sometimes we risk our lives in taking the throats of saving lives is a dangerous job the vaccine talks on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting to produce another source for most of the pain life's worth risking their lives a real could go one of the gang stops on because of the role that they can do good work for them risking you to give me at this time on al-jazeera. i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find. cautious optimism from the u.s. as north korea says it is willing to discuss ending its nuclear program. james douglas is al-jazeera live from doha also coming up another top aide in the

white house is calling it quits soft disagreements with president. russia office to allow rebels in syria's eastern go to leave the area which has been under government bombardment for more than two weeks plus. i'm andrew thomas in the rural heartland of. i'll be explaining why for farmers here than you see. one without the united states is beyond even while the story. at full and skeptical that's how the trumpet ministration is reacting to north korea's announcement that it is willing to discuss suspending its nuclear program and begin talks with washington the u.s. state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential de nuclearization talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold

a historic summit next month. president donald trump welcome the news saying he believes the north's motives for the talks are genuine i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because these sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they have done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find it's being robbed mcbride he's live in seoul and i'm just wondering how this is being viewed from south korea and the regional neighbors that. i think generally jane there is

a sense of optimism here in south korea supporters of the government believe it is a landmark agreement or at least a breakthrough that should be built upon opposition conservatives though are far more circumspect if not downright hostile they still suspect that this is some sort of deception by north korea a way to buy time maybe try to divide the international community which has been ranged against it and also a way of trying to exploit the south koreans goodwill as a way of trying to maybe get round the international sanctions as far as neighbors are concerned japan too shares a sense of caution the defense minister has questioned the intentions of motivation of the north koreans and really wants to see some actual measures taken hard concrete measures taken with regard to this whole question of denuclearization china as one of the most important regional players here and also in

a very special position given the fact that it's one of the few allies of north korea and props it up economically is has welcomed this move it has been a very difficult position being forced to apply these hurtful economic sanctions which have brought north korea possibly almost to the verge of collapse it would welcome any opportunity of trying to get away from this burden so the envoys here the south korean envoys who have brokered this deal they will eventually visit china and also japan to explain all of the details of the agreement their first stop though as we know is the united states to try to get them on board and to explain this deal because of course everybody whatever their political pull of persuasion realizes that if there is going to be denuclearized deal then it won't be achieved by south korea alone it will take direct negotiations between north korea and the united states and i wonder what the prospects are for this summit

considering it's a first between the leaders of north and south korea since two thousand and seven. there is tremendous excitement here as you would expect it is all the headlines of the newspapers it is being widely discussed in all of the news programs and on the different stations here it is very symbolic the fact that it will take place in panmunjom the truce village which is inside the d.m.z. separating north and south korea previous summits and there have been very few have taken place in pyongyang so much is being made about the location and also the fact that it will actually take place in a building just to the south of the line that separates north and south korea as people here have made the point this will be the first time that a north korean leader since the korean war kim jong un will step forward on south korean soil of course it's a long way between now and when this summit takes place the end of april people do

know that there are these military exercises coming up between u.s. and south korean forces which normally irritate the north koreans but apparently according to the south koreans kim jong un has been explained that these these exercises are still likely to go ahead but apparently he accept that and accept that that will not do rail his intention to hold this summit right thank you u.s. president are trump says he'll appoint a new chief economic adviser soon after gary cohen announced he's stepping down has been a vocal critic of trance controversial proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum he faced calls to resign last year after trump failed to condemn a white supremacist attack in charlottesville doesn't jordan has more from washington d.c. . certainly the terror of issue is much more serious because that goes to the very heart of the u.s. economy its ability to trade goods with other countries in

a way that doesn't cost the u.s. economy too much money and of course there's now fear that is going to be the case we don't know when gary coleman is leaving but certainly it's been a lot of discussion here in washington today this is the u.s. president the white house has a tremendous energy and we have tremendous talent here they'll be people i'm not going to be specific but they'll be people the change they always change sometimes they want to go out and do something else but they all want to be in the white house so many people want to come and i have a choice of anybody i could take any position in the white house and i'll have a choice of the ten top people having to do with that position everybody wants to be there and they love this white house because we have energy like rarely before now later this evening the u.s. president did tweet out that apparently he does have someone in mind to replace gary cohn he's not dropping any has about. that who that person might be it could

be a noted economist it could be a noted businessman or investor we'll just have to wait to see but again gary condit will be leaving the white house after a little more than a year on the job at least he can say that he helped push through a big tax cut plan even though the plan itself is still very controversial an advisor to the united arab emirates with ties to several of donald trump's aides has reportedly given evidence to the f.b.i. as part of the probe of alleged foreign meddling in the twenty six thousand election the new york times reports george nate is cooperating with special counsel welcome in is investigation and gave testimony last week to a grand jury it says nate attended secret meetings between erotic officials and trump associates joining the presidential transition. russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage to syria and that rebel fighters and their families if they leave east and go to bat for the rebels it's a matter of trust they accuse russia of escalating the fighting and ignoring

