can the go for ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a just zero. the u.s. sparks anger among its closest allies is the threat of a trade war mood. hello i'm adrian sitting and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up kim young troll is now planning to travel to washington to deliver a personal letter from chairman kim jong il a senior advisor to north korea's leader is shuttle to meet with donald trump place on friday. pakistan plans to sway in a caretaker government head of july's elections. and a new museum in south africa tracks thousands of lovers but not without controversy

. the trumpet ministration is imposing tariffs on steel an aluminum imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with tariffs of their own as fears grow over global trade war kimberly how could reports from washington. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross made the announcement from paris where he was attending an annual trade forum. tariffs of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports into the united states from canada mexico and the european union all go into effect friday the move potentially sets in motion a trade war with some of the united states most important allies a claim the u.s. commerce secretary brushed off everybody has a very narrow new. very firmly every country does with others who is nothing weird

about the whole thing go everybody will get over this in due course in brussels the head of the european commission called it a bad day for world trade promising counter measures that could include retaliatory tariffs u.s. goods into the e.u. on everything from blue jeans to motorcycles what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same it's totally unacceptable that it come to be seen as you are through measures when it comes to. the great france's junior trade minister promised a similar response suggesting the u.s. president may be misinformed. no more forget that issue there comes a point when one needs to look at the figures and i'm surprised that maybe president trump stuff haven't shown him how much those european companies have invested in the united states who created jobs that to assemble and produce that

now those u.s. jobs could be at risk just as president donald trump seeks to fulfill one of his top campaign promises to protect the jobs of his supporters in america's steel and aluminum manufacturing sectors it's not just international partners criticizing donald trump's decision to oppose steel and aluminum tariffs on top u.s. allies domestically members of president trump's own republican party are also criticizing him fear of the effects of a global trade war despite white house efforts to downplay those concerns kimberly helped get al-jazeera at the white house when u.s. trade partners in europe are denouncing the new turfs france's president emanuel mccraw called the american action illegal and his foreign minister said that america first is becoming america alone germany's finance minister said that the tariffs made. violate international law he added that it was not

a good day for transatlantic relations and a statement by the british government expressed deep disappointment in the decision that said the u.k. and other u.s. allies should get a permanent exemption and reaction to the u.s. move has been particularly strong in canada and mexico america's partners in the nafta trade agreement john holdren reports now from mexico city. after the u.s. put the squeeze on neighbors and trading allies mix going canada imposing steel and dollar million tariffs retaliation quickly followed both amounts dollar for dollar surcharges on u.s. imports these tariffs are totally unacceptable canadian prime minister justin through though and his foreign minister chrystia freeland denounce the u.s. is actions this is sixteen point six billion dollars every tell you. this is the strongest trade action canada has taken in the post-war era

mexico's economic minister called this the worst case scenario and said the country would put tariffs on some u.s. steel products apple's grapes pull in cheese today that we take action at the moment to compensate sadly it would be damage to gone to mexico next person is still an aluminum but this dispute was the last thing either country wanted with a powerful and until recently mostly friendly neighbor the kind of the terrorists will hit particularly hard about ninety percent of its head south of the border it's the us is biggest supplier but mexico also is one of the top exporters of steel to be united states despite both its going canada insist trade flow still works in the us is favor for them the decision by the troubled ministration just doesn't make sense michael to kick us in economy is no economic justification at the end of the day. see that mexico has a deficit with the u.s.

