one data mining company and one election with the listening post on al-jazeera. south korea welcomes u.s. president donald trump's u. turn to hold a summit with north korea's leader but more cautious optimism from other south pacific nations. and i'm jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha was it coming up spain's new prime minister is sworn in we look at the challenges he and his country face plus. emotional goodbyes the rising death toll of anti-government protesters killed in nicaragua. a victory for striking oil workers in brazil the target of their anger has quit.

asia pacific nations have given a cautious well come to u.s. president donald trump's decision that his on off summit with north korea is back on but so is warmly supportive of the news the korean peninsula was top of the agenda that's international security conference in singapore from where scott had the reports. the focus of the high level discussions here at the shangri-la dialogue all came down to one sentence alone u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis just hours after president donald trump confirmed the u.s. north korea summit was back on june twelfth here in singapore made something very clear open the number of u.s. troops in south korea is something that will not be discussed if we can restrict or confidence building measures with with something verifiable then of course these kinds of issues can come up subsequently between sovereign dubai. the republic of

korea and the united states but it is that issue is not on the table here and singapore on the twelfth. that adds weight to comments from trump that it's unlikely that a major breakthrough will come after just one meeting also here the shangri-la dialogue the defense ministers from japan and south korea both spoke about the upcoming summit but with guarded optimism saying it's a historic first step down the right path but north korea cannot be rewarded just for dialogue concrete actions are needed south korea was more conciliatory toward kim jong un urging patience with the north koreans for coming well because just because we have been tricked by north korea before does not guarantee that we will be tricked in the future if we start to think like this we can never negotiate with them and we can never look to achieve peace with them and also on saturday secretary mabus described china's buildup in the south china sea as militarization used for intimidation and coercion and i think mr mattis was doing that simply to

remind everybody that the geopolitical chessboard straddled across the asia pacific is extremely large in a lot of moving parts and the current korean peninsula crisis is just one portion of that chessboard a red line or several red lines have been crossed and the u.s. is now hitting back at these diplomatic to china defended its actually saying what the u.s. and their allies are doing is simply being matched for now the countdown to the much anticipated summit in ten days remains in the spotlight it's got harder al-jazeera singapore. trump made the announcement following a white house meeting with pyongyang is former spy chief chem young child despite the hype surrounding the summit the u.s. president is already lowering expectations of any potential breakthroughs michaela reports from washington. 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 in singapore like any well

it's 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 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. president trump teased reporters about its content like the reality show host he once was going to me to go get this was a meeting where a letter was given to me by him you know and that letter was. very nice letter or would you like to see what was in that letter and tell you like with how much how much how much like you give us but subsequently admitted he had not read the letter

i hadn't seen the letter yet i purposely didn't know. 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 full 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 a palestinian man has been killed by israeli forces in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank he was thirty five year old rami israeli forces say troops fired on after he tried to run them over with his vehicle. israeli forces shot dead a palestinian paramedic injuring the latest friday protests in gaza twenty one year old rosin volunteered to give medical help when the weekly demonstrations began in

march several other palestinians were injured. two resolutions on the border violence 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 the us block to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get support for its own resolution condemning hamas for the unrest at diplomatic editor james best reports from the un us ambassador nikki haley came here determined to thwart 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

a 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 ignaz 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 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 her . and then the second vote on haleigh's own resolution this is where all her

tactics backfired arise 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 at the rafters aleutian and not to receive except one single 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 to 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 bone. of the united nations

a new income tax law in jordan has provoked mass protests riot police in the capital amman were called in to break up demonstrators there demanding the cabinets resignation of the government is 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. spain's new prime minister peres sanchez has been sworn in the socialist leader succeed money and. he lost a vote of confidence in parliament after a corruption scandal within his party who accuses the socialists of an opportunistic power grab and the catalonia region has sworn in its new cabinet move automatically ends seven months of direct rule by spain central government as well as catalonia failed bid for independence from spain the new cabinet is there by crim daughter who's a close aide of the deposed catalan leader has put. it in a month i know as editor in chief of the spanish newspaper is global she says

