but. meeting the people communities and organizations addressing some of the greatest manmade environmental problems threatening our planet. a new season of birthrights on al-jazeera. is quiet the signal is given. out so it's safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty metres in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships and children sometimes caught in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking bust to try particularly gang violence i lost my. daughter years ago i also lost my but there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several walking buses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards.

china says it hopes the u.s. will be sincere at a crucial talks to avoid a looming trade war. hello i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least seventy people died after the storms hit northern india. the president reimbursed over a period of settlement. a startling revelation the former mayor of new york who now represents donald trump says the president repaid his attorney hush money that was given to an adult film star. on the move to allow trash burning in argentina could mean hundreds of jobs. china's state media is. says it will stand up to us bullying if necessary ahead of

trade talks with a high level american delegation on thursday the us treasury secretary stephen minutia is meeting china's vice premier during his two day visit with i'll try to hammer out a deal to avoid a trade war between the world's two biggest economies beijing and washington have threatened to impose large tariffs in recent months agent brown has moved from beijing. well these are the most important talks to have taken place between chinese and u.s. government officials since the current trade friction began remember both governments are threatening to impose tariffs on each other's imports that hasn't happened yet but the deadline is approaching the united states has been investigating chinese trade practices one area of course where it wants action is the deficit at the moment china exports far more to the united states than the other way around and wilbur ross the u.s. commerce secretary says the deficit has inspired what he says are evil chinese

trade practices china for its part says it wants to see sincerity from the united states but won't accept anything that seeks to contain china's economy well ahead of these talks china's foreign ministry spokeswoman tried to play up the chances of success. to me given the volume of the two economies and the complexity of their relations it is unrealistic to expect to solve all the problems through one single consultation but we believe as long as the u.s. delegation is sincere about maintaining the overall stability of china u.s. economic and trade relations and takes an attitude of mutual respect equal constitution and neutral benefits the consultation will be constructive. the other area where the united states has concern is intellectual property rights the u.s. says that u.s. companies that do business here or in joint ventures have to often hand over sensitive data their intellectual property as a condition for doing business here they're also concerned about the amount of

money china is pouring into technologies of the future things like robotics and artificial intelligence this money is going into state owned companies making it very difficult for u.s. companies to compete in the global market they say in effect that china is seeking global domination in this area but in many ways this is about more than just trade commentators you speak to say what really is the issue here is the fact that the united states can't except the one day soon china's economy will be the world's biggest. well trump expressed optimism over his treasury secretary's visit to china in a tweet he said are great financial teams in china trying to negotiate a level playing field on trade i look forward to being with president xi in the not too distant future we will always have a good great relationship united states says it remains gravely concerned about north korea's human rights record despite warming diplomatic relations the comments

from the state department come ahead of a planned meeting between donald trump and kim jong un american student author warm day was released from north korean custody last year he was arrested in good health while on a tour of pyongyang but let go fourteen months later in a vegetative state he died soon after china's foreign minister has met with the north korean leader kim jong un in the capital pyongyang one u.s. visit is the first official high level of contact between the two countries since last month's into korean summit we're live now to kathy novak in seoul kathy so where does this meeting fit into the flurry of diplomacy surrounding north korea. it really is a flurry at the moment there and of course on friday we had that historic into korean summit the meeting between south korean president wins and the north korean leader kim jong un and it's hoped that summit will set the scene for the expected meeting between donald trump and kim jong un so where does china fit in of course traditionally china has been

a big player in the region when it comes to north korean issues and has also traditionally been north korea's only ally but the relations between these two countries had been strained recently and it appears that they are improving as evidenced by this visit of wanky the chinese foreign minister to north korea where as you said he met with the leader kim jong un of course kim himself traveled to beginning in march for talks with the chinese president xi jinping kim's first overseas visit indicating then to that relations seem to be warming between china and north korea and china would want to not be sidelined from all of this diplomacy as you have south korea and the united states pressing ahead with this dialogue with north korea so you would expect that one he would have had a briefing from kim jong un on what was said at the into korean summit and on the

