live pictures coming to us as a new palestinian government being sworn in mohamad chatah will become the first fatah party member to take up the role of prime minister in a decade he was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatter but what about us. and forces fighting for control of libya's capital of launching u.s. strikes planes from the u.s. backed government targeted forces loyal to the warlord after after us forces bombed targets on the outskirts of the capital tripoli. several politicians in the u.s. have condemned president donald trump after he tweeted a video containing footage of nine eleven designed to attack a muslim congresswoman. the video features edited sections of a speech obama made on civil rights for muslims in the u.s. . yes sometime later the speech has been overlaid with footage of the nine eleven attacks which we here have decided not to broadcast the videos being shared on social media to suggest the congresswoman was playing down nine eleven in response some condemned mr trump's tweet and accused him of islamophobia in the video mr trump t

for the now there's been some angry reaction to the statement a huge chip is than most often the mohamad put out on sudan in it he condemned sudan's military take of a saying it wasn't the appropriate response to the challenges facing the country well researcher and political commentator michael korda will be gave us his take on the statement and the reaction it sparked among some africans. african union has a well articulated policy premix and yet it struggles to implement them so i personally think that it's a zero tolerance and meanings when it comes to military coups because already after the peace and security contingent they decided that. if. saddam function council military transition plans all of that and over the party the civilians they will. definitely. cause options on them so i personally think it's high time that the african continent which has certain items to us in the charity. doesn't know backlash to once the african union is criticism or military takeover i personally think one of the reasons is because he's always been a negative perception one of the country top one

prime minister mahathir mohamad meanwhile global players weigh whether to involve in the building of critical five g. infrastructure amid spying concerns dutch telecom oil k.p. and the said today it would choose a western supplier to build its core five g. mobile network making it one of the first european operators to explicitly excluded while way from such contracts. let's cross over now to our financial correspondent in singapore and hello linda first off to what was charm offensive on the sidelines of the belgian road forum is it working well it's definitely working with cambodia it's recently announced that it would actually engaged china's huawei to build its five g. network and its prime minister is cracked the now at the balkan vote for over beijing so we can see that is one off the country to have actually been charged over by. amount of money that it can actually offer to the country during its infrastructure. now if you countries that like the u.k. and germany seem to be seeking the middle ground in terms of while way not an outright ban but limited participation in the fo

palestine's new government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah has become the first fatah party member to take up the role of prime minister in a decade critics including factors rival hamas condemning the development. of several politicians in the us to criticize the us president after he tweeted out a video containing footage of nine eleven designed to attack a muslim congresswoman. then the video features edited sections of a speech she made on civil rights for muslims in the u.s. some time later the speech was overlaid with footage of the nine eleven attacks which we have. not to show the video is being shared on social media to suggest the congresswoman was downplaying nine eleven in response some condemned the trump tweet and accused him of islamophobia in the video trump tweeted oma is looped repeatedly saying some people did something the actual quote from her speech goes like this for far too long we've lived with the discomfort of being a second class citizen and frankly i'm tired of it and every single muslim in this country should be tired of it care was founded afte

between the malacca strait and kuantan where china is developing a major port prime minister mahathir mohamad it's pretty signed fear original agreement in two thousand and sixteen tried to end the contract rather than wreck up sixteen billion dollars worth of debt to china's ex-im bank beijing threatened contract terminations fees of more than five billion dollars essentially leaving mum had no option but to renegotiate now he says the total cost of the project would be reduced to just over ten billion dollars she had between the china communications construction company and malaysia rail link. has to put this in the open asian and. through fifty fifty joint venture company with him and see see see see the work on the project which was suspended last year is expected to resume in may with completion for the end of twenty twenty six. more insight from andrea hang our asia correspondent in singapore and various so has malaysia now got itself a good deal it'll still need to take a loan from a chinese state bank i believe to fund this line. exactly it's hard to believe but ben this is actually t

gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new government of being came into power on the back of strong with a backlash for what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government can be seen that it's acting on these issues that i think often corruption is i think tough on abuse of power i think that's why the reopen this case at least six countries have ordered investigations into one and be in the united states prosecutors allege at least four and a half billion dollars was stolen from the fund in total not to places forty two charges he's pleaded not guilty to all of the following wednesday is the first of several against not just in this one he's accused of pocketing more than ten million dollars from a former subsidiary of one m.d.c. among hundreds of millions allegedly transferred into his bank account if found guilty

gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new mission government i think came into power on the back of strong with a backlash with what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government can be seen that it's acting on these issues that i think corruption is i think tough on abuse of power i think that's why the reopen this case at least six countries have ordered investigations into one and d. in the united states prosecutors allege at least four and a half billion dollars was stolen from the fund in total knowledge of faces forty two charges he's pleaded not guilty to all of the following wednesday is the first of several against not just in this one he's accused of pocketing more than ten million dollars from a former subsidiary of one m.d.c. among hundreds of millions allegedly transferred into his bank account if found

over it was footage of nine eleven attacks palestine as you government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah it has become the first fatah official in a decade to become prime minister it was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatah ally mahmoud abbas critics including fatah's rival hamas have accused of a power grab i still claims to have carried out a suicide bombing in pakistan on friday that killed twenty people attack happened in the southwestern city of quite a targeted members of the shia community dozens of people were injured in what police are calling the first sick tarion attack in months. well that brings you up to date with all of our top stories this hour there will be a bit more news later on i'll see for that in about half an hour's time but coming up next it's the listening post. bush arrested the founding of the wiki leaks website. with me back. when they played a not publisher. character swift action which sat on top of the tree thanks chad. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we'

tripoli palestine's new government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah has become the first fatter party member to take up the role of prime minister in a decade he was appointed to the role by the palestinian president. mahmoud abbas critics including factors rival a mass of accused us of a power grab. for us in ramallah with the latest where does this leave government efforts at reconciliation. so as the first official to be leading a government since the division between fatah and hamas it raises many questions about the future of that of conciliation specifically is that we've heard from have math officials in the gaza strip who said that this government i mean unconstitutional and that they but they would be waiting to see how it would be dealing from with the gaza strip we know that the palestinian authority has been imposing measures against hamas as rule in the gaza strip this friction has been obvious by one of the ministers the new minister the new culture minister who was seen as limping towards taking the oath now he was recently transferred from gaza to the west bank a

parties is demanding an immediate end of the tree rule and the establishment of a civilian government mohamad evolve has more from car too. several hours after that announcement by the leadership of the protesters to stop dealing with the political committee of the military council we have another escalation this time around probably by way of reaction the military council has ordered the opening up of roads and has accused some of the protesters of this opting public order so instead of. the mutual understanding between the two sides they have be talking over the last several days about forming a civilian government and a joint military civilian council to rule the country the understanding is that the two sides are now moving to words divergence and escalation which increases fears about a confrontation between the two sides that the order that was issued today doesn't amount to. it doesn't amount to a decision to start to dispersing the crowds that are out in that have been sitting in front of the military headquarters for about two weeks now but it amounts to ethernet to do so we have gau

states it all comes amid growing international figures about planned islamic state terror attacks mohamad chatah the chief executive of the ramadan foundation in the u.k. believes the suspects army deployment in afghanistan might be partially to blame. those a lot of stress disorder is psychological problems mental health that many officers who were involved in the army in the occupation in afghanistan and iraq would of the scenes that they would have seen the bloodshed in killeen and all of that included would have had a profound effect on people because the authorities in the militaries around the world haven't been able to invest in mental health support post-traumatic stress disorder no support for those soldiers they are left to their own devices and in many cases there are people who are left homeless living on the streets and their psychological is not being supported by supporters of left wing u.s. presidential hopeful bernie sanders say we'll swing right towards donald trump unless their man secures the democratic nomination we look at whether opposites attract after the break. s

proof that is in jail well let's go live now to mohammed valve who joins us from the capital khartoum mohamad how likely are the protesters to get any kind of indication that he is actually and. well in a start they're doing their best to get some information from the ruling military council and they are very critical of the way in which the council is dealing with this situation not giving enough information not adopting task. in the way it is handling the. confessionals hierarchy and officials on top of them on bashir the former president the public here particularly those protesting in the streets they want the government the new government to tell them exactly what's happening and they have been demanding more than that they have been demanding a new government today they have submitted a list of demands what they call our road map for the future of sudan and they want to particularly civilian counsel with. military representation and the cabinet made of technocrats these are the major the major demands of the protesters and they are increasing in numbers on the streets of khartoum today

