no we'll see what happens to the wall we're going to go that route over donald trump green's new life into the idea of a june summit with north korea just a day off to canceling it. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you know with al-jazeera also coming up to accept polls from the referendum in ireland show vote as of back to constitutional change relaxing its abortion loans disgraced film producer harvey weinstein leaves a new york police station and cops as he's charged with rape and sexual assault cyclon mcu new closes in on a mom having already reportedly killed at least five people in yemen.

donald trump has dangled the possibility of his summit with north korea's leader going ahead after all a day after he sent a letter to pyongyang canceling it the u.s. president welcomed a conciliatory statement from north korea saying it remained open to talks he says the summit could still go ahead on june twelfth as planned our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports as he delivered the commencement address at the u.s. naval academy president trump did not directly mention his canceled summit with north korea's leader but said the u.s. is prepared for whatever happens next the best way to prevent war. is to be fully prepared for war earlier while speaking to reporters outside the white house trump expressed optimism about meeting with kim jong un even suggesting the june twelfth summit he cancelled a date earlier could be back on so we'll see what happens it could even be that

while we're talking to them now they very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see what happens white house officials say given the lack of preparation the prospect of a june twelfth summit is almost impossible they say their goal now is making sure if and when a meeting does occur that it's productive still on friday trying tweeted he believes his political opponents are attempting to thwart his efforts writing democrats are so obviously rooting against us in our negotiations with north korea indeed with us elections now months away that could shift control of congress from republicans to democrats the president's opponents are calling his adverts to negotiate with the north korean leader amateurish noting that the art of diplomacy is often much more difficult than the art of the deal on thursday the top democrat in the house of representatives chided trump over his canceled summit with kim jong

un and he got this letter from the president saying ok never mind he must be having a giggle fit right there now and north korea despite domestic criticisms the white house says trump's focus on diplomacy and the goal of north korea's denuclearize ation he continues to coordinate with his secretary of state mike pump aoe and is consulting with his national security advisor john bolton a man many blame for ultimately the railing the june summit kimberly how could al-jazeera washington. well south korea's president described trump's cancellation as shocking and regressive full moon in played a significant role in bringing washington and pyongyang closer together while the right has the reaction from seoul. an intended gesture of peace in a process that may be going nowhere. the demolition of tunnels at north korea's underground nuclear testing site. it was meant to be

a further step on the path to a historic summit but by the time these pictures were reaching the outside world it was already reeling from the shock of the summit's cancellation. from north korea's foreign ministry a measured response calling the decision not consistent with the desire of humankind for peace and stability adding that north korea remained willing to sit down with the u.s. side to solve problems at any time from south korea disappointment verging on the will demand. for vice foreign minister kim statement we see no change of a sincere will by the relevant countries when it comes to resolving the current situation through dialogue the government will continue our diplomatic efforts to further extend this momentum for the talks as part of that effort south korea's foreign minister spoke with her u.s.

counterpart mike pompei or by phone she emphasized the need to build on the goodwill of the landmark into korean summit at panmunjom in april fearing months of painstaking diplomacy could now be wasted. south korean president meeting with north korean leader kim jong un had laid the groundwork for the summit well i think jane is entitled to feel fairly indignant about this whole business because he has been a leader in working with kim jong un to develop an understanding and a way forward. in place of improving toys could there be a return to the hard line dictated by the u.s. and demanded every t.v. station allowed. in order for north korea to change their policies it is necessary for japan and the u.s. and south korea to apply pressure including the united nations sanctions.

with the united states call to stand firm against north korea south korea in hopes of mediating a historic breakthrough shouted as the tunnels of. robert broad al-jazeera so. now exit polls suggest islander strongly supported a change the constitution relaxing abortion laws a referendum as voters whether they want to repeal an article known as the eighth amendment a law gives unborn fetuses the same right to life as the mother effectively banning them from terminating the pregnancy current irish legislation only allows abortions when the woman's life is at risk otherwise they could be jailed for up to fourteen years if voters chose to repeal the amendment the irish government has vowed to introduce legislation allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe only matched by

