have had their own emergency meeting at this according to the opposition leader himself nicole passion yan who was up at three am. telling the opposition telling all his supporters that possibly the republicans were actually going to try and block his domination of all failed to turn up today. but remember that will he needs really from amy six seats in order to have the majority of parliament say he's just six republicans or more to switch saw it's a nice back piece people's candidate as he's become known. and you know this really will be an extraordinary change for the for i mean it's this isn't just about getting a new prime minister this is about the first steps towards. i knew him for i mean in politics. a propaganda show and a puck of lies that's the reaction from iran to allegations by israel's prime minister about iranian nuclear weapons binyamin netanyahu showed reporters in tel aviv what he called conclusive proof that iran's weapons program once existed but u.s. diplomats say they believe netanyahu and the e.u. and germany are investigating the israeli accusations particle hain

civil disobeyed yans, taking the law into your own hands, you can rarely do this without interfering with the rights of someone else, for this we have no right to do. >> do you think that the president should have left the campaign on public lands in washington, dc. >> no, unless they were grounds suitable for camping, unless this was an area where this was proper, imin disagreement with this march and i am in disagreement with the government's acceptance of it. on the basis of not disagreeing with the goals, all of us want to lift the standard of living and lift everyone up to enjoy the things that this society can afford but there is a great disillusionment that people can pass a law that will alleviate poverty. many people are deluded that this can take place, there is nothing wrong with the american government's tide towards poverty, we spent billions of dollars in hundreds of programs to try to find an answer to the problems but the truth is, it is the manner in which we have done it that has failed. there is no lack of intept. they do not have to persuade congress to feel sympa

civil disobeyed yans, taking the law into your own hands, you can rarely do this without interfering with the rights of someone else, for this we have no right to do. >> do you think that the president should have left the campaign on public lands in washington, dc. >> no, unless they were grounds suitable for camping, unless this was an area where this was proper, imin disagreement with this march and i am in disagreement with the government's acceptance of it. on the basis of not disagreeing with the goals, all of us want to lift the standard of living and lift everyone up to enjoy the things that this society can afford but there is a great disillusionment that people can pass a law that will alleviate poverty. many people are deluded that this can take place, there is nothing wrong with the american government's tide towards poverty, we spent billions of dollars in hundreds of programs to try to find an answer to the problems but the truth is, it is the manner in which we have done it that has failed. there is no lack of intept. they do not have to persuade congress to feel sympa

i mean a position in any call passion yan has called on his supporters to launch a nationwide campaign a civil disobedience after the ruling party blocked his bed in parliament to become prime minister i should young declared the party's decision and insults to people tens of thousands of his supporters have been rallying in the capital yerevan after weeks of protests the saw the resignation of the country's former leader a man first a walkout has more from. this was not the result the crowd dialing outside in the hot sun the whole day that i would have been waiting for a day i think how big that the republican party to have a majority running your father was going to do what the feeling was the feeling was that the only tell you very little being the other day take a look of. republican party have a look i just think says you know this will take others with the right candidate if they turned up today if i was but again this is all about very well having it all through the vent their frustration i and i said the. irritation that they were the ones being gutted to roll over and had over

the opposition movement had forced the resignation of the country's long term leader said it sucks yan last week but his republican party refused to step aside its rejection of passion yan's candidacy for the prime minister on tuesday only seemed to make the movement stronger. a general strike on wednesday paralyzed the country students surround the ministries and cheered with the governance culture minister resigned was. with police absent the roads railways and even the airport cut off nicole passion clayton's that the only power the republicans now had with the. seats in parliament they will try to enter. away or soldiers will join up the governing party's intention to now back in a second round of voting will also fulfill his movements objective to overthrow power but respect the institutions that has inspired the armenians of every persuasion. this is not only a fight for nicole to become a prime minister but also the fight for people's victory as a businessman usually stay out of the politics we do our work when you when really you know there is a change you really are. you reall

minister opposition leader nicole passion yan became the sole candidate for the post after a deadline passed on monday without other candidates registering as the culmination of two weeks of protest at soul the longtime leader says odyssey and ousted leader robin foster welcomed joins us live now from the armenian capital yerevan robin so all the republicans like it a bad little passion young for prime minister. impossible to say right now daryn and i think everybody out here would say the same i think expectations are so high there's a real sense of. hope on the square and excitement but we do don't know yet whether the governing republican party who have the majority needed part of it's going to all votes as one and back the opposition leader nicole passion and if they did so it would be an historic step. that would catapult this country forward see on its belviq revolutionary path is nichol question yet is called it is called evolve it revolution because up until now it's been entirely peaceful it's being led by an overwhelming majority of all medias who have taken to the streets t

