Walking into a diplomatic minefield touches down in myanmar meets military need is accused of ethnic cleansing. I Maryam Namazie and london youre watching out there also coming up. An election upset in honduras t. V. Host time opposition to the solid. Victory in the president ial. Flights canceled one hundred thousand people evacuated indonesias mount really might be about to blow. United for another Royal Wedding as prince harry announces his engagement to the american actress meghan mako. Man in charge of military crackdown against range of muslims has denied that religious discrimination exists in his country. Men ally made the comments in a Facebook Post after holding a last minute meeting with pope francis the head of the Catholic Church is on his first visit to myanmar is known to be sympathetic to the ranjit but has been advised to avoid even using. Word coming out late on monday here the first day of the popes visit to myanmar that he met with the commander in chief gentlemen now this is a meeting that was supposed to take place on thursday caught some people off guard because this word came out late on monday that was originally described as a rest day for the pope now. The general posted a statement on his Facebook Page say they met for about fifteen minutes now he said also in that meeting he got across the idea he said to the pope that there wasnt religious discrimination in the country but that it in press office said that the discussed several issues and that the pope got across to the general that there is great responsibility for the authorities here in myanmar during this transition period no theres no word from either side if the issue was brought up now obviously thats a very sensitive topic during the popes visit here now on tuesday the pope will travel to the capital where hell meet with the civilian leader and other members of the government and other members of the religious affiliations now itll be interesting to see how those meetings go and if theyll be any mention of this first high level meeting that the pope had unexpected high level meeting the pope had with the commander in chief of the military no mention of. That changes when the pope goes the neighborhood or on tuesday. The thomas reese a jesuit priest and author of the book inside the vatican. The Catholic Church tell me put francis will have to consider the christian population. Speaking in defense of their agenda. Hes in a very delicate situation as you said his heart is really with refugees and especially the refugees who have suffered such terrible persecution what the United Nations is called ethnic cleansing. He is his heart is with them on the other hand. There is the concern among the christians in me and maher that if he speaks out too strongly to forcefully there could be a backlash against the christians there who are already suffering persecution from from the military and from the government so hes in a very difficult position if hes if hes prophetic there could be a backlash if he doesnt speak out he he will be criticized for not coming to the defense of these people who are being persecuted. Now crowds are gathering in honduras is capital in support of the Opposition Leader who appears to be on track for a surprise victory in the president ial election saudi leads current president one arlanda hernandez with most of the votes now counted so lets go straight to Marianna Sanchez who is in the capital to go around what are you hearing that. Marianne were hearing that up seventy percent of all called the vote counted will tell of not. Five percent of percentage point in the lead in favor of football not proud of. Course the fellow got a magistrate inside thats right do not have said that basically youre a girl so bold now i am here this morning but i have a candidate that i need and third already completed. Couple of months that he is the real pretty good but still at the bottom of lot of good numbers count people are still kind of their village hands. Who. Is still this result is can sund is it likely that it will be respected because its been a very closely fought race. Will end up what everyone hopes that it will really feel respected and i what you can hear behind me when i greet crowd that has come to the tribune all because they say that they are going to do things that can go to their cell phones and the people at the doors. That try to be electro crave you know which is been guarded by riot police and thousands of people here that are cheering because they believe that the moment that have indeed won this election we have to wait until the final count. Apparently irreversible however the people here are telling us that there is no way that the final im going to have to warn you im that we will defend the boat. All right well thank you very much Marianna Sanchez with all the latest from to go. With most of the votes counted it looks like the opposition candidate might have won that race but we are waiting for final confirmation of the miss out. Indonesia has raised its a lot of bodies mount volcano to the highest level warning its first major eruption in fifty four years could be imminent on one thousand people have been ordered to evacuate an expanded danger zone the Main International airport has been closed mama jam jhoom has mall. It could lead to a major eruption at any moment thats what indonesian officials are saying about the volcano on the island of Bali Mount Agung has been rumbling and spewing ash into the atmosphere since the weekend on monday a Mass Evacuation was ordered and the danger zone