it's coastal region now as we head into central parts of africa it looks pretty fine some showers a good bond but otherwise across much of central and west africa is looking dry and fine sunshine in akron ghana from both days on them for southern parts of africa tropical cycle continues to move away from madagascar. this is al jazeera. and this is the al-jazeera news i live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes north of me into korean talks the first formal discussions in more than two years get under way.

salvatore immigrants in the u.s. all given a deadline to leave or face the deportation. deadly protests grip sudan over rising bread prices. in the birthplace of tango a small city dances to a different tune. welcome to the news our north and south korea have begun their first high level talks since twenty fifteen the meeting is expected to focus on the north participation in next month's winter olympics. chang souls been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether they'll lead to any real progress joining me now is kathy novak our correspondent in solomon what do we know about the exact

whereabouts of the delegations cathy. well the meeting is happening in the border area known as puntland it's also known as the truce this is where the armistice was signed that ended the korean war it's an area heavily patrolled on each side by the north koreans and by the un command on the south side so there are buildings on either side where these sort of where meetings can take place on this occasion it's happening on the south korean side so what you had was the north korean delegation having to physically cross over the border into the south but it is happening inside the d.m.z. this area that tourists can actually visit it would because a million or some people who may have visited it was also the side of a defection of a north korean soldier in recent months when he ran across the border into the south so this is a very politicized area it's a very famous area and as you say one where it's very rare to see the two sides

coming together for this high level kind of meeting we'll talk about a high level meeting what sort of level who are who's actually in these delegations . well there are led by minister on both sides of the south korean side the unification minister and his north korean counterpart on the other side they're bringing along their deputies and then representatives in charge of sports culture and at the olympics rounding out a five person delegation on either side so much is being made of the fact that these talks that as you say haven't taken place in about two years they're going right to the top level because they are talking about the possibility of north korea potentially participating in the winter olympics that get underway in just a month so the south koreans have been saying it was important to go straight to the top and make sure that these preparations can be put in place to facilitate

this participation sale or for the moon we'll leave it to the day progress as we get more news out of south korea. keep on message because these talks are happening on the back of a turbulent year that saw north korea conduct nuclear ballistic missile tests to which the u.s. president responded with increasingly belligerent threats while as the hope the talks could ease tensions there's also some skepticism that's because the last time they met in twenty fifteen the talks collapsed seoul wanted to resolve the issue of families separated by the korean war pyongyang was calling for the resumption of a lucrative top program participation in the winter olympics south koreans are split on whether they should help with expenses fifty four percent say yes forty one percent say no hoping the cash strapped country could be a violation of u.n. security council sanctions but the government in seoul has said that there are no limits as to what could be discussed going. is

a research fellow at nanyang technological university the defense and strategic studies department joins me from singapore good to have you with us on the program again let's just begin with the olympics as a conduit to break the ice it is perhaps an easy way into discussions and perhaps a chance to talk about a future agenda. certainly of course if. the outcome of this morning's talk is going to be successful a successful one what one can easily see coming out of that are further discussions that could really dig into the core issues that are underpinning the current tensions in the korean peninsula of course so those core tensions surround themselves around the missile tests north korea's nuclear development and its capability. is it too much of a testy subject to actually bring up in terms of an agenda now or does north korea

appreciate that it has to start talking about this issue considering the global focus is on them through the united nations security council. i think we have to manage expectations about the talks that are going underway right now i mean certainly what needs to be discussed at some point in time i mean ideally at this very meeting they're looking at is what stands at the heart of tensions which is the ongoing nuclear weapons development program by north korea but i think having said that if both sides cannot get something as simple as the winter olympics right i don't think they can get anything else right going forward so therefore just focusing on on the more reachable outcomes the low hanging fruits which would be to have north korea participate in the winter olympics and then to leverage on that on that positive outcome i think would be the

best way to go about dealing with the discussions on the way i think the talks will set the tone for twenty eighteen as to how the tensions are going to be managed and possibly resolved by all parties chiefly between the north korean and south korean government how do you realize the sanctions that have been imposed on north korea the unanimous sanctions through the united nations security council that have been supported by china and russia who in theory are north korea's long time allies is this the reason that kim jong un has to come in the new year with a sort of semi olive branch to south korea's of let's talk we can try and sort this out. very possibly i think there is there is a growing indication that the ongoing sanctions regime is beginning to hurt the

