sharif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's archrival india and rein in the army support a visit midsts earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like this are you to lille are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. and the party of the talk about like the pm alone if you speak for it in any way which results of those really in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about political parties not to do things stand you just it's just part of the reporter the balance mother and here you're at it you know they're at it they're after you and there's this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on some of us some of us are really really struggling. many of her colleagues have received intimidating calls and threats on social media and journalists know all too well which stories editors want to afraid to run but on the record few dad to point their finger. well. i'll take the safest route out of this. their human rights international human rights organizations and the local human ri

sharif brother of the ousted former prime minister novice or if currently in jail on corruption charges. but in the head to head race between khan and sharif this man could prove to be kingmaker below while both it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party son of slain prime minister benazir bhutto he is looking to revive the fortune of his party. ah. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. right to do conrad shoes in the pakistani capital islamabad following the story for us good to see you know there were reports of a deadly bomb blast outside a polling station today in the city of quetta what can you tell us. yes i actually just talked to a local correspondent who's at the site is right outside the polling station where it happened he said people have been evacuated the death toll has risen to at least thirty people schools killed apparently and it was targeting a local very high ranking security chief so this was the local correspondent saying obviously the attack on the military on military personnel high ranking military personnel who were at the scene to expect the polling station. not my only we saw in a report you know pakistan's military has been accused of manipulating the election campaign behind the scenes let's listen to what pakistan's ambassador to germany had to tell you about the vote. this would be the third consecutive polls that we are having or in a fully democratic dispensation and i have no doubt in my mind that this would be a free and fair pool there's a level playing field for everyone for. the new government. that would bring a new dawn for the country right iommi we heard the ambassador there say this will be a free and fair vote but is that the case of people are scared when they go to vote . well if this is most definitely not a free and fair vote the army has been meddling that's what a lot of analysts a lot of journalists have been telling us they've been talking of receiving intimidating threats threats on social media if they don't write what they're supposed to write if they give too much coverage the pm l.-n. so you know if you talk to journalists this is definitely not a free and fair election but you also have to consider pockets done this is not in the stablished democracy they can hear the votes and sold local people in the philip chism vote for whoever the village strongmen tells them to vote for so this is not in the stop this democracy and i don't think we can pull the elections like the free will fair now mean looking at the candidates why is it that the military appears to favor imran khan. that is a very good question with a very very very useful base one theory is that the sharif sharif family angered the military because they were trying to edge closer towards the arch rival india it's also possible that they'd like iran khan's anti corruption rhetoric the politicians here are notoriously corrupt quite often people say it's a question of who you vote for depending on who embezzled is less of the other candidates the point being everyone embezzles here so those are two theories but in the end it's a question that we should be able to put to the military but unfortunately they don't talk to foreign journalists like us. reporting for us from islamabad good to talk to you. now to some other stories making headlines around the world a mexican editor has been slain at the beach resort of playa del carmen ruben part was the second to journals from the news to be killed in a month reported on crime in the city which is located in an area with a soaring rate of violence due to drug gangs. in laos rescuers are searching for hundreds of people missing after a dam collap

security personnel were deployed across pakistan ahead of the return of former prime minister nawaz sharif sharif's backers say the country's military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections they're prepared to confront to authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office the sheriff had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he'd served three terms as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor but last year the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges this year the same court banned him from politics for life before landing in pakistan shareef expressed hope that turning himself in would galvanize support for his beleaguered party. but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied m

sharif. sharif angered the military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's archrival india and rein in army support of islamists. earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists are bearing the brunt of the standoff. those who dadare to openlyly criticize the pti or appear to support nawaz sharifisk the wrath of the security agencies. >> if you u speak for ththe l-nn any waway, even in a balalanced manner, there is going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line. previously, like i said, there were certain areas you could not speak about it. itit was never about polititical paparties, notot to this extent. you just reporort in a balalancd mannerer. now here, they are at it, they are after you. this is really startling to many of the editors, but we are kind of rrrrying on.n. someme of us arere really, realy struggling. naomi: m many of her colleagues have rececved intimimidating cas and threats on social media, and journalists know all too well which stories editors are too afraid to run. but on the record, few dare to point their finger. >> welell, i will take the safet route out of this, ok? the internrnational hun n rights organizations and local human rights organizations have repeatedly called out the military for d dng this, and the mililitary would mean intelligie a

