you know with every you. just the process will begin on june twelfth in. the on again off again summit between the u.s. and north korea is back on. the line james that this is al jazeera live from doha it was a coming up. they did not act. that it was at the tip of the united states but they acted much more that at present the tip of the. u.s. blocks a resolution to protect palestinians but its own effort to denounce hamas fails. reports that saudi arabia is issuing new threats of military action against katsav . could rising tensions between the u.s.

and iran pose a threat to american forces on the ground in iraq. the gentle summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on made the announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang's former spy chief kim yong choi despite the house hype surrounding the meeting the president is already lowering expectations of any potential breakthroughs at the summit mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . hughes 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 we'll be. meeting her in june twelfth in singapore like very 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 of building in this are very positive the

announcement followed two days of talks between north korean 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 going to me to go and get this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by him young interns and that letter was. very nice letter always you like to see what was in that letter and tell you like with it how much how much how much like you give us but subsequently admitted he had not read the letter and i haven't seen the letter yet i purposely didn't know for eleven. i haven't opened it i didn't open it in front of the director i said would you want me to open which he said you can read it later i may be in for

a big surprise focused. but he wasn't after president trump had the part of the camp david the white house confirmed he read the letter in a short statement it says there were no surprises mike hanna al-jazeera washington where has more on the south korean reaction from seoul. there was a positive response from the south korean government to the news that the summit between donald trump and kim jong un appears to be back on track for june the twelfth in singapore there was a very brief statement released by the office of the south korean prisoners mungy in referring to the letter that was written by kim jong un and sent to donald trump the statement said it is made the path leading to a u.s. north korea summit wider in studio and we will watch for the historic meeting to be held in singapore in an excited yet met a man so perhaps cautious optimism optimism is the best way to describe the

response from the south korean government to that news that the summit appears to be or go for june the twelfth but it looks also increasingly unlikely that will we will see any significant deals or any major announcements made during that summit the maybe some general agreements reached between donald trump and kim jong un there was some perhaps misguided optimism that they would be a deal reached related to perhaps the denuclearization of the korean peninsula which seems to be the ultimate goal or a peace deal to formally end the korean war but of course those two issues are very complex and it seems that there just isn't enough time to come up with some sort of deal before or during that summit when it comes to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula it also seems that the two sides north korea and the united states are still out wide apart when it comes to how best to achieve that goal saying in

the region the u.s. is blasting china for what it called aggressive military tactics in the south china seas speaking at an international security conference secretary of defense james mattis accused beijing of using pressure tactics on its neighbors. despite trying to claim to the contrary the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion trying to militarization 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 to resolutions on the escalation of violence at the gaza israel border have failed at the un security council since march israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty one palestinians have been protesting for the right to return to their homeland the u.s. block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protections of palestinians and then fail to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the unrest

diplomatic efforts to james bays reports from the un. us 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 once 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's draft was put to a vote it got ten votes in favor it only didn't pass because haley had to use have b.t.o. and then the second vote on haley'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 gaza with the security council divided and deadlocked there is no end to the misery in sight james out of the united nations a new income tax law in jordan has provoked mass protests right police in the capital amman were called in to break up demonstrators demanding the cabinets resignation of the governors has approved a new economic policy influenced by the international monetary fund protests is accuse the i.m.f. of interference and worsening jordan's economic crisis. the french newspaper says

saudi arabia is threatening military action against cats if russian weapons are bought them on reports the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if cattle acquires a russian anti aircraft defense system saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain have imposed a blockade on cattle for the past year. professor of conflict resolution a george mason university says saudi arabia is showing no sign the gulf crisis can be resolved in the near future. while this new threat showcases the three year old still maintains it's jonah impulses visa v small nation of the neighborhood so after one year of the call of 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 there is four hundred from the russians and this goes against the golden rule

