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u.s. president donald trump leaves open the possibility of bailing on a summit with north korea's leader kim jong. un this is. laying down their arms and leaving the syrian rebels and their families prepared to evacuate a town near damascus after surrendering to government forces. cooked today the stock new warning that australia's great barrier reef will never fully recover from coral bleaching. the space mission begins to find a. life.

president himself. head of planned talks with north korea's leader kim jong un chum says he'll walk away if the discussions on his latest comments came during a meeting with japan's indeed as white house correspondent. reports from father as japanese prime minister shinzo of a 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 news that trump it 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 the great meeting with him. 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 ah they 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 respect for lee leave the meeting abbay implore 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 there 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 we have correspondents in north and south korea in a moment we'll hear from kathy novak in seoul first on diplomatic and as james bays has the latest 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 entirely 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. south

korean president monday in is continuing preparations for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between the united states and north korea and that it must pave the way for denuclearization of the korean peninsula but many analysts have pointed out that historically north korea has taken a different view of what denuclearization might mean when compared to the interpretation in the united states or in south korea north korea for example might want it to can include the complete removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula but president moon has said he does not believe there is a. in the definition he told the group that north korea has expressed

a willingness to completely denuclearize and he said that it has not proposed any conditions that the u.s. would find it difficult to accept but he did seem to play down any hopes of major concrete agreements being reached at the summit next week instead seeming to suggest it may be the first step in a bigger process to syria where fighters in the rebel held area near the capital of agree to lay down their arms in an evacuation deal negotiated by russia or members of the rebel group known as the army of islam in demand will begin leaving within days but to the north opposition fighters in kalamunda are still holding out despite government strikes have given a deadline within the next twenty four hours to surrender or face attack while talks between the rebels and the government are continuing in homs santa has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon. rebels in the town of the mayor that is in the color moon region northeast of damascus they have surrendered without

a fight they agreed to an offer by the syrian and russian military for safe passage to rebel controlled areas in the north of the country so they lay down their arms according to state television one thousand five hundred fighters and three thousand five hundred members of their families are going to be evacuated over the next few days they agreed to lay down their arms to save the lives of the civilians who live in tomorrow that is what one rebel commander told us because the choice that they were given is either reconcile with the government surrender or face an all out military operation and these rebels know what can happen especially after eastern of wood where we saw the government pro-government alliance launch weeks of a bombing campaign that left hundreds of civilians killed and at the end the rebels surrendered so the government using this military tactic not only in column one in the in the countryside of homs the northern countryside of homes in the past seventy two hours the government really stepped up its military bombardment of that area and then they sat down and talked to the rebels a negotiation now there is

a cease fire in place until sunday but what the pro government wants a pro-government alliance wants is for the rebels to agree to lay down their arms and this threat of military action is also being given to myself i still controlling a pocket of territory in southern damascus the syrian army telling them that you have forty eight hours to surrender or else we're going to launch an all out offensive there are some reports unconfirmed coming from pro-government sources that i still could be willing to lay down their arms and leave to the east of the country so the government using this military pressure to bring about a surrender from the rebels without a fight. palestinians are preparing for rallies to mark the seventieth anniversary of what they call nakba or catastrophe it refers to the palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of homeland in one thousand nine hundred forty eight when the state of israel was declared a force that is live at the rally in

a kit south of haifa and i'm just wondering what's happening there what the plans are. plans are for thousands of people to gather here near the historic palestinian village of at least in a group of villages along the coast here of villages which after nine hundred forty eight of course and in the run up to nine hundred forty eight changed drastically as more and more jewish immigrants came to occupy them and then at the point of the creation of the state of israel and the fighting that took place before and after it the displacement of those palestinians is being commemorated here this is the twenty first time that these marches have been organized to really offer a counterpoint to what is happening elsewhere across israel today which is a celebration of the anniversary of the creation of the state and i'm joined here by mohammed kiara who is one of the organizers of this march tell me what is the the object here i mean that this isn't just about the people who are displaced from