was expanded on the jetty the possibility of a large eruption is very high some indications show they will indeed be an eruption since yesterday the eruption that happened has been accompanied by the sound of explosions and vibrations that can be heard and felt within a distance of twelve kilometer as. Indonesian Officials Say they will continue to search all the villages in the area and force residents to evacuate if need be. Done so until now based on incoming reports that eruptions and trim is continuous and the love is filling the crater the lava will flow down the slopes after the crater is full. Balis International Airport was closed hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of travelers were stranded after tests indicated ash had reached its airspace. And you cant get right back to. Bali is the top Tourist Destination in indonesia and plays host to millions of visitors each year the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three when more than one thousand people were killed mohamed atta. But yes isnt baucus on of officially ended the s. S. And they have a capital islamabad as a law minister gave into their demands and resigned ive been calling for as i had having to step down of the wedding of the parliamentary baelish they describe as blasphemous same stronger bullets from result. After more than three weeks this sit in has turned into a celebration. Of supporters of pakistans. Blasphemy laws were able to force the government into giving in to their demands. Not only has the federal law minister stepped down but the government of pakistan muslim noon has also agreed to investigate itself. A crowd of just thousands brought cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital city and this really is becoming a common way an all too common way of achieving any kind of power here in pakistan by being a Disruptive Force on the streets and effectively laying siege to islamabad and then making political demands but the threat of force leaders of this fringe group have been bolstered by their newfound influence on the countrys Political Affairs pakistan was great on the basis of the belief that there is no god but allah and mohammed is the messenger of allah we know that for seventy years ford has been committed against the religion so now we should replace religion on the thriving. Is the man at the center of all this a one time preacher at a mosque in lahore he was removed by that citys governing religious body for his hardline views hes built his support base by being a staunch advocate for the countrys blasphemy laws hes even run for a seat in parliament so whats next for this fledgling Political Party asked the crowd and the answer is more or less stay the same. They are the latest whatever god lines like your best we will follow accordingly. Whatever all the just tell us to do we are completely out of this paramilitary units were on standby to prevent any more unrest and while protest leaders agreed to end their sit in hours later people here were still not ready to leave and more demonstrators were right. Its the kind of do or die loyalty that Political Parties campaigned for decades to achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next years elections zain basra the aljazeera. Civilians have died in a suicide bombing in the iraqi capital baghdad at least nine others were wounded in the attack which targeted a locket in the area and khan has. What Police Sources are telling us that after the explosion took place a small improvised explosive device that a number of gunmen at least four they say fired from the roof tops of buildings adjacent to the market mounts where we saw a lot of those deaths take place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this is attack now this will shock a number of people here in baghdad i guess it was go through a relative period of calm the last major Suicide Attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may you know that happiness few very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south but nothing in the south of baghdad sorry but nothing the scale of this. You know watching out is there still to come a case of the trader accused of trying to evade u. S. Sanctions against iran and. The prestigious owner of that they need to condemn the persecution of arranging my sons. Welcome back its looking pretty warm in parts of australia at the moment adelaide there are thirty one melbourne twenty nine was quite a contrast from a couple of days ago and temperatures are struggling at twenty degrees sydney stuck at twenty five twenty six and has been for several days now when the twenty eight hours we had gone through into wednesday start temperatures in melbourne coming up now to thirty three thirty four cooler in Western Australia perth just twenty one degrees celsius so across into new zealand the weather remains fairly quiet at the moment High Pressure sitting across much of the country from at a cloud across parts of the north island but otherwise very pleasant christchurch light winds twenty degrees celsius and fine weather continues ahead on through into wednesday so lets head up into northeastern parts of asia not a great deal of difference here is looking largely draw and fine obviously so far north its cooler but sapporo seeing temperatures recover in recent days maximum of seven degrees celsius tokyo just a chance of the old shower so it could be rather cloudy highs of twelve degrees slightly moderate to across the Korean Peninsula than it has been now as you head out and on into wednesday weve got a