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oh much money those are if you get those people with the. german and the new germans. zero. zero. zero this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. says it's not abandoning leadership of the world economy as a faces criticism from its trade allies thousands attend the funeral of a young palestinian medics shot dead by israeli forces at the gaza border capsular nationalists regain control of their regional government and val to seek
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independence in a challenge to spain's new prime minister and this hurricane season starts again puerto ricans more in the thousands thought to have been killed by hurricane maria . in school serena williams into the last sixteen of the french open her win over setting up a match with longtime noisy. u.s. treasury secretary stephen minu chin says that the u.s. is not abandoning its leadership of the global economy this comes after the u.s. imposed tariffs on the e.u. canada and mexico steel and aluminum imports you know china was speaking at a g. seven meeting in canada with finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's seven most advanced economies. we've been in discussions with canada mexico on nafta these have been ongoing discussions we're in conversations with the e.u.
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about trade issues and i think you know on china we've been very focused on the trade relationships with china i think you know i've had multiple meetings with the vice premier secretary ross is in china as we speak under secretary mount house who works with me and was here left yesterday to meet secretary ross and i think we had a very productive discussions. let's go live to john hendren in washington d.c. for more and they say what the leaders say john well but they were apparently not convinced by anything and had to say he was not able to offer them any relief on those tariffs the french finance minister bruno lemaire said the u.s. has only a few days to deal with this before a trade war starts and every member of the g. seven is now paying those tariffs they are also considering retaliate torrie tariffs on such things as levi's jeans whiskey harley-davidson motorcycles
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oranges so that trade war is already ready in the making this will be a major subject next week they all signed a statement and in that statement there was unanimity in the criticism of the united states saying finance ministers and central bank governors requested that the united states secretary of the treasury communicate their unanimous concern and disappointment presumably communicating that to donald trump they went on to say that this discussion should continue at the leaders' summit next week so nobody was assuaged there was a lot of anger discussed in those meetings and nobody was very happy with anything that nugent had to say about it because he really wasn't able to do the one thing they wanted them they wanted him to do and that would be to offer some kind of relief from those tariffs and john how much is this likely to sour the g. seven summit that's coming up in a few days. well it was supposed to be
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a happy occasion this was supposed to be a celebration of a continuing global economic expansion they were going to focus on gender equality they were going to come to some kind of agreement they hoped on climate change despite the fact that trump is a climate change denier by fudging the language a bit the trump people have been calling it environmental resilience so they might have been able to come up with some kind of wording in which they could agree to do something for the environment that was a big priority of canada's justin trudeau but instead it's all going to be about tariffs it appears there will be meetings about other things but the really forceful conversations will be about tariffs and you've heard the leaders today saying that this is going to be our main subject they're not happy they're threatening a retaliatory trade war for the tariffs the each of those members right now is paying and john will be interesting to see was donald trump says at the g. seven summit as he said anything about this so far. well the president
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is often quick to respond and today was was no exception to that rule he said the on the tweet he said the united states must at long last be treated fairly on trade if we charge a country zero to sell their goods and they charge us twenty five fifty or even one hundred percent to sell ours it is unfair and can no longer be tolerated that is not free or fair trade it is stupid trade and then he went on since i've been sitting here in just the last few minutes he sent out another one that says he was criticizing the wall street journal saying why is it that wall street journal the well meaning never mentions the unfairness of the tariffs routinely charged against the u.s. so he is out there right now reading the articles about these discussions and immediately responding in kind and everything he says suggests the he's not ready to give tariff relief to these countries maybe he's searching for a better deal apparently the commerce secretary wilbur ross had begun negotiations
