. >> it's a crisp winter morning on the canals of northern france. along the icy banks said a string of barges that appears to be still asleep. >> that's much more interesting when you wake up in the morning and see that view. i worked on building sites for 25 years. it's not the same here. a deck hand.s his job requires him to be on the ball the time. >> we make sure it doesn't run aground and it's clean. >> the man in charge of everything is gina. he can spend several weeks on these canals without returning home. >> we are always far from home. i'm an international boatmen. our hq is in do a and we are ofteten 500 or sixix kilometers- 600 kilometers away from home. it's part and parcel of the job. >> his partner also comes from a family of boatmen. >> can you alert the lock on channel 22? >> i replace him when he has to go and give instructions to staff or eat or take a nap. i have the same permit as him and i was born into this job. >> when they're are not navigating canals they spent the weekend at home with their children. it's monday morning an

earlier, prince charles attended a dawn service in villers—bretonneux in northern france, this was inhe british and the french army 100 years ago. the prime ministers of france and australia were also at the service. malcolm turnbull there too, as we have mentioned. prince charles attending the dawn service earlier today in france. there will be a memorial here in hyde park in london as well, where prince harry and meghan markle are expected to attend adornment memorial service as well. —— eight dawn service —— dawn service. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme... a tribute to nelson mandela — a huge portrait made entirely of blankets goes on show in south africa. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they'd normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning nex

that hook of clouds there a center of low pressure which i think for a time to be stormy for northern france at least as it runs through overnight but more especially when he settled that is introduced some much colder weather to the western side of france coupled with fairly warm waters and rather active skies means that it's looking particularly wet not first in sudden in southern france when you take your day a forward lot of trees in london not that eight that codicil part again now so the southern and western france covered in green same is true for northern spain stucky a bit late winter not spring it's nice unsettled to the east and twenty seven in vienna twenty four england but the heat wave pushing up towards the baltic states not quite reaching stock and bond it's time now that's where all the action is which means that what's been swinging around over a period dissipated by this time we still got an active our world frontal system lifting the dust into eastern libya and north in egypt should even if the temperatures a little bit through us one and beyond but we've reached the fort

they are all linked to this cloud which has been developing across northern france and is pushing north on those storms, we have seen sporadic runs in north wales spreading into north—west england, but more widespread ones across the midlands and southern england at the moment, working north and east. frequent lightning, hail, gusty winds. they will become confined to eastern coastal counties by the end of the night. at the same time, the weather front out to the west will bring some rain, starting tomorrow morning across northern ireland and western parts of scotland. not everybody will see the storms. there will be dry weather as well, temperatures ranging between four or seven degrees in aberdeenshire, 13 or 1a in the south—east of england. so for many it will be a reasonably warm night. but things are changing. this cold front is working its way across the uk tomorrow. that will introduce fresher weather to everybody as atla ntic fresher weather to everybody as atlantic winds wind out for the week ahead. but after the early showers across eastern areas, lots of sunshine here. cloud

state visit in washington is part of a tree, i think a seedling in effect from an oak tree in northern francet he hopes will be planted on the grounds of the white house to symbolize the enduring friendship. in terms of specific issues, there are sizable differences. what happens after isis is defeated in syria? what happens about trade and the threat of imposing sanctions on the european union. the president, president trump's talk about pulling out of iran. so they have some hard issues to discuss. i think the bottom line is the unshakeable relationship between our two countries. >> dana: well, it will be a wonderful visit, i'm sure. state dinners are always wonderful afairs. to host the french president, i think that's a pretty big deal. so we'll be watching that on tuesday. of course, chris wallace, thank you very much. you can see chris interview with emmanuel macron on fox news channels. check your local listings for sunday morning air time. you can see it early. west virginia holding a senate primary election next week. candidates are highlighting their plans to tackle the state's drug

that hook of clouds there a center of low pressure which i think for a time to be stormy for northern france at least as it runs through overnight but more especially when he settled that is introduced some much colder weather to the western side of france coupled with fairly warm waters and rather active skies means that it's looking particularly wet not first in sudden in southern france and we take you day a forward lot of trees in london tonight at eight that codicil part again now to the southern and western france covering green same is true for northern spain stocking a bit late winter not spring it's nice unsettled to the east and twenty seven in vienna twenty four england but the heat wave pushing up towards the baltic states not quite reaching stock and bond it's time now that's where all the action is which means that what's been swinging around over a period dissipated by this time we've still got an active our world frontal system lifting the dust into eastern libya and north in egypt should even if the temperatures a little bit through us one and beyond but we've reached the fo

