continued to grow for years without trial for the people they were. called to scream would be beaten again a quest for a better life but ended in incarceration. of guantanamo twenty two this time zero. to stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. from a fan of us or of his victory president trying to get a warm welcome in china a country he savaged on the campaign trail.

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching out there also coming up syria's army in iraq a militia team up to drive i still from the last major town they held in syria how yemenis a coping a saudi arabia's new blockade of the country drives prices up even further. and probably independence castle and storm stations and block roads demanding the release of a jail separatist leaders. exactly one year after his surprise election victory u.s. president donald trump has traveled to china for the latest stop on his tour of asia north korea and trade between the two countries are likely to top the agenda during what could be a difficult day of talks but his first day so i receive a warm welcome to beijing despite his heavy. criticism of the country and its trade

practices while on the campaign trail trump stepped out of air force one on to a red carpeted staircase in contrast to last year's visit by braca bomber who was forced to exit his plane from a lower door on the five star treatment continued with president xi jinping personally as courting them on a tour of the forbidden city in esco world heritage site which was declared off limits to tourists for the day the first couple were also treated to chinese opera and acrobatics display or trump has been tweeting about the visit describing the day is unforgettable and as he began his beijing visit u.s. and chinese firms trade deals worth nine billion dollars china correspondent adrian brown has more. exactly a year to the day that he was voted into office president trump arrived in china the country very savaged throughout the presidential campaign when he called china a currency manipulator and said that china was raping the u.s. economy all that though was forgotten on wednesday afternoon as president xi

jinping and his wife a score to the trumps around the forbidden city one of the most popular tourist attractions in china a chance perhaps for president xi to remind donald trump the china was once the center of culture and civilization president xi very much wants china to be center stage in global affairs now top of the agenda of course is going to be north korea and the feeling that the united states believes china could be doing more to rein in its ally china will be pointing out that actually it's done a lot in the past few months to tighten the financial news around. early next year the north korean firms operating in china would have to cease business north korean workers would have to leave the country and of course china has been enforcing u.n. sanctions against north korea trump wants to ensure that there's no backsliding by the chinese and of course there's the issue of the trade deficit the fact that

china exports far more to the united states that the united states sends the other way also trump wants u.s. companies to have more access to the china market particularly tech companies like facebook and twitter who are still locked out of china it's very important that these two men get along because the decisions they make will ultimately affect all of us well dollar terms presidential victory came after an unconventional and divisive campaign he pledged to unite the country but after ten months in office trump has yet to sign any major legislation and his popularity is falling alan fischer looks back at the twelve months sense election night. it was a night to surprise the country and his own campaign this was a victory donald trump despite all these claims never truly expected ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement most

people when you think about all that has happened and all of the news and the politics it's hard to believe in some ways it's all happened with in one year for weeks he prepared himself and supporters for defeat if we don't win i will consider this the single greatest waste of time energy wow get pummeled by wins in old industrial states in the midwest he was set for the white house his victory is something he's return to again and again we won florida we won south carolina we won north carolina we won pennsylvania. we won and won. one the most divisive election in modern american political history he then talked about uniting the country but since then we've seen a flurry of tweets on a number of topics on the divisions are as wrong on his obvious as the ever where donald trump like he says it connects him with his supporters bypassing the media which he believes is dead set against him you obviously hear

a lot of congressional republicans for example saying they wish trumpet tweet last for but they think that his use of twitter really hurts particularly their cause on capitol hill causing constant distractions from their legislative agenda judge gorsuch don't encompass a few legislative successes he swept away regulations he's confirmed the supreme court justice and that's really about it the word that comes to mind is chaotic i do think there is a side of this president that is much more interested in top of mind reactions and his own gut instincts rather than policy planning and strategic. efforts he continues to see to believe he is loved and adored throughout the country that may be true but according to polls and ever decreasing number of people i love this country. thank you. the high point of support was one year ago

tonight won the presidency on fischer al-jazeera washington. the us has announced new restrictions for americans traveling to cuba and the jews are coming to effect on thursday they include a ban on americans doing business with around one hundred eighty cuban government entities holding companies inters and companies the u.s. says the aim is to stop cuban firms with links to the military benefiting from terrorism and channeling business towards the private sector. syria's army and its allies have surrounded an end to the eisel controlled town of alba kamel located near the border with iraq its last stronghold in the region state media says iraqi forces are helping syrian troops with the operation on friday the iraqi army proclaim victory over the armed group in the border town of climates last stronghold in iraq. has more from turkey's border with syria.