front moving in across colorado and into the western side of honshu cold air taking down across the Korean Peninsula temperatures struggling to freezing in pyongyang. From mother to daughter an ancient croft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. From start to finish. Old traditions intertwined with new designs making this familys place unique into an easy as rich tapas treat. The threat at this time on a. Welcome back a quick reminder of the stories making headlines now the man in charge of myanmars military crackdown against ranjan muslims is told pope francis has no religious discrimination in his country. Gathering outside the electoral tribunal and holder as his capital in some polls of the Opposition Leader salvador nasrallah is on track for a surprise victory in the president ial. And indonesia has raised its alert for bodies mounts are going to the highest level warning a major eruption could be imminent. Well now nineteen people including children have been killed by russian airstrikes in the eastern go to suburb of the syrian capital the towns of misrata and media as well as a market in do you know ahead by strikes and artillery shelling meanwhile russia has denied responsibility for the deaths of dozens of civilians in strikes targeting i. C. L. Over the weekend meanwhile the leader of syrias opposition delegation says he looks forward to serious and direct negotiations with the government to un backed talks in geneva but the government is a failed for arrive prompting fears that attempts to find a diplomatic solution to this conflict could be sorted once more diplomatic editor james bays reports. Peace talks in geneva was supposed to stop this bloodshed. But as weve seen many times before the timetable of failed diplomacy is actually crossing the agony of the people of syria. Parts of aleppo province hes on the outskirts of damascus bombarded the Assad Government has been intensifying its own slaughter in the days and hours before talks due to start my fellowmen of envelopment assad didnt leave a single corner that hasnt been destroyed if you want to fight it dont target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing theyll teach you a lesson briefing the u. N. Security council in new york the man whos supposed to lead the talks on tuesday staff earned him a store condemn the violence he noted that the Syrian Government had perspire its travel to geneva but he said they needed to attend but naturally we hope indeed expect that the government will be only through shortly but. Didnt the third meant to break that imputing when they met in thought you that meeting part of intense diplomacy in recent weeks the russians who turned things around on the battlefield for assad are supposed to bring. The Syrian Government to the geneva table and the saudis created a new Opposition Group ing to go to the talks out are Key Players Like former leader riyadh his job in a figures closer to moscow some of which were previously even to write it as a sad stitches a number of western diplomats have told me theyre concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear its becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition james pays out jazeera geneva. A turkish goal try to charge with conspiring to evade u. S. Sanctions against iran will not go on trial in new york this week reza dropped out of sight and the two months leading up to schedule a trial prompting turkeys Prime Minister to suggest hes reached a plea deal with the u. S. Authorities jabber tansey has more from washington president. Of turkey has repeatedly trying to get this trial scrapped lobbying then Vice President joe biden and twenty sixteen and President Trump in september of this year he maintains of this is a politically motivated prosecution intended to discredit and ultimately overthrow his government on behalf of and islamic cleric who lives in pennsylvania to learn. These steps are purely political i hope well get a chance to discuss this issue the United States needs to revise this decision there are very peculiar smells coming from this issue. But draw prosecutors have dismissed that contention and in Court Filings say they anticipate that the evidence introduced at trial will show that turkish government and banking officials were integra to the sanctions evasion scheme raisers is among several turkish men charged with operating a billion dollar Money Laundering scheme to evade u. S. Sanctions against iran only two of the accused are in u. S. Custody however there is widespread speculation that zurab has flipped and is not cooperating with the prosecution he was abruptly released from prison in early november his whereabouts publicly unknown Authorities Say he remains in federal custody and thats led to speculation that he entered the Witness Protection Program there is another strand to this case the special Counsel Robert Mueller looking into alleged russian meddling in last years president ial election is examining former Trump National security advisor Michael Flynn is under a cloud lobbying for the turkish government its been alleged that flame was offered large sums of money at the very least and lobby the trumpet ministration for the extradition of if not kidnapping himself and transport the cleric to ankara hes also. To get this legal case dropped now there are questions as to whether the rug will be able to provide any further information about turkish low being of u. S. Government officials like if there could provide documented evidence that would be a huge break in the flood investigation but