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with europe canada and mexico saying they wanted quotas for products coming out of those countries those countries did not agree and that's when the terrorists were instituted so it's possible that the president is simply trying to get a better deal from these countries but he's been talking tough right up to the last few minutes john hendren with the latest on that story from washington d.c. john thank you that's thing in the u.s. the new york times is reporting that donald trump's lawyers wrote a secret letter at the special counsel robert miller saying the president cannot be forced to testify in the investigation into russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election the report says trump's legal team also says the constitution gives the president the power to terminate the inquiry if he wishes they say he can't commit to obstruction because he has absolute authority over all of federal investigations the letter was reportedly said in january. it's going to gaza now are thousands of people have attended the funeral of
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a young palestinian medic shot dead by israeli forces of the gaza border on friday twenty one year old ross on the ledge are volunteered to give medical help when the weekly demonstrations began in march since then israeli soldiers have shot at least one hundred twenty one palestinians have been protesting for the right to return fire aforesaid was at the funeral in honey missing gaza. and the body was how much is now being brought to the mosque here i don't honestly there is not here to mixture of emotion here we seen some of her colleagues crying applied it to themselves but here as a body comes in way hearing shots of anger and defiance there has been a huge reaction publicly across gaza to the death of this young woman how 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 the palestinian medical association saying that she was shot through the chest and she died of her injuries
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that we spoke a short while ago to a colleague who was right next to when that fatal bullet struck her and she lives of them are raising our hands who were in our 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 colleague and then hit me in the leg but two bullets they hit three of us killing resign i have zero zero motions are running very high here at the cemetery where rosen has been brought out to be buried and we've been seeing people trying to stop others from what he wants over graves we've seen a father come in his face entirely awash in tears but 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. but as far as people here are concerned they are outraged that someone who was volunteering as
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a medic trying to help other others who'd been injured by israeli sniper fire so victims are the. most of our good he is the general secretary of the palestinian national initiative as well as the president of the palestinian medical relief society he spoke to us from ramallah and explained why the killing of resin in the jar has resonated with so many palestinians. shooter prison so very clear and straightforward injustice committed by those that only stayed she was a very beautiful young if you wanted to help people she didn't put us as a first provider and she wasn't violent to it with us and because if so. since the beginning of the peaceful marches in gaza she engaged in to help people injured she did her best to help as many people as she can although she was injured one slightly she continued to do this work and she was very committed. and do
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entre view there were two closures as you know and the only attack peaceful nonviolent it was looters many of them were shocked by it as they go in to reach them and help them with the issue of the first to provide and that there were very clear in their white cords who were clearly mythical people who were put on. until afterwards do you know and injure people and i mean chop shop turned in the chest and. there was nor justification whatsoever for what and it's don't it's not but shoots such a beautiful young girl was just that i think to people who were injured and just was dying to know that it leaves their pain. in my opinion the kissel sort of sound and it is sense now yeah lutie of the situation in palestine. a struggle between an oppressed between you or press equal and the rest between occupied people and then
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occupier between people who want life and peace and justice and health and those who are going to deprive them from all. meanwhile israeli aircrafts have struck two sites in the gaza strip hours after israel says rockets were fired from gaza into the country and this comes after israeli forces killed the palestinian man in the occupied west bank city of hebron soldiers say they opened fire after a thirty five year old rami savana try to run them over with his they go witnesses say supine they didn't hear the soldiers commands to stop his vehicle. that spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in a day after ousting mehdi emira hoary in a vote of confidence about an hour later catalonia as new government will sworn in ending the dreads seven months they wrecked rule over the region and it immediately pledged to seek in the pendants for the region in a major challenge for spain's new leader catherine stansell reports.