well let's bring in our financial correspondent on wall street now yan's quarter yes why is a company which violated sanctions being supported by the very president is talking tough when it comes to trait. certainly a very surprising move first specially as the us presidents not just announced the ban a couple of weeks ago. it's certainly crucial because not just that they depend on all those components made by u.s. companies but also. the forest because seller of smartphones here in the u.s. or the u.s. is also a crucial market. it is to a certain degree good news for those of you as manufacturers and component to deliver us because now one of their clients might be a safe standard so one of those typical example of donald trump to play hardball to maybe also get a better negotiation position for other issues good news for that company but a face can we really say perhaps is this a sign that trump is now trying to avoid a trade war. tell him that it's wait and see but at least it looks like donald trump is opening the door a tiny little bit and this week might be pretty crucial for t

nicol passion yan has been speaking inside the parliament their m.p. said that there's enough of them to votes that would make his nomination go forward to prime minister provides that he can get enough votes a majority and he needs at least six republicans they are the governing party to come on inside and support him he has the rest of the political factions in parliament the question now is whether the republicans are willing to do what the country demands of them we have seen tens of thousands of people again back on the streets in the city center of yet if more than i've seen all week but huge numbers today and they expect an outcome and they are ready to celebrate because they anticipate that nicole passion yan will be this country's next prime minister and if that happens he will form a transitional government and he will hope to be able to make changes to the electoral system that would allow for a free and fair elections you know i mean it's something this country has not enjoyed of late and that would give his platform an opportunity to lead

and yan coom the founder of instant messenger john what's happens less. his job at parent company facebook whatsapp was acquired by facebook four years ago and both small and one billion users worldwide but coom has had high profile disagreements over user privacy issues. now a judge in australia has ordered the country's highest ranking catholic cardinal george pell to stand trial on multiple charges of sexual abuse is the most senior member of the catholic church to be tried on such charges details about the allegations haven't yet been made public but police say they are historical sexual assault charges dating back several decades powell has pleaded not guilty to a date for the trial is yet to be sept. we're going to link up now with journalist roger may not in sydney he's been following this case for us roger give us some more detail on the court's findings pelts more i believe says the worst of the charges in his words have been dismissed you know more about how the judges were dismissed for the. cardinal committed sexual offenses or the similar in

slovakia and sort of celebrating i'm a wedding friends and family are mourning murdered journalist yan and his fiance martina. could she have had been investigating high level corruption in the country there are still unsolved murders in february have led to mass protests which triggered the resignation of the prime minister amid demands to balco ruction and protect press freedom. it should have been one of the happiest days of their lives but in place of their wedding friends and family are honoring the murdered journalist you could see a contest fiance martina with a memorial concert. accomplish. as well. it's not known who shot could siac and his fiance at close range in late february but when he died the journalist had been working on an article about alleged connections between leading slovak politicians and the italian mafia because that in the article could siac named people and companies we have checked all the names and connected them to seventy criminal cases we're looking into possible links prime minister little bad fit so has resigned but behind the scenes many believe he'

yan said it was prepared to denuclearize but now north korea has put the brakes on. and a possible sign of growing problems the north perspire a summit shed year old with south korea. the reason. these the annual us south korea joint military exercises the taking place the u.s. and south korea were surprised and disappointed. that it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally perspire on the upcoming high level talks i don't know if this is something that we fully expected the president is very used to ready for tough negotiations and if they want to me will be ready and if they don't that's ok to. continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case but like i said if they want to meet the president will certainly be ready and we will be prepared but if not that's where i think president trump is taking credit for shepherding the korean peninsula towards peace last month meeting newly freed u.s. citizens who have been held prisoner in north korea their release was hailed as yet another sign of thawing relations with pyongyang but now out of n

that you have older individuals pensioners and also people with their young children i think passion yan's calculation so far is that he has the numbers he has unprecedented because of people out on the streets and that that alone will be enough to pile on the pressure on the government have to remember that the police the army so far is still on the control of the ruling republican party so in that sense he would be going for a very big risk really trying to get rid of the pre current government by force we don't know if the police will be willing to fire or somehow use force against such big numbers of people they were violent protests here ten years ago in armenia which saw ten people die in attempts to bring about the fall from power republican party party and i think that is still a very real trauma and people remember those ten deaths ten years ago and are very reluctant to let things escalate. their correspondent in the year and in armenia thank you so much. now it's catch up on some other stories making headlines today french police have arrested over one hundred people after anarc

