match fixing. dining so deploy the say 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 in doha with me elizabeth prada also ahead. spanish debate promise to muddy on little boys leadership ahead of friday's no confidence vote. three day and the latest anti-government protests in nicaragua and we'll look at what life is like you're in the muslim holy month of ramadan and war torn yemen.

the summit between donald trump and kim jong un still isn't officially on bob's preparations for it certainly kim's 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. for talks a 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 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 a fondness a second level of told him on that russia wants peace and progress on the korean peninsula he also passed on president vladimir putin's best wishes and voted kept to moscow for the g. it is absolutely obvious that starting any discussion of the nuclear problem and all other programs on the korean peninsula they cannot be complete without repealing all sanctions on north korea how that will go ahead will be a question of the skill of the negotiators but it cannot be done in one sitting one cannot provide denuclearization in one sitting so of course there must be several stages and in every stage there must be a two way road. from a bride has more on this visit to north korea. 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. as a kind of a day nuclear policy program at the carnegie thank our center for policy and he says but it's fun to show her commitment to the talks in singapore botched 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 power and 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 during the twelve to figure out a basic common ground on the nuclear issue so basically my understanding of the north korean position is they wanted 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 in 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 line to completely dismantle their nuclear weapons and so they are willing to offer a very idealistic and empty political commitment to the eventual goal 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 spanish m.p.'s have begun two days of debate in parliament on a motion of no confidence and promise to money on the whole way the main opposition socialist party is leading the charge to have stepped down and fall of the jailing of twenty nine people linked to his people's party for corruption. has the latest from madrid. one hundred seventy six m.p.'s here at the three hundred fifty seat congress need to support a vote of no confidence in prime minister mariano rajoy for the motion to pass it's all being spearheaded by the opposition socialist party and its leader paid for sanchez with the socialists come to this alone so they're looking for help from all the political parties here including the far left by demos party who have indicated that they would indeed support they smoke the socialists of also reached out to see

other than off the citizens party for help to have suggested that they would back it too but not the possibility of petro sanchez replacing marianna as prime minister here here that i know seem more interested in pushing for new elections later on in the year primarily because they're doing very very well in the polls at the moment this could all well boil down to support from some of the smaller policies including the basque nationalist party that of the moment are trying to work out whether or not they would back this motion going forward but mariano rajoy is a political survivor he has survived a previous no confidence votes against him during his time as prime minister he's accused the political opposition here of really seizing the moment to undermine him his government and his leadership going forward it boils down to three different scenarios for a boy could well resign we could well see a situation where the no confidence vote is successful meaning that we could see

a new government a new prime minister here in spain possibly by the end of the week or if the no confidence vote fails more something other than a loss of both promise to keep up the pressure on marianna who are going forward to keep on pushing for new elections before the end of the year here in spain pressure is most certainly mounting on the prime minister at the moment. 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 creating the world's largest refugee crisis they now hold that has more from beirut. the united nations appealing for funds the various u.n. agencies telling the international community that they just do not have enough money to continue to provide services to the millions of syrians who need assistance to survive seven million syrians internally displaced and many of them

do not have jobs many of them have have left their homes so they are dependent on aid and it's not just internally displaced syrians they're refugees united nations mentioning five point five million refugees in neighboring countries countries like lebanon jordan and the governments of both countries saying that they are under a lot of strain and that they cannot provide help to the millions of syrians because their own people are not able to find jobs and the economic situation in both countries is quite dire the lebanese government for example appealing for aid saying that it's causing tensions between the host communities and the syrian refugees because the syrians are taking the jobs of the lebanese so the united nations appealing for the war is not over the humanitarian crisis is not over and the needs are great. to nicaragua now where mosque gunmen have killed at least three people protesting against president. demonstrations demanding his step

down again in april more than eighty people have been killed some of the president's supporters to question his leadership as money reports from managua. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of. 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. we want the scuffle to have a conscience and stop killing. it's mother's day and i got i was but instead of celebrating at home with her family sullen 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 but as yet he used to come home at seven thirty three morning to have breakfast with me and that's what hurts the

most because now when i make breakfast. he was my only son and you know you that's why i want justice for my son you get what. 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 daniel 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 used 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 their ground 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 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 when a drop a little. still ahead on the bulletin by ukraine says it staged the murder of a russian journalist and. amanda gallacher on the west coast of florida were called brunch something that's turning into one of the biggest solar powered cities in the world.