the country this is about people who are displaced within the territory of israel is it then once it's actually your four airports but mainly for the nearly displeased and the peace year we saw me more than not but in the course here they're very good with the media to. be is deans of the villages we are. neatly it delivers to. the other people who we are it's built. to be the twenty but in getting to your outside the. what became borders of the seeds of there is that all who do. you organize. nice annual march on our very severely independence the if the mainstream began your independence the. d.c. area again teams or villages will occupy des in the area i bet extend from to love

you from high founded to love you approximately sixty villages were of your bike and neatly cleans and pointed villages in the coastal area the villages of. a sucker for eight days and by coming back here i mean people are over see the old village of about leap for instance it is not going to be reborn in the way that it once was what is the object is it just to symbolize what's been lost air and not just to symbolize we are ever going to eyes to the sea and your love march to deliver israelis and the international community that the team he's a loyal there on three hundred eighty thousand people who will. explode from the old downs and villages and if they want. to they are the towns and villages from which they were expelled in mind forty eight if you will years

later. there is not back to fear out of of the palestinian people who became it or if you g.'s it. within israel we have. hundreds of thousands of entailed nearly displaced the army is that eighty citizens by the argument that he did like the palestinians we are again prevented them from they believe in addition of their right to free. home and israel ignore walsh and despise. international law and united nations resolution me and the united nations resolution one and mine for the laws of the. by that you know simply in that eleven of you some bottom line nine hundred forty thank you very much for joining us and that's the situation here with this expected to get under way in real earnest in about an hour's time across the rest of his route of course millions of israelis

celebrating this day the seven year anniversary of the declaration of the states those events were kicked off last night after sundown when the jewish calendar the hebrew calendar marks the seventh on verse three of what happened in one hundred forty eight the prime minister benjamin netanyahu talking about the light of israel overcoming the darkness of its enemies referring to the return of two thousand to two thousand years of jewish people to the homeland of course the other side of that coin is the other hundreds of thousands who were displaced in that process and that's what's being mocked here today all right harry let's leave it there thanks. for the check is next britain's queen opens a meeting of commonwealth countries in london this questions linger on the organizations relevance. and the hunt for a rebel splinter group that's refusing to recognize a colombia peace till. welcome

back we'll stop by a look at weather conditions across northeastern parts of asia and that one area of low pressure clearing in the pacific otherwise we've got low pressure center across more eastern areas and that is maybe going to give a few showers across eastern parts of russia coming down across the korean peninsula is jerry looking find much of japan will be dry and bright twenty five degrees in the sunshine in tokyo by twenty five degrees across much of the region but beijing is looking pretty hot at the moment and i saw thirty one degrees you may see a few showers though developing here as we head into the weekend now moving into more central and southern parts of china and taiwan we've got this area of rain across the central areas so we may see the odd shower later on but it should be dry for hong kong cross towards the taipei for indochina weather conditions not looking too brother wanted to show us around but i think for annoy and vietnam it should be dry for much of the time now as we move on into saturday not

a great deal of change the rain still showing his hand there and so it looks that could be fairly heavy and quite persistent into southeastern parts of asia northern parts the philippines looking fine in those sunshine and thirty four southern areas seen some heavy showers i'm sorry showers like across mazie in borneo coaching picking up wanted to further surf it should be fine across much of java with highs of thirty three expected in jakarta. with its leaders in jail a greek neo nazi party where knives on the wives mothers and daughters of the imprisoned leaders to represent them meet the women behind the fearsome right wing nationalist party. when you say i'm not you know what exactly does it mean it means nationalized golden dawn god's a witness documentary on al-jazeera or this.

