making the decision to join the global conversation amount is iraq. spain's new prime minister is said to be sworn in this hour we'll look at the challenges ahead for him. jane that this is al jazeera life and was a coming up. as the process will begin on june twelfth ensuring that. the on again off again summit between the u.s. and north korea is back on. good rising tensions between the u.s. and iran pose a threat to american forces on the ground in iraq. may show good byes the rising death toll of anti-government protesters killed in

nicaragua. the new prime minister of spain is about to be sworn in and we are looking at pictures coming to us from madrid these are the latest pictures the socialist leader petro sanchez replaces money on a record he lost a vote of confidence in parliament following a corruption scandal within his party there is that's a live picture now of where kids are socialists of an opportunistic power grab. christiane amanpour i know is the editor in chief of the spanish newspaper as global she joins us now via skype from madrid we're looking at live picture now of the soon to be new prime minister it's not going to be an easy job for him is it taking over no. not at all not at all he starts with a very very weak minority in parliament and that's going to be a real challenge so what's he going to do to get more political clout.

well it supposedly he will have to make a duck duck alliances we did different parties the problem is the parties he's got the support to to go ahead with this no confidence vote very unlikely partners they are either independent is bulls and cattle meaning and the best country or they are the left extreme left party which has been there disputing we've said this actually study the left is spectrum of our voters so he will have to to look for some policies that he can move ahead after several months a lot of months without any movement at all to be able to do something in this period before he goes new elections because he surveyed talking the talk and saying all the right stuff isn't about cleaning up the corruption are i'm just wondering how big a task that is and what is going to do about the catalans. well that's a very good question about italians because nobody knows as i said he has got the

support of the independent parties but there's sanchez and the socialist party have always supported the form of government in their no allow when a referendum occur independence of and i'm in there going for the union of the whole of spain as the constitution states there will probably be a new attitude a more dialogue attitude towards the catalans at the debate in this catalans and maybe that will the results are not it's always a surprise with this with this problem. so that's what they can do with it and so if you've got the first question the spine of the question i was talking about corruption you know how difficult it's going to be to try and work around that well that is the task of the justice and most of the many parties have been involved in corruption schemes most of them are and the trial so

that that is what we are seeing the result of many years of. corruption from the institutions. this thing is the better since it has shown big determination to avoid that in his own party and to avoid that into this and. of the country if you find out if you can tackle that it is going state. side it in school action that will work but fighting corruption is a long very long term and so he just has to be very i'm in he's all ready to start with a month off thank you for talking us through that as we saw spain's new prime minister been sworn in thank you very much the gentile summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on track made the announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang's former spy chief cam young child spy the 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 will be. meeting on june twelfth and singapore like very well is but this time cautioned against any quick agreement i think it will be a process it's not i don't 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 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 going to me to go and get this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by him. and that letter was. very nice letter

always you like to see what was in that letter and you know you like looked on with how much how much how much like your respect subsequently admitted he had not read the letter i hadn't seen the letter yet i purposely didn't know for eleven. i haven't opened 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 away and 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 or 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 there may be 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 staying in the region the u.s. is blasting china for what it called aggressive military tactics 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 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 two

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 who've been protesting for the right to return to their homeland the u.s. blocked a kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the unrest diplomatic it's a 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 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 aft was put to a vote it got ten votes in favor it only didn't pass because hayley had to use has

. 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 halley but the real losers are the people of palestine particularly with the security council divided and deadlocked there is no end to the misery in sight james al-jazeera of the united nations the new income tax law

in jordan has provoked mass protests riot police in the capital amman were called in to break up demonstrations they demanding the cabinets resignation after government ministers approved a new economic policy influenced by the international monetary fund protesters accuse the i.m.f. of interference and worsening jordan's economic crisis. a french newspaper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against russian weapons are bought lamond reports the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if cata acquires a russian anti aircraft defenses to saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain have imposed a blockade on cattle for the past year still ahead on al-jazeera victory for striking oil workers in brazil a target of their anger has quit. while there is a particular young voters on board ahead of mexico's biggest ever election.

