media network. provoking debate the corporate tax has not hurt job growth under barack obama the only one that's not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on media freedom of a tree killings torture maybe you giving me wrong they didn't give me but challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who is killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them you didn't prosecute them you didn't show the shot the man saw you join mehdi hasan for up front at this time on al-jazeera. is a state we're dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history at least twenty six people are dead after a gunman opens fire at a church in texas. high

on down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up leaked documents reveal how the super wealthy and big companies hide their money in offshore tax havens. the leaders of japan and the u.s. meet to discuss trade on the threat from north korea will have their joint news conference live. on hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah cues in saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese prime minister to resign. a gunman has opened fire on worshipers at a small texas church killing at least twenty six people and he said when the death toll may rise well the shooting at the first baptist church of southern springs is the latest in a string of mass killings in the u.s. by lone gunman was how did you castro has more. of your. sunday gathering of christian worshippers turned horrific when

a man. and dressed in full combat gear walked in and opened fire he was dressed in all black this suspect crossed the street to the church exit is big and began firing at the church the suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. that suspect enter the church and continued to fire as he exited the church a local resident grabbed his rifle and engage the suspect the suspect dropped his rifle which it was a ruger they are assault rifle and fled from the church at least twenty six people are dead twenty more are injured in this town and fewer than one hundred the death toll makes up a startling proportion of the population if pakistan has a family or a family so when it does exist it causes to stop for doing more to pray and see how we can serve and that's what you're seeing right here this community is

rallying around these these folks and so we're just going to try to do our best to comfort him and minister how we can but the communities pain here is deep the pastor and his wife were out of town but their fourteen year old daughter is among the dead other children including a five year old were also killed the eldest victim was seventy two investigators say the gunman was devon kelly a twenty six year old man who lived in a neighboring county he led police on a brief vehicle chase after the shooting before being found dead police say it's unclear whether he took his own life or was killed by officers so far no motive has been found we are only hours into this mess case in which they're going to take a significant length of time we will continue to provide provide information as it becomes available we know you're going to have a lot of questions there are many many that we cannot answer us president donald trump speaking from a trip to asia condemned the attack americans do what they do best we pull

together. we join hands we lock arms and just through the tears and through the sadness. we stand strong oh so strong the church regularly posted a video of its sunday services raising the possibility the massacre was captured on camera this clip is from a week ago we have gathered in this place may you be able to look down from heaven and say those are my children so they gather together in my name and we're capturing the last days of peace before tragedy castro al-jazeera texas. people gathered overnight in texas to pay tribute to those killed the state's governor was also at the prayer vigil held to honor the victims of the mass killing . the group gathered up the dog within sight of the church where the shooting.

donald trump's commerce secretary an aide to canadian prime minister justin trudeau and queen elizabeth the second just some of the people revealed so far in a huge leak of financial documents showing how the super rich have been using secret offshore accounts in tax havens more than thirteen million files called the paradise papers were leaked in the offshore law firm applebee cover an estimated ten trillion dollars held in offshore tax havens in most cases it's perfectly legal but critics argue allowing the mega rich to hide from the tax authorities is unfair and governments have been slow to address the issue the offshore finance system is also highly secretive ought to be opening the way for illegal activity the law firm appleby though says it's common in the papers will show no evidence of wrongdoing but to sullivan is editor of the organized crime and corruption reporting project he says the leaks highlight the imbalance of how societies wealth is managed. there's a new global industry. that caters to money that moves around the world and

this money blues to tax savings and it's used to evade taxes to hide assets to steal money used by organized crime it's used by large businesses and what this is really doing is it's allowing globalizing money you're allowed to move your money legally into places where you don't have to pay taxes and the problem is is that separate the countries with which we're getting taxes when i was bought or a plane was the larger issue is you know whether it's tax mitigation or tax evasion the problem is it's not it's not fair because you only can really do this if you have a large amount of money there's a criminal services industry that they're trying to cater to this market and i was people to do this and regular people are just not allowed to do that donald trump has been meeting business leaders in japan as part of his tour of asia earlier he had lunch and played golf with a prime minister shinzo lobby in his address to business leaders who said trade