again you're watching out of their mind top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has warned he'll walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful at a meeting with japanese prime minister. has confirmed cia director mike compares 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 s trikes. queen elizabeth has opened the commonwealth heads of government meeting at buckingham palace leaders from fifty three many former

british colonies representing one third of the world's population are there it's a first time in more than two decades u.k. is hosting the summit and in is looking for new trade deals with commonwealth nations as it prepares to leave the european union general joins me live from london i should imagine this is a pretty important meeting then. but i think every bi annual meeting of the commonwealth is important for its members and certainly there's no shortage of pomp and splendor on display nobody does it quite like the british of course the queen is the head of the commonwealth she has been for sixty six years the rules are very much on display here in london quite what will be achieved at this meeting is i think a debatable point with many suggesting that this organization nearly seventy years old now has sort of lost its way its purpose its direction in the modern world is this friendly network of fifty three extremely diverse countries from large

developing giants like india through industrialized countries canada australia great britain of course and and much smaller and poorer nations as well united by having the most of them former colonies most of them in the. speaking most of them with the love of the queen but very little else and white white what many people ask is the point will supporters will say that this network of common interests and shared values is extremely important in a fractious world but critics will talk about historical anachronisms a grouping built on british interests and little else and i think there are questions this year about the future of the commonwealth as the era of queen elizabeth if you like approaches an end who will succeed her prince charles perhaps perhaps a democratically elected successor and quite what will the priorities of the commonwealth be moving forward to make it more relevant those are the questions there aren't at this moment any fixed on says and. amongst us.

well that's an interesting point for britain particularly this year the government certainly progress ministers in the cabinet have talked a lot about the potential value of the commonwealth of nations replacing the last advantages from britain exiting the single market of the european union striking great big new trade deals with some of those big economies i mentioned experts say there's no way that that can quite fill the gap but it might go some way towards doing so there are also opportunities potentially to deepen cooperation on levels like foreign policy to try and project a greater a greater share i'd greater force of soft power onto the world these things are possibilities around the commonwealth but britain has to in that case reckon with some of the real deficiencies that democratic deficiencies the abuse of human rights in many countries thirty countries of the fifty three currently still

illegalize homosexuality those laws have been on the books since the british put them there in in the times of empire large issues tax havens and so on that will have to be reckoned with if indeed there is to be a deepening political and economic deepening of ties between britain and its commonwealth allies so lots to talk about thank you jenna. kivas parliament has nominated the first presidential candidate outside the castro family and nearly sixty years miguel diaz canal will succeed outgoing leader raul castro are left in america to listen human reports from have a. tall serious efficient and above all discreet rising of the communist party's ranks from the bottom fifty seven year old. is making history he's done it 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 they also feel. that he actually.

as the communist party secretary of his home province of viet lauder the earned a reputation for being open minded. the include 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. when alternative lifestyles was severely frowned on. even after he rose to the top every time he came to santa clara one of the first things to do is come see us at the min 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. that we are encouraging reaffirming and consolidating continuity which is very important for the defense of the revolution which today is being threatened and attacked by relationship with the us that deteriorated the truth is the b.s. colonel 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 you see in human al-jazeera . a team of international research as has concluded that a third of the car on a strain is great barrier reef was cooked to death during a heatwave a study says increased sea temperatures from march to november in twenty sixteen

cause the bleaching it affects anything that lives on the coral scientists say the focus should now be on protecting the rest of the reef. but two things can happen when a coral breaches it can either regain its color or the temperatures drop in the following winter or if the bleaching is extreme which it was in the northern seven hundred kilometer stretch of the great barrier reef and significant numbers of the corals will die so this study involves revisiting the same reefs where we documented the breaching in march nine months later and on average across the entire length of the great barrier reef we found that one in three corals dawoud from the twenty sixteen bleaching event sudan has filed a complaint against egypt's to the un security council accusing it of organizing a vote in a disputed border territory sudan's foreign minister says cairo held part of its presidential votes in the how do you have triangle the territory claimed by both countries egyptian election in march so president of the fact that all sisi

reelected for a second term. we cannot accept a joint ministration on what is one hundred percent sudanese soil is and should remain part of our home and we will continue with our demand until it is fully restored this is our stand. cattery troops have been taking part in military drills in saudi arabia despite a major diplomatic rift saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain qatar with high level months ago kissing it's of funding terrorism which qatar strongly denies the cattery defense ministry says the armed forces chief of staff attended the exercises closing ceremony at the invitation of his saudi counterpart qatar's participation was not announced before hand twenty five other nations also took part in the european union has warned venezuelan president nicolas maduro of

