the buildings that lined the streets of tirana seem normal but they have a dark side in order to get the building permits officials here often ask for bribes. but this rooftop however belongs to a building where according to fraud terry financing in licensing were done by the book that's a tough row to take in albania. in 2006 he became known for publicly accusing the administration of tirana the officials had wanted a payoff. once i had to get a construction permission for piece of land and multi-story construction is very good someone came to me and asked before the bribe and i thought. i would give you 1000000 euro's but let me start the building because you were take this 1000000 and then you will tell me that i would have this permission he said he wanted in advance. of any. up to 90 percent of profits from building projects in albania or pocketed by government employees but it's not the big industries that suffer the most. i'll bet on lost who is worried about the small businesses like this gift shop that he represents. over the last few years more than 1000 of them had to clos

reports from the capital tirana. biggest developers. 100 in france already want to talk about the issue that's crippling his business government corruption. the buildings that lined the streets of tirana seem normal but they have a dark side in order to get the building permits officials here often ask for bribes. this rooftop however belongs to a building where according to fraud financing and licensing were done by the book that's a tough road to take in. in 2006 he became known for publicly accusing the administration of. the officials had wanted a payoff. he had to get a construction permission for piece of land and multi-story construction is very good someone came to me and asked before the bright and i told. him i would give you 1000000 euros but let me start the building because you were take this 1000000 and then you will tell me that i want half this permission he said he wanted in advance. you know. up to 90 percent of profits from building projects in albania are pocketed by government employees but it's

has more now from tirana albania is now in a full blown constitutional crisis the protesters led by the opposition democratic party seem to have achieved one of their demands which was to get the june 30th local elections an old cancels that is something that the president of albania has delivered he has said that those elections shouldn't take place because they could not be fair and free and the 2nd goal that the democratic party is trying to achieve is to get prime minister eddie rom of the socialist party leader to declare an early general election and not to serve out the remaining 2 years of his term in office because he has been beset by a series of scandals which seem to indicate that many of his members of parliament have colluded with organized crime in order to get elected and this is now something that seems to be pervasive in the socialist party and it seems to permeate the way that it works therefore there's a question mark in the minds of many albanians about how. honestly legislative decisions are come by the opposition democratic party has also boycotted parliaments at

percent approval ratings erion believe is set for a 2nd term as socialist party may be nears capital tirana was once the springboard to national power for villages mentor socialist prime minister eddie rama the main opposition democratic party is refusing to field a candidate for mayor saying the ruling socialists are corrupt and need to hold a general election instead really me is the president has cancelled the local elections and asked the ruling party to hold them in october but they're proceeding regardless though it's a one sided race here in the capital socialist party leaders believe they'll win thanks to their hard work started with small things cleaning the city making sure but show up in time make sure kindergarten nursery school swore and build new ones on top of that to make up for the demographic growth tirana is now a 1000000 people and 50 percent of the g.d.p. it has a g.d.p. growth of 11 percent in the last 3 years so clearly it is the engine of economy of culture of anything 2. with as mayor to run a has attracted investment sports facilities have been built the city's mai

is set for a 2nd term as socialist party mayor of albania's capital tirana was once the springboard to national power for villages mentor socialist prime minister eddie rama the main opposition democratic party is refusing to field a candidate for mayor saying the ruling socialists are corrupt and need to hold a general election instead you really mean is you know the president has cancelled the local elections and asked the ruling party to hold them in october but they're proceeding regardless though it's a one sided race here in the capital socialist party leaders believe they'll win thanks to their hard work started with small things cleaning the city making sure but show up in time make sure kindergarten nurseries school swore and build new ones on top of that to make up for the demographic growth tirana is now a 1000000 people and 50 percent of the g.d.p. it has a g.d.p. growth of 11 percent in the last 3 years so clearly it is the engine of economy of culture of anything.

