and 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 are people that that are choosing between buying medication and eating base is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera.

if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful we're not going to go. donald trump steps up pressure on north korea's leader to end nuclear program ahead of much anticipated talks. in this is al-jazeera live from coming up syrian rebel fighters agree to an evacuation deal with the government in the town of. cuba after the castro as miguel diaz canal is named as the only candidate to become the next president. and pockets of poverty more than a million nigerians are living in mud houses around one of the most modernized cities in africa. u.s. president donald trump has warned walk away from planned talks with north korea's

leader if they are not fruitful meeting japanese prime minister. has confirmed cia director mike pompei was secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim jong un white house correspondent kimberly how could reports. as japanese prime minister shinzo ave wrapped up two days of meetings with u.s. president donald trump the parish reporters their relationship has never been closer. yet their summit held it trumps florida mara lago resort was largely overshadowed by the trumpet once again sidelined america's top asian ally confirming he had said his cia director mike pump ale to secretly lay groundwork for a meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il and in a matter of weeks he just left north korea and a great meeting with him in. hand got along with him really well really really it's an unorthodox move for a nation that's traditionally consulted with japan on both matters involving north

korea still as abbay saw security assurances truck made clear there's still the possibility talks with north korea's leader may not happen at all if the meeting when i'm there is not fruitful i will respectfully leave the meeting ave implored the international community and the united states not to reward kim just for showing up to direct talks but to demand concrete commitments to denuclearize. just because north korea is responding to dialogue the should be no reward maximum pressure should be maintained it's a promise trump says he'll keep and will work for the release of three americans currently being held by north korea there's a good chance of doing it we're having very good dialogue we will keep you informed but we are in there and we are working very hard on that. we have come a long way. with north korea during their summit the two leaders enjoyed a game of golf still trump did not extend exemptions he's granted to other nations

on the foreign imports of steel and aluminum but even as trump was highlighting what he believed to be a summit success overshadowing that headline was the news the confirmation of trump's pick for secretary of state was in doubt a growing list of u.s. senators say they will not vote in favor of the confirmation of mike pompei o to be the next u.s. secretary of state it is a concern for the trumpet ministration given it is preparing for historic talks with north korean leader kim jong un in a matter of weeks kimberly held at al-jazeera west palm beach florida and north korea's state media say the ruling party will meet on friday to decide on policies for this period al-jazeera is diplomatic and it said james bays has more from pyongyang. the state controlled media here in north korea do not work at the pace

of donald trump and his pronouncements on twitter and these news conferences so there's still no response to the secret visit secret until a few hours ago. to pyongyang all the latest statements that have come from the u.s. president from the north korean side the state media and the state news agency reporting that the central committee of the ruling korean workers party will be having a meeting on friday to discuss important historical developments now i don't think they are in any we're going to change the course put in place by kim jong un the supreme leader for these negotiations with the united states what i think is happening is they're preparing the korean people for a change of course remember that for many years for decades the media here have talked about the u.s. as an imperialist stick power as an evil power now they're preparing their people for a possible meeting between their leader and the president of the united states fighters

in a rebel held area near syria's capital of agree to lay down arms in an evacuation deal brokered by russia members of jaish al islam in america will begin leaving in the coming days but to the north groups in cullman are still holding out despite government as strikes they can charlie strategically important area near the highway running between damascus and homs and how to joins us live now from beirut tell us first about this agreement in demand and how it's going to work. well yes the rebels in the have surrendered without a fight agreeing to an offer by the russian military and the syrian military for safe passage through rebel controlled areas in northern syria basically preventing an all out military offensive because what the government is telling them is that if you do not surrender then we will launch an all out military offensive similar to what happened in eastern that rebel controlled enclave which really saw

