Good you. Know the these. I mean. Thats the only happy election. But the election you saw some. Happening last month. About 66 people were keel its not always been like this in some nations external unelected powers and blamed for playing roles in the demonic of democracy. Probably fall can choose sitting on a. Political science as we call. Complexity authoritarians authoritarianism where the government is elected by the electoral regulations are many permitted to give the advantages to the government to the ruling party. She believes this is happening mainly in thailand singapore i mean maher and cambodia some feel theres a basic solution to this downward trend in democracy to correct itself here in Southeast Asia a fresh change in leaders a passing of a torch to the next generation my. Its easier said than done if you change at the top of the many of these leaders or when they had to and then saying that their lives politics and so on lets hope that new generation of need. That grow up with new technology will do things differently so unless that happens some are warning democracy in most nations here is under threat and they say although people have the right to vote what its actually worth is questionable its got hardly aljazeera thank god. Several people are missing off the mall flooding and landslides in southwest china cars were washed away by flash floods and wiser province and many homes and businesses have been destroyed and Emergency Response was activated following heavy rain last week which killed at least 61 people. So ahead on the news out. Afghanistans cricketers show why they shouldnt be taken lightly well have action from that world cup clash with india in sport. After years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the worlds biggest ever conservation projects. Theyre pretty emblematic of the patagonia if theyre plentiful and theyre calm like this one is then you know that the system is coming back and that they feel no threat works and thats why youre on your rewilding patagonia on aljazeera. Examining the headline and scientists are telling us that we have just 12 years to make one person any changes unflinching in journalism i have to leave to complete. Absolutely sharing personal stories with a global audience we see people making sacrifices this is what the want to see explore an abundance of world class programming the world is watching on aljazeera. Now britains biggest of a sculpture exhibition has opened up featuring the work of some of the worlds most recognizable artists pieces from 18 artists from more than a dozen countries are on display at several sites across yorkshire including in the city of wakefield from where i am haywood sent us this report. Mesmerising incoming its easy to get lost in wolfgang lives installation which uses rice granite and ashes to explore our relationship to food and life and death i think very important is very political but not not for the next day that is that is for the politicians but i think a look back in our history. The most important to us important for centuries and centuries after and somehow i think i wouldnt make political statements for our little problems today leipzig work is on show was part of the u. K. s biggest sculpture festival which is taking place across 4 sites in yorkshire the works of the 21st century sculptors are exhibited alongside that of Barbara Hepworth and henry moore who put british sculpture on an international footing in the 20th century here selftaught sculptor tao louis uses found objects to explore the issue of identity and black history to reign in art is not a reprogramming it uses different materials to make her statement the landscape here provides the perfect gallery setting allowing the sculpture space to breathe and it adds to the drama of the artwork damien hirst of course is no stranger to drama his work is striking against the backdrop i think that each piece each artist who is sharing has a unique vision and i think the artist that people will see in this exhibition be able to grasp hold of an idea and it will hopefully open their minds to make them look at the world in a different way to think about how they move around space to think about how things feel about our environments the aim here is to make art accessible and give people the space to reflect on life and he would aljazeera in wakefield now and the sport. Thank you so much marian well afghanistan narrowly missed out on the biggest win in the cricketing history they lost a tight world cup match against india by just 11 runs sal malik reports. If you gave afghanistan a chance against india but they looked good early on picking Robert Sharma for just one virat kohli got india on track was but when he fell for 67 leaving india on 135 full afghanistan had real hope. They managed to restrict india to lesson 100 runs in the final 20 overs the men in blue ending on a modest 224 free afghanistan didnt have the best start to the chase for 2 allows us life the wing of the 7th over they recovered though and managed to get beyond 100 for the loss of just to make it up but disaster struck in the 29th over was just me who might get into the queue was the afghans didnt give up though hard enough these past and to got to that a final o. B. Needing 60 runs but a Mohammed Shami had tricked ended afghanistans dream india winning it by 11 runs and the 9 afghanistan and memorable with the helm ali al jazeera. A new zealand have maintained their unbeaten record they beat the windies in a thriller came williamson scored 148 to help win posts to 90 want to cause brathwaite century got the west indies close