on the outskirts of tirana which is socialist dominated in the past 23 years the socialists have held it only once in 2000 when the democrats again abstained from the electoral process democratic party leader losing says he's asking his supporters to remain calm but could lose control of the monday albinus are shocked by the non reaction of international community to mr ramos now proof to connections to organized crime for which he gained power in 2017 this is a very dangerous situation and it could potentially lead to civil unrest social unrest come monday if there is not a clear condemnation of the farce that has already happened. you talks have already been postponed for 6 months if albania is political crisis deepens political leaders worry that it could put those talks off for years jumps up plus comes. the captain of a charity rescue ship has been arrested in italy on the directly defying italian government orders by ducking on the island of lampedusa counterattacks he has been accused of the neighbor here running a police boat that was trying to stop him from entering the port

albania have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital tirana thousands took part in saturday's protests organized by the opposition and accuses prime minister any rama's leftist government of links to organized crime and vote rigging and demanding early elections. thousands of people have rallied in venice to demand a ban on cruise ships in the city's look at last sunday a ship struck a tourist boat in the canal injuring 5 people and one mentalists a huge cruise liners a road the city's foundations and dredge the look bottom. is day 2 of the women's world cup in france and to go over all the action ali moving from d.w. sports is with me now germany kicked off the tournament today with a match against china had to do yet this turned out to be a really tough task for germany they were the favorites going into the match with china china gave them a real game of it and on another day with some better finishing they could have come away with the win as it was though it was taken the side who writes about all important 1st victory this world cup than

eddie a drama of accusations of fraud and involvement in organized crime these are live pictures from tirana protests have been going on for 4 months now our brain is political crisis is seen as a threat to plans to join the european union the us ambassador to israel david friedman has told the new york times the israeli government has the right to annex parts of the occupied west bank those are the headlines inside stories next. a strategic partnership or a marriage of convenience china and russia voted to strengthen their ties both countries are engaged in standoffs with the u.s. but can they build a united front against washington this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on how he had seen china and russia's leaders say their countries of course are than they've ever been and that's partly due to what they see as a common threat seeing peeing and floods in your putin's meeting in st petersburg was a display all of these strength off their relationship and also show of solidarity against the united states russia has been economically isolated for years jutes you western sanct

accuses iran of attacking oil tankers in the gulf of oman a claim the tirana denied and described as a target diplomacy. survivors of london tower fire launch a legal battle against a tree of u.s. companies food products allegedly calling tribute to the tragedy. and india the ante in the u.s. trade battle retaliating with. dozens of american goods after donald trump withdrew special trade state. this is the week you hear a lot international with me in india today time pratap stories from the last 7 days and the latest up to date news and welcome to the program tension sauda between the united states and iran this week after washington accused her on of a talking to all tankers in the gulf of amman on thursday the u.s. claims no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out the act u.s. central command released a grainy video which it claims shows iranian special forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels the owner of the tanker though says the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran for its part has accused the u.s. of attempting to undermine peace a

tensions in the country but ramos says the poll will go ahead john psaropoulos has more now from tirana. albania is now in a full blown constitutional crisis the protesters led by the opposition democratic party seem to have achieved one of their demands which was to get the june 30th local elections an old canceled that is something that the president of albania has delivered he has said that those elections shouldn't take place because they could not be fair and free and the 2nd goal that the democratic party is trying to achieve is to get prime minister at iran with the socialist party leader to declare an early general election and not to serve out the remaining 2 years of his term in office because he has been beset by a series of scandals which seem to indicate that many of his members of parliament have colluded with organized crime in order to get elected and this is now something that seems to be pervasive in the socialist party and it seems to permeate the way that it works therefore there's a question mark in the minds of many albanians about how. honestly legislative decisio

could even spark civil unrest more now from our correspondent john psaropoulos who's in the capital tirana. elections are smoothly underway here in toronto there have been a few early protests this morning but nothing violent and voting centers have seen a proportion of their registered voters come through at this point but not as many perhaps as the socialist party which is the main party participating in this election who would have wished in order to make these elections appear legitimate the socialist party would like the turnout to be strong even if it is only a turnout of its own voters the election is of course being disputed by the main opposition parties which aren't fielding candidates here they're saying that this is a sham the president has canceled them and rescheduled them for october so come monday the question will be whether much of the country will accept the results of these elections and whether the socialist party will move to unseat mayors which in $24.00 municipalities across the country have had opposition mayors who will likely refuse to yield to their seats becaus

