tens of thousands of sri lankans rally in the capital colombo to call for the government to resign amid accusations of corruption. out of the still sporadic showers in new south wales southern queensland rather more obvious line of clouds running through the west adelaide in particular services south australian that was victoria significant right to affect tasmania especially but it still spots for the showers inland over what was of course very dry ground so it rapidly becomes a muddy mess around about the fifteen twenty mark as you can see as of the east was the sun's more prevalent by the time we get to friday in perth brighton should say seventy degrees and in new zealand the weather the last week has been really quite surprising and recently in napier on the east coast this cloud has brought significant amounts of rain still raining so it's a wet spell moment north london particular forty degrees no clint telling tries chose your more light to be in the sunshine especially so i think the time we get to friday and is now a quieter weather overall japanese islands there's no hint of

a major antigovernment protests is expected intra lanka's capital colombo security has been increased around parliament the protest has been organized by the opposition coalition led by a former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections iraq's interim prime minister has called for an investigation into violence that killed six protesters in the southern city of paris or at least sixty eight people were injured after fighting broke out when security forces moved in to contain the demonstrations the un says a cease fire has been agreed between rival factions in libya who've been fighting in the capital for moving a week at least sixty people have been killed and one hundred fifty others were injured in and around tripoli. leaders from pacific island countries are meeting in the tiny island nation of no route to discuss common issues but their form began with a roué over a lack of media access the detention of one of the few journalists who was allowed in right up to date those are the headlines the stream is n

deal with a mountain of debt inherited from the previous administration as way hey reports now from colombo. it's in the small markets that macro economic changes can often be felt most prices of sri lankan food staples like coconuts have been fluctuating at the moment buyers are enjoying a slight reprieve but in the markets of the capital colombo prices have increased about seven percent from a year ago and then in the in the lead and it's very difficult the moment because things have become so expensive we find it difficult to manage because prices keep going up if you let them the government says at three point four percent general inflation is not a problem but it is trending upwards and is one of the economic issues opposition groups the seizing upon as they try to force the government outs but some experts believe by sowing political instability the opposition is in fact undermining the economy at the very time that shoreline care needs more investment in this seat predictability of policies to be your political and wider mun and the uncertain economy can political environment is host

in colombo how much trouble then is the government of three policy reason actually and. money in the government of my policy the sailor facing a dilemma at this stage they're three little over three years into they're. facing a lot of unpopularity escalating cost of living and basically the joint opposition yapping at their here's the joint opposition very much fronted by former president strongman behind the rajapaksa keeping on proving and showing the masses who are still a significant amount of them sued backing the government government for the east side of mind the rajapaksa that the current government has not basically kept their promises promises to change the country to get rid of corruption to bring in essentially a new era and bring change so the government also has a problem with its coalition that has been one of the main problems putting on a united front the party's of prime minister run over at loggerheads with the president and his party might be powerless serious enough and this is led to fractions giving the former president and the joint opposition an

gathering for a major demonstration in the capital security has been increased around paula minting colombo the protests is being organized by the opposition currently. led by the former prime minister mahindra rajapaksa he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections will further this has more from colombo. the demonstration and public rally that the joint opposition is promising is very much it's show of force it's displayed all of the kind of public support it has called the people's protests the people's power brought to colombo this protest is all about the opposition calling for this government to step down the sea that it has lost its mandate after a dismal showing at the last local government election they say they have repeatedly sort of messed up the governance of the country now the government says that they have reports that the joint opposition effort to attack some sensitive government institutions and there is a huge police presence there's a water cannon parked behind me just down the road from the presidential secretariat now this kind

show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protest as from communities to around sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want my hand to rajapaksa back he's the only one he can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years and is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with the tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to former health minister my trip to the same after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my hand to rajapakse

government hasn't delivered on so far that it's been in power when hey live in the sri lankan capital colombo. now in syria warplanes have been bombing the province of idlib the last major rebel stronghold in my government troops are massing for what's expected to be an all out offensive dozens of airstrikes have reportedly been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children russia which supports the syrian government has warned that the army is preparing for a full scale assault on a lead calling it a cradle of terrorism the united nations is warning of a potential bloodbath it is home to three million people the u.n. estimates there could be ten thousand armed rebels there and now seven de mistura the special envoy for syria has appealed to the russian and turkish presidents to do something about the looming humanitarian crisis. well i would like to take this liberty frankly myself to address myself if you allow me to through you to president putin. and to president can you have been there once at the beginning and i know because i was very much witnessing what happened

tens of thousands of in the capital colombo to call for the government to resign amid accusations of corruption.

