there is shock across the political spectrum of the suicide of a consular in the hague just before her death the lead to lay claim she had been kidnapped and raped by a group of muslims and accused a former party colleague of organ straining it our europe correspondent peter oliver has the story. tributes and messages of condolence to the family of former dutch party for freedom council of illy dale have been flooding in from across the political divide in the netherlands the fifty three year old former representative in the hague took her own life on wednesday after publishing a video on social media in which she claimed to have been the victim of a kidnap and rape back in twenty seventeen ordered by a political opponent was was chris cox crustal it was in the video misdeal claims she was attacked by what she calls a muslim gang on the orders of a former political colleague who had since converted to islam the deceased claimed a former party for freedom member who quote hated her intensely in a statement to r.t. the dutch police said that although they had spoken to ms deal no formal

after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jumpier bamba talks towns as they are. struggling with a failing economy inadequate public services and the mental some attention of two rival regional power as many lebanese hopes recent elections might provoke reforms to help solve their problems but in a country where power is apportioned along sectarian undernourished declines little ever seems to disturb the status quo we went to find out why. in may twenty eight hundred eleven and went to the polls it was the first parliamentary election in nine years and there was one question on many observers minds was it to be politics as usual or would growing concern over the country's myriad problems affect the outcome. there was that at least a hint of change in the the first time a grassroots movement known as the civil society coalition was fielding hundred s. against lebanon's long established sectarian parties. on the other you see you see his. medical. comments and mom on the floor there he is the man who had the sheikh to deal with them but apathy was

political divide and what we've seen is the the fifty three year old former councilwoman for the hague took her own life on wednesday that was after she posted online a video in which she claimed that back in twenty seventeen she'd been the victim of a kidnapping rape at the order of a political opponent. was it was was i in the crux of the old couple of times it. was well later in the video she claimed that she was attacked by what she calls a muslim gang on the orders of a former political colleague who had since converted to islam the deceased claimed that a former party for freedom member. hated her intensely that was her quote the former colleague a since the night these claims via social media involved to pursue liable action in this case now r t got a statement from the dutch police in which they said that although they had spoken to ms deal though no formal complaint had been made nor were there sufficient details given to warrant them starting an investigation of their own or the mayor of the hague. expressed her sorrow at ms deals death saying that her passing touched her ver

across the political divide in the netherlands the fifty three year old former representative in the hague took her own life on wednesday after publishing a video on social media in which she claimed to have been the victim of a kidnap and rape back in twenty seventeen ordered by a political opponent. was thousand was christian crustal it was. in the video mystical claims she was attacked by what she calls a muslim gang on the orders of a former political colleague who had since converted to islam the deceased claimed a former party for freedom member who quote hated her intensely in a statement to r.t. the dutch police said that although they had spoken to ms deal no formal complaint was made nor were there satish and details given to warrant starting an investigation the mayor of the hague expressed her sorrow at miss deals death saying her passing touched her very much and that the city had lost a committed and passionate councillor dutch prime minister mark creator said he was shocked and expressed his sympathy towards her family and party the party for freedom leader get villages said

freed from jail in the netherlands after a successful appeal of the international criminal court in the hague he now wants to run in the centre's elections catherine sawyer has been following events in the capital. the highlight for many people today was when john pierre bemba peered through a window at this party headquarters he was there for about fifteen minutes with his wife waving at the hundreds of supporters who were here to welcome him in the town people went into a frenzy singing his praises and chanting remember for president member for president saying that he is the only candidate he is the only leader who can provide the change of leadership that this country needs are very dramatic scenes from the airport to this place he was this court said by a very huge police contingent who fired tear gas and supporters were blocking the road wanting him to address them but i think one of the conditions he was given is that he cannot make stopovers to address his speech there saying that he provides the much needed momentum in the politics of the d r c over the years the opposition has been

ten years in jail but was freed from the hague through an appeal in may. elections. catherine sawyer she's covering the story for us and joining us live from from a political party it is a little bit quieter than it was an hour ago where we had hundreds of supporters screaming when they got a glimpse of. have we heard him speak yet today. yet many people have now left these grounds where just an hour ago as you mentioned hundreds of them just going crazy when he came out of that when he appeared from that window and waved at them they really wanted him to speak to them but he did not address the mike in that spot. about of the condition that he's been given by security forces. it was very dramatic is while he was johnny orders to headquarters he was a school kid by a very contingent. of supporters who had blocked the road he had he was instructed by the police not to make him stop to address the many supporters and humans welcome him but occasionally he told papa. what he's. done. and we in the crowd was chanting for president president saying that he is the only viab

