story to the forefront. dining for diplomacy the u.s. hosts a top north korean official ahead of a possible summit between the leaders of the two countries. i know and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with me it is a problem also ahead spain's hall of the debates promise to mudding out a whore's leadership ahead of friday's no confidence vote. the death toll rises to three and the latest anti-government protests in the capital. and we look at what life is like during the holy month of ramadan and war torn

yemen. the summit between donald trump and kim jong un still hasn't officially on bob's preparations for it certainly north korea's former spy chief arrived in new york on wednesday and later had to know what the u.s. secretary of state while the russian foreign minister is saying a mad as in pyongyang for talks on diplomatic editor james reports from new york. arriving in the united states the personal emissary of kim jong un here for crucial negotiations which will decide the fate of the on again off again summit between his leader and president trump. general kim yong schol is staying in this hotel close to the u.n. for just two days the planned date of the summit in singapore now less than two weeks away hence the hectic diplomacy with meetings between the north koreans and

the u.s. in singapore at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea and here in new york where secretary of state mike pompei o is meeting general kim at the white house they say it's president trump will make the final determination on whether the summit goes ahead as their conversation is going to be focused on denuclearization of the peninsula that's what these ongoing conversations taking place now will be centered on as well as this summit that would take place in singapore and we're going to continue. as long as that is part of the discussion we're going to continue to shoot for the june twelfth it was evening in new york at this apartment complex that the secretary of state and general kim had their first meeting of this trip although they already know each other from the two occasions this year when pump aoe visited pyongyang the dinner the first in a series of meetings between the two men took place in a residence own by the u.s.

mission to the united nations presumably it was chosen because it is secure a place where the two men can discuss all the secrets of north korea's nuclear program if of course general kim is prepared to divulge them james pays out jazeera new york let's get more on this now cost on a problem pilots joining us live from the south korean capital seoul and north korea itself rob the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is going to be holding talks with his mouth korean and north korean counterparts what more do we know about this. that's right it is a further dimension to this flurry of diplomatic activity the russians now getting involved sergei lavrov is in pyongyang and already elizabeth held talks with his north korean counterpart emerging to make a statement that there can be no full resolution of the north korean nuclear problem without there being a relaxation of sanctions the russians point being that denuclearization is such

a complex and lengthy process that really for it to work out and for the north koreans to go along with it they have to see and have to see early some relief economic relief from these sanctions so this does seem as though the russians are very much supporting the kind of position the north koreans are taking the americans will not be very pleased by this but i think it is what they can would have expected the russians to say it seems as though the russians are in a similar position to china or in some ways they both want to have a part in this international process given their standing its specially in this part of the world they believe they should have a say and should not be sidelined with this and have taken a fairly similar approach it has to be said when it comes to the whole question of sanctions against north korea having a far more pragmatic approach say japan and the united states believing that yes they'll go along with sanctions as dictated by the united nations but not to the

point of north korea collapsing elizabeth and while the russians are in north korea all that got u.s. delegations close to where the russians and the demilitarized zone and and now the delegation and singapore. that's right this is a process with many moving parts that have been the ongoing talks between the delegation of u.s. diplomats and their north korean counterparts at the truce village in panmunjom that's really working out the kind of substantive issues that would be discussed in a forthcoming summit it has to be said that the journalists who have been staking out the hotel here in seoul where the south where the american delegation has been staying they have not seen any sign of them today it appears they have not gone to panmunjom they have taken breaks before in their discussions and i think it's fair to speculate that today's break thursday could be while they await to see what the

outcome might be of their respective bosses kim jong journal and also mike pompei oh in new york to see what further progress they make before they continue but of course as you mentioned they're down in singapore assuming a summit will still go ahead then separate delegations of north korean and u.s. diplomats and officials discussing the diplomacy and the protocol of the logistics of how that might take place so many moving parts rob thank you very much for bringing us up to speed with all of that's rob mcbride live in self thank you. let's move on to other news now and spain's prime minister is facing a political challenge with a debate on a no confidence motion against him beginning in parliament the main opposition socialists and leading the charge to have money on the whole i step down and follow the jaina of twenty nine members of his party for corruption live now to the capital madrid and i ha spondon to me baucus to talk us through why the opposition i demanded at a high step down name. all across the board the political opposition of accused.