poland which allows terminations some cases and multiple where it's completely banned. barca has the latest from dublin. an early exit poll by the irish times repeated by other news agencies including reuters puts the results as follows sixty eight percent in favor of repealing the eighth amendment of the irish constitution thirty two percent in favor of keeping it in place the early exit polls seem to indicate a landslide win for the yes vote in an election that has drawn vast numbers of voters up and down the country in some areas turnout was as high as sixty percent certain points during the day was much higher than in other previous votes including the last general election and including the last major referendum on same sex marriage back in two thousand and fifteen what we're seeing here appears to be a nation at a crossroads a nation that is prepared to embrace change

a nation that is reevaluated women's rights and is prepared also to bring in changes to bring ireland more into line with the rest of the european union the official count begins at nine o'clock in the morning local time on saturday the official results will be given out later on saturday afternoon but it does look as if the yes campaign will be the side that will influence politics and irish society going forward for many many more years to come. all he would produce a harvey weinstein has been released on a million dollar bail bond off to new york police charged him with rape sex abuse and other crimes against two women more than one hundred women have accused him of sexual misconduct call him reports from washington. feared no more harvey weinstein a once powerful producer will be prosecuted for rape and other sex offenses all

right and we're working hard to my palate for the few things we were told that he would love to play handcuffed the police made no attempt to shield him from the aggressive press dozens of women went public with similar stories on weinstein coercing them for sex targeting those who refused paying to have former spies harassed the ones who complained his alleged serial depravity hidden by the powerful spawned the me too movement which his lawyer seemed to mock outside of court the charges will not be believed by twelve people assuming we get twelve fair people who are not consumed by the movement that seems to have overtaken this case his lawyer says he will attack the credibility of his accusers there could be a lot of them prosecutors say there could be many more charges in the days to come weinstein stayed silent but still sent a message bringing to court a book about a once discredited hollywood director whose work is still acclaimed what happens in

this new york courtroom will help determine if history will remember weinstein as a producer or a predator whose crimes created a new feminist movement that sent the message to the world me too but time's up political hane al-jazeera washington. so i had for you on the program russia dismisses a claim from the netherlands and australia that it's legally responsible for the shooting down of the malaysia airlines plane four years ago. and we explain what was different about this friday's protest by palestinians along the gaza israel border. is a rather blustery weather battering the southwestern corner of australia some very heavy rain and damaging winds rolling in he can see this nasty circulation that's

been producing some rather lively scenes in across much of perth for example a cloud on the right that will not just wait for the race was high pressure ahead of that keeps it settled and sunny for melbourne lovely day on saturday here eighteen degrees celsius but the tabel just not its way to the western side of toria as we go on into sunday support friday for example tending to cloud over wanted to showers around the eastern side of queensland but they should retreat away as we go on into sunday still quite a few showers just to the south of perth quieting down low temperatures here at around twenty degrees celsius that we've got things getting a little lively into new zealand presents blustery showers or rolling through here and from time to time those showers never really too far away eleven celsius bits of cloud and rain coming into south all of this we go on through sas day forty degrees therefore with a little more sunshine here cooling off in christchurch just knowing degrees celcius as we go into the second half of the weekends attending to feel

a little more like winter warming off in japan sandwiches here at twenty three degrees. on counting the cost look at how investors are reacting to the collapse of the from kim singapore summit. why it's only has fallen more days with the rest of europe on the rise you look at some of the pressure pushing up the price of oil. counting the cost on. the bottom.

welcome back a look at the top stories now u.s. president donald trump says it's possible that plans on that with north korea could still go ahead on june twelfth despite canceling it a day earlier says it's still willing to hold talks. exit polls for a referendum in ireland suggest voters overwhelmingly back to change the constitution allowing it strict abortion laws to be relaxed. and new york police have charged hollywood producer harvey weinstein with rape and other sex crimes against two women. weinstein has denied all allegations of non-conceptual sex. well now five people have been reported killed including a twelve year old girl and at least forty more are still missing off to cycling mcu devastated the yemeni island of cycling has now passed over is on its way across

