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june twelve in singapore donald trump announces the time and place for his highly anticipated meeting with kim jong. il oh i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up israel flexes its military might on iran hitting dozens of targets inside syria. ninety two year old mattera mohammad is sworn in as malaysia's prime minister just hours after a stunning election victory. and down in kenya unleashing a sea of war forty nine people killed officials say the death toll could rise. u.s. president donald trump has confirmed the date venue for an historic summit with north

korea's leader as is customary the president announced this on twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong un and myself will take place in singapore on june twelfth we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. let's go live now to hide your castro who's in washington any further details on this meeting. i maryam we know that the location of singapore came as no surprise to watchers in the united states trump had been wavering between either singapore or the d.m.z. he ruled out the d.m.z. in past days which led with singapore with his official announcement via twitter earlier today singapore is seen as neutral territory for both the u.s. and north korea the u.s. naval presence as well as a north korean embassy one of fewer than fifty countries to do so in the world and

the singapore is experienced in these high stakes last minute diplomatic talks in two thousand and fifteen we saw a successful meeting hosted by singapore of the leaders of china and taiwan and its location five thousand kilometers from young is apparently not too far from for kim jim to arrive at we saw him taking a plame to his visit in china which was his first time aboard an aircraft that aircraft that we know of and he's expected to fly as well to singapore now leading up to this summit scheduled for june twelfth trump has been touting the list of what appears to be concessions that north korea has already offered they've included stopping testing of a listed missile program as well as the nuclear weapons program kim jong un told the south korean leaders that he was willing to allow the u.s.

military to remain with some presence in the north in the korean peninsula and of course with wednesday's development we saw the release of those three american prisoners held by north korea which was the final off cycle as it would appear before the time in place of this historic summit was announced and i do we know the president is very keen to claim credit for the diplomacy around north korea but it's also very risky to go into a meeting like this with the north korean leader what do we know about preparations that are being made in the lead up to the june twelfth meeting. that's right very little and that is troubling for many watchers in the u.s. this development of the summit coming about was so hasty it took years of work on the diplomacy front that obama administration did not appear to have much

progress on now trump this is touting his own administration as having orchestrated this summit in a just about two months time but in reality what that means is a rushing of preparations the u.s. does not have an ambassador appointed in korea it just confirmed the new secretary of state mike pompei oh and there's concern of what this haste might lead to the vice president was just speaking with american media this morning saying that once trump gets to this meeting on june twelfth he will have the attitude of ascertaining what are north korea's intentions so little is known about what north korea will ask of the americans in exchange with a genius whereas ation of the peninsula both men kim and trump have said that that is their ultimate goal as well as the economic. growth of north korea for its people but the big question is what is the price that the u.s.

will be asked to pay and we may not find out until june twelfth mariyam all right thanks from washington heidi joe castro with the latest. now israel says it has destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure in syria in a wave of overnight strikes off to what it said were iranian attacks on israeli positions in the occupied golan heights to iran has yet to respond officially but senior politicians have denied that iran was behind any attacks dozens of targets were hit across southwestern syria according to a map posted by the israeli army on social media israel said that iran could falsify twenty rockets from syria at israeli frontline positions in the north of the golan. it's a mountainous passive syria that was seized by israel in the one nine hundred sixty seven war and then an excuse move that's not been internationally recognized

a force that has. cockpit video from israeli warplanes as they carried out the largest and most prolonged strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircraft installations israel says it was a response after iranian forces launched twenty rockets at israeli targets in the occupied golan heights we have made it very clear that we are here to defend ourselves those who started this round of violence for the ring ins who attacked israel we responded accordingly and we are now waiting to see how the iranians will respond israeli forces in the occupied golan heights who are on alert for any further response at the same time local residents were told to go about their business as normal schools were open no restrictions placed on large gatherings israel says of the twenty rockets that were fired towards the occupied golan heights from syrian territory they all either fell in syrian territory or they were intercepted what followed was