ferocious bombing for weeks hundreds of civilians killed so these rebels agreeing to surrender up to one thousand five hundred fighters will leave along with some three thousand five hundred members of their families now the opposition is saying that in one way or the other that what they prevented is the forced displacement of a whole town because to marry there's approximately one hundred twenty five thousand people who live there half of them are internally displaced people but like you mentioned there's other towns in this column one enclave northeast of damascus under the control of the rebels and rebels there have so far refused to surrender and the syrian military is stepping up airstrikes in that region so the syrian military applying military pressure on more than one front because they're also applying pressure to rebels in homes that is in the northern countryside of homs the central province of problems there have been negotiations right now a cease fire is in place until sunday until negotiations resume so the government really in a much comfortable position a better position after the defeat of the rebels in eastern and now applying

pressure on rebels and remaining enclaves close to damascus and any idea when the chemical weapons inspectors will be able to do their job in duma. it's not clear at all the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons saying yesterday they do not know when they can deploy to do my saying that first they need security clearance from the united nations and what we understand is that a un security team went in to do on tuesday and they came under fire now the o.p.c. w and the u.n. they're not blaming any side for this shooting incident but this area is under the control of the russian military and the syrian government and we heard the u.s. defense secretary mathis say late yesterday or blame the syrian government for delaying the work of the inspectors saying that the syrian government is tampering with the evidence this is not the first time they have made this accusation saying that the russians and the syrians are delaying and preventing the team to give themselves time to clear up the evidence so there won't be any hard proof once

these inspectors reach the site of this alleged chemical weapons attack but at the end of the day the o.p.c. findings is not going to trigger any retaliation because western allies already retaliated against the syrian government based on the information they had based on information they say is proof that the syrian government was behind this attack thank you for that. cuba's parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family in nearly sixty years miguel diaz canel will succeed outgoing leader. there is latin america to use in human reports from havana . serious fish and and above all discreet rising up the communist party's ranks from the bottom fifty seven year old. is making history. in part by never ever having tried to outshine or question fidel castro as others once earmarked as their successes learned the hard way and i think he also for

sixty. three jada could be actually genuinely believed in her cuban revolution. as the communist party so. tree of his home province of viet lauder d.s. earned a reputation for being open minded. includes here is a hangout for young people including gays lesbians transsexuals and punks d.s. was by their side in the one nine hundred ninety s. it's come see us at the minute he's the same unassuming humble person. maybe so but in most of cuba people know very little about the first man in six decades who will rule the silent whose name is not castro in fact he was the only candidate in the vote by the national assembly on wednesday. we asked this man would he vote in the selection process. let my silence speak for itself it's the silence of many cubans. those who may be expecting

a major shift will clearly be disappointed with. reaffirming and consolidating continuity which is very important for the defense of the revolution which today is being threatened by a relationship with the us that deteriorated the truth is the beer scandal has been chosen not to reform but to improve cuban socialism if he can and does represent a generation younger than that of the castros he will have to answer to a power much higher than his own cuban communist party. al-jazeera than police in armenia have arrested dozens of protesters trying to block the center of the capital. rallies have been held there for almost a week against former presidents. who stepped down because of term limits but on cheers day he became prime minister protesters say he's trying to hold on to power

as a country is shifting to a new political system kyrgyzstan's parliament has passed a motion of no confidence in the government of prime minister isikoff the central asian nation. has been volatile since gaining independence in one thousand nine hundred one the minority coalition has described the government's performance in twenty seventeen as un satisfactory citing budgetary concerns presence couldn't buy because for have the final say you can either secular government or overrule parliament and let the cabinet stay take as president rigid type everyone has announced early presidential and parliamentary elections in june the voters are supposed to take place in november next year constitutional changes were passed last year in a referendum allowing turkey to switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one party are corrupt from the turkey project at chatham house says the results of the election will depend on how voters will see the surprise move from the ruling party. this is the first time that the ruling party since assuming

power in two thousand and two if it's the first time that they have gone for voluntarily and actively for an early election usually they they prefer they were against any are the elections as a sign of weakness so given the worsening state of the turkish economy at the government twenty with the present heir doing under willing party went for an early elections i think that in all like a pleased at this stage the likelihood is that the ruling party will maintain its majority in the parliament and underage of type aired on should will probably win the presidential elections however the key question is how will the voters perceive this early election will it will be perceived as a sign of weakness and a sign of panic and therefore try to hurt to the ruling party or will they rally to the to president won as a known quantity in turkish politics still ahead on al-jazeera the world's chemical watchdog rejects in russia's new claims of the poisoning of a former spy in the u.k.

