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imposes heavy tariffs on steel and. at least eight turkish soldiers are killed in syria as a free region in the offensive against kurdish fighters. training mission to help the central african republic rebuild its national army. the united states and russia squaring off over their military capabilities the trumpet ministrations says it plans to sell ukraine hundreds of antitank missiles to help it defend its territory from russia this after vladimir putin unveiled plans to develop his country's nuclear weapons also will which included a video depicting an attack only u.s. . i certainly did not enjoy watching we don't regard that as the behavior of a responsible international player president putin has confirmed what the united

states government has known for a long time that russia has denied prior to this that russia has developed been developing destabilizing weapon systems for more than a decade in direct violation of its treaty obligations president trump understands the threats facing america and our allies in this in this century and is determined to protect our homeland and preserve peace through strength u.s. defense capabilities are and were main second to none but mr bush's speech came in the run up to this presidential election going to how ripple through mufc a. isn't and the speech that had seemed relentlessly domestic and suddenly took an explosive turn. no one expected loudly at putin's annual address to parliament to involve advanced missile systems and strategic weapons and maybe talk of job creation and better roads in the years ahead it was a response he said to years of unchecked advances by the united states in missile

defense. russia has always been a big nuclear states you know want to speak constructively with us in the past and no one said to listen well listen to us now one missile in development putin explained could travel the globe with unlimited range and entirely undetected by radar defense systems but there's three weeks before the presidential election it was all greeted with extatic applause by russia's political elite president putin made a strong message to. russian audience which can be spelled out as the fall of one of the situation in the world this prevents reus surrounded by aggressors but you have to be rest assured that deal. the country is run by a person whose name is of why do. nothing about as well as showcasing these

extraordinary new defense capabilities that the mere putin speech was full of inspiring promises of investment lifting people out of poverty improving their lives in what was expected to be his last major speech before the election this was putin presented to the russian people as a pillar of political stability economic stability and perhaps above all security its full impact may have been intended for a domestic audience but there was more than a hint of menace in putin's warning that any outside threat would be met with annihilation russia's current defense spending is only about one tenth of that of the united states obviously combined defense spending. is even much larger than that of the u.s. the trumpet mistress announced plans to increase defense spending. and russia over its economic conditions is unlikely to be able to spend much more than it

currently does. i don't think there will be a real arms race after eighteen years in power this was a mere putin reminding russians that their country is a world power once again the strength of its conventional military on full display in syria he said its nuclear capabilities now soon to be more than a match for us might al-jazeera moscow. asian stocks of full enough president trump announced plans to impose steep terrorists on steel and alum in human impulse the plans of spirit to invest says and even members of the u.s. president's own republican policy with fears of a global trade will christen salumi ripple. president donald trump announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports after this white house meeting much to the delight of visiting industry representatives who say they've been hurt by a flood of cheap imports they've been very unfairly treated by bad policy by bad

trade deals by other countries they've been horribly treated by other countries. they have not been properly represented more importantly because of that our workers in our country have not been properly represented the president promised to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and ten percent on aluminum to bring steel back he was making good on a campaign promise to revive u.s. manufacturing and address a trade imbalance with china a position that saw him win big in so-called rust belt states like pennsylvania where he promised to bring back jobs but it's unclear if the tariffs will apply to other trade partners like canada from whom the u.s. imports the most steel some of trump's cabinet are said to have fought against the tariffs the announcement catching a staff off guard but we're not going to get into any more details until those final those details are finalized and it angered canada's foreign minister who said

any increase would be unacceptable any restrictions would harm workers the industry and manufacturers on both sides of the border she said the steel and aluminum industry is highly integrated and supports critical north american manufacturing supply chains and while steel and aluminum makers saw their stocks soar on the announcement the market overall sunk on fears of a trade war and harm to companies who would be hit by higher prices the president promised a formal announcement of his plans and presumably more details next week kristen salumi al-jazeera. but china says global trade will be hurt if others follow president trump's example adrian brown has more from beijing. well as china considers whether to retaliate against the united states the language from its officials has so far been quite measured the commerce ministry said on friday that it was concerned over president from announcement of foreign ministry spokesman said that china want to the united states to continue playing

a positive role and urged washington to refrain from taking and carrying out what he called punishing actions now i think it's fair to assume that china had anticipated president from doing something like this because of course during the past few months he's repeatedly warned that he was going to impose heavy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports china of course actually produces more than half the world steel but in fact very little chinese steel is now going to the united states because in recent years china has been hit with heavy antidumping duties involving steel now these two countries of course have an awful lot at stake the value of trade between china and the united states currently stands at around six hundred billion dollars and i suppose the real question now is is this trade friction between china and the united states really going to lead to a full blown trade war. and turkey is military says eight of its soldiers have been