of undermining the health of the spanish economy convictions for corruption were handed down to dozens of people linked to his center right people's party among some of the most high profile figures to be charged. us the former treasurer of the p.p. party a former close ally of roy in the past who was sentenced to thirty three years in jail and fined two hundred fifty million dollars the party too has also been ordered to repay two hundred eighty five thousand dollars for perhaps directly or in directly benefiting from some of these ill gotten gains one. says he's determined to fight these allegations he's accused the opposition opposition of seizing the moment as it would undermine his political credibility and that of the party as well this china against the prime minister as you mentioned there is being led by the socialists the big question is now is whether or not they can drum up

a notch support across the board across the political divide as well to push a vote of no confidence that could well happen on friday at the moment what we're seeing here in congress as a variety of different political figures arrive here just laying behind the scenes and perhaps no doubt negotiations behind the scenes across the parties to see whether or not a no confidence motion can indeed be passin do we know need if support is growing for that for backing and i confidence. well that's a big question one hundred seventy six m.p.'s here in congress need to back the motion for it to pass the socialists are driving it they've reached out to the far left pajama party who say that they would be willing to support it but are a little bit are nervous about backing any kind of grand alliance between parties that include hard right parties nationalist parties populist parties the socialists also reached out to see other down or so the other opposition party who say that

they also would be willing to back this as well but feel uncomfortable about the socialist choice for a possible replacement to roy petro sanchez the head of the socialist party she added and i'll see more comfortable comfortable with the idea of a new round of elections later on in the year because they know at the moment they are leading in the polls break this down into three different scenarios where he could well resign the no confidence vote could be successful on friday which means that we could see a new government here in spain a new prime minister by the end of friday or indeed the no confidence vote could fail in that case for germ awesome see a down us of both a promise that they would continue the pressure on the prime minister continue to force the new elections later on in the year it's looking as if the situation for a boy is very tense indeed he's a real political survivor we know he survived

a no confidence vote earlier on in his prime ministership is this his last chance that's a big question in a vacuum monitoring that debate ahead or that our confidence vote and establish parliament for as thank you very much mean. now syria's president bashar assad has threatened force against u.s. backed couldst forces in the country and warned them to leave he made the comments in an interview with russian media well let's get more on this now cos pond and cena hall there is joining us live from assad saying the americans must leave syria saying a one way or another. yes president assad saying the americans should leave and somehow they will also had a message to their local allies the syrian democratic forces telling them that you have to hand over your territory peacefully or face the use of force this really in direct threats at the end of the day using force how realistic is this if you want to avoid an all out confrontation that involves regional and international players

because the united states has up to two thousand servicemen in the north east of the country an area under the control of the kurdish wife p g a group so those messages how realistic is this now the trumpet minister twee heard trump a few months ago say i want to withdraw these forces but the pentagon disagreed and said no these forces need to stay because we can use them to counter iranian influence in syria because if they pull out then there will be a vacuum and the iranians will fill this vacuum we know that the u.s. administration's goal in syria is not regime change but to counter the growing iranian influence in that country so assad making this message giving this message to the americans we know that the syrian government and its allies the iranian government and the russian government consider those american troops occupation forces and zaina also speaking about israel and them having

the same goal as the u.s. which is counteracting iranian influence in the country speaking about their attacks the israeli attacks on syria saying he wants to strengthen the country's defense system. yes as of late we've seen a stepped up israeli strikes targeting syrian army air bases that have been used by iranian troops now the syrian president saying that no iranian soldiers there were no iranian casualties but the iranian themselves a knowledge that the members of the revolutionary guards were killed in those israeli strikes the president of syria saying that one way to counter this is to improve our air defenses but there is a problem russia was supposed to provide the syrian government with the advanced the s three hundred anti-aircraft batteries but israel objected and now russia has declined to provide the s three hundred to the syrian government so it's not clear how they're going to boost their air defenses in order to counter these israeli

