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the world call comes a day of dramatic gestures on the korean peninsula but many voices also urged caution. but i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up germany's chancellor angela merkel meets donald trump over the differences on trade and iran's nuclear deal. at least three palestinians are killed in israeli fire during friday protests along the israeli gaza border. and mysteries unearthed in peru could this be the world's largest mass grave. u.s. president donald trump has vowed to maintain maximum pressure on north korea until

there's complete denuclearization on the peninsula he says it's his responsibility to resolve the crisis between seoul and pyongyang trumps you to meet the north korean leader within the next two months his comments follow a historic declaration of peace between kim jong il and a blue jay and on friday. i think the responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it and if i can't do it it will be a very tough time for a lot of countries and a lot of people. it's certainly something that i hope i can do for the world this is beyond the united states this is a world problem and it's something that i hope i'm able to do for the world all of korea has held the summit as paving the way for a new era of peace and prosperity the mentors meetings all can cross the border into the south becoming the first north korean leader to do so since one nine

hundred fifty diplomatic at its james pace reports. technically they are still at war but this was carefully choreographed to create a new atmosphere of peats north korean leader kim jong un entered from the north side of the demarcation line the south korean president moon j in waited at the concrete block that marks the start of his country's territory. a historic handshake. and then something in all the years since the korean war the kims father and grandfather never did the north korean leader crossing into south korea. but. it was followed by a reciprocal gesture moon jay in very briefly crossing the line into the north.

both leaders seemed relaxed and was smiling but of course they hope this summit is only the start of a process and that's likely to be complicated and will involve difficult negotiations. among the most men on the dame's this meeting i hope that there is new history written with regards to p. for prosperity and i will approach this with the feeling of a brand new start. when the supreme leader across the demarcation line on this is starring moment there was an immense expectation on us all over the world and i hope this discussion is productive. over lunch the north korean leader and his fast moving security detail headed back to the north side so he could confer with other members of his delegation then a few hours later a symbolic moment of tree planting using earth from the mountains in the north and the south and water from the two biggest rivers on both sides another image filled

with symbolism as the two crossed a footbridge together then in a move highly unusual in international diplomacy they stopped the two leaders sitting face to face alone with not even no takers for overhaul for an hour on ing out the final issues of their declaration it was signed and they made these statements. to charge him under charge it's very significant that north korea to come measure of freezing its nuclear activities first it will be a valuable beginning for the contemplate denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula came jong un and i declare that there will be no more war on the korean peninsula and a new age of peace has begun and a good i use only i enjoy the you know i feel that we are part of one family and both countries you have a new policy of cooperation after years of disputes we are here today to say that

nothing will make us different again and i will say this north koreans and the south koreans are now sharing one spot on the map and they represent one country in one way or another and we hope to achieve the ambitions and hopes of both countries on the fact that this summit took place in itself is historic but if some of the things in this declaration actually happen they too will be landmark developments of formal and to the korean war a peace treaty between north korea and south korea and the return visit by president moon to pyongyang in the fall. one part of the agreement though will face particular scrutiny and that's the pledge of denuclearization of the korean peninsula the language used in the declaration gives no concrete details and no timeline but the wives of the korean leaders joined the delegations through a formal banquet to end a long day of diplomacy but this is only the start of a lengthy and very difficult process james bays al-jazeera pays you in south

korea or china's reaction to the summit and to any talks that grow out of it will be crucial for more on that let's go to beijing now and our china correspondent adrian brown what china's newspapers adrian making of yesterday's momentous events . well adrian you would think that this would be headline news in china given the momentous events that happened next door it career but this is the front page of the people's daily which is the paper of record here in china and there's no picture of president moon or of kim jong un instead of beaming portrayed of president xi jinping who's touring central china at the moment in the china daily also a picture of president xi jinping shaking hands with the indian prime minister who is visiting china at the moment the story about the summit that's relegated to the bottom of page one so i think this is very indicative actually of the way china's