plans for the expected meeting with donald trump and also would want to put china's position ahead of that meeting with donald trump to make sure that the issues that china cares about are at least represented by north korea going into that meeting with the united states because as you say all eyes on the trump committing what i'm expecting more details on that. well earlier in the week donald trump seemed to indicate that there could be an announcement about the time and location in the coming days earlier he had talked about two or three countries being considered singapore and mongolia were mentioned but then donald trump brought up the possibility that the meeting could happen where the into korean summit happened at the demilitarized zone that separates the two koreas i think that would please a south korea if it did go ahead of course there were the historic pictures of monday and kim jong un crossing over the concrete border at the d.m.z.

and donald trump reportedly liked what he saw when he saw those pictures and might like to see a similar scene when he has his meeting with kim jong un but for the moment it still has not been confirmed by either side or a customer of out there in seoul cathy thank you and now in india at least seventy people have died after a powerful dust storms hit the northern states of rock just on top or dish the storms have left a trail of destruction of collapsed houses fallen trees and dead livestock dust storms are common in india during the summer months but this scale is unusual officials said the death toll could rise. does a journalist who's been covering this story joins us on the line now from but a poor what more can you tell us about these dust storms and how deadly they've been. i submitted seven. hundred. thirty toneless sciences and. this is

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a thank you for talking to al jazeera it's not a russian fighter jet has crashed in syria killing both of the pilots on board it reportedly crashed in the mediterranean sea appetising off from heineman air base according to the russian military the jet was not shot down russia as an ally of syrian president bashar al assad operates on bases in syria's coastal areas now one of the lawyers representing donald trump an investigation into his campaign team suspected collusion with russia is retiring tie comes to patna comes as speculation grows about whether the us president will talk to investigators special counsel robert muller has reportedly threatened to subpoena trump if he doesn't cooperate. and a member of person a legal team has contradicted him about hush money paid to form a porn star rudy giuliani told fox news that reimbursed his personal lawyer michael cohen for a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels she says she had an

affair with trump in two thousand and six of the us president has previously denied he knew anything about the payments. that was money that was paid by by his lawyer the way i would do out of his law firm funds or whatever funds doesn't matter the president reimbursed over a period of several million said didn't i distinctly remember that he did it on his own he did without asking look i don't know i haven't investigated that no reason to dispute that no or that is true of recollection or i like michael or you like michael a long time i feel very bad he's been victimized like this the president feels even worse the fact is just trust me they're going to come up with no violations their abilities not as a political analyst and visiting professor at the university of california los angeles he says the revelation could mean there was a criminal violation while it could be very significant because what he's essentially doing is saying the president knew about the payment of hashmi the

president has denied that at the very least the president may be caught in a lie but it also could be an illegal campaign contribution if the president was reimbursing michael cohen for the payment of us money. even though the president can contribute as much as he wants to his own campaign he has to report it and if he did not report this to the federal elections commission that would be a criminal violation giuliani is arguing is that the lawyer was told just fix things do whatever you have to do to fix problems the lawyer knew what the payment was all about and the lawyer asked for money but apparently what giuliani is arguing is trump had no idea what the money was being used for didn't know anything about hush money didn't know that it was going to a porn star didn't know that it was reimbursing cohen that he just let the money be paid because giuliani said some trusted his attorney and the attorney trusted trump well you know that's a lot to believe god thing is from maintaining his popularity his base is

supporting him it's not high popularity it's only about forty percent but they're sticking with him through thick and thin and they believe she whatever stories he and his supporters tell. but there's a lot of stuff that's being investigated some of it may be criminal and if congress if in the election in november the house of representatives has a democratic majority which is not very difficult for them to achieve if they have a democratic majority they're going to impeach trump within a couple of weeks because there are many grounds here that would justify impeachment time for a short break here in al-jazeera when we come back no clemency for members of. the group saying. people are not going to care about or otherwise stampede our border and a warning to asylum seekers camping out of the us mexico border in the hopes of making. more in that state.