the rebels but violence continues despite the presence of french troops and un peacekeepers france's northern mali has become a haven firefighters when the air quality is the executive director of the african immigrant caucus he says these latest attacks are an attempt to provoke the toerags into a larger conflict. that two our eggs have a hard. conflicts and disagreements with whichever government has been embalmed ever scenes independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty because their asses separate ethnic groups have always argued that they want to separate want their own country now that is very hard for them ali is to accept and reality for all of africa to us because it is based on welfare and ethnicity and there are only five percent of the mali in population and they will be landlocked and so they have always argued it did for this as you mentioned few years back the inside and the most recent. peace deal with the government was so far as to be holding why will the terrorists target them it will seem that. they are trying to get the two arias to once again pick up pick up the gun an

then we are watching for another area of weather drifting out and northern france and belgium, hollandxample in london. this is the weather pattern for the end of the week. a weather front here in the northeast bringing some outbreaks of rain, a large area of rain broke coming in but it is still the same era weather, and low pressure just to the bottom of the screen here, it is he sending winds in this fashion and dragging bits of cloud out of the east. you can see of us, it is dry. the sun comes out and it warms up and then a change happens on saturday. it would lose that went to the north sea, this low— pressure that went to the north sea, this low—pressure approaches, low pressure approaches, it is not a great outlook. rain in the way, but on sunday, looks like the strong winds around this area low—pressure will help to break up the clouds a little bit and just shift the weather across the uk. things will start changing and will have to pay for a little because that would there will be cloud and rain in the northwest of the country but overall, what is going to happen to the course

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madrid snow april snow of on the high ground middle of spain and an increasing cloud and rain to france northern italy as well but that's very typical this was a spring some of that will fall off as it always does through morocco algeria and tunisia much of that is just cloud i think you see the odd shower coming along the coast and even temperatures down to about sixty with an onshore breeze now g. is back that is for sunday come monday in the breezes different direction it's warming up analogy is that the cloud still building units in parts of algeria and in morocco. the weather sponsored by cattle and face. getting to the heart of the matter if most of i can see the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peaceful unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea here their story on talk to how does iraq. watching al-jazeera these are the top stories right now on medics in syria say at least seventy people have been killed in a suspected chemical at

troops to you the people the kurds who are in there who were in that bt late news that france was sending troops to northerniraq northern syria and then a lisa's palace denied this they said we're not sitting in the troops we're not going to three involved in the area so i'm not too sure about what the military involvement there is there are some elements there are some advisers french advisors a british advisers there but also fortunately there are fresh. and . british paid soldiers who are the soldiers of fortune who are who have drugged y p g p y d as some of them have been killed enough for it turkey is purchasing russia's as four hundred air defense missile systems and has been asked to speed up the delivery nato military committee chairman b. the battle has warned that turkey would have to face the consequences of this decision what can those consequences be worldly they are threatening us with sanctions they are threatening us with. by not giving us certain arms vital arms that we need but i mean to turkey wanted the air defense systems from the americans take he asked for the united states to sell i

france, for all of its pride, for all of its, if i may, self-regard, it's an eminently practical nation throughout the years. this is a country that the northern provinces of france went back and forth between evening fwland a england and france for sent tries. these are people who believe of that deals can be cut and so zo donald trump. and we've heard wonderful rhetoric, both speeches were quite good about the eternal principles of liberty and fraternity and equality that unite us ideally. and that is absolutely true. it is also true that the french history is full of and donald trump's history is full of practical deals along the way. and so i think the next 24 hours are going to be fascinating and then as ever, with donald trump, the next 24 hours after that will be even more fascinating. >> i wouldn't disagree with you. i would say it's been a fascinati fascinating year and a half. thank you so much, a terrific panel about the we got to watch a pretty extraordinary morning in our nation's capital. john mecum, andrew puzner, we didn't get to talk about your new book john and andy, which means both uh have to come back. and bill, i'm sure y