welcome back looking at weather conditions across southeastern parts of asia the land underneath is almost lost under a mass of clouds is all looking very threatening having said that we did have a report of some heavy rain effect in surabaya on java for the last twenty four hours a little suspicion around that certain as you get further north then that's where the rain is centered kota kinabalu in borneo there some very heavy rain and getting into the philippines for more central southern areas is looking very wet at the moment and that's going to continue indeed there is a circulation developing here so we get a lot of rain across parts of cambodia vietnam and then through towards the philippines so expect wetter conditions here including luzon as well to come further towards south borneo cherry doesn't it too bad through much of sunday into

monday and the fine conditions expected the main feature remains that circulation further towards the north looking fine up through the in a pinch of it's kuala lumpur there seen sunshine highs of thirty one down into a strait here things still looking pretty unsettled thinks this area of low pressure down in the tasman sea given some pretty rough seas on the coast of new south wales so temperatures still nothing special as eighteen degrees in sydney across western australia winds generally looking quite light in temperature of twenty degrees we could see some rain effect in here later on cross in new zealand weather conditions expect to remain very unsettled indeed. the i.m.f. said riyadh's breakeven oil price to twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. for help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. new yorkers are very receptive to

al-jazeera because it is such an international city they are very interested and that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. for you watching al-jazeera might have our top stories this hour spain's new prime minister peddled sanchez has been sworn in any takes over from an out of court he lost a confidence vote in parliament following a corruption scandal within his party. the june twelfth summit between us president trump a north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on trump made the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a meeting with north korea's former spy chief kim young children. two resolutions

on weeks of violence at gaza's border with israel have failed at the u.n. security council u.s. block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the honest. it's been three weeks since a parliamentary election in iraq and the result remains mired in allegations of vote rigging many iraqis voted for a nationalist party which is against foreign interference but neighboring iran remains influential still and u.s. commanders in iraq are dismissing fears that tensions with the iranians after putting out of the nuclear deal could threaten iraqi stability from baghdad has some of. 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 for their own 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 maintained to allow stability and reconstruction to occur on the government'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 seats 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 sectarian 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 but outside of the 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 so that led 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 to leave but also say that they need trainers for iraq's military most iraqis have voted for

a national government which is against foreign influence iran has a significant say among iraqi politicians the u.s. and saudi arabia also want a government with the sympathetic to their interests with the rising polarization between the u.s. and iran iraq will struggle to escape the impact of this tension. is there a fact that egyptian president. has been sworn in for a second four years. ninety seven percent of the votes in the election in march most of his opponents were jailed or threatened against running a former general came to power after leading the military's removal of president mohamed morsi in twenty thirty. in yemen say the capital of the united arab emirates is now within reach of the missiles heathy forces say they've managed to recapture some territory recently the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are leading the coalition of countries fighting a three year war in yemen against the booth these they've repeatedly fired missiles

toward society capital riyadh humanitarian deliveries to yemen are at risk as government forces reach the port city of her data aid agencies are urging the coalition to resume talks with iran who sees to avoid mass civilian casualties under fifty some odd in migrants have returned home from libya as part of a un repatriation program libyan police arrested them as they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe the international organization for migration says up to six hundred thousand migrants in libya risk of abuse detention and torture some of america's closest allies have attacked the trumpet ministration for playing what they call a dangerous game by imposing steel and aluminum tariffs the e.u. and canada have filed legal challenges for the world trade organization economists say a trade war could damage the u.s. economy and you've got to get 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 motivation is 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 developers 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 funerals have been held for people killed during one of the bloodiest days of anti-government protests in nicaragua sixteen demonstrators died on wednesday in what opposition groups in the catholic church according to massacre the u.n. has called on the government to end the violence that has killed more than one hundred people in the past six weeks. reports from the capital. a funeral

procession makes its way through a neighborhood in the nicaraguan capital onlookers watch from their homes as the remains of thirty four year old francisco today is are moved to a nearby cemetery. overcome with grief francisco's mother says goodbye to her son for the last time. i know mine as the most precious thing in our lives is being taken away all of our children are in danger. fransisco was shot while attending a protest on may thirty his father is a police officer for the city of managua he believes his son was killed by a sniper under orders by the government and. this was the government there killing innocent people the person was trained because a sniper shoots to kill time on the moments after francisco was shot were captured on camera. as was the anger that demonstrators felt upon learning that he was dead

