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asian leaders cautiously welcome north korea's announcement that it will stop nuclear and missile tests. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha would be one of the peron i'm also ahead. palestinians again demanded international investigation after more protest as a killed by israeli fire along the gaza border south africa's president attempts to play peacemaker in a northern city has by violence and. local heroes drive a box office boom in china will examine the patriotism behind ticket sales. north korea says it will stop all nuclear and continental ballistic missile tests add and economic growth and pace the announcement has been made ahead of planned

summits with south korea and the united states the pledge is a significant reversal for north korea which has staked security on its nuclear arsenal. we will discontinue nuclear testing and intercontinental ballistic rocket test firings from april twenty first the northern nuclear test of the d.p. r. k. will also be dismantled to transparently guarantee the discontinuance of you care testing that this. continuance of the nuclear test is an important process for the worldwide disarmament and the t.p.r. cable joint international desire and efforts for a total halt to nuclear testing the d.p. r. k. will never use nuclear weapons nor transfer them or nuclear technology under any circumstances unless there is a nuclear threat or qualification against the d.p. r. k. . kathy novak has reaction from south korea. south korea says it welcomes north korea's decision to shut down its nuclear test site and to suspend nuclear and

missile tests the announcement was made at a meeting of the central committee of the workers' party chaired by the leader kim jong un and it seems to represent a significant shift five years ago kim jong il unveiled his signature policy which was a jewel track of pursuing development of the nuclear weapons program and also the economy well now kim seems to say that the nuclear weapons program development is complete tests are no longer needed and the shift can be made towards focusing on the economy the question though is how will north korea be able to do that while it is still under intense campaign of sanctions imposed by the international community japan has said that campaign of maximum pressure must continue until north korea changes its policy japan's prime minister shinzo abbott has said he welcomes this announcement but added it must be followed by complete verifiable irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile program denuclearization is

expected to be high on the agenda when south korea's president meets kim jong un on friday. well u.s. president donald trump says it's very good news for north korea and the world. has more from washington d.c. . very soon after north korea made its announcement president donald trump took to twitter saying north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear tests and close up a major test site this is very good news for north korea and the world big progress exclamation point look forward to our summit and this summit that trump mentions it would be the first face to face meeting between the u.s. head of state and the president of north korea and it is scheduled to take place either next month or in early june and trump's optimistic tone comes on the second day of what seemingly is good news coming out of north korea for the u.s. negotiators it was just thursday that south korea indicated north korea had made

some indications that it no longer would demand the u.s. to withdraw troops from the korean peninsula as part of these negotiations now trump has surrounded himself with some hard line advisers namely john bolton the national security adviser who has said that nothing north korea says should be believed so certainly it is expected that these advisers will be cautioning the president not to be too optimistic preparing him to walk away from the table if negotiations don't go the u.s. is way which president trump has indicated he is willing to do but has promised there is seldom a more cautious though it's a face it's not a thought it's not a north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear missile programs i want to take a close look at that. let's get more on the joined by professor of political

science and diplomacy at pusan national university and he's joining us live from busan very good to have you as always with us on there mr kelly the dolls and to testing automatically results in that verifiable dismantlement that they mentioned off the. nuclear and missile programs. yeah that's the big trick right i mean if they stop that's great if they really do start to tear down the infrastructure that's even more great i don't think we should underestimate the importance of what happened today but ultimately the real issue as usually is the case with deals with north korea is verification right the north koreans impose great things in the past and then it doesn't really come through sequencing particularly as an often an issue who goes first and stuff like that in this particular case we would probably want to make sure that international inspectors got into north korea and actually looked at things and maybe we can put in some cameras and stuff like that the north has traditionally been uncomfortable with that and so my guess is that's the future to be and order for those international inspectors to actually go into north korea will shut it if it serious reapplied to the nonproliferation treaty or say to the