after two or three days, they'll continue onward to somewhere else in france or to northern europe. volunteer helpers know that if they're caught with refugees in their car, they could face a prison sentence. but for them, helping people takes precedence. none of the volunteers have been arrested yet, although some have been interrogated at the police station. so are the volunteers actually participating in human trafficking? >> no, of course not. we don't take money, which is what traffickers do. we're providing emergency assistance, so that people don't freeze to death. >> about 200 residents of briancon, including some doctors, are taking part in the effort. the mayor has made this community center available as a refuge. he also pays for food. meanwhile, 2000 undocumented migrants have passed through here. >> if they show up at our doorstep, it's an ethical imperative for us to take them in, to give them a place to regain their strength. afterward, there will indeed be problems related to their legal status. but that's not the first issue at hand. >> another community-owned house

than eight hundred people were killed during a campaign for an independent state in northern spain and southwest franceit's now dissolving and giving up its weapons charlie engine of reports. after decades of violence an apology for this car bomb attacks shootings and assassinations in the name of independence. letter an acronym that stands for basque homeland and freedom started as a student movement opposed to general franco's military dictatorship that went on to become one of europe's most violent and enduring armed groups from one thousand nine hundred eighty eight to two thousand and ten it killed more than eight hundred twenty people nearly half of them civilians. we are aware that during this long period of struggle we have created a lot of pain including many damages for which there is no solution we want to show respect for the dead those injured and the victims that were caused by the actions of eta we truly apologize spain's government welcome the statement saying eta had been defeated by the weapons of democracy. this shows as political economic social and international just these last wor

four decades campaign of bombings and shootings for an independent basque state in northern spain and southern france is blamed for the deaths of at least eight hundred twenty nine people over four decades. still to come this hour end of the road for public vehicles over twenty years old as nepal gets tough on traffic. and it's the end of a new year and british football one of the game's most respected and enjoying figure to set to say at church. welcome back we have an area of rain across parts of eastern china which is being quite persistent at the moment and it's likely be there through the rest of the weekend the east coast though looking chairman fine with that southerly flow temps up to thirty degrees and across in taiwan also look here thirty in taipei the rain area continues to develop during the course of sunday in a sense further towards the west a change also seen some share activity across indochina geria looking too bad there are a few showers around but a lot of dry weather here for neuer in vietnam should see sunshine and highs of thirty degrees across into south asia we've got some ve

troops to you the people the kurds who are in there who were in that bt elite news that france was sending troops to northerniraq northern syria and then a lisa's palace denied this they said we're not sitting in the truth we're not bigotry involved in the area so i'm not too sure about what the military involvement there is there are some elements there are some advisors french advisors a british advisers there but also fortunately there are three. and . british paid soldiers who are the soldiers of fortune who are who have drug y. p.g. p y d as some of them have been killed enough for it turkey is purchasing russia's as four hundred air defense missile systems and has been asked to speed up the delivery nato's military committee chairman peter babel has warned that turkey would have to face the consequences of this decision what can those consequences be worldly they are threatening us with sanctions they are threatening us with. by not giving certain arms vital arms that we need but i mean to turkey wanted the air defense systems from the americans to keep the asked for the united states to sell it the pa

regional government now i wouldn't compare the kurdistan regional government today in northern iraq to switzerland or france but it's certainly better than almost all of the other alternatives in the region and that was only possible because american air power was protecting that region from saddam hussein second of all the comparison is a little bit off but glenn makes in my view because you know the lead up to the two thousand and three war was really about iraq for i'm sorry the iraq war from two thousand and three was really about enforcing the cease fire that ended the nine hundred ninety one gulf war which required saddam hussein to account for and dispose of his weapons of mass destruction and part of the export part of the justification was that in the end of the iran iraq war in one thousand nine hundred nine saddam hussein had used chemical weapons against kurds yet again. but at the time the us policy was that saddam hussein was largely an ally and still sold grain credits to the saddam hussein so there really was a much more like to stand on this is responding in the moment to a chemical weapons

with the rebels but violence persists despite the presence of french troops and un peacekeepers france's northern mali has now become a haven for i saw the fighters on the equator is the executive director of the african immigrant corcos and he says these latest attacks are an attempt to provoke the tar eggs and to a larger conflict. that two our eggs have a hard. conflict and disagreements with whichever government has been embalmed ever scenes independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty because there are says separate ethnic groups have always i do and i do want to separate they want their own country now that is very hard for that mali is to accept and relieve for all of africa too i said because it is based on welfare and ethnicity and there are only five percent of the mali in population and they will be landlocked and so they have always argued it and for this as you mentioned a few years back they signed the most recent. peace deal with the government here is to be holding why will the terrorists target them it will seem that. they are trying to get to arias to once again pick up pick