north korean economy in some shape and form i mean clearly the north koreans are trying to build a internal resilience in not depending on the outside world for resources and finance knowledge and so forth but nevertheless in such an integrated global economic system the north koreans can't do it alone and right now with the with the tightening sanctions the north koreans are feeling the pinch and this could explain part of the reason as to why on has actually offered up does this all of branch at this point in time to deflate tensions sort of raise the bar bring it to a new to a new positive high after a very turbulent year and to exploit on that on this occasion and to possibly seek some form of course concessions as well but it remains to be seen whether that will actually happen i think what needs to be gotten right this very point is for the south koreans to really get north korea to say yes we will participate in the

olympics will be part of this occasion and that would really determine whether or not more difficult and more the more the more important discussions the more important topics can actually be tackled as we go along or see what does happen for the moment in singapore thanks for your time. now the u.s. government has decided to terminate the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador people from. to live and work in the u.s. after two large earthquakes hit the country in two thousand and one rob reynolds reports. ricardo escobar makes his living improving the houses of people much wealthier than he now the migrant from el salvador may be expelled from the country where he's lived worked and raised a family for nearly two decades by this is a country of immigrants. all the world has immigrated here he.

was in washington demonstrators gathered in front of the white house monday protesting a decision by the trumpet ministration to take away temporary protected status or t.p.s. for more than two hundred thousand salvadorans they had been permitted to live in the u.s. following disastrous earthquakes that struck their homeland in two thousand and one this issue you know where he wasn't completely unexpected but he's real and he makes me sad i have had members of the union call me. crying because of this decision hire me what are we going to do the trumpet ministration says t.p.s. was never meant to be permanent and that social disruptions caused by the earthquakes no longer exist. last year the trumpet ministrations stripped temporary protective status from tens of thousands of people from eighty to nicaragua living

in the u.s. . el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous places it had the highest murder rate of any country in two thousand and fifteen powerful gangs operate with near impunity and poverty and unemployment are dire escobar does not want to bring his family there but a yes i worry a lot about my children if my son goes there they'll force him to join a gang and if you refuses they'll kill him activists say political pressure is needed to reverse the decision and that many children of salvadoran parents were born in the u.s. and thus are american citizens boarded two hundred dollars for u.s. citizen children then you have been voting your age so today i'm asking are to be as rogue or families in both undergrads who stay at home are u.s. citizens and then a vote or not they're actually kind of broke in twenty eight days ministration has

given the salvadoran residents eighteen months to find a way to obtain legal status or leave the u.s. forever robert oulds al jazeera los angeles well people have been reacting to the trumpet ministrations decision in el salvador the country's foreign minister calls for calm in the lead up to next year's deadline for people to leave think us nobody made. the first thing i want to tell people is they need to remain calm we have another eighteen months between march this year and september twenty ninth tain. one person has been killed during and government protest in tunisia demonstrators clashed with security forces in the town of the border near the capital tunis protests spread to as many as ten towns as discontent grows against austerity measures that have led to tax hikes and increased prices for basic goods. i think two people have also been killed after protests across sudan over rising bread

prices the government has warned demonstrators that acts of destruction will be met with force planes have been arresting opposition leaders and confiscating newspapers to control the situation asama bin jeffords reports. there's anger in the sudanese capital her dorm people in small numbers have been protesting against a sudden increase in prices of basic commodities it's not limited to southern. only almost half of this it is us that have protesting now but the voters. because it's the. cd in a very hard and violent way. red is the most important staple for more sudanese and the prices have gone up after the government began a series of reforms to improve the economy the government stop importing greek since last month hoping that it would create competition between private companies and bring down prices but bakeries say they have raised prices due to

a shortage of flour orders will have low in line if they don't pick up from and says flour is subsidized by ten percent and they are saying we will remove it next month was one hundred sixty and next month it will reach five hundred fifty pounds and that's an increase of three hundred to four hundred percent when i say yeah newbie mismanage the price might be ok for me but not for other people some families couldn't even afford it when it was one pound. in line with recommendations by the international monetary fund subsidies are being eliminated sudan recent be devalued its currency and now the dollar is worth eight hundred sudanese pounds instead of seven last year the us government east financial sanctions against sudan which led many to believe that there is an economic boom on the way. as a lot of because the sanctions ended we're pleased you began to rearrange our lives but we are certain prized that life is getting worse some say there was too much expectation. for a change too soon it will because the sanctions were lifted just a few months ago many people are very likely to you that we are now the site has