according to syrian media as well as his beloved media sources syrian forces have surrounded the border town of become on the last remaining stronghold by isis fighters according to sources on the ground this is going to be a tough fight because isis fighters have been coming to this place from all sides not just the iraqi side of the border but from syrian town just far away as in there is or. is in the daters or province which is also being fought by s.d.f. forces these are the forces of a kurdish predominantly who are backed by the united states forces on the eastern bank of the euphrates river the town of one with a group amal is on the west and beyond and it is now being surrounded by syrian forces some reports say that they have started to enter the city but they expect that isis fighters are going to put up stiff resistance in this area it is worth noting that would not mean the end of ice and isis still has a number of villages and other surrounding areas in that there are problems and

across the border in the problems in iraq that it still controls but it would mean that the last stronghold in terms of urban settings small town and cities eisen would have lost all of them when it moved as a bill come out. saudi arabia's closure of all yemen's as land and sea ports is driving up the already inflated prices of vital commodities and stopping the delivery of much needed humanitarian supplies as aid agencies warn of a catastrophic situation lama john june reports now on how residents in the capital . in yemen's capital lines to buy petrol grow longer as fuel prices rise higher having jumped more than sixty percent in recent days the result of monday's announcement from saudi arabia that it would block all yemeni air and land routes as well as sea ports in response to a missile attack from across the border earlier this week residents of sanaa already accustomed to

a humanitarian crisis. their country that seems to grow more dire every day are angry i get even if this is a humanitarian crime they are exterminating the yemeni people and no muslim should be doing that these are unjust operations but it's not unexpected for those who kill children to close imports. the price of cooking oil has also spiked this temporary interruption of supplies in yemen is coming on top of an already catastrophic humanitarian situation we shouldn't forget this the population is already reconned the population already. lacking cope and lacking basic essential services ranging from food medicines medical services water and sanitation everything there is also growing worry about how the blockade will impact efforts to combat yemen's cholera epidemic with more than nine hundred thousand suspected cholera cases and over two thousand deaths since the outbreak

began in april the world health organization is calling on saudi arabia to allow for the flow of medical aid into the country. back in sanaa even before this latest crisis it was difficult to obtain vital commodities the sense of outrage is deepening the. closure of the land sea in airports and yemen is considered a huge injustice towards yemenis hardships mount for a population as weary of war as they are depleted of hope. well the un security council is holding a closed session on the humanitarian situation in yemen on this about this week announcement diplomatic editor james baker that united nations force and james existing restrictions on imports were already putting yemenis under enormous pressure what does this strike strengthening blockade now mean and how much concern is there about it at the u.n. . there's deep concern the u.n.

of describe the situation as catastrophic this is the worst humanitarian situation in the world since saudi arabia launched its complete blockade this is the first meeting of the un security council meeting behind that door it's a closed meeting but we do know what's going on there being briefed by who is the humanitarian chief. on the latest situation it's worth telling you that there is one news agency report out that says that the saudi authorities are going to allow aid port to reopen i tell you that's just one report from one news agency and we've been in touch by text with some of the diplomats are in that close meeting of a say that mr local certainly hasn't confirmed that in the briefing to the u.n. security council and it's worth telling you to aid in port is something that's entirely cooked controlled by the saudi led coalition so it's not at all clear what

they hope to achieve by stopping aid coming in there in the first place because they could have inspected anything that came through that port you know and yet the u.n. and aid groups like dr orders have not been have not been able to get their aid their flights into the country for the past few days what can the u.n. do about it. well i think we're not going to see any action coming out of this meeting there's no good it not we think going to be any formal statement by the u.n. security council no formal action no solution we will at the end of the meeting here from mr local humanitarian chief reporters will get to ask him questions about the gravity of the situation and whether the saudis are showing any inclination to lift the blockade we'll also hear we think from the italian ambassador who's the current president this month of the u.n.