in international law that means if you are under various threats you are inside to lose to your self defense and the way you are yourself so i think unfortunately from a conflict perspective this is another cycle of escalation for the sake of escalation and i think there is a huge rift not only a political issue but also the psychology of the rift sincere has not realized that culture 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 toward somebody conciliation but this new thread makes me more pessimistic if he rebels in yemen say the capital of the united arab emirates abu dhabi is now within reach of their missiles he forces say they've managed to recapture some territory recently u.a.e. and saudi arabia are leading the coalition of countries fighting three

a worn yemen against the who sees they've repeatedly fired missiles towards the saudi capital riyadh humanitarian deliveries to yemen are at risk as government forces reach the port city of had a that aid agencies are urging the coalition's resume talks with the hippies to avoid mass civilian casualties. it's been three weeks since the parliamentary election in iraq and the results remains mired in allegations of vote rigging many iraqis voted for a nationalist party which is against foreign interference but neighboring iran remains influential and u.s. commanders in iraq are dismissing fears that tension with the rain and after putting out of the nuclear deal could threaten iraq's stability from baghdad has some advantage of aid. these pilots a navigator in the iraqi air space their job is to refuel u.s. fighter jets as they continue their presence over iraq and syria. it makes some of the highest number of foreign troops in the middle east the trump administration

ratcheting up its rhetoric with iran there are concerns for the troops stationed in the middle east is there a threat from escalating tensions with iran to foreign forces in iraq i don't see it i see iraqi security forces defeating the threat which is isis the threat that i see is if stability if security isn't maintain. stability and reconstruction to occur on their on the governments of iraq's timeline that will be the biggest threat. through iran militias were instrumental in defeating eisel washington wants to limit their influence in iraq and cross border into syria the shia militias are now part of the security framework and report to the iraqi prime minister last year as a militia threaten to attack u.s. forces this group is part of the coalition which got the second highest seat in recent elections as militias get more political prominence the u.s. military says it is ready to work with all shades of iraqi forces comes into iraqi

security forces we will support it's not our decision but we're here to help and will help with our advice and will help with resources if the government of iraq you know requested. by two thousand and seven there were one hundred seventy thousand u.s. troops in iraq that was at the height of sixteen violence after the u.s. invasion but their complete withdrawal in twenty eleven worked in the favor of hardline groups such as i said i was here in two thousand and ten and i i felt that the iraqi people iraqi army had wanted great victory peace was there what did proved not to be the case that holds the highest number of seats in a tweet he said his views against occupation did not change and he will work to rid iraq of all foreign influences. to uprising against u.s. forces but t.v. position himself as a moderate centrist leader in recent years there are demands for u.s. troops. believe it suggests also see that the need for trainers for iraq's military

most iraqis have voted for a nationalist government which is against foreign influence iran has a significant say among iraqi politicians the u.s. and saudi arabia also want a government that is sympathetic to their interests with the rising polarization between the u.s. and iran iraq will struggle to escape the impact of this tension. around that there are back that still ahead on al-jazeera. not responding would be the same as accepting these these tariffs which we consider are illegal. stealing for a fight some of america's closest allies are resisting donald trump's tariffs. and no two the i.m.f. protesters reject foreign interference and call for a nationwide strike. and that is. the weather sponsored by

katter. hello and welcome to international weather forecast and i'm looking at the satellite picture behind me many of these cloud systems coincide with under storm activity and that mccain is the main feature of the weather across many parts of europe allied to the heat it is very warm temperature records from may have been shuttered and june starting off the same way for some areas now for some part places we've got lower temperatures berlin we've been up close to thirty degrees as a two to one on softly highs there of twenty one further towards the west again we've got stormy skies across many areas with low pressure also pushing in from the west and that will work its way into the iberian peninsula east into parts of portugal during the latter part of the weekend for eastern parts of spain and southwestern parts of france it could be very stormy during the course of sunday we've also seen some really nasty storms affecting parts of algeria and you can see the cloud mass which gave those storms well that is continuing to move away from there at least and so drier conditions are expected to prevail fine for karo

temperatures there in the low thirty's so pleasantly warm some big storm clouds be moving across central parts of africa and eat all the way towards west africa reports of rainfall in bamako mali in the last twenty four hours the forecast for dry weather but further south in akra looks could be a wet one. though whether it's sponsored by katter. the story generates thousands of headlines collaboration with different angles from different perspectives. russia was responsible for the separate the spin from the facts that's why i own guns. the misinformation from the . one data mining company and one election with the listening.

