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a country with. the king of jordan. and. could be seventy times. on the meeting that almost never was back. in ten days time in singapore so now the winter. speculating over if it will happen we've got some time

to consider exactly what will be on the table if the u.s. gets its way well north korea's nuclear program will top the agenda but the north has got its own priorities and says it wants to see the denuclearization of the entire korean peninsula but what does that really mean does that mean the u.s. pulling its weapons from south korea what about guam not far away either will american troops be leaving south korea jim matters the u.s. defense secretary says that isn't even up for discussion he's been speaking in fact of the security conference in singapore scott hardly is there for us. the shangri-la dialogue is supposed to be a conference about the region defense and security in the asia pacific region but a very quickly focused on the korean peninsula here on saturday it was after jim mattis spoke the secretary of defense for the united states he said in his comments that the united states is not considering any discussion about the u.s. troops based on the korean peninsula in till after this initial summit on june

twelfth now that's something that hasn't been said before but also it lends to what donald trump has been saying and that is that there might be multiple meetings multiple summits so that's something that is underlined here the shanghai dialogue from the u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis on saturday also kind of reiterating expectations about this some of it's going to be in the city in just ten days the japanese and south korean defense ministers who are here now they expressed cautious optimism if you will about the summit saying that they're going to be focused on obviously until that exact date but they're saying that there need to be certain things that north korea does out of the meeting saying that they cannot be rewarded just for simple dialogue there need to be tangible actions out of that first summit meeting again lending the idea of lending to the idea that there might be multiple summits and multiple meetings after we see this transpire on june twelfth. and just a few german yourself have all the twists and turns in this one because let's face it they've been a lot of twists and turns we've got a timeline for you al jazeera it starts back on january first with well claims

about the size of various nuclear possums and then well the rollercoaster begins after that if you just look for timeline trump kim you will find that one pretty easily. and if the american diplomats in asia didn't have enough on their plates preparing for this trump kim meeting things have been heating up with china as well over the south china sea we just put it on the map first from al jazeera dot com just to give you an idea of the area in question home to a number of key shipping lanes and as far as the u.s. is concerned these are all international waters but from beijing's point of view it's pretty simple it owns all of it thinks or the majority at least now that yellow desh line that you see starting at the top there coming down below the spratly islands that is the area china is claiming all as its own but as you see it takes on the coastlines of vietnam malaysia brunei and the philippines all of whom have their own claims as well u.s. isn't having that boat now the defense secretary is accused by edging of intimidation as it continues a military build up in the area 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 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 in bunch on is with us now fellow at the center for east asia policy studies at the brookings institution he's with us from seoul on skype thank you for your time and it's like they say thanks for staying up they sorts of comments then not new what jim madison is saying we know the u.s. is position but the timing just as the region is building to this trump mazing and there's still the sort of tension between the various sides what you make of it all . well i don't know but too much. emphasis and of course incidence of a statement that i do fully understand. is the statement and the concerns that we

know that states as a korean of that problem between a close ally and a very close neighbor it is very unnerving but the south china sea dispute has gone on for a long time i feel we've reported on it certainly for a good many years now do you think it's ever going to reach a sort of. a point where there is conflict all all or it's dealt with directly it just seems to be a lot of rhetoric on both sides for all this time or side if obama button well basically the people's republic of china is done by horrifying the islands and making them into it harder to go. dates on now people who were military capabilities it is raise the. possibility for more of very.

i think that's one really concern me or people who are fun to travel in these wars let's put china into the north korea slash u.s. prison i just want to broaden this out a bit more regionally because we talk a lot about the the u.s. and north korea at the moment these talks but china is such an important regional player are we yet to hear what exactly where china fits on this or do you think they're going to inject themselves more into the whole process. oh yes definitely china has a very. in for them rule and national interest in what happens on that missile up. they're. always warns whenever the location of so i think is by.