back home but was convicted of war crimes of the hague but he was released in may after and the peelnow wants to run the long delayed elections scheduled for december. the date for afghanistan's presidential elections has been announced the vote will be held on april twentieth next year the presidential vote will take place six months off to the parliamentary and local elections scheduled for october . south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers without compensation sir ramaphosa says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters the issue of land ownership is one of the most contentious in south africa with some pointing to neighboring zimbabwe's economic collapse after land reforms there the intention of this proposed amendment is to promote redress advance economic development increase our going to cultural production and food security it will also transform their unjust spatial realities in urban areas to accelerate agraria

after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jumpier bemba told challenges their. hands. and the strike kills dozens in the yemeni port city of the data now u.n. health officials are worried about a new wave of cholera. logs a whole rob and this is out of there alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up zimbabwe's ruling party celebrates a presidential victory but opposition leader nelson chamisa isn't accepting the result. also chair through the streets of congo's capital but to. bed for the presidency is running into problems. i. am in to crush protests in nicaragua where the president pushes through a tough new law. welcome to the program a new fear for the people of yemen as the conflict between who through rebels and the saudi ambassador lie and strikes on the world health organization is warning yemen may be on the brink of a new wave of deadly cholera because of widespread malnutrition the united nations is hoping for a cease fire in northern yemen to allow for vaccinations the coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an air strike

welcome from hundreds of supporters in the capital kinshasa bemba was convicted of war crimes of the hague but freed in may after an appeal in almost a one and long delayed elections shadowed for december catherine sawyer has more from can chasa. many many of the places accompanied him they polices whilst we're accompanying him there is a lot of security presence here he not only warning i may not be supportive who say that they never expected to see him there was a bit of a problem inside the airport on the block ph so i have been happening between them but he's a political party organizer one of the police saying that they want to put him directly from the air to his home he's out local police to address these people but then he was saying that there is no way after ten years he can just come and you know i can only come here well tell him he's fine boy it's still coming at a very high enough up honey and remember back in two thousand and six he was the one not suspended and i don't want to be like him that i didn't know him and you know i'm not in a rat of anybody else i say that he's a

after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague. talks down to zero. no mind at the top stories here on al-jazeera zimbabwe's electoral commission has released almost all the results from monday's election one that ten provinces have been declared with president and most of my god go ahead of the main opposition needed nelson chamisa the united nations envoy for yemen says he'll invite the warring sides in the conflict there for talks in geneva in september martin griffis told the un security council a political solution to end the war is available well as the address to cancel the death toll from the saudi led air strikes in the city of the day that continue to rise twenty six people are now confirmed dead after a fishing port and fish market were hit or who's to say the number is closer to fifty phone. israel's belt feel and gas supplies from entering the gaza strip defense minister avigdor lieberman says the measure is in response to protests and big incendiary kites and balloons across the border gaza suffers from a severe lack o

year old friendship treaty let's get more on this now our correspondent is joining us live from the hague so how has the iranian side responded to the us today launce. once again as you said they've been trying to impress upon the judges the seriousness of what they say the americans that the new american sanctions regime has done to their economy yesterday on shoes day the american side was one point trying to argue that in fact in their view the sanctions haven't been anything like as severe as the iranian side had suggested and even put forward the notion of the collapse in value of the iranian ryall the currency might have some beneficial effects. as opposed to being disastrous suited to iran the iranians obviously were absolutely furious about all last and spelt out in detail their view that for example the collapse in the real heads at the savings of very many people that the sanctions regime has had forced outside investors investors to back off in case they themselves became targeted by the american sanctions and that they said it called one hundred thousand jobs in iran and that

