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journalists from all over the well get ready ahead of the historic summit between north and south korea's leaders meeting for the first time in more than a decade. from doha also coming up donald trump says he won't have anything to do with the justice department's russia investigation. swift action in armenia. could elect a new prime minister next week. the close sun goes up on a popular holiday spot in the philippines putting thirty six thousand jobs at risk . a record breaking number of journalists are at the border between the two koreas ahead of historic talks two thousand eight hundred thirty three have registered to

cover north korea's leader kim jong un meeting south korea's president moon j. and at the village of panmunjom there from one hundred sixty eight south korean and a hundred one thousand foreign news outlets a wide range of issues expected to be discussed including pyongyang's nuclear weapons program diplomatic editor james brains has more from across the board in project. the final rehearsal took place in the south after noon body doubles playing the role of supreme leader kim and president moon both sides very keen but the choreography is just right because of the camera angles and the images but also because of the important question of security this is quite a remarkable event when you think what has happened on the korean peninsula in recent months the fact that tensions have been so high here last year particularly during the summer last year and really a remarkable turnaround of events bringing us to this first of two possible high

level summits what changed what allowed room for diplomacy i've been gauging that at the u.n. in new york in european capitals and here on the korean peninsula i filed this report from the north korean capital. when you walk around pyongyang everywhere you seem to go you hear military music blaring from shops and loudspeakers last summer the drums of war beating particularly heavily it was arguably the tensest time on the korean peninsula in decades september north korean foreign minister ho headed from his ministry here to new york to give his speech at the annual meeting of world leaders at the u.n. ahead of him in the speaking order the new president of the us the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket

man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. al jazeera has learnt that hours after that speech foreign minister re sought a brief meeting with the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists at the end of the meeting the north korean invited a senior united nations official to pyongyang a trip the un had been trying to arrange for over a year at the beginning of december jeffrey feltman then the un's head of political affairs made a visit to pyongyang in meetings with north korean officials feltman suggested that kim jong un use his new year's speech to strike a more conciliatory tone he suggested too that the winter olympics which are about to be staged in south korea would be a useful occasion to improve relations it's not clear whether the north koreans listened to his advice but they did the things he suggested the leaders sister kim yo chung's visit to the olympics change the atmosphere between the north and south

starting a diplomatic dialogue there was another important back channel to sweden's foreign minister margot will strum authorized expanded conversations with the north koreans at one point had been planned for foreign minister rio ho to meet the then u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson in stockholm that plan changed when president trump surprised his own officials saying he wanted a face to face meeting with kim jong un and then secret dispatched his cia director mike pompei otoh pyongyang to begin the negotiations i've been speaking to diplomats at the u.n. in new york and here on the korean peninsula strategic discussions here in north korea are made at the highest level and done in secret but everyone i've spoken to believes that the bellicose speech by donald trump at the u.n. general assembly was what kickstarted the current diplomatic efforts. al-jazeera

pyongyang. well friday's summit would be the third of its kind in history the first meeting between leaders from both sides was in two thousand and two in the so-called sunshine era another followed seventy years later kathy novak looks at what might be different this time. he was the architect of the so-called sunshine policy the koreas had been technically at war for fifty years but in two thousand a liberal south korean president kim dae junge backed by the clinton administration in washington was promoting in gage meant warmly welcomed into enemy territory by then leader kim jong il kim jong il had been north korean leader for six years and was fresh from his first overseas visit to china with pyongyang on the world stage fascinated citizens across the border watched events unfold on television. the europeans keep saying that i live like a recluse thanks to president kim's visit i'm liberated from reclusion. this three day display of friendship culminated in an agreement and one of the south korean

president a nobel peace prize among the promises reunions for families separated by the korean war and a joint business park at kaesong just north of the border. but global politics weren't on their side. in two thousand the u.s. had a change in administration from clinton to bush and the hard line policy became prominent the results of the two thousand summit weren't sustained. don young was unification minister under the next south korean president roh moo hyun who continued his predecessor's sunshine policy in two thousand and five chung delivered an invitation to kim jong il for another summit and two years later president roh stepped over the border with then chief of staff the current president and watching on. your team and this line is the wall that has been dividing our people for the last half century this staffer will demolish the four be the wall and heal our people's suffering. it was two years after north korea pledged at the six party

