this is al-jazeera. alarms the whole rom and you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes is the process will begin on june twelfth. the on again off again summit between the u.s. and north korea is back on. also at the u.n. security council a stinging rebuke for washington not once but twice. and a new prime minister takes over in spain but places immediate challenges. also reports that saudi arabia is issuing new threats of military action against cattle

. welcome to the news june the twelve summit between the u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on trump made the announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang former spy chief general kim yong sure very a week ago trump canceled the summit with a tweet saying the north koreans had insulted his vice president mike pence general kim delivered a handwritten letter from the north korean leader which struck described as very interesting and nice that later he said he hadn't actually read it the singapore summit would be the first ever meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders but the white house is playing down expectations of a quick break through in the decades long dispute over pyongyang's nuclear program or shortly we'll cross over to wayne hay for all of the reaction coming out of

south korea but first let's bring in our correspondent mike hanna who's in washington d.c. and mike while a very positive in tone the process seems to be more important now rather than any tangible breakthrough according to president trump. yes president made very clear that there would not be anything signed straight after that summit on june the twelfth insisted that this is the beginning of the process this is a slightly different attitude to what he had when the summit was originally then he was indicating that he expected quick resolution not the time making very clear that this is going to be a process likely what will happen after the summit is that the technical teams will take over the nuclear negotiators will sit for days weeks possibly months forging out a deal if that is ever reached. news cameras focused on the room where the meeting was taking place for just over eighty minutes then president trump emerged to

announce the summit was back on will be. meeting on june twelfth and singapore like ari well it's but this time cautioned against any quick agreement i think it will be a process it's not i never said it goes in one meeting i think it's going to be a process but the relationships are building and that's a very positive the announcement followed two days of talks between north korea negotiator kim yong troll and the u.s. secretary of state in new york. and when he was ushered into the white house by the chief of staff he carried with him a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il president trump teased reporters about its content like the reality show host he once was this is a record meeting coming at this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by kim young interns and that letter was. a very nice letter always you like to see what was in that letter and tell you like when the

how much how much how much like humans but subsequently admitted he had not read the letter and i haven't seen the letter yet i purposely did not relent. i haven't opened i didn't open it in front of the director i said would you want me to open it he said you can read it later i may be in for a big surprise focused as. the president then departed for camp david where he'll spend the weekend possibly pondering on what has been the u.s. bottom line on relaxing sanctions against north korea complete verifiable irreversible disarmament like pasta things to take from the statements being made including the hope that sanctions might or could be eased if. things worked president trying to sway. yes i mean the u.s. says bottom line in these negotiations or past negotiations has been what i said the complete disarmament of north korea as an absolute bottom line north korea has

indicated that it does not believe that this process is a one way one it expects some kind of guarantees from the united states certainly security guarantees should it dismantle its nuclear program but also the easy and lifting of sanctions president tramples indicating that the threat of sanctions remains that this depends on the success of the summit i must add too so that the white house has now confirmed that president trump has read that letter and in a short statement it says there were no surprises. let's see what other surprises me out in the coming days for the moment mike thank you let's cross over to the other side of the world the soul where they are correspondents following events for what reaction their way into the fact that this summit is back all again. well i think for the most part this will be greeted in a positive light the fact that this meeting has taken place the fact that the

summit appears to be back on in singapore and it's another step towards better relations between north and south korea which is of course the ultimate aim with had a very brief statement from the president's office here in seoul saying the handing over of the litter has made the path leading to a u.s. south korea north korea summit wider and studio and they say they will watch for the historic meeting to be held in singapore in an excited yet car manner so i guess you could say that there is some cautious optimism from within the south korean government that we are back on track towards that summit in singapore there will be some who perhaps are a little uneasy with what they have seen in washington because of the character in involved in their kim yong chole of course the former spy chief from north korea a man accused of being behind a couple of attacks against south korea including the sinking of the south korean naval ship the back in two thousand and ten that resulted in the death of forty six

south korean sailors so some will be feeling uneasy that he's been involved in this but overall i think it will be greeted as a say in a positive light that this is another significant step towards better relations in the korean peninsula and of course closer to where you are some concrete steps have been made towards improving relations between the north and south. yes throughout friday we saw high level talks taking place in the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea these talks were supposed to be held a couple of weeks ago but the north pulled out because of the military exercises that were taking place at the time between the u.s. and south korea so we've seen some concrete steps already coming out of that meeting they have agreed that they will open up a liaison office in the gay song industrial complex which is just north of the border that's a complex that was closed a couple of years ago because of what was happening in north korea with the nuclear tests so within the next couple of weeks we will see

