where he wants to concentrate even more power and money at your level and i think even in france this is not a popular thing to do if you look at the result of le pen but we've seen a lot of protests in france against micron not so much by the national rally by by the shawn the yellow vests in every weekend we've seen writing and to varying degrees in paris what impact do you think these initial movement had on mcreynolds vote hard think it's more like a response from the public where it has a great impact i'm not so sure think it just shows that there's a lot of this content and this is confirmed now on the other hand look ben has not done better than 5 years ago so this is also maybe a pattern across europe that you have some and to stub richmond's feeling you're a skeptic sentiment those differently consolidating but i think they're failing to to to make great breakthroughs i mean it's interesting because of course the national rally of marion le pen is sort of born from the front desk and i love her father john marie le pen it was around for decades that she could potentially be o

headquarters here in the are coming up in the next thirty minutes a saudi vessel leaves france without collecting it shipment of weapons following protests over the military campaign in the yemen. also two french soldiers were killed while rescuing foreign hostages from a rebel group in the key the first so. africa's ruling a.n.c. loses some support but retains its lead in the general election. welcome to the program the trade war between the world's top two economies is escalating donald trump's the latest threat is to impose tariffs on nearly all chinese imports that's after the u.s. more than double tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of products made in china trade negotiators are in washington for a second day of talks hoping to reach a settlement among his many tweets trump says terrorists will bring in far more wealth to our country than even a phenomenal deal of the traditional kind also much easier and quicker to do our farmers will do better faster and starving nations can now be helped waivers on some products will be granted or go to a new source while for more on

when it comes to social movements few combats the impact of france's yellow vests. just weeks after the protests began president my complex to increase the minimum wage this week he went further a raft of concessions including five billion euros in tax cuts. they were the result of his income on the back and national policy debates and a direct response to the yellow vests the other debate the protesters have provoked is about the media establishment questions about media ownership how journalists cover protests why the levels of trust in french media so low questions that because of the universe a movable now ever before whether on the streets. of the roof. or in the studio. the media finally we have known chomsky media theorist political scientist as you have never seen him before we produced a special episode last year on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of his book manufacturing consent which changed the way a lot of people see the news media but we've never seen an animated version of chomsky in a rap song this one called soundtrack. through the stru

ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in their. sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing binion and the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. i. have a new thing and we're working on that the french side the capacity to preserve the country's culture and history is a challenge that extends beyond me and the capital city of portland over the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the early 1900. s. the go to match your the preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time before you look at the chance to see his kingdom's artifacts back on home soil i'm up waiting algis here apple me. all right skittles for now his live thanks has well defending champion rough on the doll is back on paris clay looking for another tournament win and he's off to a pretty good start 2nd seed nadal took on young confident range 180th nadal dominated every set winning this 1st ro

ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in our sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing been in the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. howard museum and we're working on that the french side the capacity to preserve the country's culture and history is a challenge that extends beyond me and the capital city of portland over the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the early 1900. to matthew the preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time before you get the chance to see his kingdom's artifacts back on home soil i'm aborting al-jazeera me. all right time for his live thank you has a manchester city chairman how doing it will bought a kid back at criticism of the club spending claiming that some rivals are jealous of their success so he won the domestic trouble in england but continue to be investigated by you a for over breaking finan

online extremism and hate speech france wants to take up the leading technology regulation. is a digital rights activists he says censorship should be controlled by individuals rather than governments. given their talks to get facts on human rights and on democracy we should probably be taxing them at a much higher rate we should probably be taxing them like we tax big tobacco so let's start thinking about that let's start thinking about taxing big data big tech like big tobacco and beyond that so i think we have to ask ourselves what is it we really want do we want better censorship do we want these organizations to become better filters of our reality do we want our governments involved in that or do we perhaps want to start looking at alternatives where the people would have control where the people would have ownership of both their own data and would have freedom of speech because that's what i would favor more than government interest eg intervention in censorship we should be doing everything in our power to regulate them as much as possible to break them up to tax th