sharif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's arch rival india and rein in the army support a visit missed earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like tsar e.j. little are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dare to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. and the party of the talk about like the pm alone if you speak for it in any way which without supposed in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about political parties not to do things stand you just kind of reporter the balance madeleine here you're at it you know they're at it they're after you and there's this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on some of us some of us are really really struggling. many of her colleagues have received intimidating calls and threats on social media and journalists know all too well which stories editors are too afraid to run but on the record few dared to point their finger at. iran. well. i'll take the safest route out of this. the human rights international human rights organizations and the local human rights organiza

holes are predicting a tight race dominated by former prime minister know why sharif -- nawaz sharif, and the pti party dominated by cricketer imran khan. this should be a celebration in pakistan. the elections, after 10 years of civilian rule, one of the longest periods for our country controlled by the military for half of his existence. both of the pti and the pakistani armyon sy tonight, but we have seen allegations didates have been told by members of the intelligence services to defect tyfrom the pand journalists have been warned not to report on stories that are sympathetic to the plmn. the case of the washer reef looms large, too full to be was sentced to 10 years on anticorruption early this month. it is onlyers say because he fell out with the military while in power. says that those aims are in attempt to distract from the corruption allegations. one other point, and that is about security. levels of ohioans have decreased in the country over the past few years, but we have seen -- levels of violence and decreased in the country over the past two years, bute have seentt aac

sharif former prime minister now is sharif arriving home probably in around an hour or so and this is also the court of course the supreme court found him guilty on corruption charges the way he goes is this the end for him to come home and just get arrested. but he definitely would be a dictator he has now a convicted criminal that along with days go into the question right now wage. we do not know where. to be able to do that and dad level or kid has been caged all day to some new egg maybe die if you're doing some of the. bullets nationally accountability bureau teams are ready to i read them and to take him away and he called her in order to avoid any skull photos where did she come out into the hall and always saw another sedated but you didn't board. ten or ten years in prison you had ordered seven years in prison and all totaled age all of your to do in order warned not to lawyer and order situation given the fact that august on is on that these attacks that are taking place across by august on are being claimed by the teddy get thought about and focused on and if you remember jeffs you didn't need a need to modify the law which killed in a u.s. drone strike so i think you're a dear little. get him government not taking any chance said and at the same time we do not know whether or not why should he. be able to engage traveling of course on. from abu dhabi connecting site decades taken from london so mistry as such then share and progress on. doing or no where. and even if it doesn't it all edge like need that he would be picked up from the board on a helicopter and taken away to jay's and come out in the hole or i should say of course keeping an eye on that when we get to my district and when and if that plane arrives just a reminder about now us sharif has been pockets on the prime minister three times in a row about three times since nine hundred ninety but his time in power was. has been far from smooth in one thousand nine hundred nine during his second term sharif was ousted in a military coup he was then sentenced to life in prison for corruption but he was later allowed to go into exile in saudi arabia returning after eight years of becoming prime minister for a third time in two thousand and thirteen didn't finish that term the last july the supreme court disqualified sharif from office over corruption allegations linked to the panama is if you remember those the leaks showed sharif and his family were involved in offshore companies has also been banned from politics for life so with all that mind let's talk to somebody who is a security analyst and former program director of the peace and development unit at the pakistani military of planning ministry of planning joining us from islamabad nice to have you with us as i run th

sharif's party on one side and another party led by cricketter turned politician in ryan kime who has been -- l the way in championing these corruption allegation against the sharif family. mr. sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing. he and his supporters have said ffectively that he's t victim of a conspiracy by the pakistani military establishment with whom he's often clashed. but the opposition political parties here say that's not true. they say that theorruption charges are a victory for accountability in a countryy that's rea seen huge corruption problems in the past. nkem: athe world cup, belgium have knocked five-time champions brazil out of the tournament. and france beat another south american team uruguay. in moscow. reporter: the five-time champions brazil getting knocked out, you would think that the world cup is alwa a poorer place without them. but they just haven't been very good. they've been getti better. but belgium are a side who have looked really strong. i paid a lot of attentionemo ecause they were in england's group. they're now unbeaten and had their wobble against the japanese. but the belgians looked absolutely fantastic. they went in 2-0 halftime.