leaders feel about what has happened on the korean peninsula during the past twenty four hours there is mention here in both papers of the fact that china could be part of four party talks that would also involve the united states and the other two koreas sometime in the future but of course that was a very vague reference in the joint declaration that was signed by both korean leaders on friday looking ahead i think that china wants to see of course a korean peninsula that is free of nuclear weapons it wants to have peace on the korean peninsula but it becomes i think a bit more hesitant over the prospect of a unified korea sometime in the future adrian has there been any official reaction to what happened yesterday. yes we heard from the foreign ministry spokeswoman on friday afternoon she said that

china applauded the historic developments on the korean peninsula and also praised what she said was the bravery of the two leaders but the reason why i say that china is cautious about what might lie ahead is that what is good news for north and south korea is not necessarily good news for china because china views north korea as essentially a buffer strait it's what separates china from twenty eight thousand u.s. troops in south korea and what china worries about and this is a big if is that if the two koreas do one day unify then that may not be good news for china because we could still have potentially u.s. troops in a unified korea so for china this represents a great deal of uncertainty also worth mentioning adrian the papers have been talking about the fact that it might be time now to lift sanctions on north korea because of course china has been in forcing those sanctions but of course any

decision on sanctions would have to be taken by the u.n. security council adrian many thanks i'll try to correspond a daydream brown there live in beijing germany's chancellor angela merkel has visited washington for a brief meeting with the u.s. president she hopes to persuade donald trump not to impose new u.s. tariffs on european stale steel and aluminum exports but top of merkel's agenda was the preservation of the iran nuclear deal which trump has threatened to abandon the iranian regime feels violence bloodshed and cares all across the middle east we must ensure that this murderous regime does not even get close to a nuclear weapon and that iran ends its proliferation of dangerous missiles and its support for terrorism no matter where you go in the middle east wherever there's a problem around is right there. we are of the opinion that the nuclear issue with

iran is the first step which has helped to slow down its activities and allow them to be better monitored but we also think from the german perspective that it's not enough to achieve a reliable outcome so more has to be done the ballistic missile program is a major cause of concern the fact that iran is exerting influence in syria and lebanon is also of great concern for us and we need to couplets influence. from diane estabrook in washington well angle merkel came to the white house today as sort of a tag team with emanuel mccrone earlier in this week to try to convince president trump to stay in the iran nuclear deal and to not end those exemptions on tariffs on aluminum and in steel in both cases it's unknown what the president might do during a press conference this afternoon in the white house merkel mentioned as did mccrone that the iran nuclear deal is not perfect it's a framework that can be built on but the president made no commitments either way as to whether or not he will stay in that deal on tariffs again morkel said that

the president said that he made no commitment as to whether or not he would extend those exemptions on the tariffs the deal with steel and aluminum and in both cases merkel said it is now up to the president it's important to keep in mind that these are two nations that have a very close relationship with the united states as emmanuel mccrone mentioned earlier in the week that this is a familiar relationship that they might not agree on everything but there are things that these countries do still agree upon and they are still very strong allies. the republican led house intelligence committee says that there's no evidence donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia a report released by the committee does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against it were based on lies democrats however challenging the

findings the report is separate from the special counsel's investigation into the trunk campaign's russia times. turkey says that it will work with the u.s. in serious minded region to accuse foreign minister level of cover solo vents with the new u.s. secretary of state mike compare on the sidelines of the nato summit in brussels relations between the allies been strained over northern syria where turkey has been attacking kurdish rebels who are supported by the u.s. israel's army has struck six hundred targets in the gaza strip an army statement says that it was in response to a so-called mass infiltration attempt on friday three palestinians were killed as they marched right up to israel's border fence the closest they've come in five weeks of protests stephanie decker reports from eastern gaza. it happened all of a sudden a surge towards the border fence running in

