april nineteenth and that national assembly assembly will be choosing a new president and as it stands it looks like the favorite going in is fifty seven year old vice president the country right now it seems big al diaz can now he is not a castro which is something very new for the nation and which could be a bit to mulch was and still yet to see wow that's actually going to go down with the public about you know some sort of that we've heard of too much outside of cuba but obviously the man is entrenched in that nation and he has a number of challenges in front of him as you mentioned economic being one of the biggest concerns cuba the growth rates but i will just over two percent for the past few years so we're not seeing too much growth in that nation and of course he has to take that home and focus strongly on what's going on there foreign investments going to be one of the big things he needs to look into we know the way things stand right now the relationship is quite sour with the united states donald trump came in so big changes from that respect you'll have to go to different

the six hundred twelve members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro and it will be the first time since one nine hundred fifty nine revolution that someone other than his brother fidel holds the office those are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us the listening post is coming up next thank you for watching. it's candidates but only one likely winner. since tight grip on the kremlin is mandate seen is now and when russian people voice on march the eighteenth there is every indication that they will return him to his presidential to. follow the russian elections here on al-jazeera . broken hearts and yet another american town shocked by devastating violence this time at that florida high school about today the survivors of the deadly school shooting in florida say they're turning their anger into action ever again that's the rallying cry of top politicians on the playing or out of my generation as our lives alone richard is but if you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week we.

national assembly in south korea. you are correct to point that out but i don't think that it --uld be assigned to situation. administration is supporting this, they act like it does not matter if you need to thirds majority vote or not. -- reason i'm saying that two thirds vote or not. if you want to work with the opposition, you need to figure out why their people going back and forth. but that didn't happen, it happened in secrecy within a month. the full text is still yet to be released to the public. it seems like he is not very serious -- or concerned about the opposition of the national assembly. i find that very puzzling. why does that not matter? he talk about -- we talk about candlelight revolution quite often. we've seen that happen with south korea. maybe that is what he is counting on. i want to say that we should continue to watch that situation. the second item, the collapse. i am not saying it will, i am just saying if it happens we need to be prepared. that, just because it hasn't collapsed for the pa

and today they are electing into the provincial assemblies and the national assembly of people's power which is the highest decision making or ledges and the body formally in cuba but at the end of this process which will last for six or seven months there will be a president of cuba who is not a castro that is correct so the national assembly will meet in april just after the middle of april and they will elect a council of state and then the president of the council estate will be elected who we were first who is the president of cuba what's prompted this to take place this shift this change in leadership biology bring obviously you know fidel castro has died his father is getting older and he they you know through our came out a few years ago and said very clearly that we need to open up space for a younger generation and they. presented a set of reforms to political leadership where in senior positions people should only be able to stand for two terms and you have speed below a certain age in order. rankings of leadership so they are definitely making a concerted effort to regenera

assembly the new members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president roh castro a new president will be the first in almost sixty years from outside the castro family. supporters of catalonia independence have staged a protest in barcelona this comes after elections in catalonia had to be perspire and when spain supreme court ruled that candidate georges sanchez would not be allowed to leave jail to attend a parliamentary session planned for monday. bubbly girls authorities in the u.k. a warning that as many as five hundred people might have been contaminated with the nerve agent used to attack a former russian spy last weekend so i guess cripple and his daughter yulia remain critically ill in hospital after being attacked for brennan reports. families enjoying a pizza drinkers socializing in the pub hundreds of people may have been unknowingly contaminated as a consequence of the u.k. spy poisoning the revelation that traces of toxic nerve agents have been found in both z.z.z. and the mill pub in seoul very approach a startling message from the u.k. top health foo

april nineteenth and the national assembly assembly will be choosing a new president and as it stands it looks like the favorite going in is fifty seven year old vice president the country right now is news miguel diaz can now he is not a castro which is something very new for the nation and which could be a bit some mulch was and still yet to see what how that's actually going to go down with the public about. that we've heard of too much outside of cuba but obviously the man is entrenched in that nation and he has a number of challenges in front of him as you mentioned economic being one of the biggest concerns cuba it's the growth rates but it will just over two percent for the past few years so we're not seeing too much growth in that nation and of course he has to take the helm and focus strongly on what's going on there foreign investments going to be one of the big things he needs to look into we know the way things stand right now the relationship is quite sour with the united states donald trump came in so big changes from that respect you'll have to go to different countries

april nineteenth of that national assembly assembly will be choosing a new president and as it stands it looks like the favorite going in is fifty seven year old vice president the country right now it seems miguel diaz can now he is not a castro which is something very new for the nation and which could be a bit to mulch was and still yet to see how that's actually going to go down with the public about you know some sort of that we've heard of too much outside of cuba but obviously the man is entrenched in that nation and he has a number of challenges in front of him as you mentioned economic being one of the biggest concerns cuba the growth rates but i will just over two percent for the past few years so we're not seeing too much growth in that nation and of course he has to take that home and focus strongly on what's going on there foreign investments going to be one of the big things he needs to look into we know the way things stand right now the relationship is quite sour with the united states donald trump came in so big changes from that respect you'll have to go to different