a temporary truce strikes killed at least ten people on tuesday. in neighboring lebanon. the latest bombing campaign in eastern into its third week i believe. the number of civilians killed is climbing within the hour like. this when a lot from the. civil defense volunteers are overwhelmed now russia is offering to stop the war russian military commanders say they will guarantee safe passage out of the besieged enclave for rebel fighters and their families this. immunity for all fighters who choose to leave personal weapons and with their families is government you did by the russian center we call upon the leaders of all the illegal groups to make everything possible to with these the civilians from suffering and secure unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid to.

the hundreds of thousands of people in eastern who are trapped in a war zone many refusing to cross into government controlled territory because of the lack of security guarantees the pro-government alliance blames the rebels for preventing civilians from believing and holding them as human shields the rebel factions deny that and accuse russia of insisting on military escalation and force displacement what is known as the revolutionary leadership announced general mobilization to defend the cities and towns. that this unite and forget the differences of the past the world with your steadfastness and perseverance with others. during disheartening victories near many many requests to join the so we opened many recruiting centers for volunteers and. the opposition has lost ground in recent days rebel defenses collapsed in the

eastern side of the enclave the fighting hasn't yet reached heavily populated areas but pro-government forces seem to want to avoid direct combat the strategy appears to involve surrounding the main towns and cutting rebel supply lines to force a surrender that is what they did in the battle for aleppo they laid siege to the rebel controlled east of the city for months and then they launched an all out military campaign it was only when the rebels found themselves trapped in a small pocket of territory that they agreed to leave with their families many others left with them particularly those involved in opposition activities the people of eastern fear the same fate doctors civil defense volunteers media activists are all considered terrorists by the government they don't want to be forced from their homes but the likelihood is increasing dozens are killed every day the suffering is only getting worse. said of. beirut

still ahead on al-jazeera in search of opportunity as sara lee prepares to choose a new president will test the mood among voters. and politicians in argentina because fortune but the country remains divided on that issue. from the neon lights of asia. to the city never sleeps. hello there we're seeing plenty of cloud over parts of the middle east at the moment the latest system is making its way through parts of turkey that stretching down into the northern parts of iraq and eventually into the northern parts of iran as well so that's where the cloud is that then it does feed back up towards our marty we're going to see more clouds and a few outbreaks of snow around there as well that system then continues its journey eastwards as we head through into thursday so we could see

a few outbreaks of rain there in parts of afghanistan but towards the west that's where our next system is that's making its way again through turkey heavy downpours to be found here or they beirut should be fine and drawn pretty warm up twenty six degrees but for the towards the found and it's woman that here in doha the temperatures have risen over the last few days so we'll get to around thirty one on wednesday and thursday a bit further towards the south we're also seeing temperatures of around thirty woman insula for the southern parts of africa where it's a bit more on fettled for many of us head now plenty of showers around where we watching a cycle that's now moving away from madagascar still dragging plenty of cloud and plenty of showers behind it though so for the northern parts of madagascar it doesn't like we're going to see plenty of what weather over the next few days so that could well exacerbate the flooding issues that that system then pushes further towards the northwest in the south is drying. the way sponsored by qatar at. the scene for us where they're on line what is

a very new sand in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and she's posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. what you know is there a mile of top stories donald trump says he believes north korea's willingness to discuss ending its nuclear program is genuine the u.s.

has confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential denuclearization talks with pyongyang the leaders of south and north korea also said to meet and then they start next month the u.s. president says he'll be making a decision soon on a replacement for outgoing white house economic adviser gary cohen cohens resignation on tuesday marks the latest in a string of high profile departures plaguing the trump administration. russia's military has offered a guarantee of safe passage for syrian rebel fighters and their families if they leave eastern goods about rebels are accusing russia of escalating the fighting and ignoring a temporary truce. voters and head to the polls late on wednesday to choose a new president the leaders of sixteen political parties are vying to succeed current leader ernest bai koroma admitted just reports from the capital freetown. sierra leone civil war ended fifteen years ago. but fears of brothers remain.

these women are competing for peace. of was. certainly equal for them the violent clashes seen during electioneering are a major concern. others nationwide are cautiously optimistic. what might come out of trucks five kilometers from home to this newspaper stand every day. the businessman scans newspaper classified adverts for work. in a small. business is made up his mind of a particular candidate who he believes can turn things around but not everyone shares his confidence. when economists will call out.