with japan was not saying an open i'll just him scott hietala has the latest now from the japanese capital scott so president trump started his second day in japan in the u.s. embassy where he made those comments about u.s. japan trade what more did he have to say a definite focus on the trade there and between these two nations and that's something that that canada trip was talking about a lot and now president trump is talking has been talking about and really has been kind of a top of his political agenda and that is what he calls unfair trade deals and trade deficits with nations and there is a trade deficit between the united states and japan and that's why he was saying what he did earlier after he met with those business leaders both from the united states and from japan and he went out a little bit further to and this is what he had to say. this morning i am pleased to have an opportunity to discuss how we can strengthen and improve. the economic ties between the united states and japan. and i have to say for the

last many decades japan has been winning you do know that that's what's in store for the rest of the day for the president. well right now there is a closed door summit meeting going on right now at a state guest house between those two leaders this came just after a working lunch and then before that the president had an audience with the emperor and empress at the imperial palace here in tokyo so we have this this meeting right now that's going on and we expect that to be about another hour and probably actually more half hour at this stage and then out of that there will be a press statement and then hopefully some questions from the media here in tokyo after these two leaders of emerge from this now it's interesting because you know north korea was always has also been brought up today in earlier comments by president trump and then kind of sidebar comments at the meeting at the lunch so north korea we're expecting to hear about the situation and how these two nations these two very close allies are handling their defense when it comes to the

situation on the korean peninsula that will come out probably in this press conference in just the next maybe half hour forty five minutes so we're looking at that they're going to be discussing that if they're going to be any revelations about what their how they're going to handle things differently with north korea we don't know just yet but we do know that their vote working very closely on coordination between the two countries obviously it's a very big issue for both of the countries here and then later in the day the president and the prime minister will go to a former abductee japanese citizen who was taken by north korea were turned to this country more than ten years ago who meet with him now this is very interesting because that issue here abductees here in japan taken to north korea is a big issue for prime minister shinzo so president trump going over to visit one of these four former abductees is very important fortunes politically here in the country that's going to happen after we hear this press conference and then the trip will pretty much be capped off by

a state banquet on monday evening here in tokyo and then tuesday morning present from gets on a plane gets on air force one and goes to seoul or i just got in tokyo scott thank you let's talk a. to tom he kowtowed to do chief he was a special advisor to the cabinets of shin's abhi and is now a professor at university graduate school joins us live via skype from tokyo professor taniguchi let's talk first about trade between japan and the u.s. president trump said a few hours ago that trade right now between both allies isn't free and it's not reciprocal so what do you think he meant by that well he meant by what he exactly said perhaps to the japanese government should. trade deficit the united states reserve be japan at the moment as opposed to the overall. united states has developed these are the world is less than ten percent it's actually

nine point three percent and instead the japanese side over the last twenty five years has continued to invest in the united states and thereby created a stunning number of eight hundred thirty thousand jobs in the united states and that's the sort of thing i think i've been saying to mr tranter and this is the second time that president trump and prime minister be a meeting how is the relationship between the two men i mean when trump was on the campaign trail he was quite outspoken against japan talking about protectionism an imbalance trade. well that appears to be a light go over the time since mr trump was elected. and donald trump have met a number of times and exchanged views over the phone more than. more than any leaders between the united states and other countries so i think the chemistry

and personal luck or that they have built with each other cannot be better and north korea of course is the other big issue on the agenda that both countries need to deal with and how will they move forward on the issue of north korea and its nuclear program it is now top line for the international community not to mention the united states and japan and to give. pressure to the north korean side and that's something that north korea should know better and that's something that the united states and japan have reiterated a number of times. and when when donald trump arrived in japan he tried to reassure regional allies including japan that the military would have the resources to keep peace and perhaps defend freedom so how will this go down with would marry japanese people what do they think about all this i think it's one of the most reassuring messages that many people in japan have heard for some time and for them i should

say the scope and wit of the u.s. strategy has broadened to include not only the pacific but also the indian ocean and so the u.s. strategy seems to have merged with the japanese government. has been active professor thomas eco taniguchi thank you very much indeed for your time you're welcome. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back the catalyst for its ministers afraid but under strict conditions in belgium spain seeks their extradition. companies officials announce a new presidential election two years after widespread protests broke out of a president could be his refusal to step down more than today.

