Attempt to find a solution john hendren has a latest now from washington d. C. President donald trump appears to have changed his tone somewhat on iran the president says he can imagine the u. S. And iran being best of friends he even went on to say hed like to make iran great again and he even thanked the persian nation for not shooting down a mans plane that was nearby with about 35. 00 crew members according to iranian officials when it shot down an unmanned u. S. Drone but the president also said he will go ahead with new sanctions against iran starting on monday and according to news reports the president approved last week a cyber strike against iran disabled Computer Systems that run the countrys missile and rocket systems so the president appears to be operating on a number of Different Levels and meanwhile on saturday mike pompei of the president s secretary of state issued a statement with somewhat more bellicose rhetoric saying that iran shot down that drone over International Waters not as iran says over iranian territory and pompei went on to say when the Iranian Regime decides to forego violence and meet our diplomacy with diplomacy it knows how it can reach us until then our diplomatic isolation and Economic Pressure Campaign against the regime will intensify and that is where those sanctions the president is promising come into play however President Trump was elected on a promise to pull the u. S. Out of military conflicts in iraq and afghanistan and many analysts believe that he is relieved not to be clinically embroiled in yet another military conflict that could further divide his already narrow base with the 2020 election season already underway. Well time for a short break here najera when we come back the u. S. Some vals the economic part of its middle east peace plan but palestinians reject the proposed. In india a vital source of food turns to dust as years of drought crippled villages more in that states. Hello get a welcome back to International Weather forecasts weather was very stormy here across parts of Central Europe on saturday evening the storms are going to continue on sunday here across much of Central Europe as well over the next day things will get a little bit better but the next big story is whats going to happen here across western europe we are going to be seeing a heat wave in the making starting on monday so here on our temperature map on sunday still quite warm in paris at 28. 00 degrees or normally paris the average high this time of year is about 22. 00 degrees watch what happens as we go towards monday that temperature goes up to about 33. 00 degrees here across much of the area as well as zurich at 30 and this is only the beginning as we go through the rest of the week those temperatures will climb paris on thursday of next week could reach to as high as 37 or 38 degrees so its a very dangerous situation well be watching how this plays out as we go through the rest of the week where across the northern coast of africa we are looking at some very dry conditions for most areas here temperatures are quite high though along the coast for tunis it is going to be a very hot day for you at 37 degrees those winds are coming in from the south tripoli its also going to be a nice day but a warm day at 33. 00 degrees there kyra not looking too bad at 37. 00 but as you go south alls one is going to be a little bit warmer with the temperature 41. 00. Top stories here on aljazeera ethiopias military chief of staff has been shot dead in what the Prime Minister says was a coup attempt in a Northern State media has also reported that the governor of the state was killed along with an aide after being attacked in his office. Meeting protest group says its accepted a plan for a Transitional Government plan proposes the creation of a governing body made up of civilian and military members. And the us president says that he only stopped the strikes against iran and now donald trump. Is still on the table also plans to impose additional sanctions on tehran. Now the army in the democratic republic of congo has begun an offensive against a group in the eastern part of the country the fighting in recent weeks has killed at least 100. 00 people and displaced hundreds of thousands well Catherine Sawyer joins us live now from lake albert in neighboring uganda where many people have fled catherine lets talk 1st about this offensive being launched by the Congolese Army in the east of the country what more do we know. Well daryn what were hearing from across the border is that these the fences started this morning and they basically is to flush out about 5 militias that are hiding out in the forest and thats cost in this villages in this area is where the fighting is going on there the aim is to block roads that have been blocked and create a safe passage for humanitarian aid to get to those who need it most and also to try and rescue some 80000 people or so that are still trapped in areas that are fighting now weve also been talking to some military officials who are saying that the difficulty theyre facing is that theyre not just fighting or theyre not just trying to flush out a Militia Group individuals that are bosan i rose and defining a well organized well equipped Militia Groups that have very sophisticated weapons including guns weve had that militias have attacked several times bases all of our d. C. Thats a military. In the r. C. C. So thats a challenge that is being faced we all have also spoken to the governor of utah reprograms who said that it is really not clear what these militias are fighting for but weve known that in the past that the fight. Has always been about some line and you know the minerals that are in that area catherine whats happening then to the thousands of people fleeing the fighting who crossed over into uganda where you are. Well overall about 400000 people have been displaced in that fighting many of them are in the r. C. In borneo the capital of the poorest province in other areas incomes. Some of them are heading over us specially those who are right across the lake all dressed in villages that some of them are coming here in this particular column in this particular Transit Center we are seeing an average of about 300. 