a massive and prolonged response from the israeli armed forces a real escalation in the kind of force that israel has so far been prepared to use within syria it's a message to deter any further such action and it's also making the most of an opportunity to do as much damage to rein in forces as possible israel's government has long warned of a growing threat from iranian bases and missiles inside syria it seems to have decided to act sooner rather than later. we have of course hit all the infrastructure not all but almost all of the iranian infrastructure in syria they must remember the saying if it rains here it will pour over there and i hope that we finish this chapter and that everyone got the message. the. syrian state media said syrian air defenses it inserted most of the income. rockets over the capital damascus but also confirmed that a radar station and a weapons storage site was struck. with iranian state television said syria had

given a quote crushing response to the israeli attacks the strikes were carried out hours after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in moscow saying he'd come away confident that russia would not prevent what he called israel's freedom of action a day later a different tone from the russian foreign minister. we see this is a very alarming development we believe that all issues must be resolved through dialogue during our multiple contacts with the leadership of both iran and israel including during yesterday's meeting between putin and netanyahu we underline the necessity of avoiding any actions that might be seen as mutually provocative. for now this latest flurry of cross border violence has subsided but all sides are aware that a new bar has been set for its intensity and that it could all too easily rise again harry force at al-jazeera in the occupied golan heights. i'm joined now by al jazeera senior political analyst ron is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been making some comments about israeli military action in syria one of the

things he said we will not allow iran to entrench itself militarily in syria of course it presents is very much a reality now how far the israelis willing to go to counter that well since the trump speech and withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal probably he's ready to go far enough simply because i think for prime minister to now the united states we're drawing from the iran nuclear deal within the logic that trump presented that iran is the greatest sponsor of terror on the world that iran is the biggest destabilizing force in the middle east hence we are withdrawing from the nuclear deal because iran cheats with on trust and so on so forth all of that gives green light to the likes of prime minister netanyahu to act beyond what israel was probably already to act. the last few months at the new the last few years now having said that iran also has expanded its influence in syria beyond what we've

seen certainly over the last few years i think the balancing power in this equation is of course russia and as we've heard in a war report russia is not doing much to stop these radios from escalating the security and so why would the russians be more cautious why would they be holding that particularly if they are a strong ally of assad and iran because i think for the time being it's not really affecting them them them or their powers within syria i think russia russia in the long term doesn't doesn't mind to see iranians being weakened or their presence weakened in syria on the longer term because that will give moscow the upper hand you know period in terms of determining the future of the syrian regime and syria in general it also likes to wait to see with and see because look i mean one of the dirty little secrets of this crisis. is that the united states is not withdrawing

from the nuclear deal simply to say i don't like the deal i'm withdrawing we're going to impose sanctions on iran that would weaken the united states that will isolate the united states and not iran i think in bedded in the withdrawal from the deal is a little dirty secret that says we will then have to escalate against iran we israelis saudis all the detractors and we're going to put pressures on the europeans. to escalate against iran because you cannot now would drop them nickel dear and sit on the side because that means the europeans the russians and the chinese will go ahead the five with iran and you know honor the deal and do business iran is well aware of this these attempts at being provoked into perhaps doing something and there has been some cautiousness in some ways but can they avoid being drawn into that open in direct conflict with israel that's very true

and it's very important and that's why for some of us it's been a bit of a guessing game because let's all remember this is the third israeli attack against nuclear against iranian sites in syria and the syrians responded by attacking the occupied golan heights because those in the u.k. in france and elsewhere who are condemning now the arenas for hitting israel of course are not making the distinction that the golan heights is occupied and that iran is retaliating to israeli attacks now having said that i think the iranians are on the winning side of this equation if they do not if the situation does not escalate and deteriorate to a major confrontation that's why iranian response to the nuclear deal or to america withdrawing from the nuclear has been measured their response to israeli threats has been measured they might say all sorts of things make all sorts of warnings if