and. want to tell as i'm aging in the u.s. about the plane engine explosion on tuesday. however all set for a fabulous couple of days weather wise across western parts of europe is set fair warm sunshine coming through the skies opening up nicely going to see the the pleasant weather continuing for the next few days as well take us right through into the weekend twenty five celsius in london they have a breeze coming in from the southwest to about a two twenty seven there for paris and me getting up to twenty three in madrid central areas twenty three so she's there for vienna as well listen call where around a bit of a cooler northerly wind coming in to where most go fifteen celsius percent out of

gray and that. whether the doll whether they're stretching down into a cable that will brighten up in kiev as we go on into friday central i was still looking absolutely fantastic as is the case we're out across the british isles wall to wall sunshine pretty much everywhere and that fine weather stretching right down into a good part of spain little bit of clout that went to portugal but i think it should be lost the dry and stay dry and warm therefore we're back to twenty six degrees celsius still wanted to show was possible across the fall north of algeria twenty sales for years on thursday going on into friday that wet weather becoming a little more expansive but not too bad twenty two degrees walked through the karo southerly winds picking those temperatures up to thirty four degrees.

you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour a u.s. president was warned to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful at a meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo trump confirmed cia director mike pump secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim jong un. rebel fighters in

northeast of syria's capital damascus have agreed to lay down weapons under a deal brokered by russia but to the north groups are still holding out despite government strikes. parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family in nearly sixty years miguel diaz canelo will succeed outgoing leader will remain the communist party leader about the top story coming from the u.s. president on the planned talks with north korea before donald trump meets kim jong un is intense interest in the summit next week between north and south korea has more from seoul. well with donald trump leaving open the possibility that he may still walk away from any talks with north korea the south korean government is finalizing plans for a summit in just over a week between the south korean president and kim jong un it says a record number of journalists almost three thousand have registered to cover the

summit and at least some portions of it will be broadcast live the south korean government says it wants the focus to be on denuclearization and promoting peace on the korean peninsula in the past north korea has seemed to not rule out discussing denuclearization but what that might mean to north korea could differ to what it means to south korea the united states and japan we heard donald trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo of a refer to complete verifiable denuclearization whereas in north korea it has tended to take a more broad view saying that it needs its nuclear weapons to counter any threat from the united states and that it wants for example the united states to remove troops from the korean peninsula so this could be an interesting sticking point as goes into talks with conjunction joining us live is robert kelly a professor of political science and diplomacy at present national university good to see robert kerry is told to help or hinder the meeting between north and south

korea. yeah that's actually really good question. i mean any other president the answer be yes he would help but done with donald trump universally no right i mean trump chose to do this meeting just forty five minutes after he was broached it so i'm a little bit concerned you might go in there and skylark and wander and say something really sort of off the wall. i think that's the right to walk away doesn't really help trump actually does walk out on kim jong un the public kicked us back six months to where we were before with rocket man and all that kind of stuff i think the best thing the president can do now is to keep a low profile and let the curia and let the koreas try to hammer something out in a couple of weeks because i mean all to me that's what really matters i mean really this is a korean issue right i mean you talk about china american but else but it's really a korean issue and what will they be able to hammer out what concessions do you think but sides will put forward yeah i think that probably what the north koreans want i mean what the ideally what they would like is some kind of final peace

treaty which the south korean side has started to float the two koreas are in an armistice north korea doesn't really have the money and the resources to maintain the massive military that it has been arms is what allowed to demobilize at least a little bit and improve economic growth i think that's probably too a bridge too far be amazed if we can bring that home of the we started talking about it i think more realistically is that the north koreans are going to look for sanctions relief and some kind of economic aid and the south koreans are going to man some kind of caps or regulations or rules on north korea's nuclear program full denuclearization is unlikely but maybe some caps or some limits or inspectors or something and how much support does noone have how far can he push this. yeah that's actually another good question too he was only elected with forty one percent which means that his base of support is pretty weak but on the other hand he's got a high approval rating and south koreans are really spooked by last year's sort of war scare with donald trump and fire and theory and all that and so there's actually a lot of support so poll the other day it's something like seventy or seventy five percent of koreans want the summit to go forward what matters ultimately is what