easterly wind, always going to be stronger across the northern half of the uk, high pressure blocking things off from scandinavia, low pressure across francehough, further south across the uk, so we get a bit of sunshine here, it shouldn't feel too bad. there won't be too much of that, mind you. we may get some heavy rain developing in the south—east later on, and further north, it's always going to be the eastern side of scotland and north—east england that could be dull and damp, still quite cold as well. still got the same sort of weather pattern, low pressure to the south of us, high pressure to the north and across scandinavia, keeping the stronger easterly winds this time, more for northern and eastern areas of scotland, where we'll see some more rain developing probably on friday, pushing across northern england for a time. a little bit brighter further south. eventually some warmth when the sun does come out, but still the potential for some showers across england and wales. so quite a range of temperatures — for most of us, a disappointing week ahead into the weekend. it's more likely to be wet and windy for northern and western a

france and heading it towards our shores. so the rain that's been developing continues to work its way northwards away and eventually from northernthe far north—west. some wetter weather later for northern ireland. some cloud behind that, rather misty in the hills as it brightens up across the southern parts of england. and we get some sunshine, it will get a bit warmer could trigger some heavy showers around that will continue into the evening. overnight, rain moving away from northern ireland and scotland. the next area of rain comes in around our area of low pressure, originating from germany, moving across the low countries and heading towards england and wales. some uncertainty about exactly where the rain is going to be on wednesday. at the moment, it looks more likely through the midlands, wales, possibly into northern england. should be drier for scotland and northern ireland. again, not too bad for the north—west of scotland but across eastern scotland, north—east england, higher and fret, low cloud, mist and drizzle really low temperatures as well. get some sunshine again across southern counties of england, those tempe

separatist leaders currently in prison here in northern germany he's accused of rebellion in spain over catalonia his campaign for independence is also coming up france has plunged into travel chaos thousands of commuters are stranded as rail workers start a series of strikes set to last for several months it's part of growing resistance to president manuel maccollins plans to modernize the economy. and south africa mourns the loss of an anti-apartheid icon winnie mandela has died at the age of eighty one and activist and wife of nelson mandela for many she was the mother of the nation but her legacy is mixed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a german prosecutor is seeking the extradition of former president karl has pushed him out to spain is currently jailed in germany he was arrested as he crossed the border from denmark earlier this month or rather last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia has failed bid for independence the separatist leader has been in self imposed exile in belgium since declaring catalan independence. following an october referendum. well for more on this story we're joined by our politica

and shootings carried out by the group during its battle for an independence day in northern spain and southwest france thousands more were injured charlie angela reports. after decades of violent an apology for this car bomb attacks shootings in assassinations in the name of independence i better an acronym that stands for basque homeland and freedom started as a student movement opposed to general franco's military dictatorship that went on to become one of europe's most violent and injuring armed groups from one thousand nine hundred eighty eight to two thousand and ten it killed more than eight hundred twenty people nearly half of them civilians their words were for that. we are aware that during this long period of all struggle we have created a lot of pain including many damages for which there is no solution we want to show respect for the dead those injured and the victims that were caused by the actions of eta we truly apologize spain's government welcome the statement saying atta had been defeated by the weapons of democracy. this shows as political economic social and international just thes

northern england. under the cloud a cool feel. up to 14, maybe 16 celsius in the best of the the is. through this enipping we see rain pushing up from france see a fairly cloudy night. temperatures on a par with last night. but much of the country getting off to a grey gloomy start, wet for northern england. southern scotland. not so much getting across the northern ireland, behind the rain dry if cloudy conditions but some sunshine for coastal county, helping temperatures to 13 or 14, still though on the cool side further north under the cloud. but there will be some changes, for all of us things start to turn warmer, the breeze starts to pick up, particularly in the west and we will see showers especially on sunday and some of those could be heavy. for saturday, much of the country a reasonable day, look, we can see some sunshine, we have to had much, there will be cloud coming and going, maybe a passing shower, most will have a dry day, temperatures responding nicely in that sunshine, into the teens for all of us and widely between 14 and 18. as we go through sunday, let us keep an eye on this area of low pressure, not going anywhere fa

