Passes a controversial citizenship wall that opponents say discriminates against muslims. And support for me in mars leader as she defends her country on genocide charges against rocking the minorities. Helo polls open in the u. K. General election in less than 8 hours and there are indications Boris Johnson is facing a close contest the conservative leader called the vote to secure a parliamentary majority and push through his brics a plan but the latest opinion poll suggests the main Opposition Labor Party closing the gap if only barker reports from london. After touring the country Boris Johnson was back in the capital to deliver his final Campaign Message the conservative policies lead in opinion polls has narrowed ahead of the vote anything less than a majority could be disastrous for the conservatives and johnsons hopes of delivering bricks it opposed 24 hours to end the deadlock 24 hours to break the gridlock 24 hours 7 in which we could remove the parliamentary road. Block and
Hes the Nobel Peace Prize winner whos also accused of covering up war crimes ill challenge former colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and well also discuss his fellow nobel peace laureate aung sang suu kyi whos been defending her government against accusations of genocide this week at the hague. One Manuel Santos former president of colombia thank you for joining me on up front your country is the latest in latin america to be the scene of antigovernment protests were now 3 weeks into these demonstrations where hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets the president even duquesne has declared the 1st curfew in bogota in nearly 4 decades hes put the military on the streets at least one protester has been killed Dozens Injured given you recently suggested that the chilean government has overreacted to the protests there do you think your countrys government you think colombia has overreacted as well. Yes declaring a curfew over reacted. Pretty the military on the stree
Plus. With a window to what eventually happens to the rest. We speak to the leader of a Pacific Island nation which is a ready being swamped by rising sea. The final opinion polls ahead of thursdays election in the u. K. Are pointing to a narrow win for Prime Minister Boris Johnsons conservative party but the prospect of a Hung Parliament where there is no clear winner still cant be ruled out and that raises the possibility of bracks it being further delayed or even canceled the barker reports from london. After touring the country it was back in the capital to deliver his final Campaign Message the conservative policies lead in opinion polls has narrowed ahead of the vote anything less than a majority could be disastrous for the conservatives of johnsons hopes of delivering bricks 8 of the proposed 24. 00. To end the deadlock 24 hours to break the gridlock 24 hours 7 in which we can remove the parliamentary roadblock and get a working majority for a sensible moderate dynamic one natio
Parliament has voted to dissolve itself sending the country to its 3rd election in less than a year now the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main opponent benny gantz were able to form a governing coalition after septembers inconclusive vote. U. S. President donald trump has signed an executive order which he says is intended to end anti semitism but there are affairs that its actually designed to restrict criticism of Israeli Government policies our fisher explains. President donald trump has regularly boasted of his pro israel record he did it again as he signed a new executive order this time into fighting what the white house sees as a growing problem of anti semitism on University Campuses across the u. S. As this is our message to universities if you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year you must reject anti semitism and i essentially the order extends part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act it allowed the department of education to wi
Trump later on tuesday im going to get your scope at the sports the World Antidoping Agency finds itself facing criticism from all sides after handing russia a 4 year ban from sports. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in algeria where a court has sentenced to former Prime Ministers to long prison terms for corruption i made or height we yeah he was sentenced to 15 years and his predecessor abdel to 12 the charges came from sweeping investigations into fraud allegations after the former president up there as hes beautifully stepped down in april lets bring in who is covered algeria extensively for us here on aljazeera a significant ruling that comes just 2 days before the election tell us 1st up. Whos been convicted and why folly it is quite significant of the same time its unprecedented you have 3 people widely considered by the alleged by the algerians as the main pillars of the political elite in algeria during the time of former president of the disease but