sadr says he will leave only when there's a new cabinet. the prime minister haider al-abadi said he is trying but will need a few days to get the ministers to agree. this challenge is different to the one sadr imposed in 2003 and 2004. that's when the militia fought american soldiers and iraqi forces in the street. the militia played a lead the role in iraq's sectarian war. sadr disbanded the army to create a new political movement. knew he says he speaks for all iraqis. for two weeks, they camped outside the green zone. they are mostly sadder followers much. people here want what they thing people in the green zone have - a share of the oil wealth. protesters are keen on dismantling what they see as keeping them poor. >> reporter: this man comes from a poor area of iraq. >> we have a lot of widows, orphans, poor, unemployed. people with university degrees, working as labourers. >> reporter: sadr has capped into anger. they have this nothing but promises. they are demanding that the government deliver >>> still ahead - calls for somali's go

sadr says he will leave only when there's a new cabinet. prime minister haider al-abadi says he's trying but needs a few days to get agreement to new cabinet ministers. his position is dramatically different than when sadr fought american soldiers and iraqi government forces in the streets. the militia played a leading war in iraq'sen war. but sadr disbanded the movement to create a new movement. now he says he speaks for all be iraqis. they are mostly sadr followers but carry only the iraqi flag. people here want what they think people in the green zone has, a share of iraq's oil wealth. they believe they're kept poor and powerless. ali came from basra, despite its oil wealth it's one of the poorest places in iraq. >> translator: we have a lot of widows orphans, poor and unemployment. people have university degrees but working as laborers. >> reporter: sadr has tapped into a dean vein o deep vein of. they say for 19 years they have had nothing but promises and now are demanding that the government deliver. javierjane arraf, al jazeera, b.

these are follow of muqtadaers a al-sadr. sadr said by video, he was giving government one last chance. >> translator: in a final attempt i call on all political parties especially in parliament, to begin dialogue with its people and their representatives to remove this nightmare and the corrupt government. >> reporter: sadr has set a time limit to implement political reforms, he says that has not happened. if it doesn't, his followers won't just be demonstrating at the gates. >> translator: if they don't agree with our demands we will follow mr. muktada's words. >> beware the angry and poor. the sign says. >> this is like the revolution of the poor and hungry like those revolutions that swept europe. >> some say they are the victims of a corrupt system where you have to pay to get a job. the iraqi prime minister has promised to remove corruption. parties are peteing to see if they can come to a decision on a way forward, to restructure the government or implement these reforms. with so much at stake here and political partie

mukhtar al-sadr is staging a sit in. jane arraf has more from baghdad. >> reporter: some had waited a lifetime for this moment. shia cleric mukhtar al-sadr, normally seen on video, standing in front of them in baghdad, promising a new era. >> translation: my beloved followers who live in luxury, forget about the poor and insist there's no sign of corruption, but i insist otherwise. >> reporter: across the city, sadr's followers had been waiting for his word to storm the green zone. a barricaded neighbourhood where iraqi officials and documents live and work. instead, sadr diffused the threat, but seized the spotlight. >> translation: i'm the representative of the people by the grace of god. i will sit in the green zone and you sit outside the green zone. everyone remain in their tents and stay in their places. >>> his followers obeyed. iraqi military officials led sadr through concrete barriers. toll a tent. an iraqi army general in charge of green zone security kissed his hand. sadr says he will leave only when there's

sadr says he will only leave when there is a new cabinet. says he needs a few days to get neparliament to disagree to new cabinet minister. his army militia fought american soldiers and iraqi government forces in the streets. the militia played a leading role in iraq's sectarian role but sadr disbanded the mufti army. for almost two weeks demonstrators have camped outside the green zone. they're mostly sadr followers but they carry only the iraqi flag. people here want away had a they think people in the green zone have, a share of iraq's oil wells. protesters are intent to dismantle the barriers that they think keep them powerless. ali comes from this area which is filled with oil wells but is very poor. >> people have university degrees, working as laborers. >> reporter: sadr has tapped into a deep vein of demands that the government deliver. jane arraf, al jazeera, bagged. >>> two men documented covert turkish arms shipments to syria. the government has accused them of trying otopple it. many in the west say the charges are really an atta