a different direction from where the protests have been focused all day israeli soldiers had to reposition themselves and the army issued a statement saying there was an attempt to infiltrate the border but they acted within the rules of engagement to thwart it the soldiers opened fire. it went on for quite some time. and balances raced to pick up their wounded. guys suddenly ran in this direction to the fence they threw stones at the soldiers then the israelis opened heavy fire there are many injuries. there really is a feeling here that people have lost their fear israel has said it will shoot the ball they get right up to the border and the people here will tell you they have absolutely nothing left to lose. earlier in the day a small victory for these young boys israeli forces had warned the protestors over

a speakerphone in arabic to move back from the fence. when they didn't. to deal with the tear gas homemade gas masks and now being sold it could demo on how to use them these young men part of a generation who grew up under the blockade there are no jobs no opportunities they are stuck here as we get power from a peaceful protest they get their power from. their rifles with us we have rights we need our freedom. these three seem to discuss tactics maybe hoping for a brief moment of pride against one of the best equipped armies in the world now there was. and this. was the. like the. us for the youth who are the first.

one to what they want is change to be them and their rights and their freedom. despite the dangers of getting not put to the front no one is stopping. this friday has been described by many here as the most dramatic yet because the protesters came right up to israel spends israel's intelligence agency and the army have borne the israeli government that gaza could explode if the current restrictions continue they may be right people here say they've lost their fear that life in gaza has become unbearable that they have nothing left to lose stephanie decker on jazeera east gaza romania's president is urging the country's prime minister to resign saying that he wasn't consulted about a plan to relocate romania's embassy in israel to jerusalem prime minister very good done chela visited israel earlier this week she wants to follow america's lead by moving the embassy from tel aviv the president who has the final say on the

relocation warned that it could break international level. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then the media's protest leader accused of trying to dictate the agenda ahead of a parliamentary vote to pick a new prime minister. and from colorful copy are to children's cartoons that reveal troma of occupation we visit america's first palestine museum. the by this guy nine if you mean it was horrific coast of the italian riviera. how the west and iran is about to get wet to the restaurant probably not but restaurants joining in with this expanding area of low pressure massive class so we want to run producing stormy conditions flash floods in jordan in southern israel

the west west bank in particular but the rain i think in the next day or so he's going to be a bit further sags more especially east side through iraq northern syria egypt as far as armenia eventually the sun will return and things will quieting down it looks quite nice on sunday for most part except in the extreme east again of iraq and northern syria one of the consequence of this has been haboobs recently we might well see something on saturday there's not obvious from here i suspect some are nice and saudi could be particularly dusty quietening things down i suspect by the time we get to sunday showers if any and most likely to be found in the far south west of saudi or in yemen santa is included in that forecast is southern africa the pictures gone largely dry shouters possible in the eastern cape or crossing in the towel i wouldn't hold your breath it looks dry in cape town eighteen degrees asked for warm sunshine was pretty abundant really all the way north actually a long way through tanzania as well where they rains are pretty rare the moment.

the weather sponsored by cats and peace. he has no passport yet he's politically active in two countries i was the only one that will let stand the power had peaceful transition because official term expired in our part of the world some people think you are stupid and crazy if you do that mikhail saakashvili former president of georgia and ex governor of the adesa region in ukraine talks to al jazeera. again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera u.s.

president donald trump has vowed to maintain maximum pressure on north korea until there's complete denuclearization on the peninsula his comments follow historic declaration of peace between kim jong un and mungy him on friday. germany's chancellor angela merkel is visit washington for talks with president trump at the top of merkel's agenda was preserving the iran nuclear deal which trump has threatened to abandon. the israeli army has struck six of us naval targets of the gaza strip it says it was in response to what it's called a mass infiltration attempt treat me as were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence. archaeologists in peru have uncovered a mass grave which could be evidence of the largest child sacrifice ritual in the world the remains of more than one hundred children from the ages of around six to fifteen years old were found in the northwest of the country. as more. this

