speed of thirty kilometers. a tree branch. dialing for diplomacy the u.s. hosts a top north korean official ahead of a possible summit between the leaders of the two countries. and i welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters and me in the sopranos also ahead spain's parliament debates promise to marry on the boy's leadership ahead of friday's confidence vote. three dead in the latest anti-government protests in nicaragua. and syrian and aid organizations discuss the plight of five point five million people made refugees by

the war in syria. the summit between donald trump and kim jong un still isn't officially on preparations for it certainly are chemist right hand man arrived in new york on wednesday and had dinner with the u.s. secretary of state while russian foreign minister sergei lavrov as and pyongyang for talks are diplomatic editor james bays 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 pump 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 will take place in singapore and we're going to continue it 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 with 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 owned 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 and roman pride has more on the russian foreign minister visit to north korea from seoul. another developing dimension in this flurry of diplomatic activity the russians now seemingly getting more involved with a visit by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov to pyongyang and a meeting with his north korean counterpart he emerged afterwards to make a statement that the russians believe that there can be no full resolution of the north korean nuclear problem without there being a relief of sanctions the russian point being that the denuclearization process is so complex and so lengthy that north korea would only embark on it if it has some

guarantees of getting economic relief and a lifting of these sanctions the u.s. will not be happy by this russian position that seems to support the north korean position but russia rather like china feels that it can't be left out of these international possibly historic events that given their position in the region they should have some involvement and are worried about being sidelined the russians like the chinese also believe that they have a vested economic interest in a stable korean peninsula lavrov said that russia is interested in pursuing trilateral economic projects with the two koreas such as the development of railways and possible pipeline running through the korean peninsula all projects which are pending upon a successful june twelfth summit in singapore not angeles ahead of

a day nuclear policy at the carnegie center for global policy and he has bought it signed the shi'a commitment to the talks and set up a botched their negotiating positions are still poles apart. there is still a major gap between the positions of the united states and north korea north korea has no plan to immediately surrender to nuclear weapons but the us is asking for an immediate and comprehensive verifiable you reversible denuclearization of north korea these two have a lot of work to do before june the twelve to figure out a basic common ground on the nuclear use so basically my understanding of the north korean position is they want to keep their core nuclear deterrent capability the spends so much time so much money into this program and the don't really trust the united states at all they want to retain their core nuclear deterrent capability

order to hedge against any future uncertainties the other words i think north korea wants to strachey this process of denuclearization for as long as possible the very i can now you magine them agreeing to a near term timetable or deadline to completely dismantle their nuclear weapons so they are willing to offer a very idealistic and empty political commitment to the eventual go of the transition but i doubt that you want to implement in the near term future. let's move on to other news now and spain's prime minister money on the whole is facing and i confidence vote in parliament on friday began a two day debate on his leadership on thursday the main opposition socialist party is leading the charge to have to step down as follows the jailing of twenty nine people linked to his people's party for corruption. has the latest from the dread.

well 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 charge was. 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 indirectly benefiting from some of these ill gotten gains. says he is 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 polity as well. now u.n. agencies have been holding a briefing on the situation facing severe and refugees its seven years of conflict

has forced five and a half million civilians to leave creation the world's largest refugee crisis let's go now to our correspondent zain a hole there who is joining us live from beirut and the u.n. really highlighting the situation refugees and what's needed what's come out of the meeting so far. well the united nations is appealing for funds the various u.n. agencies saying that they just do not have the money to continue to provide services to these people millions and millions of syrians depend on aid to survive seven million internally displaced in syria i can tell you just in recent months the tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes as part of surrender deals with the government moved to the countryside the northwestern countryside of it live they live in tents they've left everything behind so they have no jobs so these people need aid to survive so seven million inside syria

united nations talking about five point five million refugees in neighboring countries lebanon jordan countries really which have been facing a lot of strain the government here appealing for help because it just cannot provide for these people and many syrians really have taken jobs the jobs from the lebanese causing a social tension so the united nations saying to the international community we do not have money and if you do not give us this money we cannot continue to provide services to those in need and while the u.n. are talking about the plight of refugees we've had the syrian president bashar assad talking about the war itself to russian media saying what's he been saying. well in one way or another he issued a stretch to the united states telling them that the americans should leave syria we know that approximately two thousand u.s.