on tuesday plan threatened iran with obliteration of tirana tax or anything american the u.s. secretary of state might compare things the u.s. has done everything it can to deescalate tensions with iran. america's done everything it can to deescalate if there is conflict if there is war as there is a connecticut it will be because the arabians made their choice america's campaign against iran includes crippling sanctions and the deployment of additional troops and military resources to the middle east the president of iraq has spoken out against this he warned that he won't allow the u.s. to use his country to launch any kind of military action against iran. the american troops the coalition troops in iraq again have been the teaching of the iraqi government for the specific exclusive mission of fighting isis we do not want to be a staging post foot or any hostile action against any of our neighbors including iran tensions started with washington and bundling the 2050 nuclear deal last year iranian journalist. says the u.s. is actually stoking tensions with every move. depress

it jumps off a loss al-jazeera tirana. the congress in colombia has overwhelmingly voted to keep a controversial defense minister in office but taro has been facing condemnation that the military had issued orders encouraging human rights abuses and the killing of innocent people is. not the right wing government coalition in sentry's parties closed ranks behind colombia's defense minister. has been at the center of a political storm for weeks and now received handshakes in congratulatory hugs after surviving a vote to remove him from office. this it provides a vote. confidence not only to the minister but to every woman or man in uniform in colombia they have to know that i mean congress has their back they have been acting according to the law and to international human rights. the vote followed a heated debate in which the opposition accused potato and the army chief general nicasio matter of covering up the nation of doris a former 5. he's also accused of supporting new military orders allegedly instructing top command

instead of 5000 polling stations have been prepared john survivalists reports from the suburbs of tirana government workers a setting up a voting center at abraham rugova high school incomes are this is a safe seat for the opposition but it isn't fielding a candidate because it's boycotting local elections nationwide the democratic party accuses the government of corruption and wants a general election instead it's demanding the resignation of socialist prime minister. this is the culmination of months of opposition protests against alleged government corruption that have also seen the main opposition parties walk out of parliament president has canceled sunday's elections saying they will damage albanians image as it prepares to begin membership talks with the european union president canceled the polls but the government is proceeding regardless many albanians regard that as unconstitutional and legal challenges are expected to lower upon the only thing that can remove me from the office is people's fault and not the decision of the political party we are not in north korea we are no l

is set for a 2nd term as socialist party mayor albania's capital tirana was once the springboard to national power for villages mentor socialist prime minister eddie rama the main opposition democratic party is refusing to field a candidate for mayor saying the ruling socialists are corrupt and need to hold a general election instead really me is the president has cancelled the local elections and asked the ruling party to hold them in october but they're proceeding regardless though it's a one sided race here in the capital socialist party leaders believe they'll win thanks to their hard work started with small things cleaning the city making up in time make sure kindergarten nursery school swore and build new ones on top of that to make up for the demographic growth. a 1000000 people and 50 percent of the g.d.p. it has a g.d.p. growth of 11 percent in the last 3 years clearly it is the engine of economy of culture of anything 2 2. with as mayor to run a has attracted investment sports facilities have been built the city's main squares and parks we landscaped tourists are expected to outnum

of ennius capital tirana what happened today in parliament . well it is as you say a sweeping victory in terms of the number of votes in favor of this censure motion that that is also slightly misleading because the opposition parties have all walked out of parliament they've resigned this seats ever since february so essentially this vote is based on mr ramos the prime minister is socialist party m.p.'s and a few opposition party m.p.'s who replaced those who had left because they with their runners up in the vote back in 2007 the last general election nonetheless the result the importance of the political importance of this event is very clear it is prime minister romas attempt to pitch the authority of parliament versus the authority of the presidential office because monday's presidential announcement that the elections should not happen was a great political blow to prime minister rama to the authority of his office and to his prestige as prime minister so he is now using people power the fact that he won the last election he is pressing t

fired tear gas as crowds continued their campaign in front of the government building in the capital tiranader the current circumstances. police in germany have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of a cdu politician. walter lubcke, who was head of the city council in kassel, was found dead in his garden last saturday night, having been shot in the head. reports suggest a younger man, who knew mr lubcke, has been taken into provisional custody. if you've been dreaming of getting a ticket on a luxury cruise liner that sails to venice, you may want to think again. that's because thousands of people in the city have been calling for large vessels to be banned from the famous giudecca canal. the protest comes days after a cruise ship crashed into a tourist boat, injuring four people. rahuljoglekar has more. the msc opera lost control and crashed into the pier in venice last week. it injured people and caused damage to property. but in its wake, residents of the lagoon city have been left fuming. they came out onto the street wanting ships like these to be kicked out from their ca