crimes and crimes against humanity by the international criminal court in the hague has now been overturned and mr bevan can not feel it helps criminally responsible under article twenty eight for the crimes committed by and will see troops doing the car operation. the former rebel leader and vice president of the democratic republic of congo has spent nearly a decade behind bars. he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison up to sending his militia to the central african republic to help put down a coup attempt they conducted a reign of terror a rampage of looting and killing of civilians followed including the mass rape of hundreds of with. but a majority of the judges ruled on his appeal he could not be held responsible for the actions of his fighters his lawyers argued successfully the fighters were no longer on the his command after they crossed the international border his militia known as the movement for the liberation of congo has now been transformed into a political party opposing the rule of president joseph kabila he has called an election which is due to take place in decembe

we are very happy many people say to the hague for all of us i have confidence in him because he's. bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen certainty and protesting which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community members supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he is still in the acts of the people. was supported by his rebel group tanned opposition party many analysts believes that still presents a formidable challenge to the ruling party they were fans of ring was. moment for the liberation of the congo political party headquarters if the board does meet you believe it is a change of action move them back and solve them in the coming days really to a little document so that after all commission congolese law states that any kind it has to be in the coun

war crimes and crimes against humanity by the international criminal court in the hague has now been overturned and mr bevan can not fear held criminally responsible under article twenty eight for the crimes committed by and will see troops during the car operation. the former rebel leader and vice president of the democratic republic of congo has spent nearly a decade behind bars.

is returning home he was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may and now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december catherine sawyer reports from the capital kinshasa. was john pierre bemba's supporters all free to welcome people it's been ten long years they say and now it's time for him to take back his rightful place in the country's political scene . we are very happy many people see the hate for all of us i have confidence in him because he's. bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen sat in t. and protested which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community supporters believe that only he can change the bad tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he still acts of the people. was. supported by his rebel group hand opposition

at the end of the day that the hague of the picture is not a cce pta ble hague of the picture is notully he will learn from aqua give his apologies and get on with the season. —— from that and give his apologies. and get on with the season. —— from that and give his apologies! statement said... it may well have been part of a contractual discussion when he came to gloucester to keep his nose clea n. to gloucester to keep his nose clean. we do not know about that. i'm sure they will be laying on the line that there can be no repercussions 01’ line that there can be no repercussions or further offence that play himself and the club into trouble. despite events in jersey, fa ns trouble. despite events in jersey, fans cannot wait to see danny cipriani on the pitch all being well a week today. ben stokes, cleared of affray in bristol earlier this week, and now gloucester‘s danny cipriani fined for assault and resisting arrest. both high profile sportsman whose nights out have become front—page news. there are some crucial europa league qualifiers taking place this evening —with some alrea

rallying in the capital kinshasa bamber was convicted of war crimes and served ten years in prison in the hague but he was released on appeal in may he now wants to run in long delayed elections scheduled for december. katherine sawyer joins us now live from concert so how popular is the at this point. a sunny let me just stop by saying that. arrived about that he also minutes ago he was still inside that called police and they want to call him directly from here to the final destination without making. it to address the supporters even up knowledge them but he but he organized this party official that are not having any of that they say there is no way after ten years of bed bath and cognac live and not. only at all the people who have come to welcome him home these are people who never expected to see him any time soon and as he then i feel very much of a lot of people i think that he. was a cold we will mend some to the politics of the country they say that right now the present the. will also can galvanize the opposition to rally behind one candidate he had a lot of experience he was a form

says the court doesn't have that jurisdiction lawrence lee with us from the hague. it's known as the peace palace but the chance of the court here the highest legal body of the united nations bringing an end to the hostile environments between the u.s. and iran was never going to be highly. lawyers from both countries have presented their cases to the course iran arguing that the american decision to pull out of the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions broken agreements of friendship between the countries dating back to nine hundred fifty five traced the moment to a corner make pressure. sense to certain that this view through diplomatic means did not succeed. iraq had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixty two large because of nato and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy in areas ranging from investment in renewable energy to aircraft parts oil exports and the iranian currency itself the measures are intended to and do bite deeply into key areas of iran's economy and they also bite into