moon brings home right i mean moon go up there he's got a lot of room he's got a lot of stuff to play with them south is a vastly wealthier place in north korea so he has a lot of things that he can give away if you really wants to the real questions where the north korean's going to give us i think and given movement on human rights on missiles on the nuke program and a lot of things i want to happen so then you change. i would be amazed at the north koreans were to give it up they spent forty years getting these things and of course they didn't want nuclear weapons they young wouldn't dump them to begin with if they're going to sell them back they're going to ask for enormous concessions like the withdrawal of u.s. forces from south korea robert kennedy thank you very much thank you for having me britain's house of lords has rebuffed a prime minister to resign may's government over its plans to leave the european union they voted to amend their withdrawal bill urging the u.k. to remain in the customs union which allows trading without tariffs the government's expressed disappointment at the vote the bill now goes back to m.p.'s in the house of commons would have to pos legislation to take britain out of the

e.u. by march next year the world's chemical weapons watchdog has rejected russian claims that traces of a second agent with found in soulsby that's where the former russian spies sergei script and his daughter with poisoned last month. what was really striking about the session today was the russian it continues to provide huge amounts of disinflation to others including on this occasion a russian government official actually accusing the united kingdom of poisoning the scribbles and deducing them into a coma before they could poison them so that the o.b. c.w. could then go and investigate that is an outrageous accusation was made by a russian official in the o.p.c. w. today and those kinds of false narratives need to be stopped this couple case says being discussed at the un security council as well my counterparts. the council was briefed by the high representative for disarmament who confirmed the findings of

the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w. that a highly sophisticated nerve agent was used one which apparently could only be manufactured in a state sponsored laboratory the session was called by the united kingdom whose ambassador briefed the council on progress made in the investigation she used the russian term in about chicks as the family from which the chemical agent came and she was scathing about russian offers of assistance russia continues to be asked to be involved in the u.k. some dependent investigation it is quite clear that they are bases spectacled involvement and that their behavior has undermined their credibility in this as i said before this is an arsonist turned fine trying to trying to investigate his aim fire and a finger pointed at the russians from the u.s. ambassador we hope our colleagues on this council will join us as they have before

and delivering a clear condemnation of the use of a russian nerve agent on another member soil because unless we stop this now there will be more death and more scenes that nobody wants to see but a sarcastic response from the russian ambassador who was adamant that allegations of russian involvement were totally unproven put it president putin probably improved the national state may have been the rule the russians think may have sponsored this have been numerous suspected russian state sponsor of the us yet again the security council divided along exactly the same lines it was when discussing an alleged chemical attack in syria. three men have stormed nigeria's parliament and stolen the ceremonial mace. there was

fighting in the senate as m.p.'s and security staff attempted to stop the men from taking the mace they're all amental staff is a symbol of parliament's authority and decisions cannot be approved without it the theft is being blamed on a politician who was suspended last week following a disagreement that shares capital is one of the most highly modernize cities in africa but the original residents of the federal district of a boozer continue to live in homes built of mud and they complain that fundamental rights are being ignored amabel reports from the budget. why showing up well and good discussions never ceased in the village of pico outside the nigerian capital since it was chosen to build a new capital forty years ago they say their social and economic status has continued to deteriorate they still live in humble mud homes without basic amenities you know doesn't have no medical care here and we have new functioning schools the teachers refuse to stay here and don't have electricity but water is

our most urgent problem we had a bullhorn that soon broke down we almost never used it. and two other villages are around this place have up to three thousand people living in them the only source of drinking water they have is this might depend more than it or generously gave it to them for survival but they say the government isn't even considering sanitizing it and pumping it to their homes the spring is only a thin stream it takes time for the point to feel supplying the village with what to me is hard work by these women throughout the day there are more than eight hundred villages such as because surrounding of water the area is called federal capital territory. more than one million nigerians live in b.f. city pockets of property side by side with posh new residential districts owned mostly by people who came from other regions to government resentment period that