his target and main opponent shahbaz sharif he is the brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption sharif accuses khan of colluding with the military. pakistan seventy one year history has been flecked with a number of military coups the military has ruled pakistan for nearly half its history cricket star or sharif dynasty the election is expected to be close with results likely to come early on thursday. they don't need correspondent and he cannot is in pakistan's capital islamabad welcome now in which issues were most important to voters. yes we've had a very long day we spent the day talking to voters the main concerns here are very much present issues. so there was a lot of talk about electricity there a lot of electricity and water shortages all across pakistan in some regions up to several hours a day and there's also a lot of talk about unemployment about poverty and corruption so very much the issues that voters experience day to day education health very much bread and butter issues and that's what voters who we talked to kept on richer rating that's the issues that they would li

are accuof e lluding with the judiciary to ensure former primnister nawaz sharif couldn't retain powe shabaz sharif is nawaz sharif'sbrother. >> ( translated ): for all the people who came to cast their votes across all of pakistan, this kind of aatse, this mistnt, is injustice. >> if you're looking for the words free and fair pre- poll period, this isn't it. >> schifrin: moeed yusuf is tee u.s. instif peace's associate vice president for asia. he saythe military opposed nawaz sharif's efforts to reduce its influencand lower tensions with longtime rival india. so it helped ensure nawaz sharif was sentenced and iled on corruption charges. >> the kind of attitude and aggression thathe judiciary showed nawaz sharif, the way they heard his cases on a daily basis, there was clearly an expedited process. the military was behind the scenes. once he took on the ry openly, i think the decision was made that nawaz would not be prime minister. >> schifrin: but the election commission today called the vote toir. and khan appealed population who believed the traditional elite could no longer deliver results, says columnist and f

been the one who has led the way in championing these corruption allegations against the sharif family. mr sharifhe victim of a conspiracy by the pakistani military establishment, with whom he has often clashed. at the opposition political parties here say that is not true. they say the corruption charges are a victory of accountability in a country that has really seen huge corruption problems in the past was up —— of the past. let's get all the world cup action. the five—time champions, brazil, getting knocked out, you think the world cup is always a poorer place without them, but they just haven't been very good. they have been getting better, but belgium are a side who have looked really strong. ipaid a side who have looked really strong. i paid a lot of attention to them, because they were in england's group. they are now unbeaten. they did have a wobble against the japanese. but they are looking fantastic. they went into—0 at half—time. it was an own goal from fernandinho and an absolute thunderbolt from kevin de bruyne. brazil did come back, they pulled back a goal late on through augusto

sharif prepare to touch down sharif's backers say the country's powerful military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party the head of elections. they're prepared to confront of if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office sharif had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he served three times as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor. but in twenty seventeen the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges a year later the same court banned him from politics for life sharif is gambling that turning himself in will galvanize support for his belabored party. but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied meddling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party it pledged to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. it was indeed obvious coming to you live from berlin coming up ahead the korean drama with china its presence to hit the u.s. heartland. as beijing looks at the office it's the story of beans that's coming up in business the. business is that thi

sharif has been arrested after returning to the country. he faces a 10—yearjail term for corruption. mr sharif flew from london to lahore, where large rallies were held in his support. after his arrest, mr sharifwas sentenced in the same case, were taken to the capital islamabad in a special plane. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan says tensions are high, with the return coming so close to pakistan's upcoming elections. nawaz sharif and his daughter maryam sharif, both travelled from london to lahore. as soon as they landed, the authorities first confiscated their passports. they were taken into custody. as we speak, they are being taken to islamabad, according to local media reports. this was expected but it created a lot of emotional scenes outside this airport, where thousands of supporters of nawaz sharif had gathered, his pakistan muslim league nawaz faction are holding a big rally. many parts of lahore are in lockdown because police have blocked the roads. are there is a lot of tension there — what is going to happen next now he is sent to jail. the most important thing is all these things are happening two weeks before the country's crucial election. the country is getting ready for this el

sharif hussein of mecca. the sharif wanted to throw off the ottoman yoke, but he wanted british help. the british wanted a replacement for the caliph of constantinople. who better than the custodian of the two holy cities, mecca and medina? it seemed like the perfect match. the sharif wanted british promises and assistance to that end of creating an arab state. as you read the text of the short segment of correspondence between the 2, 1 should see the diplomatic doublespeak. nothing is really being promised, nor are binding agreements being made. however, for one not well versed in such doublespeak, there's the perception of a commitment, and to this day, almost every arab cab driver you encounter will tell you this commitment was made by the british to create an arab state and protect it. while this correspondence was going on between the sharif and high commissioner, mark sykes was meeting with a french diplomat. what came from this set of meetings was a non-binding agreement that is the most famous of all the disagreements. -- most famous of all the ottoman dissolution agreements. as we will discuss at the end of tonight's presentation, there were a series of treaties that were legally binding. this agreement had none of that. this was an agreement between diplo