hello there was a cloud in the sky around the gulf i saw her the top of the doha but it doesn't signify anything well the active cloud is a lot further north and you can see it's really got to tashkent but it's obvious curl of the turkey and then down of the cypress that's a little area of low pressure still spinning it will produce rain it will dissolve itself as it falls apart in turkey and you want to show us the north of syria temperatures still in the low twenty's you'll notice but baghdad's crept up to thirty there's also a green blob so it's possible some are of the tigris and euphrates you might get assurity nothing much from it i think but it's still there is potential looks tries to saso which is not a big surprise there's been increasing cloud around the amati coast yemen the anderson has had some significant rain and it's going on for the whole of africa and that's what it should be doing this time is no hint of the circulation but that is certainly where you'd expect to find the rain there. side the tropics and we've

got a nice kind of cloud coming to angola and the far north of congo south of that we're back into the sunshine even cape town looks got fine open skies there is a close travers' for the eastern cape and it could be sherry here. all this seven year to find they're having maybe when or when he meets these elderly mother. this time and how does it. get us president donald trump first visit to asia goals to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact can this visit really have will be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage here on al-jazeera.

welcome back to other top stories here this hour a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of southern springs has left twenty six people dead police say the gunman walked into the church during a service and opened fire dozens were injured in the attack the gunman who fled was later found dead. donald trump commerce secretary britain's queen elizabeth and a top aide to the canadian prime minister are among thousands named in a new financial accounts the so-called paradise papers contain thirteen million files from the bermuda. apple. and donald trump has been meeting business leaders in japan as part of his tour of asia earlier he had lunch and played golf with the

japanese prime minister shinzo long. and for former catalan ministers have been released under strict conditions in belgium spain seeks the extradition they did earlier turn themselves in following an arrest warrant from madrid over the holding of catalonia secession referendum david schaper reports from brussels. tomorrow and four of his deposed cabinet ministers surrendered themselves at this police station in central brussels and were officially placed under arrest at nine seventeen sunday morning they were then transferred in a police van to the office of the brussels prosecutor but they were not put in handcuffs. an investigative judge has been appointed will now examine the case laid against them by the court in madrid who issued the warrants the investigative judge . refusal to execute the european arest arresting the people involved freezing in the m.m.

a conditions under which the mall has exercised his right under belgian law to have the hearing conducted in flemish a belgian region of flanders has long shared catalonia bishan for independence some analysts say it's an attempt to politicize the whole process the legal procedures surrounding the european arrest warrant have been streamlined and reformed but it still could take up to sixty days before any extradition is carried out on in special circumstances up to ninety days but legal experts now say there are a limited grounds to resist the arrest warrants so there is for instance no grounds for for refusal based on the political nature of the all fence anymore so this has been abolished here are two different grounds for refusal could be used one on the basis of a serious risk off infringement after mr president. human rights

and a second once on the basis of double criminality pushed him on his ministers are charged by madrid with rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds and of facing a maximum sentence of thirty years in jail the double criminality clause examines if those charges mean the same in both belgium and spain if they appeal on any of the grounds allowed under the european arrest warrant they will go before yet another judge in a bid to fight extradition traitor al jazeera brussels. a high ranking saudi arabian prince has been killed in a helicopter crash near the border with yemen eight saudi officials also died prince mansour been moved out saod was the son of former crown prince moving these videos a post on his twitter page just hours before his death showing him carrying out an inspection of defense and environment projects he was appointed as the deputy governor this year of the a c. a region which borders yemen it's not clear what caused the crash and saudi arabian

air strikes have targeted the who with the run defense ministry under square used for mass rallies in sana'a the capital of yemen who ballistic missile was fired deep into saudi territory on saturday the group released this footage which they say shows the launch it was aimed at riyadh's international airport was shot down in the air salim coalition controls many of yemen supports saudi arabia has pointed the finger at iran and the who thinks with such missiles a spokesman for the saudi led military coalition in yemen says the missile incident could be considered an act of war by iran. if you would you would you know i mean these militant who are supported by iranian experts iran provides the who is his military experts on the planet in collaboration in cooperation with a terrorist organization of his in lebanon trying to control strait in a dangerous challenge to regional peace and stability and to the movement of ships through the strait and international trade meanwhile more than