with that backdrop you could see why the crane yan would want to do something to make nice with trumpcutors, some of the folks in the prosecutor's office have at the same time frozen these four cases that we're looking into aspects of manafort's work in ukraine for the former russia, strong man president and some of these cases they have frozen have direct bearing on aspects of mueller's investigations so clearly it could make things more complicated for the mueller team. it will avoid potential further headaches. >> is it the case that one of these key players who was connected to the gru, the military intelligence in russia has been able to go from ukraine back from russia beyond the reach of mueller. >> thoost rigat's right. he's someone who mueller's team has assessed in court filings have tieing to russian intelligence. while you hear the argument at this hearing that ken just covered and recounted for us about where manafort's lawyers are saying this is not about russian collusion. a memo said they are authorized that manafort did have a role and this guy who is physically out o

the time to leave to head to the beach mighte now if yan swing it. evening. to can but things are going get a bit hairier out here. >> they're asking you to planav before you know where you are going, and also build in gas stations wheas you know is going to be cheaper. you are going to watch out as well. traffic will pick up perhaps utound the evening rush today. we're talking a school getting out. work letting out. that means more families will be out on the road. >> if you have a co-pilot with you, have that person help out with the childre also. the person who is driving can then focus on driving. >> make sure your car is ready for the tr triple-a expecting some 51,000 rescue calls to come in from our region. back in to you in the studio. >> just irp finch for u on the road this morning. thank you, sir. coming up, we're going to go to melissao see what you need t know before you hit the roads from her perspective. >> pretty sunshine in his shot >> nice day. you are going to be out and yout traveling. >> get paid for a holiday weekend. >> i wish i

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, gardens gardensers -- cussed to yans custodians. the uc system gave workers a 2% raise but the union says it's not enough. >> life is too expensive, you know, so we want to get more salary, you know, to support our families. >> reporter: the office of the president's spokesperson said in a statement they strongly disagree with the strike, which will negatively impact patients, students and the uc community. at the moment, these folks plan to strike through wednesday. now, uc berkeley's commencement is later this month. it's unclear what will happen if they continue to be on strike then but at the moment, they plan to strike at least through wednesday. reporting live here in berkeley, jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> at least 31 homes have been destroyed by hawaii's kilauea volcano. scientists say there's no indication that the eruppings are slowing down and -- eruptions are slowing down and authorities have evacuated 1700 people already. >> reporter: from the air, you can of what the lava -- you can watch the lava flows in hawaii's leila

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. >> simone showed me some of the cards the princess of wales sent her and claims dine yan that is watching grand condition children. george, charlotte, and louis. >> she talks to the children. the children think she's an angel. she adores them. >> but simone believers harry should heed the advice diana is giving him. >> she would have said protect your heart. mummy doesn't want to see you hurt at all. >> she also believes if harry's mom and dad, diana and charles, had married just five year later, they still might be together today. nancy? >> all right, kevin, thank you very much. >>> now to the death of "superman" star margot kidder. the 69-year-old best known as lois lane passed away peacefully at her home in montana yesterday. over the years, "e.t." spent many moments with margot. >> easy, ma'am. i've got you. >> you've got me? who's got you? i didn't know anything about acting. >> she told us she hit it off with superman himself, christopher reeve. >> he was so much like a kid brother. i remember pretending he was harrison ford. >> after four "superman" films and dozens of other roels,

i'm citizen and london with the top stories on al-jazeera a media an opposition leader nichol passion yan has called on his support says to launch a nation mine campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party blocked his bid to become prime minister problem first has more from america. this was not the result of crowd darling. darling all day. i've been waiting they see the house think that the republican party got the majority they don't need to follow we're going to do what the people want to be doing which was that the only tell you they did it before the day the. republican party have a rule by just the session this week they cut with their own candidate to say sorry day to vote but again this is all about where we have to go through the vent their frustration and i said the. irritation that they were the ones being suspected to just roll over and had over the reins of power to what upstart was just a few weeks ago had no following the who only has a few seats in its back in. the day again as has been demonstrated for the past few days weeks even the g.o.p. has been able to brin