you will in their parliament but on the ground the iranians have been quite cautious because it's collations major escalation will not be in their favor because then the europeans would have to take a stand and that would not be with iran against the united states or israel ok thank you i want to share a. well now to our other top story this hour mohammad has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister after his unexpected election victory the ninety two year old was sworn in as the country's seventh leader by king sultan mohammed the fifth day mattera govern malaysia in the eighty's and ninety's the wind makes him the oldest elected leader in the world your place is not who was tainted by a corruption scandal wayne hay has more from kuala lumpur. it was a long day for my had see a mohammed as you waited to be sworn in as the seventh prime minister of malaysia the ceremony eventually happened in the palace behind me in kuala lumpur just before ten in the evening local time the expectation was that it would happen on

thursday morning the morning after the election because that is what we have seen happen in the past it didn't pan out that way in fact there were several day delays throughout the day and the fact they were a few delays would have created a few nerves among supporters of markets here mohammed and his victorious coalition given that leading up to this election there was sticky elation there was a concern that if this vote didn't go the way of the former prime minister najib resign and his coalition baris on national that ruled this country for more than sixty years that perhaps they may not let go of power so easily in the end the transition has been relatively smooth and my head see a mohammed is once again the prime minister of malaysia but he says that within the next two years he will hand over power to his former deputy prime minister and why abraham who's in jail on sodomy charges charges that he says are politically

motivated. hamad says he will seek a royal pardon for n.y.u. bring him and have him released as soon as possible still ahead for you on the program police in indonesia deny a deal was done to end a deadly siege at a prison where i still suspects were held. a protest has returned to the streets in nicaragua demanding the resignation of the president. how and welcome to another look at the international forecast we still have disturbed weather affecting a good part of the middle east this area cloud moving out of iraq into. iran has been producing some rather lively showers very gusty winds coming in behind a bit of lift the dust and sand as a result of that we have to think atlanta looking at some other wet weather too just around the southern end of the caspian sea the northern parts of iran see some

heavy showers and that is making its way further east with over towards afghanistan still very wet it's a good parts of the northern areas of syria still seeing some lively showers as you go on into today we will start to see those showers easing off a touch so that cloud that we have affecting iran and iraq that's sliding down across the fall north of saudi arabia quite a keen and gusty wind thirty seven celsius for doha on friday those temperatures pick up to around forty one as we go on into saturday general increase in temperatures as those winds start to push in from the south they will be lost the drive is going to be dry once again across a good part of southern africa last week clear skies here a little bit of cloud down towards the fall you will notice in that cloud will make its way across a good part of south africa cape town sixty eight degrees celsius harare with a high of twenty four in the sunshine.

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u.s. president donald trump and north korea's kim jong un will take place in singapore on june the twelfth. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is defending overnight strikes on syria which destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure. iran has yet to respond officially. and has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister following his unexpected election victory on wednesday he's now the oldest elected leader in the world. now in all the stories we're following rescuers in kenya searching for survivors after a dam collapsed killing at least forty nine people with several more still missing the dam in the rift valley around one hundred fifty kilometers north of the capital nairobi bust its banks hold wednesday evening washing away almost an entire village the dam is one of seven in the area by a commercial farm and residents are concerned more of them might be unsafe flash floods in kenya have already killed at least one hundred people since march andrew symonds has

a county in easton kenya. the number of dead still appears to be rising and that's because no one is sure about how many people are missing rescues have been going on very dramatic ones a lot of brave people the kenya red cross trying to get people out of the mud in the flood waters and the day brie of destroyed buildings the surge of water came from a dam which was actually privately owned. known as the tell. it was a very large the size of a small holding really three acres as quoted by dr journal. from the crew can see health department as a minister the minister of the county and he says this is a disaster he fears that there could be further births in the area because there are more down there by it is a really tragic situation and there are about thirty people in hospital with