been lifted maybe you're going to have a magic when it was lifted yes then today you're conditions actually change which is not necessarily the case but of course that is politics also and this government continues to be rather repressive you. know the interior minister has denied that the demonstrations are indisposed to the hike in prices he told a state news agency that protesters who cause destruction will be dealt with force in recent weeks and the security forces arrested three opposition leaders and blocked the scene of six newspapers but the unrest hasn't ended. and as there. are people close to media personality and business woman oprah winfrey say she's considering a run for the u.s. presidency in twenty twenty the hashtag oprah twenty twenty began trending on twitter on sunday after she gave a rousing speech at the golden globe awards in hollywood. the new day

is on the rise of was best known for a talk show which made her billions of dollars know the talk is of oprah running for president for too long women have not been heard or believed is they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men but their time is up for. comments at the golden globe awards in hollywood and several standing ovations was described as inspiring by those in attendance and brought the hashtag oprah twenty twenty trending on twitter but while the idea has growing support the media giant has already said she doesn't want to run for office and wondering if you've narrowed down your shortlist of b.p. candidates. and how she's lost her mind. donald trump went from a hugely popular reality t.v. show to the presidency his star power a name recognition his brand helped significantly several democrats have been named as possible candidates for twenty twenty. cory booker joe biden elizabeth warren

accused in jilla brand of just a few of the names being thrown around none of those well known as oprah but one political analyst strikes a note of caution i think that's a very huge and tremendously for someone who has operated as a media personality moving into the space of governing we are it we're already seeing how that hasn't worked out as successfully as many people had hoped it would oprah has done nothing to them don't speculation of a presidential run but there's still two years before the race for the white house starts to get really serious. alan fischer al-jazeera washington well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including. all. like you like a month month. nigerian migrants at home from libya but many are still hoping to get to europe. also fears of an environmental disaster as an oil tanker continues to burn out of control in the east china sea and in sports

sydney's famous opera house lights up to celebrate australia is ashes when. the syrian government forces backed by russia are dancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the north forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing winter temperatures at least twenty four civilians have been killed in the latest airstrikes over its lips countryside. italy province is home to around two point six million people and that includes more than one point one million who moved there after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the country opposition activists say assad's forces will target the rebel held base of the hole which is on the edge of the province as well as the damascus aleppo road which cuts through. the syrian government is also intensifying attacks on the

rebel held damascus suburb of beeston cooter they've managed to take back their only military base in the area from rebel fighters. is home to around four hundred thousand people and has been under government siege for more than four years it's now the scene of a humanitarian crisis we shortages of food and medicine. no new footage shows the aftermath of some of the latest strikes over the madeira area in eastern europe too according to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday do men are being are also reported to have been targeted. the spokesman for the u.n. secretary general says civilians are being forced to flee into areas already overcrowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of ten thousands of people in southern italy in rural hama in northern syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities are reportedly close hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire

circumstances have been recorded is displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the onset of winter said shelters are among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources rim tech money is a senior research fellow at the london school of economics she says the syrian government has clear goals as it accelerates its advance on its lip. i think their main objective for now is to reach the very strategic air base of the horde which they lost in two thousand and fifteen two back then job cuts are nicer and to get there they have to go across what is called the eastern of the railway that is there a way that kind of cross that region there so they have to go from up with danny torsen job which they did take today towards the who are and most likely they will continue towards it which means an entire area that has about five hundred villages that is under opposition control is now going to become besieged by the regime and

will be taken over by the regime this is causing the use i.d.p. movement more than one hundred thousand of people have moved from these areas towards the borders with turkey in the last few days this area was agreed to be under tribal forces control and the sit on the meetings and there was a race as to who actually is going to control the tribes who are going to control this turkey was claiming that they know who are the right tribal just over the regime was naming their own tribal leaders so there was already competition over the area but the plan was not to take it over militarily what stimulated this is lots of leaks and talks from turkey saying there are going to be a number two who are there for you know lots of news lately from sources close to turkey saying they're going to have a base but the horse so the regime braced up to take over to hold before anyone else and it's going to be terrifying for all the people in the opposition controlled areas if the regime takes this because this is the airport where the regime was attacking the opposition controlled areas and aleppo specially with