strikes thank you very much for that for now that they know how the what the nation's lines from that asset and to view on the russian media joining us live from beirut which thank you. still ahead on the bulletin find out why ukraine says it staged the murder of a journalist and. hollywood producer harvey weinstein's indicted on break charges in new york city. however much of central west and your warm and sundry describes the weather not so in the east it's just warm and sunny here but the wandering white clouds are slowing moving thunderstorms of the mirai now for a couple of weeks and temperature regime which is in the middle of the high twenty's for the most part with occasional variations it's warmer still in germany and poland the baltic states stuck on twenty four is actually

a cooling trend but here as you often see the end of may that warm and that results in the potential zones being realized where it's humid enough and the domination coast through germany and everywhere to the west of that the me the exceptions spain and portugal for the most part but it's just warm in places like poland warsaw at twenty nine that cooling breeze down kids might not get back to twenty three but who's going to complain and then the showers are in this green masters thing particularly through france and germany maybe as the low countries and haitians the british isles then you come over the mediterranean waters and lastly you're talking about clear blue skies again which extend into a good partner as often other is cloud forming in libya in tunisia and russian teena area however that's just cloud it shouldn't use any rain it's very quiet weather.

to some anonymous politician to others and alleged war criminal who was responsible for the murder of kosovo serb statesman oliver evanovich what does it reveal of the sectarian divide within this ten year old country and how has it affected relations between kristina and belgrade kosovo people in power investigation on al-jazeera. good to have you with us on al jazeera and these are our top stories north korea's

former spy chief has met the u.s. secretary of state and new york talks between the kenyan and mike pompei will continue on thursday there are preparations for next month's planned summit between kim jong un and president donald trump. spain's prime minister is facing a political challenge with debate on a no confidence motion against him beginning in parliament the main opposition socialists and leading the charge to have money on that appoints step down follows the jailing of twenty nine members of his party for corruption and syria's president bashar al asad has threatened force against u.s. backed kurdish forces in the country and warned them to leave and made the comments in an interview with russian media. moscow men in nicaragua have killed at least three people protesting against president daniel there were demonstrations demanding he step down started in april more than eighty people have been killed leading even some of the president's long time supporters to question his leadership as manuel at apollo reports from managua. hundreds of thousands of

people took to the streets of managua in the largest anti-government protests in decades the demonstration was organized in solidarity with the mothers of students and peaceful demonstrators who have been killed by police and pro-government militias since the start of a nationwide political crisis on april eighteenth get em up get there oh yes we want this government to have a conscience and stop killing our cute. it's mother's day because i was put into. celebrating at home with her family. would be is mourning the death of her son jason he was shot and beaten to death during a student led protest he was twenty four years old but i had. to come home at seven thirty three morning to have breakfast with me that's what hurts the most because now when i make breakfast. he was my only son that's why i want justice for my son you get a will. over the last month unrest has become common after

a peaceful protest against a national pension reform policy were met with deadly force by the government of the day now even some of the president's staunchest supporters are calling for his ouster early days. when i was a university student i thought i use my voice my energy to boot out the somoza dictatorship and we dreamed that there would never be another dictatorship in this country but over the last few years a new dictatorship formed that's not what we fought for that's not all my friends died for they died for a real change a free and just nicaragua. across town president or dig out spoke to supporters claimed the dissent against his government is part of a right wing conspiracy and denying any involvement in the deaths of demonstrators the violence is the worst this country has seen since the overthrow of the samosa dictatorship forty years ago and with the continued crackdown on peaceful protests demonstrations like these with thousands of people marching on the streets of

managua have only grown. just before sundown masked gunmen opened fire against a group of demonstrators at the engineering university several were injured others ran for cover civil society organizations continue to add names to the list of those killed nearly nine hundred others have been injured one is up a little. now the holy month of ramadan is a time for muslims to contemplate and celebrate but impoverished families in yemen a struggling just to get by after three years of war the people of facing a particular challenge this is he's been under siege by what the fatah since the conflict began. has more. he. is taking his children shopping he's promised them sweets but won't be able to spoil them further cash strapped and impoverished sol hopes ramadan