international norms you know on to the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty because there's been no indication that it will do that or wants to do that. yeah that's right i mean that's all what we want to do is we want to get them back into this whole series of treaties and the frameworks the around the nuclear regimes and the global nuclear scene things that the n.p.t. and the i.a.e.a. inspectors can work on mine yards that would be great the north koreans probably asked for a whole bunch of concessions probably sanctions relief and maybe just a direct monetary payment for this kind of stuff the problem with that is that if we do that it does actually going to recognize that north korea is a nuclear power which is something that a lot of countries south korea japan the united states particularly have been loath to do right i mean once we actually say you're back again then we have to accept that they actually have these weapons and the declaration today was only that they would stop testing not that they would actually roll back but they have all those other powers willing to accept that nuke that north korea is a nuclear power and give the country sanctions relief they hit.

probably not probably and a couple of years your viewers may recall that pakistan got nuclear weapons in the late one nine hundred ninety s. and there are sort of a lot of concern about that there might be a war between india and pakistan are going nuclear in this in that for a couple years people wrote those articles in the press and then that kind of faded away in the world adjusted to pakistan with nuclear weapons and i would imagine the same thing will happen with north korea but north korea's only gotten the ability to strike the u.s. in the last six months or a year i think it's still a little bit too fresh there probably be a real push to get denuclearization from the north koreans in the summits that probably won't happen and then in a couple years maybe we'll be back to the part we say get them to the n.p.t. . to get your thoughts as always that's robert kelly joining us live thank you. thank you for having me. let's move on to other news now and palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force against protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy were killed by israeli gunfire and another day of

demonstrations on gaza's border they have been funerals for the latest casualties thirty five people have died in four weeks of protests calling for palestinians a right to return to ancestral lands from gaza burnet smith reports. they've become a feature of the weekly palestinian confrontations with israel's military this friday the wind was with the protestors as clouds of smoke from burning tires drifted over israeli positions. but it's not enough to stop israel snipers on volleys of tear gas. others who you might think would be put off after previous experiences have instead come back from. i don't care about the injury even if i lose my legs this will not stop me coming back what happened here what people often reminded them about cause we've come here to get our rights of the old

. states. but. this with giving something under the. i'm here to show my enthusiasm and to inspire the young guys to continue their struggle. was he does every week hamas is leading. visited the protests a prime target for israeli snipers he'd have been easily spotted by the drones above was protected by the crowds be love. this friday the campers move three hundred meters closer to israel their mission is that when these protests climax on may the fifteenth these terms will be the border between gaza and israel but after four weeks no demonstrations there's been nothing in the way of concessions from the israelis that would improve the daily life of palestinians living in gaza.

al-jazeera scars. to syria now where rebels have reportedly agreed to withdraw from their last stronghold near the capital that is in the south of damascus and includes the palestinian refugee camp you can see the area was divided between syrian rebels and i saw fighters of the syrian government says rebels have handed over control the army says it will continue to bombard the area under the false or vendor deal isn't reached it now means that president bashar is in his strongest position since the early stages of the seven year war this is despite the first quarter nato the u.s. pushing french air strikes in the war. well the attacks were to punish the government for suspected gas attack that they say killed dozens of people in advance to capture duma in eastern guta meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to syria is conducting a series of meetings in the middle east and russia that he hopes will jump start the peace process for a challenge reports. following last week's anger over syria

moscow seems in a restrains mood in an interview with the russian state information agency foreign minister sergey lavrov suggested last week's u.s. air strikes had been within limits acceptable for russia. they were informed about where our red lines are including geographical red lines on the ground in any case the results show they have not crossed these red lines. and he said neither side's generals will be drawn into open conflict in syria. dude i'm sure the nader president putin nor president trump will allow this to happen they are after all leaders who have been elected by the people and they are responsible to these people for peace and calm. diplomatically russia can afford to attempt to pause in hostilities with the us is on the ground much is going its allies way following the fall of eastern ghouta to syrian