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he dodged the question when asked if he h trusts the car cash yan not to use his troubles as a storye. in the fact he doesn't answer may asomething. >>> let's move on the tonya harding's trouble. her second chance almost ended on the first night of "dancing with the stars." keltie knight was there. >> i couldn't believe that you were up for elimination. >> the next couple who? jeopardy is -- >> tonya and sasha. >> there was like the scariest moment i have been in in a really long time. >> the couple who is safe is -- tonya and sasha. >> amazing. we're going to the second round. >> tonya moves on. can she take the pressure? >> i don't want to fail again. >> the competition is having an emotional impact on the olympian who broke down if in last night's rehearsal footage. >> i want people to see that i deserve to be here. >> and when we talked to her during a practice session with sasha farber. >> like now. i'm going to start crying. sh she had oz car-winning support. that's allison janney chison jl her on. >>> a tie for first place for josh norman and adam rippon. >> there were a few s

. >> yan called "american patients first," the president proposed to increase competition by making itr for cheaper generic drugs to enter the market. bring down drug prices by inquiring drug makers to list prices in advert use trade deals to force foreign governments to pay more for prescription drugs. the president argues that would lead to lower prices here. >> in some cases, medicines that cost a few dollars in a foreign country cost hundreds of dollars in america, for the same pill with the same ingredients, for the same package made in the same plant. it's unfair, it's ridiculous, and it's not going to happen any longer. >> yang: these moves add to initiatives already offered in the administration's latest budget proposal-- free genericss for low-incomeeniors, and requiring insurers to share drug rebates with patients. lthose require congressio approval. mr. trump has long championed lowering drug prices, and assailed drug makers.re >> theetting away with murder, pharma.ca >> yang: as idate, he supported democratic ideas to let medicare negotiate drug prices directly with pharmac

let's bring james gall yan o.eresting to hear the judge say we think all the explosives were did he coys that means two things. one we had a witness there this morning who believed he heard something explode who says he was told by kids in the room that they saw a bomb that it went off and kids were injured. in the people people can mistake situations and cannot be what they seem in the moment. that's one issue. the second is the idea of federal charges for weapons of mass destruction. if they are all inert here is the question for you, they could not have gone of era off, would have never worked can you charge. >> that's a difficult legal question, chris. first of all, the components of a bomb for it to be classified as a bomb it has to have a power supply which could be a battery. an initiator or igniter could be a blasting cap. has to have explosives from what we understand there were no explosives c 4 or something like that then it has to have a switch. a trip wire. it sounds like these were clumsy rudimentary

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. >>> fire investigators in san jose know where but not why a fire broke out in a vikt yan home this morning. flames reported at 4:45 at the house near north ninth and east james streets. firefighters say the fire broke out on the deck with. two adults and a teen got out and were not hurt. the red cross was called in to help them find a place to stay. >>> police in san francisco are closer to adding more officers in the next four years to the ranks. tonight mayor mark farrell says he would like to see an additional 250 men and women on the force. but what's the likelihood that actually happens given that farrell only has a few weeks left in office? here is abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> looking at the san francisco of today bob dylan's song comes to mind. the times are change gloog people shooting pup unsightly things. it's not acceptable. the only way to address that is adding to the woman power and manpower of the san francisco police department. >> the police commission who spoerks the plan to add 250 officers over the next four years. in his two-year budget proposal more

what's interesting here is there's a lot of pressure from the you crane yan government and from some of its friends that any lifting of any sanctions will linkeded to crimea. that can't be lifted unless the russians withdraw from crimea. it would maintain the stand off between the united states and russia. i don't know how sustainable that would be on the western side. obviously, it's not u.s. policy. but the extent to which it can be pushed sbo u.s. policy and the extent to which the russians believe it's u.s. policy, i think that creates the stand off. so it's you know, the signals on this one is very important. >> so, as i saw just some excerpts from president putin's inaugural speech today, it seemed to me it was in some ways, sort of a self-satisfaction of where russia was in its foreign and security policy. still had threats, but it was secure. the regime was going to focus more on the internal ddynamic. do you think there's a sort of acceptance that this is status quo, that it doesn't, the regime does not anticipate lifting sanctions and that but it feels okay in where it is a