talks to give up its nuclear program in exchange for economic aid to monroe signed another peace declaration agreeing to implement that six party deal but it was never enforced. on october fourth. with two thousand and seven there was a great agreement after the south korean presidential election two months later that green agreement went straight to the garbage north korea conducted nuclear and missile test conservative south korean president shifted to a tougher policy and relations deteriorated now liberal president and his reprising language from two thousand and seven about ending the armistice and building permanent peace what may be a key difference this time is like u.s. president donald trump has only been in office for a year and has more time to implement any agreement and for the first time a u.s. north korea meeting is expected to follow the entire career and summit kathy novak al jazeera. during a new interview the u.s.

president revealed details about his upcoming meeting with kim jong il also says he would have been going to do with the justice department's russia investigation well can be held at joins us live now from washington d.c. . it was quite a bombastic interview that gave this morning about the mother investigation. right a lot of sort of fiery frustration unleashed on morning television here in the united states the president clearly frustrated with the ongoing russian probe but he had hoped it would have been wrapped up by by now whether or not there was any collusion between his presidential campaign and russian officials he blasted the former f.b.i. director james comey who once oversaw that investigation calling him a liar a leaker guilty of crimes but certainly there have been many questions about whether or not the president would also fire the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who is currently overseeing that investigation of the department of justice certainly if the president did fire rod rosenstein that would be impeding the investigation

in some form or fashion of obstruction of justice many americans have said they would take to the streets in protest arguing that the president is not above the law having said that the president says that he sees this investigation as a witch hunt he'll take a hands off approach for now but that could change take a listen because of the fact that they have to switch on to going on with people in the justice department that shouldn't be there they have a witch on against the president of the united states going on i've taken the position and i don't have to take this position and maybe i'll change that i will not be involved with the justice department and kimberly we've also heard today that trump's nominee for the veterans secretary has withdrawn himself for consideration what's behind that move. yeah a lot of controversy there involving dr ronnie jackson who had been put forward and was being vetted in the public arena in terms of heading up potentially one of the

largest or ocracy in the united states the veteran's administration details emerging from a democratic committee however that his reputation was in many ways tarnished there were allegations that he had been handing out opiate drugs like percocet to staff members and could not account for the missing pills he also was under allegations that in fact he had attended a party with the secret service where he became a toxic a did and subsequently crashed a government vehicle now dr ronnie jackson denies these allegations calling them false and fabricated the white house was standing by the doctor who is the president's personal physician and was also well liked in the obama administration as barack obama's personal physician but at the same time the doctor now withdrawing his name calling this a distraction for the president something that he wants to sort of take a hands off approach to now so that the president can concentrate on finding

another name to put forward the question now though is whether or not ronnie jackson after serving in multiple administrations will continue as the president's personal physician can really fun too. armenia could have a new prime minister by next week it's parliament's expected to hold a special session on tuesday to debate and possibly elect a new leader as follows protests in the capital yerevan demonstrators have been blocking some streets the opposition wants its leader in the cold cash in hand to become the head of the new government robin forrester walker joins us live now from yerevan robinson the parliament says it will lead to a new pm on may the first what more can you tell us. that's right the parliament speaker said that on q.'s day they will the parliament will select a new prime minister for me and now that's a really very significant development because the people's candidate as he is

widely seen here and is considered is nicole passion the. leader of the opposition movement and everybody who's been coming out in the tens of thousands over the last few weeks. is really getting behind him and wants him to be the next leader of armenia so we have if you like a pathway now where it's possible to envisage what would be a transfer of power. and let's not forget the nicole question yan has said that he wants the complete and unconditional surrender of the republican party that's the party that has governs armenia for the last twenty years that's the party that the former president and turned prime minister who resigned last week. belong to. he resigned of course now the opposition want the party out to be let's not forget that it's the they are the majority in the parliament and they're the ones who