killed another thirteen have been wounded on thursday in syria's northern african region and this is one of the deadliest days for turkish forces since they started across a border offensive against kurdish y.p. g. fighters and that was in january let's go live now to some a binge of a there correspondent who's in gaziantep that's in southern turkey very close to the border with syria and a summer the turks are experiencing quite a bit of difficulty shall we say in this in trying to. free or liberate or free in this they would see it this must be taking them by some surprise. but we've been hearing from the commander in chief. president president of the earth the god thing that they have been expecting it's not going to be easy he's been valley in his nation for martyrdom and an ongoing military operation that is going to continue in his words for years so it is not a surprise to the turkish forces because they expected this is going to be very

difficult area and that's why specialized troops have been mobilized enough three hundred sixty into this offensive last three weeks ago we heard the turkish president saying that it might be a matter of days that clearly has not been the case forty one soldiers have now been killed in six weeks of battles about eight of them were killed last night when they went into an ambush which was set up by a y.p. view kurdish militias which turkey dedes terrorists they came out of tunnels and targeted this contingent of turkish forces a turkish attack helicopter was also targeted which came back safely to turkish soil so it goes to show how difficult this terrain is these forces who have been specialists in urban combat hasn't haven't really faced this kind of terrain yet because this is mountains fighters know this area well and they have been pushing turkish soldiers as well as the free syrian army fighters who are trying to encircle this area and moved closer towards the city center and meanwhile asama

further south near. the there's a ground offensive underway according to several reports now at a time when they're supposed to be five hours of quiet and calm to allow in aid and allow those who are critically ill out in order to receive the medical attention that they need. well the people have been telling us that this five a pause is nothing really because it only allows them to come out of their shelters for a while go to their destroyed homes collect their belongings and then go back to these basements where they have been living their lives running out of aid food and basic essentials the bombardment continues for the rest of the nineteen hours of the day . and syrian promised that it will allow aid and allow people to leave has not been fulfilled because aid workers have been telling us that these. are just not enough for convoys to make it inside and then come back inside there's also be no guarantees for people or civilians to leave this area where will they go who will

host them what will be the situation when they enter government held areas there's also. desperation in terms of what people need in this area because as i said earlier it's not just food supply of food so there are pockets where food is available but aid workers cannot use d.c. to reach all of the hundred square kilometers off eastern router which is hold to about four hundred thousand people so a real picture of desperation here aid workers and agencies including the united nations saying that they are trying to get the warring sides including russia and the syrian government to provide some gotten d's to end the bombardment but so far it's ended in failure all right thank you very much to some of inch of a life from. at least one person has died and nine others have been injured after a suicide blast in the afghan capital kabul police say

a car bomb was set off in an area close to foreign embassies so far there's been no claim of responsibility. lots more to come here it out is there including the problem i called my oh i'm. a severe storm continues to sweep across c.r. . i told. and there's been a tug of love but now there's something to celebrate the restoration of one of russia's many rundown estate. hellen the wet season is moving or you could argue coming to an end for a good part of indonesia these are very well scattered showers now southern philippines have certainly got some northern soloway z. but not the size and the something around java little notice that was even in

singapore the shells are just away from you in sumatra yes that could be the case and one that could still be up in cambodia or thailand but it should be a dry season there and hasn't yet finished but i think it agrees a low in the west is a lot of it's actually further south in the north of australia and particularly queens and tropical queens it's been very wet recently flushing rains yesterday not far away from times though and you see it's moved inland a little bit nothing that will be the concentration it's something of a circulation so the rains moving in with not many people live there so the major collaborations tend to run about the thirty mark cooler in adelaide as you can see bright sunny skies and person looks fine as well but there is still potential for big showers in western australia as for new zealand still rain has been some insights are certainly on this west coast and there's more to come but as

compensation temperatures in the twenty's. the only nation ever hit by an atomic bomb once again braces for the worst. explores life in japan under three years nuclear threat at this time on al jazeera . the latest violence in central african republic has caused more than a million people to meet after. all does their race on the ground to bring a report on how people are. on with a medium ongoing. take

a look at the top stories here. the russian president vladimir putin has unveiled plans for the development of nuclear weapons including a video depicting an attack on the u.s. the trump administration says it plans to sell ukraine hundreds of anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from russia. asian stocks have fallen after donald trump announced plans to impose tariffs on steel and alan minium imports the plans of investors and even members of president republican party with fears of a global trade war. military says soldiers were killed another thirteen were injured on thursday in syria's northern african region making it one of the deadliest days for turkish forces since they began a cross border offensive against kurdish wife. in january. though there are