the arabian sea to a month with winds gusting around one hundred sixty five kilometers per hour mohammad vall is waiting for its arrival in the coastal city of. it was the storm before the storm the first signs of cyclonic was swept through on a friday afternoon many drivers were taken unawares forced to take extra care while driving through rising floodwater to reach home. i saw all these young men in the rain want to give them all right but yes i'm in a hurry to go home. cycle of the game and. i drove all the way from muscat to be here in time to help people during the storm i hope all will be all right. not to watch out for the threat profile or article flooded with heavy rain and high risk property if one. wanted to hear from the white or not is bracing for what could be the most powerful fight on the grid for different. states media issue with

the assuring messages and retreated to safety instructions in the face of the predicted major threat thousands of the bodies moved away from coastal. areas to higher ground families seeking shelter crowd who tells further inland the government says it's organized evacuations were needed but everyone can see the signs if you don't pose to continue with some of the night and winds gusted close to two hundred kilometers per hour getting cyclonic a highly constrained times. people here are worried about the destruction and to believe in its way. my disease son suffered a lot. the russian president has dismissed accusations that moscow was behind the shooting down of a malaysian airlines flight over ukraine four years ago on friday australia and the netherlands announced they were holding russia legally responsible for downing the plane follows

a report by an international team which found the russian army's fifty third and yet cross brigade provided the missile system used to shoot down the jet. challenge reports from some pieces back to australia. and the netherlands responded to information presented by the joint investigation teams j.i.t. on thursday with swift state level action the team said that russia's army moved the butel a missile system into eastern ukraine as war zone in the summer of two thousand and fourteen whilst there it was allegedly used to shoot down the malaysian airlines passenger plane flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur all two hundred ninety eight people on board died many of them were australian and dutch astray and the netherlands have now informed the russian federation that we hold it responsible under international law its role in the bringing down of m.h. seventeen astray and the netherlands have requested russia to enter into

negotiations to open up a dialogue about its conduct and to seek reparations the dutch government says this is a complex legal process a possible next step is to present the case to an international court but russia has spent four years presenting counter narratives and that pattern continues at this in petersburg international economic forum the mayor putin was asked if russia held any culpability are you saying this was not a russian missile this was not a russian army missing you're going to know of course not and he questions the impartiality of the joint investigation team music of yes there are several versions including the one suggesting it was a ukrainian army missile or a plane or so on i repeat that there is nothing which would make us trust the final conclusions and we will not be without awful involvement in the investigation.

belling cats and open source investigation team has been looking into flight m h seventeen for years and many of their findings have been subsequently backed up by the j.i.t. in the dutch city of the hague on friday belling katz identified a russian military intelligence officer ivana cough as a key suspect the seconds russian military figure they've implicated in the incidents this person is was the highest military ranking officer at the time in the so-called lugansk people's republic. he represented the military intelligence of russia at the time and he was in direct command and control of the mercenary slash volunteer operations military units and militants in eastern ukraine in the lugansk mist of eastern ukraine so we believe we were there to fight somebody who was who was very high in the chain of command and who ultimately if

his link is to the actual downing of seventeen is displayed and proven for the by the joint destitution team will be one of the critical suspects but none of the mounting international accusations are likely to shift russia's position much in the near future of the country's political culture sees contrition or acknowledgment of guilt as a sign of weakness and bloody may putin has too much invested in his global strongman image to back down now retellings al-jazeera said petersburg. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a measure requiring the pentagon to investigate whether america has broken the law by torturing detainees in yemen hundreds of men of reportedly gone missing in the south of the country after they were allegedly swept up during a search for al qaeda fighters american officials say that u.s. forces have been involved in interrogations of detainees in yemen but they denied any participation in or knowledge of human rights abuses. hundreds of people in the

libyan city have done of protest against the siege imposed by forces loyal to renegade general khalifa haftar several civilians have been killed and others wounded since half dose troops began fighting the local group done a protection force this month turner is the only major eastern city not under control the siege has led to shortages of food and medicine. israel supremes court has rejected challenge by human rights groups to prevent soldiers from firing on protesters in gaza palestinians have gathered along the gaza israel border again on friday to protest against the israeli blockade one hundred thirteen palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since the protests began at the end of march but it smith reports from the border. it's been a pretty quiet friday one of the quietest fridays in gaza have been for weeks and then within just the space of an hour really hundreds and hundreds of people were bussed in here bussed in by hamas by islamic jihad another political groups in gaza