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spain's new and old leadership side by side mariano rajoy six and a half years in office came to an end in friday's no confidence vote led by the socialist to ousted him petra sanchez. i promise on my conscience a monetary law will be fulfill the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution as well as to maintaining secret deliberation of the cabinet sanchez is promising to root out corruption and help spaniards who suffered in years of austerity measures under the royal government but he's expected to find it a challenge to pass legislation given the socialists have just eighty four to three hundred fifty seats parliament supposedly he will have to make. alliances with did does impact is the problem is the party's he's got the support to go ahead with
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these no go but very unlikely partners they are either independent. or they are delaying the extreme left party which has been disputing with the socialist party the left. of our voters so he will have to look for some policies that he can move ahead after several months a lot of months without any movement at all and to be able to do something in this period before he goes new elections catalonia and it's dr friend dependence is a major issue for us and as to tackle. post direct rule over the region in october after nationalist held an independence referendum deemed illegal. the regional government regained control at a swearing in ceremony in barcelona on saturday the new cabinet is led by kim torah a close aide to former catalonian president carter has put through my charro wants
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talks on independence for sanchez the tourist seen as a divisive leader after the accused of anti spanish russia he once described opponents of the catalan language and culture as vipers and hyenas sanchez had the support of six parties for the no confidence vote but he will have his work cut out when it comes to leading the fractured spanish parliament in madrid. catherine stansell al jazeera. money and or has the part here has been welcomed by venezuela's president who took advantage of his ousting to poke fun at one of his biggest critics nicolas maduro also said he hopes spain's change in leadership will improve relations with caracas and this sort of put it you know because if we're not on the up i was surprised that raul went away so fast almost without saying goodbye i respect the political life of spain we do not get into the political life of 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 venezuela i want relationships of respect. it's going to italy
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now in the five star movement called people out onto the streets in rome to show their support for the country's first populace government as it gets to work hundreds rallied to celebrate prime minister just a first full day in office a cabinet formed of the five star movement and the far right league party so maybe you go has more now from rome. was certainly what's been sure to be controversial here is issues of taxation and now both parties campaigned on very different issues say for example the party was campaigning on trying to class tax. benefits some of the better off for the size he was the five star movement is also that was campaigning on the other hand for universal basic incomes for a challenge so really both sides of the spectrum here now to try and come in the
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middle of that is going to extremely difficult indeed in fact it's going to be difficult to try to accommodate either of those options because they are very expensive options to get a post and it really has the highest public debt in the world after japan and greece so trying to accommodate that will. challenge the other issue of course is immigration it's well known how the leg up party deals about immigration i feel so he needs about how he would cost around five hundred thousand what he calls legal migrants from the country to deal with this immigration problem both have expressed your skeptic ideas which they have turned down recently need not knowing that we do need to deal with brussels at the end of the day but what they are saying is that they want to receive its nice position within the e.u. to try and make it more prominent play a role than just taking the rules especially considering how it's the feels towards brussels for saying it's really left with a burden to deal with the refugee crisis which has been an enormous issue here.
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well still to come on the news our. government forces in kashmir fire tear gas and shotgun pellets at the funeral of a protester run over by a military vehicle. funerals are held for the sixteen people killed on one of the bloodiest days of the anti-government protests in nicaragua and in sports defending champions germany are hit with a rare set buildup to the world cup. the first pro-government forces backed by the saudi led coalition are closing in on a major rebel held port in yemen in a battle that could reshape the course of the civil war more than one hundred soldiers and rebels have reportedly been killed in less than a week of fighting data government troops are preparing to launch an all out assault and they've already driven the rebels from dozens of nearby towns and
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villages aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster well the day that lies two hundred thirty kilometers away from some are the capital which the who these seized in two thousand and fourteen but it's the city's location on the red sea that makes it a strategic prize if the saudi led coalition takes it over it would control yemen most vital lifeline twenty two million yemenis need humanitarian aid more than two thirds of which is supplied through her data support ninety percent of yemen's food and most of its medicine is also imported through the city that the coalition accuses the rebels of using her data as a launch pad for attacks on shipping in the red sea and for smuggling in rockets aid agencies say two hundred thousand people that's half of the day this population could be displaced if fighting breaks out in the future. and the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he told al-jazeera an escalation of violence in
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her data could have a terrible impact on hundreds of thousands of yemenis. yemen is the they country on earth with their as they highest number of people who are fruit very few who can secure who are at the brink of starvation many many millions seven ten more million who want to face starvation soon if that lifeline in this is a cut and one of the one of the things that could happen is actually that this city which is set in the disputed it's on the hands of the government in the in sana the head that there is claims that bad things that come through why not make in it and internationally and minister that port since it is so vital for the civilian population what we can get and we must at all costs avoid is war
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in a day that not only because of the hundreds of thousands of people who would come in crossfire but also because the park would be destroyed and the lifeline would be destroyed. puerto rico's health department is being sued over its refusal to release mortality data following last year's hurricane ria the government is accused of a lack of transparency by not properly classifying overall deaths of the families of those killed placed shoes outside the capitol building in san juan to show how many people died as a result of the hurricane the vigil was the highlight that the scrapin see between the government's official death toll of sixty four and the latest estimate from a study by harvard university which puts the number at more than four thousand six hundred people many are said to have died because of delayed medical care. or tens of thousands of puerto ricans fled to florida after the island was devastated by hurricane maria but eight months on hundreds of evacuees are still living in hotels
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relying on government aid that will soon and some families say they could end up homeless and as the new hurricane season begins there are concerns of puerto rico will be unable to weather another storm and the gallagher reports 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 are still in limbo like hundreds of others ninety gonzales has been stuck in a hotel since january but time is running out for drill assistance programs a temporary naomi has nowhere else to go nobody understands what we're feeling ok because. many people they're in their homes they're all kids they could lead 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
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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 new county trying to find an apartment they're looking at your credit score is 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 center in kissimmee is help some families find homes say they too can't help everyone resources in this part of florida
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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 looking for a new start many are still waiting to get across his era kissimmee florida. it's three weeks since the 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 and u.s. commanders in iraq. dismissing fears that tensions with iran over president trump pulling out of the nuclear deal could strike iraq instability from baghdad here.