strengthen ties to sri lanka starting this year germany has its own foreign chamber of commerce in colombo sri lanka is at the moment. in a strategy that tries to position itself as a trading help us wall not only a syllogistic up so several free trade agreements have been signed and entered into force and the policy of the government is to open markets committed and to promote free trade very active fleet the area of green energy is one such market the country's electricity grid is outdated it almost fifty percent of sri lanka's electricity comes from renewable sources including hydro power and one of its largest hotel chains now relies on solar energy. and that was our business week in review. always at full speed. with shiny. but always on the move. leaving today and in the future. just. a second chance. everyone does says one even here in iran where people are severely punished for minor offenses. businessmen only reason to be employees only people who have come into conflict with the know. the same things signal because the so it is becoming more and more unjust. global three thousand

strengthen ties to sri lanka starting this year germany has its own foreign chamber of commerce in colombo sri lanka at the moment. in a strategy tries to position itself as a trading help us wall not only a syllogistic cops. several free trade agreements have been signed and entered into force the policy of the government is to open markets committed to promote free trade very active flee the area of green energy is one such market the country's electricity grid is outdated yet almost fifty percent of sri lanka's electricity comes from renewable sources including hydro power and one of its largest hotel chains now relies on solar energy. and that was our business week in review. they make a commitment. they find solutions so. they can stronger. africa on the moon. stories from both people and their friends shaping their nation. and their continent of africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. d.w. multimedia series from africa. d.w.m. dot com or go. the contentious figure at home. he wrote in germany. from the fall of the early

they only jayawardene opened a big green colombo six months ago bringing his savings and experience from working abroad he had big plans but his wife says an unstable economy increasing costs and a sliding rupee have made things very difficult we can't increase our prices each time gas prices increased off live in korea because our customers know what price we offer certain items that so each time we come increasing thought as a result we absorb the cost. the price increases have been many. will sugar even bust. commuters forced to fork out higher fares for the second time in four months be very good at getting at it maybe a small increase in the fear but when you take the total cost it's a big amount for the month. to make matters worse for the struggling economy the sri lankan rupee has lost almost nine percent of its value against the dollar so far this year and worse is expected. the devaluation has a former president demanding to take over. with them because from. where we are monitoring it just waiting i mean if you want to really discuss. you want to. know the first thing is

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as i'm now fernandez live for us there in colombo in sri lanka. geoffrey selim is the deputy permanent representative in geneva for maldives he says many challenges lie ahead for the president elect to keep his coalition together he lost because it's a free and fair election because the people have spoken and they chose the opposition candidate when the president elect won he's won with this fairly large coalition of many parties in the maldives the last time m.v.p. came into power in two thousand and eight within three months that coalition for part one of the biggest challenges that the president elect will have is making sure that the coalition stays together that is able to keep his partners happy this very diverse group of people that he's able to create a power sharing arrangement in a presidential system which is not an easy goal you'll have a lot of difficulties coming up especially given that there's a parliamentary election less than six months down the line the political campaigning you know the vicious sort of infighting that tends to

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of thousands of people have been taking part in anti-government protests in the sri lankan capital colombo but demonstrating against corruption and an economic decline with the opposition calling for a new government when haye has more from colombo. the organizers of this anti government movement said they wanted around two hundred thousand people to come out onto the streets of the capital colombo to try to achieve their aim of forcing political change a change in the government not quite sure they got to that level but still big numbers came out to try to achieve that goal the people here have many complaints they have many issues that they want to voice many economic issues they're concerned about inflation they're concerned about rising taxes and about rising debt as well but they also see the current government as being very weak is being unstable and they see the former president mahinda rajapakse as a man who can help them achieve their goal of forcing political change and he is the man that is leading this so-called joint opposition although constitutionally he cannot become presid