i found you there is blood there is blood they shot our brother francisco is one of at least sixteen people who were killed during one of the largest anti-government protests seen any in decades his name is now added to a list of over one hundred others who've been killed since the start of this crisis on april eighteenth entering with his body laid to rest first the school's closest friends say they feel compelled to join in the anti-government demonstrations they started as a protest against planned cuts to social security benefits but the focus is why did to getting rid of president and his administration let the people support francisco and if the people rise up i will support him do. while the unrest in the gut i work continues mourners at the funeral ask collectively how many more of the country's youth will be buried before the conflict is over when read up a little. when i will. tens of thousands of intentions of rallied against the

government's economic policies they want more jobs and cuts to food prices and their anger at the government's decision to turn again to the international monetary fund for help on tina raised interest rates to forty percent earlier this month to try to boost its currency which is falling sharply against the u.s. dollar. most of the biggest oil company in brazil has resigned wiping fifteen percent of the value of petrobras he's the highest profile casualties so far but drive a strike that virtually paralyzed brazil for nearly two weeks as daniel schorr 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 was for three years a commission. workers largely believe the grass is not being properly managed there

is not one worker who says the sale by the press or bronze 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 returned 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 ratings 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 accept high fuel prices and. one osiris heavy rain has flooded parts of thousands historic city overlays videos on social media show shops flooded and the water pouring down staircases it's only when there's cause traffic chaos across the country. scientists in the u.s. say they have potentially found the holy grail of cancer research experts at the cleveland clinic in ohio have developed a blood test that can detect certain types of cancer several years before a person falls ill the trial of about one thousand six hundred people found the non invasive procedure identified d.n.a. markers with up to ninety percent accuracy the test was used to detect genetic traces of cancers such as pancreatic liver and ovarian it's hoped the breakthrough

will help transform treatment and save many lives. the largest ever elections in mexico are just a month away and young voters will have a major say in the results always half of iran nineteen million eligible voters are under thirty five dollar home and has more from mexico city. a quick tackle break before a national. get on with cramming for their finals to finish in university at a critical moment the mix kamila tool race is gearing up to make clear what they see is the key issues for. work that at least there is work for those of us who are heading out of university that and crime we don't have security almost anywhere pollsters say that ties in with what many young voters want more a better paid jobs lower murder rates and less corruption. candidates should be listening the young vote is all important this election most 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 the reds lopez obrador that is if they turn out talk well why the young vote tends not to a 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 young people participating or most in protest movements and the rescue efforts after last year's earthquake. you know we keep political he's trying to use that energy to transform the political scene supporting fresh faced independent candidates like twenty seven year old robert all christie you care most i most of us and 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

a place of political class that doesn't represent us. that won't happen at the presidential level this election's the leading candidates a political veterans but the young should still play a vital role in who gets in and how the country new steward john homan al-jazeera mexico city. itself is there these are the top stories spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in and he takes over from marion out of why he lost a confidence vote in parliament following a corruption scandal but then his party also being sworn in is egypt's president of the fact that i'll see he secured a second four year term after winning ninety seven percent of the vote in the election in march most of his opponents were jailed or threatened against running. summit between u.s. president donald 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 young children. the u.s. is blasting china for what it called a grace of military actions in the south china sea speaking at an international security conference secure 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 spread is 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 that gaza's border with israel have failed at the u.n. security council since march israeli soldiers of shot dead at least one hundred twenty one palestinians have been protesting for the rights to return us blocked

kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians then failed to get support for its resolution condemning hamas for the unrest a french newspaper says saadi arabia is threatening military action against council if russian weapons are bought the longer ports the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if qatar acquire a russian anti aircraft defense system the european union says it will retaliate against u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports by taxing billions of dollars worth of american exports mexico and canada are imposing similar measures. those are the headlines counting the cost the business is up next.

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