a team from south korea going to that complex to begin setting up their joint liaison office that is really going to be in the name of opening up communication so will be manned all the time also in the next couple of weeks we will see the resumption of high level military talks between north and south korea and also they will meet to discuss the idea of sending a joint team a joint korean team to the asian games which are being held in indonesia in organs so certainly some concrete steps came out of that meeting on friday of that we'll leave it there thanks very much wayne in seoul. or today's other news now two votes on gaza have failed at the u.n. security council the u.s. blocked the first resolution put forward by kuwait which condemned israel's use of force against palestinians the u.s. then failed to get backing for its own resolution blaming hamas for the recent flare up of violence along the gaza israel border or diplomatic editor james

reports from the u.n. u.s. ambassador nikki haley came here determined to waltz a resolution drafted by kuwait that called for measures to protect the people of gaza. she tried persuasion going around other members of the security council here as she approached the ambassador of peru she could be seen mouthing the words please. a warm greeting for israel's ambassador danny down on he surely aware she also had procedural tricks up her sleeve she wanted her completely rewritten version of the resolution classed as an amendment so it be voted on first there were heated discussions among ambassadors but this month's president of the council russia ruled against her and things only got worse for haley she pleaded with council members to support her draft resolution and reject kuwait's we

strongly encourage this council to vote against coates resolution and ignalina the concerns of hamas bad voting for the us resolution each of you have a choice you either support hamas or not this vote will tell the story in the but the story that unfolded was not the one haley wanted when kuwait straw after was put to a vote it got ten votes in favor it only didn't pass because haley had to use has b.t.o. and then the second vote on haleigh's own resolution this is where all her tactics backfired her allies abstained others voted against and a moment of diplomatic humiliation she was the only person to vote for her resolution. i don't believe that there was in the history of the united states. history of the united nations in which a country to submit

a draft resolution and not to receive except one single vote the vote of the party that did submit that draft resolution if that is not the epic of complete failure i want you to tell me what is failure in the security council thank you. it was a bad day for ambassador haley but the real losers are the people of palestine particularly in garza with the security council divided and deadlocked there is no end to their misery in sight james pays al-jazeera at the united nations let's head to europe now where spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been forced from office after losing a no confidence vote will be replaced by his socialist party leader pedre sanchez who brought the motion sensors as promising to clamp down on corruption and help those affected by years of austerity as need barco reports from madrid. a new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro

sanchez is now the country's new prime minister. do not as well tell us a modern woman i am aware of the responsibility that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from been totally aware of it i am going to face all our countries challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination and my first transformed modernize our country because what the socialist party has always done when we have been in the government and secondly to attend the urgent social matters of many people living in precarious conditions and suffering from inequality i am going to do it with consensus with humility hard work and commitment from. the head of the socialist party pushed for friday's no confidence motion and won by a large margin m.p.'s from six different parties voted overwhelmingly to oust marianna will and his center right people's party from office the head of the vote

apologize for his party's past mistakes along the study look at all shall be most it has been an honor to be the prime minister of spain it has been an honor to leave behind a better spain than the one that i found when i took over government i wish my substitute will be able to say the same i think i have improved the well being of the people of spain if anyone has been offended by my actions. i think everyone especially my party without none of this would be possible thank you to all spaniards for their support and understanding and good luck to all of you and to spain the vote follows a long running corruption scandal involving leading members of the party he became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer louis was among twenty nine people convicted on corruption charges he was once a close ally. he was given a thirty three year jail sentence and fined fifty one million dollars the people's

party was also ordered to pay back two hundred ninety five thousand dollars but has remained defiant accusing sanchez of political opportunism spain's new prime minister will have to unite the country's french a parliament will be the leader of a minority government and need the support of rival political parties to pass crucial legislation sanchez inherits a troubled economy and political instability over the future of catalonia where the independence movement remains strong he's also under pressure from other parties to cool new elections as soon as possible sanchez is now spain's seventh prime minister since his return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. but his hold on power faces immediate challenges. madrid. prosecutors in germany have filed a request to extradite the deposed. to spain was detained on madrid's request in

march over his role in. independence. he's facing charges of rebellion and corruption if found guilty he could spend up to thirty years in prison. but you go ahead here on the al jazeera knees are including some of washington's closest allies prepared to hit back against president trump tower it's also the argentinean government seeks help from the i.m.f. causing major protests and calls for a nationwide strike. and find out what's called move joke of it all worked up at the french open tatiana we'll have that story in sport. the u.s. is being accused of playing a dangerous game by slapping tariffs on steel an alum in the front some of its closest allies canada mexico and the e.u. are planning retaliatory moves in what could be the start of a trade war economists say it could damage the u.s.