the parliament has directed, prominent cleric muqtada al-sadr, occurreddish say i kur. >> muqtada al-sadr promising a new era. >> translator: my beloved followers who live in luxury, forget about the poor and insist there's no sign of corruption. but i insist otherwise. >> reporter: across the city sadr followers have been waiting for his word to storm the green zone. the pair caided neighborhood where students live and work. but still sees the spotlight. >> translator: i am the representative of the people by the grace of god. i will sit in inside the green disoarch anzone and use it insin zone. >> and his followers obeyed. iraqi military officials led satr through the concrete barriers to a tent. an iraqi army general in charge of green zone security kissed his hand. sadr says he will leave only when there's a new cabinet. prime minister haider al-abadi says he's trying but needs a few days to get his cabinet members to agree on new names. that's when his m ufti soldiers, militia played a leading role in iraq's sectarian war. but sadr disbanded the mufti army. now he says he speaks for

al-sadr went into the heavily fort gied green gown -- fortified green zone. riot police broke up a protest by nationalist football fans. they were marching towards a village im for the victims of -- vigil for the victims of tuesday's attack. anger appears to mount among the refugees stuck in greece, particularly over the deteriorating conditions of a makeshift tent city. most sold their belongings and spent savings to get to the greek-macedonia boarder, only to be told they can go no quurt. further. hoda abdel-hamid has their story. >> they make their way to greece's boarder to macedonia. they had been told the migrant trail reopened. the refugees left their camps and walked for kilometres. we read it on social media. we celebrated last night. >> the people were not given the correct information. this is what they found - dozens preparing to break through greek police lines, and pushing forwards. >> this is the only hope we have left. they want to take us to military camps, and the e.u. relocation programme can take months, years. i'm confident we can get thr

sa sadr disbanded the army to create a new political movement. now, he says he speaks for all iraqis. for almost two weeks, demonstrators have camped outside the green zone. they are mostly sadr followers but they carry only the iraqi flag. people here want what they think people in the green zone have: a share of iraq's oil wealth. protesters are intent on dismantling the barriers that they believe are keeping them poor and powerless. ali came from busra, in spite of oil wealth, it's one of the poorest areas in iraq. >> we have a lot of widows, or fans, the poor and unemployed, people with university degrees but they are working as laborers. >> sadr has tapped into a deep vein of anger against corrupt officials blamed for driving the country into ruin. iraqis say for 13 years, they have had nothing but promises. now, they are demanding that the government deliver. jane arraf, al jazeera, baghdad. >> japan's controversial new security law goes into effect tuesday. it makes it possible for japan to participate in armed conflicts overseas since wor

sadr's followers say that they will do whatever he asks them to. he's telling them to be patient for now, but not for long. >> suspending work on a controversy military base in okinawa. the marine base has long been between the officials. >> this would be a concession by the japanese prime minister, and the government in tokyo, with the battle between the pre-feck feck shall government. it's in the middle of the okinawa island and the residential area. the japanese government calls it the most dangerous air base in the world because of that. it's destined to be relocated to the northeastern oak inawa island. but there has been a long-running protest of the residents of okinawa. and they say that they bear too much of the burden of the u.s. military presence within japan. and they want to see at least many of the residents and the government certainly of okinawa, they want to see that base taken outside, potentially outside of japan. there has been a legal challenge to the governor's work, the predecessor to the japanese government. and he will subm