are saying they're going to get around two hundred thousand people onto the streets all the capital colombo today i was seeing some pretty large numbers there are marching along some of these main roads in the capital city toward some key locations in the city where they will continue their protest and yes the former president himself when the rajapaksa will be present addressing the crowd talking about the aims of this protest movements and how people perceive the the current presence or a center to have failed and delivering his promises. well i think laura it's a case of if you can name and really they will seize upon it in terms of anything negative that can be placed on this government they see this government as being very weak it's being led by a very weak president it's a weak coalition made up of small parties and really since they won the election in twenty fifteen and formed the government people felt like this was a fresh start after like i say two terms of the man the rajapaksa presidency even though during his time by many he was seen as a very popular president and clearly he

i'm waiting for a reporting from colombo where the sri lankan government says it's trying to clear up a mountain of debt left behind by the previous administration will tell you what it desperately wants to avoid in the next few years so. how we've got quiet weather pushing into central parts of here would seem fair bit of rain just making its way out to scandinavia down across germany pushing down towards northern parts of the balkans by the reese quite a rash of seattle area of low pressure just spinning away here around the black sea pushing some showers up into ukraine high pressure. fun into right here warm sunshine as well twenty five celsius so you can see the showers they will continue further south some of the live besides a big unfunded downpours and the possibility still a few showers into the balkans for the west is looking lossie dry across a good part of the outback into france clear skies now starting to push in but a fair amount of cloud to the north of that across in the wells right in there into our land that also feeding into scotland the night is a fair bit of clou

i'm way reporting from the colombo where the sri lankan government says it's trying to clear up a mountain of debt left behind by the previous administration we'll tell you what it desperately wants to avoid in the next year. yesterday i failed to find fifty degrees even forty nine we're down to forty seven in the hottest parts of iran and iraq closing in from both sides the potential for a few showers in pakistan in turkey on possibly in the northwest of syria or cells in turkey as well white tie represents and is there in the forecast as well turkey the main beneficiary temperature wise there was still up in the forty's oversee the full force to build baghdad forty one also means in between the two you can probably expect forty five forty six maybe forty seven so it's starting to come down and it's a bit. there's not been much for prevailing breeze recently around the gulf states so the humidity is up and it's represented now by this potential for a lot of clouds which possibly means thunderstorms in the mountains. and now the rest of this potential is dry but the chance of showers break

been fluctuating at the moment buyers are enjoying a slight reprieve but in the markets of the capital colombo prices have increased about seven percent from a year ago and then in the in the limited and it's very difficult the moment because things have become so expensive we find it difficult to manage because prices keep going up you know in the government says at three point four percent general inflation is not a problem but it is trending upwards and is one of the economic issues opposition groups are seizing upon as they try to force the government out but some experts believe by sowing political instability the opposition is in fact undermining the economy at the very time that she needs more investment in this seat predictability of policies that lead to believe your political environment and the uncertain economy political environment is. in this month from march i'm sure lanka has also entered a period where it needs to find cash to pay big debts the government says it inherited an economic mess when it took over three years ago perhaps the biggest mess was debt it's now into what i

show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. yeah yeah we came here because we want mahinda rajapaksa back he's the only one who can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to former health minister my trip to the same after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my hand to rajapakse is favor ri

it can be changed and he clearly still enjoys plenty of support when hey al jazeera colombo. a major evacuation has been taking place from one of japan's largest airports in the wake of typhoon gebbie which killed at least ten people on tuesday but also fears for the safety of three thousand people stranded at kansai airport near osaka after all tiger slammed into the only access bridge they had to be evacuated from the artificial island by boat as soon as conditions improved to be was the most powerful typhoon to hit japan in twenty five years and while you can catch up with all the stories we're covering on our web site the address for that is al jazeera dot com and you can watch us on there by clicking on the orange live my colleague out of there dot com. your challenges there are under the top stories british police have released images of two russians suspected of poisoning a former spy and his daughter in salzburg and xander petroff and bashir off accused of attempting to murder so nearly a script with a nerve agent no which up in march the british prime minister has ca