economy and the gala reports from miami. like many states florida's construction industry has been booming for years demand for new development is being driven by a strong economy and in this state alone half a million people working construction but the rising cost of steel and allen minium could see developers deal a serious blow to the entire industry it hurts us a lot in the fact that unpredictable makes it very difficult for us to sign contracts that i know for sure we can complete for the number that the developer really needs us to do it for consumers to could end up out of pocket as u.s. manufacturing prices rise and the agricultural sector braces for retaliation from the e.u. canada and mexico some economists though say president trump is driven by something other than making trade fairer for the u.s. it's mostly done for posturing because trump sees this as.

part of his base in particular the swing voters in many western states that got him elected and he wants to show or pretend that he's doing something but again i don't think these terrorists will stick whatever the motivations the stakes are high president trump says trade was a reason to win but ultimately it's the consumer and the worker that may end up suffering for president trump as a great deal of symbolism in placing tariffs on alimony and steel it reaffirms his commitment to putting america first of course he wants to revive jobs in america's rust belt but the reality on the ground is very different developer say rising prices could ultimately lead to a recession something nobody wants and what it is for now a booming economy and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. the u.s. commerce secretary will be roles as arrived in beijing for trading oshie asians but he's pushing china to buy more agricultural and energy products to reduce the three hundred forty billion dollars trade deficit between the two countries well florence

louis is monitoring events for us in beijing and florence i mean these two nations have been at loggerheads over trade in recent months what sort of reception can the commerce secretary expect. that's right now this is the third round of talks between two of the world's largest economies and you know what events of the past few days have really complicated the these talks between these two countries now the u.s. about face in imposing tariffs on chinese goods if you'll remember the u.s. had initially said that it was going to put tariffs on hold while these talks were ongoing but just a few days ago it said it was going to press ahead and impose twenty five percent of tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods with a final list of products to be announced on the fifteenth of june now this can't leave chinese and even u.s. officials with much confidence or any any sort of certainty that what's that what

they agree on over this weekend will actually amount to anything now that's the first issue and then of course the feck an issue is the u.s. having imposed tariffs on its allies as you saw in andy's report there now what this has done has really angered and alienated its allies and it will make it harder for countries to come together and confront what they say are china's unfair trade practices because many of these countries share the same grouses against china as the u.s. they complain about intellectual property theft which has allowed chinese firms to benefit unfairly they complain about china making cheap products in steel and aluminum and thereby flooding world markets with cheap products chinese overproduction being the cause of that so this will make it harder for them to find common. single voice to confront china and of course the u.s. in imposing these tariffs on the on the e.u. on mexico and on canada they've acted unilaterally if they've gone they've bypassed

the world trade organization procedures so it's going to make it harder because they seem to feed at the moral high ground and especially when china has said that they abide by rules trade based trading system centered around the world trade organization or for them will leave it on so much florence. daniel dail is the washington bureau chief for the toronto star online newspaper he joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program i mean there was a sunset clause to renegotiate that's what the americans wanted every five years from the canadians they said it was unacceptable it seems to be an ongoing argument that is going to progress for some time between these two allies yeah there was an intense push to get the north american free trade agreement fully renegotiated by men which was thought to be the deadline to get it signed by this

republican controlled trade from the u.s. congress in now seems they've blown past that deadline and also seems that there's a lot of ill will between the parties you know as evidenced by these steel tariffs so it's hard to imagine them getting getting this done anytime soon and that means continued uncertainty for businesses investors and consumers in all three countries canada the u.s. and mexico you know we've heard the politicians arguing over the last twenty four hours since all of this occurred but you'll speaking oversleep to people you know on the ground in canada who are affected by what will happen what's the general feeling right now. people are angry people are upset with the president they don't see a legitimate economic basis for applying significant tariffs on canada the official grounds for the tariffs is national security which is something canadians take offense to you know we say you know we are close allies the prime minister said you know our soldiers fight and die with your soldiers how can you be calling us