leader and vice president is back after serving ten years in jail for war crimes he was freed from the hague on appeal in may he now wants to run in december selections. now south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans for the expropriation of land from white farmers and without compensation civil rama poses says the a.n.c. will try to amend the constitution with the support of the left wing economic freedom fighters the issue of land ownership as one of the most contentious and south africa at some point into neighboring zimbabwe's economic collapse after the land reform there. the intention of this proposed amendment is to promote redress advance economic development increase are going to cultural production and food security it will also transform their unjust space show realities in urban areas to accelerate agrarian reform the sea has further directed government to urgently initiate far more support programs in depressed areas before the first rains this year this should include supporting farmers with two tracks to fertilizers see extens

or perhaps especially if his tactics lead to a threat to his own safety lawrence lee al jazeera the hague. if all of this sounds a little familiar that's because it is and i went back to the arkansas down to zero dot com today just for a little bit of a refresher you go right back initially to this is february of two thousand and six the cartoons which were published. in denmark which caused outrage across the muslim world it led to again rallies in pakistan as we've seen today as well it even led to and this is an interesting point with making in this case a yemeni editor was fined just for reprinting the cartoons not to say they don't necessarily support them but his true newspaper chose to reprint the cartoons and then more recently of course you have a. magazine in france in this case again caricature of the prophet muhammad. if people have this as we saw in the ring and i report them and they're tweeting about it they're very frustrated but especially in pakistan and perhaps frustration is a complete understatement here so hash tag blasphemy and prophet and islam are trending in paki

after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jump to challenges their. every armed attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens. stories of loss no one told. a sweeping association of islam with violence leaves european muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life. on al-jazeera. and our morakot in doha these are the top stories on al-jazeera and zimbabwe three people have been killed in post election violence in the capital harare soldiers have opened fire on opposition supporters protesting over the slow release of election results the policy of present as a man and god has won two thirds of the seats in parliament but the result of the presidential votes is not yet known reports from harare. opposition supporters say they vote was stolen they are demanding transparency from the electoral commission official results show the readings on the paper has won a majority in parliament these people are convinced the results already. got. the poli

crimes and crimes against humanity by the international criminal court in the hague has now been overturned and mr bevan that can not feel it helps criminally responsible under article twenty eight for the crimes committed by troops during the car operation. the former rebel leader and vice president of the democratic republic of congo has spent nearly a decade behind bars. he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison up to sending his militia to the central african republic to help put down a coup attempt they conducted a reign of terror a rampage of looting and killing of civilians followed including the mass rape of hundreds of women. but a majority of the judges ruled on his appeal he could not be held responsible for the actions of his fighters his lawyers ah good successfully the fighters were no longer on the his kemang after they crossed the international border his militia known as the movement for the liberation of congo has now been transformed into a political party opposing the rule of president joseph kabila. he has called an election which is due to take place in december i'm

off to his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague. told challenges there. it's a story of survival. it's a story about how people should live in such remote. by what he she came to the way . to eat and how that instinct to help them recover from the financial crash i will continue as long as i can stand. this is a story about iceland. a jeep on al-jazeera. hospital so unsafe the wounded are being treated on the street destruction and despair after another huge earthquake on the engine nation island of lombok. well i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up tear gas fired dr university students refused to give up their protest over road safety. saudi arabia expels canada's ambassador and phrases investment after the canadians complained about the arrest of human rights activists. and punishment for iran the u.s. imposed sanctions in the next twenty four hours.

argues that the court has no jurisdiction to even hear the case lawrence lee has more from the hague. well they serve this hearing it's been the united states state su iran's core allegation that the us has been in breach of this obscure nine hundred fifty five agreements of friendship between the two countries by the reimposition the sanctions and the overwhelming overarching all human from the u.s. side is that iran's argument is entirely deceitful because it's effectively confusing legal and political arguments in the us his argument is that iran's complaint isn't really about the nine hundred fifty five agreement it's all bus about the united states pulling out of the nuclear deal and re imposing sanctions and based on that it says the call doesn't actually have the power the jurisdiction to rule on this it's also effectively trying to get the case thrown out before it gets any further but they have at the same time addressed iran's complaint that the u.s. has been guilty of unfriendly actions by re imposing sanctions bargain that in one thousand nine hundred ninety and all the go