bombs so to have it bad it will create lots of panic and they would be more and more people making their way towards the border in turkey well egypt's former prime minister ahmed shafik has ruled himself out of upcoming presidential elections could set in november intended to run later this year he was widely seen as a serious challenger to president of the c.c. a new york times report says she could have been influenced by the government to withdraw from the race tomorrow shell has more. despite being arguably the most powerful institution in the country egypt's military intelligence appears to have its weaknesses on sunday the new york times said it had received older recordings of phone calls made by a military intelligence officer the leaks suggest how the army tightly controls and directs media outlets in egypt. in the recordings an officer named a chauffeur who really makes a number of calls to talk show hosts and other famous president ologies instructing

them on what they must say in the wake of president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize drusilla's the capital of israel by beloved dog and i'm letting you know the position of egypt's national security regarding the issue of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel there have to be compromises if you reach a point where jerusalem becomes the capital of israel and ramallah becomes the capital of palestine in order to end the war and avoid more death and we could probably do that aside from showing how egypt under president opted for the has c.c. is apparently willing to accept and supports israel's illegal occupation of jerusalem the leaks also demonstrate just how little media freedom there is transcripts of a second set of audiotapes were published in the new york times on monday this time focusing on the upcoming presidential elections in egypt in these clips the same intelligence officers heard talking about former prime minister ahmed shafik who had announced his intention to run for president she feels desire for the top job

led him to be placed under house arrest and then deported from the united arab emirates where he'd been living in exile his lawyers say he was detained as soon as he landed in cairo. but that and we won't attack she feet if he gives up his candidacy any but if you insist on running for president we will attack him strongly and we will show his videos with the muslim brotherhood and you know there are some groups from general intelligence who supports if you will keep an eye on them coincidentally on sunday evening tweeted that he was withdrawing his candidacy just twenty four hours before egypt's electoral commission was due to publicize the timeline for the twenty eight thousand election this isn't the first time leaks of emerge from deep inside egypt's military intelligence in two thousand and fourteen polls involving sisi himself were made public including recordings of how the united arab emirates funded and orchestrated the protests which paved the way for the military coup in egypt five years ago. for some the recordings further prove how sees egypt controls the media doesn't support the palestinian struggle for

liberation for others it simply confirms what they've known all along either way it's a reminder that even the most feared security apparatus inside egypt has its weak spot. one hundred forty african migrants have been rescued by the libyan coast guard of the coast of tripoli now the sinking vessel was spotted on monday morning and those rescued were taken to a naval base in tripoli for medical treatment on sunday libyan authorities recovered the bodies of two women who died trying to cross the mediterranean in similar circumstances. and many nigerians returning home after being trapped in their beer are still hoping one day reaching europe migrants escaping economic hardship of often found themselves being exploited by people traffickers after arriving in libya thousands an hour turning home which is there was ever their dress has been traveling with them and has this exclusive report.

was these first time nigerian migrants heading home from their schooling facility in tripoli i worried that the plane will leave without them. the only thing on their mind now is to get on with it when you people leave here they're taking us back to that prison and i don't want to continue we should help us by only. but many others here have been through this routine before for that person or ceratin vincent says his destiny allies in europe and he will make another attempt to get there so almost everything i have to about what is going to go above all like like you are like a month month not loaded with this attitude has surprised even the experts who say as many as forty five percent of deported migrants from libya attempt to go back. as a human being you are assuming that. i would my most important goal in life is to preserve my life and knowing that i come so close. to true to what i've seen i

wouldn't go but you know survival is also important to a person. if you are in a place you don't see a future then that pushes you government officials in west africa and me that there are vast porous borders makes it difficult to stop what they. all irregular migration i most times border police feel powerless to make arrests because of an existing pact that govern cheese freedom of movement of goods and people. it's that same agreement traffickers and illegal migrants exploit but the challenges go beyond that is frustrated that we as country when working together including europe it takes more than a tonic it takes more than public city to do this we need to walk together what's sauce. this nation going to do with a clean medical ups. for now african countries continue to evacuate citizens from libya preventing those citizens from attempting to reach europe again is proving