a national security threat so this is beyond economics you know this is seen as a personal affront by by canadians how is this politicians readying themselves for a potentially long drawn out trade war i mean all these sort of setting any sort of timeline or time limit on how much they're willing to say in jewel. they haven't they unveiled a list of retaliatory tariffs on more than one hundred u.s. products some of those are steel products but more than seventy five of them are not they are they are things like coffee berries yogurt washing machines lawn mowers so products manufactured in the u.s. this is designed to exact a political price against swing states influential u.s. lawmakers and they say that they'll keep these tariffs in place as long as trans tariffs are in place so they they claim public release that they're bracing themselves for the long haul or we shall see what does happen in the coming days weeks even months for the moment daniel dale thanks for joining us. now the french

newspaper le molt is reporting that thirty arabia has threatened military action against cancer if it buys russian weapons it says the saudi king has written to the french president to put pressure on council. has reportedly told him and will not grant that he will retaliate if qatar acquires the s four hundred anti aircraft defense system saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut off relations with qatar last june. chiqui is a professor of conflict resolution of george mason university he says saudi arabia is showing no sign the gulf crisis could be resolved in the near future. while this new threat showcases the three year still maintains its impulses the views of the small nation of the neighborhood so after one year of the court crisis it does not only seek the containment of culture but also to bend it or to prevent it from

seeking any kind of special you know the four hundred from the russians and this goes against the golden rule in international law that means if you are under any threat you are entitled to your self defense and the way you yourself so i think unfortunately from a conflict this is another cycle of escalation for the sake of escalation and i think that is a huge rift not only a political river but also psychology since for a year that has not to realize that qatar has maintained its sovereignty and has gone beyond the brocade that was imposed last june fifth so i am afraid that i was hoping for some aid that it would be an operation more or a step forwards towards somebody conciliation but this new thread makes me more pessimistic still ahead hail the al-jazeera news the u.s. defense secretary accuses china of intimidation and coercion in the south china sea

and in syria a new indignity for the refugees as the government moves to seize property. also game one of the n.b.a. finals is full of controversy tatiana will explain why in sport do stay with us here. because the weather sponsored by cattle and ways. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across china and taiwan you can see we've got quite a lot of heavy rain across more western areas from chengdu the north through the border into northern parts of vietnam so some heavy rain is still likely here still plenty of showers affect see me amar coming in in the southwest the flow off the bay of bengal and those who'd like to continue as we head through into sunday some heavy showers at times also extending to bangladesh nice and states of india

meanwhile we've got rain coming into hong kong which will help to keep the temperatures down a little bit in very close to record values here but thirty three is the forecast nice on down into southeastern parts of asia and you can see this circulation of low pressure chance stands a chance of turning into a tropical disturbance as such but i think what we will find is that general circulation will enhance the low the shite to vittie across cambodia sent from southern parts of vietnam and indeed across much of the philippines further towards the south where the conditions for much of borneo looking ok java bali all fine at this time of year and it's looking fine for singapore and kuala lumpur across into south asia we're still getting shower activity affecting the western ghats further north is still very hot and sunny temperatures of forty four expected in delhi well pleasant and crunchy with a temperature here of just thirty three so whether it's sponsored by cattle and.

it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on the town by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's two political landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant. but what caused the rift between the g.c.c. countries is there and what insights and can the gulf ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a just zero. welcome

back you're watching the out of their news our arms the whole rob a reminder of our top stories this hour the june the twelfth summit between the u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on trump made the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a ninety minute white house meeting with pyongyang's and former spy chief came in young children also to vote on garza have failed at the u.n. security council the u.s. blocked of the first resolution put forward by kuwait which condemned israel's use of force against palestinians the u.s. failed to get backing for its own resolution blaming hamas for the recent flare up of violence along the gaza israel border and the french newspaper le monde is

reporting that saudi arabia has threatened military action against cattle if it buys russian weapons it says the saudi king told the french president that he will retaliate if cattle acquires the s four hundred aircraft defense system. well let's get more now on top story the steps both sides are taking to arrange a u.s. north korea summit in just over ten days time roger bacon is a senior vice president of strategic analysis struck for a geopolitical intelligence firm based in austin texas and joins me now via skype welcome to al-jazeera sir i mean lowering expectations seems to be order of the day for the time being well that's what the president wants us to think well i mean i'm not sure if it's lowering expectations or if there were unrealistic expectations that were thrown upon this from the start by maybe by the president or by a lot of the people who are watching it the reality is you're not going to have the