fired tear gas as crowds continued their campaign in front of the government building in the capital tiranacould not be held under the current circumstances. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested over a homophobic attack against two gay women in london. melania geymonat and her partner chris were passengers on a night bus when a group began harassing them and asking them to kiss. four other males aged between 15 and 18 were questioned on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm. all of those arrested have been bailed until earlyjuly. up to 50,000 people have taken part in a gay pride march in the polish capital, warsaw. for the first time, the city's mayor was also there. but the leader of the governing law and justice party has described the lgbt movement as a threat to poland's identity. warsaw's pride march isn't the only one taking place this weekend, as ramzan karmali reports. from boston to rome, zagreb to vilnius — pride marches were in full swing. but perhaps the one most under the spotlight was in warsaw — notjust because it was the city's biggest pride event ever, wi

commuting with organized crime groups johnson ripeness is live for us now from the albanian capital tirana so john what is happening today in the yeah albanian paul. well we've just seen the speech delivered by prime minister to the essentially socialist and the bloc because the opposition has been boycotting as you rightly said the legislature behind me he has struck back against his critics as defiantly as ever those critics of course being the opposition democratic party and the country's president. both of those have called for a cancellation of the june 30th election insists on going through with that election now barely 3 weeks away he has presumably the physical power to get it done he controls the government machinery the interior ministry and therefore can get it organized but the great concern of the opposition and the president is that given that the opposition is fielding no candidates and is refusing to participate in this electoral process there could be a great deal of unrest and unhappiness surrounding those elections because opposition voters and candidates would not neces

and i was speaking to john correspondent who's in the albanian capital tirana i mean the way we sort of set it up there john it sounded like an election that no one really wants that is going to produce a very one sided result. well it appears that way today because i don't think the outcome of this election is in doubt we are here at the scene shantel school in downtown toronto where the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe mission did a photo opportunity earlier this morning to showcase how the o.s.c. is here to monitor these elections and make sure they are legitimately carried out but the legitimacy of the election process as a whole is in question for much of the country the opposition supporters who don't believe that this is a real election because their parties are not fielding candidates as you pointed out the opposition has staged some protest outside voting centers we for example found this banner among others outside of this school saying that this election is a harkening back to the days of communism when there was one party rule and only one l

today area that they would be cancelled to reduce violence on the streets reports from the capital tirana. protesters calling for the resignation of prime minister eddie roemer were met with a cannonade of tear gas outside parliament the opposition democratic party that held this protest didn't get to the general election it is askin for but the chief another goal albania's president has called for local government elections scheduled for june 30th to be cancelled saying current conditions don't allow for real democratic representative and inclusive elections opposition leader little seem basher was jubilant before his supporters. here. this is the result of your unyielding strength your stand your unshakable faith in european values of freedom democracy and human dignity. but prime minister eddie roemer insists the local elections will go ahead and has called an emergency cabinet meeting on sunday there's no constitutional court to decide the issue because it's judges are under ethical review for possible bribery and corruption this puts albania in a constitutional crisis not only do the

as a fast and says the one sided result could spark civil unrest so here's john psaropoulos now in tirana the albanian capital on a fraught alexion process it sounds like john the socialists essentially standing unopposed then what happens. that's right well i'm standing at the olympic center a sports complex that the socialist municipal government built here of which they are particularly proud behind me you can see the 2 ballot boxes the yellow ballots for mayor the green ballots awful party you get to take one of each so you could technically pick a socialist mayor which is likely the most prominent candid it here in toronto there are $44.00 opposition parties but they are all either are known or poll extremely low figures there isn't a substantial opposition causley and you could technically pick an opposition party which elects advisors to the municipal council but what we're most likely to be seeing here is socialist party supporters 900 of 900 residents registered here to vote about 270 of them have shown up that's roughly consistent with the numbers we've heard from other polling

al-jazeera tirana. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera activists in sudan are accusing the military of waging war on its citizens 3 protesters were reported killed as the opposition began a campaign of civil disobedience streets were largely deserted across the country on sunday the 1st day of a general strike. and. the people cannot be governed by force and i'm not saying this neither is a member of the opposition nor is someone who supports the government but the people do not want this government and as you can see the streets are empty shops are closed i personally want to civilian government. but the sudanese people also had a big role to play in order for the civil disobedience to be executed in the correct way and on its 1st day i think that it has been 300 percent successful huge crowds have rallied in hong kong to protest against the controversial extradition bill organizers say more than a 1000000 people took parts it's being called the biggest demonstration in the territory after the 1997