some however are still withholding judgment like teacher made some mohamad she was active in the opposition and was arrested multiple times in demonstrations against the old regime. missed it was. it's now activists i'm not on this race i'm not shouting i'm not a demonstration. my it's a comments online on current politics she finds that she has made many changes to the political system but says it's time for a concrete change. as an ordinary citizen change it still. that is social problem that a lot of those she doesn't have who does in the job one reason mates is days involved is her little daughter macy hopes the ethiopian will become a more just and equitable country. success is also shadowed by ethnic conflicts that have broken out in the multi racial society this is a refugee camp. i mean i you your house then fled here from eastern if you go with her family. you get the seize any they threw children in the river. they killed a pregnant women who couldn't run away any kind i think they had others with sticks with nails and then i did the most but if they didn't need to do any much bet

the current prime minister, mahathir mohamad, reopened investigations after defeating mr najib in electionsondentjonathan head gave this update from kuala lumpur. today is the first of what's likely to be a marathon series of tria hearings, stretching out probably for years. there's a total of 42 charges against mr najib, and today we've got the first trial, which relates to a company called src. that was a one—time subsidiary of 1mdb. they borrowed huge sums of money from the civil servants‘ pension fund, and mr najib is alleged to have received funds via various routes, in three tranches, into his bank accounts at the end of 2014, beginning of 2015. so he's been charged today with what they call a criminal breach of trust, money laundering, and corruption. but this trial itself — we're going to be hearing the prosecution lay out their case today. the attorney—general will lay out the case, possibly some of the 60 prosecution witnesses, and the judge has put aside 30 pre—trial hearing days for this trial to be heard. this is just the first of a series, possibly up to five, we're not sure h

their presence on the streets until the military rulers hand over power to a civilian government mohamad out of more. mood of the sunni pull to the sudanese military headquarters in car too. they are reacting to news of progress in negotiations between the transitional military council and protest leaders every hope is funneled into the square. better for us to remain here then return to anything similar to what we had in the past we have suffered for thirty years we need a swift and final solution and. a joint transitional council which would include military representation is on the cut negotiations have not yet does publish the personalities who would leave the country in transition to a full democracy but all sides a hopeful that they will eventually reach an agreement on but. now. there's been a discussion on the points in which there were differences of viewpoints and i think the discussion is continuing in a positive and for a way and that has encouraged us. some of the issues that dealing with include the period of transition would be two or four years and whether the military wi

occupied lands by israel let's bring in hala he's joining us from gaza what are you seeing this friday mohamad. or do you know up until now the crowd have been relatively small by the standards of these protests it's just now really starting to pick up we're seeing dozens of more people arrive until now there's only been about a couple of hundred at most we're also starting to see more tear gas being deployed different areas around here by the border fence in gaza so there's a little bit more of a commotion just the past five minutes now i will tell you though it is still relatively calm what we've seen so far today is we've seen security people that have mass has put out here at the border to try to ensure the tensions deescalate to really keeping in the spirit of what's been going on the past week when you have these egyptian led mediation efforts between a mass other palestinian factions and israel now we've heard from hamas officials already today that said that the talks are still going relatively well although no final deal has been announced needless to say though there are going to be

the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in electionsan head is in kuala lumpur. it is a very complex scandal. the amounts of money arejust staggering. the usjustice department estimates $4.5 billion went missing from this government run investment fund, swiss authorities think it might even be higher. these are very flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered the kingpin in this negotiation of funds. the former prime minister, najib rajak, set up the fund, he supervised it in his role as finance minister and is alleged to have received significant sums of money himself. this trial today is the first of, we think, at least three that have already been scheduled, maybe many more. these are seven charges, money—laundering, criminal breach of trust, corruption, out of a2. this relates to only one of the businesses involved in this government investment fund where najib rajak is alleged to have received sums of about $10 million, transferred it to his bank account in 2014 and 2015. he has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges agai