if it is virgin so you wouldn't live in the if you did people from order to sift it that's where they are calling the eight hundred it villages settler towns yet did villages existed before even and you know what i'm going to now to fourteen or does it as a request for comment from the government was declined the novelty and his community continue to demand reform but they say their voice is hardly head because they don't have any meaningful representation at the higher level a constitution says the president is also government of city villagers doubt mohammed will heidi has time to fix the problems we have. in our own country do what of the matter that is no says so far can't ability for the government if the police for justice and equity and democrats to do what they are does no where in the world or the head of state will become to go one of the territorial again is not doing well let it go to please look good up with people you have their

own governors did not have a governor did not have a meal so it is like they are deprived and they believe that it is only by instating the people putting them in this position of authority that they will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor a local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. are just. nigeria and best gauges in the usa a crack inside a jet engine cause a fatal accident on a southwest airlines flight after it broke up shrapnel smashed a window causing a passenger to be partially sucked out of the plane ellen fisher what's. they know what happened they just don't know at this stage why a look at the damage shows one of the engines fan blades is missing the southwest airlines flight was at thirty two thousand feet when the left engine exploded sent shuttle flying shattering a window that caused immediate decompression and killed

a female passenger from her seat through the window at her put her out there are radical right there on the runway after our thoughts. and your passengers are carrying are you is your airplane physically on fire arafat a fire that started a. fire far it has or might have the victims been named is forty three year old bank executive jennifer right in a mother of two of her was out the window and so i made my way to earn a job to bring a real her back in. and it is just crazy to passengers walked on the woman for twenty minutes trying to stabilize her condition seven other passengers were also injured the engine has twenty four blades one was broken off at the base it was fine more than one hundred ten kilometers away there is evidence of metal fatigue where the blade separated. we located that immediately and sent photos to our

materials lab in washington says west is a budget airline this is its first on board passenger death of its fifty one year history the seven three seven just went through a maintenance check on sunday the airplane in my opinion is proven as very reliable so it doesn't create any doubt in my mind at least at this point around six months ago the engine maker ordered every airline that flies the seven three seven to check engines for signs of metal fatigue after another bleed through coffin engine no southwest which only flies this type of plane is inspecting its entire fleet the federal aviation authority has called for engine inspections of seven three seven for every other airline alan fischer. washington. there are these are the top stories u.s. president has warned to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if

they're not quite fruitful at a meeting with the japanese prime minister. has confirmed cia director mike pompei is secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim. rebel fighters in demand north east of syria's capital damascus have agreed to lay down weapons under a deal brokered by russia but to the north groups are still holding out despite government strikes santa has following the story from neighboring lebanon. the rebels have surrendered without a fight agreeing to an offer by the russian military and the syrian military for safe passage through rebel controlled areas in northern syria basically preventing an all out military offensive because what the government is telling them is that if you do not surrender then we will launch an all out military offensive similar to what happened in eastern huta that rebel controlled enclave which really saw ferocious barman for weeks hundreds of civilians killed so these rebels agreeing to

surrender up to one thousand five hundred fighters will leave along with some three thousand five hundred members of their families cuba's parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family in nearly six years miguel diaz canel will succeed outgoing leader role castro who will remain the communist party leader. take as president of everyone as announced early presidential and parliamentary elections in june the vote was supposed to take place in the next year. police in armenia have arrested dozens of protesters trying to block the center of the capital yet of on rallies have been held there for almost a week against former president's surge sickies young new step down because of term limits but choose day he became prime minister protesters say he's trying to hold on to power as a country shifting to a new political system. parliament has passed a motion of no confidence in the government of prime minister of the central asian

nation has been volatile since gaining independence in one thousand nine hundred one the minority coalition has described the government's performance in twenty seventeen as un satisfactory citing budgetary concerns those are the headlines the news will continue but first it is inside story. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new charis on imports of steel and. for off five gene would mean the data talked about ten times faster than fourteen we bring you the stories of the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time zero. the united arab emirates is ending a military training program in.