severe injuries some of them including some children a pregnant woman and two newborns a siege inside a top security jail for eisel suspects in indonesia has ended with the surrender of all of hundred fifty five inmates five police officers were killed during the riot which broke out on tuesday at an elite police headquarters and just outside the capital jakarta from that lawson reports. police have regained control of the high security prison near hundred fifty six inmates most of them detained on terrorism charges managed to take over three of the six present blocks on tuesday. the rioting prisoners took six policemen hostage and killed five of them in what commanders described as brutal murderous one was later released i still claims responsibility for the hostage siege and uploaded photos and videos on websites suggesting from inside that box prison police say the inmates seized

a store room of weapons and explosives guns to skated during antiterrorism rates police commanders deny a deal was made with the inmates to secure their surrender. about the explosions we heard we were finalizing the sterilization process because for about forty hours the prisoners were taking hostages and making bombs that's why we exploded and demolish them. a few hundred indonesians have joint eisel and those in that prison are either convicted or awaiting trial for involvement in attacks one of the prisoners demand was to meet the south brooklyn plead of isolation in tunisia a man. who is on trial for an attack in jakarta two years ago prosecutors say he planned the attack from inside prison and it when hubby has carried out research in twelve prisons holding terrorist conflicts he says in most cases guards are incapable of controlling the prison us let alone to to radicalize them but. those

convicted on terrorism charges consider prison a place for them to study like an academy their university of jihad to them prisons are not considered a place where they will change their ideology they learn inside prison they recruit others. after their surrender the prisoners have been moved to an out of prison on an island in java but questions have been raised about how secure it is plans to build a top security jail especially for prisoners convicted of terrorism have been postponed for years while the hostage crisis has been resolved relatively smoothly a lot of questions remain how could this happen in five or one of them home for most of the unremitting by the confiscate weapons and explosives for inside the prison compound all clear signs according to experts that indonesia's present system need to complete overhaul. al-jazeera and that pull out the fact that a british government has apologized for its role in the kidnapping of a libyan dissident who was later tortured the you can bastard to turkey gave

a letter of apology. from the british prime minister to resign may his wife. abducted by british spies in thailand in two thousand and four suspected of having links to al qaeda they were returned to libya where they were tortured by duffy's government the u.k. will pay by a child more than six hundred seventy thousand dollars in damages. on behalf of her majesty's government i apologize on reservedly we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal which you both suffered and our role in it the u.k. government has learned many lessons from this period we should have understood much sooner the unacceptable practices of some of our international partners and we sincerely regret our failures close to a million security force personnel in iraq voting in the first national elections since the country declared victory over i still the polls are open for everyone

else on saturday but soldiers and police are allowed to vote early so they can provide security on the day of the election so i have been reports from baghdad. it's a special day for nearly a million men and women in iraq army federal police counterterrorism and other security forces they are casting their ballots for the first time since securing victories against isis a great achievement for a force which collapsed when isis fighters first advanced and charlotte of law was after the fire was out of all security forces are participating to support the political process and we work pressure any soldiers about their choice of candidates. security is tight intelligence reports say isis sleeper cells might be planning coordinated attacks that doesn't detail karrar salim from coming out to vote. for a bigger fight than the one against i still is these elections a lot of people say to us there's no point in voting but we've still come to use

our vote. but an important fighting force which what i saw is missing from thursday's vote while members of iraq's security forces are voting for tens of thousands of fighters from the shia militia also known as popular mobilization units are not they will be working with the iraqi general public come saturday. most of the militias are trained and supported by iran and they share the shia religious ideology the teams of fighters which began as armed extensions of political groups became instrumental in holding the frontlines in pushing back eisel in two thousand and fourteen iraq's highest religious leader ayatollah ali sistani issued a decree calling on volunteers to join the fight against isis they now want a voice in the parliament for. the work of article armed factions have been merged under the military establishment but still a large section follows their spiritual or ideological leader and they think their accomplishments in battle can be translated into the political arena as well iraqi