and bustin to protest again at the border now we know that we've been told one of the tactics following. recent protests has been slightly different the tactic has been not to go right up to the little try and breach it but to still protest is still trying to keep the israeli forces on their toes that's the tactic we've been told they're trying to deploy here the protest organizers and that certainly seems was what has happened here because really it was there was nobody here about an hour ago and then they all came they protested there's been tear gas and there have been a number of people injured by live fire on by tear gas that the israelis have been throwing over at least twenty people injured and they've been taken away to hospital for treatment but this as i say seems to be this new approach keeping the israeli military on its toes it was quiet all day and then suddenly this quick

sharp shock of a large protest group arriving seemingly out of thin air many companies say they aren't ready for the new rules smaller organizations are saying that this is proving problematic this is the new data protection rules that are being put in place to prevent people's data from being missed misused and to also protect that privacy paul brennan reports on the story now from. european data holders have had two years to work out a game plan for g.d.p. but the protection law intended to create a level playing field for data use has hit smaller groups hard. this youth football club in berlin uses membership data to circulate newsletters and fixture lists the staff are all volunteers g.d.p. are is a major headache we have a home page and actually i love having photos of every team on the on the home page

but you know we're not sure if we can't do it you're not going to be ready by friday i. not completely. it's awful. for europe's tech companies g.d.p. are is an incentive to innovate his nibs. cappuccino at this trade expo in paris there are voice activated devices the don't actually share any data at all the consumers will get to choose right and they'll know better so they'll choose for equal features they'll choose the one that protect the privacy best get it wrong though and a twenty four million dollar fine is a genuine worry it is it is and it's particularly worrying because you cannot be sure that you have implemented the rules the right way at the moment the recent deluge of g.d.p. our emails shows the ongoing uncertainty some ask customers to explicitly opt in others put the onus on the customer to opt out and others simply mention updated

privacy settings the facebook bridge and all its occur scandal may seem a world away from the g.d.p. our compliance requirements of a small sports club such as this but the fact is that even seemingly innocuous data when put together really starts to matter. lobby groups and campaign this have broadly welcomed g.d.p. are as a reset button a wake up call they say for e.u. citizens to engage with some fundamental questions do i really want to continue giving this company my data and when need to do that is that it is unnecessary for must for me and to make a conscious attempt or a conscious decision what data they share a recent survey of german companies revealed that just twenty five percent of them expected to be able to meet the g.d.p. our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin indonesia is introducing tough new

anti-terrorism laws sweeping changes will pass by parliament on friday following a series of recent suicide bomb attacks the reports from jakarta. with a much anticipated bang of the gavel. a new anti-terrorism law was approved by the indonesian parliament on friday changes to existing laws were initially proposed two years ago a series of recent suicide bomb attacks renewed focus earlier this month more than twenty people were killed at churches in a main police station in surabaya indonesia's second largest city two families including children carried out the attacks i saw claimed responsibility supporters of the new law say it gives more tools to the government and law enforcement to prevent attacks. it also says if someone is charged with an offense when children are involved the penalty will be increased by a third. our old law is only above the responses to our acts and we

know if we are only responding it won't solve the problem there are always new totus. more than one thousand indonesians have traveled to syria and iraq to join isis fight it's estimated five hundred overturn the new law allows police to charge and illusions proven to have joined a terrorist group while abroad and also those who have trained or simply planned to carry out attacks negotiations went late into thursday night before the new anti-terrorism law was passed here in parliament on friday much of the discussion was focused on the definition of terrorism the law also includes a role for the indonesian army to you know combating terrorism the government said they'll only be brought in for larger incidents the president has a year to detail exactly what the t. and i's addict terrorism role will be. new funding and support for attack victims as part of the new law so cheap to how do we bow was injured in the two thousand