been fluctuating at the moment buyers are enjoying a slight reprieve but in the markets of the capital colombo prices have increased about seven percent from a year ago and then in the in the limited and it's very difficult the moment because things have become so expensive we find it difficult to manage because prices keep going up you let. the government says at three point four percent general inflation is not a problem but it is trending upwards and is one of the economic issues opposition groups are seizing upon as they try to force the government out but some experts believe by sowing political instability the opposition is in fact undermining the economy at the very time that she needs more investment in this seat predictability of policies clearly to believe your political environment and the uncertain economy can political environment is. investment from march i'm sure lanka has also entered a period where it needs to find cash to pay big debts the government says it inherited an economic mess when it took over three years ago perhaps the biggest mess was debt it's now into what it ca

spill in sri lanka around twenty five tons of furnace oil leaked from a pipeline north of the capital colombo on sunday authorities say the leak has stopped but it will take days to clean up. ports a russian and syrian aircraft have resumed airstrikes in the syrian province of eyewitnesses and monitoring groups told news agencies there were several fatalities damascus has stepped up its assault on the country's last rebel stronghold after last week's summit failed to produce a ceasefire. and at least four people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the somali capital mogadishu authorities say a car laden with explosives rammed a security checkpoint at a local government office the bombing was claimed by the al shabaab extreme school . germany has been on edge after a violent anti migrant demonstrations gripped the city of kennett's two weeks ago fears of more on breast rose again on sunday when a man died after a fight with two afghan migrants in another east german town curtain thousands follow the call of far right groups and gathered for renew protests. curtain is a small town in easte

there were jayawardene opened a big green colombo six months ago bringing his savings and experience from working abroad he had big plans but his wife says an unstable economy increasing costs and a sliding rupee have made things very difficult we can't increase our prices each time gas prices increase stuff lives increase because our customers know what price we offer certain items that so each time we come increasing thought as a result we absorb the cost. the price increases have been many. fuel sugar even bus fares commuters forced to fork out higher fares for the second time in four months. it may be a small increase in the fear but when you take the total cost it's a big amount for the man. to make matters worse for the struggling economy the sri lankan rupee has lost almost nine percent of its value against the dollar so far this year and worse is expected. the devaluation has a former president demanding to take over. for them because from. where we are monitoring it just waiting i mean if you want to really discuss. you want to. know what the first thing is do i would look f

i'm way reporting from colombo where the sri lankan government says it's trying to clear up a mountain of debt left behind by the previous administration we'll tell you what it desperately wants to avoid in the next year is that in sports can seven times african champions egypt bounce back from that world cup exit at end their one of nine matches with us a whip. turkey's president says he may intervene if the syrian government backed by russia and iran carries out an all out offensive on the province the rebels' last stronghold in syria. tweeted that he would be the watch from the sidelines nor participate in such a game if the world turned a blind eye to killing thousands of people have rallied across rebel held areas to show their opposition to an all out onslaught on it live home now to three million people the u.n. has warned of a humanitarian disaster on a scale not seen it in the seventy year war well the u.n. special envoy to syria has called for the people of it live to campaign for rebel fighters to leave built up areas and go to the countryside staffan de mistura presented hi

i'm wayne hale reporting from colombo where the sri lankan government says it's trying to clear up a mountain of debt left behind by the previous administration will tell you what it desperately wants to avoid in the next few years and in sports can seven time african champions egypt bounce back from their world cup exit and end their run of nine matches without a win. at attempts to bring about an end to the war in yemen has come to an end even before it began the official government delegation is leaving the swiss city of geneva after waiting two days for the rebel representatives to join them for un brokered talks that they didn't fly to switzerland due to concerns about their safety they say they didn't have a plane or permission from the u.s. and saudi governments to leave yemen but the u.n. special envoy remains hopeful of future negotiations. we going to moscow to take up the issues that we will have discussed here this is what i mean by we have begun this is what i mean by we have begun. it's too early for me to say when the next round of consultations will take place or will