their involvement. or a much influence that. on the. ocean lots to come in just the next ten days and then after is in the end lunch and joining us from brookings institution thank you and perhaps you've got a comment on that story you generally do on north korea i've got to say we get a lot of comments coming through hashtags a.j. news great or any of the stories coming up perhaps you want to get involved you can tweet us use the at a.j. english handle if you want reply to the tweets the thread there at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera you can watch the live stream on your phone on your computer you can comment as you go or you can send us a message plus an uncivil five a one triple one four nine that will cover you on telegram and on whatsapp comments questions and any contributions any video or video comments that you can send us to help us tell the news do it hash tag news grid in the meantime we move on spain officially has a new prime minister petro sanchez who was sworn injuring a ceremony in the capital madrid the socialist leader takes over from mario not

a whore who lost a vote of confidence in parliament after a corruption scandal within his party roy essentially stepped down without putting up a fight he knew the writing was on the wall but he does accuse sanchez of an opportunistic power grab. we come here here you know i promise on my conscience and honor to faithfully fulfil the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution of a spotless to maintain in secret deliberations of the cabinet one of the big things he will have to deal with is the issue of independence this is in the catalonia region which is of course centered on the city of barcelona the regional parliament there also has a new leader and this is interesting one who is hardline pro independence during the swearing in of the government catalan president torah demanded to meet sanchez to talk about the region's future a prime minister's predecessor remember refused outright to engage in any

discussions about succession censures though says he is open to talks so what next for spain what next for catalonia let's talk to him about it professor at the european institute co-director of the darren gough forum at the london school of economics he is joining us from cambridge this saturday and we thank you for your time sir it interests me that we have a hardline pro independence leader in catalonia after everything that happened with mr put him on and the independence referendum and now spain could be possibly could they be heading down the same track again towards another attempted independence. i think the big difference we'll see this time is that where the outgoing prime minister rudd hoary took a very legal istic approach to what was going on in catalonia saying that the independence referendum was illegal it was in breach of article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution federal sunshades is much more likely to regard this as a political challenge and look for a way of resolving it while still preserving constitutional niceties and i know but

to such as well enough to know that he is he's attached to the integrity of the spanish territory and regards it as a very important principle not to breach the constitution but he won't be as hardline or is purely judicial about it as royals is amy is he opened to the idea of independence or more devolve power i just i just see it as possibly being a big collision course for him there if he's even willing to entertain the idea given there are such strong feelings on both sides. the view that he would have taken news that the referendum last year was illegal in the us the starting point the spanish state saying that what's what's been done so far in catalonia cannot be pursued in the way the catalans want it. but that's where you start political discourse because from then on you say what is going to happen next has to be resolved politically there isn't

a provision in the spanish constitution for having a referendum of independence because catalonia has been part of spain for centuries in spanish constitution doesn't recognize the possibility of a secession in the way that the catalans won't so yes there's going to be a political challenge to this and it's a amplified by the fact that some of the catalan parties supported the motion of no confidence which led to some job becoming prime minister so it's going to be volatile times still in spanish politics but i think a political solution is more likely now than it was on the record ok tell me a little bit more about what you think about mr sanchez and general he is a younger man he seems more open to ideas is he is he i don't to be too crazy but is he in the in the macron mold almost i think that is has the answer now i should should let you know i did it with him just three weeks ago and find him very personable his english is excellent he gave a very good talk of london school of economics to r. and r.

and or for him and as a result with that i think we can regard him as a different spanish leader from all his previous answers he's outgoing he knows the world better he speaks english and i don't think you can say that of any previous manager leader since franco or over better sanchez is was three years old when franco fell that's a big difference as well as a generational change so in this sense yes he's he's in the he's in the macro mode and i think look forward to an interesting dialogue between the two of them on the way forward for europe because they are both centrist left of center in contrast to the old right wing parties that have been dominant in europe and in recent years fascinating times ahead and i am back thank you so much for your time do appreciate it thank you. there is more on the old and the new in spain around zero dot com first who is pedro sanchez just as ian and i were discussing there is some good background information for you here including that we'll have a statement that he made on friday i am aware of the responsibility i am assuming i

will rise to all the challenges with humility and dedication there is also the rise and fall of money on a roadway this is a video report from peter sharp on how he survived or stairs he he survived the secession attempts but he did not survive the corruption allegations you'll find both of those articles at al-jazeera dot com if you search five the spain sanchez or spain are hoity and a comment on facebook live already someone has said here poppy a name in there if you don't mind as well because sometimes you use a name doesn't always tell us who you are but socialism will help spain to eradicate corruption says this view it's also good for the catalan people and certainly what ian was saying is at least this president is going to treat it a little bit differently perhaps to the way mariano rajoy did now egypt's president has been sworn in for a second four year term another swearing in follows the elections in march which were widely seen as a farce after abdel fattah el-sisi secured ninety seven percent of the votes before the poll most of his opponents his opponents were jailed or warned against entering