but he fell in the pan else when i was a black caps winning it by 5 runs while victory made new zealand sets up spot in the standings all but puts them into the semifinals the top 4 all go through indias when over afghanistan lifts them up to surge on sunday south africa and pakistan face off in what is a must win game for both teams. No way through to the quarter finals of the womens world cup theyve knocked out australia in a penalty shoot out in the days of the game germany beat nigeria 3 nil the 2 time champions will face are the sweden or canada in the quarter finals germany have now reached at least the last 8 at every world cup house priscilla through to the quarterfinals of the copper america the 8 sam champions beating peru 5 nil to finish top of their group this effort coming up by liverpool striker both so for me know one of the highlights of bank game peru may yet qualify as one of the best placed teams then as well as also through from group a after a 31 win over bolivia. Uganda of want to game in the africa for nations for the 1st time in more than 40 years the east africans beating they are congo to know in their Opening Group match 3 time champion one shiria were one no winners against burundi who are making their cup of nations debut madagascar also when its all up for the 1st time it suits you in a game against guinea there are jiri a kick off their campaign on sunday against kenya caught up with the north african team at their pretournament Training Camp in. The desert foxes as they are known are putting the finishing touches to their cup preparations 2 years ago algeria were eliminated in the 1st round in egypt coach will be relying on the skills of key players riyad matter is the future for goalie and yes but he me. For the 1st on the africa cup of nations its being held in june and july its convenient for play is based in european leagues but it means matches will be played in the searing north african summer is challenging but i really think is a good idea i think it should have been done before to be honest because for for example from the play in england there was. No break during the day and winter winter time and we always have African Nations Cup during this time so we took a little bit time with the club and we need a lot of games fresh from winning the English Premier League title for the 2nd time majesty city star riyad maharis is now targeting africas Top International prize. Believe about an amazing i think. I dont want to say it would be better than the premier league. They would be Something Different and they will be like i think will be. Despite qualifying for the world cup 4 times algeria missed out on the finals in russia last year and theyve won africas biggest title once and that was back in 1900 when they hosted it. This is competition has been expanded to include 24. 00 teams with all judea drawn against sinegal kenya and tanzania of course its not easy. To say when on the favorite there is a big teams do to did the team who played the previous woke up for example to music. And a gypsy they were. So strong they tried to analyze what is our mistakes just mistakes why we didnt win and the africa cup with a home run we know is that we know that we know the reason now its all about changing the situation and trying to improve algeria hoping this will be the year the 3 decade wait to lift the biggest toggle in african football comes to an end phone hamlisch aljazeera doha. Lewis hamilton has taken pole position at the french groom prix the world title leader breaking the track record as the messiah the steam swept the front row of the grid it was hamiltons 3rd pole of the season the 5 time f one champion finishing just ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas us who had been quickest in the 1st 2 sections of qualifying for his shot a close 3rd with red bulls max pushed up and 4th. I knew that it was there is about doing and i would say its probably a more enjoyable discovery of my inception especially when youve been huge 3 like a limited than i had. Done you know and then you know you go quicker the next time is really really strange Roger Federer has stayed on course for a 10th how to rope and sidle federer beats in front says. A bear in straight sets in the semi final in germany the 37 year old and now take on belgiums david in sundays final. And ashley sees inside save the world number one ranking french open champion bass extended her winning run to 11 matches with a straight sets victory over bob restrictive in the last 4 at the birmingham classic if the australian winds sundays final she will get the top spot. Ok there is a force looking for now lets get back to marion in london. Thanks very much andy and that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in a moment with much more of the days news and a roundup the top stories coming up that shortly seen in a bit. More than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis youve taken home more than 480000000 dollars your company is now bankrupt our economy is in the state of crisis i have a very basic question is this millions lost their homes in the u. S. Alone who was held responsible i will be fabulously wealthy and i will not be in christ for thank the lord the man who stole my good will on aljazeera. Its a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan targus next ball astri seems to defy gravity every few cities is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness what it became a democracy in 2008 the time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow betimes example but how do you measure it many brits are nice happinesses but when sure it if it is quantifiable of advice simply turning its pursuit into policy time has done what no other country has. Madagascar a breathtaking tropical paradise. We reach for more protect. Our interests. We follow their journey as they put their lives on the line to. Risk and gets. Us President Donald Trump wants military action is still on the table following irans downing of an american drone all day. Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre with aljazeera also coming up on the program with the ethiopian governments proposal for a joint military and civilian government in sudan and months of protests. A russian supermarkets in yemen after the World Food Program suspend some of its aid operations. Im looking at art which looks at the worlds britains largest ever sculpture exhibition opens featuring the work of artists from 13 countries. Welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has warned that military action is still on the table as the standoff with iran deepens and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Crisis Gathered strength well for now the war of words is continuing to iran says it will respond firmly to any aggression and threat from washington that was after trump ordered military strikes on iran and then called them off his decision follows the shooting down of a u. S. Drone by iran on thursday it was launched from u. S. Air base the United Arab Emirates and on saturday iran summoned the u. A. E. Envoy over the incident u. A. E. Carrier at out along with several other airlines has decided not to fly over parts of iranian as space but to iran says the skies are safe the u. K. Has sent its middle east minister to teheran to try to deescalate the situation while they use top diplomats and the german chancellor Angela Merkel are pushing for a political solution so lets get more from john hendren in washington and john we have been hearing directly from President Trump today striking a different tone perhaps one of more restraint than he has done in recent days. Thats right the president said that he will Institute Additional tariffs on iran starting on monday but he said he looks forward to the day when through diplomacy those those sanctions can all be taken away and he even said lets make iran great again twisting his trademark line so we spot hes talking much more positively right now hes long been. A bit of an iran hawk but now hes talking a little more positively however we have learned through new reporting by the Washington Post and yahoo news that the president did authorize a cyber strike on the Computer Systems the iranian Computer Systems that run their missile and rocket systems and those were according to that reporting crippling attacks so there was an attack that simply wasnt one that was kinetic and that involved a loss of human life so the president appears to be operating on a couple of Different Levels now just in the past few minutes his secretary of state mike pompei a put out a statement he says he wanted to correct the record for some misinformation about what has been going on between the u. S. And iraq iran rather he said 1st President Trump did not pass a message through oman calling for talks with iran hes essentially saying iran knows what our position is when they want to talk to the United States they can do so. Second he said the United States has shown beyond any doubt this is in pump ayos word that the Unmanned Aircraft was shot down in International Airspace that has been disputed by iran they say that was over iranian territory and 3rd he said the United States is not evacuating personnel from the ballade air base in iraq that is a report that we had we had reported earlier that that had been reported pompei was saying that is not the case its very interesting these conflicting messages about whether there has been any communication through 3rd parties such as the moneys because the u. S. Has dismissed that but of course it sort of highlights the fact that even if trump is saying that there should be some sort of diplomacy members of his cabinet and all particularly in favor of it. Thats right and trump has a pattern of doing this sort of personal diplomacy of reaching out to leaders like kim jong un in north korea. And having those sort of personal relations also paying in china. He says hes his own diplomat in many ways john bolton his National Security advisor is a iran hawk who has long talked about the need for regime change in iran but youre hearing something very different from the president right now thank you very much from washington john hendren with the latest on that will to twitter to announce that additional sanctions on tehran will come into effect on monday Lawrence Korb is a former u. S. Assistant secretary of defense he spoke about the implications of new sanctions on iran the idea that youre going to get all ran back through the table by putting more sanctions on is really not going to change things because the sanctions on their already devastating but theyre not supported by the europeans theyre not supported by russia and china the other parties to the nuclear deal what he needs to do is get back to the nuclear deal and then start negotiating about what he sees are flaws in the deal. Well just as dollar trump and his advisors have been grappling over their strategy on iran there is yet more up even in the pentagon has nominated a new secretary of defense will be the person to lead the pentagon in 6 months i do joe castro has more. Its a new record 6 months without a permanent u. S. Defense secretary thats 3 times longer than