reports that iran has killed at least three aid workers in northern nigeria a u.n. . spokeswoman is being quoted saying the attack happened late on thursday night in a remote town run their affairs that another aid worker who is missing may have been abducted that's a story of course is developing and we'll bring you more on it as soon as we get it . the forces from the european union have been training soldiers in central african republic in an attempt to rebuild the national army it's all part of an international effort to stabilize the country after years of conflict as part of al-jazeera special series catherine sawyer reports from a training camp in the capital. it's an intense six month program by the european union training mission in central african republic this men and women will eventually be deployed across the country

much of it controlled by armed groups after the training they'll be given new weapons from russia following an exemption to an arms embargo by the u.n. security council when you have a civil war or a crisis in a country. the rules become. less and less even to fight a war so when they are in a situation of stress and when the military in situations of stress of combat. you have to be real trained and well trained to remember the rules in the same camp more training but for ex competence they've recently laid down their weapons as part of a disarmament and. there are about a hundred and sixty four in this phase here lining up. they get basic training and also important tours about human rights. but implementing the

program has been slow it's strapped for cash and some groups are opposed to it not mean. it is gone because we want to consider people. ibrahim allow what is one of the leaders of the popular front for the renaissance of the central african republic a group that controls most of the north he said the government has fields too on a previous agreements. right now ten thousand un peacekeepers are holding the fort without them the security situation would probably be much worse but the forces of a stretched thin accusations of human rights abuses and peacekeepers are working in perilous conditions fourteen what killed in fighting last year. the road conditions are very bad it's a forest for troops to stick with roads. into which will mean they have. the truck the government wants to take

control of the country and having better trained and equipped soldiers will help. but with more than eighty percent of the rebel regaining control is clearly a difficult hoddle catherine. bond central african republic. a car bomb packed with explosives has rammed into a military bases thirty kilometers northwest of the capital mogadishu it took place in the afghan district so far the number of casualties is on. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife are reportedly being questioned over a corruption case involving a telecoms giant israeli media say police are investigating whether this and yahoo promoted measures favoring the company in exchange for favorable coverage on its news website police have recommended indicting netanyahu on corruption charges in

two other cases he denies any wrongdoing investigators say there's sufficient evidence to charge the prime minister for bribery fraud and breach of public trust . me a video has emerged to visit israeli soldiers beating and kicking a palestinian man just before he died in custody and israeli human rights group says the man didn't receive proper medical attention for twenty five minutes his family is considering legal action forces reports from jericho in the occupied west bank. yes seen our saudi runs at israeli soldiers carrying a large iron rod one fires at close range he's kicked and beaten he grabs a rifle barrel and is dragged off the street into an alleyway now another video released by the israeli human rights group at selham shows what happened next damningly they say it was essentially nothing no proper medical attention for twenty five minutes as he lay bleeding on the ground they are kicking him they are

beating him with their rifles they're dragging him into the alley as though he was than a human being let alone a wounded person and for very long and crucial minutes they avoid providing him with any medical treatment a sorry he had been involved in confrontations before shot and wounded in two thousand and two thousand and four in this case he was eventually carried to an army jeep and later pronounced dead and initial investigation said the probable cause was tear gas inhalation a further investigation into the shooting and the behavior of army medics is now under way israeli media citing sources close to the soldiers say they weren't aware of his injury and couldn't see in the dark that he was bleeding so this is the only way in question yasin are sarah who was shot at well and was beaten by israeli soldiers at the corner there before being dragged in here his family say he was aiming for that doorway the doorway to his uncle's house his uncle's family says

soldiers searched the property demanding id papers as the group of local men began throwing rocks from the street nearby in a statement the israeli military said a military police investigation has been opened which includes investigating the circumstances of his death as well as performing an autopsy meanwhile the full operational de-briefing of the event is ongoing. in jericho yes you know saudi's mother is still receiving mourners a week on from her son's death israeli army has yet to hand over his body. they could have hit him but not like that imprisoned him i wish they had but don't kill him and withhold his body they didn't rescue him my darling i keep thinking of that he called for me when they hear that he's a young god knows what he said my beloved son. i started his family say they're considering legal action over his death before that their priority is to be able to bury him are a force at jericho in the occupied west bank. the u.s. ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid strained relations between

the two countries reverser jacobson didn't give an explanation for her decision but she told embassy staff she will leave her post in may ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border war car less pushed him on to has abandoned his bid to return as leader of the spanish region of catalonia the process british politician announced he'll step aside to allow another candidate to take his place to mount has been in self-imposed exile in belgium since the spanish government charged him with rebellion and sedition after last year's independence referendum. so storms are causing widespread disruption across europe for a third day at least forty people have died icy weather from siberia dubbed the beast from the east has been joined by storm emma rolling in from the atlantic so we're going to reports from the united kingdom. if the first day of march is