and four bombing i mean that is yes i mean that in and if we are optimistic that the government is going to act on the support and compensation for victims when we've been fighting for this for a long time. after the church bombings in syria by a president joko widodo proposed a rule in lieu of law if parliament failed to pass the new legislation but it seems suicide attacks have pushed members of parliament to act it's got harder al-jazeera because the canadian police is searching for two men who they say detonated a bomb ass an indian restaurant west of toronto fifteen people were injured down as daniel lak now reports there's no obvious motive for the attack. there were two birthday parties going on with what police say was a homemade bomb exploded at the bombay bell indian restaurant children were present but not among the fifteen people wounded three people critically injured are now in stable condition police released this photo from

a security camera of the two men they say carried an improvised explosive device into the restaurant and fled before it was detonated forensic officers combed the scene for hours and declared it free of explosives but it's not known why this happened there's no indication that this is a terrorist act no indication this is a hate crime at this time we haven't ruled anything out as we started investigation police say they'll spare no resources as they search for suspects and motive they've asked other police forces to join them canada's federal government says the royal canadian mounted police that usually lead national security investigations stand ready to help if needed. this city on the outskirts of toronto has a largely immigrant population mainly south asian and it's also known for its indian restaurants places like the bombay belt which was bombed on thursday night for reasons that remain unclear disrupting what's an otherwise quiet part of the region and this is certainly not anything you would expect to happen in mississauga

not my mississauga but this is not going to start i know i will say that this is a heinous crime that's been committed this is one of canada's most diverse cities with many residents of south and east asian origin it's known for its tolerance the authorities say they want this crime solved quickly so as shaken community can begin to return to normal daniel lak al jazeera is a song. the walls oldest deepest and largest lake by volume is coming under threat invasive alkie lake baikal in eastern russia holds a fifth of all the wells freshwater scientists say the weeds have coated parts of the lake awesome so extensively the endemic plant and animal species have disappeared calling for better treatment plants to improve the water quality is twenty five to thirty million years old and was declared unesco heritage site in one thousand nine hundred six. well there's more on everything we're covering right here the address al-jazeera don't call.

it look at headlines now u.s. president donald trump says it's possible a pants on that with north korea could still go ahead on thursday trump canceled the june twelfth meeting in singapore with kim jong un citing anger and hostility from the north the state department said pyongyang had failed to reply to u.s. requests to help plan the summit young man responded by saying it remains willing to sit down for talks to resolve the nuclear issue and now trump says the door is still open. we're going to see what happens we're talking to them that out. there is a very very very big that we're that we'll see what happens right. now we'll see what happens it's pretty good while we're talking to their brows a very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see what optics to exit polls from a referendum in ireland suggests voters of strongly back to change the constitution

allowing an easing of strict abortion law as they were austin if they want to repeal a law that effectively bans women from terminating the pregnancy the government says it would then introduce laws allowing abortion in some cases official results are expected on saturday the disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is appeared in court in new york on sexual abuse charges a sixty six year old was released on a million dollar bail bond he faces rape criminal sex act and abuse charges stemming from encounters with two women a number of hollywood stars came forward with accusations against weinstein last year sparking the need to movement which encourages women to speak up about abuse is lawyer says he'll plead not guilty. amman is bracing for what could be the strongest storm ever to hit its shores cyclon make kunu has already devastated the yemeni island of even at least five people dead including

a twelve year old girl dozens more are missing coastal areas in amman have been evacuated with major flooding and wind gusts of one hundred sixty five kilometers an hour. and australia and the netherlands are holding russia legally responsible for the downing of a malaysian airlines flight m.h. seventeen of the ukraine four years ago on thursday international investigators said the missile used to shoot it down came from a russian military unit all two hundred ninety eight people on board died russian president vladimir putin has dismissed the allegations. as the top stories coming up next on al-jazeera it's counting the cost of getting to the heart of the matter if most of the turkish cypriot people calls you today and says let's have told us would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there are two people think the peace corps infusion is the only option

for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. alarm hasn't seeker this is counting the cost on the edges here your weekly look at the world of business and economics i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world let's call the whole thing off how investors are reacting to the collapse of the from kim summit. out of love with europe why italy is the latest country to push back against brussels. costs edging higher we look at the pressures on black gold. it would have been the first time a sitting u.s. president met a north korean leader but it wasn't meant to be at least for now donald trump has pulled out of the landmark summit which had been so.