project which works to protect the iranian nuclear agreement welcome to you all mohammad marandi in tirana welcome back to inside story as far as the trumpet ministration is concerned is there as of today a plan b. when it comes to what do we do next. i think that's probably the most important problem that the team in washington has created for trump there is no exit strategy this maximum pressure policy that the united states has imposed on iran is really a dead end the iranians are saying that we after 10 years of negotiations agreed to a nuclear deal we've given significant concessions we've been flexible and now the united states has exited the deal it is forcing other countries not to abide by their commitments including other countries who were at the negotiating table and it is demanding that iran give new concessions and the iranians know that this is a slippery slope that will lead to disaster if you run appeases the united states then in future every time the united states wants something more they will impose sanctions again so the iranians are saying we will not appease the uni

or jumped off a last al-jazeera tirana. staying in europe the former british foreign secretary boris johnson has topped the 1st round of the u.k. conservatives leadership race by an overwhelming margin he's seeking to replace prime minister to resign me who resigned last week after failing to unite parliament around it deal lawrence leigh reports. jeremy hunt 43. sajid javid 23. boris johnson 114. so it's already seems to be boris johnson's race to lose he received nearly 3 times as many votes as his nearest rival in this 1st round and momentum is now very much with. his team is studiously avoided letting johnson do any of this sort of thing for the obvious reason that it hardly looks like a prime minister in waiting but for all of his ducking of difficult questions about his private life and personality it remains a fact that polling has him as popular with his party but unpopular with very many voters they unlikely m.p.'s seem to want to know how exactly he will renegotiate a deal with the european union when there is eff

could looting with organized crime groups chancellor of the us has more from our business capital tirana.

government has rejected a suggestion from the president to postpone the polls until october if we go to tirana now the albanian capital johnson regulus covering events for us john you've actually spoken i believe with the leader of the democratic party what is the lead his position from the opposition. that's right the democrats are sticking to their guns they are asking that people to stay away from polling stations they have not reversed their position on refusing to field their existing mayoral mayors as candidates for reelection there are a total of $24.00 opposition may is right now who therefore stand to lose their seats in tomorrow's election but the democratic party says that is of no importance fossa collection as they call it it is a result that we as the democratic party and the socialist integration poti the other major opposition party will not recognize and we shall simply sit this out but as of monday the opposition expects to see some international intervention here they believe that the situation has been allowed to continue for too long that the government of the socialist le

in san francisco, 59 degrees in oakland still warm in it for good 69 degrees 62 in concord. 53 in tirana 54 degrees now in petaluma tonight. those clouds are going to deepen some lots are going to see some a patchy drizzle i think especially along the coastline tomorrow, mostly sunny up some morning clouds very similar temperatures again by tomorrow afternoon that we may cool down a little bit on saturday before warming back up on sunday, but still some night morning low clouds on and off all throughout that period. low pressure that's been spinning around cost of those thunderstorms brought the marine air force that is going to push for the east over the weekend by sunday we start to see this ridge building in just in time for father's day, the temperatures are going start to warm up around the bay area tomorrow, you'll still find some hot weather in the central valley, 93 in fresno and bakersfield only about 71 in los angeles overnight tonight to see that marine deeper look at the green begin a shop near the coastline that some models picking up on some drizzle to cloudy start to the d

politicians of commuting with organized crime groups chancer uplifts has more now than is capital tirana. prime minister appears to have won a sweeping victory in parliament today by passing a censure motion against the president with 100 votes versus 7 against but this legislature is not working as it used to in february the opposition m.p.'s walked out leaving mr obama with his $75.00 socialist and p's plus 4 traditional allies more or less as the so occupants of the chamber since then mr rahman has managed to bring in about 43 and p's who were runners up to those who resigned their seats in february and he's managed to populate this chamber with replacement opposition m.p.'s he says some of those who voted with the ruling socialists today to give them that large margin of victory of 100 votes versus 7 however the censure motion against the president does nothing to resolve the constitutional and political impasse in this country the president has ruled a week ago that june 30th elections local elections for 61 mayorships across the country should not take place because the opposition