government forces damascus is moving against the remaining besieged anglaise of rebel activity one by one they're forming. the un's envoy to syria who is in saudi arabia and turkey earlier in the week has now come to moscow next will be iran de mistura is assessing whether the foreign powers involved in syria's war are ready to restart the un facilitated political process he acknowledged that recent days have been rough we had a very dangerous and very difficult and very tense week and. it priority for the u.n. secretary is for a secure general and therefore the coming here and doing dish tour. in various capitals and very much in moscow is to play already. did temperature seven to mr a maybe doing the different grounds with the intention of getting the geneva

peace process back on track but there are those who question just how much life there is actually left in this particular u.n. sponsored format people like analyst dimitri from of ski he thinks de mistura is right to still be pushing for dialogue but feels that the scramble for syrian territory by russia turkey iran and the u.s. has changed the game beside. them in. the most decisive argument the last one less real forces and troops on the ground. with bashar assad feeling that perhaps a total defeat of the rebellion is within his reach there's no obvious reason for syria's president to return to the negotiating table right now rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. and russia's ambassador to the u.k. is doubling down on his country's assertion that the suspected chemical attack was staged the u.s. and its allies accuse russia and soviet government of removing evidence from burma

and forcing what this is to lie to support the allegations that alexander says he has proof that a syrian boy who appeared to be one of the children choking in videos was coaxed into it by an aid organization. facts presented but they syrian government and russia to show that the incident had been deliberately stage have been ignored this is the we have a lot of this kind of footage from the russian television and of course of from the international one this is the story about the boy his name is. and he is eleven years old so basically what happened that day when the whole so-called chemical attack was staged he was brought he was called by the white helmets to the to the hospital he was offered some swedes kooky is

a something and he was part of the staging of all the so-called gammick will attack you see in this boy it's you know it's the image after the stage and he was with us water. and have a way that steak next time dad in the u.s. president's political viable strong and no problem taking data and has alleged ties with russia. hello and welcome back now the fine weather across europe largely continuous in the central areas enjoying some very warm weather indeed twenty seven degrees in vienna he said there is still cold out to area of low pressure giving rain for parts of russia slightly cooler air creeping in across the u.k. and as the weekend wears on there's

a threat of thunderstorms doesn't look as though it's going to bring the temperature down too much in paris but across the u.k. you may struggle to reach twenty three degrees in london certainly for the marathon and temperatures could be a couple degrees lower than that so as we head then across into north africa you can see we've got fine conditions the most part when coming up from the subtle bit of dust perhaps on parts of morocco otherwise fine along the coast twenty five inch unison it should be pleasant enough in car on saturday thirty degrees but the wind is coming off the mediterranean so temperatures pay back a little bit as we head through sunday it's rather pleasant twenty seven degrees celsius as the maxim down into central parts of africa we've got a lot of heavy showers across kenya tanzania through up into uganda so sit down one to two showers also and then towards the gulf of guinea because as we friday went for the ball in the river will see some heavy downpours further towards the west we have a scottish hours for lagos in nigeria and ghana for the north in bamako mali should be drawing on hot high sierra of forty.

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with south korea and the u.s. . ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into . a fifteen year old boy. and a day of demonstrations on gaza's border on friday. syrian rebels have reportedly agreed to withdraw from their last stronghold near the capital the enclaves in the south of damascus that includes the palestinian refugee camp the syrian government says it will continue to bombard the region until a full surrender date is reached. to yemen now at least twenty civilians have been killed by saudi led coalition airstrikes the strikes targeted a village in a western district a five gallon has been locked in a three year war between iran backed with the rebels and the saudi led military coalition which supports the government of president operable men sought hobby.