difficult regardless of what happens to them in transit. hommage edris al jazeera. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news our french prosecutors are investigating apple over its admission that it slowed down older phone models. also will tell you while simon is in parkinson's patients have been dealt a blow in the search to find a cure for their diseases. and how this double dakar rally champion had a difficult day in the desert joe we'll have that news in sport coming up straight after the break. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of love. welcome back we have a really march weather front moving southward across parts of china through taiwan

is bringing much colder air behind it now as a weak feature in the course of cheese that we've seen a lot of heavy rain and snow further towards the north but the temperatures really way down a couple days ago annoyed was looking at temperatures in the mid twenty's and i was looking at highs of just twelve degrees hong kong about seven or eight degrees below where it should be at this time of the year there's some recovery in temperature as we head on into wednesday but noise still looking cloud her with a bit of drizzle underneath his cloud as well on the northeasterly flow but the rest of indochina weather conditions aren't too bad how do you across southeastern parts of asia we've got some heavy showers for southern parts of the philippines. picking up some fairly heavy showers and then for the same looking fairly wet for both singapore and kuala lumpur at times but as you head up into thailand a few showers around the gulf of thailand itself otherwise a fair amount of dry bright weather that continues as we head through into wednesday but the across into south threat of showers returning for parts of sri lanka maybe even tell them to do during the course of shoes day and through into

wednesday northern parts of india still plagued by smoke and poor visibility generally and it's not particular ma that we're looking at a high here of nineteen degrees celsius the weather sponsored by qatar airways. documentaries that. at this time. there were over forty charges as i recall primarily it was material support the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the us sir. they were considered to be a legitimate american charity because we were able to see the secret we were able

to tell in a two part series al-jazeera world examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called terror the holy land five at this time on al jazeera. welcome back to the al-jazeera news our arms the whole rama remind of our top stories north and south korea of begun their first high level talks in twenty fifteen the rare meeting is expected to focus on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang change also the u.s. government has decided to terminate the temporary protected status of more than two

hundred sixty thousand immigrants from el salvador protesters rallied against the move outside the white house and twenty four civilians have been killed near the syrian city of labor's government strikes bombard the region government forces are advancing on the rebel held territory forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the turkish border. french prosecutors are investigating tech giant apple over its admission last month that it deliberately slowed down older phone older phone models and the inquiry focuses on planned obsolescence a commercial practice forcing consumers to periodic replace products if that's illegal in france and apple says the slowdown is intended to extend the life span of phones by putting less pressure on aging batteries larry magid is a technology analyst and joins us from las vegas could have you with us again on the program larry before we just talk about the french where is the investigation as we know it in the u.s. because there were some lawsuits filed in certain states.

yeah there's been some civil suits filed against apple and as far they know they're still in the courts but i think apple has given an explanation which is likely to make it very difficult to get any punitive damages from apple and left it turns out apple with completely lying but frankly in the tech world that i live in if they were lying i think i would know about it not because i'm so smart but because a lot of smart people have looked into this and so far i think most people are thinking that apple with actually correct in how would finally got around to explaining why they did what they did a little late but they finally did give an explanation that most experts i've talked to think it's probably accurate and in the process lost a lot of respect from customers globally about the way they've handled the situation in terms of the french investigation now and the potential for a court case how do you think that's going to impact all the way pull investigates or is dealt with with this issue in the u.s.

. i think it depends on how both apple and the french handle it mostly how apple handle it if they really cooperate with authorities and try to be forthcoming and accurate and provide detailed information as to why they did what they did and i think that any fair court would probably rule that apple certainly had no criminal intent maybe they certainly did the right in my opinion did the right thing in the wrong way so there's no question that apple deserved to have its riffle apt because they did it so stupidly they should have disclosed it in advance they should have given customers an opportunity to opt in or out and say you know what i want my phone to operated for speed then yes i'm willing to take the risk of it crashing unexpectedly if that's indeed what the risk was but to simply flip this in and not tell customers that's what apple did wrong and i don't think that's against the law at least not in the u.s. but it's certainly very bad policy you like several of the contributors

contributors to al-jazeera were spoken to at the time of this incident only what two or three weeks ago to speak to a london contributor him saying that this is dented apple's reputation globally the customer will be weary of what apple offers in the future again this scenario has not gone away whether it's in the us or whether it's in fronts how is the consumer going to react to this news in your opinion. i'm glad you use that word again as opposed to destroyed because a dentist something that damages a car in a way that first of all can be repaired and second of all isn't it bad when you in the entire car i do think it it gives apple a bad name but not a horrible name look at the company continues to produce products that people like i think it's going to continue to do very well but it also reminds us that apple have competition and not all companies have the same policy thought i think that everybody who buy the smartphone should shop around to make sure it's the best