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assembly which will van be tasked with electing a new president in april and this time the president's named won't be. stepping down after serving his second five year to cuba's new leader is likely to be someone who did not fight in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution with current vice president miguel diaz kind of a favorite for the job and it won't be an easy one with the country's economy on the slide and relations with the united states of america worsening since donald trump became president. cuba has been a communist one party state led by the castro brothers since one nine hundred fifty nine that's when fidel and raul near the cuban revolution and overthrew the government of u.s. backed for jency but in one thousand sixty one of the u.s. launched the bay of pigs invasion a failed attempt to remove castro from power allied himself and cuba more closely with the soviet union but when its collapse in one nine hundred ninety one cuba was plunged into an economic crisis in two thousand and eight role took over from his brother who was suffering ill health fidel died two years

assembly which will then be tasked with electing a new president in april and this time the president's named won't be. stepping down after serving his second five year to cuba's new leader is likely to be someone who did not fight in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution with current vice president miguel diaz kind of a favorite for the job and it won't be an easy one with the country's economy on the slide and relations with the united states of america worsening since donald trump became president. cuba has been a communist one party state led by the castro brothers since one nine hundred fifty nine that's when fidel and raul led the cuban revolution and overthrew the government of u.s. backed for jency but in one thousand sixty one of the us launched the bay of pigs invasion a failed attempt to remove custer from power allied himself and cuba more closely with the soviet union but when its collapse in one nine hundred ninety one cuba was plunged into an economic crisis in two thousand and eight role took over from his brother who was suffering ill health fidel died two years ag

assembly which will then be tasked with electing a new president in april and this time the president's name won't be. stepping down after serving his second five year to cuba's new leader is likely to be someone who did not fight in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution with current vice president miguel diaz kind of a favorite for the job and it won't be an easy one with the country's economy on the slide and relations with the united states of america worsening since donald trump became president. cuba has been a communist one party state led by the castro brothers since one nine hundred fifty nine that's when fidel and raul the cuban revolution and overthrew the government of u.s. backed for jency but in one nine hundred sixty one of the us launched the bay of pigs invasion a failed attempt to remove castro from power allied himself and cuba more closely with the soviet union but when its collapse in one nine hundred ninety one cuba was plunged into an economic crisis in two thousand and eight roll took over from his brother who was suffering ill health died two years ago aged

assembly which will then be tasked with electing a new president in april and this time the president's name won't be. stepping down after serving his second five year to cuba's new leader is likely to be someone who did not fight in the one nine hundred fifty nine revolution with current vice president miguel diaz favorite for the job and it won't be an easy one with the country's economy on the slide and relations with the united states of america worsening since donald trump became president. cuba has been a communist one party state led by the castro brothers since one nine hundred fifty nine that's when fidel and roll the cuban revolution and overthrew the government of the u.s. backed for jency but in one thousand sixty one of the us launched the bay of pigs invasion a failed attempt to remove castro from power allied himself and cuba more closely with the soviet union but when its collapse in one nine hundred ninety one cuba was plunged into an economic crisis in two thousand and eight roll took over from his brother who was suffering ill health died two years ago aged ninety in

expected to cost their ballots the six hundred twelve members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro and it will be the first time for minding fifteen on devolution that someone other than his brother fidel holds the office. those are the headlines on al-jazeera but do stay with us the listening post is coming up next thank you for watching. eight candidates but only one likely winner but even a tight grip on the kremlin is mandate is now when russian people votes on. every indication that they will return him to his full presidential. follow the russian elections appear on al-jazeera. broken heart and yet another american town shocked by devastating violence this time for the high school about the survivors of the deadly school shooting in florida say they're turning their anger to action now. that the browning. of the playground of my generation. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week. the teenage survivors of the latest u.s. school shooting has brought the skills of a