the current prime minister, mahathir mohamad, reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in electionscorrespondent, he is in kuala lumpur right now. this has become one of the world's great financial scandals. it certainly has, mike. it is very complex scandal. the amounts of money arejust is very complex scandal. the amounts of money are just staggering. the us justice department estimates $4.5 billion went missing from this government run investment fund, swiss authorities think it might even be higher. these are very fla m boya nt even be higher. these are very flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered the jinping flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered thejinping in this negotiation of funds. —— kingpin. the former prime minister, najib rajak, set up the fund, he supervised it in his role as finance minister and is alleged to have received significant sums of money himself. this trial today is the first of, we think, at least three that have already been scheduled, maybe many more. these are seven charges, money—laundering, criminal breach of trust, corruptio

meeting calling on hard to halt his military moves more from new york shirtless shortly first though mohamad abdalla head on the fierce battles. the prime minister of libya as you and back to government face meeting the troops thirty kilometers west of tripoli i was in earlier fighters loyal to the world khalifa haftar attempted to enter tripoli but eventually surrounded it dozens of their vehicles were seized a setback for hathor who has ordered his troops in his words to liberate tripoli it's raising fears of a major confrontation with the u. and recognized the government the united nations secretary general antonio arrived in tripoli this week he flew to eastern libya to meet hafter in an attempt to eastern chanst he also visited tobruk whom to libya's parallel parliament which is backed by have to i still hope it will be possible that a lobby of station in and around tripoli. united nations remain. available facilitate political solution able to unify the libyan institutions here in tripoli libyan officials say the capital remains calm and the reassuring people who live here that governm

the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after defeating mr najib in elections head for more on this. does makejoint. what is likely to happen in today's proceedings? rico, today is the first of what is likely to be a marathon on a series of trail hearings stretching out probably four years. there is a total of 42 charges against mr najib. today we have the first trial, which relates toa have the first trial, which relates to a company called src, that was a one—time subsidiary of 1mdb. they borrowed huge sums of money from the civil servants' pension borrowed huge sums of money from the civil serva nts' pension fund borrowed huge sums of money from the civil servants' pension fund and mr najib is alleged to have received funds by various routes in three tranches into his bank accounts at the end of 2014, beginning of 2015. he has been charged today with what they call a criminal breach of trust, money laundering, and corruption. but this trial itself, we're going to hearing the prosecution lay out their case today. the attorney general will lay out the case. po

the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in electionshead, our south ager correspondent. —— south asia. ina south ager correspondent. —— south asia. in a few hours. huge attention on this trial. it has sent shock waves, this corruption scandal, when it first appeared. yes and of course no progress was made in the investigation into the alleged siphoning of at least 11.5 billion dollars. while mr najib was in office, the site result last year opened the way for this trial. it has been delayed prior and we are now waiting for mr najib to arrive and for the first time he will be facing in answering charges. seven out of a total of 42 charges already filed against him. these relate to a subsidiary of 1mdb of which he is alleged to receive more than $10 million in his personal bank account and also to have influenced its decision to borrow $1 billion from a civil servant's retirement decision to borrow $1 billion from a civil serva nt‘s retirement fund. decision to borrow $1 billion from a civil servant's retirement fund. it is the start of a

palestine's new government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah has become the first fatah official in a decade to become prime minister it was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatah ally with abbas and the us president donald trump is being criticized after he tweeted a video containing footage of nine eleven in an attack on muslim congresswoman ileana omar the video features sections of a speech made on civil rights for muslims in the u.s. some time later the speech was overlaid with footage of the nine eleven attacks which we have decided not to show or those the headlines are risking it all the. next day without jazeera. al jazeera where ever you. come ina is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. there's been no train service for five months but now it's running again but the train left lubumbashi the second largest city five days ago. no one knows when it will arrive . the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising name home del or the swallow. he. news of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire via the bush telegraph wor