different things they do different things each one of them fulfill their promises she says she's going to vote anyway youth unemployment instead of your own is more than seventy percent many voters expect the next president to find a way to quickly create jobs something that's not going to be easy at a time when the prices of the country's key exports. while some feel that leaders have lost touch with the people are those who were ever becomes president will be a change for the better. but it resists. frito us suggested rex tillerson is heading to africa for his first official trip to the continent before leaving he announced five hundred million dollars in jimena tarion assistance for several countries affected by conflict and drought shepherd tons of reports. mr rex tillerson. eight days

the u.s. secretary of state will visit the capitals of ethiopia kenya chad and in nigeria rex tillerson says the u.s. wants to show its commitments to african development this administration six to deepen our partnership with africa with the name of making african countries more resilient and more self-sufficient the trip was first announced in january shortly after donald trump allegedly used a profanity to describe african countries other than about sentiments which the president denies having expressed this is one of the few on the record elements the president has made about the council much money friends going to your country is trying to get rich and it's not clear that president shop has ever been to africa that he knows very much about the continent it all. and nor does he appear particularly interested in learning which is the great irony because for it ministration such as his which is trying to grow economic relationships around the

world as a means of improving american businesses there is enormous opportunity at the state department background briefing about to listen strip officials they were keen to emphasize the u.s. sees more in africa than u.s. corporate profits and military bases in fact u.s. officials criticize china and russia for exploiting the resources of african countries without giving back to the african people but while china has poured money into the development of african infrastructure and trade the u.s. under president obama massively expanded the u.s. is military and cia footprint throughout the continent and it is notable that while key african vacancies remain in the trump state department for example an assistant secretary to coordinate diplomatic policy the white house has managed to appoint a former cia official to be its senior director for africa but the five countries are fifty four trays and fit to listen strip key to the u.s. is military strategy in. the region suggests here at least there will be continuity with president obama's african policies thank you for your attention. to this is

true it will be the first of many to africa where there is a suspicion that the trumpet ministration doesn't intend fully to engage with the continent diplomatically there's a debate as to whether about is necessarily a bad thing for african nations the old zero washington. it's a quarter in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president lula da silva to void prison he's been sentenced to twelve years behind bars for corruption this a period cause of justice rule that can be arrested if the jail term is upheld on appeal the ruling costs for the da to run in october's presidential election was convicted last year of accepting apartment from a construction company involved in a massive corruption scandal. argentinean lawmakers have introduced a bill to legalize abortions currently the only allowed when the mother's life or health is in danger or if the pregnancy is

a result of rape that is of all reports from. green bandanas have become the symbol of the fighting legalized abortion in argentina. on tuesday there were hundreds of them when the bill was presented in congress. this is the seventh time we've presented this project and for the first time it will be debated in congress that's why we're happy and it includes the possibility of having an abortion until fourteen weeks of pregnancy we've been fighting for years for something like this to happen abortion is illegal in argentina in most cases but the health ministry says that between three hundred seventy and five hundred thousand planned this time abortions are carried out every year we mean argentina are not only at risk of being detained if they have an abortion but also thousands of them are. every year because of complications with the procedure and that's why

women here i demanding the legalization of abortion because they say that women's lives i would risk. for the first time in this country's history abortion will be debated in congress over seventy congress men have already signed the petition. a move that people like lisa and catalina are celebrating this days they're part of an age group that assists women who want to have an abortion even if that means breaking the law the group has a website where women can get information and help if something goes wrong. but in some poor areas women end up going to appease to get rid of the baby easy they know it's unsafe what we try to do is give them information and put them in touch with people that could help them if they have complications. the main opposition in argentina is the catholic church and it's not clear yet whether the abortion project will get enough votes to become law. the fact that pope francis is

argentinean has many wondering whether the church will get involved in the debate. any says it's time legislators put their religious beliefs aside and start looking at argentina's dramatic health indicators that showed that candace tine abortions ira leading cause of maternal mortality in the country or. legalizing abortion would mean that i wouldn't see women here in the hospital with the complications that we see today that would make the doctor go to the pharmacy and then they can have a private abortion at home. the debate will begin later this month in congress and it is expected to divide argentinean society those supporting the bill say they will continue to fight for a right baby believe it will save many lives. want to cite is there advise transpacific partnership trade deal will be. and in chile this week the united states pulled out of the original agreement and some see that as

a problem now the initial accord was signed two years ago by twelve countries bordering the pacific ocean together they represent around forty percent of the world's total economic output. to lower or get rid of tariffs on most goods and services it would have created a single market similar to the european union but after seven years of negotiations it's can't be ratified because president trump withdrew the u.s. from the deal last year now for farmers in australia the absence of the us provides an opportunity andrew thomas reports on premier these cows are pregnant when they have the cobs most of the male ones will be fat and then slaughtered for beef this week signing of a comprehensive and progressive agreement the trans-pacific partnership or c p t p p trade deal means import tariffs on australian beef. that will impact where different cuts of those cobs go their kidneys and livers and things like that could