in any lineaments deal that we can see more from them than we moreover in sectors that are essential to their company but there's another element to this washington's insistence the three countries are renegotiating the nafta free trade agreement the u.s. won't see more concessions from its coming canada they both emphasized that they still claim to talk but added that their italian three measures will remain in place as long as the u.s. terrorists to join homan. mexico city and jeff stacy is a former state department official in the obama administration he says there's a high chance of a trade war we're already hearing direct responses from the e.u. from japan from canada about what they're going to do reciprocal tariffs coming in at the american economy and that means that if we respond again in kind this could go several rounds and lead ultimately to a very sizable trade war that will be detrimental to all of us what we are hoping

is that the administration will think twice here this is what our allies are hoping this is what the leaders in japan in canada and all across europe are hoping it seems that this cabinet and this president in particular have things kind of reverse in their minds what they don't understand is that protectionism and mercantile isn't is a very bad thing for all parties involved the u.s. secretary of state says that he's made great progress in his talks with one of the north korean leader kim jong un's close estates mike pompei as mat's kim jong il can be on trial i'm sorry in new york for a second day the talks are supposed to smooth the way for a summit between donald trump and kim jong un in less than two weeks before peo refused to confirm whether it will actually happen diplomatic at the james pace reports. a second day of intense diplomacy between the u.s. secretary of state and the north korean envoy who met for almost two and

a half hour as reporters watched the comings and goings at the apartment block where the u.s. government owns a residence on the thirty ninth floor state department officials were very cautious in what they said but one man was not as restrained the u.s. president he spoke as the meeting was still under way revealing for the first time that general kim will now head to the white house good morning i just want to tell you we're doing very well with north korea our secretary of state has had very good meetings he's meeting again today. i believe they'll be coming down to washington on friday and a letter is going to be delivered to me from him john. the president said the summit in singapore if it takes place could be the first of perhaps two or three meetings between him and kim jong later secretary pump aoe sidestepped questions

about whether the two sides have the same definition of denuclearization and seemed well aware of the scale of the challenge ahead this is going to be a process that will take days and weeks to work our way through there will be tough moments there will be difficult times i've had some difficult conversations with them as well. they've given right back to me to reporters had been led to believe that these crucial negotiations would only be taking place here at this apartment block in new york but now there is another phase and unpredictable elements president trump himself at the white house general kim is carrying a letter which he will open there from his leader kim jong un james post al-jazeera new york both north and south korea have agreed to set up a new joint liaison office following high level talks at the demilitarized zone on friday way to hey reports from seoul. while all the attention is on whether the

summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un will take place on june the twelfth in singapore the flurry of diplomatic activity continues on the korean peninsula on friday there is a high level meeting taking place between representatives of north and south korea that meeting taking place in the detroit zone it's a meeting that was supposed to have been just over two weeks ago but north korea we drew in protest because of military exercises that were taking place at the time between south korea and the united states according to the south korean unification minister who's involved in those discussions these are focused on ensuring i can degrade upon in the two into korean summits will be implemented seamlessly and quickly and all indications are that the discussions have been positive and that the two sides are in agreement on most issues two of the things that they have highlighted so far are that they want to set up

a joint liaison office in the case on industrial park in north korea which has been closed for some time and they also want to stage an event a celebration to mark the anniversary of the first into korean summit which took place in the year two thousand that anniversary is coming up on the fifteenth of june and north korea wants that celebration that event to take place in south korea pakistan is swearing in a caretaker government ahead of elections in late july former judge little milk will run the country until after the vote the three main political parties are looking to convince voters that they can grow the economy and create jobs but tribal and religious loyalties will also have a major influence over the electorate let's go live to islamabad to serious kemal is so come on what's the main purpose of this this interim government. where the government is jaw. free or

a government which will ensure all free and fair elections which i have already been announced on the twenty fifth of july the president of pakistan mr cain will be administering the order. was initially. the chief justice of. that of course many will be held in parliament right behind me and going to be attended by the military chiefs and. one of the main challenges facing the country right now. for the first time to showcase him government have been able to complete day to new york which is ten years of democracy the big challenge of course will be for the new government to take control of the economy which is in bad shape the outgoing

government of course taking all kinds of allegations against. going on against mr nawaz sharif or disqualified for life as prime minister. so big challenge is. concerned relations rid india relation rid of honest on worsening relations with the united states take as far as the election and the new government. all right come on many thanks to the reporting live from islamabad. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera that in nicaragua the death toll from anti-government protests rises to sixteen we'll tell you why spain's parliament is about to stage a confidence vote the prime minister not of the holy seems likely to lose.