but of interest but the last years of his life for the another division she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau and on was on the banks of the rwa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life the young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never alter your words whole city to the french kings through the west to show you were seeking juju or intellectual refinement the tea had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show that the french quarter was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the legacy of leonardo the maestro of the nascence can help repair relationships between italy and france which once again have hit turbulent times. president emmanuel macron is a talian counterpart social my tara hope to soothe the tensions between rome and paris over the hardline immigration policy of italy's populist government and its support for the yellow vest protestors in france the

other jews into france decided to start a military operation against libya which caused very serious damage not only in italy but also in europe and europe today is totally divided in only exist for the interests of france and germany. many italians disagree with the populists and they have been protesting with thousands of homemade banners. the movement grew up to the government forcibly removed slogans from a balcony by using fire fighters the opponents this was one more manifestation of authoritarianism and fascism which they say is being peddled by the likud party. that. said this. is beginning to make. this election has become more interesting than previous ones besides u.k.'s brags of fame there's also a surge of populists across europe among them its least let yourself be populist policies about immigration an economy that's found in allies from germany to hungary and this new alliance wants to overhaul the european you. alexandra wrote a book about the rise of salvini 2015 he fears that a strong right wing alliance in the long run could mean the end of the european dream soun

they suspect that the kidnappers may have been linked to one of them well the hostages returned to france at the weekend so their families they will be extremely relieved they all apparently in good condition but it will be a much sadder moments of the beginning of next week when the bodies of those 2 french soldiers those 2 special for soldiers return for a ceremony attended by the french president. south africa's ruling party has specter to be officially announced the winner of wednesday's general election but with nearly all the votes counted the a.n.c. has always share a vote since the end of apartheid 25 years ago the main opposition democratic alliance won almost a quarter of the votes. still ahead on al jazeera i knew hospital in gaza offers hope to dozens of palestinians of lost limbs during the great march of return protests and more people around the world are being forced from their homes and ever before we'll look at why. we've still got one or 2 showers around the middle east maybe northern parts of the middle east some cloud here pushing out of iraq easing over towards iran.

governments and stalled talks to discuss just that are due to continue later on tuesday and judges in france are force doctors to resume life support for a car crash victim at the center of a debate over end of life decision making. suffered severe brain damage 11 years ago our lives in his arms and legs the 42 year old's been life support ever since well those were the headlines these continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stage and thanks for watching other. with europe's populists finally make a breakthrough mainstream politicians face a challenge from the far right as 400000000 europeans vote in this week's e.u. parliament elections how will voting shape the future of the continent this is inside story. hello and welcome to this special edition of inside story from london i'm barbara sara the world's 2nd largest democratic election starts on thursday voters and 28 countries will choose 751 members of the e.u. parliament immigration and the economy are dominating the political agenda and the rise of the far right is dominating the headlines mainstream politicians are calling for

in in not only is the league the 1st party in italy but marine le pen is the 1st party in france in the u.k. in order for august 1st so it's 3 france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing green parties in several countries celebrated their best e.u. election results highlighting concern among some voters in the climate change after ending people all across europe want to form a peaceful europe together we haven't just got a great result in germany but as it stands in ireland and the netherlands in austria all across europe the greens are strong. the election results reflect a growing political trend in the east 28 member states people are increasingly rejecting establishment traditional mainstream parties and supporting alternatives and floating for courses the center right european peoples party remains the largest bloc in the e.u. parliament but with no majority it'll be forced to seek support to form a pro e.u. coalition there is no is the ability there is no stable majority without the e.p. and that's why the e.p.a. is ready for compromise ready for talks to each other

ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in their. sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing been at the french institute in order to have really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. i. am working on. the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the. preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time to get the chance to see his. home soil. following on time for the sports there's a peter 3 thank you very much rafael nadal has made a commanding start as he chases a record 12 french open title the defending champion made sure of yannick hand from an 188th in the world and it's the 2nd seed for this tournament and dominated every set in the 1st round match dropping just 6 games. no problems either for another former champion of a chunk of h. the world number one beat poland. 6 full $62.62 in favor of the serbian djokovic she is looking for the 2nd title in paris at these championships. it was a scare for th

pull the plug on social media but sri lankans almost immediately find a way around the blockage is france's yellow vests and the hostility they have for the news media the way their story is being reported a film star and a prime minister have a chat in front of the cameras what would you call that because apparently it wasn't political and thank you for joining us noam a british rapper manufactures some online dissent with the help of an animated noam chomsky it was carnage the worst violence in sri lanka since the end of the civil war ten years ago multiple church and hotel bombings on easter sunday that killed more than two hundred people in the immediate aftermath the government shut off access to social media facebook whatsapp instagram and fiber the rationale to stem the spread of hate speech and misinformation however there's a complex debate to be had here on the benefits of a social media shutdown versus the costs millions of. people could not contact their friends and family because in sri lanka social media platforms are the internet itself such as the online reliance on sites li

in other world news a saudi ship which was due to load weapons in france has sailed without its congo heman rights protesters say the shipment contravened an international arms treaty a recent online investigative side published leads french military intelligence that shows weapons sold to the saudis were being used against civilians in the war in yemen paul brennan has reports. the ship at the center of the latest saudi arms control the sea had spent thursday at anchor on the edge of french territorial waters the two hundred twenty five meter bar a young who waited to enter port and load up its cargo of french weapons destined for the saudi military. in paris though two separate human rights groups had lodged legal challenges to try to have the shipment declared illegal and on the quay side around one hundred demonstrators assembled determined to take direct action to prevent the ship docking again. since it's a junior for syria the war in yemen is a difficult war we're turned into supports of saudi arabia and if we the french citizens do not act we don't try to stop ourselves we wil

judges in france have forced doctors to resume life support for a man at the center of the debate over whether his life should be ended then sent lambert suffered severe brain damage in a motorcycle accident 11 years ago 42 year olds but on life support ever since after a request from his wife doctors agree to switch off life support equipment on monday but an appeals court has overturned their decision to toss about lor has more from paris. well as cases are very high profile one in france it's one that is a divided people across the country and it's actually torn apart his own family he's a 42 year old man in 2008 he had a motorbike accident and ever since he has been in a vegetative state in a hospital nice to in france now he can breathe on his own he can sometimes open his eyes but he is being artificially fed and hydrated by doctors he's on life support now on monday in a rather dramatic turn of events doctors began stopping with drawing that life support after a judicial hearing which followed the advice of his medical team saying the vassal on bear was simply not going to recov

france and germany are divided over who should head the european commission. should be someone from the center right european peoples party however emanuel says the decision must reflect the gains made by the far right the greens and the liberals in sunday's european parliamentary vote. at least 57 prisoners have been killed in fighting in northern brazil the over the past 2 days 42 inmates were found dead in 4 different prisons in mouse and amazonas state just a day after 15 prisoners died in violence between rival gangs officials say some inmates were stabbed with sharp toothbrushes whilst others were strangled. sudan's opposition is pushing ahead with a 2 day strike set to begin in a few hours time protesters are trying to pressure the ruling transitional military council to hand over to civilian rule there are signs of division within the pro-democracy movement with one opposition party refusing to support the strike those are your headlines the news continues here after the stream i'm back with 30 minutes of al-jazeera world news in 30 minutes i'll see th

arms and embargo to libya so that puts france in a very difficult position what france says to explain this is they say that yes they have provided have to the certain amount of what they call technical or logistical support or they say that is because he is a very useful ally for them in eastern libya in fighting armed groups including i saw but the problem is for a man or mark or if he's trying to mediate in this crisis if he's trying to appeal to all sides that of course puts him in very difficult position if france is seen as favoring one side over the other but i should thank you. it's been another violent evening in the in the nation's capital as police try to contain crowds protesting of a last month's election results lisa put parts of jakarta on lockdown after 6 people were killed during riots on tuesday night france really reports. day 2 of protests in jakarta and a pattern emerges as night fell the situation 10 volatile protesters threw fireworks and other objects at police who after holding back initially fired tear gas and chased them down police say they've arrested more