servicemen are based in the north east of the country in an area under the control of the kurdish p.g. group he also gave a message to the syrian democratic forces that is the local allies the american america's local allies in the kurdish region telling them that if you do not hand over this area peacefully we are going to quote liberated by force threatening do night that states and telling them that they learn the lessons from iraq in one way or another he is telling them to expect an insurgency but using force is not going to be easy because this is going to involve international players there are american troops on the ground not far there are russian soldiers are iranian soldiers so it is quite difficult to see how they can use force without igniting a wider conflict but clearly the syrian president in that interview showing a lot of confidence in and reiterating that the syrian government is going to liberate in his words every inch of syrian soil but right now if he's going to

approach and live or die or the north east of the country it is going to involve international and regional players and i thank you very much for that for now the design to hold them live with all the nations developments from syria live and they vote thank you. national masa gunmen have killed at least three people protesting against president daniel ortega one demonstrations demanding he step down began in april more than eighty people have been killed leaving even some of the president's longtime supporters to question has leadership as manuel de paulo reports from managua. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of managua in the largest anti-government protest 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 at their oh yeah we want this government to have a conscience and stop killing our gets. it's mother's day and we get i won but

instead of celebrating at home with the family so i learn a day that would be now is mourning the death of her son jason he was shot and beaten to death during a student led protests he was twenty four years old and i. used to come home at seven thirty every morning to have breakfast with me that's what hurts the most because now who will i make breakfast. he was my only son and that's why i want justice for my son you get a well. 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 summers a dictatorship and we dream 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 spoke to supporters claiming 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 a 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 when i was up a little. still ahead on the bulletin brazil's striking truck drivers get back on

the job bot now or what has said they're fed up. and fountains of lava and hawaii and more evacuation orders issued. and it's his friends. in the street. the weather sponsored by cattle have always. we are very much into a thunder response of weather across much of western europe hussey quiets and calm across the east of there is lots of sunshine headless the blue skies as well high pressure essentially inches a few showers down towards to see maybe see a little bit with making its way into cypress on the side of the med was seen some showers into northern parts of spain and portugal more so across the good parts of france pushing up into germany the low countries and that's going to be the theme as we go on through the next few days and squats of weather into line for example

that north of the peyronie's and there's a huge raaf the thundering down poles big a lot of the showers coming down here hate in place there for berlin could see some light showers here as well temperatures around thirty celsius warmer still for warsaw so as we go on through thursday on friday you see the showers tend to nudge the way further north with so warmer weather hotter weather stickier weather making its way up towards the possibility london twenty four degrees celsius still into the low thirty's for well in if you want to two showers just creep in their way back into that western side of the mediterranean want to show is a possibility will cross northern pos so for america northern areas of algeria little clutch of storms here just around algiers algiers with the top temperature of twenty three degrees. the weather sponsored by cattle always. being stories generate thousands of headlines collaboration three different angles from different perspectives. this is the only evidence that russia was responsible

for this separate the spin from the facts that's why i don't go on. the misinformation from the journalism the issues here go far beyond one data mining company and one election with the listening post on al-jazeera. the 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 in new york talks between that came young and mike will continue on thursday that part of preparations for next month's planned summit between kim jong un and president donald trump. spanish and pays

a beginning two days of debate on a motion of no confidence and promise to muddy on that a hallway the main opposition socialists and leading the challenge after twenty nine members off the boards conservative party with jailed for corruption and u.n. agencies have been holding a briefing in jordan on the situation facing syrian refugees seven years of conflict has forced five and a half million syrians to leave creation the world's largest refugee crisis. now the charity save the children says more than a billion children are being robbed of their child holds some of the worst affected are in south sudan have suffered nearly five years of civil war from the capital juba have a morgan reports. fifteen year old mary kay dent has only one dream to go to school and get a degree the one her family told you will be married gets money she ran away to an orphanage. my brothers said they wanted to sell me because they wanted

money for food i told them i wanted to study but they said they didn't want me to go to school that girls don't go to school. mary says her family wouldn't have thought of marrying her off were it not for south sudan's dire economic situation a direct result of five years of civil war the rate of early marriage for girls here has risen from forty eight percent to fifty two in recent years. the worst parted in twenty thirty when president salva kiir accused his former deputy rick machar of attempting a coup tens of thousands have been killed and a third of the twelve million population displaced sixty percent of them children according to the un but even children who haven't been displaced have not been spared the consequences of the world trade organization say along with early marriages many children are tending to the stream in south sudan so it has also resulted in a high number of young girls getting pregnant and more kids being recruited to fight in the conflict. like twelve year old bad day who says the economic crisis

has meant he has to wash cars on the streets. there's no money so i can't go to school so i wash cars if i get some money i take it home so my mother can feed my brothers. save the children as young people in south sudan face a difficult future. and there's like three reasons that there are threats for children that are actually overlapping one it's the high levels of poverty i know the one is the armed conflict that has been going on for many years now since two thousand and thirteen and the other reason is the discrimination against girls so actually we are risking we are risking a whole generation a generation that's struggling with the consequences of a war that's robbing them of their childhood as well as their future. morgan al-jazeera. a prominent human rights activists and blogger from the united arab

emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison legal sources say was found guilty of slander against the u.a.e. he'd been held for more than a year before his trial began of about the last twelve months old 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 israel struck dozens of targets inside the gaza strip on tuesday after rockets and mortar launchers from palestinian factions the u.s. says palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable for attacks against israel christian salumi has more from the u.n. in new york. 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 the united states had called this meeting we called hoping to release