. >> the prominent iraqi shia cleric muqtada al-sadr has ended his sit in, calling for changes which they say will end corruption. announce diversity to ministerial post. the parliament has recessed until saturday to consider that list. >> translator: after all these demonstrations, because b abadi announced a new government cabinet today, except the interior and the defense ministry. >> for political analyst ahmed, risti explains the new cabinet list. >> it is about 16 names for 16 ministries, which is -- well, it is slirchgd t shrinked to 16, is supposed to be 22. the names are not famous names but still on the underhand of mr. abadi. he is going to work on these names with the parliament. until now we don't know what the parliament going to say. what are the positions of the blocks of the political blocks about inside the parliament and outside the parliament. still it's a problem that it has been sofd in solved in a way te demonstration will be withdrawn. >> at least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured at air strikes in syria. the strikes hit the only hospital in the ea

sadr tapped into anger. iraqis say he had nothing but promises. in the news ahead. thailand's military government said the draft constitution to democracy, why critics disagree. and donald trump, the front-runner for the republican reveals details about foreign pollity. we'll tell you about that and check the headlines in a moment >>> you are back with jazz where are, these are the top stories, pakistan's paramilitary is getting special powers to conduct raids in punjab province, following the suicide bombing in lahore. 70 people were killed, the prime minister says the government will eliminate those responsible. belgium police release one of the men arrested. asking for help in identifying another suspect and shared security video from the brussels airport. >> the fbi cracks into an iphone belonging to the san bernardino shooting, despite apple refusing to help. 14 were killed in that attack. >> refugees stuck at the boarder are refusing to move to governments of run shelters. the occupants of the camps are protesting, asking to be let in. many refugees were worri

al jazeera's bernard smith reports. >> demonstrations by supporters of muqtada al-sadr are a regular site in baghdad. the followers of the powerful shia cleric wants haider al-abadi to press on with a system of government patronage that encourages ethnic and sectarian lines. >> we hope that these promises of reforms will be true. i urge iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi to press on with plans to form an independent cabinet of technocrats, to fight graft despite political pressure to desist. i want the prime minister to continue his reform plan with no fear of political pressure. >> reporter: corruption is eating into dwindling government finances in iraq suffering from the fall of the cost of oil. al sadr gave the prime minister 45 days to replace the technocrats or face a no confidence vote in parliament. bernard smith, al jazeera. >>> we're in afghanistan, we'll tell you why the city's most famous blue glass make are is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted. >> welcome back to al jazeera america i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news the europe

al-sadr entered the green zone in to pressing the government in to making reforms, later he presentedorms to al badi. they are frustrated with what they call government inaction. more now from jane arraf in baghdad. >> reporter: this was seem will go i a very simple gesture, a few small steps in to the green zone but it carries huge political ramificationses and it speaks volumes. this is one of the most revered shia clerics from a long line of revered shia clerics formerly leading a militia that rose up against american and iraqi forces and now a mainstream political figure. for weeks he has rallied his supporters, hundreds of thousands of them at a time in public squares here and lately near the entrance to the green zone, the green zone is where a rookie officials and foreign dap mats live and work and it's heavily protected so he has threatened that his followers will storm the green zone if they political demands are not met. instead of that he appeared today and told them that they had shown great discipline and they had to continue doing that and that they were to stay put. ins

>>> the iraqi shia cleric al-sadr stages a sit-in in baghdad's heavily fortified green zone demanding government reforms. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. pakistan's prime minister visits some of the 70 victims of the bomb attack in lahore. brussels disburses right wing protesters marching for tuesday's attacks. plus. >> reporter: i am wayne hay reporting from the first dam to be construct odd the lower mekong risk the controversial project but one that the laos government says has to happen to boost the economy. >>> our top story. an influential iraqi shia cleric has stepped up a protest for political reforms by camping out inside baghdad's ford fight government area. he entered the green zone a week after thousands of his supporters began a sit-down protest outside. you met the prime minister hider al badi toll present his demands, to help tackle allegations of corruption. live now to baghdad and al jazeera's correspondent jane arraf. he's playing a canny game here. month big protests no big marches. just get the white plastic

sadr set a deadline, if that doesn't lap, sadr says it will knowledge withdraw be approval. >>> tried to make it to greece by boat, today came a measure of justice. a turkish court sentenced four syrian men, each convicted of human trafficking but acquitof deliberately causing their passengers ass deaths. >>> eight be countries in europe, suspended from the free travel zone. working with turkey and greece to improve their border security. they say the schengen zone should be fully reopened by the end of the year. the german policy is to accommodate and integrate those seeking asylum. but in some places public sentiment appears to have turned against the refugees. dominic cain reports from baute zensen bautsen. >> this should have been a place for asylum seekers, it is now a wreck. it is reported that some people could be heard cheering the burning and others deliberately hindered their efforts. those people have officially had charges risen against them. the mayor of baute besen. >> we are not going to let arsonists decide who is coming to bautsen, what number of people and under whic