security council thank you very much james baseness. from the united nations there in new york and watching al-jazeera much more still to come government in disarray to reason may lose his her second minister in a week as pretty patel resigns at a secret meetings in israel and robert mugabe takes aim at other so-called conspirators after sacking his vice president. following place to save some quieter weather fir queensland australia as we go on through the next day or so still a chance of one or two on shore showers coming in have a set that lets a fair amount of cloud into central parts down towards south australia fair not the woman here as we go on through the next few days that's because we've got the only sure way is coming into queensland twenty three celsius the brisbane towels will

twenty seven degrees and then we're coming in across the interior to twenty nine degrees there for adelaide and rising at thirty one celsius here on friday so that warmth also making its way into melbourne twenty four degrees the similar value across the other side of the country perth with a high twenty five celsius with a fair amount of bright weather and some pleasant sunshine some sunshine so went to new zealand clouds and rain will make its way. east was as we go one through the next twenty four hours or so bright skies then from north out a little more clout there for south out of there because it's a twenty one celsius to make you sweat little further east was a little cooler but a little drier brights of christ temperatures here at around sixteen degrees in the sunshine and a little more sunshine also making its way into japan over the next eighteen celsius for turkey fourteen in sendai but notice cola wetter weather the korean peninsula.

horrigan harvey's destruction was indiscriminate with will there be an equal recovery i didn't want to be the mayor of two cities and have klein's discovers how the disparity between rich and poor is brought to the surface in times of crisis one's life. culture. houston after harvey at this time on al-jazeera. back to the top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has been given a red carpet welcome in beijing despite his heavy criticism of china on the

campaign trail last year. syria's army and its allies have entered the border town of. stronghold in the region and saudi arabia's blockade of yemen's major ports and flies in the prices of basic goods and worsening a major fuel shortage. and on other stories we're following. is officially the declaration of independence by the cats parliament the ruling was issued as probably independence protest as blocked roads and some public transport routes into basilan are running out of catalonia to a standstill joho has more from. other transport links in barcelona and across. students activists and union members came out in defiance of the spanish government. has taken control of ministration depend. supporters want to show they controlled the streets.

north of boston low down in the city of she rode the hot some say of cattle on nationalism large numbers took to the railways disrupting spain's much prized of a high speed network later they were efforts to shut catalonia as borders with the rest of the country. outside the regional government building in barcelona the crowd chanted leave but out for freedom once the rallying cry for independence now a show of support for what is being called political prisoners opposed to president pleased them all in exile in belgium employees former ministers and civil society leaders in jail in madrid. we're here for them our government is in prison so we need to help them and we need to then answer as bunny's government actions because

they are doing what. they should does this crowd is a sign that at least as it's grass roots the independence movement in catalonia is alive and well but politically it is sorely weakened much of its leadership behind and facing an election in december that probably dependent parties are far from certain of winning spain's constitutional court on wednesday an old the october twenty seventh declaration of independence this is a movement divided over want to do next whether to do it together as a coalition or current no mind because it doesn't last that. we have had their ups and downs but we haven't gone this far to leave as if nothing has happened. but out of the focus is on freeing the independence leaders but madrid's price for their freedom may well be the movement's silence i don't know how al-jazeera us alone. international development secretary person patel has resigned after it was

revealed she failed to disclose meetings with israeli officials while on holiday but tel said her actions are for the high standards expected of her position a departure follows the resignation of the british defense secretary after claims of sexual harassment. pretty paternal arrived at the back door of downing street her government career hanging by a thread the international development secretary was hold back from an official trip to africa to face her boss prime minister to resume a moments later to tell resigned. she was forced to apologize on monday after holding twelve secret meetings with this radio officials including prime minister benjamin netanyahu all while she was meant to be on a family holiday to israel in august it also emerged she discussed giving some of britain's aid budget to the israeli army to help wounded syrians being treated in the israeli occupied golan heights a wednesday it surfaced patel had visited an israeli field hospital in the area