the new members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro. now the antarctic has been described as one of the most remote and treacherous places on earth much of its rich biodiversity is yet to be fully documented and the second part of antarctic series we look at the european union's campaign to protect the deseret region there is environment at it and it can join a greenpeace scientific expedition through the wet l c. the captain's eye view of the voyage as the icebreaker arctic sunrise pushes through into the remote waters of the weddell see a vast unknown territory few ships venture this far. has already made an attempt this antarctic summer but was foiled by ice crackers rather we were way through. to get it down into the well. tried region before the beginning of what would be protected looks like an opening here least for. yes probably just. finally we break through into the isolated area of the proposed tree at the moment i checked on the. satellite charts this morning and there's someone of the ship in this entire space as another sh

eight million cubans are very sing for a new national assembly in the coming hours the new members of the assembly will decide on a successor to eighty six year old raul castro who spec steps down next month on be the first time cuba will have a president from outside the castro family since the communist revolution nearly sixty years ago still had hair on alistair but he's detained pro-democracy protesters in hong kong during a crucial vote list of council. i think he'll be background checks absolutely absolutely and the outcry for tougher gun control laws goes unanswered and the u.s. congress. hollo weather doesn't look too bad for japan over the next day or two largely clear skies as you can see spring sunshine busting through for many a little bit of cloud just over towards northern parts of honshu could see a little bit of wet weather coming through here that will push out into the open waters for monday thirteen celsius for tokyo not too bad similar temperatures across the korean peninsula and a tad warmer as we go on into tuesday but choose day still a possibility of a little b

taking place to elect a new national assembly which will then choose a successor to president raul castro and the man tipped to take his place is promising the new government will be more responsive to the cuban people checking on a report from havana. no campaigning just one party and rarely any surprises elections in cuba are carefully managed in this vote the last step before cuba's national assembly chooses a replacement for raul castro was no different. with their ballots cubans essentially confirmed the names of six hundred five assembly delegates and electoral process that began months ago and will end on april nineteenth that's when the new assembly forms the council of state which in turn chooses the next president. it's widely expected this man vice president. castro. government that we are electing today will owe itself to the people the people will take part in the decisions that the government takes that government will work based on its relationships to the people and the people can also remove those who don't meet their responsibilities. to generational transition that the

assembly chooses a replacement for raul castro was no different. with their ballots cubans essentially confirm the names of six hundred five assembly delegates and electoral process that began months ago and will end on april nineteenth that's when the new assembly forms the council of state which in turn chooses the next president. it's widely expected this man vice president. will be placed castro is the leader who is government that we are electing today will owe itself to the people the people will take part in the decisions that the government takes that government will work based on its relationships to the people and the people can also remove those who don't meet their responsibilities. to generational transition that the cuban government says will guarantee the continuity of the revolution and in a country where the political power is largely in the hands of the communist party castro won't be stepping down entirely he's expected to remain as first party secretary and continue to be a major power behind the scenes there's a palpable sense

assembly will be tasked with choosing castro's success and next month the fifty year old vice president. is tipped for the top job on sunday who promised to shift towards a more open governing style. thousands of catalan separatists have rallied in boston are calling for regional lawmakers to form a government and continue to push for secession from spain separatist parties clinched a majority in regional elections in december but many of their former leaders remaining at so after madrid declared last year's independence referendum illegal. the leader of the french far right for nasional marine le pen has proposed changing the party's name to hustle bromo nasional which roughly translates to national rally the name change was proposed at a delegates gathering aimed at true branding the party where the plan was reelected the spot to be the delegates also cut their last formal ties to her father found on marine le pen abolishing the post of honorary presidency and effectively stripping him of his job. as i'll talk to our correspondent in paris lisa lewis it's good to see you lisa so what

assembly they'll be tasked with choosing castro's success and next month the fifty year old vice president. is tipped for the top job on sunday who promised to shift towards a more open governing style for. thousands of catalan separatists have rallied in barcelona calling for regional lawmakers to form a government and continue to push for secession from spain separatist parties clinched a majority in regional elections in december but many of their former leaders remaining at so after madrid declared last year's independence referendum illegal. the leader of the french far right fun. and has proposed changing the party's name to hustle bromo nasional which roughly translates to national rally the name change was proposed at the delegates gathering aimed at rebranding the party wearing the pen was reelected this party the delegates also cut their last formal ties to her father found john marine le pen abolishing the post of honorary presidency and effectively stripping him of his job. as i'll talk to our correspondent in paris lisa lewis it's good to see you lisa so what is marie le pen h