00 people coming in every day now some of them are now heading to a center or Reception Center that is about one and a half one and a half hours from the and then from there they are going to go to another section an area where we have at least 100000 refugees most of them are in our congolese who have escaped in the last few years from the same conflict and here we did meet what we are noticing here is a huge family that are coming many children some of them unaccompanied we spoke to one boy in particular 14 years old a painter james who said that the last image she left in the r. C. When he was running is his mother running away being chased by a man who was welding a machine to his very worried doesnt know what the new mom is alive or not hes also heading to thats a reception area but he says that hes afraid that the father he moves away from the border hes afraid that hes not going to get information about his family who spoke to him this morning as well daryn and he said he still doesnt have any information about his family this people have come with very horrific stories about whats happening across the border to capture and store their life for some like albert and catherine thank you. Residents of istanbul are back at the polling stations in a controversial rerun of the mill election held about 3 months ago in march the opposition candidate was declared the winner of the 1st vote but that result was an old after the ruling party fall the legal challenge over in the edged irregularities will soon end costello joins us live now from istanbul some m. So hows the voting going so far and how significant is this rerun. Well let me begin with the 2nd question it is very significant in turkey because istanbul is like the heart of turkey in terms of culture in terms of economy in terms of the political influence the spied on is the capital of turkey and this is a place where president don also started this political career 1st as his partys former partys district manager and then as the mayor of istanbul so the mainly the ruling party sees the mayor ship of istanbul as the door opening to the Prime Minister presidency in turkey and thats why the opposition believes if they can give a blow to the ruling party in istanbul they will pave the way for themselves for the general elections that is going to come up on 2023 and still most citizens are in turkey the participation is always very high and right today the participation is expected to be a bow 90 percent and some people are really devoted to vote because they believe they have chosen their position and Alliance Candidates come in the mall as the mayor ever disapproved of action or to call political decision for them and cancel the election and all that and all the result thats why they believe they are votes counted invalid by a political influence thats why they are going to the polls they say they are reclaiming their votes and their candidate however on the other side the ruling Party Supporters believe that that was a rare. There were irregularities in the previous the election and. The ruling partys candidate is going to win its a neck to make race. The opposition candidate had the lead in with 14000. 00 votes on march 31st but this time the forces that we have spoken prior to today told us that whoever wins that the lead is going to be much more than 14000. 00 and the ballot boxes are going to be closed. Jane which is 5 pm stumble local time and everybodys curious about who is going to win because it is also a sign for the future of general politics about turkey so i am thank you thailands Prime Minister has called on a fellow Southeast Asian leaders to conclude a trade deal that would form the Worlds Largest free trade area. Open the 2nd day of the latest summit of Southeast Asian countries known as a stand in thailand he says a free trade deal is necessary to protect the blocs 10 Member States from what he called the winds of protectionism those deal would include india and china but not the u. S. North koreas leader kim jong un has received a personal letter from donald trump and says he will seriously consider its contents kim jong moon praise the letter described it as excellent but stopped short of saying what it was about comes off a stall denuclearization talks between both countries earlier this week kim said he was waiting on a positive step from the u. S. We could go to confirmed that he received a quote beautiful letter from kim. Security and investment are top of the agenda is qatars emir shift i mean been hammered out these spends a 2nd day meeting leaders in pakistan the visit is at the invitation of Prime Minister imran khan to discuss the current tensions in the gulf region along with ways to enhance cooperation and everything from trade and energy to tourism. Senior white house advisor and president s trump son in law Jared Krishna has laid out the 1st part of his socalled deal of the sentries thats the middle east peace plan he says is based on 50000000000. 00 of investment more than half would be spent on palestinian infrastructure of a 10 year is the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan are the main projects the 5000000000. 