there's likely to be a change of attitude from madrid towards catalonia now sanchez is in power. the problem is the parties he's got the support to to go ahead with this no confidence vote are very unlikely partners they are either independent is both on cataloguing and the best country or they are delayed the extreme left party which has been disputing with the socialist party the left is bits 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 said he has got the support of the dependent parties but then there's sanchez and a socialist party have always supported the form of government in there no allow when a referendum apple independence of the can do in their going for the union of the

whole of spain as the constitution states there will probably be a new attitude and more dialogue attitude towards the catalans at the debate in this catalans and maybe that will the two results are not it's always a surprise with these with these problems venezuela is hoping the change in leadership in spain will mean better relations the former spanish prime minister mariano hoyer often criticized president nicolas maduro and the thought of putting the young because of one of them but i was surprised that rai went away so fast almost without saying goodbye i respect the political life of spain we do not get into the political life in spain 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 in a swale and i want relationships of respect. funerals have been held in nicaragua after what opposition and catholic church leaders are calling a massacre sixteen antigovernment protesters were killed on wednesday more than one

hundred people have died in protests during the past six weeks as many had up on a reports on the capital the u.n. is calling on the government to stop the shootings. 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 roll my eyes 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. this was the government there killing

innocent people the person was trained because a sniper shoots to kill i'm 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 they 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 get out 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 close his 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 to. well 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 measured up alone. when i will. head to on al-jazeera we look at iraq's elections could have an effect on u.s. forces in the country. there's a pretty good young voters on board ahead of mexico's biggest ever elections. well again we'll look at the weather across asia this time around in northeastern heiresses generally looking fine certainly clear skies for the most part all about has into some folk problems across northern parts of japan's that could be a problem if you're traveling but otherwise it's looking pretty warm there were terms of twenty five as a warm humid picture across much of japan at the moment fine across the korean

peninsula there is a weather front coming through which might give the old shower in beijing further south some patchy cloud and the threat of the old shaffner shanghai has moved forecast through into monday just variableness of cloud otherwise a fairly quiet spell of weather here across more southern portions of china and through into taiwan is a different picture we've got this area of rain south a change too but that is going to develop and i think it's partly due to this circulation taking place for the size a bit of a convergence zone coming together so rain is going to become quite heavy here the could be some flooding further south this circulation of low pressure developing the tropical system is likely to give some heavy rain to more central and southern parts of vietnam maybe just a little window of dry weather with temperatures over thirty five degrees and then as we had dennis southeastern parts of asia we're going to see some pretty wet weather for southern parts of vietnam cambodia and through towards the philippines further south it should be largely dry in borneo with highs of thirty three include ching.

to some an honest politician to others an alleged war criminal who was responsible for the murder of kosovo serb statesman oliver evanovich what does it reveal of the sectarian divide within this ten year old country and how has it affected relations between prishtina and belgrade kosovo people in power investigation on al-jazeera. again you're watching al-jazeera mind of top stories leaders of asia pacific

nations have given a cautious welcome to donald trump's an answer that he's summit with north korea is back on the u.s. defense secretary was among the speakers at an international security conference in singapore where the u.s. president is due to meet kim jong un in ten days. to maria's aleutians on weeks of violence of gaza's border with israel have failed at the u.n. security council the u.s. blocked to kuwait backed resolution calling for the protection of palestinians and then failed to get any support for its own resolution condemning hamas for the on the wrist. space new prime minister has been sworn in pedals sanchez replaces marianna recoil lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on friday because of a corruption scandal within his party. a french newspaper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against cattle if it buys russian four hundred missiles and one reports the saudi king told the french president his country will retaliate if acquires the 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 at george mason university in the united states he says the saudis are showing no sign the gulf crisis can be resolved soon. world this new thread showcases the three year still maintains its impulses views of the small nation of the neighborhood so after one year of the call of course is it does not only seek the containment of copper but also to burn 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 and that is throw you are entitle to your self defense and the way you serve 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 move but also a psychology since three year has not to realize that the culture has maintained its sovereignty and has gone beyond the brocade that was imposed last june fifth so i'm afraid that i was hoping for some good it would be an operation more or a step forwards toward somebody conciliation but this new thread makes me more pessimistic he revels in yemen say the capital of the united arab emirates abu dhabi is not within reach of their missiles 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 hooty they have repeatedly fired missiles towards the saudi capital riyadh it's three weeks since the parliamentary election any rock in the result remains mired in allegations of vote rigging many iraqis