for the man said verdict in the european parliament elections as opens up divisions between france and germany on who should head the european commission and the americal says the president should be from the. the single largest bloc that's the sensorites european peoples party but emanuel mcconnell says the decision must reflect the results of sunday's votes in which the far right as well as the greens and liberals gains at the expense of the centrists and such a bottler as this report. the face of europe's parliament is changing the traditional power blocs of the center right and center left that have dominated for decades lost seats as populists greens and liberal surged for the 1st time in 40 years since the 1st elections in 1879 of the european parliament due to classical parties socialists the. conservatives will no longer have a majority. nationalism and fears over immigration fueled gains for populous parties in france hungry and italy where matteo sell vinnie's far right policy won more than 30 percent of the vote. in in not only is the league the 1st party in italy but marine

nationalism and fears over immigration fueled gains for populist parties in france hungary and italy where matteo salvini is far right policy one more than 30 percent of the vote. in in not only is the league the 1st party in italy but marine le pen is the 1st party in france in the u.k. knowledge of the rajah's 1st so it's 3 france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing green parties in several countries celebrated their best e.u. election results highlighting concern among some voters and the climate change after ending the use of people all across europe want to form a peaceful europe together we haven't just got a great result in germany but as it stands in ireland and the netherlands in austria all across europe the greens are strong. the election results reflect a growing political trended me use 28 member states people are increasingly rejecting establishment traditional mainstream policies and supporting alter. it saves on voting for causes to center right european peoples party remains the largest bloc in the e.u. parliament but with no majority it'll be forced t

heavy losses populist far right parties delivered some of the biggest election surprises including in france a need to make a snap general election is has or has been called in greece up to the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary election prime minister next surprised in his national series a party lost out to the conservative new democracy party and in other news donald trump says he is not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness to have talks with the iranian leaders and do a nuclear weapons deal while more now on president visit to japan the 3rd day of his trip during which he also met the new japanese emperor let's speak to tomohiko taniguchi about this his special advisor to the cabinet to be in a professor at keio. diversity graduate school thank you so much for being with us on al-jazeera so during the news conference between nations abi and donald trump we heard no commitment on a trade deal from the u.s. and japanese leaders and we know that in the past president trying to target ja

france's european elections is shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the anti e.u. far right party of marine le pen all opinion polls suggest in the lead for votes the jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries that supposed to defend us workers but they do nothing says mccombs been in power was struggling to live. it's important to vote for europe because there are countries where populist governments have come to power and it would be stupid to let that continue the far right one france's last european elections in $24.00 teen since then and the immigration populace parties have flourished in europe and breaks it has rattled the bloc in the pen and the nationalist allies move even when the noise is so we're experiencing a historic moment and all the signs show that we are on the eve of great political change i

the another division she arrived in france carrying his most famous work the mona lisa on the donkey's back. this royal chateau and on was on the banks of the wa is where he spent the final chapter of his extraordinary life the young french king francis the first was enthralled by his genius he called leonardo his father never alter your words force it to the french kings through the west to show you were seeking juju or an intellectual refined as a t. had previously discovered in italy and wanted to transpose to the french court you wanted to show that the french quarter was the most elegant in europe five hundred years after his death his hope the legacy of leonardo maestro of the nascence can help repair relationships between italy and france which once again have hit turbulent times. president emanuel mackerel and his the talian counterpart social matara hope to soothe the tensions between rome and paris over the hardline immigration policy of italy's populist government and its support for the yellow vest protesters in france. the president's lunched at the mansion which leo dato

ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in our sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing been in the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. i. have a museum and we're working on. the country's culture. the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the hundreds. the preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time to get the chance to see his. home soil. hello again time for the sports news with peter theory thank you very much bella's made a commanding start as he chases a record 12 french open title the defending champion made short work of a yanik hand ranked 188th in the world title is the 2nd seed for this tournament and dominated every 6 in the 1st round match struck in just 6 games it's. another former champion over talk of h. has just finished he's opening match the world number one beat poland herbert cut 6462 and 62 the score in that one i

because it killed a few special forces from france and france later on ag knowledge there what happened to them and said that they were there just as advisors but that covert support for a military solution is also tied to its politics within europe specially with italy italy is also another major. country for libya and it will be affected enormously by libya in addition to its historical colonial legacy but it delete has also very deep interest in the oil and gas. side of libya any is a major competitor of go todd they have been doing that for many years including during the duffys regime but it seems that now when you don't have a central strong government to resist that foreign interference you know the country is up for grabs ok i will have to leave it there but thank you so much for sharing your thoughts tough it out a lot of joining us from washington d.c. . at least 18 people have been killed science of edler been a bombardment by syrian government forces the shelling happens in the town of gori her and surrounding villages left a number of people trapped under the rubble rebel g

position hasn't changed in so much as that france has always wanted to maintain this deal along with other european powers because the then this deal offers what they say is the best bet for the region for security peace and stability but for its party she did make it very clear that if iran was violating the accord the twenty fifteen accord in some way then european powers could have to consider really imposing sanctions on iran she said that that would be on the table is not something they want to do but it's something they would certainly have to consider so the fact that iran is suggesting that it's going to suspend some of its commitments to this deal certainly is putting european powers in a very awkward position indeed it's an awkward position but one you might say that they've had plenty of time to deal with and this is a real conundrum now for europe is it not all those that are part of the deal the u.k. germany france and russia or is that they try to find this framework and yet they have america pushing from across the atlantic a powerful heavyweight basically saying do as

and two french soldiers have died during a hostage rescue operation of the king of france so four hostages including an american a korean and two french citizens have been rescued. the latest march of return protesters expected in gaza demonstrators have been at the border fence every friday for over a year now israeli forces have killed hundreds of palestinians demanding the return of their land meanwhile many wounded palestinians have needed. a mutation is in the months since the march of return protests began the tasha has the story. food you is what you might call a wounded veteran of the march of return protests in gaza. on a friday last august he was shot in the left leg he came one of the growing number of protest amputees. i'm not disabled being disabled is a state of mind i believe if my mind is disabled i'm disabled but if i lose a part of my body i'm not disabled and i'm at the. food you is one of twenty people who will soon be fitted for a state of the art prosthetic leg at the newly opened how mad hospital for rehabilitation and artificial limbs there are already forty people

into france decided to start a military operation against libya which caused very serious damage not only in italy but also in europe of europe today is totally divided in only exist for the interests of france and germany. many italians disagree with the populists and they have been protesting with thousands of home banners. the movement of the government forcibly removed slogans from a balcony by using fire fighters. opponents this was one more manifestation of authoritarianism and fascism which they say is being peddled by the league party. that. said. this election has become more interesting than previous ones besides u.k.'s brags of fame there's also a surge of populists across europe among them its least let yourself be populist policies about immigration an economy that's found in allies from germany to hungary and this new alliance wants to overhaul the european union and its wrote a book about the rise of 2015 he fears that a strong right wing alliance in the long run could mean the end of the european a dream. of any fair. politics have been too far from people and too clo

france and germany who are part of that agreement have one tehran against further escalation to avoid renewed sanctions russia and china who are also in the deal are blaming washington for forcing iran's hand. there is little discourse a situation caused by the united states create major difficulties both for the film and of the deal participants obligations of this republic of iran and for did nonproliferation regime in general we expect our colleagues first of all the european ones who volunteered to find a solution to the problem created by the americans to fulfill their obligations speaking in london earlier us secretary of state my comp a.o. described tehran's announcement intentionally ambiguous. so we'll have to wait to see what iran actions actually are they've made a number of statements about actions they threatened to do in order to get the world to jump what we'll see what they actually do the access will wait to observe that and i'm confident that as we watch iran's activity that the united kingdom and our european partners will move forward together to ensure that iran h