the race remember the former general came to power after leading the military's removal of egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy five years ago we heard from omar sure little bit earlier professor of security studies at doha institute he said people can expect well more of the same in the second term. in terms of cracking on political freedoms we saw cracking down on activists bloggers who already have their word in their tweets and that if social media posts to to to criticize him and so on that and also the security situation he promised at the very beginning of his mandate that he's going to end terrorism in egypt in three weeks it's been four years in this situation escalated we're talking about. it which is an official think tank. estimating that there was one thousand one hundred sixty five operations between twenty fourteen and twenty sixteen that's almost an operation for day violent operations and that's all on the

first term and we may see something similar going on in the second term but there are also issues that has to do with how to handle the economy and how to handle his his foreign policy. we would see there probably be more continuity on the foreign policy element views of the policies to a lot of the broad support in the blockade or supporting the escalation and attempting even to support reconsiderations in libya and when it comes to economy there are some indicators to show better enhancement on the macro level but on the micro level we're still see withdrawal of subsidies devaluing of currency and higher. higher employment rates and there's a full profile of the al-jazeera dot com includes video reports a discussion from up front with the hot sun and i think somewhere down here there's a quote from the man himself where he says oh there it is you just can't believe

that there are people who don't aspire for authority senator of himself does not have a search for profile f.e.c. or age it at al jazeera dot com and you'll find that on. ok plans to increase income tax in jordan have provoked more protests in the capital for days now people have been calling for the government to resign they're angry about the planned price rises and a proposal to raise taxes for individuals and businesses the reforms are part of a series of austerity measures the country is implementing after it received a three year credit line from the i.m.f. the international monetary fund the government says this will reduce its debt but the protesters say the i.m.f. is interfering and making matters worse jordan key ally of the united states in the region it's located in a strategically important area between israel and syria but its location causes some problems to home to hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled various regional disputes from the israeli palestinian conflict invasion of iraq and of

course syria more recently without many natural resources jordan's relied on aid and trade to maintain its economy but again that fighting in syria has prevented many of the cheap goods actually from reaching jordan that of course means prices go up it puts pressure on an already struggling economy and so the government says these plans tax reforms will target high earners and leave the lower pay people relatively untouched. but already there are plans to increase fuel prices by more than five percent tricity cost by nineteen percent that affects everyone protests and instability would be viewed with concern in the region and by the west as well and we're just hearing as well. this is from he says shaking his wires here the jordanian prime minister honey moki who said he will not withdraw this controversial i.m.f. tax bill or i.m.f. backed tax bill that is now before the parliament despite the union demands despite the protests it seems the government is holding strong on that so perfect time to

talk to us and the only an analyst on middle eastern affairs joining us from jordan nice to see you as always. tell me first of all about the protests themselves as i said earlier jordan is not a country we hear too much about from the middle east but this unrest is definitely growing. yeah it is a widening and it isn't is collision and i expect it really is creation especially after the statement been made by the prime minister who see me who is very pleased with the i.m.f. . grade that he got a great if from the i.m.f. but is getting a great deal from the people and there are now on facebook and calls for more protests in art and we are expecting an escalation across the country the country mind you that the income tax really hurts the poor and the class it has increased it widened the net of taxable incomes and when you widen the net to of taxable

income to and lower the. truth six fifty j.d.s. or for an individual in month which is around one thousand dollars a month while the seven why while it used to be one thousand g.d.s. a month that means you know it is you are causing the impoverishment of the middle class and you causing more poverty is specially that there are high. sales and service taxes so they could be nation of price hikes if flawed income tax doesn't will not have the desired effect off of making of balancing out there the inequality is a will. will lead to more protests and i'm afraid an explosion were those noises but this is what i was going to say i am very concerned we were just looking at

some pictures there of the protests and it feels familiar i said at the start of the show that we're not looking at arab spring levels yet but this is how some of the arab spring stuff started when people rose up they confronted forces on the street and they wouldn't back down. exactly and i was there last night and the protests continued until dawn this morning and people were pouring in from all over amman walking because the police blocked all roads but people were blocking roads themselves and i expect a bigger share out tonight and there were the same same slogans of the arab revolutions except people have not been asking for example of the regime but the downfall of the government but there were serious slogans in other areas against the king himself but when you talk to protesters they really blaming the king and they're putting the blame on the palace for disregarding people's concerns living