00 transportation kodo to connect the occupied west bank and gaza nearly 2000000000 would also be injected into the palestinian Tourism Industry trying to drum up support for the 179 infrastructure and business projects ahead of an International Conference in bahrain next week palestinian leaders are boycotting the event they refuse to talk to the u. S. Since it recognized jerusalem as israels capital in 2017. The plan would invest about 50000000000. 00 in the region that would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank and gaza take their Unemployment Rate from about 30 percent to Single Digits it would reduce their poverty rate by half if its implemented correctly its a 10 year plan that would double their g. D. P. Weve had a Peer Reviewed now by about a dozen economists in a dozen countries and were very excited to put it forward in yemen who the rebels say theyve attacked fighters but rather saudi an iraqi Led Coalition they say several sudanese soldiers were killed and injured in the assault on camps in northern miltie desert who these say they also fired rockets across the border into saudi arabia targeting a military position in the city of nashville and a large parts of india are suffering the worst drought in decades and thats forcing many farmers to abandon their land on after their crops failed many and moving to the cities to find life there isnt much better elizabeth purana reports from one of indias hardest hit regions the Western State of maharashtra. You are. More to left has 40000 square metre cotton farm in his village 6 months ago he now lives in this cramped rented room with his family. 2 years of drought have forced him to find work as a laborer in one of the many factories in the city of about. It is very difficult to live in the city. But. I have to live. Nearly 3 quarters of the state of maharashtra is suffering drought and crop failure. Farmers often take out loans to buy seeds and if they crops fail they cant pay back the money. There have been heavy loans because for the last couple of years there have been no rings there have been 4 or 5 suicides in our village the plight of farmers has been a major problem in india and recent years more than 300000 farmers have killed themselves in the past 25 years a study found a 5th of those deaths were due to Climate Change or even a marginal increase in rainfall let a few a suicide that here. The government has encouraged farmers to insure their crops against failure through a nationwide scheme they say they have distributed more than 60000000. 00 to farmers in this district this year. And the condition of crops there is a Prime Ministers scheme and i will get the insured amount. But many of those who are supposed to gain protection say it doesnt work. Says insurers wont cover his silk farm and morris says he also cant get support it has a rich poor people the middlemen big door so it doesnt benefit the poor farmers. And our mentalist say whats really needed is for farmers to stop relying on crops like cotton and sugar cane which takes lots of water to grow. If you look at its continuously in drought because of Sugar Factories i think if this problem needs to be solved we should work on cropping patterns. But changing types of crops and where and when they will take time so back in the city pondered on morty waits and hopes the rains will come and he can go back to work in his fields elizabeth aljazeera. Protesters have been outside georgias parliament for a 3rd day but most have been peaceful after hundreds of people were arrested and injured in violence with police in the capital tbilisi on thursday demonstrators tried to Storm Parliament after a russian politician gavrilov gave a speech in his native language in response putin announced a halt in flights in georgia starting next month and relations between both countries have been strained since the 2008 war over south a setting. For a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera ethiopias army chief has died after being shot the Prime Minister says journalists are in the con and died as the country was trying to stop a coup attempt and im horace state media reporting that the head of the state is advisor were also killed. The army in the democratic republic of congo has begun an offensive against an armed group in the eastern part of the country the fighting in recent weeks has killed at least 100 people and displaced thousands. Sudans leading protest group says its accepted a plan for a Transitional Government the plan proposes the creation of a governing body made up of civilian and military members the Transitional Military Council has yet to respond. The u. S. President says that he only stopped airstrikes against iran for now donald trump warned that military action is still an option from also plans to impose additional sanctions on tehran. Iran right now is an economic mess theyre going through hell its a bit of a hard war sanctions are going to be put on a lot more its hard to believe you could even but it is a rod want to become a wealthy nation again. From abroad they will call it lets make the run rate again that makes sense make the run great again with me but never going to do it if they think that vibrant 6 years theyre going to have a Nuclear Weapon i know too much about Nuclear Power a lot about it and let me tell you theyre not going to have a Nuclear Weapon thailands Prime Minister has called them fellow South East Asian leaders to approve a trade deal that would form the worlds biggest free trade area by of china open the 2nd day of the latest summit of Southeast Asian countries known as in thailand the proposed deal would include india and china but not the u. S. Voting