the planned port city project a new district has been erected on an artificial island in the port of colombo all financed by chinese investment the impressive animations are designed to get german and european investors on board. this is the first time doing a project like this. a lot of. do not have a full understanding. you know similar projects like this have been carried out extensively in the middle it's obviously asia particularly singapore for example and this has been shown to be able to spur development and progress of the country and therefore the welfare of the citizens of the country. german business leaders would like to strengthen relations with sri lanka starting this year it has its own foreign chamber of commerce in colombo. sri lanka at the moment. you must try to tries to position itself as a trading help us well not only a syllogistic. several free trade agreements have been signed and entered into force the policy of the government is to open markets committed and to promote free trade very actively there are promising opportunities in the area of green energy the island

show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want mahinda rajapaksa back he's the only one who can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with the tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to form a health minister my trip to the same after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my hand to rajapakse his

they only jayawardene opened a big three in colombo six months ago bringing his savings and experience from working abroad he had big plans but his wife says an unstable economy increasing costs and a sliding rupee have made things very difficult we can't increase our prices each time gas prices increased off live increases because our customers know what price we offer certain items that so each time we come increasing so as a result we absorb the cost the price increases have been many. will sugar even bus fares commuters forced to fork out higher fares for the second time in four months the way i got to doing at it may be a small increase in the fear but when you take the total cost it's a big amount for the money. to make matters worse for the struggling economy the sri lankan rupee has lost almost nine percent of its value against the dollar so far this year and worse is expected the devaluation has a former president demanding to take over. with them because of. this radio i mean if you want to discuss. that we want to make sure. the first thing is. for the operating twenty. gove

the constitution can be changed and he clearly still enjoys plenty of support wayne hay al-jazeera colombo a town mayor who had been accused by the philippines president roderigo the territory of being involved in the drug trade has been shot dead mayor mariano blanco of the town of rondo was killed by an identified gunman inside the town hall in the popular tourism area of several province blanco is the eleventh mayor killed since the terror think came to power in june twenty sixth seen. u.s. senators have questioned executives of facebook on twitter about foreign influence an election campaigns these social media giants have been warned that move was could be on the way to stop them from being a platform for election fraud castro reports. the era of the wild west in social media is coming to an end so says the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee telling the bosses of facebook and twitter that government regulation is coming and i'm skeptical that ultimately you'll be able to truly address this challenge on your own i believe congress is going to have to act i think both sh

colombo. pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered and died during soviet and nazi occupation he's in the lithuanian capital as part of a three country baltic tour the country is remembering the near extermination of its centuries old jewish community plans was warned against the rebirth of the quotes anti semitic attitudes that fuel the holocaust. so labor of love which has taken eight years of devotion to complete mexico city will be opening its own replica of michelangelo's sistine chapel to the public this week or tie a graphic designer gave over most of his time to painting the work on the ceiling of his local church he relied on donations from friends and parishioners to finance the murals here's a story. you know made me if i said and i say yes my name is miguel francisco i.c.'s and the person that painted the replica of the sistine chapel here in mexico it took me eighteen years to finish it and today we are very happy celebrate life just a little bit second for stick a

in sri lanka and around twenty five tons of fern's oil leaked from a pipeline north of the capital colombo on sunday authorities say the leak is stopped but it will take days to clean up. seven people were wounded in a knife attack in central paris late on sunday authorities say a man began attacking passers by outside a movie theater a seriously injuring four police detain the suspect officials say they don't think the incident was related to terrorism. both of sweden's main political blocs have failed to secure majorities in sunday's general election but the country's far right as recorded major gains the ruling center left social democrats and the allies took forty eight point six percent of the vote just more than the center right alliance to manage forty point straight the populist sweden democrats have surged into third place taking seventeen point six percent the far right party hopes to become kingmaker in any ruling coalition of both centrist blocs say they will not work with them. europe's populist way now reaching sweden in part because of this man you mean like a song declaring

the constitution can be changed and he clearly still enjoys plenty of support wayne hay al-jazeera colombo. still to come on the program the chief exec. facebook grilled about foreign influences in election campaigns. i was in school. business. going places together. business updates. going places together. thank. you. and twitter about. election campaigns social media have been warned that new noise could be on the way. to stop them aiding election fraud how does your castro has more from washington. the era of the wild west in social media is coming to an end so says the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee telling the bosses of facebook and twitter that government regulation is coming and i'm skeptical that ultimately you'll be able to truly address this challenge on your own i believe congress is going to have to act i think both sheryl sandberg of facebook and jack dorsey of twitter began their testimonies with sober assessments of their own operations leading up to the hacking of the us elections two years ago we found ourselves unprepared and ill equipped for the immen