conditions more concerned about appeasing washington and the i.m.f. is increasing relations with the u.s. with israel especially economy creations all against the will of the jordanian people there is it feeling that the king himself is sitting people with distin and this is and the message from the purchasers to the king not just to the government that we are fed up you know we cannot. we cannot put up with this anymore the only reason that this is has not turned it down with the regime protests is the only reason that is that people are afraid of is syria like scenario but the government should not should not and the palace should not rely on people fears of instability because once people feel that they are starved

being starved they are being impoverished on purpose and they started disregard for them we should fear the worst when we need to keep a very close eye on us when we are muslims and only good to talk to you thank you for all your expertise there think you can. tens of thousands of argentinians of rallied against their government's economic policies as well they want more jobs and cuts to food prices of the sounds familiar and are angry at the government's decision to turn to the international monetary fund for help very familiar stories about reports now 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 the 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 return to the international monetary fund to get help it's generated fear among the many arjun tines. why i call in 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 weeks

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 now threatening and national strike saying the president is cutting back taxes from the wealthy and taking away from the poor and the middle class how we feel we have had a gradual approach to what's dealing with this deficit which is one of the biggest problems argentina economy faces today and the currency devaluation any impact on the economy has had an effect on his ability 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 just some of your comments quickly before we hit the break a lot of skepticism from you all and generally is about the trump kim talks particularly as we were discussing with china being injected and one comment here

from elizabeth watching on facebook life i spoke to comes out to zero this is on spain saying hopefully sanchez pedro sanchez the new prime minister listens to the catalans first and then decides what to do instead of taking the authoritarian approach that iraq had certainly our guest in beirut who had spoken and dealt with the new prime minister in a few weeks ago said that's what he felt this new leader would do and a facebook comment here on jordan the unrest may actually destabilize jordan's existing government this is a period of transition the middle east countries jordan shows it is continuing that tradition and escalating the situation and as i said to them as you really did feel looking at those pictures this looks quite familiar of what we saw in places like egypt and libya and syria by. for keep the comments coming in your comments your questions the hash tag is a.j. news group you are with the news grid and if you're watching us on facebook live we've got next project tough story coming up for you about female empowerment and a one of a kind train station and then later be atlantic hurricane season is back and what

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and saw the potential forty one america around the gulf states though not only is it hot but it's very humid there's not much in the way of breeze here at all in this could be an issue over the next week before we start to pick up more of a smile just clearing that humid air away so sticky here for the time being across into southern portions of africa we have quite a bit of cloud around the eastern cape so durban over the chance they'll share a not particularly warm in cape town with a high of just sixteen degrees further towards the north we've got the chance they'll show on the coast of mozambique but across. weather conditions looking fine highs of twenty six expected in new saka. from cutting edge medical technology toxic venom. the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. thank you have. you heard. innovative solutions to

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to. you as the headlines that i'll just call man what's trending as well instance see that story actually from the united nations overnight still going strong from the security council votes on israel palestine situation saudi arabia threatening military action against qatar over a. missile defense system from russia

a report there from a french newspaper remember in a few days time what three days time it'll be one year since the blockade of gaza began with our special coverage of that day and number four. i do not know why so maybe you'd like to go and have a look that's what's trending on saturday. for look at some more international headlines here in. heather kemal thanks very much will israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian man in the occupied west bank city of hebron military says he tried to run over two soldiers with his vehicle and then try to attack nearby israeli civilians red crescent identified him as the five year old rami sabbar and none of the soldiers were injured meanwhile thousands of people have gathered in gaza for the funeral of a palestinian paramedic shot dead by israeli forces at the gaza israel border on friday the twenty one year old reza now in the jar volunteered to give medical help in the weekly demonstrations began in march since then israeli soldiers have shot