stated that this is when the election's going to happen the votes going to happen next week so we've still no clear whether it's they are ready to give up power and they're ready to allow this. election of. to go ahead he will be speaking to the crowds once again. and now it's time back home republic square in the center of the city just around the corner here and you can probably see all the people behind me everybody relaxing getting ready again for the massive rally demonstrations that they want to see on the streets every evening to show that again the people's kind of a little passion has the power of the people on the streets in yerevan and robin that what more do we know about this meeting between the foreign ministers of russia and armenia. sure well you know it's important to remember that russia is armenia is one of i mean its closest allies and has been so for many years is

a kind of guarantor of armenian security armenia for to war with by john in the ninety's territory called nagorno-karabakh now that is still disputed region it's a frozen conflicts soldiers on both sides regularly losing their lives and russia in some ways seen as the the backbone of security in this region and for that reason it's ensure that the two sides don't go back to war again and for that reason it's important for armenia that russia in a way gives its agreements or at least. isn't opposed to what's happening inside the country and that certainly that's what the russians have been saying and it is interesting that the foreign ministers he said met with lavrov today and they talked about caravaggio i'd be surprised if they weren't also talking about the political crisis that's been going on the. mets we understand with russian

officials at the embassy yesterday so russia has been trying to state that it is not going to play a part is going to let armenia sort this. political crisis out by itself but at the same time we know that it's also potentially. has much to say and a role to play in alternately deciding who ends up leader of the republic of armenia robin thank you. well that's also to coming on al-jazeera including gaza bids a final farewell to the journalist shot dead by israeli forces during protests along . on what's being done to try to breathe new life into france's poor suburbs more and that stay with us. how i would drive faison spring rains is coming up again for china but of

a northerly breeze means the sun will be out in shanghai but it's not particularly cold as twenty eight ish all the way down to the coast not twenty's a good temperature of you are in china there is cloud building in the southwest as east as the ground rises and that ties in with some fairly active shari stuff so myanmar probably some parts of vietnam and beyond certainly thailand but china looks like it's a fairly dry couple of days for you which of course is still the case serve out south asia we're waiting for the monsoon rain to burst with us not to be to june so apart from big showers still show up in the northeast and occasional ones in the south it's dark case of how hot seat going to get it's already got too hot for many forty or in excess of forty seven hundred bout northwards up to delhi in fact not poor is going to fall cross temperature for forty two or even forty three of the next couple of days with no relief but that sort of high temperature tends to generate really big showers in bangladesh in the northeast corner big thunderstorms with hail damaging winds we have seasons storm for recently in saudi arabia but us

for the full cost chances not a cloud here at the moment but you have got something in the far southwest and in yemen where rain seems to be a likely event. the scene for us when they're online what is american sign you meant the piece is almost possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating basis 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.

welcome back a quick recap of our top stories this hour the world's media is gathering at the border between the two koreas ahead of historic talks a wide range of issues expected to be discussed between north korea's leader kim jong il and south korea's president. including pyongyang's nuclear weapons program . u.s. president says he won't be involved with the justice department on the investigation into accusations of russian meddling in the twenty sixth election you interviewed donald trump calls a probe an absolute disgrace says he's disappointed in the department. and armenia could have a new prime minister by next week it's parliament's expected to hold a special session on tuesday to debate and possibly elect a new leader the opposition wants its leader called the head of a new government. now the palestinian journalist ahmed abu hussein has been laid to

rest in gaza he died on wednesday from injuries sustained while covering the protests at gaza's border with israel two weeks ago he was shot when israeli forces use live fire against unarmed palestinians abu hussein was taken to a hospital in ramallah but as his health worsened he was rushed to another hospital in israel where he died stephanie decker has more. a large crowd has gathered here in the jabalya refugee camp to pay their final respects to ahmed abu hussein he is the second journalist killed by israeli sniper fire now he was poor back into gaza overnight he started flying in and the mosque where people are paying their final respects his press vest his bulletproof vest that he was wearing at the time when he was shot is with him. and certainly there is video of the incident when he was shot april thirtieth that shows he was standing in a crowd far away from a fence when it appears that he was specifically targeted is laid on me before that