despite protocol against british officials traveling there the u.k. doesn't officially recognize israel's presence in the territory land seized from syria in the one nine hundred sixty seven war further revelations followed including details of more undisclosed meetings between patel and two israeli officials in september the al-jazeera investigation the lobby recently revealed close links between israeli embassy officials and conservative members of parliament. a report in the jewish chronicle claimed the british government knew about patel's meetings and that she was instructed not to declare them to avoid embarrassing the foreign office downing street says the claims are false the departure of priti patel now leaves to resume a with one less ally in government patel head back to reason may in her bid to become prime minister she's also a firm euro skeptic a keen breaks it without her to reason may could struggle to deliver on her key breaks it promises without any strong central control people are just making policy

on the hay and departments and it seems very clear that cabinet responsibility has it to some extent broken down and unless steps are taken to restore it she's in government but not in power at london's madame tussauds a serene looking waxwork of the prime minister's receiving final touches the real mrs may's battling multiple crises several of her cabinet ministers have been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals and the foreign minister boris johnson is under fire for misleading comments the could extend the chain will turn up a british citizen imprisoned in iran but tells downfall divert some attention away from johnson but many are wondering how long to reason may keep a brave face need back out jazeera london. zimbabwe's former vice president. says he's crossed the border into south africa two days after being fired by the

president robert mugabe speaking to supporters in harare mugabe said he also had his sights on other figures are metastases been following events on the ground for us. president robert mugabe wanted to send a clear message to anyone planning to remove him from power for now one faction in the rulings on the party led by the first lady grace is in charge on monday zimbabwe's leader fired his vice president. for being disloyal the ninety three year old his managua had a missions to become president. while. these . were. the friday.

when i got a guy who is a war veteran hasn't been seen in public since he was sacked on wednesday he released a statement saying he's out of the country and that he will return soon to lead zimbabweans. zanu p.f. supporters at the solidarity really insist the world's oldest elected leader will die in office the focus for now is to replace when i got some people in here say they want a woman to. the party. the country's first lady grace to get. a tight grip on power but some analysts warn recent political developments over the question of succession could cause more divisions in the ruling party. weakens the pact because the. years happened you will definitely. always. the people would lose.

nor force it in order. within the party in a statement but then god will see it he and his family have been threatened and he accused the president mugabe of destroying zanu p.f. by making it his own personal property how to al-jazeera. the philippines former president by new york you know has been charged over twenty fifteen police raid that left forty four police commanders dead if he's found guilty could face up to fifteen years in jail a keno is accused of allowing a police chief to supervise the raid even though he'd been suspended over corruption allegations the officers were killed by muslim rebels when they were sent to arrest a bomb maker the raid led to the storming of peace talks with separatists in the southern philippines venezuela's constitutional assembly has passed a wide ranging law that clamps down on media freedom legislation orders prison sentences of up to twenty years for anyone who quote instigates hate or violence

through t.v. radio or social media president nicolas maduro and his allies frequently accuse the opposition of promoting hate under the new law the state can also order media outlets abroad card message broadcast messages they say promotes peace india's capital new delhi is still under a blanket of toxic small that's forcing schools to close with residents advised to stay indoors if they can pollution levels in the city measured at the u.s. embassy and now reaching forty times the world health organization safe limits of embers cool air is trapping car in factory emissions at street level farmers illegally burning crops and fireworks from the recent devalued festival also contributing to the poor quality of air. as the world pollution is still at a dangerous level but it is less than yesterday and expected to go down further tomorrow winds should pick up from friday which will help reduce pollution levels in the same way people stay indoors during heavy rain they should take the same

precaution now as it is raining particularly matter. effects of the world's changing climate are especially obvious in the northern parts of the globe across the top of north america average annual temperatures are rising up more than twice the global pace and that's a problem for the canadian seaport of churchill where floods of cut off it's only land link to the outside world daniel lak reports three are still in good. dave daley loves his thirty six dogs they pull sleds touring the winter and take tourists on a thrilling ride through the forest but without a train to deliver the dog food is paying five times more to feed them it's not a viable economic proposition most of the businesses and turtle are trying to figure out ways how not to lose too much money this year if the train doesn't get restored or the rail line doesn't get restored who are afraid that we're going to be losing some businesses here in turtle canada's most northerly rail line was