counts are up for the says mall from the albanian capital tirana. there have been a lot of security warnings and concerns there of even been a few small flashes of violence here and there throughout the country particularly in opposition held town halls where groups of people from the opposition attempted to resist the placing of ballot boxes in public buildings on 2 occasions in the northern city of chicago which is one of the biggest democratic strongholds opposition supporters attempted to burn the ballots after they had been delivered and stored in school buildings these incidents however have been relatively isolated no one has been seriously hurt there have been a few arrests made including arrests of 2 mayors the democratic party has asked its people to remain united but to stand down not you know not to intervene not to protest not to demonstrate not even to present any kind of peaceful passive resistance to the process that's going to happen on sunday so we don't expect any serious violence or disruption to sunday's election but clearly thi

al-jazeera tirana. almost 4 months ago most of us power after almost 4 months once it was parliament has finally approved a new government to try and end a political crisis sponsored by an election in february no party won a clear majority in the fruits resulting in a hung parliament after months of negotiations the pro russian socialist party or president igor dodson and a proof e.u. alliance have agreed on a coalition a former education minister and world bank advisor has been appointed prime minister. mexico's president andrus manual lopez obrador has attended a celebration rally to mark the migration deal with the us that suspended looming trade tariffs its place in the mexican tearing off to one near the u.s. border he called for the unity rally even before that agreement was reached on friday mexico pledged to implement measures to stop illegal immigration into the u.s. and over power was an answer that rally. there is an atmosphere of celebration in the city of tijuana hundreds of people have com

and says the one sided result could spark civil unrest john psaropoulos is reporting for us from tirana albania. elections are smoothly underway here in tehran or there have been a few early protests this morning but nothing violent and voting centers have seen a proportion of their registered voters come through at this point but not as many perhaps as the socialist party which is the main party participating in this election who would have wished in order to make these elections appear legitimate the socialist party would like the turnout to be strong even if it is only a turnout of its own voters the election is of course being disputed by the main opposition parties which aren't fielding candidates here they're saying that this is a sham the president has canceled them and rescheduled them for october so come monday the question will be whether much of the country will accept the results of these elections and whether the socialist party will move to unseat mayors which in $24.00 municipalities across the country have had opposition mayors who will likely refuse to yield to their se

streets of the capital in another week of protests against the government demonstrators marched through tirana demanding new elections be held as they accuse the prime minister at the roma of corruption and electoral. he snide any wrongdoing and has offered resolution talks. and a russian investigative journalist has been put under house arrest after being charged with dealing drugs even gotten off appeared in court after doctors rejected claims by his lawyer that he'd been beaten while in police custody well enough is accused of possessing large quantities of method drone and cocaine but his supporters say the substances were planted on him to stop him from reporting on corruption and those are the latest headlines al-jazeera world continues next alcee in 25 minutes. in 1900 yards was discovered in the eastern mediterranean of the coast of gaza. the palestinian authority there be a signed a contract with the british gas for the company to exploit and so they got us in a project called gaza money. untamable miss how to fill jazeera arabic and i'm asking why this gas has not been exploited for

project which works to protect the iranian nuclear agreement welcome to you all mohammad marandi in tirana welcome back to inside story as far as the trumpet ministration is concerned is there as of today a plan b. when it comes to what do we do next i think that's probably the most important problem that the team in washington has created for trump there is no exit strategy this maximum pressure policy that the united states has imposed on iran is really a dead end the iranians are saying that we after 10 years of negotiations agreed to a nuclear deal we've given significant concessions we've been flexible. and now the united states has exited the deal it is forcing other countries not to abide by their commitments including other countries who were at the negotiating table and it is demanding that iran give new concessions and the iranians know that this is a slippery slope that will lead to disaster if you run appeases the united states then in future every time the united states wants something more they will impose sanctions again so the iranians are saying we will not appease the uni