child's skeleton is part of what archaeologists ahead in the biggest site of child sacrificing discovered so far the victims appear to have been part of a ritual sacrifice that took place nearly five hundred fifty years ago the remains of more than one hundred forty children were found alongside two hundred young llamas all of the things he says he wasn't home oh all the sacrifices that we have found with children aged between six and nine years of age and that from ten to twelve or fifteen years of age all have been found with their sternum cut with the aim of possibly opening the rib cage and extracting the heart that was the way that the team of a society that developed between the tenth and fifteenth centuries about era sacrifice these children this mass grave has been on the excavation since two thousand and eleven investigations are carried out by an international team led by national geographic's peruvian explorers. the sacrifice must have been a societal response by the chief moose to counteract the negative effects of nature of climate that affected its political economic and maybe its ideology system the

chim a civilization was known to worship the moon scientists say they were now focused on investigating the victims' lives. out as their. influential former president of guatemala has died he signed the one hundred ninety six peace accord which ended the country's thirty six year civil war who was the mayor of the capital guatemala city when he died at the age of seventy two he suffered a heart attack while playing golf with friends. amin is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figure as anti-government protests continue capeci and called off the talks with nicole. accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda on media as part of a meets next week to elect a new prime minister. resigned on monday following weeks of antigovernment rallies to syria's rebel interest is in the out of. the stage would sit today for talks

between. the opposition leader and. the prime minister the acting prime minister of armenia this is the second time that mr passion yand the self-styled people's choice for the prime minister has invited mr to talk with him this is the second time is to cut it has said he is not going to sit down with mr passion yeah because he said he was merely being dictated to these were not going to be real negotiations and so we had this situation where surprisingly i was sitting at a table for two. with international media surrounding him and no talks going ahead a sign that the administration that is still in charge here after mr assad he stepped down earlier this week is pushing back and is not willing to relinquish power we expect this vote to go ahead on tuesday this depression the end

saying that if he doesn't get elected in that parliamentary session he and his supporters will boycott the elections on the day on tuesday when his vote is due to go ahead he wants again the opposition movement supporters many many armenians we have seen in large numbers on the streets of the capital and in different cities around the country in recent weeks to show their support for him that he has the support of the armenian people and where expecting a very interesting day on tuesday next week in the meantime he'll be visiting the region again trying to keep up the momentum but mr the acting prime minister showing that he is in no mood at the moment to simply hand over the reins of power to this opposition movement. at least six people have been killed in an attack by boko haram fighters in nigeria's northeastern borno province authorities say that

at least two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city of my degree several other people were injured in the explosions and subsequent gunfire boko haram has mounted a regular attacks in borno province this year and is kidnapped schoolgirls. the european union has voted for a permanent ban on pesticides that are harmful to be campaigners call it a tremendous victory for the environment pesticide company bear called it a sad day for europe and its farmers fruit and vegetable crops are pollinating by bees and other insects but modern farming techniques been blamed for a steady decline in numbers leave parker reports. life as we know it might be in trouble the numbers are falling at a dramatic rate recent winters half the bee population in europe. bees are vital pollinators for fruit and vegetable plants a third of all crops are dependent on them. a growing number of scientists believe

one of the main reasons for the decline is down to the industrial amounts of chemicals we're putting on crops to kill. the most widely used to retype only caught in leaves extensive studies have linked these chemicals with falling the numbers the side is applied directly to the sea as the plant grows that pesticide goes through the plantation and want to paste feeds on it it gets exposed to the pesticide but the problem is that baby feeds on my flower on four months a month month and it's that low level exposure over an extended period of time is cause concern there are thousands of varieties of different bays two hundred fifty here in the u.k. but the rise of modern agriculture mean that at least three different types of bumble bee are now extinct a loss of natural habitat fewer wild flowers global warming and the use of insecticides or to blame life of bees is getting much harder. the e.u. introduced a partial ban on the used of neonate carcinoid some flowering plants such as oil