phone for their purposes apple will still get a ball a lot of business because a lot of people love their products but they need to be reminded that they got to be good corporate citizens and behave in this case i think that they misbehaved although again i don't think they did anything criminal or horrible just kind of bad p.r. if you ask me well we'll see how this all plays out in the coming weeks i'm sure for the moment to laurie much of the in las vegas thanks very much your time again lovely to see you pro-democracy activists in hong kong oregon cold facing roles in mass protests in twenty fourteen high profile legal scholar betty time and eight others are attending a pretrial hearing they face charges of incitement connected with the roles of the umbrella movement protests our correspondent sara claw joins me live now from the home so we've seen pro-democracy activists in colton twenty seventeen so what can we expect to see in court today. well as you

mentioned this is yet another round of pro-democracy activists before the court but this group of nine includes three of the most high profile veteran ladies i should say all senior leaders there were the three that initiated or founded the occupy hong kong movement that includes the hong kong university legal academic talk to any time child command and driven to you meeting now this group faces a number of charges relating to public nuisance during the twenty four thousand protests each of those charges carries a maximum of seven years and today i should say this is a pretrial hearing before the final or the official trial goes ahead the defense counsel today is arguing that this is prosecution overkill simply because they're saying the only charge that this group should be facing is on the rise assembly now on the way in the group of about nine and various supporters said that they had confidence in the hong kong judicial system but they did expect this trial to be

a long one but as i said the next four days being a pretrial hearing will determine the nature or the state of the charges that this great places. the activist going through the court system from the umbrella booth but i mean do you think the such prosecutions help or hinder the. demands of the wider. area. but i should say that a number of this this group this is political prosecution the charges of a lie on this group were running late last year that was two and a half years after. the actual find the my home conquest came to an end that's drawing a lot of criticism that this is politically motivated some activists including the high profile student leader joshua long he's already face time for his role in the twenty four thousand protests and this group is preparing to do the sign the group argues that they will continue their campaign for greater democratic rights in hong kong and for freedom of expression. but they also start to have no regrets

initiating the pro-democracy campaign or the umbrella movement back in twenty fourth having said all of that those who have served jail time will have a criminal conviction now and denied the right to stand for election for up to five years so that when i leave the scene as a hindrance to the pie democracy we'll leave it there for the moment so i would follow events through the day with you here on al-jazeera thank you my chinese media say a rescue vessel has found a body believed to be one of the missing crew members from the arabian oil tanker burning in the east china sea but they disappeared after the ship collided with a freighter in one car how small concern is growing that the burning tanker could explode and cause an environmental disaster if the ship sinks around a million barrels of oil products could be dumped into the east china sea so far the spills been contained by emergency teams the iranian tanker was sailing from iran to south korea when it collided with

a cargo ship off the coast of shanghai late on saturday the twenty one crew of the hong kong registered c. of crystal was soon rescued but most of the crew of the old tanker remain missing and according to iranian authorities only one body has been found china's foreign money she says who's to blame for the collision remains unclear which here should we. we are currently still investigating the cause of the accident we're also very grateful to other countries who actively participated in the search and rescue work of these maritime accident. the tank i had one hundred thirty five thousand tons of light crude oil on board based on tonnage the accident has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster since nine hundred ninety one when two hundred sixty thousand tons of oil leaked of the coast of angola imran khan which is a well staying in the region the french president manuel marquez to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century and his first state visit to the world's most populous country now marco met chinese president xi jinping in

beijing after starting his trip in the ancient capital of shan and he wants china and the e.u. to work together to share the benefits of increased trade and find ways to meet the challenge of global warming. and it's up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game where we could always win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro china partnership into the twenty first century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place in this century it will get involved on all of the main topics yes my friends what i have also come here to say is that europe is back iran is warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the un's nuclear watchdog unless the u.s. all of the agreement it signed with ron and international powers in twenty fifteen president donald trump has refused to certify the deal which lifted sanctions in