next month, the national assembly will vote on ao replacement 86-year-old raul castro, who will likely remain a top communist party leader. cuba's current first vice president miguel diaz-canel is expected to take over as president. it will be the cuban revolution in 1959 that neither castro brother will hold the presidency. in france today, the leader of the far-right national front party marine le pen proposed changing the party's name to" national rally" in a bid to remake the party. at its two-day congress, the r rty also officially severed ties with its fojean-marie le pen, marine's father. appeared yesterday with president trump's former chief strategist steve bannon. he rallied members by taking shots at the media, warning of the dangers of globalism and urging members to embr criticism of their anti- immigrant views. >> let them call you a racist,yo let them calxenophobes, let them call you nativist. r.wear it as a badge of ho >> sreenivasan: marine le pen has been working to rebrand her party nce her failed presidential campaign last year. >> sreenivasli: for many fa, saving m

the new members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro china's national china's national people's congress as voted to abolish term limits for the president and the vice president a change to the constitution paves the way for teaching paying to remain in office beyond two thousand and twenty three. france's main far right party the national front is to be renamed the national gathering party need a marine le pen put forward the proposal on the second day of the national front's congress make over is designed to revive the nationalist party after the pan lost the french presidential election to emmanuel macron last year for sir i am him. we are the defenders we are the last defenders of the french republic. the french republic has been stripped of its content which you figure is becoming less and less democratic and less and less social the political leaders are speaking in english is being replaced by the european flag marked by agendas that avoid over any substance it's about him pinera has been sworn in as chile's president for the second time in the e

he was the first indian to be a member of the national assembly of parliament. and in 190a, he was a businessman. at the beginning, he was a milk seller, but then he started doing business, buying land and buying and selling land and property. he also realised that buying a racehorse would allow him to mingle with the big cheeses, especially french businessmen, who ran the economy then and loved racing. today is a very special day. it's the final classic race of the season, the duke cup, and a chance for this elite family to great history in the country's national sport. what has happened is that we have been able, with a bit of luck, to win the first three classics, and if we win the fourth one today, we will be creating history. and we got a peek into the paddock to meet soun‘s cousin. this gentleman, i know him very well. i often see you on the bbc all over the world! this is very much a family affair. that's the cup that we are looking for. this one here? can i touch it? anyone can touch it before, but i want to touch it after. afterwards, yes... this is f

the one party both will ratify a government approved lilist of members for the national assembly. former trump strtrategist steve bannon made a surprise appearance at the far right national conference in france this weekend. attendees that they should wear allegations of racism against them as a badge of honor. the french far right hold similar views on immigration, trade, the eu, and russia. marine le pen said she wants to rebrand the national front party , changing it to the national right party. pen herself is calllled a psychological red flag. >> this weekend, marine le pen rebranded the national front. >> i propose the national front become the national rally. partyporters to former royalty. >> i think it is good. >> is this simply to change the national front name? i am hesitant. >> in her closing speech, marine a pen treaded a line between more -- party and a >> you know it is a psychological red flag for many people. >> this is the latest push for the makeover for the party, after they were sound and loss to emmanuel macron in last year's election. she also revoked her fat

he was the first indian to be a member of the national assembly of parliament. and in 190a, he was a businessman. at the beginning, he was a milk seller, but then he started doing business, buying land and buying and selling land and property. he also realise that buying a race horse would allow him to mingle with the big cheeses, especially french businessman, who ran the economy then, and loved racing. today is a very special day. it is the final, classic race of the season, the duke cup. and a chance for this family to great history in the national sport. what has happened in that we have been able, with a bit of luck, to win the first classic ‘s, and if we win the fourth one today, we will be creating history. —— classics. one today, we will be creating history. -- classics. and we got a peek into the paddock to meet his cousin. i often see you on the bbc, all over the world! this is very much a family affair. that is the cup that we are looking for. this one here? can i touch it? anyone can touchit one here? can i touch it? anyone can touch it before,

he was the first indian to be a member of the national assembly of parliament. and in 190a, he was a businessman. at the beginning, he was a milk seller, but then he started doing business, buying land and buying and selling land and property. he also realised that buying a racehorse would allow him to mingle with the big cheeses, especially french businessmen, who ran the economy then and loved racing. today is a very special day. it's the final classic race of the season, the duke cup, and a chance for this elite family to great history family to create history in the country's national sport. what has happened is that we have been able, with a bit of luck, to win the first three classics, and if we win the fourth one today, we will be creating history. and we got a peek into the paddock to meet soun‘s cousin. this gentleman, i know him very well. i often see you on the bbc all over the world! this is very much a family affair. that's the cup that we are looking for. this one here? can i touch it? anyone can touch it before, but i want to touch it after. aft