france decided to start a military operation against libya which caused very serious damage not only in italy but also in europe of europe today is totally divided in only exist for the interests of france and germany. many italians disagree with the populists and they have been protesting with thousands of homemade ban it. the movement grew up to the government forcibly removed slogans from a balcony by using fire fighters the opponents this was one more manifestation of authoritarianism and fascism which they say is being peddled by the elite party i think that this time the politics of this a trend that is the being against the saying is beginning to make people think. this election has become more interesting than previous ones besides u.k.'s brags of fame there's also a surge of populists across europe among them its least let yourself be populist policies about immigration an economy that's found in allies from germany to hungary and this new alliance wants to overhaul the european union and its andro wrote a book about the rise of 2015 he fears that a strong right wing allianc

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along with the q the more popular the show in this year france is considered one to watch. it's the. low post his taking visit his own a dreamlike journey films sculpture and don says. that the u.s. pavilion with its exhibition of martin pay is solid sculptures it's also proving popular. bringing a national vision to venice is a hugely expensive undertaking most of these billions were originally built and paid for by governments the most and now privately funded european countries dominate head but they have been some new arrivals this year pakistan madagascar and gonna is unique a billion is already making waves showing six artists this pavilion delves into the legacy of gone as independent looks to the future with paintings videos photos and installations designed by architect david adji the villian is already reinventing traditional white cube gallery space we brought back the earth here when you're looking at this is this is this is west africa this is this is going in soil that has been applied by venetian plaster. so the pollutions of the best plaster of the world han

france's european elections is shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the far right party of marine le pen opinion polls suggest in the lead for folks the jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries as opposed to defend us workers but they do nothing for us says mccombs been a power was struggling to live. it's important to vote for europe because there are countries where populist governments have come to power and it would be stupid to let that continue the far right one france's nasty european elections in 2014 since then and the immigration populous parties have flourished in europe and brakes it has rattled the bloc in the pen and the nationalist allies move even when the noise still weak is so we're experiencing a historic moment and all the signs show that we are on the eve of great political change in euro

rescued and freed and liberated we've heard a little bit from some of their relatives back here in france who of course are celebrating the fact that they are free despite the sad news of the death of these two soldiers and we know that they will be returning to france sometime this weekend what do we know if any think about those that were holding them hostage and about sort of the methodology about freeing them. yes we know very little about the actual operation to free these hostages this news really just coming through what we do know though is the french media reporting that at least four kidnappers were killed during the raid we also know that the french special forces that took part in this operation were supported by u.s. forces that is something in the defense ministry statement the french defense minister thanked the u.s. for the participation of those u.s. soldiers but there will be questions over the next you know days and weeks are still why these two soldiers were killed we don't know anything about the circumstances because these two french soldiers were highly trained high

on judges in france of force doctors to resume life support for a car crash victim at the center of a debate over end of life decision making. suffered severe brain damage 11 years ago lies in his arms and legs the 42 year old's body life support ever since. the headlines these continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story the statement that subject. with europe's populists finally make a breakthrough mainstream politicians face a challenge from the far right as 400000000 europeans vote in this week's e.u. parliament elections how will voting shape the future of the continent this is inside story. hello and welcome to this special edition of inside story from london i'm barbara sarah the world's 2nd largest democratic election starts on thursday voters and 28 countries will choose 751 members of the e.u. parliament immigration and the economy are dominating the political agenda.