. >>> iraqi cleric sadr says he's ending his sit-in in baghdad's green zone. >>> south africa's highest court finds want president guilty of violating the constitution after he used public money to renovate his home. >>> a bridge under construction in eastern india collapses, killing at least 15 people. many more are trapped. >>> and clashes on the streets of paris has thousands protest over proposed labor reforms. >>> we have the sports. the second world semifinal between india and the west indies is well underway. india has started first in mumbai. details are coming up. >>> the iraqi cleric says he's ending his sit-in in front of baghdad's green zone. his supporters are calming for reforms in the political system. hours earlier iraq's primary submitted a new list of ministers to parliament for approval. he's been under pressure to choose a new team committed to fighting corruption. >>> the iraqi cleric sadr is calling for those reforms and welcomes the prime minister's announcement now. a political analyst joins us now live from baghdad. first of all, let's started with this proposed

followers of the shia cleric muqtada al-sadr, plan to hold a sit in at the gates of the zone which is home to foreign embassies and government offices. >>> form he u.s. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is supporting ted cruz for nomination. stopped shortly of an official endorsement. trump responded on twitter calling ro romney a mixed up ma. president obama will become the first american president to visit cuba in 90 years, on monday. beyond the diplomacy, what impact doe do the cuba anne peoe think obama will have? lucia newman reports. >> reporter: they never thought they would live long fluff to see an american president come to cuba. >> i never imagined this would happen and i'm 85 years old. >> reporter: as havana paves the way for president barack obama's arrival many cubans are raising their expectations. >> it means change. something that might give cubans more opportunities and might even sell one of my paintings to obama. >> reporter: chu chu valdez, a five time grammy award winning pianist, expects the visit to contribute to a more bilateral relations. he was

. >>> supporters of iraq's powerful shia cleric muqtada al-sadr, tens of thousands showed up to many insist haider al-abadi replace some of his ministers. >>> witnesses in be aden, yemen, at a military checkpoint that led to the death of civilians and soldiers. stay with us if you can on al jazeera, we'll have the latest on the investigation into a killing of an italian student in egypt. and the cambodian museum that honors the ancient civilization, you might be surprised who's helping to pay for it. it. is is gep >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> time ogo through the globalh. hundreds of people are getting together in the center of brussels for a memorial to those who lost their lives in tuesday's suicide attempt. tack. attack. >>> suicide raids across the belgian capital in the last few hours. police say they arrested three, in connection with the attacks, two were shot in the legs. >>> a senior i.s.i.l. official killed in a raid on

cabinet or nine new ministers perhaps in the next few days and then the next move falls to muqtada al-sadrs he call off followers and leave the green zone, fascinating array of options here but one thing is clear that something has to change in the next few days. >> reporting from baghdad thank you. families and villages to the south of mosul in iraq have been fleeing homes in advance by iraqi forces and government troops picking them up on the roads leading south and offensive of i.s.i.l. began on thursday and peshmerga have u.s. led air support. prisoner swap between houthi fighters and saudi fighters in yemen and official said the group released nine saudi soldiers in exchange for 109 people who had been captured in southern yemen, the swap is part of talks between saudi arabia and the houthis. syrian government forces have ousted i.s.i.l. from the and shen city of palmyra with russian military support, these are the first images inside the unesco world heritage site and the photos suggest the damage may not be as bad as had been feared. the ceasefire in syria may be generally holding a