his target and main opponent shahbaz sharif he's the brother of former prime minister now as sharif who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption sharif accuses can of colluding with the military. history has been flanked with a number of military coups the military has ruled pakistan for nearly home of its history. the election is expected to be close with results likely to come early on thursday. naomi conrad is in pakistan's capital islamabad she joins us now naomi this is an historic election for the country walk us through why it's so important. this is indeed is a very important election because it might see the shift away from the usual pattern of pakistani politics which is dynastic politics basically here politics are a family affair the parties you know passed on from family member to family member it just burst with military rule and now we're seeing possibly seeing we'll have to wait till tomorrow a shift away from the stylistics holistic. politics to imran khan's party as a political outside of the p.t. i and people here think that he may be a change that he is completely different from the corrupt dynastic parties he's c

we've got nawaz sharif, as we speak — nawar sharif hasn't returned but he is about to return any momentg to be detained, and then in a few days‘ time we've got the election itself. everything you're saying to me suggests you have a very bleak view of how this election is going to pan out. i'm perhaps more optimistic than you think but, yes, i always have a bleak view when important provisions of the constitution, like article 19 which guarantees freedom of press, and article 19a which guarantees freedom of access to information... let me put it to you bluntly, everything you've said in this conversation suggests to me that when you sit down and watch the election result come out in a few days‘ time, you will have grave doubts about its validity and its legitimacy and, in particular — we've talked about imran khan and his party only one 30 odd seats last time around, the polls suggest he could win many more this time they could — maybe not — but they could conceivably be part of a coalition that's governing the country and you appear to be saying to the people of your country, if that is

sharif the pakistan muslim league n. he's the brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif who was in prison convicted of corruption the sharifs the military is influencing the outcome of this election as voting began today a suicide bomber killed at least thirty people outside a polling station in the south western city of. and officials said the attacker blew himself up when police stopped him from entering the state came the sponsibility for the attack on the group's agency. which is in baluchistan province also so deadly pre-election violence the military is out in force today as millions of pakistanis go off their ballots. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. with the investigation get it out in all the bucket and be done fund that and if it is it then it isn't looking that you're booking it as the end of. the intimidation of jour

sharif camera with that. mr sharif also indicated that his party would talk to the parties with similar activations and they would then talk out a plan of action they are likely to announce tomorrow morning. we may have an answer what exactly or effect this will have in the morning. yes. it looks like the pml-n the morning. yes. it looks like the pml—n would lead the way and the other parties would join in because there were other with who came out with similar activations and mr sharifsaying the result is not valid in the pakistani elections and announcing their plan of action tomorrow morning. i want to update you on developing news from washington. the us government says it will not accept russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine. the declaration came via update this statement from us secretary of state mike pompeo. "the united states rejects russia's attempted annexation of crimea and pledges to maintain this policy until ukraine's territorial integrity is restored." it was released just an hour before mr pompeo began testifying before congress about last week's helsinki summit. there he said this. finally, i want you to know that president trump has stated that he accepts our intelligence community's conclusion that russia meddled in the 2016 election. he has a complete and proper understanding of what happened. i know. i briefed him on it for over a year. this is perfectly clear to me personally. i am also certain he deeply respects the difficult and dangerou

sharif prepared to touch down sharif's backers say the country's powerful military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections. they're prepared to confront a forty's fifty's challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. i while in office had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he served three times as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor. but in twenty seventeen the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges a year later the same court banned him from politics for life sharifis gambling that turning himself in will galvanize support for his belabored party. but i am making a sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied meddling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party pledged to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. so what do you do when you have the was company a country has been knocked out of the tournament you can either return home all jump on the midnight express to continue exploring the host nation well that's exactly what one fan from mexico did his his journey into the russian hospitality. the night train sets off from st petersburg at two o'clock in the morning it's a long journey to moscow twelve hours in a packed compartment. fifty four people fit in this third class sleeping car one from mexico was at the semifinal in st petersburg he was surrounded by fans from all over