return for iran scaling back its nuclear program so he has more from tehran. that leaders in iran are again gearing up to defend the nuclear deal finally signed in two thousand and fifteen after years of delays on monday president hassan rouhani had this reminder donald trump has failed every time the white house has tried to confront iran. and the foreign ministry warned washington not to do anything it might regret. we have to wait for their decision as for iran stance we've made all the necessary predictions about any scenario and all options for different situations are on the table depending on what the united states decides to do. at a security conference in tehran attended by foreign dignitaries and regional allies iran's defense minister told us that the us is orchestrating artificial conflicts in the middle east to create perpetual war. maybe. we understand well why

do us especially the us are pursuing iran of hope this is a total american story that says for the progress of america's economy staging wars is inevitable so from their perspective it's necessary to produce permanent war intention to sell weapons. iran's foreign minister zarif is scheduled to meet his european union counterpart later this week in brussels the e.u. has been a vocal supporter of the nuclear deal and talks are expected to focus on how to save it from collapse in the face of u.s. threats there is broad international support for all sides to remain committed to keeping iran from restarting its nuclear enrichment program but the fact that it would only take a few days to do so will no doubt be on the minds of iran's enemies as well as its allies same disrupt al jazeera. now heavy rain and melting snow have forced the closure of one of europe's most important shipping routes the rhine river in western germany has risen to dangerous levels between cologne dusted off and bone

is expected to peak choose state. well staying in europe flooding in paris has closed roads and walkways along the river same police woman is still missing after being swept away in the river joining a training exercise of friday now alzheimer's one parkinson victims have been dealt a blow with drug maker pfizer deciding to end its research into the debilitating diseases many sufferers on their families have felt but new hope was all the way when the pharmaceutical giant began early stage research but as john hundred reports the company has not decided to invest elsewhere the decision by drug maker finds or to end its expensive high risk research into all timers and parkinson's disease marks a devastating blow for tens of millions of people around the world in a statement pfizer says this was an exercise to reallocate spending across our portfolio to focus on those areas where our pipeline and our scientific expertise

is strongest the alzheimers association says it's disappointed that pfizer is ending its investment in neuroscience research. pharmaceutical companies have long argued that the more money they have available for research the more patients would benefit it was a sales pitch pfizer c.e.o. made in washington last march our responsibility is to produce the best and greatest medicines we can they make them and biggest impact on human life this industry needs to have a return that allows it to continue to do its research although president trump answered that call in part with the largest corporate tax cut in u.s. history pfizer like many other companies is not plowing the benefits back into research it's just announced a plan to use the tax break to benefit its investors by buying back ten billion dollars of its own stock pfizer which makes the lucrative pill via agra does say it plans to detail its plans to create a neuro science fund later this year but that's likely to come as cold comfort to

the more than seven million people across the globe living with parkinson's in the forty four million living with alzheimer's john hendren al-jazeera now veges increase in central argentina struggling to control wildfires which have been raging for a week hot dry weather has worsened conditions for firefighters of the national park and in the center of the province firefighters are using heavy machinery to open roads and cut off the fire and the wildfires have burned through one hundred thousand hectares of land so far well it's summertime in argentina where dozens of cultural festivals are in full swing organizers say one of them is quite unique as traceable reports the festival reflects the heart of argentina's traditions of men train for years of the dream of becoming adults champion. the small city of level of a in the central province of the court of the law is transformed every year by muslim more. danced exclusively by men who trained for years to be

able to compete here. as a way of life it is choosing a lifestyle it's not a job it's a passion. for him with the with the. dancers from argentina's twenty three provinces travel to the most important competition in the country it took choir skill strength and a lot of street. the dancers are dressed like they got the traditional horsemen that once roamed the land. they continue. to be praised for the way they count to ten feet by hand with one another back in the seventeenth and eighteenth century to the brim of the town and i can tell you the place for these people is a way of preserving argentina traditions. he said teacher from the southern

province of know. this is his first time at the competition. it is very difficult for us to be here especially when you don't have a lot of financial support only your family sometimes you want to abandon it all. he explained the two different style that they need to excel at if they want to win the biggest price what's unique about the competition is that the winner cannot compete ever again in the same category. i was champion seven years ago he started to dance when he was ten years old one of the lol. when you win you also have some sadness because you want to continue competing but at the same time being a winner means so much is like retiring and being champion all in the same night look at the. you know. women have.