first time these two leaders sit down change the entire dynamic of the u.s. north korean relations it is somewhat refreshing though to hear the president finally come out and say that it's great to see perhaps or hear that there was a positive tone in terms of the way that president trump wants the process to start kim jong un how much emphasis or how much importance should be put on at least finding or getting something tangible from these talks that will suit both sides on a perhaps a very expected to global audience. i would say the two most important things that could come out of this first round of talks between the leaders of the two countries is first a very clear political will from each of the leaders for those who are dealing with the technical details to go forward and try to find ways of achieving at least a path towards denuclearization and towards a peace regime on the korean peninsula and the second would be the establishment of

a permanent liaison channel between the two countries so that it doesn't have to be a constant ad hoc way of talking between each other how important is the subject to all of all the definition of denuclearization over the last twenty four hours various commentators on this news channel have been saying how important it is that how different north korea and america define what they want out of the term. it's actually really no surprise that the terminology remains slightly different between the two countries the definition of denuclearization that north korea puts forward denuclearization of the korean peninsula has quite frankly been known for decades what the united states wants for denuclearization has been known for decades both sides know that each side has a slightly different element of definition here so i think that what we're really looking for is are they moving towards some way to ease the sense of military tension that six eight months ago it looked like we were on the verge of war on the

peninsula if we can move in a path that gets you away from that war and at least towards a phased reduction of tensions and potentially the phased reduction of north korean weapons then that's a positive step the nature of the situation is that we tend to hear a lot from the united states about what they want what they hope for what they deem is possible we don't tend to hear so much from the north koreans historically one of the things that they're very insistent tone is about security and their long term security being maintained how important is it for them to achieve that either in singapore or even in long term negotiations well there's no way that the united states can guarantee north north korea's security or the regime security in any way that could be truly believe a ball however there are steps i think that the north koreans are trying to get the united states to take a end to the armistice to a formal peace accord diplomatic recognition and those are steps i think that from

the standpoint will help to move towards that sense of of if not guaranteeing peace at least reducing the attention of the united states towards regime change for the moment we'll leave it there roger baker thanks so much for joining us from austin texas thank you. now the u.s. and north korea talks have been a major focus of the shangri-la dialogue in singapore that's an annual conference bringing together defense officials from more than fifty countries well earlier u.s. defense secretary james mattis said america's troop presence in south korea would not be on the table in the negotiations but he reserved his strongest cauldrons for china's actions in the south china sea china's militarization of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of any ship missiles surface to air missiles electronic jammers or more recently the landing of bomber aircraft would be island despite china's claim to the contrary the placement of

these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion china's militarisation of the spratleys is also in direct contradiction to president twenty fifteen public assurances in the white house rose garden that they would not do this was called hind leg joins me now from singapore where that conference is taking place and while the americans are not tight lipped about their relationship with china the trumpet ministration has been making sure that everybody in the administration is tight lipped on message about north korea has anything been said about that subject where you are. oh yeah you know they are still pretty much on message you know we heard comments from secretary mattis about what's going to happen hopefully at the summit but we heard him speak a little bit more about china there but to discuss this further let's bring in dr song who is with the asia strategy in leadership institute you know dr let's first tackle what was said really about north korea in secretary madison speech not that

much what we kind of expected there not to be that much about it but it was interesting what he said about u.s. troop drawdown and that not being in discussion of a summit how do you feel about that what you think but i think the decoupling of us possible we have drawn will from a soft korea from the incoming a discussion about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula i think that would it's a rather new element in what we have been discussing but he sort of went on and said well it will be possible essentially eve the atmosphere around the korean peninsula becomes sort of drawn down. and let's go to china and it seems that those are the much more stronger comments in secretary mattresses speech in the q. and a q in answer that question and answer period you know what i found to be and had an exchange with a member of the senior member of the chinese army here and it's all about who's saying who is militarizing but what's very interesting is that the comments from

the secretary pretty strong coming out of this dialogue because in previous years they were a strong as we heard today but i think they felt that. the military zation the sub china sea by means of china deploying for example missiles their various other military facilities on to south china sea from the u.s. point of view that sort of threatens the free navigation i think it's gross or interesting when he answers questions secretary referred to for example quotations from thomas jefferson's and so on so he set up you can prepare for all these questions it was interesting when you when you saw that that confrontation. heard about this confrontation and i guess that might be a bit of an overstatement because that's happened in the past too with a member of the chinese military that they normally sent here it was interesting because he was saying you know this is provocation from the united states and not this as you said kind of put it into kind of a historical context do you think this will this has provoked what has been said here will provoke any kind of response from beijing in addition to what's said here