sharif the pakistan muslim league n he's the brother of former. cinnabar sharif who is in prison convicted of corruption as voting began a suicide bomber killed at least thirty people outside a polling station in the southwestern city of the so what islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack. which is in baluchistan province also so deadly pre-election violence meanwhile the military was out in force as millions of pakistanis voted. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in litigation get it out and all to buckle and keep going to fund that and if it is it generation one again that you're looking at it as the end. of the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. what it says about it all we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu or christian a sikh regardless of the marine corps or from different provinces or from coffee to stock supérieure or somebody who you know of his closest rival is shahbaz sharifbrother of the ousted former prime minister no of us are if currently in jail on corruption charges. but in the head to head race between khan and sharif this man could prove to be kingmaker below why but it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party a son of slain prime minister benazir bhutto he is looking to revive the fortune of his party. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. in the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. joining me now is the chorus one and only conrad from the pakistani capital islamabad not only we've seen that despite the huge military presence this will already be a suicide bomb attack at a polling station what more can you tell us about it. ye

sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at lahore's airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz, or pmln, one of the leading contenders in next week's elections. there arrest came after sharifa third term prime minister, and his daughter were convicted in absentia in a corruption case that sharif's supporters say was manufactured by the pakistani military and intelligence services. amy: pml-n members allege their main rival, pakistan tehreek-e-insaf, the anti-corruption party led by former cricket star imran khan, has the backing of the army, which has ruled the country for nearly half its 70-year history. if the vote goes ahead as planned, it will be only the second time pakistan has made a transition from one civilian government to another. for more, we go directly to lahore, pakistan, to talk to journalist and writer munizae jahangir. she is host and executive producer of a political talk show host on one of pakistan's leading networks. she is the daughter of pakistan's leading human rights activist and lawyer who died earlier this year. she is also on the board of the asma jahangir foundation and a council member of the human rights commission of pakistan. we welcome yo

cricket why do tips to win the poll will be facing a challenge from shahbaz sharif the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif recently returned to pakistan. you know with all the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera after witness. getting to the heart of the matter and unless we have new generations growing up to understand better our relationship with the natural world then soon there will be nothing left facing reality or our friends and allies played a positive role in preventing and his condition from taking place here their story on talk to how does era. of the us was good when he can meet all of the family to. me yes i was getting commitment look i'm going to been real but. you know it does seem to not be the little thing all of the notes of i don't know about you and now i've been out on the bottom third you could give us how to study good people to suck it up and what it is if you're going to get out of your body copied an awful to logon and you get out of. what is this article of yours holly has a good review for the mother is a much better send out if you love me and it often chicke

sharif and his daughter have been arrested upon their arrival back in the country sharif was sentenced to ten years in jail on corruption charges last week his arrest happened on the same day that more than one hundred twenty people were killed at a campaign rally in southwest pakistan. haiti's prime minister's jack telephone tower is facing a vote of no confidence in parliament despite abandoning a policy to double fuel prices the international monetary fund planned for haiti to cut subsidies in return for assistance triggered four days of demonstrations last week. a catholic priest in chile has appeared in court on charges of sexually abusing children oscar munoz to later held senior positions in santiago he's among fourteen priests being investigated by the police eight critically endangered black rhinos have died in kenya after being moved to a national park the ministry of tourism and wildlife says early investigations point to salt poisoning as the rhinos try to adapt to a more 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committee of the red ambulance was able to finally go inside the premises of the campus where these students were under siege and they have been able to leave with. two journalists and apparently three wounded twelve russian hackers have been indicted as part of the miller investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election the announcement comes just days before donald trump is to meet vladimir putin in finland and the u.s. president has arrived in scotland for the final leg of his three day visit to the u.k. he met britain's prime minister and the queen having ties as the highest level of special. iraq's government has held an emergency meeting of the demonstrations that began in the southern oil rich city of basra spread to other areas including the capital baghdad there's anger at high unemployment and a lack of basic services. the former pakistan prime minister nawaz sharif and his daughter had been arrested on arrival back in the country sharif was sentenced to ten years in jail on corruption charges last week his arrest happened on the same day more than one hundred twenty people were killed at a campaign rally in southwest pakistan. the toll boys rescued from a flooded cave in thailand will be discharged from the hospital on thursday the health minister says the footballers and their coach are recovering well physically and mentally divers got their out early this week after they've been trapped for more than a fortnight a catholic priest in chile has appeared in court on charges of sexually abusing children. held senior positions in the capital santiago he's among fourteen priests being investigated by the police in march pope francis or the report which revealed a culture of abuse and cover ups well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness stations that are watching life and. i didn't know what how long i was goin