brings and and to suffering and war. is by the siege of the tough situation ramadan is always a happy moment we enjoy the month and so do our children all this while shells still land in our areas. is a city battered by war. forces loyal to president hardy have been trying for months to repel an offensive by the hertha is to control yemen's largest city the three year long siege is baking everyone suffer so never lower. prices are rising and that's a huge burden for us i used to buy goods for a cheaper price and now that's impossible because our head of. war in the siege pushed prices of basic goods soaring and people haven't received their salaries for months. sunset is when muslims break the. moment of quiet for him and he's really but his biggest concern is what might happen next

when fighting breaks between feuding factions in ties fighting that has a right to claim the lives of thousands of people mainly civilians. the problem and human rights activists and blogger from the united arab emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison legal sources they are a month old was found guilty of slander against the us he's been held for moving here before his trial began an abu dhabi last month on thought was arrested on suspicion of using social media to publish false information and spread hatred and sectarianism. the u.n. security council has held an emergency session after a flare up of violence at the gaza border as rail struck dozens of targets and saw the gaza strip on tuesday after a rocket and mortar launches from palestinian factions the u.s. says palestinian leadership has to be held accountable for attacks against israel

question salumi has more from the u.n. and you know. the one thing security council members seem to agree on on this issue of palestine in israel is their frustration over the council's inability to get anything done in the united states had called this meeting we called hoping to release a statement on behalf of a counselor condemning rocket attacks from gaza into israel and in fact many council members did condemn those attacks but while the united states put all the blame for violence in the region on the palestinian leadership here others united kingdom pointed out the desperate situation of the palestinian people is playing a part restrictions on movement lack of access to electricity water and jobs is all contributing to the tension and kuwait who is calling for an international protection force to ensure the safety of palestinian civilians blocked a formal statement from being issued on behalf of the council but. as long as this

occupation continues the palestinian people have the legitimate right to fight it and to defend their aspirations and their dream of independence in a dignified and free light from her look at the united states had this reaction the people of gaza do not need protection from an external source the people of gaza need protection from hamas it is the actions of hamas that are putting gazans and grave danger. hamas is indiscriminate attacks against israel inevitably bring a response the un special coordinator for middle east peace nikolai mlodinow warned that further escalation an all out war remain a risk and he laid out some basic steps to prevent that from happening focusing on humanitarian needs and supporting the egyptian reconciliation process and he ended with a message directly to the people of gaza we hear your plight and suffering he said and we will do all that we can to ensure that you have

a future beyond mere survival. now the u.s. says israel should pause that settlement activities to help washington space platen move forward the white house made the statement hours after israel approved the construction of nearly two thousand homes in the occupied west bank the ngo peace now says there's been an increase in settlement building since president trump took office israeli settlements are illegal under international law. a russian journalist and critic of the kremlin who was reported murdered in kiev has turned up alive at a news conference. over a video to have been a setup to catch his would be assassin were chalons reports from moscow. back from the dead russian journalist. and to a press conference in kiev to approve hours after most of the world show his murder had been faked a sting operation by ukraine secret service to apparently catch his would be

killers apologize to all those who've been kept in the dark including his wife. i'd like to ask you to excuse me for all that happened in the past because i have attended funerals for colleagues and friends many times and i know this feeling when you have to bury callings sorry for this unfortunately there were no other ways. flowers had been left outside kiev home where late on tuesday evening the journalist was reportedly found with fatal gunshot wounds to the back tributes and obituaries mourned his death. the secret was revealed live on t.v. colleagues at the channel where he works reacted with joy and tears of relief. russia has denied any role in the story and accused kiev of using it as propaganda but russia has where ukraine security chiefs allege the murder prosser originated. fled his home country last year after