end up getting. into a prayer for sure all the hard not end up somewhere else there's a possibility for that animal could end. it could be world travel could turn into a pretty good thing simpsons wife lobbies for the agriculture industry years of work seem to have paid off in twenty sixteen after twelve countries agreed in principle to an initial t p p agreement then the huge emotional rollercoaster happened donald trump comes in suddenly you know expectations squashed but then c.p.t. p.p. between all the initial signatories except the united states rose out of the t.p. he's ashes and for australian agriculture it may be better than the initial deal for australian farmers the new trans-pacific partnership without the united states is the best of both worlds increase the mom for their exports through tariff reduction without

a big competitor on the supply side representatives of agricultural industries can hardly hide that lights are you feeling sorry for your american. now i would never laugh when we face a number of common challenges. that harmonize ation of trade into other markets so we're more closely aligned and people might think however in the case of tape a lever and we certainly were disappointed not to have them at the table from a great perspective for australia's economy as a whole it's more complicated the new deal is projected to raise australia's g.d.p. by no point five percent by twenty thirty the initial one including the united states would have risen it by no point six percent and having the us in the deal might have led to other big benefits the whole point of the team was always to attract more members within the asia pacific region into their grouping as your truck more members the market access benefits of course start to grow us again still the largest the world's largest economy having it in the tape if they would

make the tape as a free trade agreement a much more attractive proposition in other words these cows female cars cabs could have ended up in countries not yet part of any deal that now looks less likely andrew thomas al-jazeera prima. on thursday wayne hay reports from vietnam a country expected to be one of the big winners from the new trade deal will also have full coverage of the signing ceremony in chile that's on thursday here on al-jazeera. china's leaders are trying to reduce poverty levels by encouraging millions of people in poor rural areas to move to cities but many migrants have gone to the capital beijing are struggling to cope with the high cost of living adrian brown reports. the youth zone you is having a good afternoon he reckons ill have made around ten dollars by the end of it he collects discarded clothes plastic and scrap metal anything he can sell to

recyclers. you shows me his home a room measuring just over five square metres in the rent one hundred dollars a month to economize the electric heater stays off which means it's as cold inside as out of a dangerous mesh of exposed wiring loops around the room he washes outside where there's also a public toilet pool have the was my father had to share this but it was me last the sama my children also visited five of us have to live in this tiny room some of us have to still be on the floor can you imagine five people squeeze in this room. he came to beijing almost ten years ago because there was no work in his home province of chandon his wife two daughters and a son all in other cities he see them just once

a year. so i first daughter and my second daughter a both in college now the reason i'm working here is to save money for their education i lost the chinese new year i didn't go home because i didn't have enough money. he's not bitter about his life and except it's his choice to live this way poverty in china is defined as anyone living on around three hundred sixty u.s. dollars a year you makes twelve times that but in beijing costs are much higher than elsewhere . his future though is now uncertain in recent weeks the homes of tens of thousands of migrant workers who've been demolished on the grounds they violated safety codes for years china's rural poor have been encouraged to move into the big cities but here in beijing officials now want to cap the population of twenty three

million and that's why so many migrant workers are being forced to leave kneel on the new i don't have any pension or medical care when i have to look after myself or with no one really cares about you to be honest i never thought about my future china's economic transformation has for now passed him by down the road there's a new shopping mall and apartment complex aimed at beijing's permanent residence a world that you is unlikely to ever know a dream brown al-jazeera beijing. a quick look at the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president says he believes north korea's willingness to discuss ending its nuclear program is genuine washington has confirmed it will be holding a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential denuclearization

talks with pyongyang however the u.s. says it's imposing more sanctions on north korea over the killing of kim jong un's half brother last year. i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because. the sanctions what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they've done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find us president says he'll be making a decision soon on a replacement for outgoing white house economic adviser gary cohen cohens

resignation on tuesday marks the latest in a string of high profile departures plaguing the trump administration he was a vocal critic of the president's proposed tariffs on steel and element. the russian military has offered safe passage for syrian rebel fighters and their families if they leave eastern but rebels accuse russia of escalating the fighting and ignoring temperatures. the top court in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president silva to avoid a twelve year prison sentence for corruption a role that lula can be arrested if the jail term is upheld on appeal the decision casts further darts over his bid to run in october as presidential election. argentinean politicians of introduced a bill to legalize abortions currently they only allowed when the mother's life or health is in danger or if the pregnancy is

a result of rape as of the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream. facing reality growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter while. in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on the talk to how does iraq at this time. and you're in the stream today a check in on three sides of the stories around them that caught our eye of a potential win for public school teachers in the u.s. state of west virginia after a nine day strike that kept students out of the classroom and educators gathered at the state capitol then to south africa what impact will a controversial proposal for land expropriation.