france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spells. again, feeling quite mild, temperatures in double figures. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: out of control and ready to burn up, experts say china's abandoned space lab is about to start its fiery d

easterly wind, always going to be stronger across the northern half of the uk, high pressure blocking things off from scandinavia, low pressure across france, though, further south across the uk, so we get a bit of sunshine here, it shouldn't feel too bad. there won't be too much of that, mind you. we may get some heavy rain developing in the south—east later on, and further north, it's always going to be the eastern side of scotland and north—east england that could be dull and damp, still quite cold as well. still got the same sort of weather pattern, low pressure to the south of us, high pressure to the north and across scandinavia, keeping the stronger easterly winds this time, more for northern and eastern areas of scotland, where we'll see some more rain developing probably on friday, pushing across northern england for a time. a little bit brighter further south. eventually some warmth when the sun does come out, but still the potential for some showers across england and wales. so quite a range of temperatures — for most of us, a disappointing week ahead into the weekend. it's more likely to be wet and windy for northern and wester

pretty unsettled, rain or some of those showers heavy and sundre for example across northern and central areas of franceverage is in paris reaching high of 18 degrees on friday. it will get warmer if it still through the weekend and into next week. indeed temperature still widely released below 20, that is including the uk and could push as high as the mid—20s in the warm response. more of that coming up in the next half hour. hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source, and these are the main stories. us security chiefs are still deciding whether to strike syria in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack. after raising expectations of imminent action in recent days, president trump is now striking a more cautious note. we're looking very, very seriously, very closely at that whole situation, and we'll see what happens, folks. we'll see what happens. the russian military says the syrian flag is now flying over douma, the town where that alleged chemical attack took place at the weekend and the last rebel stronghold on the eastern edge of damascus. in china, a baby boy has been born to a su

wind, always stronger across the northern across the northern half of the uk, high—pressure blocking things off from scandinavia, low pressure across france the uk, so we get a bit of sunshine, it shouldn't feel too bad. some heavy rain developing in the south—east later on and further north, it's always going to be the eastern side of scotland and north—east england which will be dull and damp, still quite cold as well. still the same sort of weather pattern, low pressure to the south of us, high pressure to the north and across scandinavia, keeping the stronger easterly winds this time, more for northern and eastern areas of scotland where we'll see some more rain developing, probably on friday, pushing across northern england for a time. a litte bit brighter further south. some warmth when the sun does come out but still the potential for some showers across england and wales. so quite a range of temperatures for most of us. a disappointing week ahead into the weekend. it's more likely to be wet and windy for northern and western areas of the uk. warmer, drier and brighter in the south—east. i'm with bbc news. our top story: there has

easterly wind, always going to be stronger across the northern half of the uk, high pressure blocking things off from scandinavia, low pressure across france, though, further south across the uk, so we get a bit of sunshine here, it shouldn't feel too bad. there won't be too much of that, mind you. some heavy rain developing in the south—east later on, and further north, it's always going to be the eastern side of scotland and north—east england that could be dull and damp, still quite cold as well. still the same sort of weather pattern, low pressure to the south of us, high pressure to the north and across scandinavia, keeping the stronger easterly winds this time, more for northern and eastern areas of scotland, where we'll see some more rain developing probably on friday, pushing across northern england for a time. a little bit brighter further south. eventually some warmth when the sun does come out, but still the potential for some showers across england and wales. so quite a range of temperatures for most of us. a disappointing week ahead into the weekend. it's more likely to be wet and windy for northern and western areas of the uk

france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland throughw across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells. a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spells. again, feeling quite mild, temperatures in double figures. hello. this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. doctors warn the nhs is facing a "year—round crisis. " they claim the pressures of the winter months look set to continue over the summer, amid warnings of lengthy waits and hi