supposed to him to the spring to come there's little evidence of it here after a visit from the beast from the east the worst storm to hit britain in seventeen years and chaos in its wake many train services ground to a halt in scotland more than three hundred people were stranded on this highway some for up to twenty hours in their cars. with the old model mark all conditions so bad that the first minister nicholas sturgeon even urge people not to travel. schools in the worst affected areas have to close make the most of it others gave up fighting against the conditions i found in the works. britain's meteorological office has issued red warnings throughout the country meaning a risk to life as the siberian storm front is set to collide with storm heading north from the atlantic snowstorms of this

a very are highly unusual in europe at this time of the year and it affected countries all the way from the far north down to the mediterranean it may look pretty but these storms have been highly disruptive and dangerous all over the continent flights were cancelled and airports closed from switzerland to island with thousands of homes were left without electricity and people were advised to stay at home dozens of people mainly rough sleepers have been reported dead across europe even venice the city of canals didn't escape the big freeze its historic buildings and monuments blanketed in white the waterways still flowing just about and in parts of croatia road maintenance team even used explosives. to remove the piles of snow. with gales of blizzards expected over the next couple of days the worst may not be over yet. london. seven

men have been arrested in slovakia in connection with the death of an investigative journalist police raided houses linked to suspected members of the talian mafia in two towns twenty seven year old. who was shot dead on sunday he'd been investigating high level corruption allegations and mafia links in the country. russia's iris across the irish to classical states a disintegrating many of them were nationalized during soviet times and this still in state hands private investors a put off by the high costs and the bureaucracy that comes with restoration where we challenge reports now on whether anything can be done to save them. silence and snowflakes inhabit a grave and over now but before its current desolation this grand estates thirty kilometers northeast of moscow was home to royalty and rich merchants tuberculosis

patients and finally soviet science students such a history should make this place special but across russia eight to ten thousand estates a quietly crumbling to dust says this conservationist. most of the states are in the horrible condition where someone could put money in for many years with an unclear idea how they take it back and you'd have to work hard on it and you want the movies i felt like great never most estates are formerly owned by the state the communist seeds them off to the one nine hundred seventeen revolution and in the years following the u.s.s.r. as collapse very few have passed back into private hands. one of the handful of success stories is so redneck over when we visited it was hosting boisterous maslin it's a festivities the slavic celebration of winter's imminent demise. oh yeah i've heard i'm going to move her. over from like

a state where the life you can read into one in the right circumstances oh like my tug of war efforts restoring set of nick over wasn't easy but it's new custody in this did at least when now they host weddings film crews charge admission to the grounds and the profits help restore other bits of the estates mccollum and solve the namesake and relative of one of russia's most famous nineteenth century poets calls himself a romantic but he believes this and well on necessary attributes for taking on such a project. and a state is how a russian person understands what heaven on earth should look like and it represents a philosophy in the soul of a russian man today is his biggest. reuter's that's why it's important to restore not just one or two states but the entire culture of all the greatest poets writers and philosophers were raised the monks disputing or through

a quantum. mechanical is now working with other owners and the governments to nurture and estates tourist industry and simplify many tax and regulate free complexities that person investors off for grab me of or perhaps it's already too late it's been more than a hundred winters since this place was lost a family home perhaps thirty or so since it was last used to tall and if someone can be found to show the love and warmth that it deserves then who knows how many more winters it has before it finally vary by the snow where we talents al-jazeera moscow region. pride traverses take a look at the top stories here it is there the russian president vladimir putin has unveiled plans for the development of its nuclear weapons arsenal including a video depicting of attack on the u.s.

the trumpet ministration says it plans to sell ukraine hundreds of antitank missiles to help defend its territory from russia. asian stocks of poland after u.s. president donald trump announced plans to impose steep tiris on seal and dollar menu imports plans of calls concern among investors and even members of the u.s. president's own republican party with fears of a global trade war it's a day for of a partial cease fire in syria. and it follows another day of bloodshed in the rebel held on play for the least nineteen civilians killed by the syrian government a russian backed air strikes on thursday turkey's military says ace of its soldiers were killed in another thirteen wounded on thursday in syria's northern african region making it one of the deadliest days for turkish forces since they began across a border offensive against kurdish y p g feiss in january. there are reports of

more than twenty six people having died after a fire broke out at a drug rehabilitation center in the azerbaijani capital baku according to local media the blaze has now been put out and an investigation is under way. at least one person is dead after a suicide blast in the afghan capital kabul police say a car bomb was detonated in an area close to foreign embassies. there are reports that has killed at least three aid workers in northern nigeria a un spokeswoman says the attack happened on thursday night in the remote town of ryan the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife are reportedly being questioned over a corruption case involving a telecoms giant israeli media say police are investigating whether mr netanyahu permitted measures favoring the company in exchange for favorable coverage on its news website he denies any wrongdoing. but there is the latest headlines coming up

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