and i think even more sort of serious confrontation has happened before i think it's also very interesting later on secretary did go on to say the united states where enemies we have germany and japan and so on but now we can work very well together and then we should look at this sort of relationship in a more comprehensive manner. thank you very much dr so will be interesting over the coming hours of this conference if things will shift again toward the summit that's going to be in the city in about ten days' time but right now from madison speech it sounds like the focus right now is on the south china sea a look about you through the day scott as things develop in singapore thank you. tens of thousands of argentinians have rallied against the government's economic policies that are lending a boost to jobs and cuts in food prices but also angry over the government's decision to turn to the international monetary fund for help truth about reports

from buenos aires. thousands of people from all around the country went to the presidential palace to be man jobs and an emergency budget to help the poor he said . we've seen the situation deteriorate since machree took office we see it in a soup kitchens we walk the slums and there is need in the last month argentina's currency devaluated around thirty two percent and that has already had an impact on inflation which is one of the highest in the world after the peso currency hit an all time low early this month the government of. turning to the international monetary fund to get help it's generated fear among the many arjan tines. why i call on the i.m.f. if we have enough we can generate enough for all of us we know what's happened in the past when he asked for help from the i.m.f. we ended in a crisis since taking office maggie has tried to cut back on government spending by

lifting subsidies on water electricity and transport but this week the opposition passed a law to block the latest race machree blames the previous administration for the current situation he accused the opposition of being irresponsible and veto wait. those who voted for the law did not say we're going to get the money it means rick suspend social spending pensions infrastructure work that we have found around the country bring drinking water roads energy i don't like the rise in the prices of utilities but there is no future with no energy and no investment the labor unions are now threatening a national strike saying the president is cutting back taxes from the wealthy and taking away from the poor and the middle class how do you feel happy you have had a gradual approach towards dealing with the fifth go deficit which is one of the biggest problems argentina economy faces today but the currency devaluation any

impact on the economy has had an effect on his popularity i love like thousands of people are protesting today argentina's economy is struggling many are fearful the situation will only get worse. when outsiders. funerals have been held across in iraq you're for some of the sixteen people killed in the latest round of antigovernment protests hundreds of people packed into a church in the capital managua for the funeral of a fourteen year old boy when he was hit by a bullet while protesting at the central american university on wednesday more than one hundred people have been killed since april in demonstrations demanding president daniel ortega step down. saying in the americas the c.e.o. of brazil's state owned oil producer petrobras has resigned after the government intervened in diesel prices president michel tamer announced plans to bring fuel prices down after a truck drivers strike crippled the country one day protests caused shit shortages

of fuel and left some supermarket shelves empty but ended a accepted at the top job in twenty sixteen on the condition he had freedom to control fuel prices. venezuela has released a group of opposition activists who were jailed for protesting against president nicolas maduro the government says freeing the thirty nine activists will foster dialogue but critics are calling it a token gesture rights groups say hundreds of political protesters remain in jail venezuela is facing an economic and political crisis the opposition boycotted maids elections and there's widespread shortages of many basic goods. it's one month since in mexico or until mexico holds its largest ever elections more than three thousand political posts are up for grabs including the presidency but one of the crucial factors will be the youth vote with almost half of the voters under the age of thirty five john holden has more from mexico city. a quick tackle great before

a national louder than get on with cramming for their finals to finish in university at a critical moment the mix can elect tour the race is gearing up and they clear what they see is the key issues that i. have to work that at least there is work for those of us who are heading out of university debt and crime we don't have security almost anywhere pollsters say that ties in with what many young voters want more and better paid jobs lower murder rates and less corruption the candidates should be listening the young vote is all important this election almost forty five percent of the electorate is under thirty five they could swing it for the winner they're overwhelmingly urban online a more educated than their parents are also more likely to vote left good news for front runner money well and that is lopez obrador that is if they turn out to talk

well why the young vote tends not to mexico is notoriously corrupt political class could turn them off entirely but there is hope that this time around they willing gauge. that's based in part on the young people participating or mass protest movements and the rescue efforts after last year's earthquake. movement we keep politica is trying to use that energy to transform the political scene supporting fresh faced independent candidates like twenty seven year old robert all christie you ever must i must confess we've demonstrated that we're not an apathetic generation and for years we haven't been heard we want to as we say in our slogan we place a political class that doesn't represent us. that won't happen at the presidential level this selections the leading candidates are political veterans but the young should still play a vital role in who gets in and how the country moves forward john homan mexico city the u.n.