reporting from washington, i amv laura yan. north korea releases threers american prisohead of a summit with the u.s. the men are due home in hours. donald trump's choice to lead the cia says she won't bring back torture, but her answers don't leave everyone convinced. and donald trump talks tough on iran. the day after pulling out of the nuclear deal, america's allies tried to decide what to do next. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television here in the u.s. and ao around the globe. the once-icy relations between north korea and the united states continue to thaw.on ang has released three american prisoners, and they're coming home. president trump announced on twitter that secretary of statem mikeo is in the air and is on his way back to washington with "three wonderful gentlemen everyone is looking so forward to meeting." the white house has praised the release of the three americans as a gesture of goodwi the men are kim dong-chul, a paor in his early 60' detained in 2015 on spying charges. he was sentenced to 10 y

comes the program armenian opposition leader nicole passion yan has called on his supporters to launch a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party blocked his bid to become prime minister. declared the party's decision an insult to the people tens of thousands of his supporters have been rallying in the capital gara van after weeks of protests that saw the resignation of the country's former leader parliament is dominated by the ruling republican party and a senior member says it will not back clashing hands bid so what about background of the forty two year old is a former journalist you came to prominence as editor of the popular liberal. daily the army and times a prominent opposition supporter at the two thousand and eight presidential election that brought such sexy on to power question young was jailed after post-election protests led to violent clashes he was released as part of a general amnesty formed any party promising to tackle corruption and was elected to parliament last year and often appears in public in a camouflage t. shirt in cap but that earli

police say they've arrested the main suspect in the gang rape and murder of another teenage girl who yan and several accomplices are accused of burning the sixteen year old alive after her parents complained to village elders about sixty about the sexual assault brianna and another suspects were said to be angry that the elders find them several hundred dollars as punishment those are your headlines we're back with more news here on al-jazeera after inside story. the night in the. detroit. one. to be a. monster. it is coming to be when. we . were. on. united states navy is reviving its second seed to patrol the north atlantic ocean washington says is to counter a growing threat from russia but what does this cold war rhetoric mean and how will moscow respond this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm about to have meet the u.s. has announced it is reestablishing its naval presence in the north atlantic as rushing cruises its patrol in the area to it's part of a military buildup from both sides as hasn't been seen in decades the second feat was disbanded back in two thousa

in armenia opposition leader nicole passion yan has called for a halt to mass protests that have rocked the country for days the move comes after the country's ruling party indicated they're willing to back question jaan for prime minister if the country's parliament supports his base. the european union is coming back into fashion among younger europeans that's according to a study of people sixteen to twenty six years old from countries including germany poland and the u.k. but the study which was carried out by the polling group you gov also found that support for the e.u. doesn't equal support for democracy. whether in berlin paris or london younger people are increasingly developing a european identity that's the top funding of the study and europe's youth want their home countries to be part of the year. when asked how they would vote in a hypothetical referendum on this issue eighty five percent in spain would vote to stay in the e.u. eighty percent would do so in germany and even in brics it bound u.k. sixty three percent would vote to remain the european average is seventy one

yan has the week has progressed more survivors have been giving their accounts of how the convents unfolded and indeed how their loved ones were lost the probe was set up to look into wider issues like the government's response time and preventative actions madeira tutor has been to meet locals who say they are frustrated at how little has actually changed it's almost been a year since the devastating blaze and what's left of the grenfell tower can be seen here behind the scaffolding it's a harrowing reminder of a tragedy that has left many questions unanswered. there are over one hundred how long in london alone similar to grand felt and people living here want their government to make sure that it is also like that does not happen. again it's like a year now and we're still living in the same situation. when. it just costs us. just thinking this is cheap it's just the lives of so many people so this becomes a mystery. so we know that it's obviously not safe before we took off in the. book. so what can the residents of tower blocks like these do in an emergency they advised used was to sta

elsewhere opposition leader nicole passion yan has been confirmed as the new prime minister of armenia and with supporters celebrating across the country i was. thousands here gathered in the central square van armenia's capital to greet the newly elected premier parliament voted in favor of passion and following weeks of public protests demanding that he gets the country's top job his candidacy had initially been rejected by parliament last week sparking intensified demonstrations now safely in his position you start to see formal congratulations from foreign leaders. i'm gonna. finally football's biggest event kicks off in russia in just over a month's time and host nation is already getting into the spirit of the world cup between march in the beginning of the tournament the fee for world cup football park here is touring the host cities and visitors can take part in master classes attend the old autograph session. and also practice their penalty taking skills that they could stop off on the tour is the russian city because than among the visitors there was the former spanish defend