has the court doesn't have that jurisdiction lawrence live reports from the hague. it's known as the peace palace but the chance of the court here the highest legal body of the united nations bringing an end to the hostile environments between the u.s. and iran was never going to be high. lawyers from both countries presented their cases to the course iran arguing that the american decision to pull out of the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions broken agreements of friendship between the countries dating back to nine hundred fifty five traced the moment to a corner make pressure. sense to certain that this view through diplomatic means did not succeed. iran had no other choice but to seize the international court of justice with the president's request on sixteen to lart two thousand eight hundred and they said sanctions were crippling the iranian economy in areas ranging from investment in renewable energy to aircraft parts oil exports and the iranian currency itself the measures are intended to and do bite deeply into the key areas of iran's economy and they also b

warlord -- former warlord judges in the-- hague who allowed his return to the polititical fray. >> members release is a big surprise -- been the -- member -- jean-pierre bemba's release is a big surprise to me. >> 12 kilometers away from the of his are the victims militia gathered. one of the central african villages mostly affectcted by rampaging congolese troops in 2002 and 2003. >> the trial is over and we can no longer appeal. >> for the close to 5200 victims throughout the country a new battle has just begun. the director of the structure has come personally to reassure those waiting to be compensated. >> after his acquittal the icc decided to compensate the victims. they will get one million euros and all which will cover their medical a and psychosocial need. it is our responsibility to assist them as soon as possible. >> even though the initiative sounds reassuring it is not clear how the money will be partitioned. for the victims the fight to be compensated has just begun. donald trump has once again thanked kim jong-un on twitter for returning what is thought to be the remains of

international criticism the route the war takes has been deemed by the international court of justice in the hague to be illegal and inhumane the issue of human rights that the international court of justice brings up is the issue of proportionality have a right to defend your population nobody is saying no but you can't be disproportionate about it you can't completely oppress and destroy another population for the sake of your own population that's really the issue if the wall have been built along the green line which is the internationally recognized border between the west bank and israel israel has the right to build a wall either on the green line or within its own territory there will be about fifty thousand palestinians on the israeli side of the wall when it's complete and again this undermines the security argument. and soft argues that the revulsion expressed by many around the world is sheer hypocrisy. we don't know if your in even your. wars they don't tell you. may lead us with. these bloody. wars. and yet it is not just the international community that has condemned the war even wi

this is happening in the hague. here's the iranian representative.nd iranian's nationals and companies, and therefore, inevitably, iranian nationals of course. this policy is plainly in violation of the 1955 treaty. so we find this little—known1955 treaty at the heart of this case — and the us is expected to argue that its sanctions do not breach it. right or wrong, the sanctions have certainly had an impact — since may when the sanctions came in, the iranian currency, the rial, has lost half its value against the dollar — the monthly inflation rate has risen to 10.2%, and unemployment stands at 12.5%. here's more from bbc persian's camelia sadeghzadeh. iranians have been taking to the streets to protest, but this time it's not about lack of political freedoms, it's not about human rights. it's something more fundamental. it is about fear for the future of the country. more and more iranian say they are running out of hope. so what has triggered this current wave of despair? around's currency is in freefall. the ten one is worth half of what was at t

plotting what it calls economic strangulation lawrence lee has been following the proceedings in the hague. the iranian side spends its three hours of court time here on monday trying to do two things in front of the judges first of all to explain how very damaging the american sanctions were everything from issues to do with renewable energy projects aircraft parts car manufacturers who now couldn't invest in iran sports going down the debasing of the iranian economy all of these things a direct result of the american sanctions program their lawyers said but at the same time trying to link that back to a nine hundred fifty five very obscure trade agreement sixty three years ago signed between the u.s. and iran a treaty of amity of friendship and a friendly behavior beside between the two countries and the iranians saying that the sanctions regime has broken the treaty of amity the lead lawyer for the iranian side made it very clear that they had no choice but to come to this court because all of the political and diplomatic avenues it simply fails trace the moment to a corner make pressur

withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal last lee has been following those proceedings for us to declare on the hague in the netherlands. the iranian side spends its three hours of court time here on monday trying to do two things in front of the judges first of all to explain how very damaging the american sanctions were everything from issues to do with renewable energy projects aircraft parts car manufacturers who now couldn't invest in iran. sports going down the debasing of the iranian economy all of these things a direct result of the american sanctions program their lawyers said but at the same time trying to link that back to a nine hundred fifty five very obscure trade agreement sixty three years ago signed between the u.s. and iran a treaty of amity and friendship and a friendly behavior beside between the two countries and the iranians saying that the sanctions regime has broken the treaty of amity the lead lawyer for the iranian side made a very clear that they had no choice but to come to this court because all of the political and diplomatic avenues that simply fails trace the moment to