they know that all the gunshots which means they know that this gunshot is going to kill business this is the point. and yes it has not been killed by they have been met by the israeli snipers. but the same twenty five years old is now the second palestinian journalist being laid to rest and has drawn some international condemnation calling for an independent investigation the israeli army says it does not target journalists and that it's going to look into the details of their deaths but certainly anyone you speak to here has a very clear opinion that these are deliberate targets that the israeli army that these snipers are deliberately targeting them to try and stop them from protesting everyone here will tell you even people we've spoken to have been shot before that

they will return to the protests that they want their rights just like everyone else they feel forgotten and they believe that through these protests for once finally there is some international spotlight on their plight. and it's possible live now to the u.n. security council i'm listening to a lot in on who's the un's special coordinator for the middle east peace process he's talking about a variety of middle eastern issues let's hear what he has to say the movement in the region we see the need for more multilateralism the blends the humanitarian and developmental interventions with preventive diplomacy in crisis management. i stated by the secretary general the changing nature of conflict means prevention should be at the center of our efforts it is most certainly needed when dealing with the palestinian israeli conflict although the urgency of the grave situation in syria yemen and elsewhere because understandably focused international attention palestine remains a central part of the regional quote mine until the occupation ends and the two

state solution is achieved through meaningful negotiations based on relevant un resolutions the conflict will remain one of the key drivers of extremism and a persistent threat to regional security mr president gaza is coming apart as we speak it is coming apart under the pressure of an explosive combination of negative humanitarian security and political factors if another conflict between hamas and israel were to erupt this would have devastating consequences for palestinians in gaza it could undermine the relative stability of the west bank and have repercussions for israel and the region as well i say this with a heavy heart and in the hope that all of us will do our utmost in the spirit of preventive diplomacy for the last four weeks tens of thousands of palestinians in gaza have converged on the border with israel in the context of the great march of return protests demonstrations are expected to continue and culminate there on the

fifteenth of may and could spread to the west bank and beyond since march thirty years during these demonstrations thirty five palestinians have been killed and a large number have been injured by israeli security forces noise really casualties have been reported. there has also been an increasing number of dangerous incidents at the fence including the planting of improvised explosive devices at least one of which has detonated the throwing a mob of cocktails and attempts to breach the fence israel has accused from us islamic jihad and other militants of using the protests women children the elderly as a cover to infiltrate into israel and to commit terrorist attacks as these protests continue tension and the potential for serious incidents and further casualties will increase i have engaged in an intense effort with all sides to reduce risks of friction and welcome the efforts particularly of egypt and others to the same effect israel must calibrate its use of force and minimize the use of life fire

lethal force should be used only as a last resort hamas and the leaders of the demonstrations must keep protesters away from the gaza fence and prevent all violent actions and provocations the secretary general has been vocal in reiterating these messages and calling for restraint as he has repeatedly called for all incidents to be properly investigated children who should be particularly protected are at grave risk sadly to date we have witnessed at least four who have been shot dead by israeli life by i take this opportunity to reiterate mr president in the strongest possible terms that civilians particularly children must not be intentionally put in danger of targeted in any way everyone must ensure that civilians are able to exercise their rights to demonstrate peacefully i welcome recent reports that the israeli defense forces could establish the team to examine the use of force during the current protests including all

incidents of fatal shooting and reiterate the importance of conducting a proper independent investigation results to be credible. mr president in other incidents two hamas militants were shot dead on march thirty years in an exchange of fire near gaza svenson five rockets and mortars were fired towards israel in the last month on the twelfth of april one person was killed by an israeli airstrike after a group of palestinian militants dagget that an israeli aircraft with machine gun fire at least three additional militants were killed by a safe in separate incidents on the fifteenth of april israel announced it had sealed the fifth or master no into that in the past six months leading from gaza into its territory israeli security forces also foiled an attempt in the west bank to smuggle ten pipe bombs that were reportedly intended for an attack on israel's independence day i have said repeatedly all militant activity in gaza including the