a career as an anti putin voice culminated in a state backed media campaign against him none of the. we reported that in order to fulfill the cynical plan special services of the russian federation recruited a ukrainian citizen the first letter of his name is g. he was commissioned to find perpetrators of this brutal murder for financial reward in order to fulfill the assignment from the russian special services citizen g offered his acquaintance to commit a terrorist act into murder russian journalist. for thirty thousand dollars. ukraine secret service the s.b.u. showed video allegedly of this citizen g.v. in arrested on kiev streets and they say that the only one in danger thirty more people are being targeted for this working in the russian speaking world there is palpable relief that someone that they had been mourning is actually alive but among some there is also concern concern that in the post truth age an era of fake

news security operation like this as spectacular as it may be might further degrades trust in the long run. al-jazeera. last living lover from hawaii is kinda way of al qaeda has triggered a new round of accusations the law has been has now blocked one major evacuation route on the big island and is heading towards the crossroads of another it's been nearly a month since kinda way of began erupting displacing felons of residents and destroying seventy five homes to the white house in the us press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was put on the back foot after a student reporter asked her about gun safety for school children the thirteen year old from time for kids magazine asked what the trumpet ministration is doing to keep students safe from further school shootings this is how it played out. my school we really have

a lockdown but to get it that's my other mental health system what about the back to me or a friend can get shots and say that we tell you what he didn't understand and we'll do that essentially right i think as a kid and certainly as a parent there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe so i'm sorry that you feel that way. this is ministration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the president convened is meeting this week again an official meeting to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools and to make them feel safe and make their parents feel good about dropping off disgraced us movie producer harvey weinstein will now face trial after being formally indicted on rape charges the new grand jury's decision follows one sting to rest and court appearance last friday mike hanna has the details.

well the new york district attorney insists that the grand jury indictment takes the case against harvey weinstein to a new level what will happen next is that he will be arraigned before a judge he will be able to plead guilty or not guilty his lawyer maintains that weinstein will definitely be declaring himself not guilty and his lawyer says too that he will continue to fight against these charges even attempting to question the charges before weinstein goes to court the charges that the grand jury has brought are similar to those that the police brought last friday when weinstein surrendered himself to police before being placed on one million dollars bail and they pertain to two separate rape charges one is rape with compulsion which carries a sentence of up to twenty five years the other second life slightly more minor

a rape charge has also be brought along with a criminal intent to act so certainly three charges very very serious indeed the next step is for wildstein to appear before a judge but remembering too that this is a new york case there are a series of other actions pending against weinstein in other u.s. cities as well as in other parts of the world. and again on the front and a half of the headlines on al-jazeera russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov as in pyongyang for talks a trip seen as an attempt by moscow to make its voice heard and talks to denuclearize the korean peninsula meanwhile north korea's former spy chief arrived in new york on wednesday and had dinner with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei on a diplomatic editor james bass has more from new york. great deal to work out here

before they can give the got to go ahead and say that they want to go to those it is supposed to take place in singapore or secretary of state pompei always be leading the diplomacy on this interesting that also we spotted a top cia official. who was with the secretary of state on his two trips to pyongyang spanish embry said huge debate a motion of no confidence against prime minister muddy on that ahoy the main opposition socialist a leading political challenge after twenty nine members of the horse conservative party were jailed for corruption. syria's president bashar assad has threatened force against u.s. backed kurdish forces in the country and warned them to leave he made the comments in an interview with russian media the u.n. security council has held an emergency session after a flare up of violence at the gaza border israel struck dozens of targets inside the gaza strip on tuesday after

a rocket and mortar launchers from palestinian factions at least three people have been killed in the largest protests yet against the nicaraguan president hundreds of thousands of people took part in the march demanding daniel ortega step down since the unrest began in april more than eighty people have been killed as police crackdown on demonstrations. a russian journalist who was thought to have been murdered in kiev has turned up alive at a news conference. as a critic of the kremlin he revealed his apparent death had been staged to catch his would be killer. but those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us inside story is coming up next. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current events

that matter to al-jazeera. brocket attacks by palestinians the west fighting between the size in four years a truce is in place but for how long and once triggered this latest escalation this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's the most intense attack on israel by palace in armed groups is the two thousand and fourteen war in gaza and this could have sparked another war hamas and islamic jihad launched a barrage of rockets into israel on tuesday morning three soldiers it was in.