on the area of low pressure moving its way north out of france and across parts of southeast england and pushing northward into wales in northernill be producing heavy rain through the day on monday which could cause some disruption and strong winds in combination with the heavy rain and also a chance of sleet and snow over the highest grounds. the weather is looking pretty unsettled in this forecast. this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories... a promise for peace on the korean peninsula, as leaders of north and south korea conclude an historic summit. kim jong—un and president moon jae—in of south korea pledge to seek a peace treaty and rid the region of nuclear weapons. there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much that now we spent together. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met we realised we cannot departed. we are one nation. president trump is hosting germany's angela merkel in washington, at a press conference he had this to say on north korea. maximum pressure will continue until denuclearization occurs. i look forward to ou

northern ireland, 1417 degrees. —— 14 to 17 degrees. pushing towards france and germany into the uk. coastal areas in the west. plenty of sunshine. 25, 20 6 degrees. even further north, 16, 17, 18. temperatures way above average for the time of the year, which is probably quite welcome after the long winter we have had. bayern. —— bye—bye. hello, it's tuesday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. our top story today... a second emergency debate will be held in the commons — today it's about parliament's role in approving future military action. mr speaker, this statement serves as a reminder that the prime minister is accountable to this parliament, not to the whims of the us president. meanwhile in syria, attention is now turning to idlib in the north of the country, which is thought to house 1.5 million displaced syrians. we'll look at the plight of people there. also on the programme... an insight into life in a british brothel — the women here say the choose to work here, are doing it of their own free will, and aren't controlled by anyone else i

the incident happened in the northern state of himachal pradesh. the us, the uk and france to be considering joint military action against the syrian government, within hours, in response to the suspected chemical attack on a rebel—held town in syria. airlines have been officially warned by the european air traffic control agency to "exercise caution" in the eastern mediterranean, in the next 72 hours, because of possible cruise missile strikes. for the 12th time in syria's seven year civil war, russia has used its veto in the un security council to help its allies in damascus, blocking a resolution for an inquiry into saturday's attack on douma. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. 0utside damascus, the war goes on. this was the aftermath of the conventional attack in idlib, the rebel held province to which many fighters and families have been transferred. only a small fraction of the half a million dead in syria's war have been killed by chemical weapons. more displaced people are being bussed out of douma, the town that the west and others say was hit by chemical w

separatist leader is currently imprisoned here in northern germany he's accused of rebellion in spain over catalonia a campaign for independence also coming up france has plunged into travel chaos thousands of commuters are stranded as rail workers start a series of strikes set to last for several months it's part of growing resistance to president in man woman falls plans to modernize the economy. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu does an about face on a deal with the u.n. on the relocation of african migrants and it is the world's worst humanitarian crisis after three years of war again and has been pushed to the brink of famine today the u.n. is hosting a conference to try to raise money for the millions of humanities in the help. i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with us a german prosecutor is seeking the extradition of former cattle i'm president carlos bustamante to spain first of march currently in jail in northern germany he was arrested as he crossed the border from denmark last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia failed bid for independence the separatist leader has been in self-imposed exile in bel

france covering grain same is true for northern spain that is talking about late winter not spring it's nice and settled to the east and twenty seven in vienna twenty four england but the heat wave pushing up towards the baltic states not quite reaching stock and bond it's time now that's where all the action is which means that what's been swinging around over a period dissipated by this time we've still got an active our frontal system lifting the dust into eastern libya and north in egypt should even if the temperatures a little bit through us one and beyond but we've reached the forty mark but temperature wise we're down in the twenty's from benghazi west which now g.-s. despite the sunshine is only eighteen. every dude is being animal. and measure. and it's not just i phones that i mean most of these days at the moment we are in a state of the universe. did something that was. i would rather take the risks of. the risks of digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. welcome back to remind you of the top stories here on al-jazeera south korean president has declared a new era of

the fighters in demand being evacuated to rebel held areas in northern syria hundreds of rebels are leaving along with their families. france's president is facing another day of nationwide protests the latest in weeks of demonstrations by railway employees public sector workers and students against money calls planned reforms for public services and universities earlier this week rail workers resumed their rolling strike adding two weeks of train delays across the country those are the headlines inside story is next news after year after that buy for now. the end of an era for cuba new president and for the first time in nearly sixty years his name is not pastoral we'll meet again d.s. can now bring real change and how will it affect us cuba relations this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm fully back to who will succeed the costs and role has been the subject of intense speculation in cuba for decades while we now know command has been elected as president by the national assembly taking over from eighty seven year old raul his nomination as the head of the thirty one member council no state was officiall