he was the first indian to be a member of the national assembly of parliament. and in 190a, he was a businessman. at the beginning, he was a milk seller, but then he started doing business, buying land and buying and selling land and property. he also realised that buying a racehorse would allow him who ran the economy then and loved racing. today is a very special day. it's the final classic race of the season, the duke cup, and a chance for this elite family to great history in the country's national sport. what has happened is that we have been able, with a bit of luck, to win the first three classics, and if we win the fourth one today, we will be creating history. and we got a peek into the paddock to meet soun‘s cousin. this gentleman, i know him very well. i often see you on the bbc all over the world! this is very much a family affair. that's the cup that we are looking for. this one here? can i touch it? anyone can touch it before, but i want to touch it after. afterwards, yes... this is fantastic. i'm getting a real insight behind—the—scenes with

cubans chose a new national assembly on sunday. many voters are skeptical that life in cuba will not be much different. our patrick oppmann has more from havana. >> reporter: cubans on sunday came out to vote as part of a process that is expected to lead to the beginning of the post castro era on the island. this is how it works. there are not direct elections to pick a new president. what there are is a process where cubans vote either yes or no for a slate of candidates that have been preselected by the government. they're people who are invariably supporters of the cuban revolution, usually members of the communist party of cuba, the only political party allowed on the island. then that new national assembly next month in april will pick a new president and for the first time in decades, that president's last name will not be castro. raul castro is 86 years old. he said he is stepping down after two terms as president. it's time for the next generation to pick a leader. the smart money is on man named miguel diaz kanell. he is c

he's been devoting to russia five and you national assembly a key step toward choosing a new president on the communist run caribbean island nation eight million cubans are expected to turn out to ratify more than six hundred candidates for an equal number of seats in the assembly. if any members of the national assembly would choose a successor to president roh castro next month new president would be the first in almost sixty years from outside the castro family. what good are going to anyone who leaves a country well that's what's your main thing that they lead well they look out for the good of cuba of the old. little closer so for i don't know who will be the president of this country will i think it could be the he looks like a good person up to now let's see about the rest sebastian pinera has been sworn in as chile's president for the second time and you're a billionaire entrepreneur about to revive the economy which is slumped on the outgoing center left it in the shell the chalet it's the second time russia has turned over the presidency to any era large crowds gathered for e

assembly chooses a replacement for old castro was no different. with their ballots cubans essentially confirmed the names of six hundred five assembly delegates in the electoral process that began months ago and will end on april nineteenth. that's when the new assembly forms the council of state which in turn chooses the next president. it's widely expected this man vice president. will replace castro is the government that we are electing today will owe itself to the people the people will take part in the decisions that the government takes that government will work based on its relationships to the people and the people can also remove those who don't meet their responsibilities. to generational transition that the cuban government says will guarantee the continuity of the revolution and in a country where the political power is largely in the hands of the communist party castro won't be stepping down entirely he's expected to remain as first party secretary and continue to be a major power behind the scenes there's a palpable sense of resigna

assembly chooses a replacement for raul castro was no different. with their ballots cubans essentially confirmed the names of six hundred five assembly delegates and electoral process that began months ago and will end on april nineteenth that's when the new assembly forms the council of state which in turn chooses the next president. it's widely expected this man vice president. will replace castro is we will use government that we are electing today will owe itself to the people the people will take part in the decisions that the government takes that government will work based on its relationships to the people and the people can also remove those who don't meet their responsibilities. to generational transition that the cuban government says will guarantee the continuity of the revolution and in a country where the political power is largely in the hands of the communist party the old castro won't be stepping down entirely he's expected to remain as first party secretary and continue to be a major power behind the scenes there's a palpable son.

on the other side of the debates a skeptical response from the national assembly president's. easy decision year old us talk one time i. any clearly didn't what. he doesn't prevent terror attacks almost more you end up with people that you know long and i want to do in the supreme court. well for many in the socialist party has o standardize administrative detentions. this is a disease where you could rise within the she added a you can. the latest on the facebook and data scandal because at a u. s. agencies now launching an investigation into what happened since try this ftc the federal trade commission. has some fans that is looking to see whether the company engaged and because on fast that has consumers. face it has on the fire lesions a consulting firm cambridge ma a how this data of millions of face that uses without the consent. decision me if iran has issued a statement saying it welcomes the opportunity to answer the ftc's questions also mondayg boston publili officic alolo trump threatens t timpose fty tarifif. on a much a as sixty billion dollars worth of chinese go

assembly the press. will be one of the fairness to be seen and visit and is anybody going to take any notice of it once it's done i ask you this because you interim national constitution bill of rights specifically upholds the right to freedom of expression and media and some of it is being trashed by your difficulties your stance what are your going to have a quarter because the cost is unacceptable and this is why and this happened we are even sitting olmos after the separation of the silos to amend them so they come from korea as we have that have been abuses against. press we have been video by your government sometimes it happens i can tell you i'm not denying that but it is not something of that you can see there's a patent to this during demonstrations but during demonstrations last month for instance the committee for the protection of journalists says seven reporters had been arrested and they were released in one of the houses yes and it accused you of intimidation confiscating newspapers you t