a dozen saudi princes and ministers have been detained in a sweeping corruption crackdown including one of the world's richest men they were rounded up hours after an anti corruption committee started its work headed by the crown prince mohammed bin soundman. and iran and hezbollah not accuse saudi arabia the u.s. and israel of trying to fuel tensions in the middle east saying they forced lebanon's prime minister to resign saad hariri announced on saturday in the saudi capital that he was quitting has been our secretary general says saudi arabia is behind the sudden resignation. this is the statement written by his if you want to discuss it we need to discuss the. way. it is it's not the way of some of the really it's not the way. block and what has been written and the resignation a statement is completely different even since the harry reid. came

to power the way he thinks the way he deals with matters the way here sort out problems doesn't go. with the content of those of the nations statement iran's government says saudi arabia is using the resignation of hariri to cover up its own internal political crisis al-jazeera saying bizarre isn't speaking to a senior member of parliament in tehran. not having hussein is a member of the iranian parliament he's also the spokesman for the parliamentary commission on national security and foreign policy he gave us his perspective on the events unfolding in saudi arabia over the last few days regarding the resignation of the lebanese prime minister he said there's no doubt in the iranian government's mind that saad hariri was pressured by the saudi government to step down and it was a cord needed effort to distract from saudi arabia's own internal political problems here's what he had to say. based on your crew in the government of saudi arabia there has been

a coup and saudi arabia tried to use the resignation of saad hariri to hide i mean eternal movements inside the saudi government but the first headline is the resignation of saad hariri not incidents happening inside the government of saudi arabia so we believe that this is coordinated now he also said that iran's government has information to suggest that hardline political groups are taking over saudi affairs but he took the opportunity to reach out to the saudi government a lot and we believe if there is cooperation between saudi arabia and iran it is beneficial for the rage and it could bring calm to the region but they rely on america they rely on israel they think that with american weapons they can be a power in the region this is a wrong theory the government before the revolution in iran the shah's regime with totally saving america but americans abandoned him during the islamic revolution so instead of relying on american powers and foreign powers pay attention to the countries of the bridge and finally hussein he said that attacks by yemen's hooty

fighters on targets inside saudi arabia are in evitable he said that hundreds of yemenis are dying every day in saudi bombardment and that the people that they're fighting can't be expected to do nothing i say he said that yemen had become a quagmire for saudi arabia in the same way that vietnam had become a quagmire for the americans and he said that it was time for saudi arabia to stop the violence and negotiate their way out of the conflict because as he said the era of empires is over. a car bomb has killed at least one hundred civilians including children who were trying to escape the syrian city of daraa saw at least one hundred forty others were wounded in the attack eisel has admitted responsibility government forces announced on friday the group been pushed out of the city which was the last major stronghold i saw on the retreat in syria and iraq so what will happen to the thousands of foreigners who travel to a short lived caliphate to fight or support the group's cause what i saw is often

boasted of its involvement in attacks on british soil and it raises questions as to how those who do return home should be treated correspondent danny phillips ripples . raca lies in ruins i still fighters once triumphant are on the run they flock to the caliphate those that came from britain says a government minister can expect no mercy on the battlefield i'm afraid we have to be serious about these people are serious. and unfortunately anyway it will be in almost every case to kill those remarks by rory stewart have created a big debate here in west over how far britain should go to protect itself without undermining its democratic values jack let a middle class english boy from oxford he converted to islam and when he was eighteen ran away to i still territory in syria but his parents say he was not

a fighter he's now being held by the kurdish authorities in northern syria on suspicion of belonging to eisele his parents say each case must be treated individually. bring them back put them on trial investigate them bring up the evidence. against the british state of course of course. we just want justice for ourselves. surely that's not too much to ask they were encouraged by remarks by a government advisor who spoke of the need to reintegrate young naive people who return disillusioned they put their son in that category this senior m.p. from the governing conservative party says the authorities have to prepare for more return. we need to give them a route to be subject to get investigated to. cope with what they've done and to face the rigor of the law in that regard. but then there is

