Celebrate victory on derby day, but theres no shaking off the holders Manchester City, who remain hot on their heels. Good morning. Some heavy rain in Northern Ireland this morning. That will push north and east during the course of the day. It is the south east that will hang on to the driest and silliest conditions for longest. All of the details later on in the programme. Driest and sunniest. Its monday, the 29th of april. The Irish Government says it will pass Emergency Legislation to return rising numbers of Asylum Seekers arriving from Northern Ireland, because theyre fearful of being sent to rwanda. Irish ministers estimate that 80 of recent arrivals have come to the country via Northern Ireland but the uk government says it wont accept any Asylum Returns from the eu via ireland. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. The border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland is designed to be easy to cross. But the Irish Government says its recently seen an influx
Hello im so raman and this is the aljazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe stays put as the deadline passes for him to resign or be impeached. Also kenyas opposition says the Supreme Court decision upholding president kenyatta as election victory was taken under duress. But also chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with the german president after negotiations to form a governing coalition collapsed and im sure the latest sports news and sad news that is has nine hundred ninety eight wimbledon champion yana novotny has died from cancer at the age of forty nine that and more coming up later. Good to have you Company Welcome to the news hour we start in africa where zimbabwes embattled president Robert Mugabe appears to ignored a deadline to resign so what happens now having already voted him out as their leader the rulings are new p. F. Party is meeting and will push ahead with trying to impeach mcgar
Back to bowl welcome to the news great will he old board t. V. Leaves office a deadline for zimbabwes in bottle president to step down has come and gone but theres no sign Robert Mugabe is giving up Power Members of his rulings on o. P. s party opera tatting to meet to discuss his possible impeachment would have been made tests from harare. Also on the great german chancellor merkel sphere of term in office is in doubt after talks on forming a three Way Coalition government collapse they couldnt agree on immigration levels Climate Change and the future of the e. U. What happens next is unclear but i knew he could be just around the corner and spending their childhood in prison three hundred palestinian children are behind bars in israel facing bought treatment torture and constant violations on universal childrens day we take a look at how the Israeli Occupation is affecting. Arm or hand in the hundreds right wing activists in israel ushering photoshop pictures of their president s on
Following suit to Martin Schulz social democrats the sp de currently it twenty percent so not to the dramatic the much feared to drop below the twenty percent at the moment. But just at twenty percent left party at nine percent the green party nine and a half percent so we just heard earlier that theyre thinking about a possibility of entering a governing coalition. Was nine and a half percent there is a chance. The Free Democratic party the business Friendly Party here in yellow with ten a knockoff posts and a very very strong comeback of to for years. Out of parliament when they failed to make the five percent total and the a fdc the are far right. Alternative for germany started and a half percent so pretty much with what opinion polls suggested earlier. We just briefly look at the gains and losses here clearly the cdu csu from last election four years ago very very strong losses he a down. Nine percent of the votes s. P. D. Also shedding substantial amount of votes four point seven
Independence referendum. The region pushing ahead with the historic ballot despite strong opposition from the u. N. And world powers. Defiant nfl players in the u. S. Protest in the wake of Donald Trumps controversial comments. The president lashing out at footballers who refused to stand during the National Anthem. Up we will look at how Angela Merkels unconvincing election win could have wider implications for the european economy. Stay with us. It has been n dubbed a nightmare victory. Germanys Angela Merkel has clinched a fourth term in power following sundays parliamentary elections. Allianceonservative took only 33 of the vote. The parties worst performance since 1949. The far rates the far rights party has made historic breakthrough with just under 13 of the vote. It is now the countrys thirdlargest Political Force to the centerleft social democrats suffered their worst results in decades. Lets hear from their leader. We see this 20. 5 result as a request to build a strong oppos