hello hello showers hit damascus wednesday and i think briefly thursday as well you can see him disappearing there syria up into the southern cocoa says discreet little cells he's going to carry on going on the back half the systems brought them will tuck down through turkey back do dancers cyprus i think to the coast of lebanon and syria once more last probably the next couple of days to be honest i mean land in iraq in particular is up to forty or forty one rather high degrees is hot where the health and unpleasant but thirty one is with thunderstorms in northern iraq particularly in teheran so between the two areas of themselves where the hot dry weather isn't extends all the way down through the arabian peninsula which is expected to do we haven't yet got the hurries back in somalia there's no signs of tropical depressions the moment is just generally speaking dry and increasingly hot forty two hundred forty seven inland in oman it's

a bit above where it should be to be honest at this time of the year now this a big downpours recently in south africa and another trough on its way through the western cape it doesn't look especially wet today v now again it will kick up a decent shower otherwise he's big open skies. in the next episode of earth royce clark two into greenpeace crew and one for each through the little scene to highlight the importance of protecting this fragile antarctic ecosystem against an expanding list of manmade threats beneath the surface of this magnificent desolation is just teaming with life believes in the remotest. antarctic century on al-jazeera.

again this is al jazeera our top stories this hour the trumpet ministrations imposing tariffs on steel and alley many of imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with tariffs of their own stoking fears of a global trade war. the u.s. secretary of state says he's made great progress in his talks with kim yong. one of the north korean leaders closest aides it comes as high level meetings between north and south korea resumed in the demilitarized. pakistan to swear in a caretaker government ahead of elections in late july former judge nice little

ball will run the country until after the vote the three main political parties are looking to convince voters that they can grow the economy and create jobs. at least sixteen people are now confirmed to have been killed in the latest anti-government protests in nicaragua gunmen opened fire on a march paying tribute to the mothers of students killed in the unrest more than one hundred people died in protests since april of zero as manuel appollo reports from the capital. on the streets of managua gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters in the naked when capital many demonstrators took shelter in a nearby cathedral went up at the at those who were inside the cathedral and we went outside and saw how the shootings took place in cold blood right in front of the cathedral. in this but it nicaraguan farmer who traveled to my now i want to take part in the demonstrations says even under the care of faith leaders he still fears that more attacks are coming to be in or not it because we're going through

a repression despite staying at the cathedral because these people don't respect anyone that respects priest so human rights only god can help us say. it's not the first time police officers have fired on demonstrators standing on the grounds of this cathedral since the unrest began nearly six weeks ago pro-government paramilitary groups continue to face off with protesters some wielding homemade mortars a man barricades and keep a close watch over who they allow pass snipers an armed groups believed to be under the command of president daniel ortega left at least sixteen people dead and another seventy nine injured after a protest that drew nearly half a million people to the streets of managua president ordered to go however continues to deny any involvement in the violence. in my book humanitarian organizations have condemned the government crackdown on dissenters. of amnesty international says the evidence of human rights abuses by the government is clear

the use of these paramilitary groups to create the couse the use of. police the use of lethal force by police i mean we saw this sniper this you know very well positioned it is stadium ready to kill people some of the pattern start we have seen and and and that makes us believe that this is so systematic and so intentional that it's becoming a policy to do shit to keep. the ball out despite the government agreement to allow an independent commission to investigate the violence of the past six weeks the political unrest sneak out i was shows no sign of ending soon there have been about one hundred confirmed deaths since the start of the crisis and it up a little. whenever spain's prime minister. may lose his job after a no confidence vote in parliament on friday his party has been struggling to restore trust after it was implicated in a major corruption scandal they've barker reports from madrid. defending his