a joint effort. rehabilitation in the long run back into society the british authorities believe that about all of the roughly eight hundred fifty british people who travel to isolate territory already. they think that more than one hundred have been killed in iraq or syria but that still leaves hundreds more on account to. be phillip's al jazeera. election officials in the democratic republic of congo say a long overdue presidential election will finally take place in december twenty eighth seen the country seen widespread anger president joseph kabila his refusal to relinquish power his term and that in december twenty sixth seen reports. one more year that is what the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission has demanded to prepare an election that was already a year overdue the opposition had merely rejected the process in the face of this

relentless abuse of power joseph kabila and his servant the country's electoral commission have declared war on the congolese people. president joseph kabila was supposed to step down in december after fifteen years in power his refusal to go provoked months of violence and protests in the capital kinshasa which killed dozens the catholic church brokered a deal could be look at stay one year more organize elections and never hold power again now the combined opposition are blaming both the president and the electoral commission for the delay it's going to come up to the are we saying there won't be an election no but we have to find mechanisms that lead to these elections and that is what we're trying to do night and day seventy million congolese live in a nation almost the size of europe with poor roads and little power to run registration machines the commission says it requires months to set up nearly seventeen thousand registration centers then one hundred thousand polling stations

the government said the election might cost one point eight billion dollars and new conflicts have started one point four million people have been displaced by fighting between militias in eastern the home of the father of the opposition and its current leader felix she's a caddy. government and opposition leaders accuse each other of supporting militia groups like this one. the election commission says forty three million voters have been registered already but human rights organizations say activists investigating voter registration in have been detained on the streets of can patience is wearing thin again. they're waiting for elections on the thirty first at midnight president loses his legitimacy in. the united states and international observers demanded the vote be held before the end of the coming year they've gotten their wish but others may be less patient column baker al jazeera thirty children have died in two days in a hospital under scrutiny in northern india the b.r.d.

medical college and pradesh said the deaths were from natural causes comes after seventy children died there were no guest a lack of oxygen supplies and blamed then well that incident triggered protests against prime minister narendra modi's party which rules the state. venezuela's deputy leader of congress has taken refuge in the chilean embassy is accused of inciting violence at antigovernment protests on friday the supreme court lifted his parliamentary immunity so he could answer the charges he was the sixth venezuelan to seek protection at the chilean embassy in under three months. ok then of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least twenty six people have been killed during a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of southern and springs in the united states police have a gunman walked into the church during a service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack

including children the gunman said to been challenged by a member of a church congregation and then fled law enforcement officials said the gunman was later found dead in a vehicle he apparently died of a gunshot wound the texas governor says the attack was unprecedented. there's a state we're dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history. where so many families have lost family members. fathers mothers sons and daughters. the tragedy of course is worsen by the fact that it occurred in a church a place of worship for those people were innocently gunned down. and we mourn their loss. well the governor also attended a prayer vigil held to honor the victims of the mass killing. more than one hundred people gathered up the dark on a grassy street corner within sight of the church where the shooting.

donald trump is meeting business leaders in japan as part of his tour of asia earlier he had lunch and played golf with japanese prime minister shinzo holiday tomorrow he'll meet political leaders to discuss north korea's nuclear weapons program and his address to business leaders he said trade with japan was not fair and open. donald trump's commerce secretary britain's queen elizabeth and a top aide to the canadian prime minister among thousands named the new leak of offshore financial documents the paradise lakes contain thirteen million vols from bermuda based applebee. saudi arabia airstrikes have targeted the who with the run defense ministry under square used for mass rallies in some of the capital of yemen the who three ballistic missile was fired deep into saudi territory on saturday the group released this footage which they say shows the loans it was aimed at riyadh's

international airport but was shot down in the air the sound of coalition controls many of yemen's ports. that's it more news continues here on al-jazeera after one of many stage of that so watching the consequence of war. shows. that just doesn't go away. for a living out of trouble for the last couple years. he's homeless. follows a group of u.s. army veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get their lives back. at this time. they may be in their service but these are not grandparents.