ever before in the countrys history and the timing is hardly ideal. Irans downing of an american spy drone caught the pentagon by surprise and as President Trump considered how to respond acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan was packing his bags preparing to leave his job after reports of Domestic Violence in his family this shanahan fiasco shows what a shambles what a mess the administrations National Security and Foreign Policy is the man trump has nominated to replace shanahan is mark as spur hes been secretary of the army since 2017 esper also has experience as a congressional member of staff but his 7 years as a Defense Industry lobbyist may be a weakness during Senate Confirmation hearings that were better to have a confirmed secretary of defense might say with regard to marcos where we all know him. I think thats a good choice for acting the pentagons clout in advising the president is widely seen as having suffered since the departure of trumps 1st defense secretary general jim mattis he was opposed to the u. S. Leaving the Iran Nuclear Accord and eventually quit in december when trump announced plans to pull special forces from syria its just that right now because you dont have someone who is in that permanent position theyre not able to influence the level of authority and forwards over Decision Making and that gives the president s National Security adviser john bolton an enormous berth in terms of his ability to. In force and shape the direction of National Security and military policy and bolton a hawkish advisor on the National Security council had lobbied the president to authorize a retaliatory military strike on iran trump says he cancelled the attack at the last minute citing his reluctance to inflict iranian casualties everybody was saying im a warmonger. And now they sandwich with no permanent leadership guiding him from within the Defense Department trumps decisions have indeed left him standing alone. Castro aljazeera washington meanwhile iran says its executed a former Defense Ministry employee who was convicted of spying for the us dosage of bari has more on that now from the iranian capital. The Judicial Division of the armed forces has just released information that they have executed a person for spying for the cia and the im in American Administration they have identified a man by the name of john. Zawar who was a former freelance employee within the defense ministries Aerospace Unit now this person has apparently was suspended in 2010 and thats when he apparently confessed that he was spying for the cia and according to the information released espionage devices and documents were also found in his home we also know that his wife has also been sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accomplice this comes at a very very important time we know we dont know exactly when this person was executed he was executed by hanging the date of his execution has not been released but the information about this person is being released today is very important given the current tensions that weve seen ongoing between the United States and iran this is just another development within this scheme of escalation between the 2 sides donald trump says he will postpone mass deportation raids against Illegal Migrants for 2 weeks to work with democrats on immigration issues raids were expected to target hundreds of families facing deportation orders in 10 u. S. Cities on sunday in a tweet trump said that if a compromise cant be reached with the democrats on closing immigration loopholes the deportations would begin. To don leading protest group says its accepted a plan for a Transitional Government put forward by ethiopias Prime Minister the plan proposes the immediate formation of a government for the next 3 years and suggest a 15 Member Council with 7 civilian representatives 7 military representatives and then one person who is approved by both sides the ethiopian plan also demands sudanese people have access to the internet saddams military shut it off earlier this month in an attempt to quash the protest movement altogether well earlier i spoke to mark a sudanese human rights activist a member of the Sudan Doctors Union she told us more about the reaction amongst many people in hard to to this deal people of course will be very skeptical about the. Deal of course the trust from the fall toward the terms of its council has been shaken after the attack as you mentioned but of course they remain some optimism remain that look like to move forward because the situation now is a standstill and i dont think anyone would like to see the Current Situation continue we would like to see a transition i think the the it to to see the rule i think the international. Community exerted huge pressure on the on the Transitional Council but a lot importantly the sudanese people through continuing continuation of the peace peaceful demonstration as well as civil disobedience they forced the Transitional Council to come back and sit in to the table. Well hundreds of people and hearty in the holding night demonstrations to protest power and internet outages people gathered near car headlights and even sourced Power Generators to make their point sudans ruling generals cut Internet Services in the wake of a deadly dispersal of a sit in protest outside the Army Headquarters thousands of demonstrations have been camped there since april when former president tomorrow bashir was removed from office. As long as the incident remains cuts we will hold these meetings to show the people that we are proceeding in this revolution. At least 3 people