dead one hundred twenty one palestinians at a protest al-jazeera is harry force it has more from funeral. of the body was on our show has now been brought to us the mosque here i don't understand it is a hedge mixture of emotion and we've seen some of her colleagues crying applied to themselves but here as a very crowded way hearing shots of anger and defiance there has been a huge reaction publicly across gaza to the death of this young woman oh she was shot on the friday protests as she went to the aid of somebody himself he'd been shot near the border fence and she died of her injuries that are listed in the medical association saying that she was shot through the chest and she died of her injuries we spoke a short while ago to a colleague who was right next to her when that fatal bullet struck her and she lived in the southern only reason our hands who were no uniforms were about twenty meters from the fence and they could see us easily so we thought they would shoot

at us as we arrived they shot two bullets one had resigned in the chest and the second went through my other colleagues and then hit me in the leg with two bullets they hit three of us killing resign. the oceans are running very high here at the cemetery where result has been brought to bear and now we've been seeing people trying to stop others from working on top of grades you see her father. i mean his face entirely i washed in tears when we spoke to mahmoud her colleague earlier on he said that she was a young woman of sweet nature someone who never tired of risking your own life to help others the israeli army says it is investigating the reports of her death but as far as people here are concerned they are outraged that someone who was volunteering as a medic trying to help other others who'd been injured by israeli sniper fire itself so victims are now. it's three weeks since the parliamentary election took place in iraq where a nationalist party opposed to foreign interference and managed with the most seats

the strong iranian influence remains as well as u.s. troops some of binge of aid reports now from baghdad on the political complexities posed by the election results and the competing forces in the country. these pilots are navigating 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 maintained to all our stability and reconstruction to occur on their on the governments of iraq's timeline that will be the biggest threat to us i visited earth. through iran militias were instrumental

in defeating eisel washington wants to limit their into into 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 militia threaten to attack u.s. forces. this group is part of the fatah 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 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 two thousand and ten and i i felt that the iraqi people iraqi army would want

a great victory piece 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 suggests also see that the need for trainers for iraq's military the 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. there a fact that and government critics in venezuela say friday's release of opposition activists is a token gesture because hundreds of political pricks protest as remain in jail the

government says freeing the activists who demonstrated against the president will foster dialogue. say they've released thirty nine and its core prisoners but opposition groups saying more than three hundred a still locked up. i'll have more from london in about twenty minutes time now back to kemal in doha maryam thank you for that we are now officially into the atlantic hurricane season that started yesterday actually friday june first and the u.s. national hurricane center is talking about a near normal to above normal season and obviously that is not good news is that if you look at last year i know it's a bit confusing but six storms of category three or higher winds exceeding one hundred eighty kilometers per hour massive human environmental and financial impact now it was places like dominica barbuda and some u.s. virgin islands which were all destroyed but really it isn't i'm going to highlight it here put the rico down there which stays in mind the most that was hurricane maria which is storm number thirteen and it trekked through the caribbean and basically straight across puerto rico before heading north again it completely

destroyed the country and there was a lot of concern as this new hurricane season begins that puerto rico is nowhere near ready to weather another such storm which is why a lot of people have left and a gallica has some of the stories now from florida in the weeks following hurricane maria more than thirty thousand storm weary puerto ricans registered at this disaster relief center orlando's airport u.s. citizens by birth they came to florida looking for help months later many is still in limbo like hundreds of others namely gonzales has been stuck in a hotel since january but time is running out for drill assistance programs a temporary and naomi has nowhere else to go nobody understands what we're feeling ok because. many people they're in their homes they're all they could learn they've got their place but when you don't have

a place well it gets to you it's really tough for families that have already been in these hotels for months there's the constant fear that government aid will end and that is inevitable many simply don't have anything to go back to in puerto rico but for those that want to make a life here there's an even bigger problem ninety seven percent of all rental accommodation is already filled that the remains is prohibitively expensive we're getting calls from people who care about others orange county's commissioner says resources stretched and many evacuees who have little choice but to stay face an uncertain future when you lose everything and you can't pay your mortgage and now your credits getting ruined and now you're here in our county trying to find an apartment they're looking at your credit score is and you can't get approved that's just a domino effect from something that happened to them six months ago so what if you can only request from. the community hope centering kissimmee is helping some families find homes say they too can't help everyone resources in this part of

florida already dealing with an exodus of puerto ricans who left before the storm the limited as they come in the expectations for the families i feel may be higher than what we actually can provide at times i know that there's there's huge frustration and i know that there is just there's hurt and trauma hurricane maria hit puerto rico last september but the island is still struggling those that came to florida were looking for a new start many are still waiting and you got to crawl jazeera kissimmee florida. what's going on with this woman hillary is the puerto rico story staying alive and active online given how bad things have been there for months now are people having very vocal kemal in fact the island is experiencing some recovery and there is limited water supply as andy said also faulty power grids and also the lack of essential services and all of this is impacting the lives of many residents