fighting forces with widely differing views came together to fight a common enemy. one of the challenges for the incoming government will be to represent the of competing interests if they continue to defend iraq from a job you don't have there like that. police in kazakhstan have detained dozens of protesters who are calling for the release of political prisoners more than one hundred people took part in an unsanctioned demonstration in the largest city a rare event in a nation where protests have to be officially approved it was organized well position activists mocked as of who now lives in exile in france after a prosecution for fraud a cause that court ruled in march to his supporters could face criminal prosecution . tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of nicaragua to demand the resignation of president daniel ortega the latest outcry since the killing of dozens of protesters last month security forces are accused of using unnecessary force against demonstrators in america dissolution human is in. i

am nicaraguans from all walks of life from students to farmers to businessmen filled the streets of money and yet another unprecedented challenge to the supremacy of president daniel ortega and his unpopular wife the vice president and our own will be in full flow much as we were afraid for too long from too much injustice in her precious but managua has awoken which means a whole country is now what it was a i'm a farmer and i'm here because the killing of all those people is an acceptable we've had enough of your techno he's an assassin. in the last three weeks forty two people have been killed and at least four hundred injured by riot police and pro-government gangs protesters are rejecting a truth and justice commission announced on sunday by the pro ortega national assembly there demanding that the killings and disappearances of students as well as a journalist be investigated by international rights organizations oh. ortega

has been widely used of remaining in power for the last eleven years through fraudulent means he controls the electoral council the supreme court and much of the media now he's calling for peace and dialogue under the auspices of the catholic church but everyone we've spoken to here says they don't trust or take on this is just stunning the fact the president has to set a date for convening the negotiations just in what seems to be willing to discuss what she writes which is political. but not was influential catholic church is one of the advocates we think one of the objectives of the dialogue should also be to review the political system to achieve an authentic democracy. this latest demonstration transpired peacefully with tens of thousands of nicaraguans blowing horns. in a deafening call. just to make their message heard. many here say nothing short of

ortega's resignation will do others insist early elections with a new electoral body are the answer but the priority they agree is to bring the victims of nicaragua's worst political violence since the end of it civil war justice. sian human al-jazeera. french president emanuel macron has been recognized by a prestigious award committee for what it says is his european vision macron is only the second sitting french president to ever receive the charlemagne prize it's awarded every year for exceptional work performed in the service of european unity in his acceptance speech urged europe to defend the global multilateral order right well there's more on everything we're covering right here including analysis that takes you behind the headlines algis their adult calm.

a quick look at the top stories now donald trump has confirmed the date in venue for an historic summit with north korea's leader in else to twitter saying the highly anticipated meeting will take place in singapore on june twelfth you also wrote he hoped they would both try to make it a very special moment for world peace those details were announced just after trying welcome back three u.s. citizens who were freed by pyongyang on wednesday as a goodwill gesture ahead of the talks i do joe castro has more from washington now this location was widely expected in the u.s. as trump was debating between singapore and the d.m.z. he ruled out the d.m.z. in days earlier singapore is seen as neutral ground for both countries it hosts a u.s. military base as well as the north korean embassy and it is a country experienced in holes in hosting these high stakes diplomatic talks at the

last minute we saw that in two thousand and fifteen when it successfully hosted a summit between the leaders of china and taiwan israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is defending overnight strikes in syria which it says destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure saying that iran crossed a red line the israeli army says it hit dozens of targets across southwestern syria to iran hasn't responded officially bought senior politicians have denied that iran was behind any attacks. terror mohamad has been sworn in as malaysia's prime minister following his unexpected election victory. and i was a. leader by the king of the fifth day. in the eighty's and ninety's the wind makes him the oldest elected leader in the world. who is tainted by corruption scandal. rescue as in kenya are searching for survivors after a dam disaster that killed at least forty nine people with several more still

missing the dam in the rift valley around one hundred fifty kilometers north of nairobi bust its banks a wednesday evening washing away almost an entire village the dam is one of seven in the area owned by a commercial farm and residents of more of them might be safe flash floods in kenya have already killed at least one hundred people since march. in twenty five minutes time with the news out. coming up next on al-jazeera inside story.