level delegation from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates earlier this week while al jazeera is mohamad is at the protest and sent us this update from car too. i am at the fringe of this mode test of this it in you can see behind me the headquarters of the military and the crowds decided today to show how many people they can still bring to the streets because yesterday they have submitted a list of demands to the military council including the creation of a civilian government and the civilian presidential council instead of a military council wants to. put them in the prison of the. last government but. we are here. and we want unity we are here to see the crater trying. to shore the word we are not resisting here because we need we need to put those on the one into the prison we need to be. free to. right now some of them they are not in the prison. they have called it the march of the millions. every single component of the city's professional professional society hardcoded into this march and. the message is united and the gist of it is that the sudanese ministers tablet from the h

gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one m. d. properties linked to not just were raided s. he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new mission government of being came into power on the bag-o. strong with a backlash from what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government one can be seen that it's acting on these issues that i think government corruption is i think tough on the be soft by what i think that's why the you open this case at least six countries have ordered investigations into one and d. in the united states prosecutors allege at least four and a half billion dollars was stolen from the fund in total not to places forty two charges he's not guilty to all of them. the one i'm d.b. financial scandal has been described as kleptocracy at its worst there's a lot of international interest in this case this trial concerns only seven out of forty two charges that not yet faces and involves around t

palestinians have a new government following the failure of reconciliation efforts between rival factions mohamad has become the first party member to take up the role of prime minister in more than a decade has been excluded from the government and has condemned the appointment. thousands of opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the capital calling for the resignation of president alexander view church protesters are calling for democratic reforms as government says the protestors have no specific demands and have accused them of crossing the regime change well those are the headlines join me for more news here counting the cost to stay with us. methamphetamines for me and flooding into countries across asia. one zero one east asks why all forces can't seem to stop a myth. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week brazil is big on symbolism big on rhetoric but after one hundred days in office what has brazil's president got to show for a country that still struggling to recover from a reces

palestine's a new government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah as become the first fatah official in a decade to become prime minister he was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatah ally and that would have bus critics including fatah as rival how massive accused us of a power grab him has this update from ramallah is the first official to be leading a government in over a decade since the split happened between the west bank and the gaza strip now we've heard from him asked officials in the gaza strip who said that his appointment is unconstitutional being a government that is led by five to a net not by a national consensus like the past government however we spoke to analysts he had and who say that the main reason for changing the government has not much to do with the fed and how massive division order conciliation efforts but mainly due to the growing criticism by the palestinian the palestinians here in the streets of the west bank of the previous government we've seen part of the largest demonstrations in the west bank in the past few years because of

rigged she katie replace joseph kabila who ruled the country for eighteen years al-jazeera israel mohamad reports the thousands of congolese gathered in the capital kinshasa to show their support for the man they believe is the legitimate leader of the democratic republic of congo the. remaining defiant mohsen feeling returned home after traveling abroad the south proclaimed opposition president elect addressed to supporters calling for the ousting of the current president. kabila together with the electoral commission have fabricated the result in order to appoint someone else to the presidency this is why everything is fake now and worse in our country kabila appointed all of the m.p.'s and sen without including any of the opposition we will continue to fight until the truth of elections results are restored the. last two feeling in the december thirtieth presidential election he alleges the outgoing president joseph kabila orchestrated a deal with tisha katty to win the nomination they both deny this claim the election was marred by violence in the lead up to delays and irregularities

a one hundred fifty seven people on board were killed or he'll mohamad reports. it's been almost a month since a boeing seven three seven took off from ethiopia's capital ababa bound for nairobi it crashed six minutes later near the town of be sure to killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board it took his transport minister has now released the first official findings of the investigation into the crash which says the pilots did everything that was recommended by boeing that. this investigation needs to make sure that there is safety in that. it's not to blame someone it's not soon gets some sort of there are some things that we are going to do which. is something very notable and forming the procedures but it's all good things to get results of these reports is going to have to are sure safety in. the pilots reportedly struggle to control the plane's automatic anti stalling system. which is meant to push the nose of the aircraft downwards if it detects a stall or loss of as speed analysts believe this issue may have led to the crash the crew reacted. qu