the castro family incoming members of the national assembly will decide on a successor to eighty six year old raul castro who steps down next month. of ages in colombia heading to the polls for the first election since the signing of a peace deal with gravels the agreement has reduced political violence but. now reports many of the affecting colombian society have not changed its colombians gear up to renovate their congress on sunday there's one issue on everybody's mind . groups are corruption is the biggest worry of voters rich or poor on the right or left of the political spectrum. as long overshadow the legal political practices which are only now coming under bigger scrutiny scandals in past months have involved most parties and even tainted president santos last campaign. yet the new study by the peace and reconciliation foundation says the public outcry will not bring political renovation. more than eighty candidates for the senate and the house of representatives that have links with criminal organizations or are involved in corruption scandals such as older brecht or our ch

assembly and indeed from snp and plaid cymru. we agree that this is about respecting devolution and the different powers that the government and united kingdom have in keeping the constitutional stability here in the uk in the uk government has not responded adequately to that. even conservative scottish mps are agreeing that this is not an adequate situation. and they have not come forward. either that is to do with the chaos seeing or whether they are grabbing back the powers and hold them in westminster, neither of those are acceptable. david davis, isn't there a problem for the government that it is going to look like it is walking roughshod over devolution — if it hangs onto the powers it is in trouble, if the continuity bill goes through it is also in trouble. whatever the government does, and no matter how far is it traced whatever the government does, and no matter how far is it tries to support the welsh assembly and scottish parliament, leaders of those institutions are not going to support brexit. we are not taking a

also, coming up, the french national assembly votes on a bill to increase digital surveillance and combat cyber attacks. the bill names cyberspace as a major threat to france's defence and security, and calls for greater capability for cyber defence or offence. a new study back by the united nations says people will be forced by their homes by 2050 as food demands outstrip supply. the report into land degradation says farming, mining, pollution and urban expansion is already affecting 40% of the global population — and that food and water security will be seriously threatened in the coming decades. andrew plant reports. deforestation, the ever—increasing size of the world's towns and cities and mining and water pollution. for thousands of years, humans have been changing the land around them. now, scientists say the destruction of nature is rapidly eroding the planet's capacity to provide food and water and a study backed by the un says many millions could be affected. the main cause we find of land degradation worldwide is the imbalance between what we are demanding of the land and w

voting to ratify any national assembly that are a key step towards choosing the next president on the communist front caribbean island nation eight million cubans are expected to turn out to ratify more than six hundred candidates for an equal number of seats in the assembly and you members of the assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro the new president will be the first in almost sixty years from outside the castro family. anyone who leads the country well that's what's the main thing that they laid will look for the good of cuba or. so for i don't know who will be the president of this country well i think it could be he looks like a good person to know let's see about the rest. still ahead on the program a billionaire takes back the reins from a socialist as chile's new president is sworn in. and people are being urged to wash their clothes and possessions if they visited a restaurant and pub in the english city where russian former spy and his daughter what poisoned. hello there we go quite a large area of low pressure affecting europe at the moment that means t

assembly the press. will be one of the fairness to be seen a visit and is anybody going to take any notice of it once it's done i ask you this because your interim national constitution bill of rights specifically up holds the right to freedom of expression and media and some of it is being trashed by your difficult to extract what are you going to ever called to addictions the constitution is unacceptable and this is why and this happened we are even sitting olmos after the suppression of the cells to amend them so they cover for that have been abuses against. press we have been video by your government sometimes it happens i can tell you i'm not denying that but it is not something of that you can see there's a patent to this during demonstrations but during demonstrations last month for instance the committee for the protection of journalists says seven reporters had been arrested and they were released in one of the houses yes and it accused you of intimidation confiscating newspapers you talk about

we have raised this problem since day one and i work closely with my colleagues and national assembly and from snp and elsewhere. we agree that this is about respecting devolution and the different powers that the government and united kingdom have in keeping the constitutional stability here in the uk in the uk government has not responded adequately to that. using conservative scottish mps agreeing that this is not an adequate situation. and they have not come forward. the chaos seeing or whether they are grabbing back the powers and hold them in westminster, neither of those are acceptable. isn't there a problem for the government that it is going to look like it is walking roughshod over devolution, if it hangs onto the powers it is in trouble. at the continuity bill goes through it is also in trouble. whatever the government does, and no matter how far is it traced to support the welsh assembly and scottish parliament, leaders of those institutions are not going to support brexit, we are not taking any powers away, we are taking powers from brussels. but that is a wonderful thing