however it started raining heavily again and. in the philippines is about time really is the right time of year and that bright white top there has left a figure of about ninety minutes is in tacloban and this massive cloud is going to drift slowly westwood's towards the coast of vietnam so that's the focus i think of heavy rain we seem to big showers in myanmar and thailand they'll be repeatable to the sas not snow for a lot quieter much of malaysia and indonesia while still seeing some showers see more dry weather than whether that's true right back towards singapore and kuala lumpur south of this and proper change of season and australia this is an active early winter front really these things bring rain of course when it's cold it's snow but also strength the wind is very notable and the drop in temperature when the teens now rattle it in melbourne the rain this is friday's forecast the rain is

gone through melbourne by this time still in new south wales probably catching sydney behind it all settled weather about twenty in perth the cloud trying to encroach again but the front keeps going this heading towards new zealand leaving the sunshine behind for a couple days but a typical couple days sunshine the next from will come along so the news from new zealand isn't particularly good it's a good start in the sunshine fifteen to nineteen but come saturday and it's starting to rain in south island. citizens unable to vote on represented in washington members of congress do nothing about cause like part of the constituency in their responsibility and that is what's underneath these crises phone lines visits the island devastated by hurricane maria and demanding the support of the u.s. government. mentality responsibility enduring love for good.

shelter after the storm on al jazeera. welcome back time for a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera china says it hopes the u.s. will be sincere during trade talks beginning of thursday little u.s. delegation has arrived in beijing for the talks and they'll try to hammer out a deal to avoid a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. in india at least seventy people have died after a powerful dust storms hit the northern states of russia start of. the storm has left a trail of destruction of collapsed houses fallen trees and dead livestock official said the death toll could rise. out of him but donald trump's legal team has

contradicted the president about a hush money paid to a former porn star over an alleged two thousand and six affair rudy giuliani says trump reimbursed his personal lawyer michael cohen for a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels the president has previously denied any knowledge of the payment. now spain is warning it'll go ahead with investigations against members of despite the basque separatist group announcing it is disbanding at a statement comes seven years after declared a cease fire following a decades long war for a separate nation. we know already more how much we will never face these terrorists again and never will we bend on our knees to them they should understand very clearly that they would have to pay for what they did and there is no impunity for after this announcement they will be pursued wherever they may be other more than eight hundred people were killed during the violent struggle for an independent state in southern france and northern spain marion barber reports now from san sebastian. in the end it came in the rather mundane form of

a letter dated the sixteenth of april to various basque organizations a long awaited announcement that the group that waged a violent campaign for independence for five decades was disbanded for good in the what it called its historical cycle. its fifty years since its first victim a secret police chief here in the coastal city of. the announcement that this comes as no surprise to anyone here but many people do hope it marks the beginning of a new era the name of the police chief was carlos diaz his daughter says people like her are still waiting for a real apology. in principle it's good news that they're not killing more people of course it's great news that there are no more victims but there's absolutely nothing to thank for. it's a formed in the late one nine hundred fifty s. in response to the crackdown on bus culture by spain's dictator francisco franco in one thousand nine hundred seventy three they killed his heir apparent prime

minister luis carrero blanco public attitudes hardened and opinion even inside split when the group killed twenty one people in a barcelona supermarket in one thousand nine hundred seven and a series of arrests of better leaders in both spain and france weakened the group significantly. last month which had observed a ceasefire since twenty eleven did apologize to what it called innocent victims of its bombings and assassinations but that wasn't extended to the families of people in the security services or politicians who were among the more than eight hundred killed by it or over the years for some people in spain's basque region the latest announcement is a missed opportunity. in terms of society i don't think we're going to notice much change and at a personal level i don't believe in it because there are many missing did people there are many assassinations that have not been clarified there are many victims that have not received compensation. for their part campaigners for the rights of