leadership prime minister mariano rajoy arrived at parliament where a possible no confidence vote against him and his people's party is looming the motions being brought by the opposition socialist party leader petro sanchez the motion calls for sanchez to replace rory as prime minister but if you're a boy are you going to resign mr hurry or are you going to keep clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening and appreciating the quality of the government institution the motion follows the jailing of twenty nine high ranking members of the party for illegally financing campaigns in the one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand. became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer lewis was among those convicted on monday once a close ally. he was given a thirty three year jail sentence and fined fifty one million dollars roy insists

the corruption allegations don't affect anyone the government last in. the sentence doesn't say i blame the people's party for being corrupt or for creating an institutional corrupt system it doesn't say this will be helpful to read the sentence and read it well one hundred seventy six m.p.'s out of three hundred fifty here it means congress would need to support a vote of no confidence for the motion to pass the socialist no they can't do this alone so they've drawn in support from their political rivals the leftist but their most party says it will back a vote of no confidence the centrists the other battles party says that it won't so it could all boil down to two smaller regional parties a castle and ask nationalist parties to force the prime minister out of office both regions say they'll now support the no confidence vote. catalan nationalists egot a punishment for clamping down hard on the region separatist movement after catalonia declared independence last year he's had one of the longest political

careers in spanish history. and he is indeed a political survivor the pressure in the media the pressure in the street is enormous. to think that he can stay for another two years it's difficult. but it's possible. he's already survived one attempt to depose him he has the backing of his party. but his leadership is looking increasingly fragile leave barca al-jazeera madrid italy is set to get its first populist government the anti establishment five star movement and far right party have succeeded in forming a coalition with picante as prime minister conti and his ministers will be sworn in on friday ending weeks of political deadlock the red cross says to send two teams of surgeons and medical supplies to gaza to treat casualties idjit by israeli forces one hundred fifteen have astin ians been killed more than thirteen thousand wounded since the protests began on march thirtieth red cross teams will prioritize

gunshot wound victims it's middle east erector says that causes health system is on the verge of collapse. imagine one thousand three hundred fifty people with complex cases will need three to five operation each patient a total of more than four thousand surgeries half of which will be carried out by the i thirty and i think such a case load would overwhelm any health system in the world including in geneva after serious harry forces has been to a hospital in gaza to find out more about the situation on the ground some of his report was filmed inside an operating theater. the red cross team here the surgical team is operating on a young man who was shot several weeks ago in the leg just above the ankle and what this is is a follow up operation designed to remove fragments of bone which is still in the

wound and could present a threat of further infection now this is this is very much the kind of thing which is at the heart of this new i c r c appeal for more funding they want to more than double the number of staff that are here in gaza for the next six months now this is despite the fact that the height of the protests for now at least appear to be over but the long term nature of these injuries is what they're concerned about one thousand three hundred when. in badly two three to five a complicated it is by then festive that khelein today with five point three million dinars still in the hat thirty one accurately at the health reform in gaza to increase the capacity of the fed to can and if that is authentic and the gift hospital with them and also people said jones and their thing is one thousand eleven team members were not there then you know that in becoming clear that month

this is just one among three thousand six hundred people who have been injured by israeli sniper fire in the last few weeks during the protests which started on march the thirtieth early more than thirteen thousand injuries in total and so this is why the i.c.r.c. says it's important to maintain and indeed increase its presence here in gaza to look after those people going forward they're also of course concerned that there could be further injuries in protests which could take place in the coming days and weeks the u.n. security council has given south sudan's warring factions a month to reach a peace deal or face possible sanctions it's voted to adopt a u.s. led resolution which threatens an arms a. the defense minister and five other officials. descended into civil war in twenty thirteen when the president salva kiir accused his then deputy. of plotting a coup. morgan reports from juba. countries have voted in favor of renewal of