fifty five yes argues that the court has no jurisdiction to even hear the case let's go live now to the hague or lawrence lee is covering this a lawrence what's going to happen today. well you said both sides have had their first say in over the course of today and tomorrow both sides then get to have a second go at it as well and for the iranians the task at hand is to try to answer the very serious points that the u.s. side made on chews day first of all you know the u.s. said well look you the iranians say we're guilty of unfriendly behavior under the terms of a treaty nine hundred fifty five or what about you iran since the islamic revolution of the taking of american hostages and support for the syrian government and his boller in attacks on israel and this sort of thing how can you accuse us of being unfriendly and they also accuse the iranians of deliberately mixing up political and legal things because the americans said that the iranian complaint isn't a legal one at all it's a political complaints about the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal and re imposing sanctions and therefore

commission offices had to first register as a voter before filing his candidacy he's been away at the haguefor the last decade was arrested in two thousand and eight in belgium for war crimes committed by his militia in central african republic between two thousand and two and two thousand and three he was then convicted to eighteen years in prison two years ago by the international criminal court that decision was over time and on appeal in june has just finished a meeting. next week some of you have been here out. on. the commissioner's office. it took him hours to clear up with a commission and now he has to wait for a few more weeks to know for sure if he'll be on the ballot paper in december. kinshasa. a coalition in yemen has denied carrying out as strike and strike and killed at least twenty six people the strike has a fishing port and fish market near the main hospital who the rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the u.s. special envoy for yemen is convening a new round of talks in the latest bid to end the three year old civil war reports from the united nations the families

lawrence lee live at the hague thank you very much well meanwhile the iranian president has appeared before polman to answer questions about his government's performance with regard to the economy and he says the new impose u.s. sanctions will be overcome he said he won't allow the what he called an anti iranian plot in the white house to succeed as some rouhani as i said was summoned to parliament to defend his economic policy which has provoked protests against rising prices and unemployment. cherno you know. why have the people's hopes changed why in regard to ron's future they are in doubt and beyond that even in regard to the glory of the system the strength of the system growth for the future they have dealt with this is we must get rid of we will not allow a bunch of anti iranians that today had gathered in the white house to plot against us the white house will not be happy with the end of today's session. coming the sound is here news hour including putting pressure on me and mom would solve anything china weighs in on the red crisis. and find out how air quality could affec

flew back from the netherlands after a successful appeal at the international criminal court in the hague is already said he wants to run in december's presidential elections catherine sawyer was with the cheering crowds in the capital kinshasa. when john pair bambara marched from the airport in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa thousands of his supporters went into a frenzy oh i love you the current many of them say they never thought they'd be back home any time soon. i have a contingent of police escorted his convoy who is not allowed to make any stops to address the many people who lined the streets to catch a glimpse of him his first order of business was a meeting at his party headquarters he's expected to submit his documents to the electoral commission in the coming days so he can run for the presidency john cabin back in august we know all the while he had what he's been waving i bet and raise the kids here and think that in feet he's praising and saying that he all you want you can provide a change of the leadership of this country or even bring the opposition

from one nine hundred fifty five quite a different time lawrence lee thank you very much live at the hague still ahead on al-jazeera curfews in person parts of the hall as anger over a police investigation brings mass protests and a heated political time in france as the environment minister quit saying his government is failing to do. hello the vigorous thunderstorms that we've seen recently in greece and floating around turkey satellite picture reveals them are about to become rather less decreases all the energy is transferred to the other side of the mediterranean over spain tickly western front to the area of low pressure is associated with increasingly warm air and the whole lot is pushing up some big thunderstorms the west in france and i think further north with the heat now the moment you see that's the dome of warmth and in the middle of europe what i suppose germany poland is deep down to twenty or below that scandinavia too with the water either side of that i think anything that cooler weather will try and push each is not get very far the next batch of biting winds and rain w