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welcome back it's time to support my history. thanks very much phillipe catania has been officially unveiled as a boss when applying it completes one of the most expensive transfers and football history but fans will need to wait before seeing him in action tatiana sanchez reports it's signed sealed and delivered felipe pitino is a boss alone a player continued joins the spanish giants on a five and a half year contract for a fee of one hundred ninety two million dollars that's the third most expensive transfer of all time it's a move that was months in the making if not longer and the brazilian was joined by pasta president just that muddy up at a presentation at the nou camp he came just days after his move from liverpool was

announced. going to. the movies for us in the likes of things the president oversee barcelona the directors who had so much patience i would like to think liverpool for the five years i had there and the directors my garden who understood what i was doing my dream and they tried very hard to convince me to stay to the fans showed five years with me think you are. found showed up at the nou camp to welcome the star and continue offer the hint of some of the skills he can offer is the first. the decision was easy because this is a barcelona it is the best team in the world with the best players many big items on my plate for this club big idols of mine are playing here right now. the fans will have to wait a little longer to see the new signing in action despite passing his medical tests confirm the twenty five year old has a fine injury he won't be able to make his debut for at least another three weeks

the new camp will be waiting tatyana sanchez al-jazeera and the berries announced that he has successfully undergone surgery on a hip injury in melbourne the former tennis world number one hasn't played since wimbledon in july and withdrew from last week's brisbane international but the thirty year old insists he isn't done yet and hopes to recover in time for the grass court season later this year. now day after winning the title in brisbane nick carey also experienced what it was like to lose again but this time it was only an exhibition game sydney he teamed up with lleyton hewitt after both lost their singles matches hoping to save face unfortunately for kerio seed got a ball to the face instead that's what you get standing too close to the net. after a sympathetic couple from alexander sparrow of curiosity picked himself up dusted off his bruised ego and here hewitt beats vera of and grigor dimitrov in the doubles it was pretty good practice for hewitt who's coming out for time at the age

of thirty six to be a stray you know in the men's doubles. cricket's ashes series of teen australia in england concluded on monday as the second most attended in the long history of the contest a total of eight hundred sixty seven thousand spectators saw at least part of australia's four nil series when they won the fifth and final test on monday by an innings of one hundred twenty three runs city's famous opera house lit up sales in green and gold to celebrate both the men's and women's ashes victories south africa beat india in a tense first test in cape town eighteen wickets fell on day four and india was set just two hundred eight for victory but proteas bowler vernon philander took career best figures of six for forty two as india were bowled out seventy two runs short of victory target. defending champion stefan as ancyl has taken the overall lead after the third stage of the dakar rally in peru the frenchman finished just behind

stage when another let's hear of cattle but that was enough to give him a three minute lead ahead of compassionate sold to pray there was trouble though for two time champion ninety roma the spaniard rolled his mini just a kilometer before the finish line he was able to finish the stage with his co-driver but later had to be flown to hospital in the capital lima with head and neck injuries and that means his challenge for this year's title will end because he was unable to drive his car to the overnight stop. the biggest sports event in asia has taken place the national championships in traditional wrestling is a fight for christie but combat says get some surprising assistance at least holman reports the day in asia a second largest cities into an event that's as much about culture and pride as it is competition this is the national championships of traditional wrestling held once every year oh eight teams

representing each of nation as a provinces have come together to compete in front of thousands of fans well that's what this traditional sport dates back to harvesting seasons in villages used to fight after collecting their crops if your rival of the military council in one nine hundred seventy five he thought the wrestling be the sport the greens all the youth together in the national competition was introduced. of fifteen wrestlers are helped by their clutches and to some this sorcerer is the role of the sorceress is to write a play spells will never slows and perform rituals pride to each fight but different competitors have their own theories on how to best achieve success oh the sport requires physical strength training and the mexican cleric some luck is needed to so this is some wrestlers for long. and sorcerers who resort to black magic engine but we rely totally on the holy koran which is allies of worldly secrets thanks

to those who can make it to the stadium this is very much a television event his well. was both of you is on spectators sawhorse province into when this is titled after beating the defending champions was as prime minister she rocks a knee on hand to present the victim's sword along with the twenty thousand dollar check. and from there it was time to celebrate with the people of santa and start planning on how to wrestle back the title again next year lease home and al-jazeera and as it was bought for now more later thanks very much general facebook has made a deal to allow videos from sony a.t.v. music catalog to be shared all its social media platforms. you know i was. this was a hands off associated with sony a.t.v.

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