also possibly and i think this is the most. Interesting angle to the case is a potential criminal investigation of the president of turkey for violating irene sic iran sanctions. That could be what. Got him released with turkey describing this case as a tack on the country the trial is seen as yet another blue to u. S. Talk with relations already under strain. Of the freedom of the city and a start on her twenty years ago. Have taken similar action in recent weeks in response to her failure to condemn the persecution of the range a minority on a b phillips brings us more now from oxford. So. The vote is unanimous Oxford City Council takes away the freedom of the city from. The counsellors say they are doing so with heavy hearts and regrets were not naive we dont think it will change things its a complicated situation and we acknowledge that but we hope that it will give her cause to think about why she was awarded this in the first place and how she might try to hold those values in the title that she has to work now between the military and protecting a very very oppressed minority people in her country and studied in oxford in the one nine hundred sixty s. She fell in love she raised a family here and when she returned five years ago to receive the freedom of the city she spoke of her happy life here during her most difficult years and says she was held by memories of oxford that this place taught her the value of humankind a place where no one discriminates against anyone else well now the city that is close to her heart is turning its back on her. And its not just oxford at the l. S. E. The London School of economics most of these students were not even born when and sound suchi was made on the request of back in one thousand nine hundred one but following this debate earlier this month they voted to remove her title. There is a responsibility on. The bodies that did with. The fact that shes not speaking in the face. Of. Basically genocide huge and human Rights Groups that once supported and san suu kyi say the publics attitude has changed weve seen since twenty twelve this gradual and increasing sort of disappointment which is now since this latest wave of violence in her defense of the military and her denials of whats taking place is tones of much more stronger feeling about anger and betrayal and so did cities like oxford miss reed and san suu kyi when they honored her or how she changed into a less tolerant person in her own words i am no different now to the young student who was at oxford but also i am different because ive had to face different experiences but to be philips aljazeera oxford zimbabwes new president has begun the task of forming a new cabinet with the appointment of acting ministers in finance and Foreign Affairs when i got choices will be merit based but he faces questioning over whether hell be able to deliver on his message of change which us are reports from harare. Nearly two weeks is the military takeover zimbabwes Security Forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who havent been seen on the streets of our area for days are resuming their duties for now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order law enforcement. In. Particular. It is criminal and our game is the spirit of man. And it will be made by the people of the law the announcement comes days after. The new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president Robert Mugabe there are reports that Robert Mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecution the police wont say how many of mugabes allies have been arrested so far the most high profile is ignatius the former finance minister hes accused of corruption going back at least ten years. Some say selective punishment could be assigned not much is going to change under the your administration we might have had one person removed but. Remains in place so for me the more things change the more they remain the same and you know if im against you and i think you are challenging me. You become fair game of human rights abuses the high court recently ruled the military takeover which eventually saw Robert Mugabe resign was lawful zimbabweans who were tired of having regarded as their leader for thirty seven years have welcomed the courts decision. But others worry allowing the army to legitimize taking over the functions of the state sets a dangerous precedent. The Un Security Council has observed a moment of silence to all of the victims of egypts deadly mosque attack more than three hundred people were killed in north sinai last week after gunmen stormed the last where worshippers had gathered for friday prayers it was the worst in egypts modern history no group has claimed responsibility. The lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri is been taking part in talks with political leaders aimed at getting his Government Back on its feet follows weeks of instability caused by a shock resignation in saudi arabia during which a heavily criticized iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah since returning to beirut hariri has again called for hezbollah to stop interfering overseas and to accept a neutral policy to bring an end to the political crisis. Now reindeer herd is in no way a calling for the state owned rail company to take action after more than one hundred reindeer were killed by freight trains in the past four days a car in migrating from the mountains to the coast route which often takes them across train tracks now britains prince harry and his new fiance u. S. Actress Meghan Markle have