we have raised this problem since day one and i work closely with my colleagues in the national assembly and from snp and elsewhere. we agree that this is about respecting devolution and the different powers that the government and united kingdom have in keeping the constitutional stability here in the uk in the uk government has not responded adequately to that. even had conservative scottish mps agreeing that this is not an adequate situation. and they have not come forward. the chaos seeing or whether they are grabbing back the powers and hold them in westminster, neither of those are acceptable. isn't there a problem for the government that it is going to look like it is walking roughshod over devolution, if it hangs onto the powers it is in trouble. at the continuity bill goes through it is also in trouble. whatever the government does, and no matter how far is it traced to support the welsh assembly and scottish parliament, leaders of those institutions are not going to support brexit, we are not taking any powers away, we are taking powers from brussels. but that is a wonderful th

assembly the press. law will be one of the fairness to be seen a visit and is anybody going to take any notice of it once it's done i ask you this because your interim national constitution bill of rights specifically upholds the right to freedom of expression and media and some of it is being trashed by your difficulties you chaps what are you going to have a quarter of because the position is unacceptable and this is why and this happened we are even sitting olmos after the separation of the silos to amend them so they cover for that have been abuses against. press we have been video by your government sometimes it happens i can tell you i'm not denying that but it is not something of that you can see there's a patent to this during demonstration for during demonstrations last month for instance the committee for the protection of journalists says seven reporters had been arrested and they were released in one reality yes and it accused you of intimidation confiscating newspapers you talk about the num

assembly the press. law will be one of the fairness to be seen and visit and is anybody going to take any notice of it once it's done i ask you this because your interim national constitution bill of rights specifically up holds the right to freedom of expression and media and some of it is being trashed by your difficulties your stance why you are going to have a quarter because the kind of situation is unacceptable and this is why and this happened we are even sitting olmos after the separation of the silos to amend them so they come from korea as we have that have been abuses against. press we have been video by your government sometimes it happens i can tell you i'm not denying that but it is not something of that you can see there's a patent to this during demonstrations but during demonstrations last month for instance the committee for the protection of journalists says seven reporters had been arrested and they were released in what he has yes and it accused you of intimidation confiscating newsp

assembly and prepare a congress this will happen at the end of the installation of the new parliament and the formation of the new government so with anti establishment and euro skeptic parties now potentially being part of a ruling coalition in italy and i see a truck going to discuss the possible consequences for europe with their tally and political analyst. do you think brussels is worried yes is really really worried because you know first of all i find some mormons to live in or the even though their right wing coalition they are not so happy about their eurozone about you or your union a friend said several times article itself when you say that he wants to abolish the sanctions against russia are you willing to change even their foreign policies are we totally he wants to start again cooperation with russia and for sure because not happy about these is really concerned about the only bridge that i can see in the united states if we moved some media have been struck for the intelligence how you see it they published some analyses somebody was about vitali and they are really co

hundred candidates for an equal number of seats in the assembly the new members of the national assembly will choose a successor to president raul castro new president will be the first in almost sixty years from outside the castro family. the indian prime minister and remote in the french president emmanuel macron of officially launched the international solar alliance at a summit in new delhi they want to reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels by expanding the availability of solar energy and adding a fouls and gigawatts of solar power by two thousand and thirty that comes with a price tag of a trillion dollars well the summit's goal is to promote greater investment in solar projects in member countries it lights is seeking to add a thousand gigawatts of solar power by twenty thirty as we were saying but that is very expensive right now there are a hundred twenty one perspective i'm a member states thirty of which if signed and ratified the framework agreement countries at least partly within the tropics are eligible to join most of those involved are relatively poor states with

assembly last november the charges will be of disseminating violent images and she could face three years in prison or a large fine seventy five thousand euros if she's found guilty she has self has reacted to the whole affair as saying this amounts to a political persecution of her and the actual event was that in twenty fifteen she tweets she tweeted three pictures from i still the so-called islamic state one of them showed the headless to capitated body of an american freelance journalist another showed. a captured jordanian pilot being burnt alive in a cage and the third one showed a tank driving over a victim a prisoner so these were very powerful very awful images and of course it was removed from her account when the reactions started building but now she says that this doesn't mount to persecution by her political enemies and those pictures were removed and she doesn't intend to put them back but they had a huge impact of course in the run up to the election which of course she lost substantially to present a manual macro. italians will head to the polls on sunday to vote in