sanctions against sudan officials and six countries have abstained now to get those votes the u.s. which has been pushing for the votes to water down there was aleutian and did not get what they wanted what they wanted was harsher sanctions more officials in south sudan which they have accused of the reeling the peace process and those officials include the minister of happen if the fares as well as the minister of defense what they got instead was a forty five day technical rollover of the existing sanctions and that the secretary general should report within thirty days about violence in the country as well as a political agreement now to reach a political agreement seems like a bit of a tough challenge. intergovernmental authority on development which is a regional bloc which has been trying to mediate between the warring sides have had several rounds of peace talks between the different warring sides and all round including the last one which ended on the twenty third of may feel to produce any results and to bridge the gaps between the different parties so at the moment the

u.s. the u.s. seems to think that what they have done is better than at the u.n. security council is better than nothing but what they are hoping for after the forty five day period is that they will be able to push for stronger sanctions should there be no peace in sudan a new contemporary art museum in cape town has quickly become one of south africa's top destinations for tourists but it's also caused some controversy among local artists and critics malcolm where reports. it's the first of its kind in africa and the biggest this lights museum of contemporary art in cape town is in an old silo concrete sheaves that once stored grain has been cut away to house the world's largest collection of african art it's attracted and impressed lovers from all over the world of music. i'm so excited to.

hear my heart. not only my but. it opened last year where he draws three thousand visitors a day it's galleries are spread over ninth rules they display the private collection of german billionaire philanthropist york and zite he's bought artworks from all over the continent and led them to the museum on top of the building is a hotel rooms that cost as much as twelve thousand dollars a night it's on cape town's waterfront which is home to some of the continent's most expensive property there is popular with tourists and with wealthy south africans the people from the townships come here so some artists are not critics say the putting that kind of institution in this kind of place isn't very inclusive but the provincial minister for tourism told us it's prominent helps african art position in an exclusive space beyond i waterfront but tourism destination in africa i mean what better place to put it if you want to really get artists to be

exposed african or to be exposed so i think that weighs in inverse arguments. just outside the city in a township called langar he went to a community center that works with local artists supported by city authorities. we asked one of the founders about the nearby opening of the giant gallery housing a far less private collection it's ok. decided to do what he wanted to do. now would love to see that person's face and. build this. museum tries to be accessible african citizens spared the fifteen dollar entrance fee on wednesday mornings and schoolchildren and the time at least those able to get here and enjoy this grand addition to the continent's art scene malcolm webb al-jazeera cape town south africa zuma then

is now the former real madrid manager that has quit the european champions after winning an unprecedented third straight champions league title a frenchman called a surprise news conference earlier on thursday ending a three year managerial career with the spanish club sedan says it felt like the right time to make a change. to terry with us adrian for going to hear how the top stories on al-jazeera they trumpet ministration is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the european union canada and mexico u.s. trade partners are threatening to retaliate with tariffs of their own stoking fears of a global trade war. the u.s. secretary of state says that he's made great progress in his talks with kim yong cho one of the north korean leader's closest aides it comes as both north and south

korea agreed to set up a new joint liaison office following high level talks at the demilitarized zone friday. our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste. in my conversations with chairman kim jong un to be on young and today with vice chairman kim young troll i've been very clear the president trump in the united states objective is very consistent and well known the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula like it started swearing in a caretaker government ahead of elections in late july former judge nice little mole will run the country until the votes the three main political parties are looking to convince voters that they can grow the economy and create jobs at least sixteen people are now confirmed to have been killed in antigovernment protests in nicaragua since wednesday the organization of american states have condemned the

killings calling on president daniel ortega to stop the violence spain's prime minister mario horia may lose his joy by the job after a no confidence vote in parliament late on friday his party has been struggling to restore trust after a court ruled this party profited from an illegal scheme the vote has been brought by the opposition socialist party leader pederast sanchez who's hoping to take over . the un security council is given south sudan's warring factions a move a month to reach a peace deal or face possible sanctions it's voted to adopt a u.s. red led resolution which threatens an arms embargo against the defense minister five other officials and those are the headlines these continues on zero after earthrise next. they helped build and feed the capital but they're not welcome anymore when he says when this is the mass of asians and demolitions forcing two hundred thousand of beijing's poor from their home.

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