sharif prepared to touchdown sharif's backers say the country's powerful military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections. they're prepared to confront authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back. while in office sheriff had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he served three times as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor. but in twenty seventeen the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges a year later the same court banned him from politics for life sharif is gambling that turning himself in will galvanize support for his belabored party. i'm making a sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied meddling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party pledged to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. joining me now live on the line from pakistan is in school he's an analyst and director off the center for research and security studies. in the us now why do you think what is your assessment as to why nevaeh cities came back given that it was quite clear that he would be arrested along with his daughter malia also the quarterly last week. well both have been brought to islam by the on board especially. being at the shifter too especially with a guest house of a police institution i think the all previous object to our family turning to august on is to salvation of fledgling bh

sharif. he is the brother of the former prime minister, who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption. sharif accuses khan of colluding with the military. pakistan's history has been flagged with a number of military coups. cricket star, or sharifynasty. the election is expected to be close, with the results thursday. sarah: dw's naomi conrad joins us now. naomi, this is a historic election for the country. walk us through why it is so important. naomi: yes, it is, indeed. it is a very important election because it might see a shift away from usual pattern of pakistani politics, which is dynastic. basically, here politics are a family affair and politics are passed from family member to family member. interspersed with military rule. nonow we are possibly seeing a shift away from ththe dynastic policies -- politics to o imran khan's politics. people here think that he may be a change, he is completely different from the c corrupt dynastic p parties.. hehe is controroversial, though. he has views that many peoplplen the west are concerned about. he has made overtures to the taliban, he says he wants to establish an islamist welfare state, and a lot of people say he is also cozying up to pakistan's generals. so these are very imp

his target and main opponent shahbaz sharif he is the brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif who was ousted from power last year and jailed for corruption sharif accuses khan of colluding with the military. seventy one year history has been flecked with a number of military coups the military has ruled pakistan for nearly half its history cricket star or sharif dynasty the election is expected to be close with results likely to come early on thursday. straight to pakistan's capital islamabad where we find a w correspondent now because not welcome now let's talk about the importance of eight elections why are they so important. well the incredibly important for pakistan because what we're seeing is a radical change here we're seeing a change away from didn't last stick politics in the past these two big parties here the people's party and also show respotted the p.l.o. end up basically family affairs power here is given from one party member to the next but with imran khan we see a shift we see an outsider coming in so a radical change here we also have a couple of islamist parties who may become very important when it comes to forming a govern