mission in libya has called on all parties in the city of nerd to take more precautions to protect civilians the eastern city is controlled by several armed groups including some with links to al qaeda but fighting escalated in april when the self-proclaimed libyan national army launched an offensive to take the city the l n a is loyal to the renegade general khalifa haftar the u.n. says at least seventeen people are being killed in the past two weeks and downer is experiencing severe shortages of water food and medicine you know there's a new yorks to call for millions of syrians who want to go home after fleeing the seven year war more than six million people have been internally displaced by the fighting another five and a half million syrians are refugees in other countries now many of them stand to lose their homes a syrian law passed in april allows the government to seize property from people who can't prove ownership the move worries countries hosting the refugees because they may now never leave zealot harder reports from the bekaa valley in neighboring

lebanon. it's known as the ten and it is sparking controversy the syrian government says the law is necessary for urban planning they need to start creating zones where development projects will begin basically to reconstruct areas that have been destroyed by the war the government's opponents say no the aim is to prevent millions of people from returning and to punish those who oppose the government people are supposed to prove that they own a certain land or or or an apartment so they need property deeds many people do not have those land titles and half of syria's land was never really register and even before the war so many people do not have any proof of ownership and it's not just that people are afraid there are security reasons why they will not return to government controlled areas. it is afraid that her stay in lebanon could become

permanent she fled the war in syria in two thousand and thirteen her hometown a type b. is now under government control she says the army hasn't allowed to billions to return yet and a new law passed by the syrian government is threatening to confiscate homes of those people who don't prove ownership. i don't even know if we still have a house or if it was destroyed and when we fled we left with nothing so i don't have any documents with me there are millions of syrians like him ahmed who escaped from the fighting with nothing long number ten as it is known means they may be stuck in exile international aid agencies say just nine percent of refugees and displaced have their property title deeds with them this is worrying host nations like lebanon where there are over one million refugees. it's very worrying because when you do need things that would encourage. or investment to come back to the

country not measures to discourage. the syrian government says the new law is needed to begin the reconstruction of areas damaged by war human rights groups disagree they say damascus passed similar laws in two thousand and twelve to confiscate property without due process or compensation many syrian refugees no longer have valid identity documents they will not be able to prepare the types of case files that they will need to show that they are property owners within the timeframe that has been given under law number ten the syrian opposition says the law is part of the government's efforts to bring about demographic changes by repopulating areas with loyalists. many of the refugees in lebanon come from areas that were battlegrounds under rebel control before being we captured by the government places like the damascus countryside homs and the color mon region they may be considered safe by some but political economic and security reasons prevent

others from returning and now the law is an obstacle to those who want to go back home even if it means living under bashar assad to rule how much fairest and how is one of them his hometown has been all but destroyed and he has no documents to prove ownership of his land. that i don't have any papers i don't even know my property number that is because i inherited it from my father i don't know if my house is still standing i have nothing but god. it's estimated up to fifty percent of syrian land was not officially registered before the war for many permanent displacement is becoming a reality lebanon is not the only country concerned other nations that host refugees have also expressed concern germany for example called number ten quote a cynical plan and it has appealed to the united nations to look into the issue schools to land here only al jazeera news hour and sports will have action from the

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. and. every. welcome back it's time for sports his talk to you and thank you very much former world number one and twenty sixteen french open champion novak djokovic has made his way into this year's french open fourth round after winning the first that he lost the second which he wasn't too happy about on friday burning gas the serbian twentieth seed was up against spain said about the about these that are going i'm

a thirty one year old would recover to eventually win the match six four six seven seven six and six two his world ranking has dropped to twenty two after a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury but djokovic said this for our modules he wonders as he continues to increase his much fitness. course. i don't want to play for five hours every match but. i think it was a great test and i had to earn my victory and last set was actually the best set that i've played so far in the tournament and i don't feel too exhausted so it's a good news as well and. i'm just looking forward to the next challenge djokovic will play while number thirty five finance of a disco next but beating great go democrat for the ball gary and lost in straight sets to the spaniard an overall from the umpire on match point confirming the win for the thirty four year old the death guys and all three of the fourth round in