built ninety years ago to get grain from its western prairie's to a port on hudson's bay thousand kilometers of track was cut through forests across rivers and along frozen stretches of sub-arctic tundra fierce storms and floods earlier this year devastated the rail line cutting churchill off from the rest of canada a stranded passenger train had to be loaded onto a ship by cranes a port that one ship the canadian wheat to the world lies rusting abandoned through this belt system here that many now question whether a miracle of one nine hundred twenty s. engineering can withstand today's sinking permafrost and other changing conditions we're all going through this climate change period that we need to deal with and so we all governments need to really invest in that you know we're doing our part you know has a community a small community in northern cal we know what's going on so we're pretty critical and constant climate change while there are disputes over who is going to repair

this line if anyone there's little doubt that warming temperatures and changing weather patterns here in the north have turned canada is only northern seaport into a town with a very uncertain future these days tourists are pretty much the only source of income up to ten thousand a year come to see polar bears but melting sea ice and warming have cut the local bear population thirty percent in three decades researchers warn that worse is to come. polar bears are just a messenger of what's to come for all of us you know if we are very poor bears what's going to happen to the rear of the rose is not good news or up here there's no debate climate change is real rapid and may soon be uncontrollable of steps aren't taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in places far away from this unique landscape daniel. your churchill manitoba. now flying taxis

could be carrying passengers within six years according to the right hailing from. they've struck a deal with the u.s. space agency nasa and five aerospace manufacturers to develop at nasa will develop the software to provide an aerial version of the popular taxi service says the flying taxis will travel at more than three hundred kilometers per hour and eventually cost no more than a call right i think the big benefits are going to be that you're going to be able to move around much much more fat emerge much more quickly and get time back so the thing i dread the most about transportation in cities is just you know it for all people is just the kind of waiting just sitting in traffic and congestion and wasting your life and so ride sharing helps that because you could be in the back seat of your laptop or something but it's better to be where you actually want to be on the increase our web site as well al-jazeera telecom.

a quick look at stories making headlines this hour donald trump is in beijing where he's been given a lavish welcome by the chinese leader xi jinping trade and the north korean nuclear crisis are expected to top the agenda also american and chinese firms have already signed nine billion dollars in trade deals trump flew in from seoul said u.s. led efforts to ramp up pressure on pyongyang on making progress today i hope i speak not only for our countries. but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try us we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated in our other top story syria's army and its allies have entered ice fields last stronghold in the region i'll become allies near the iraqi

border in the oil rich their resort province state media says iraqi forces help syrian troops around the town on friday the iraqi army proclaim victory over the armed group in the border town of its last stronghold in iraq or the un security council is holding a closed session on the humanitarian situation in yemen saudi arabia's blockade of yemeni air land and sea ports is inflating the prices of basic goods and worsening a major fuel shortage saudi authorities announced the measures in response to an attack by yemen's who's the rebels who fired a missile towards riyadh earlier this month spain's constitutional court is officially now the castle on parliament's declaration of independence the ruling comes as pro independence protesters blocked roads and some public transport routes into barcelona calling for the release of sax ministers who were jailed after last month's a session vote and britain's international development secretary has resigned over undisclosed contacts with senior israeli figures pretty patel is the second

minister that needed to resume a has lost now in a week to tell failed to report twelve meetings with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other figures on what she says was a holiday well those are your top stories that's it for myself and the team here in london much more news coming out from doha in twenty five minutes time that's off the fault lines which starts now. germany is hosting this year's climate talks the president from the united states out of the powers agreements what now for the global effort to tackle climate change in depth analysis on live reports from the climate conference in bonn and from the frontlines of global warming climate s.o.s. on jesse it up. this is the place where we going to remember the young women and young sons of

thank you.