mind of our top stories this hour the summit between u.s. president dar trump and north korean leader kim jong un is back on in ten days time made the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a meeting with north korea's former spy chief kim yong. two resolutions on weeks of violence at gaza's border with israel have failed at the u.n. security council the u.s. block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians then failed to get support for its resolution condemning how mass for the unrest. a french newspaper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against cutoff russian weapons are bought him on reports the saudi king told the french president

he will retaliate if katz acquires a russian anti aircraft defense system. spain's new prime minister's vines crack down on corruption as he prepares to be sworn in socialist leader peddles sanchez replaces money on a record he lost a vote of confidence in parliament following a corruption scandal within his party you barker reports from madrid. and. political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez is now the country's new prime minister. in a moment 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 country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination first to transform and 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'm 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 house marianna will and his center right people's party from office the head of the vote apologize for his party's past mistakes they look at the 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 roy's party he became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer lewis 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 branch of 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. al-jazeera madrid. then as well as having the change in leadership in spain will mean better relations for caracas former spanish prime minister mariano require was oftener a critic of the venezuelan government president nicolas maduro spoke about spain's political shakeup and this sort of putting the zero up i was surprised that raul went away so fast almost without saying goodbye i respect the political life of spain we do not get into the political life span i hope that the new government the new president can build a new vision about venezuela and can open new policies of dialogue understanding and respect about venezuela i want relationships of respect. the european union and canada have launched a legal challenge with the world trade organization the new u.s.

tariffs on steel an element in imports they along with mexico promising council measures on billions of dollars of u.s. goods tax about there's more from paris. the european union must defend itself is the message from the block's trade commissioner who says e.u. leaders are united in imposing retaliatory tariffs on u.s. exports we are not seeking to to escalate any situation but but we need to respond and we do so in a measured manner. but not responding would be the same as accepting these these tariffs which we consider are illegal and against. there's no word on exactly what the terrorists would be on or when they'd be imposed but they're expected to target a range of u.s. imports from jeans to motorcycles the e.u.'s foreign policy chief says a dispute settlement procedure is being launched at the world trade organization but a trade war isn't wanted the european union is

a peace project including on trade we believe in. global free fair trade and we will continue to do so. donald trump's announcement on thursday to impose a twenty five percent tariff on e.u. steel imports and ten percent on aluminum has infuriated e.u. bidders the french president who's worked hard to develop a good relationship with his u.s. counterpart hardened his tone i like him a lot he said i think that this decision is not only illegal but it's also a mistake because it addresses the already existing international imbalance by further dividing it by bringing economic and trade nationalism nationalism is war era leaders may be united for now but will they remain so over the question of whether or not to enter into trade negotiations with washington the twenty eight member bloc has to act on consensus but finding a common approach will not be easy germany is likely to want to avoid

a full blown trade war as the largest european export of the us it has much to lose france on the other hand may pursue a tougher line so. he made clear by the french finance minister. we do not discuss under pressure and we do not negotiate under pressure i think we must return to more wisdom in the world trade. the e.u. is one of the main trading partners of the u.s. for now e.u. leaders are speaking with one voice their factory job some political reputations at stake that may change as the impact of u.s. tariffs are felt the touch of butler al-jazeera peris hundred fifty somalian migrants have returned home from libya as part of a un repatriation program libyan police arrested them as they try to cross the mediterranean to europe the international organization for migration says up to six hundred thousand migrants in libya are at risk of abuse detention and torture

united nations and libya's urging warring parties to take more precautions to protect civilians suffering from water food and medicine shortages in the eastern libyan cities controlled by several armed groups some links to al qaeda fighting is collated in april when the self-proclaimed libyan national army launched an offensive to capture. tens of thousands of argentinians of rallied against the government's economic policies they want more jobs and cuts to food prices and they're angry at the government's decision to turn again to the international monetary fund for help that is about reports from. thousands of people from all around the country went to the presidential palace to demand 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 earlier this month the government of returning to the international monetary fund to get help it's generated fear among the many arjun 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 accuse the opposition of being irresponsible and veto it. those who voted for the law did not say we're going to get the money it means we