especially those in remote areas and many of the island say that they feel abandoned the official death toll is sixty full but a report by harvard university and the new england journal of medicine says that four thousand six hundred forty five people died from the disaster with one third of the deaths linked to delayed or interrupted health care now that huge difference in casualty numbers has led to calls for an independent review now online people are talking about this quite a lot former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has tweeted that the u.s. government has failed its own citizens the response itself is an american tragedy and the administration must step up and protect its people than you have julio who is addressing the lack of media attention on this issue and to put things into perspective as well u.s. networks were criticized quite heavily for the coverage of the cancellation of a t.v. show called roseanne now instead of covering covering the deaths of the thousands

that were killed that he's now sharing this graph which shows the stock difference in the media coverage resigned as you can see in pink and then puerto rico in green and many online one justice including the puerto rican reporter andrea gonzalez roomier ramírez she wrote an op ed calling out president donald trump and the governor of puerto rico for the lack of response that led to these deaths which she says could have been prevented and she sought to hash tag symbolizing the number of possible dead which was four thousand and six hundred forty. five forty chua's which has gone viral on twitter the boric was is a nickname for puerto ricans and the aim is to give people a place to share stories about the people who died during the storm and afterwards and countless people have contributed with their stories of their grandmothers and fathers childhood friends and others whose lives were lost some blaming government

incompetence or lack of medical care and others simply demanding more accountability while others took the streets peacefully demonstrating at a memorial in front of puerto rico's capitol building the islanders are demanding more transparency for the government from the government hundreds of shoes were laid out with pictures of lost loved ones some using the caption for britain to forget and then you also have a protest that's expected to take place outside the u.n. building in new york for justice for the victims as well now if you are in puerto rico we do want to get your thoughts share your story with us use the hash tag in his crate or you can message me directly i'm after him home it can all thank you for healing. eight months on you it's quite something isn't it now funerals have been held in nicaragua at what opposition and catholic church leaders are calling a massacre sixteen anti-government protesters killed on wednesday raising the total to more than one hundred in the past six weeks and now the u.n.

is calling on the government to stop the shootings mamo republic is in the capital managua this is his report. 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 the south. i roll my eyes the most precious thing in our lives has been taken away all of our children are in danger. francisco 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 only and. this was the government there killing innocent people the person was trained because a sniper shoots to kill 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 today is blood there is blood they shot a 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 the schools 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 at dega and his administration let the people support francisco and if the people rise up i will support him to 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 iraq. and we've got a what you should know page on nicaragua to keep you in the know the history the reactions photos and videos one of those very handy pages that down to zero dot com which does exactly what it says have a search for nicaragua what you should not now it is the color witch hunters wear to stay safe and now gun control advocates are using it to get out their message they're asking people in the united states to wear orange this weekend to raise awareness about gun violence and to on a victims and survivors know we talk a lot about the sheer levels of gun violence in america but here it is from the gun violence archive incredibly stark numbers and graphics for you fact if i go back to the very first one that is the number of gun incidents in total twenty four thousand one hundred eighty six of them resulting in five thousand nine hundred

forty one deaths and then the numbers which always just seem to hurt that bit more the number of children killed or injured two hundred sixty five and teenage is nearly eleven hundred as well when our friends and a.j. plus have more now on the where orange campaign why both the gun prevention supporters in the u.s. and the country's largest gun lobby group are fighting over the color. not a single person there. for a crime. to