front president posted on her twitter account it comes after the national assembly voted to strip the pen of her parliamentary immunity if found guilty she could face a heavy fine or even possible imprisonment. or blizzards are causing widespread destruction across europe for a third day to separate storms except to collide storm rolling in from the atlantic and the so-called beast from the east from siberia the u.k. is issued its most severe weather alerts at least forty people have died so far across europe and southern reports. if the first day of march is supposed to hint at the spring to come there's little evidence of it here after a visit from the beast from the east the worst storm to hit britain in seventeen years and chaos in its wake many train services ground to a halt in scotland more than three hundred people were stranded on this highway some for up to twenty hours in their cars off the top of. the old model market. conditions so bad that the first minister nicholas sturgeon even urge people not to travel. schools in the worst affected areas have to close some make the

eight million cubans are voting for a new national assembly in the coming hours the new members of the assembly will decide on a successor to eighty six year old raul castro who steps down next month will be the first time in almost sixty years that a new president will be chosen from outside the castro family. the founder of france's far right national front has lost his last remaining position losses daughter marine le pen has been reelected as leader the move comes at a crucial time for le pen as she hopes to broaden the party's appeal show marie le pen was expelled in twenty fifteen over anti semitic remarks but he had kept the on reposition of president until now. and very thing is underway in a by election in hong kong where pro-democracy activists are hoping to win back the solar power in the legislature police detained a number of protesters outside the polling station with the city's leader cast ballots. those are your headlines more news here on al-jazeera of the inside story . they have traded insults and threats now the u.s. president and north korea leaders say valid meat

of the economic freedom fighters party julius malema sparked the debate with an announcement to the national assembly on february twenty seventh for a lasting peace of security and justice learned must be expropriated without compensation for part of the distribution would have faired to those who came before us if we were to be one for me to you know cite. now the online conversation around land expropriation ranges from expressions of support for reclaiming stolen possessions to criticism pointing to the economic impact of a similar plan in zimbabwe pierre writes people are so eager for land expropriation without compensation thinking they're getting back stolen property it's a lie you're violating the rights of fellow citizens and you're giving the government the right to take land away from anyone one day that might be you or other say the plan what they call systemic racism against white south africans the debate around the planet follows petitions to western governments on behalf of white south africans more than sixteen thousand people signed a petition asking donald trump to accept w

meaning cubans are expected to vote for a new national assembly incoming members will decide on a successor to eighty six year old raul castro who sets sound next month it'll be the first time in almost sixty years that a new president will come from outside the castro family. the antarctic has been described as one of the most remote and treacherous places on earth most of its rich biodiversity has yet to be fully documented in the second part of our series we look at the european union's campaign to protect this desolate region. nick clark joined a greenpeace scientific expedition through the web. the captain's eye view of the voyage as the ice breaker arctic sunrise pushes through into the remote waters of the weddell sea vost unknown territory few ships venture this far. has already made an attempt is antarctic summer but was foretold by ice because right now we are way through. to get it down into the well. trying to reach before we give you what would be protected. just like opening it here least for. yes just. finally we break through into the isolated area of the proposed site tree

of the economic freedom fighters party julius malema sparked the debate with an announcement to the national assembly on february twenty seventh for a lasting peace of security and justice learned must be expropriated we thought compensation for part of the distribution would have food to those who came before us if we were to anyone for me to cite. now the online conversation around land expropriation ranges from expressions of support or reclaiming stolen possessions to criticism pointing to the economic impact of a similar plan in zimbabwe pierre writes people are so eager for land expropriation without compensation thinking they're getting back stolen property it's a lie you're violating the rights of fellow citizens and you're giving the government the right to take land away from anyone one day that might be you or other say the plan fuels what they call systemic racism against white south africans the debate around the planet follows petitions to western governments on behalf of white south africans more than sixteen thousand people signed a petition asking donald trump to accept whit

of the economic freedom fighters party julius malema sparked the debate with an announcement to the national assembly on february twenty seventh for a lasting peace of security and justice learned must be expropriated we thought compensation for part of the distribution would have food to those who came before us if we were to anyone for me to cite. now the online conversation around land expropriation ranges from expressions of support for reclaiming stolen possessions to criticism pointing to the economic impact of a similar plan in zimbabwe pierre writes people are so eager for land expropriation without compensation thinking they're getting back stolen property it's a lie you're violating the rights of fellow citizens and you're giving the government the right to take land away from anyone one day that might be you or other say the plan fuels what they call systemic racism against white south africans the debate around the planet follows petitions to western governments on behalf of white south africans more than sixteen thousand people signed a petition asking donald trump to accept whi