digging of tunnels and the firing of rockets must cease it threatens the lives of israelis and palestinians a life alike increases the risks of a new escalation of hostilities and undermines calls for lifting the closures and ultimately damages the prospects for peace i call on all member states to join the united nations in condemning such actions mr president on top of the security risks escalating in gaza the humanitarian situation continues to rapidly deteriorate starting in march of last year and without prior notice the palestinian authority reduced salary benefits of thousands of public sector employees in the strip by over thirty percent one year later in march two thousand and eighteen it suspended the payment of salaries to some twenty thousand civil servants in gaza the impact of this decision is devastating gaza's already faltering public services will move further towards a total collapse hospitals and clinics schools water and wastewater treatment

facilities garbage collection transportation and other critical services will be critically impacted. i have engaged with the palestinian government on the destructive impact of such decisions the pressure ordinary families who are already struggling to make ends meet this is why i call on the palestinian authority to resume payments or public sector salaries in gaza without delay we must immediately deal with the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding israel must relax movement and access restrictions on gaza to enable the economy to recover with you consideration to its legitimate security concerns in this context i take note of the decision to increase the fishing zone from six to nine nautical miles and urged that that zone be extended further and on a permanent basis i also note our continued engagement with the palestinian authority and the israeli government on the functioning of the gaza reconstruction the commision i want to assure the council that the united nations is working

intensely with partners to prioritize energy and water initiatives discussed in the agency for much as well as donor meetings in cairo and washington so you're watching live pictures there of nickel and latin of who's the u.n. special coordinator addressing the u.n. security council on a wide variety of issues but focusing mainly on guard and the ongoing conflict between israelis and palestinians let's bring in mike hanna was live for us at the united nations mike nicholai mladin are there warning of devastating consequences of another war of. another war between israel and the palestinians in gaza calling on israel to calibrate its response. yes indeed aaron a very gloomy message being given from the special coordinator this a quarterly meeting on israel palestine on the middle east the special representative as well spoke about the need for deescalation not only in israel

palestine but also further afield saying that everyone in the middle east needs to step back from the brink on the issue of gaza as you said great concern about that crisis that continues to unravel there as you mentioned he said that israel must calibrate its use of force and minimize its use of live fire lethal force he added should only be used as a last resort he added though that hamas and the leaders of the demonstrations must keep protesters away from the gaza vent and prevent all violent actions and provocations so the issue of gaza on going conflict there in the spotlight at the united nations security council there are a number of observers sitting in on this meeting it's going to be a lengthy one and certainly we are going to hear repeated calls no doubt for an end to that ongoing crisis and importantly calls for an independent commission of

inquiry to find out exactly what has been going on in gaza in recent days all right to my kind of at the u.n. mike thank you. part time for a quick check of the headlines here and i was there the world's media is gathering at the border between the two koreas ahead of historic talks a wide range of issues expected to be discussed between north korea's leader kim jong un and the south korean president moon j n including pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. the u.s. president says he won't be involved with the justice department on the investigation into accusations of russian meddling in the twenty sixth election in a new interview donald trump calls the probe an absolute disgrace and says he's disappointed in the department because of the fact that they have raised which going on with people in the justice department that shouldn't be there they have got what china against the president of the united states going on i've taken the

position and i don't have to take this position or maybe i'll change that i will not be involved with the justice department now armenia could have a new prime minister by next week this parliament is expected to hold a special session on tuesday to debate and possibly elect a new leader the opposition wants its leader. to be the head of a new government palestinian journalist ahmed abu hussein will be laid to rest in gaza he died on wednesday from injuries sustained while covering the protests at gaza's border with israel two weeks ago abu hussein was shot when israeli forces use live fire against unarmed palestinians the un security council is discussing the dispute between israel and palestine the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process says the humanitarian situation for palestinians is worsening nicholai mladin always says civilian should not be targeted like there have been during protests at the border and it's day one

philippine president regurgitated his order to close a popular holiday destination for six months he says tourists have turned into a cesspool the beach attracts about two million tourists a year with a billion dollars in revenue. joe was at the sexual assault trial of us bill cosby finished their first deliberation without a verdict prosecutors accuse cosby of sexually abusing a former basketball player two thousand and four his lawyers say she fabricated the case to get money from their client well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the. story generates thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate from the facts that's why i'm.

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