civilian rule the military took charge after removing the president earlier this month one hour from mohamad violent car too. they have not yet come to an agreement about how many years the transition should take the military wanted to be only two years the protesters wanted to be four years they think that four years are the minimum needed for. enough but operations to be made for transition into a civilian government particularly an election. these discussions will continue as i said today and also during the next few days polls are open in spain and the country's national election in four years no party is predicted to win an outright majority campaigning was dominated by the rise of the far right on the issue of couple of years in the appendix. really what has been shot dead and three people including a rabbi have been injured in a gov sakit a synagogue in california a nineteen year old man with suspected far right views has been arrested a special mass for the victims of the easter sunday attacks has been held in sri lanka as capital colombo with a catholic church is shot across the cou

gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new government of being came into power on the back of strong with a backlash from what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government can be seen that it's acting on these issues that i think from corruption is i think tough on abuse of power i think that's why the reopen this case at least six countries have ordered investigations into one and d. in the united states prosecutors allege at least four and a half billion dollars was stolen from the fund in total knowledge it faces forty two charges he's pleaded not guilty to all of the following wednesday is the first of several against not just in this one he's accused of pocketing more than ten million dollars from a former subsidiary of one mt be among hundreds of millions allegedly transferred into his bank account if found gu

eleven attacks which we have decided not to show palestine's new government has been sworn into office mohamad chatah a has become the first official in a decade to become prime minister it was appointed to the role by the palestinian president. mahmoud abbas critics including photos rival hamas have accused a bus of a power grab. i still has claimed to have carried out a suicide bombing in pakistan on friday that killed twenty people the attack happened in the southwestern city of quests and targeted members of the shia community dozens of people were also injured in what police are calling the first sick tarion attack in the area in months well you're up to date with all top stories and we will have more on everything in the news hour i will see that in about twenty five minutes time do you stay with out is there a more news later on i found. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan tiger's nest ball astri seems to defy gravity every few cities is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness what it became a democracy in two thousand and eight betime p

priority they say is the immense task chipping the transition from thirty years of military rule mohamad the walshes either. and have a morgan brings us more from khartoum now on why today's plan to go shay sions or postponed the second round of talks between the military council and the opposition coalition was supposed to be held on sunday evening but that has been postponed to monday both sides said that they needed time for further consultations on saturday they agreed on a joint military simple transitional government but the two sides are yet to agree on how that transitional government should look like the military wants as a military transitional government with civilian representation but the opposition coalition wanted to be a civilian government with military representation so both sides said that they are going to talk to their respective to their respective members discussed it and then come to the table on monday and present it to each other and take it from there.

foremost priority they say is the immense task chipping a transition from thirty years of military rule mohamad at the wall just how to. and ever morgan is following this story from hard to and joins us now and it looks as though they have been making progress protest leaders and the military may coming to a political agreement to share power but their second round of talks have been perspire and why one mario both sides have said that they needed more consultations there's obviously the issue of how many representatives their representatives from each side would be on the transitional council now they've agreed on a joint military civilian transitional council but both sides are not sure or have not agreed on how many people will be representing representing their side in that council the military council wants a military transitional council with a civilian representation and the coalition of opposition they want a civilian transitional council council with military representation so both sides said they're going to take a step back consult with each other to try to figure out what is the num

powerful military security has been increased across egypt well let's get more on this we're joined by mohamad m.-s. three associate professor of media and cultural studies at the doha institute for graduate studies very good to have you with us on al-jazeera as always so seriously what are you hearing about how the referendum is being carried out in egypt on the last day well the government is sort of pulling out all the stops to try to ensure higher voter turnout so they're encouraging people to vote their in some cases bribing people to vote paying in the form of either money or giving out food rations they're blaring you know loud music they've had songs produced you know encouraging people to vote yes which is they say a vote for them for the c.c. and a vote for security so they're they're kind of pulling out all the stops as i said to try to make sure that there's a high turnout because they see that as showing legitimacy for sisi so given that and how the last presidential election was carried out is it a given that this referendum will that sisi will be allowed to extend his term yeah