a statement on behalf of the council 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 others like the 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 and a dignified and free life from her let them 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 gaza and grave danger hamas is indiscriminate attacks against israel inevitably bring a response. the u.n. special coordinator for middle east peace nicole i'm a law 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. and israel has issued a new rule to ban tourists from indication passports from entering the country the decision is in retaliation for jakarta suspending visas for israelis in the aftermath of the violence in gaza and recent weeks into the show has strongly

condemned the attacks on palestinians during border protests stepped lawson has more from jakarta. indonesia and israel don't have to be a metric relations but still thousands of indonesians travel to israel every year they visit holy sites both christian and muslim and many go on a pilgrimage to the mosque which is considered the third holiest place in islam so the notification by the israel border protection department that indonesians are not allowed to enter israel after june nine came to many here as a shock to the north of them more and more indonesians are visiting the holy sites because we finally had easy access and got much safer than years ago so we're very sad that this is happening. the reason for this ban is still not fully clear but according to media reports from its route it came after in the media decided to suspend the plan to allow tourists from to enter indonesia which would have been a historical move the suspension according to this reports came after indonesia

condemn violence recently in gaza killing tens of palestinians by israeli soldiers the foreign ministry here in shock after has strongly denied it was out of such a plan to allow israeli tourists to become three although both countries don't have formal ties trait is on the increase between indonesia and israel and has also been sick with talks to improve the ties between the two countries the current diplomatic spat has brought all these are frozen back to square one leaving many here in indonesia wonder if and when they can go back to israel to visit the holy sites. now a russian journalist and critic of the kremlin who was reported to have been murdered in kiev has turned up alive and well at a new. conference. over veiled it had been a setup to catch his would be assassin or a challenge reports from moscow. back from the dead russian journalist. and to

a press conference in kiev to approve hours after most of the world political regime show that 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 the senior. sure 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 colleagues sorry for this unfortunately there were no other ways. flowers had been left outside of 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. of 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 ridge native. 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 she 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. disclose to us the movie producer harvey weinstein will now face trial after being formally indicted on the rape charges the new york grand jury's decision follows one steams arrest and court appearance last friday. now lava from an erupting volcano in hawaii has triggered more evacuation orders the fast moving lava has blocked one major escape route and is heading towards the crossroads of another one big island in the way of again erupting a month about destroying dozens of homes and forcing two thousand residents to move

to safety. to brazil now or just as one crippling strike ended another is underway oil workers walked off a seventy two hours on wednesday and defiance of labor court judges who declared the strike and legal this comes after a nationwide strike by truck drivers ended daniel on the reports from follow. most of brazil's striking truck drivers have returned to the road many of the reluctantly some with police and army escorts after reaching a temporary agreement with the government to lower the price of diesel brazil's returning to normal after the nine day protests brought the country to its knees but as truckers returned to work all workers walked out. coincidentally the truckers went on strike and were asking some of the same questions as us so we decided to strike not only to support them but to oppose the possible privatization of petro boss. the seventy two hour stop which was declared illegal by the

government the strikes have also seen shares in the national oil company put top brass the majority of which is government oh and lose fifteen percent of their value the traffic is flowing again deliveries are being made a few hid out and this is only a temporary reprieve prices remain high and the popularity of the government is an all time low while the majority of brazilians continue to support the strikers that's a recipe for further protests. president. brazil is emerging from recession but few are seeing the benefits of this reported to surgeons and many brazilians are disillusioned with the whole political establishment with politicians from all parties in. number of corruption scandals. next president will inherit come through with an enormous deficit and major problems enduring its economic recovery it will be hard to prove unpopular reforms that are necessary for this country. president.

is not running the one time favorite some former president. is imprisoned the candidate to so far emerged. times that many here are headed that. hello again. of the headlines. north korea's former spy chief has met the u.s. secretary of state and new york talks between. preparations for next month. and president. spanish beginning two days of debate on a motion of no confidence and promise to. the main opposition in the challenge often twenty nine members of a voice conservative party jailed for corruption u.n. agencies have been holding a briefing in jordan on the situation facing refugees seven years of conflict has

forced five and a half million syrians to leave creation the world's largest refugee crisis saying the harder has. the government here appealing for help because it just cannot provide for these people and many syrians really have taken the jobs from the lebanese social tension so the united nations saying to the international community we do not have money and if you do not give us this money we cannot continue to provide services to those in need. the u.n. security council has hold held an emergency session after a flare up of violence at the gaza border israel struck dozens of targets in the gaza strip on tuesday after a rocket and mortar launches from palestinian factions the u.s. says palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable for attacks against israel . at least three people have been killed in the largest protests yet against the nicaraguan president hundreds of thousands took part in the march demanding daniel

ortega step down more than eighty percent of us have been killed since demonstrations began in april. 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. now fast moving on lava from hawaii's killer way a volcano has triggered a new round of evacuations the lava has now blocked a major evacuation route on big island and is heading towards the crossroads of another it's been nearly a month since killer whale began erupting displacing thousands of residents and destroying seventy five homes as the headlines the stream is coming up next.

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