to be seeing the rain continue for kolkata all the way down towards idea about as well down towards colombo it's going to be a rainy day for you with a temperature of about thirty degrees and partly cloudy. from city hospitals to community health and to change is happening across china. and for one six year old boy there is now home. from the border you just saw is from the countryside he came to a big hospital and experienced doctors perform the operation for him. how to care for one point four billion people china's unique challenge on the people's health on al-jazeera. a quick look at the top stories iran's revolutionary guard is vowing what it calls deadly and unforgettable vengeance off to saturday's attack on a military parade which killed twenty five people. the polls have closed in the maldives presidential election which is expected to cement means grip on power was extended for an extra three hours often long queues by polling centers and campaign as for any price that referendum have been marching in liverpool where the opposition labor posse is meeting this week they are demandi

i'm going to be reporting from colombo where the sri lankan government says it's trying to clear up a mountain of debt left behind by the previous administration we'll tell you what it disperses wants to avoid in the next year. i love the rain is returning with some persistence to the major japanese audiences or part of a slow moving system is a change of scene. really and it suggests two days of rain quite possibly no soccer was tokyo maybe avoiding it because it looks like it's going up the west side of honshu and tailing off through southern her car into the korean peninsula should be fairly dry probably sunny in the same is true back into beijing as well now which is focusing particularly even more especially on soccer a place of course hit by the typhoon not that long ago now that lie in goes down the coast of china so persistent rain maybe in places like for john and then when it turns back up again of the tibetan plateau sichuan could be wet once again and maybe vietnam's coming back into the play but for the most part china's not like what except for specific places hong kong

has a mandate after losses in recent local government elections when haye is with the protesters in colombo people have been walking along some of the main arterials leading to the syria to come into this proteas sidewall of they've been waiting for the former president that you mention my name to rajapaksa who's been very much behind the push to get these people out onto the streets and he at the moment is out there in that crowd walking around breaching the supporters who have come out here to try to call for this government to go as you say they believe that this government at the moment is a weak one it's a weak coalition and there has no mandate to continue that concerned about the economy inflation is high the sure lankin repeated an all time low against the u.s. dollar today they're concerned about in rural communities for example about subsidies on things like fertilizer that have been removed by this government people in the rural communities very much to a large extent anyway support the former president made into rajapaksa so they're really rallying today on a number of issues th

to talk now to mohamed nasheed formally president of the republic of the maldives he joins us from colombo mohammed nasheed thanks for joining us what happens if mr mean goes through this process and actually consolidates his grip on power. well we don't think that president i mean he's going to go through this process i do not think that he's going to win this evening voting is very. but we are getting overwhelming numbers we have an exit poll now and we are doing over sixty so this is very good and even if president ya mean reads it it will be enough for us to. get a very handsome majority i think that i believe that we are going to get through tonight . if president i mean the vote our my advice and our request to the international community is not to accept the results instantly to have a look at it to see what's been announced and to see also what's been announced at the polling booths these can be very two different results so we believe that we will have the number. and this is done intentionally we also believe so that voting can go into the night and then perhaps there will be dis

here to the west as well as the north most of the rays going to hang down here towards the south was colombo seeing thirty degrees there and chennai at about thirty two. the weather sponsored by cat time release. the environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. best the sites are pushed on grounds that it's a very modern way to do farming and we've made poisons the measure of progress. the domestic population has become organized enough an active enough to be thinking you're assuming there is if you will kill people who are more vulnerable circle of poison on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories are awful aftershocks continue to pound the island of soloway sea in central indonesia more than four hundred people have been killed after friday's earthquake and tsunami has sought the death toll will rise as rescuers reach more remote areas north korea's foreign minister says the u.s. is deepening its mistrust of by not lifting sanctions three young old told the u.n. general assembly it's unrealistic for washington