a sixteen year old alive after her parents complained to village elders about the rape or yan and other suspects were said to be angry that the elders find them several hundred dollars as a punishment. tunis is not a boss he is claiming victory in the country's first local election since the two thousand and eleven arab spring the religious posse says it's ahead of the secular and the dot turnus by about five percentage points the vote seen as an important transition to democracy. reports. for tunisia which is considered not just the birthplace of the arab spring but also its only success story this is a significant step. for citizens heading to the polls to vote in the first ever democratically free local elections. it's seen as another milestone on the long and difficult road to becoming a full fledged democracy. more than fifty seven thousand candidates are running for office in three hundred fifty municipalities forty nine percent are women and more than half are under the age of thirty five but one officials have called for a large turnout observers don't expect many to come out ci

movement was to the republican party the governing party that yesterday had rejected the call passion yan's candidature prime minister that message appears to have gone through because the republican party had that special session and they decided that they were going to support nichol passion the end not in as many words they used a clever way of saying that they would say by saying that they would back the candidate with thirty five votes well or more which is the requirement for somebody to be put forward as prime minister in the armenian parliament and it's nicole question you know who has those thirty five votes from the other political fact factions if not more and so the republicans have said they will not put forward a candidate and they will support the candidate and the six. tens of thousands hundreds of thousands perhaps on he is back on the streets to see me celebrating this momentous news and now the hugs resting on the republicans holding true to their word and they will see their hero the man who has led them all the. micko passion and appointed his prime minister annually le

yon has spearheaded the mass protests that led to the resignation of the veteran leader says sucks yan last month is promising to rid the pool x.l.v.i. country of corruption and poverty and bring about free and fair elections he has now called for a general strike and further protests you could hear her and i mean ian's are ready to return to the streets ahead of another vote expected next week you know who just loves you know no good the system is set on a few victory anyway we won because we're together now what nicole passion and says we will do it in get what they wanted to say but they vowed to continue this but it was the first was a promise was it was a little bit of before it's probably first a look at al-jazeera there of a. at least twenty seven people have been killed in a double bomb attack on a mosque in northeastern nigeria the first explosion went off during afternoon prayers in ruby and adam our state many people died in a second blast while attempting to get out of the building witnesses reported seeing a young man wearing a suicide vest entering the mosque with worship

have had their own emergency meeting at this according to the opposition leader himself nicko passion yan who was up at three am. telling the opposition telling all his supporters that possibly the republicans were actually going to try and block his domination all failed to turn up today. but remember that will he needs really from namely six seats in order to have the majority of parliament say he's just six republicans. to switch saw it's a nice back piece people's candidate as he's become known. and you know this really will be an extraordinary change for the for i mean it's this isn't just about getting a new prime minister this is about the first steps towards. i knew him for a media politics. i love him so when i was pushing me and said to the people want to they expect. when i saw him last night on the square he told everyone to come here today i don't leaven a clock and celebrate this new tool and. again when he was speaking last night he insisted that everybody came in as large numbers as possible because this is what he depends on. the will of the people and it's clear over the

after the ruling party agreed to support his bid to become the interim prime minister called question yannnounced the deal said to supporters at a rally in yet of our parliament is due to vote again next week on the post. egypt's military court has renewed the detention of journalists smile a scan that ronnie for another thirty days he spent nearly nine hundred days now behind bars without trial i just see a journalist mahmoud hussein has also had his detention extended after nearly a year and a half in prison edges into an international human rights groups have repeatedly urged egypt to release jailed journalists those are the headlines we're back in half an hour. al-jazeera. and three suits.

and joins us live now from the armenian capital yet about robin so bitter disappointment for passion yan and his supporters yesterday how as a result of that parliamentary vote going down. this certainly was disappointment but i think because of the debate and the extraordinary amount of time that the m.p. spent discussing his candidature and really laying into him it started to become obvious to everyone who was on the square yes there were those thousands tens of thousands of people that the republican party were not going to support his prime ministerial candidacy so i think when the result came through the crowd had already let's say prepare themselves for that outcome and then we saw people spirits really just being results to keep going with nicole passion you know and saying you know the republican party is effectively finished because they failed to recognize the seriousness of the situation and the it's that the armenian people are now supporting him and how they control the country and that's what he wants to demonstrate today with this general strike so we have seen significan