. >>> and the influential iraqi shia cleric al-sadr is staging a one-man protest inside baghdad's heavilyovernment area. thousands of his followers are gathered just outside the grown seen they are demanding government reform. >>> the damn in haa loas is the first of its kind its construction is ahead of schedule could start generate he go lex trigg at this earlier than pictures go ahead. that's good newt for the communist government. but opponents say not enough research has been done on the impact on the environment. wayne hay is there and explains why this project is vital for the country's economy and is at the same time so controversial. >> reporter: but it reaches laos. mekong river has already been through six dams, but this will be the first high bro damn on the lower mekong. because so many people use the river for fishing and transport it's a controversial project, but laos says it needs the income and is planning many more damages o dam on the main extremes. >> commemorations in ireland to mark 100 years since the east are rising. thousands turned out to remember the events in

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has claimed responsibility for a double bombing on sunday in sadr city. more than 100 remain hospitalized. the u.s. has issued a warning of the possible collapse of the mosul dam, be ready to leave on a moment's notice, could leave mosul under 70 feet of water. baghdad downstream would also see significant flooding. iraqi prime minister abadi said the odds of the dam breaking are very small. >>> how zika virus is affecting a highly catholic country, venezuela. that japanese people call "wa." at the other side of history, fukushima's heroes were not enough. people have lost their trust, especially in the authorities. the myth of nuclear energy, of it being economic, safe and clean has been swept away. >> health officials in philadelphia are monitoring the city's first case of the zika virus. they say the patient recently returned from the caribbean. also the centers for disease control has added st. vincent and the grenadines with its no travel list. abortion debate in brazil, mothers may not have a baby with the birth defects throirchgd lio zika. al jazee

. >> also in baghdad, thousands of followers of iraqi shiite cleric muqtada al-sadr are protesting again they're threatening to take things further if no action is taken in the next 24 hours. we're following vents from the green zone. >> this is the green zone of the iraqi authority and u.s. embassy. tens of thousands of protesters gathered here calling for reforms. they're saying there is no retreat unless the iraqi prime minister takes real measures to reform the country that the from the administration and corruption. this say they want corruption from previous governments to be dismissed. this comes at a time when the iraqi prime minister is about to announce a new cabinet. >> reporting from baghdad. at the greek macedonian border refugees are refusing orders to remove shelters. they're choosing to say in a makeshift tent. in those tent cities opening that those borders will reopen. most of the them are staying put. >> this time the government in greece has been able to convince migrants and refugees to move. some people are now convinced that the border with macedonia will not open.

we here are followers offal sadr, who is a symbol of reform. >> abadi said the political deadlock divertedttention and resources from a bigger threat. >> the state of emergency is effecting the war against isil. troops have to be reinforced by additional troops in baghdad. as a precaution against attacks and security breaches. we call on all our people and political forces to take this into consideration. >> this week, the iraqi army launch add new offensive to try to retake the northern province of nineveh from isil. that has left people homeless. >> our plan is to coordinate with local and international organizations to provide them a camp. there are 2,025,000 and 30,000 since the beginning of these operations. >> in baghdad, the pressure is on abadi. isil, a flagging economy, and political risk all challenges ires stability that the people won't let the prime minister ignore. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> the leader of libya's new unit government said he wants to work towards national reconciliation. the prime minister and his u.n. backed government defied threats of violence to return to

how much support does al sadr have in his push for a cabinet in iraq. >> his main base of support is the street. he's a revere revered shia cler. he launched an uprising against u.s. forces and iraqi forces and actually fought iraqi and american soldiers in the streets. he then turned to politics and he's become a mainstream political figure, and now he holds one of the keys to government reform. he can't do it on his own, but he's been trying to gather support and put pressure objectal abadi to clamp down on corruption. it's basically a standoff and we now have one of the most revered shia clerics sitting inside a tent at the entrance to the green zone, all the politicians inside the green zone wondering what they are going to do and the prime minister jam bling to come up with a collusion to this. >> jane, thank you for that. speaking to us from baghdad. >>> still oh come in this news hour. >> i like to save people, i like to save even trees, nature, i love it. >> doing a good turn, refugees in australia are now volunteering as firefighters. >> christians around world celebrate eas