prisoners currently in jail across spain and in france hoping they'll soon be able to serve their sentences near their families in the basque region so this is not closure but it has reenergized the debate on where the basque independence movement goes from here nadine barber al-jazeera. cambridge analytic the u.k. company at the center of a major facebook data breach is shutting down the political firm hit the headlines in march when a former employee revealed i would use data from millions of facebook users to influence the u.s. presidential campaign the company says it suffered a sharp drop in business and will begin bankruptcy proceedings. i mean as opposition leader has called off nationwide protests after the ruling party agreed to support him becoming the interim prime minister mikel passionate on a rally in the capital that a deal with his political opponents was close parliament will vote again next week for a new prime minister robin foster walker reports from europe that. when armenians

heard the news that the government had backed down with back their people's candidate his build it revolution took a step closer to reality. carriage how can i say there was no need to believe in any politician or political power believe in yourselves and only then will you always when i called her she had called for another massive show of support a message to the ruling republican party that they were out of touch with armenian reality. the opposition movement had forced the resignation of the country's long term leader said it sucks yan last week but his republican party refused to step aside its rejection of passion yan's candidacy for the prime minister on tuesday only seemed to make the movement stronger. a general strike on wednesday paralyzed

the country students surround the ministries and cheered with the governance culture minister resigned was. with police absent the roads railways and even the airport cut off nicole passion claims that the only power the republicans now had with this seats in parliament they will try to encourage. soldiers away or soldiers will join up the governing party's intention to now back passion in a second round of voting will also. phil his movements objective to overthrow power but respect the institutions that has inspired the armenians of every persuasion. this is not only a fight for nicole to become a prime minister but also to fight for people's victory as a businessman usually stay out of the politics and we do our work when you when

really you know there is a change you really. you really feel that it's going to look a huge potential but out your passion you called it a velvet revolution and he called it the revolution of. it's always been peace it's always been people driven. they have reason to celebrate because the people's candidate said today that people's prime minister rabin first a walker. sudan is reassessing its role in saudi led military operations in yemen its defense minister says reviews are being carried out by the armed forces command there's been growing criticism in sudan's parliament over its role in the conflict at least three thousand sidney's ground troops and several jets are in yemen as part of the saudi led coalition egypt's military court has renewed the detention of the journalist ismail iskhandar rani for another thirty days he spent almost nine

hundred days behind bars without trial al-jazeera journalist muchmore hussein seen here has also had his jail time extended he's been kept in prison without charge for almost a year and a half al-jazeera international human rights groups have repeatedly urged egyptian authorities to release jailed journalists. dozens of migrants from honduras guatemala and el salvador have spent a third night outside the u.s. port of entry on the mexican border there waiting to apply for asylum in the u.s. only a handful of people in the so-called migrant caravan have been laid across to begin the process donald trump promised that his administration will try to turn the families away mexican officials have asked the migrants to leave the border crossing area citing health concerns but they have promised to state. meanwhile the u.s. is increasing the number of legal staff at its border with mexico the attorney general jeff sessions says thirty five extra attorneys and eighteen judges will deal with

asylum claims people are not going to caravan or otherwise stampede our border we need legality and integrity in the system people should wait their turn and ask to apply our lawfully before they enter our country reciting a massive worldwide. illegally make your claim to enter america in the lawful way and wait your turn to black men who were arrested at a starbucks cafe in philadelphia every settlement with the city for a symbolic one dollar each last month russian nelson and dunta robinson were arrested for being in starbucks without holding anything the men were filmed being led away in handcuffs after the manager called the police the instance bought the latest major backlash in the us of a racial profiling the city has also pledged two hundred thousand dollars to start a program for young entrepreneurs the deals includes an offer from starbucks for free college education. the argentinian capital one as ours is trying to find new