south africa's new president has called for calm after two days of violent on west and northwest province police fired rubber bullets at lucia's as demonstrators demand the visit nation of the region's leader catherine saw it has more from my k. . i. residents of my he can't in the northwest province wait for the outcome of a meeting between president cyril ramaphosa and the provincial leadership. people in several paths of the region have been protesting for days now they say they want better houses jobs and an end to corruption they're demanding the provincial leaders supermom whom they accuse of failing to do his job and to the scene corruption to step down the president catches his trip to the u.k. where he was attending a commonwealth heads of state meeting to deal with the situation having listened to all imports we have decided that we would like to engage further

with a number of other people particularly members of the community. not only in march. but also in the northwest what like. even if all of the money i look going to some in the. streets are deserted but evidence of the violent protests is everywhere. so this is one of the areas where protesters had blocked the roads using running tires and anything else they could find police have been trying to clear this road also see shops that have been broken in to and looted the situation here is still very tense this petrol station is in one of the hot spots a group of young people is say to have done this many shop owners are devastated. i don't know how to start over i used all my money to stock the shop to give tells us

others whose businesses were destroyed comped at the heritage house where the leadership was meeting they tell us what happened to their shops had nothing to do with genuine demonstrations nor did they want to go problem but they are not involving them and we are not just doing anything is just to doing business. residents of this region continue to wait for answers but these are difficult issues that may not be fully resolved. and catherine is joining us live from what is the situation there now catherine. the situation today. moving freely on the roads but the town is very much still desire. right now we are. we showed you in that story group of young men. completely vandalized this place and i'm going to move out of the short so that our

cameraman can show you a little more that there was a shop that has been. inside that people also destroyed in some instances the noise of the fuel been yanked out you can see but further back on the road. a streetlight has been. also an a.t.m. machine here that has been destroyed and we have gone to several. where we met this destruction and businessmen very devastated but despite this incident they are genuine grievances here with talk to people with saying that the public very is a mess they need proper public service they need good housing they say that the roads are in a state of disrepair the health services are not working schools as well they say the young people need jobs and this is the only answer they want really is for the

premier the leader of this province was also a member of the governing party and see to step down that is what they want catherine is that likely to happen and has president. and amazing how health help the situation or come to protest. other presidents certainly hopes that. he is not here now he has left the province but he did have a lengthy meeting as you mentioned yesterday went into the night he had this meeting with the provincial leadership. and after the meeting he came out and said to people that this should be this should be wait for these consultations that need to be. particularly. the communities that have grievances and he said that they hope. is going to move.

and i think people here are telling me that they are going to wait to see what the outcome. will be but they are very impatient and we've spoken to very angry young men they will not surrender. only out they want to see very soon. they say that he is not doing his job and he is a stumbling block to the development of this. catherine thank you very much for that for now that's over the very latest from mike thank you. the u.s. democratic party is suing the donald trump campaign and alleged collusion in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election. informing them of a cyber attack that leaked damaging information about his democratic rival hillary clinton. involved and its founder julian assange. pain has the latest from washington d.c.

. it's an unusual move but not in unprecedented one democrat zuda over the watergate break in and they did get some money on the day that richard nixon left office in disgrace now the lawsuit is against russia russians intelligence service and some russian citizens it is difficult to sue a sovereign nation. in the united states but it is possible difficult but possible it also sues wiki leaks and its founder julian assange and it really targets people very close to the president president donald trump not named in this lawsuit because it's really hard to sue a sitting president but his campaign is named along with his son don jr son in law jerry cushion or his former campaign chairman paul mann afford his advisor roger stone and former campaign aides george papadopoulos and richard gates now the complaint alleges that the trump campaign colluded with russia to steal and publish e-mails from the democratic campaign workers in an attempt to help trump win the presidency much of what is in this lawsuit was already known but there are a couple of things that we didn't know for example it says it alleges that in late