paris for the seventh time in his coverage. barely a second seed alexander the vera of within a tough five set battle against bosnia and demi it is a moot third one the first set before losing the next two eventually the german came back to win six two three six four six seven six one seven five saving a match point in the process. but that was more bad luck for the mode in this match she ran to try and catch a stray ball but ended up colliding with the ball kid who'd also run onto the court accidentally knocking him to the ground the mood helped the young says of the five lines and thankfully he was ok. in the women's draw twenty eighteen australian open champion caroline both an iraqi is moved three to the last sixteen at the french open the wild number to be poorly implemented our front a comfortable straight sets win for both an iraqi think love six three the school feel pretty good i think i've played some solid thomas and. have to be through the first round here. you know it's it gets harder and harder for much so

perhaps to be here. elena's for to lena became the highest profile casualty in the women's draw after losing to mahela bitterness of romania and straight sets six three seven five. and last year's u.s. open runner up thirteen seed american madison keys is through a double full from japan's gnomeo soccer handing her a spot in the last sixteen of the tournament six one seven six for school half. the twenty eight hundred feet a world cup in russia is less than two weeks away now and teams are preparing with a series of wild friendlies on friday that was the battle of former world champions with france facing it's really the french who won the one nine hundred ninety eight world cup lead through goals by samuel in-city and and hungry xmen leonardo banerjee hit for the italians ball before halftime but then summoned them barely netted as if initial three one to france and there was a real gulf fest in another world cup warm up fixture tune is a draw to two with turkey on friday in geneva off to china to soon gave the turks

the lead with a penalty and as badly levelled fourteen is the effort to sing was then sent off in the fifty ninth minute amidst crowd trouble in switzerland by team scored one more time at the finish in a draw. the golden state warriors have the advantage in the n.b.a. finals they beat the cleveland cavaliers one hundred twenty four to one hundred fourteen in overtime and what was a controversial game on friday in california having a place in hostile story. it's the fourth year in a row the golden state warriors and the cleveland cavaliers have met in the n.b.a. finals and now the full time in a row the warriors have got the better of the caps in game one thank you. that was despite a best ever playoffs points a fifty one from the cats the man le bron james playing in his eighth successive finals but after steph curry who had a team high twenty nine for the defending champions tie things up late in the

fourth quarter. a blunder in the dying seconds cost le bron and the cavs a potential win after being filed by clay thompson george hill made the first of two free throws when jr smith secured the rebound off the second instead of she saying he dribbled back toward hardcourts believing the cavs were in the lead. the brown was left in disbelief as the game went into overtime the warriors going on to secure the win they've now won eighteen of the last nineteen pie season games at home. we were down the wire we're scrambling at last misread trying to get the rebound so jr ran back to his have court kind of didn't know what was going on at the time because we're all trying to find a man a case of trying to get a shot at that. thing for the time right now so we could have new life and over time. the finals made things liable to happen and all that matters is you get

a win and turn a page again to. just just enjoy enjoy the moment always live in the present i don't know how far short i was after a loss in the past. we played as as well. tonight we played as long as we thought. we gave ourselves a chance possession of the possession of the possession and. reason plays that was kind of taken away from us symbolism. that brown and the cavs will be hoping for a less frustrating out saying in game two in california on sunday alan grayson is there two time major champion martin is the italian open leader the hoff waymark the german carded a sixty three on friday despite have covered lowly world ranking of one hundred seventeen as rounding included and he is now eleven under par overall that's one shot ahead of local favorite front cesco molinari he won last week's p.g.a.

championship. and cricketers are taking revenge on pakistan off to the embarrassing first test of faith the hosts were beaten by nine wickets last week but this time though well and truly in control of the second test in leeds pakistan won the toss chose to bat all out for one hundred seventy four england had reached one hundred six for two by the close of play. and that is all the ball for now more later thanks very much touch out of course you can follow all of the stories that we're covering here on al-jazeera by logging on to our website at al-jazeera dot com we will continue to follow events in the lead up to the june the twelfth meeting between north korea and the u.s. as we get more word from both sol pyongyang and washington d.c. some is it and is next with more news if you're watching the news i would mean sell rather close to time and.

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fluent in world news. stories generate thousands of headlines collaboration with different angles from different perspectives we. are still more concrete evidence that russia was responsible for the separate the spin from the facts that's why on god's day to the misinformation from the journalism the issues here go far beyond one day. a mining company and one election with the listening post on al-jazeera and monday put it on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed case one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been

truly unable to escape the war. has been process will begin on june twelfth ensuring that. the on again off again some i do twenty in the u.s. and north korea now back home. i'm sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from also coming up. they did not act as they're presented to the united states only but they acted much more that a preventative over there and it sent. us blogs a resolution to protect palestinians but it's of an effort to denounce hamas fails . and reports out.