seed rape in two thousand and thirteen the blocks now considering a total ban but it's facing theists resistance. the german pharmaceuticals giant bear is the biggest producer of. the company told is that extending the ban is totally bizarre piece to no hang around flowering crops and vegetables they do not hang around the wheat fields but sense rarely wins the day in european discussions . or maybe even hungrier among six e.u. countries opposed to a ban citing concerns over falling crop yields and a possible increase in food prices. biologists are also worried about what might replace me in a cotton oids a new chemicals are introduced and they seem to do a great job when everyone's happy for a couple of decades and then it turns out that actually they're doing a lot of harm to the environment so we ban those and we replace them with something else and we keep doing that we don't seem to actually be learning from our mistakes

so what's the alternative how do we protect farmers and the environment how do we feed our growing populations but avoid killing more b.s. the debate is on a park at al-jazeera oxfordshire. not not pop art asian not africa not all the cultures the styles represented in the united states one has been noticeably absent from public display until now kristen salumi has more on a first of its kind museum in the u.s. state of connecticut. of all the art in the new palestine museum us these paintings by salmiya hala be hold a special place for its founder one of the. best known palestinian artists in the world she lives in the united states she was the first to donate works for display and get behind the first and only institution in the entire united states dedicated to the art and culture of the palestinian people since then palestinians from

around the world have gotten behind it for years the palestinian watched as the as the media demonized palestinians and cast them in a very negative light through the museum in the united states we hope to change the discourse from the political arena to the artistic arena the museum has more than seventy paintings ranging in styles from realistic to abstract as well as photographs while the focus is art and culture many artists bring the political realities of life under occupation to their work like this installation called a time to cast stones highlights stresses that is the asymmetrical nature of the conflict palestinian children throw rocks at israeli soldiers israeli soldiers who acquired bullets. many american museums refuse to show this exhibit which features the work of palestinian children and their impressions of israel's attack on gaza

in two thousand and fourteen you can see that the images are very graphic and do not pertain to the israeli military and a positive light. the mood at the grand opening was one of celebration and defiance the u.s. based how libby was just one of the artists to attend and we are determined this supposed and your people to move forward. and also feels and i believe that this museum is an example of that accomplishment and we will. end the visual arts even if we have to create a museum in exile the hope is to attract more investors and eventually move the museum from its suburban home to a major city christian salumi al-jazeera woodbridge connecticut well if you enjoy that you'll find plenty more video reports along with our programs out of course the latest news at the website al-jazeera dot com.

it's good to have you with us adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has vowed to maintain maximum pressure on north korea until there's complete denuclearization on the korean peninsula his comments follow a historic declaration of peace between kim jong un and jay and on friday i think the responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it and if i can't do it it will be a very tough time for a lot of countries and a lot of people it's certainly something that i hope i can do for the world this is beyond the united states this is a world problem and it's something that i hope i'm able to do for the world

germany's chancellor angela merkel has visited washington for talks with president trump at the top of her agenda was preserving the iran nuclear deal which trump has threatened to abandon you. in the u.s. the republican led house intelligence committee says there's no evidence that donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia but its report does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against it were based on lies democrats however a challenging the findings israel's army has struck six hamas naval targets in the gaza strip it says that it was in response to what it calls mass a mass infiltration attempt three palestinians were killed as demonstrators marched right up to israel's border fence more than forty people have been killed since the end of march during rallies held in the run up to the seventieth anniversary of the mass expulsion of palestinians. the the influential former president of guatemala

has died he signed the nine hundred ninety six peace accord which ended the country's thirty six year civil war who was the mayor of the capital guatemala. city what he died at the age of seventy two he suffered a heart attack while playing golf with friends armenia is acting prime minister is refusing to hold talks with a leading opposition figures anti-government protests continue current capacity and has called off the talks with nickel position in accusing him of trying to dictate the agenda i mean he is part of it meets next week to elect a new prime minister and those are the headlines that he's continues on as iraq to talk to on to syria next. big stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts that's why i'm done. with the listening post on al-jazeera. and. you can. see.