energy company and as you know that france generally is backing the eastern camp led by the warlords. while italy is backing the west in the camp led by faith and this is a bit ironic i mean suspending those companies and on top on top of them to attack is very ironic because. as you know this this comes only twenty four hours of. you and the good news did prime minister face a large met with the french president will mark on him paris yesterday he had talks about. was trying to gain international support and french support against the military campaign on tripoli by war by forces loyal to the warlords who for her so i think that this is very ironic because it seems that if i may say that the meeting between so large and did not work out could be because he was talking to michael yesterday and today to tell is being suspended fully thank you for that. correspondent live in tripoli there plenty more ahead on this news hour including bombings in airstrikes in northern syria as government forces continue their push into rebel held areas. plus trade talks resume between the u.s. and china

ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in their. sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing been in the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. i. haven't you seen him and we are working on. the capacity of the country's culture and history is a challenge. and. the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the early 1900. the preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time to look at the chance to see his kingdom back on home soil . al jazeera. is coming out. time for this policy is now with peter thank you very much lewis hamilton dedicated his win that the monaco grand prix to the formula one great niki lauda off to victory on the streets of monte carlo before the race says the drivers came together to pay their respects to the 3 time world champion who died on monday it was another day to forget for ferrari charlotte clare for certain i after suffering a punct

to al-jazeera on france. in one of the top stories around his era venezuelan president nicolas maduro has urged the armed forces to fight any traitors plotting against him a show of support for the military men who are took to the streets of the capital caracas surrounded by thousands of soldiers his actions for a failed attempt on tuesday to unseat him by rebel forces loyal to opposition leader. failed military uprising sparked large scale protests against the government which left four people dead and hundreds injured i don't know if it's out of. this that they want to show an armed force of thieves of tricksters is that the armed forces we want that is why i say we have to keep up the pace with treason with coup plotters stay active the order has been given to the traces to stop them to the coup plotters to reject them the armed forces must be united in cohesive. well than a million people in india have been ordered to leave areas along the east coast ahead of a severe storm cycle and forney has been upgra

in france marine le pen's party out stages president while the far right the leader leads initially. nigel farage is bret's it party ahead in the u.k. the ruling conservatives routed after failing to. take britain out of the european union. and in other news iraq signal support for iran in its standoff with the us and they get in office to play mediator. and the cash shortage that's threatening un peacekeeping missions will look at who's not paying their share. of the proof europe centuries have long dominated the european parliament has suffered significant losses in this one of the most contentious elections in the history is not just the euro skeptics far right to gain at the expense in a vote that seen the biggest turnout across europe in 2 decades now the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together they've got the most seats but they've not got enough for a majority even combined but they have 2 potential allies who have made gains of their own in the liberals they've been their numbers and so has the greens their become the 2nd largest force in

ago i maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a saudi ship leaves france without its planned cargo of weapons following protests over the war in yemen. trade talks between china and the u.s. and early after president trump says he's in no hurry to sign a deal and hikes tariffs on chinese goods. and around $180.00 countries agree on a deal that aims to reduce the amount of plastic washed into the world's oceans. welcome to the program our top story the u.n. says yemen's who's the rebels have offered to withdraw their forces from 3 key ports over the next 4 days a move needed to pave the way for possible political negotiations to end the war the 3 ports are dado which is a lifeline for the country as well as. 90 kilometers further north which are used for grain and oil who the rebels and saudi u.a.e. backed forces that initially agreed to withdraw their forces from her data by january 7th this year but that never happened the un says the move would be a practical 1st step on the ground says that agreement was reached in talks in sweden in december but it also stress

and the president of france has defended french arms sales to saudi arabia and their allies the united arab emirates it's not it is something we did on to some commit or to the arms that have been sold or used within the scope of the conflict nevertheless i would like to say here that what was reiterated is the guarantee for the arms not to be used against civilian populations but. of course paul brennan now joins me from london and a european countries really coming under a great deal of pressure i suppose to not weaponize saudi arabia. yes and france is just one of several countries which is had to struggle i think with its morals as well as its economy there is three scandinavian countries who suspended arm sales to saudi arabia specifically because of the saudi led coalition's prosecution of the war in yemen and the rising number of civilian casualties which are causing global concern germany has also extended a moratorium that it has imposed on selling any weapons to saudi arabia other countries taken a far more lenient view britain for example and spain are continuing to supply w