military formed a transitional body early this month after forcing present a model bashir to step down mohamad has more from khartoum the opposition will want a four year period because the thirty baht would be interned the rule of more in sudan and also to minimize any interruption or interference into the electoral process from the military the military say they needed to be two years buddies were discussing right now including whether the ministries of security and defense would remain with the military. the transitional military council want or it would have civilian leadership so there's a lot further is causing. sri lanka has banned two groups accused of being behind the easter sunday bombings a curfew is in effect in the east where military commanders say the bodies of at least fifteen people were found after a raid on a safe house sponsored gun battle overnight security remains tight throughout the country with warnings of further attacks and church services have been cancelled on sundays spanish voters are preparing to head to the polls on sunday for their third election in four years

priority they say is the immense task or chipping the transition from thirty years of military rule mohamad at the wall just either. morgan joins us live now from khartoum he breaks through them between the military and the protesters with the formation of this joint council and we understand that a meeting again tonight. yes indeed there and they were supposed to be meeting an hour ago at that meeting is yet to start but process organizers and the military council both have been saying that they're optimistic and they're hopeful that these talks will be able to result in basically trying to sort out the issues of contention so the fact that they have agreed on a military on a joint military civilian transitional council is just the beginning they still have to decide how much representation each side gets the military council wants a military council a military transitional government with civilian representation and the civilian opposition coalition parties they want a civilian transitional council with military representation so that's one issue that they will be talking about today and

gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one m. d. properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new government came into power on the back of strong with a backlash from what they perceived to be corruption and abuse of power in the previous administration so i think this new government. acting on these issues that i think often corruption is i think on abuse of power i think that's why the reopen this case at least six countries have ordered investigations into one and d. in the united states prosecutors allege at least four and a half billion dollars was stolen from the fund in total faces forty two charges he's pleaded not guilty to all of the following wednesday is the first of several against not just in this one he's accused of pocketing more than ten million dollars from a former subsidiary of one mt be among hundreds of millions allegedly transferred into his bank account if found guilty he could face decades in prison florence

years iranian red crescent says nearly one hundred sixty thousand people have been affected really mohamad has more. the heaviest rainfall in a decade much of iran south west and central regions have been hit hard with tens of thousands of people affected in the rest and province in the west survivors trying to recover what they can from muddy streets so the moment i have lost my whole life house and everything and not only my family but the entire pollard doctor town many are without food and essential services in poisoning going on well they we have been hungry and thirsty since this morning our children are hungry there is no natural gas electricity or water. in the southwest province of kusa stan there is a growing risk of flooding it when you know thirty's have ordered people in seventy villages to evacuate and sent in the military to help in the province of gaullist on the iranian red crescent says it's helping provide emergency shelter for fifty seven thousand people and dozens of military and relief helicopters have been deployed to help those affected iran's foreign minister zarif

palestine's new government is expected to be sworn in in the next half hour or so mohamad chatah will become the first party member to take up the role of prime minister in a decade he was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatah ally when abbas critics including fast his rival hamas have accused abbas of a power grab and it to him is live for us in ramallah where does this leave any idea of government reconciliation efforts into. so let's start by saying peter that the government is being sworn in now as we speak the prime minister and how much they are has been sworn in by the palestinian president and now more ministers are taking the oath in front of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the presidential headquarters in ramallah now according to what we've heard in the past a few hours that the main portfolios of the government is going to be had by led by the same people however there are a lot of change of faces in approximately at around twenty two ministers and two deputy prime ministers now as you said this is the first palestinian prime minister in a

a new government following the failure of reconciliation efforts between rival factions mohamad chatah has become the first top party member to take up the role of prime minister in more than a decade it was appointed to the role by the palestinian president and fatah. hamas the palestinian movement which governs the costa strip is opposed to his appointment thousands of opposition supporters have taken to the streets of the serbian capital hall and for the resignation of president alexander. protesters are demanding democratic reforms governments the protestors have no specific demands and accuse them of. which. president donald trump has been accused of islamophobia after tweeting a video about color some of. the footage showed an excerpt of a speech that she made about nine eleven but senior politicians have noted that the comment was edited out of context those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to inside story as that next. arrested in the u.k. and wanted in the u.s. the wiki leaks founder julian assange on faces an uncertain future after he was kicked out