voted for a nationalist party which is against foreign interference but neighboring iraq iran remains influential and u.s. commanders in iraq are dismissing fears that tension with the rain ians after pulling out of the nuclear deal could threaten iraqi stability from baghdad has some of the nge of aid. these pilots are navigating over iraqi airspace 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 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 what 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 say i was here in two thousand and ten and i i felt that the iraqi people iraqi army had want to 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 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. believe it suggests also see 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 see among iraqi politicians the u.s. and saudi arabia also want a government with a sympathetic to their interests with the rising polarization between the us and iran iraq will struggle to escape the impact of this tension. that there are but that egypt's president has been sworn in for

a second four year turn up the fact that r.c.c. secured ninety seven percent of the votes in march critics said the election was a fall fast because most of his opponents were jailed or threatened against running former general came to power after leading the military's removal of egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy five years ago the boss of the biggest oil company in brazil has resigned sending shares in fifteen percent lower he's the highest profile casualties so far of a truck driver strike that specially paralyzed brazil for nearly two weeks. ports. 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 in the biggest oil company in latin america was for three years i could you tell me

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 would turn to work petrol rast 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. the largest seven elections in mexico are just a month away and young voters will have a major say in the results almost half of their on one thousand nine hundred million eligible voters are under thirty five town home and as more from mexico city. a quick tucker break before a national louder and beyond and 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 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

and better paid jobs lower murder rates and less corruption. 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 a mexico is notoriously corrupt political class could turn them off entirely but there is hope that this time around they willing gates. that's based in part on young people participating or most in protest movements and the rescue efforts after last year's earthquake. movement we keep politica he's trying to use that energy to transform the political scene supporting fresh faced independent

candidates like twenty seven year old robert dole christie you know it 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 now slogan the place of political class that doesn't represent us. that won't happen at the per. this selections the leading candidates of political veterans but the young should still play a vital role in who gets in and how the country would join homan. city hundred fifty somalian migrants have returned home from libya as part of a un petri ation program libyan police arrested them as they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe international organization for migration says up to six hundred thousand migrants in libya are at 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 an element tariffs the e.u. and canada filed legal challenges with the world trade organization after they were

targeted along with mexico economists say a trade war could damage the u.s. economy and are going 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 an alum 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 developer say rising prices could ultimately lead to a recession something no. what he wants and what is for now a booming economy i go across zero miami florida the u.s. has been marking its eightieth national donut day with an eating competition in los

angeles the sweet treats became popular during world war one when woman in the salvation army made donuts for soldiers a christian relief organization created the first national donor day in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight these days as you can see it's become better known for an occasion for competitive over eating the eight forty eight. eight minutes. this is there are these other top stories leaders of asia pacific nations have given a cautious welcome to donald trump's announcement that the summit with north korea is back on the u.s. defense secretary was among the speakers at an international security conference in singapore where the u.s. president is due to meet kim jong un in ten days two resolutions on weeks of violence of 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 and then failed to get support for its own resolution condemning hamas for the unrest experience new prime minister has been sworn in pedro sanchez succeeds money on iraq oil he lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on friday because of a corruption scandal within his party and the consulate here region has sworn in its new cabinet the move automatically ends seven months of direct rule by spain's central government this fall as such it only has failed bid for independence from spain the new cabinet is led by kim torah who is a close aide of the deposed catalan either. egypt's president has been sworn in for a second four year term a little c c secured ninety seven percent of votes in march critics say the election was a fasts because most of his opponents were jailed or threatened against running the

former general the military's removal of egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi five years ago. a french newspaper says saudi arabia is threatening military action against katsav russian weapons are bought them on reports the saudi king told the french president he will retaliate if cats are acquires a russian anti aircraft defense system. heathy rebels in yemen say the capital of the united arab emirates now within reach of their missiles forces say they have managed to recapture some territory taken recently the u.a.e. and saudi arabia leading the coalition of countries fighting its three year war in yemen against the who think. those are the headlines inside stories up next.

on the brink of a global trade war u.s. . aluminum in force with rhetoric and retaliation from close allies canada mexico posing that the e.u. is also taking action they say donald trump's move is illegal and acceptable is this the beginning of the global trade war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a block fortran's on plan to relations a bad day for world trade politicians and business leaders react angrily it's a president.