ministry of culture in france for training health professionals here the curator is. fair in their. sights and museums and the professional courses has already started here in been in the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. i. have a new thing and we're working on that the french side the capacity to preserve the country's culture and history is a challenge that extends beyond me and the capital city of port and over the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the early 1900. 70 the matter of the preservation of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time before you look at the chance to see his kingdom's artifacts back on home soil i'm aborting al-jazeera appel me. it's a moral day in the united states when americans on are the military service men and women killed on duty but not all those who serve in the u.s. military are american born around $40000.00 immigrants in military service hope to earn a u.s. citizenship the government program is being s

right and we saw that in france even though you know with marie le pen even it was the victor wasn't as much about 14 but that kind of the internal french storage is that it kind of show the lessening of the influence of the traditional parties and i think that there is a move in the united states and in europe and around the world busy that as we face a lot of challenges that are global in nature like migration like anti-terrorism there's a move to draw again and not seek that multilateral cooperation solve it but rather to solve our problems and make america great again america for i personally don't think that's the right way to go you are correct in that many countries not just us not the e.u. are moving and i'm quite so i'm quite taken by the words of marine le pen who said that europe at least is now divided between nationalists and globalists how does if that is indeed the case how does this rather impressive result being an experience by the greens across europe how does that fit into that. well i think it what it shows is that you definitely have there's no clear winner as f

france germany china and russia romney said iran was still committed to the deal despite stay u.s. withdrawal last year. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province amid a whitening government offensive backed spine russian air par the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians the rebels are promising to fight back saying a quarter has more from beirut it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. only brought what we can we have nothing. syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern it live and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the united nations is calling for an urgent deescalation and a recommitment to the cease fire especially after schools and health facilities were targeted the u.n. is closely

well vassal numbers case is a very high profile one in france it's one that is a divided people across the country and it's actually torn apart his own family he's a 42 year old man in 2008 he had a motorbike accident and ever since he has been in a vegetative state in a hospital nice to in france now he can breathe on his own he can sometimes open his eyes but he is being artificially fed and hydrated by doctors he's on life support now on monday in a rather dramatic turn of events doctors began stopping with drawing that life support after a judicial hearing which followed the advice of his medical team saying the vassal on bear was simply not going to recover but just hours later a paris appeals court reversed the decision that doctors were forced to resume the life support while this is being the case in vassal law bears life ever since 2013 because it was then the doctors 1st said it was not going to recover in any significant way and they advised that his life support or be withdrawn his wife is legal guardian agrees she says that he should be allowed a dignified death and she ha

france is european elections are shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the anti e.u. far right party of marine le pen opinion polls suggest in the lead for votes the jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries that's opposed to defend us workers but they do nothing for us says mcconnachie been a power was struggling to live. it's important to vote for europe because there are countries where populist governments have come to power and it will. continue the far right one france's last european elections in $24.00 teen since then and the immigration populous parties have flourished in europe and brakes it has rattled the bloc in the pen and the nationalist allies move even when the noise still weak is so we're experiencing a historic moment and all the signs show that we are on the eve of great political change in eu

and then it goes to france and it goes to the u.k. there was a general feeling in the south of the e.u. and on the east of the e.u. that they'd had enough of this power axis between france and germany and that we're seeing in these results we'll have to wait and see if it's correct but the experts were predicting we're seeing some sort of insurgency against that said jew up believe that there was busy before in the e.u. parliament the center right and the center left and perhaps we're going to see some new groupings now coming through from the euro skeptic parties and the extreme right parties to challenge that you operate to change the way that the whole of the european parliament and the power was divided so that's what the experts are expecting and perhaps also what. the outgoing president of the e.u. commission is fearing and and they would these elections they are quite significant . you know. they are i mean after all let's face it the european union is the biggest trading block in the world it has 4 countries and it's in the to