twenty fifteen that far back that european intelligence services said that they were witnessing some suspicious communications between russian operatives and members of the trump campaign that they notified the u.s. about that again at late two thousand and fifteen it also goes on to say that the hack was earlier than we previously thought that it happened again in twenty fifteen and it wasn't just the computer system it was the phone system that was compromised so some new details in this lawsuit this could be seen as a dangerous move if people perceive that it is in any way going to interfere with special counsel robert mueller who is investigating potential collusion between. the term campaign and russia but it also could serve the purpose of putting just another venue to get the information out there there's growing concern that the special counsel will be tampered with or could possibly be let go if this lawsuit is allowed to proceed this basically puts before court before jury all on the

record exactly what happened in the twenty sixteen campaign and it also serves as putting even more pressure on people in trump's orbit they're already facing pretty high legal bills and legal issues and this will only add to that. now there's been a dramatic twist in the trial of two voices journalists who had been covering the revenger crisis in myanmar when the police then telling the court that their arrest was a setup while only and choice are accused of violating a state secret by acquiring official documents found guilty they could face fourteen years in jail but a policeman who was appearing as a prosecution witness told the court that one of his senior officers gave the documents to the journalists to and trap them. now chinese box office sales have for the first time it's a part of the u.s. in the first quarter of this year film takings topped three point two billion dollars and china correspondent adrian brown reports domestic movies are the big

attraction. the tagline is unashamedly patriotic anyone who had fans china will be killed no matter how far the target is . the film is real florrie of two set in a fictitious african country it's about a chinese special forces veteran who single handedly rescues chinese and local citizens and. citizens held by western mercenaries. the film taps into a growing mood of national pride in today's china and features close replicas of many of the latest weapons used by the chinese military but the current wave of patriotic films is not the result of government pressure insists one film scholar. chinese mainstream films are not controlled by the garment it's achievement or was not made through government policies such as a huge growth of the box office and

a huge market cannot simply be created through some policies of government documents. this week the stars of china's film industry are attending beijing's annual film festival which began in two thousand and eleven among the films nominated for an award is another with a strong patter yogic theme but one which depicted gay love was dropped. films reflecting government thinking are likely to become more prolific in the years ahead that's because the body that regulates china's film and t.v. industry is being scrapped that job is now going to be done by the communist party's propaganda department a further sign of how power is being centralized under president xi jinping for justice workers and students across the country were recently ordered to watch a stirring new documentary called amazing china it hails the country's technological advances and military modernization and echoes president cheese made

in china initiative which aims to make china a leader in key technologies by twenty twenty five and the movie industry knows what role it has to play adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. and again a lot of the problem and on holiday headlines on al-jazeera and north korea's official news agency says the country will stop all nuclear armed and a continental ballistic missile tests the move includes shutting down its main nuclear testing site u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that it's very good news for north korea and the world. so it. should cheer we will discontinue nuclear testing at intercontinental ballistic rocket test firings from april twenty first the northern nuclear test ground of the d.p. r. k.

will also be dismantled to transparently guarantee the discontinuance of nuclear testing that this continuance of the nuclear test is an important process for the worldwide disarmament and the t.p.r. cable joint international desire as efforts for a total halt to nuclear testing the d.p. r. k. will never use nuclear weapons nor transfer them or nuclear technology under any circumstances unless there is a nuclear threat or provocation against the d.p. r. k. it for palestinians including a fifteen. boy have been killed by israeli gunfire and another day of demonstrations on gaza's border and best solution the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force against protesters syrian rebels have reportedly agreed to withdraw from their last stronghold near the capital the enclave in the south of damascus and includes the palestinian refugee camp. at least twenty civilians have been killed by solving led coalition airstrikes and gammon the strikes targeted a village in a western district of guys yemen has been locked in

a three year war between iran backed rebels and the saudi led military coalition which supports the government of president. south africa's new president has called for calm after days of protests that have turned violent in a northern city demonstrations are demanding the resignation of reach you know the tip. of the headlines on al-jazeera the do stay with us inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. and for your. economic times the kingdom has announced several multi-billion dollar projects to diversify its economy away from.