very bitter taste in the mouths of many people who say that the way he was given the premiership was an essentially a coup of sri lanka's democratic constitution there are elections behind us next year and they may they may blow back even rajapaksa space if people believe that they be treated in an undemocratic manner and of course overseas the us the european union the japanese are threatening to withhold aid and soft loans if there is a perception of what is going on in sri lanka is on the democratic and with the strugg

lankan president, mahinda rajapaksa have held a rally in the capital, colombo, to back his controversial nomination as prime minister. the speaker of parliament has refused to accept rajapaksashows he can command a majority in parliament. a 33—year—old tourist has died after being mauled by a shark in australia's whitsunday islands. paramedics travelled by helicopter to cid harbour, off the queensland coast, where the man had been swimming, on monday. he later died in hospital. it's the third serious shark attack in the same area in the past two months. in myanmar, aung san suu kyi's party, the national league for democracy, has suffered a setback in the latest set of by—elections. it lost a number of ethnic minority constituencies that it had previously held. analysts say ms suu kyi has alienated minority voters by failing to end regional conflicts. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said negotiations with london to leave the eu are not driven by a sense of revenge. speaking in brussels, he said a no—deal or hard brexit would spell trouble for expatriates in both regions. british prime minister theresa may said she's confident of reaching an