war sanctions if it believes next month's elections are not credible the country's main opposition group is boycotting the main may twentieth presidential and legislative elections calling them for jail and the foreign affairs chief. says appropriate measures will be taken if democracy is undermined venezuela's ongoing economic and political crisis has led to widespread on race. security forces are hunting for fighters or killed two journalists and their driver near the colombia ecuador border two people were taken hostage as child benefit reports. hunting rebels in the jungle colombia had hopes these days were over the four colombian unequalled during forces are searching for a rebel known as and in the five hundred five his will to his group a spinoff from the revolutionary armed forces of colombia. seen here refused to get behind the twenty sixteen do with colombia that ended

nearly fifty years of fighting the middle. commander is one of twelve hundred linked rebels still waging war with the government. it's really a pretty strange you this is an effort of persistence we may not find today but it could be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow in a week or two we're not going to rest or stop this offensive the manhunt began last friday after god chose group kidnap civilians the government released this proof of life video of the husband and wife on tuesday. last month to acquit dorrian journalists and their tribe the world kidnapped their families appealed to garcetti for their release unsuccessfully the it could oring government says they did the military are trying to recover their bodies. we have our armed forces and also colombian armed forces on the other side of the border this generates greater

security and each time the area of influence of big alto is being reduced. but on the political level the violence has become too much for ecuador beside func dissidents like this the lane columbia's last rebel army in ecuador has been hosting pace talks to get them to follow or fall into disarmament after fourteen months of negotiations it hasn't worked rebels continue to stage attacks. because i have asked the foreign minister of ecuador to put the brakes on the conversations and put the brakes on our role as guarantor of the peace process well that does not commit to ending terrorist actions on wednesday columbia wristed one of got choice commanders the same type. the mission to find his boss on the colombia ecuador border is proving more difficult both governments say they want negotiations and a peace deal but for now it's guns that are doing the talking shallop.

the search for life beyond earth has taken a big step forward with the launch of nasa's latest satellite it's called the transiting exoplanet survey satellite or tess for short and gallagher explains its mission. liftoff the space x. falcon nine carrying tess this isn't the first mission to search for new worlds but it may be nasa is most revealing for the next two years that test sounds like will take over from the kepler space telescope in search of alien planets whilst in orbit this new telescope will observe two hundred thousand of the brightest stars in the sky mission scientists say could discover twenty thousand new worlds now tess is going to dramatically increase the number of planets that we have to study . it's going to more than double the number that have been seeing and detected by by kepler and moreover the planets that we're going to find will will span

a much greater range of host star types than was the case for cup or when the kepler space telescope launched in two thousand and nine it transformed our understanding of planets beyond our own solar system based on its observations astronomers now believe the milky way is home to at least two billion potentially habitable planets kepler only observed a fraction of the sky tess is able to see far more the exoplanet community is very enthusiastic a vibrant community and there are a lot of people very eager to get their hands on the data and start doing some great science with it and i think you know i think that over the coming years we're going to see an enormous number of brilliant scientific results coming out of test data from across the entire community i'm really excited for the next sixty days mission scientists will be running tests and ironing out bugs as the satellite begins its orbit the first batches of data won't be released. but if life is now

maybe the project. top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is warned to walk away from talks with north korea's leader if they are not fruitful at a meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo chung has confirmed cia director mike pompei secretly went to pyongyang to meet kim jong un rebel fighters and demand 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 a strike saying the heart is 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 to 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 barmen 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 cast of family in nearly sixty years miguel diaz canal will succeed outgoing leader raul castro who will remain the communist party leader. queen elizabeth is open the commonwealth heads of government meeting at buckingham palace leaders from fifty three many former british colonies representing one third of the world's population on their first time in more than two decades the u.k. is hosting the summit london is looking for new trade deals with commonwealth

nations as a prepares to leave the european union cattery troops have been taking part in military drills in saudi arabia despite a major diplomatic rift saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut ties with eleven months ago choosing it of funding terrorism which cattle strongly denies the cattery defense ministry says the armed forces chief of staff attended the exercises closing ceremony at the invitation of the saudi counterparts inside story is coming up next. the united arab emirates is ending a military training program.