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 labor unions are no threat to 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 maybe you have had a gradual approach to what's dealing with the fifth go deficit which is one of the biggest problems argentina the economy faces today but the currency devaluation any impact on the economy has had an effect on his popularity and that's like thousands of people are protesting today argentina's economy is struggling many are fearful the situation will only get worse. when our site is. funerals have been held in nicaragua for some of the sixteen people killed in the latest round of antigovernment protests included

a fourteen year old high school student orlando was hit by a bullet on wednesday these one hundred protesters have been killed in two months of nationwide demonstrations demanding the resignation of president daniel ortega. eleven billion dollars have been wiped off the value of the largest oil company in latin america after the chief executive of us resigned he's the highest profile casualties so far of a truck driver strike that virtually paralyzed brazil for nearly two weeks and the reports. the resignation of chief executive. was just one of the demands of striking all workers. he said they didn't like the way he was running petal brass and they feared he was planning to privatized the brazilian state's majority holding the biggest oil company in latin america. three years ago. workers largely believe the grass is not being properly managed there was not one world worker who says the sale by the press reprise boss. is fair we have been

planning the strike for a long time but n.j. with a reputation for turning around struggling companies took office in two thousand and sixteen with the condition that the government not interfere in setting the price of oil but the government earlier this week did exactly that after a nine day strike by the country's truck drivers brought brazil to a near standstill. nobody can take it anymore why are we going to work if we can't even make enough to east difficult to work that way they are stolen we have to pay for that no one can take it anymore. the price of diesel was temporarily lowered by twelve percent and the drivers were turned to work. lost about fifteen percent of the value of shares presidential elections are due in october president michel demo who is not standing his popularity rating is at record lows while many politicians from all parties are in broad in corruption scandals brazilians are disillusioned

with the whole political system but they say they cannot will not except high fuel prices and. one osiris. to take quick look at the top stories the summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is back on in ten days time the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a meeting with north korea's former spy chief kim jung chore. the u.s. is blasting china for what it called aggressive military actions in the south china sea speaking at an international security conference secretary of defense james mattis accused beijing of using pressure tactics on its neighbors despite trying to claim to the contrary the placement of these weapon systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and we're. trying to militarization

of the spratleys it's also in direct contradiction to president twenty fifteen public pressure interest in the white house rose garden that they would not go to resolutions on weeks of violence and gaza's border with israel have failed at the un security council since march israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty one palestinians who have been protesting for the rights to return us block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the un raced. egypt's president of the fact that all sisi is about to be sworn in for a second term these are the latest pictures taken a couple of minutes ago of the ceremony in cairo the swearing in ceremony he won a second term in march with nearly ninety seven percent of the vote. a frenzies paper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against qatar if russian

weapons are bought longer puts the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if qatar acquires a russian anti-aircraft defenses who see rebels in yemen say the capital of the united arab emirates is now within reach of their missiles he forces say they've managed to recapture some territory recently u.a.e. and saudi arabia are leading the coalition of countries fighting a three zero war in yemen against the thieves. those are the headlines you can find on these stories and much more websites that after this in a couple of minutes listening post will start to stand watching. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront.

but of course they have you know in modern and good almost that means the news publications are hopeful but of course the big news with the moment i mean it's like. it's going to be a show you couldn't it's one of the biggest stories out there right now i mean yes it doesn't seem to want to. alarm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week a journalist goes undercover in india to expose media companies willing to peddle propaganda dressed up as news for a price kremlin funded news outlets are feeling the heat in the u.s. but what about washington's own state sponsored broadcast operations overseas a real case of fake news the resurrection of a journalist who was reportedly killed this thank you and a music video born in america gets the nigerian treat.