sharif is set to return to lahore why he's likely to be taken into custody sharif was ousted by the supreme court in july twenty seventh team it was sentenced last week to ten years in jail on corruption charges related to the purchase of luxury apartments in london sure it hasn't to pay on his conviction and has been based in london where his wife is ill in hospital. new york's times square is completely underwater in a new mixed reality public art exhibit the work which is the brainchild of the artist mel chin is intended to raise awareness of climate change al-jazeera is christian salumi went to take a look. at first glance this weathered shell of a ship in the center of times square looks like well a fish out of water but the sculpture called week by mel chin is bent to recall new york's past and how that relates to its future we could talk about climate change or political issues or economic issues but i think that creating artworks separate by the option and investigation into all our worlds a little deeper deeply probably really we're all place right now chipping help the city become a center of commerce finance and entertainment but the consumption on display here can be related to climate change there's more to this exhibit than first meets the eye in addition to the sculptural elements there's a virtual reality component and when you put on these goggles it makes it look like times square is completely underwater and if you don't want to wait in line to use the special how lens goggles created by microsoft you can download an app on your phone for a similar experience when you're working in a space like times square it's very difficult to control the environment you have to be a little bit pushy about keeping people out of the interactive space a real immersion in living in a subterranean world called unmoored the second exhibit imposes a virtual world over time square it's not safe it's angst to go to catalyze when it looks like there's a whole bunch of boats coming up times square it's pretty cool creating a mixed reality future in a city just a few meters above sea level in which global warming has gone unchecked i saw boats moving through the air and also the sap was moving far and the air with johnny going into the air also past present and future collide in an experience that suggests the very things that have on time square the nickname crossroads of the world could also be its undoing kristen salumi al jazeera new york. good reminder of the top stories now in al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is in the u.k. on a four day working visit first lady being welcomed by british prime minister tourism may for a lavish dinner and then in palace in oxfordshire many is expected to use the event to press her case for an ambitious new trade deal with the u.s. post breakfast but it's not all glitz and glamour thousands of protesters converged on the capital london to show their opposition to some of trump's more controversial policies. and this is only. interesting i think what's the intention is to keep them awake make noise any way we can to let them know how happy we are about to still sit down my mom is a big guy is a racist i don't like what he's done to the u.s. i just think that the majority of people here in america around the world we don't support him you know a racist bigoted billionaire who represents the economic interests of the billionaires the rich the one percent i think that's a message that we don't support those policies and you know what i'm. with her heading to the u.k. was at the nato summit in brussels where he declared victory in his go over spending but some nato leaders are disputing is claimed to have persuaded members to agree to double their defense spending france president emmanuel macro says the joint statement went no farther than what further than what had been previously agreed. syrian government forces and their russian allies have raised the national flag with their hours old city is a hugely symbolic moment in the seven year war there i was the birthplace of the uprising against president bashar al assad. the former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif is set to return to lahore where he's likely to be taken into custody sharif was ousted by the supreme court in july twenty seventh teen he was sentenced last week to ten years in jail on corruption charges. amnesty international has published evidence it says shows prisoners are being killed tortured and disappearing from secret jails in southern yemen the prisons are operated by soldiers from the u.a.e. the rise group says what's happening there could amount to war crimes yury has previously denied similar allegations. a set for may but stay with us here on al-jazeera one i want to waste is coming up next thanks for watching. it's a long journey from home in haiti to school in the dominican republic crossing national borders and cultural barriers to tell his son but not the time in. discovering filmmaking 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sharif prepared to touch down sharif backers say the country's powerful military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections. they're prepared to confront of tortillas if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i am ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their bullies want to do we are here to face that we will not turn back on the island yet. while in office to reach had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he served three times as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor. but in twenty seventeen the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges a year later the same court banned him from politics for life sharif is gambling that turning himself in will galvanize support for his beleaguered party. but i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied meddling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party pledged to ensure a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. joining us on the line now is empty house school author and director of center for research and security studies in islam a body mr ball thanks for joining us as prime minister nawaz sharif was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison why is he making his return to the country now. what i think probably needed to driving more to motivation driving is it done one issue that his body had of elections is that partially fragmented and property would like to bolster the chances of a body that is phased. both the military as well as the judiciary and secondly i doing the

>> my dad was the head of a that sharif was a professor of a university of technology called sharif university. my mom had a masters in computer science. she was a systems analyst. once the revolution happened, it was hard to keep a job. women were so oppressed at the time. emily: and in the midst of this, is that when you learn how to code? >> yes, when we were 10 years old. >> nine years old, actually. my dad had gone to a physics conference and brought back a commodore 64. this was 1981 or so? no games, no software, just a couple books on how to program in basic. he spent maybe the first hour or two with us, getting us started. then we read the books and basically taught each other how to do it. >> he spent a lot of time giving us ideas on what we could create. a big part of learning computer programming is the imagination part, imagining what you might do, and then kind of feeling the confidence that it is possible and then going out and attacking it. -- tackle it. emily: was there a moment when you thought, this is what i want to do? or did that come later? hadi: a great thing about compu

sharif and his daughter maryam were arrested at the lahore airport as they returned to pakistan from london in efforts to bolster sharif's political party, the pakistan muslim league-nawaz ahead of the elections. their arrest came after sharif and his daughter were convicted in absentia last week in a corruption case that sharif's supporters say was manufactured by the pakistani military and his political opponents. in gaza, thousands of people attended the funerals of two palestinian teenagers killed by israeli airstrikes during saturday israel's heaviest bombing assault on gaza since the 2014 war. the two boys, 15-year-old amir al-nimri and 16-year-old luay kaheel, were hit by israeli airstrikes while they were playing on a roof. 30 more palestinians were wounded in the barrage of airstrikes, which israel claimed was in retaliation for rockets fired from gaza toward israel. four israelis were wounded. this is maysoun al-namara, the mother of 15-year-old amir, who was killed by the israeli bobombing. to o play and eat with his friend. he did not havave a rocket or a bomb. he told me, i will go out for lunch with my friend. they were close friends from school. they hang out after school and they were killed together. amy: t