ways to deal with its mounting trash problems six thousand tons of waste is generated every day and so the government wants to change the law to make it easier to manage but not everyone's plan could impact people whose lives depend on collecting recyclable materials was about reports. this protesters are not happy with a government or when a site is or they are here in the oppose the city's plan to change the law to allow all foodies to burn waste and turn it into energy. burning trash is dangerous not only for human health where the plants are going to be installed but it's the worst possible way to treat waste the best way is to recycle and the government wants to change the law and replace it. but what worries many here is not just the environment but the future of thousands of open recyclers like. who works in a copper even when

a site is she's fifty six years old and makes around five hundred dollars a month i know you will like that but is that i started with this because i was too old to work as a domestic employee so i joined this cooperate of and now i'm able to survive the government wants to get rid of us and if they burn the trash all of us will be left without a job. picking up recyclable materials from trash became a way of making a living after the economic crisis of two thousand and one when hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs over the years people organize themselves into creating something that they say has not only improved their working conditions but has also given them significant. he's known here as the boss she used to live on the streets and has been able to turn her life's work into this corporative that employs at least three hundred people. are all we don't need to be searching for cycles on the street now the city's government. give us vehicles and

we can collect from our clients and recycle as much as we can i still don't understand why the city wants to buy plants that will take away our way of making a living. plans to reduce the amount of waste this city of when a site is produces have failed over the years most landfills have run out of space . government officials when someone else says the city needs to start looking for new options for a day when i will need to go we never said that cooperatives were in any risk the idea is to have plants that can burn trash and give energy it is used in many cities in europe and we need to have that option but we plan to continue supporting the cooperatives in the city. waste management he said challenge for many latin american cities like when a site is open recyclers have come to play a crucial role in keeping the city clean and give jobs to those who desperately need them. that's why these people are demanding more guarantees that they won't

lose their jobs. when a site is. pope francis has apologized to victims of chile's clerical sexual abuse scandal and ask for forgiveness comes after days of meetings at the vatican with three of the victims last month the head of the roman catholic church admitted he made mistakes in the hundred in the crisis after discrediting the victims they've urged them to end what they call an epidemic of sex abuse and cover ups within the catholic church. we were able to speak frankly and respect to the pope we talked about difficult issues such as sexual abuse abuse of power and especially the cover up of the three million fish. realities that we do not refer to as sins but as crimes and corruption that do not end in chile but are an epidemic. an epidemic that has destroyed thousands of lives.

to offer a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera china says it hopes the u.s. will be sincere during trade talks beginning on thursday a high level u.s. delegation has arrived in china for negotiations the u.s. treasury secretary steven mission is meeting with china's vice premier during his two day trip they'll try to hammer out a deal to avoid a full blown trade war between the world's two biggest economies. in india at least seventy people have died after powerful dust storms hit the northern states just on . the storm has left a trail of destruction of collapsed houses fallen trees and dead livestock dust storms are common in india during the summer months but the scale is unusual officials say the death toll could rise. a russian fighter jet has crashed in syria killing both the pilots on board it reportedly crashed in the mediterranean sea

taking off on the base according to the russian military the jet was not shot down russia's a main ally of syrian president bashar al assad and operates from bases in syria's coastal areas a key member of donald trump's legal team has contradicted him about hush money paid to a form of porn star rudy giuliani told fox news that trump reimbursed his personal lawyer michael cohen for a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to stormy daniels she alleges she had an affair with trump in two thousand and six us president has previously denied he knew anything about the payment. that was money that was paid by by his lawyer the way i would do out of his four firm funds or whatever funds there's a matter the president reimbursed that over a period of several million said i distinctly remember that he did it on his own he did without asking look i don't know i haven't investigated that. no reason is fear

that no or that is true of recollection like michael or you like michael a long time i feel very bad he's been victimized like this the president feels even worse the fact is just trust me they're going to come up with no violations their. opposition leaders called off protests after the ruling party agreed to support him becoming interim prime minister. told supporters the crisis had been sold. to the prime minister on tuesday those are the headlines that is going to. off the fault lines that's a lot of laughing up and. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dr. five years on the syrians still feel battered pretty.