given their First Television interview since announcing theyre engaged the pair met eighteen months ago introduced by mutual friends peter shop reports. Prince harry and Meghan Markle together outside Londons Kensington palace the thirty six year old actress brings a touch of the twenty First Century to britains royal family shes an american who describes herself as mixed race which came under scrutiny in Media Coverage of their relationship and some of the scrutiny and you ended up making a very Public Statement about it some of that scrutiny was centered around your ethnicity. When you realize that or to think of course its disheartening you know its. Its a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that or that that would be discriminatory in that sense but i think. You know the end of the day im really just proud of who i am and where i come from and we have never put any focus on that weve just focused on who we are as a couple and so when you take all those extra layers away and all of that noise. I think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together and to know all the rest of that out. It was in september two thousand and sixteen that they made their first public appearance a sports event for wounded veterans later prince harry was incensed by the press coverage of their relationship his Office Issued an unprecedented rebuke his girlfriend Meghan Markle has been subjected to a wave of abuse and harassment a smear on the front page of a National Newspaper the racial undertones of comment pieces and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls this is not a game it is her life and his prince harry whos fifth in line to the throne so permission from the queen to marry this is a family that from the top that means with the times and sage to say to it to its members and you harrys a modern going hes a guy hes great not been you know in the modern world he wants to do things his way hes not bound by tradition hes following his heart as opposed to any form of protocol that people think he should marry the worlds media had set up outside Kensington Palace but on the streets of london news of the engagement was greeted with a mixture of delight and disinterest there were actually there i dont get mad when you think. How much of her interests. Dont you know really up to well then. Missing gauge woman speaks volumes about how the royal family has changed american actress of mixed race will become a duchess unthinkable even a few years ago peter shot aljazeera in london. Well now if you thought running a marathon was hard enough try competing in one of the coldest places on a. Least fifty five runners braved a grueling forty two you can always of course in and tot ticker less than a thousand kilometers from the south pole and all fifty five finish the race they will full face masks goggles blobs waterproof pants several layers of thermal clothing to guard against temperatures of linus thirty degrees celsius has more on everything were covering right here al jazeera dot com is the address. I took a quick look at stories making headlines a man in charge of myanmar as military crackdown against range of muslims has denied that religious discrimination exists in his country senior general min ally made the comments in a Facebook Post op dolling a last minute meeting with pope francis is on his first visit to myanmar a cabinet leader is known to be sympathetic to rangel but has been advised to avoid using the tongue. Has more from young gone. In that meeting he got across the idea he said to the pope that there wasnt religious discrimination in the country the Vatican Press office said that the discussed several issues and that the pope got across to the general that there is great responsibility for the authorities here in myanmar during this transition period you know theres no word from either side if the refugee issue was brought up now obviously its a very sensitive topic during the popes visit here crowds are gathering outside the electoral tribunal in honduras his capital in support of the Opposition Leader whos on track for a surprise victory in the president ial election saladin us rallied incumbent on our land a hand as by around five percent with most of the votes now counted and and as was widely tipped to win a second term. Indonesia has raised its alert for bodies mount going to the highest level a live pictures coming to us now from the island one hundred thousand people have been ordered to leave the area around the volcano bodies International Airport has also been closed leaving travel as stranded. Protest leaders in islamabad of called off a sit in of fallons of demonstrators after the resignation of pakistans role minister. Supporters of a little and religious party accused of blasphemy after he left prophet muhammads name out of an oath meant to be taken by elected officials and nineteen people have been killed by russian as strikes in the east end of the syrian capital russia denied responsibility for the deaths of dozens of civilians and strikes targeting i said over the weekend attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict have now stalled because the Syrian Government delegation has yet to arrive in geneva for talks. And much more coverage of that story and Everything Else at the top the next hour of i would more news coming up from doha thats it for myself in the team here in london stay with their. School students are taking up weapons to fight in deadly streets. One on one east investigates this violent phenomenon. At this time on al jazeera