just in the past week, we had an attack in sadr city, 70 dead a d attack on a funeral, assaults againsthe iraqi security forces. it suggests they are too weak to protect themselves? >> unfortunately, it is a sign of weakness and fragmentation. security forces have been unable protect the country although the united states and iraq and other alleys now, including iran, have spent billions of dollars trying to build these forces. major iraqi analysts and politicians have been trying to point out the fact these forces don't need more training but it's a crisis of legit meets. many ve them as nothing more than, yes, another armed militia in the country, which is as sectarian and destructive as other malitias. it's definitely another sign of the weakness of the iraqi government. >> let meet put to you a quote from brett mcgurk, u.s. envoy to those fighting islalic state. he said islamic state was losing the battle from many sides in iraq and certain i can't. he said the focus should move to stab stabilizing cities seized back to isil. what do you make of these comments in light of the attack

. >> woodruff: the protesters are responding to a call for action from muqtada al-sadr, an influential-ite cleric. back in this country, a crack appeared in senate republican opposition to voting on merrick garland, the president's supreme court nominee. illinois senator mark kirk said today that he's breaking with his party leaders. he said, "it's just man up and vote." kirk faces a difficult re-election fight in a democratic-leaning state. wall street kept its rally going today. the dow jones industrial average gained 120 points to close above 17,600. the nasdaq rose 20 points, and the s&p 500 added nine. the dow and the s&p are now back in positive territory for the year. and for the first time, a woman has been tapped to lead a u.s. military combat command. the pentagon says president obama will nominate air force general lori robinson to lead the u.s. "northern command." it oversees all military activities in north america. robinson is currently head of u.s. air forces in the pacific. and finally, if you had michigan state winning it all in college basketball's march madness, your

before my question, shameless plug for the wilson center's sadr city leopard one of the reasons we dohat for he'll step is to make sure the edwin access to the technological information, how technology works, how smart phones were, what do networks mean, who are the bad actors so members of the congressional offices can have the best information possible. my question is really about unintended consequences. let's say a decision goes forward and one of these cases like the san bernardino case and some of apple agrees to or is compelled to write new software this happened in some other case. we've seen incidents where second the situation, it's out anoutin the open and somebody wl find it. there's a mistake summer because humans are still writing code. out we need to think about that from a legal perspective, a privacy perspective and how is u.s. congress thinking about that issue? >> i think it's an important to be honest about that there's risks on all sides. because but would be very foolish to dismiss apples very sincere and genuine concerns. one of the concerns is that apple will n

muqtada al sadr said that.what are our constraints from getting isil getting out of the huge territory they occupy. >> one i might challenge the premise a little bit which is to say that and i've noted the progress that we made. this is not only about military power and we have the mightiest military on earth, but the lasting defeat of isil certainly in the core, what we call in the core in iraq and syria is going also have to happen by having forces on the ground and governments on the ground to keep those places that have been cleared to allow them to get repopulated like tick rkritikri example. 99% of the population have returned to tikrit after working with the iraqi security forces and they pushed some months ago they pushed isil out, but to have that lasting solution in tikrit, in ramadi and a whole host of places and that means doing the painstaking work of removing the ieds and allowing people to come back and having a government structure and having a situation where people can feel safe coming back. w

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sadr to step down. first call is from rose, and michigan, on our democrats line.aller: i wanted to let the people know, i lived in michigan for 74 years. this is been the worst governor we have ever had. you could tell the man was lying. if he could not recall a lot of questions that were asked, and his staff that can't be called --the panel to tell the exactly what happened i don't understand. i don't think the epa was 100% right, but i believe that woman. iis man is a true liar, and hope the people of michigan wake up and see what he has done. he can come up with $1.8 million to defend himself. but he can't come up with money to fix our roads which are in terrible shape. he ought to be removed from office. i thank you for taking my call. host: next up is catherine, in ohio, also a democrat. caller: good morning. i am a democrat. like most americans, i am tired of the bait and switch. i think the governor snyder was completely complicit. he knew everything that was being done as it was being done. the epa is guilty as well, but the smaller degree. we want our gov