streets of the capital in another week of protests against the government protesters marched through tirana demanding new elections the health they accuse prime minister any rama of corruption and electoral fraud he's denied any wrongdoing and has offered resolution talks a russian investigative journalist has been put under house arrest after being charged with dealing drugs even gotten off appeared in court of the doctors rejected claims by his lawyers that he'd been beaten while in police custody going all face accused of possessing large quantities of methadone and cocaine but his supporters say officers planted the substances on him to stop him from reporting on corruption. and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera more from me in 25 minutes al-jazeera world is next by. in 1909. in the eastern mediterranean of the coast of gaza matt pipeline is an ambitious plan to export an annual 20000000000 miles just east of the arena which as you know with all of the other day i think is a huge immediately and media phenomenon to qatar and more folk of a higher community as you cardina

organized crime and occasions which i strongly denied more from john psaropoulos in the albanian capital tirana. prime minister appears to have won a sweeping victory in parliament today by passing a censure motion against the president with 100 votes versus 7 against but this legislature is not working as it used to in february the opposition m.p.'s walked out leaving mr obama with his $75.00 socialist plus 4 traditional allies more or less as the sole occupant of the chamber since then mr rahman has managed to bring in about $43.00 n.p.'s who were runners up to those who resigned their seats in february and he's managed to populate this chamber with replacement opposition m.p.'s some of those who voted with the ruling socialists today to give them that large margin of victory of 100 votes versus 7 however the censure motion against the president does nothing to resolve the constitutional and political impasse in this country the president has ruled a week ago that june 30th elections local elections for 61 mayor ships across the country should not take place because the opposition democratic

developments in a political crisis that spilled out into the streets johnson reports in the capital tirana. protesters calling for the resignation of prime minister eddie roemer were met with a cannonade of tear gas outside parliament the opposition democratic party that held this protest didn't get to the general election it is askin for but the chief another goal albania's president has called for local government elections scheduled for june 30th to be cancelled saying current conditions don't allow for real democratic representative and inclusive elections opposition leader losing busha was jubilant before his supporters. here. this is the result of your unyielding strength your stand your unshakable faith in european values of freedom democracy and human dignity. but prime minister eddie romer insists the local elections will go ahead and has called an emergency cabinet meeting on sunday there's no constitutional court to decide the issue because it's judges are under ethical review for possible bribery and corruption this puts albania in a constitutional crisis not only did the presi

politicians colluding with organized crime trends or opulence is the latest from the albanian capital of tirana. the prime minister. has appeared in the legislature behind me today saying that he will proceed with those elections and that they will take place as planned with only the socialist party candidates standing for office since the opposition democratic party and smaller opposition parties have refused to field candidates the opposition democratic party leader losing basher has reacted to that defiance of the prime ministers he has said that i have called upon our citizens to ready ourselves to do whatever european citizens are forced to do when they are faced with the prospect of an effective coup. mr basher has not explained what he means by that it is very difficult to predict what will happen on june 30th in this country given that the president now has been denounced by the prime minister as partisan because he has joined the opposition's call for a cancellation of those elections and you have 2 opposed political parties doing opposite things one saying that the election is illegit

poly party politicians of colluding with organized crime groups john psaropoulos with us now from tiranaalbania capital that is an overwhelming vote against president what happens now. when it's important to understand that this parliament isn't normal functioning parliament both past 107 because in february the opposition parties some merrily walked out of this legislature behind me and since then it has been populated by just the 75 socialist m.p.'s there for traditional allies and today they were also backed by about half of the 43 opposition and peace whom rama called to take the seats of the those m.p.'s who had left he approached the the runners up from the 2017 election and said the person who came in ahead of you for your constituency has resigned his or her seat so now the seat falls to you and some of those people did take those seats it was prime minister ramos attempt to project an image of normality and legislative process as usual but the at least 48 percent of the electorate voted for opposition parties and 2017 doesn't seem to be convinced that it is business as usual in

project which works to protect the iranian nuclear agreement welcome to you all mohammad marandi in tirana welcome back to inside story as far as the trumpet ministration is concerned is there as of today a plan b. when it comes to what do we do next i think that's probably the most important problem that the team in washington has created for trump there is no exit strategy this maximum pressure policy that the united states has imposed on iran is really a dead end the iranians are saying that we after 10 years of negotiations agreed to a nuclear deal we've given significant concessions we've been flexible. and now the united states has exited the deal it is forcing other countries not to abide by their commitments including other countries who were at the negotiating table and it is demanding that iran give new concessions and the iranians know that this is a slippery slope that will lead to disaster if you run appeases the united states then in future every time the united states wants something more they will impose sanctions again so the iranians are saying we will not appease the uni