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let's bring up that now on a story we've been following for a while it's out of uganda attacks and one which will affect social media users there so could be pretty much anyone could not read it has been following this one today and actually for a few weeks now and you know well now it's officially been approved by parliament and this tax will be going into effect on july first and it will be costing uses two hundred chilling is the day that's roughly about five cents a present you any must have any says platforms like whatsapp twitter and facebook promotes what he calls online gossiping he says revenue from the tax will help the country's economy however in set dates use won't be tax the president says that it will be useful things like educational purposes research and also reference purposes as well but as we've heard from many ugandans in the lead up to this main

development many are still concerned about what the tax will mean and in terms of what it will do now for limiting free speech and also the access to information it's important to note though that it's not the first time that you can discover mint has restricted social media use facebook and twitter were blocked two years ago during the presidential election at that time i was spoke to human rights lawyer about what impacts this new tax will have in uganda social media has played a central role in political organizing among young people the intended target there for the use of social media was very restricted access to and use of social media as a means of communication and as a means for financing. important businesses by young people in iran on the basis of social media so this starts to present a new tool by the ugandan dictatorship to restrict problem assemblies and access to

information in ways you've never seen before. and uganda online have been talking about this is well molly says that this is evidence that the whole notion of freedom of expression before the law is a mere constitutional nicety not the practical reality and critics argue that pora subscribers don't have enough money to pay cut to solve a godfrey's from uganda's largest opposition party he says that we're losing money to corruption yet we want to tax the poor who are trying to survive i don't want to be part of the parliament that strangles the life out of ugandans and the minister of finance dismissed concerns that the new law would be a limit to people's use of the internet adding we're looking to looking for money to maintain the security of the country and extend electricity so that you people can enjoy more social media more often more frequently. but there isn't really much to tell in terms of how this new law is going to be implemented and this user has

also a lot of questions things like how will you know that i use social media today and what do you define a social media when i load monthly data bundles do you charge the tax every day that i use it or just for old days and then you have daniel who says a parliament chose a social media tax without understanding the nature of digital economy and the kind of technologies which they ought never to these taxes so if you are currently in uganda get in touch with us and let us know what you think of the new tax go to me directly i'm not really in holland thank you bring in a moment still ahead for you on the news we're helping low income women by providing free sanitary products to which european countries launching this program and why first a quick look at some international with the. living

go wandering life for centuries now forced to think hard about their future. al-jazeera worlds meets the nomadic peoples of the atlas mountains. striving to deal with the changing world. and preparing their children for a different way of life. than nomads of morocco on al-jazeera. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international networks months to be able to do with

united nations peacekeepers they're going anti-riot north. we are challenging the forces we're challenging companies we're going to places where nobody else is going . but we're going off the grid now to scotland which is become the first country in the world to give free cemetery products to low income women and girls they are trying to end something which has been called period oversea once again here is revealing to take us through this once the north of the border story is those i

really look at getting some playing in the rest of the u.k. as well yes definitely now free sanitary products all seem to be given to nearly twenty thousand women and girls from low income households across the country and it's also to with a six month pilot program which found out that girls were missing school because they couldn't afford to buy these products the project aims to tackle the growing issue of period poverty a time classified as not being able to access menstrual products because of financial challenges now scottish politician julian matson said that no woman or girl should have to choose between using rags or tissue or being able to put food on the table she added i quote scotland is leading the way in tackling period poverty an organised it will be the first national government to provide sanitary products free of charge across all schools colleges and universities and she also calls on the government to tell the u.k. to follow and that's what's driving the conversation online at the moment many

using the hash tag period property and this year's oscar tourism a in the u.k. prime minister what about the rest of the u.k. and the mayor of london city qantas tweeted that not being able to afford the products they need is putting the health of women and girls at risk and preventing them from funny engaging in their education now just to put things into perspective globally over two billion people lack access to basic sanitation and hygiene and the united nations has recognised menstrual hygiene as a global public health and human rights issue and in the u.k. research shows that women spend over twenty four thousand u.s. dollars on their perry it's over the course of their lifetime. and there has been more reaction on this on tuesday the founder of the free periods campaign wrote an open letter to tourism a calling on her to find a long term solution to end period poverty this is this is also have a message i think if men have periods then that would be

a touch on top ones and this would be an issue i think something that the government rid of just by now if you think this is something that needs to change and change the lives of many young. school and damaging their health and i would really really strong urge you to sign a petition riparian that even. just tell everyone you know and just talk about perry as i think it's such a simple thing to do. if you're currently in scotland or in the u.k. we do want to hear from you so tweet me. have it or use the hash tag aging is great really important story you may have actually heard me say twenty four thousand of the back on there because that number was quite shocking wasn't it goodness me for this news great if you want to get in touch with us that's how you do it and thank you for your comments today with the hash tag you screwed on. straight on twitter facebook and whatsapp and we will see you right back here in studio fourteen at fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. to morris.

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