however the usual rashness showers across much of southeast asia i would say it's a really lovely downpours in k.l. over one hundred millimeters of rain here in twenty four hours more pics that was coming in as per usual and as we go on through the next few days that tending to do with the way further west was also the story weather pulling out of vietnam into some parts of cambodia maybe into laos as well easing over towards thailand usual rasher showers the same some big and lively showers too into central and southern parts of the philippines and more of the same as we go through friday and only to satisfy for the south it's a good chill trying to jakarta thirty two celsius with largely clear whether coming through him now not a clear weather into a stradivarius. some increasing clouds is spilling out of delhi way pushing toward south australia high pressure in charge here so keeping things nice and calm seas some lovely weather over towards the east coast so that blue skies over sydney

glorious day here as we went through awareness day and more the same as we go on through the next couple of days perhaps a little bit of cherry rain to pursue pushing up into northern parts of new south wales temperatures will struggle with that southerly wind sixteen celsius on friday maybe a touch warmer on saturday not so bad in melbourne top temperature here just fourteen degrees. from cutting medical technology. could be. the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. and you know the worst gig you've. ever seen an innovative solution. to make this week is we're sure we sold the cure.

to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories the north korean leader's right hand man has met the u.s. secretary of state in new york talks between. will continue on thursday the preparations for next month's planned so much between kim jong un and president donald trump spanish beginning two days of debate on a motion of no confidence and prime minister. the main opposition socialist and leading the challenge after twenty nine members of the voice conservative party would jail for corruption and u.n. agency is amazing in jordan and the plight of millions of syrians caught up in the

world's largest refugee crisis seven years of war has forced five and a half million to flee the country seven million are internally displaced. now the holy month of ramadan is a time for muslims to contemplate and to celebrate but families and yemen a struggling just to survive after three years of war and the people of thought is a facing a particular challenge bata has more. in his children shopping he's promised them sweets but won't be able to spoil them. cash strapped and impoverished hopes ramadan brings an 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 whole thing 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 this is a war in the seed push prices of basic goods soaring and people haven't received their salaries for a month. sunset is when muslims break their fast moment of quiet for his show and he's really but his biggest concern is what might happen next when fighting breaks between feuding factions in his fighting that has already claimed the lives of thousands of people may listen billions.

the u.n. security council has held an emergency session after attacks in gaza israeli forces struck dozens of targets in the gaza strip on tuesday and response to rocket and mortar nor inches from palestinian armed groups the u.s. as the palestinian leadership needs to be held accountable question 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 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 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 look to 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 to the un 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. kenya's president has vowed to hold to account dozens of civil servants accused of stealing millions of dollars and public funds well then fifty of being investigated after the money went missing from the national youth service catherine soy has the latest from nairobi. well people here in kenya very angry and frustrated about this particularly because it's coming off the back of another scandal that involves hundreds of thousands of dollars and still involved the same national youth service now the national youth service is this agency that was started to help. unemployment's these young people go there

their. training their help in government projects as well so what is happening now in this new scandal the police are investigating the prosecutor's office have said that are more than fifty people including senior officials all of this national youth service are being investigated and will be prosecuted business people as well as the central bank is also helping with investigations particularly looking into the banks where this money was channeled through the produce is forced to recover their sources. and secondly to do with. the. jews president uhuru kenyatta has also weighed in on the matter and said that there is no room for corruption in this government he said that people are going to be held to account but i don't kenyans are also frustrated by king arthur because these are things that we've had before and particularly because he come paint twice

on the platform of no corruption and so people saying that they want to see more action they want to see convictions on thursday there's going to be a protest march organized by several civil society groups saying that they have had enough because we're not just talking about corruption in this youth service there have also been corruption allegations involving several other government bodies. now a russian journalist and critic of the kremlin who was reported to have been murdered and kiev has turned up alive and well at a news conference arkady but chunk over veiled had been a set up 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 two approvals hours after most of the world cool from being shot dead 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 is in your. shit 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 have 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. 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 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 numbers 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 and to murder russian journalist. for thirty thousand dollars. ukraine's secret service the s.b.u. showed video allegedly of this citizen 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 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. novel from an erupting volcano and why has tried more evacuation and what is the fox moving llama has blocked one man to escape route and is heading towards the crossroads of another on big island kind of way and began erupting a month ago destroying dozens of homes and forcing two thousand residents to move to safety and why police department spokesman says toxic gas is a major danger. we've removed about two thousand people we have about four hundred that are in shelters and the rest are with family and friends but as this love it continues to march through the area. it closes it in is across is that last road the only be one way out there making arrangements now to open another road

that goes up through volcanoes national park and that would be the only route. to go and it's slow the problem is that we have high concentrations of this volcanic gas that comes from these fissures and if the wind changes you do save one minute and the next minute not so safe it can cause death fortunately since we began the eruptions on may the third we've had no deaths we've had a couple of injuries but we're trying our best to protect lives and people's property as best we can on standby or a couple of marine sea stallion helicopters which can take about forty five people at a time out so if they do get trapped in that area and attempted air rescue would be something that they may have to do. now the first town in the united states to be

entirely powered by solar energy is taking shape in the state of florida when it's complete babcock financial been one of the largest communities off its kind in the world and agalloch of a poll. in a state peppered with retirement villages and go of course is babcock ranch looks like just another new development however few communities have driverless buses or a powered entirely by the sun like this one this solar array is the largest of its kind in the world and will provide clean when you pull energy for years to come well this is the birth of a new town this is founder square and it's elephant said kits and says the projects it's new standards and possibilities for how we live we are trying to create the most sustainable environmentally responsible new city that's ever been developed in the world and we're doing it when it's not talking about we're doing it in our goal is is that people will come here and see it and copy it from renderings to reality

families began buying homes and moving it at the beginning of the year jim and donna a vague found out about the project two years ago and they're among the first residents i don't know if we're setting an example because we're doing this for us we love this lifestyle if they look at it and say wow they're really doing something great and they follow us that would be added benefit and roma to the community school is already underway as more families move in but babcock ranch is still growing developers say that more than fifty thousand people live here by the time the final phase is complete making this one of the biggest self-sustained communities in the country homes here are relatively affordable but the land is also key ninety percent of it is now a preserve and will be cherished for generations to come local ranches say working with developers and helping preserve the land is a natural partnership with farmers and ranchers always been stewards of the land even before anybody thought of this any of this stuff. whatever this is what you

make of the year we have to take care of it from conception to breaking ground it took more than a decade to get this project underway but ron she's now a real world example of how cities of the future might look together kuroda zero babcock ranch florida. and i get out of the problem and the headlines on al-jazeera and north korea's former spy chief has made the us secretary of state and new york talks between kim young and mike pompei will continue on thursday that part of preparations for next month's planned summit between kim jong un and president donald trump and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov as an north korea he told that russia wants peace and progress on the korean peninsula he also invited them to moscow on president putin's behalf. it is absolutely obvious that starting any discussion of the

nuclear problem and all other programs on the korean peninsula they cannot be complete without repealing all sanctions on north korea that will go ahead will be a question of the skill of the negotiators but it cannot be done in one sitting one cannot provide denuclearization in one sitting so of course there must be several stages engine every stage there must be a two way road. spanish beginning two days of debate on a motion of no confidence and prime minister mariano to jorge the main opposition socialists are leading the challenge after twenty nine members of the conservative party were jailed for corruption a socialist leader petro sanchez has put himself forward as replacement 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 civilians to leave creating the wars largest refugee crisis the u.n. says seven million syrians aren't really displaced and six hundred thousand

children are not going to school. the u.n. security council has held an emergency session after a flare up of violence at the gaza border as dozens of targets inside the gaza strip on tuesday out of rocket and most of the 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 yesterday and state in the one president hundreds of thousands of people took part in a march demanding daniel ortega step down more than eighty protesters have been killed since demonstrations began in april. those are the headlines on al-jazeera the day stay with us as people in power as coming up next. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a breakeven although priced twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. to help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in

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