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these pilots are navigating over iraqi air space their job. 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 allow stability and reconstruction to occur on the government's timeline that will be the biggest threat. i visited. 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 threatened to attack u.s.
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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 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 had want to great victory peace was there what did proved not to be the case but outside of 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.
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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 but the rising polarization between the us and iran iraq will struggle to escape the impact of this tension. that there are back that. it's bring you back to the story we're just telling you about a few minutes ago and that is a situation in puerto rico not only has hurricane season world sort of starting again and we will discuss about how and if the island is prepared but also there was a huge discrepancy about the best told the official one is sixty four of a study in the u.s. says it could be up to four thousand six hundred people that died because of
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hurricane maria for more on this we're joined by kenneth mcclintock former secretary of state of puerto rico joining us via skype from sun sun one in puerto rico itself a sort of think you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera the numbers are stark in there difference sixty four the official death toll from hurricane maria four thousand six hundred the death toll according to a study by harvard university why do you think numbers are so different and which one do you think is more likely to be true. well harvard study it so. the whole study it says it's before the show was fun they stopped it like in november the seventh problem this center for disease control moves in a lab where they're very sick and very concerned. the rules of count there that are hurting and the harvard study says that anywhere between seven hundred and some don't. earn something and they took that wide range and
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divided by half and that will be for silent partners it's five and they say to themselves this is. the rock summation that we can make because we were on the basis of the surgery now in the george washington immersed he has been commissioned by the government of the legal to also do a study but it's only there for the study to study there will be an actual census of their urine count one. from each of their hearts as we can get there means we did we were counting bottoms of stuff we would be doing of surgery of a small sample of households of a given approximation of what it could be anywhere from seven hundred to a salad and something in the middle of the full force of four hundred fifty. i guess that also shows a forgive me for interrupting of but that also shows how the island certainly
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hasn't recovered from when hurricane maria struck and now hurricane season is back upon us so how prepared to do you think it is now and how damaging do you think more hurricanes which we are expecting could be on puerto rico considering it still hasn't recovered from hurricane maria. yeah except for the electrical grid and the state in time when we talk in an area that's better for people in the other emergency operations center private sector organizations are going to be employed twenty four seven we recognize that of a lot of government after her katie is over the private sector the logistics of chippie the logistics of transporting things on land there are communicators of different so full of care. and diverse kind of committee and probably go to the private sector will be in for career from now on the in the emergency operations center second place in supplying sneak weapons and the innocent parties
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that the for the not have the mother federal emergency management ministration instead of having one me warehouse in puerto rico for me for warehoused so that their suppliers will be closer to where the disaster happened so we're improving dramatically our credit creation for future songs but still need to fix the electric grid that takes a lot of time and we still have to do a lot of the infrastructure or with the federal government has already started the amount of. work to be done but then when donald trump said back cat back at the time that all of this was happening that the response had been at ten out of ten and it was in that wildly optimistic you know you can't be attention to the people who are politically motivated. neither to the president trying to do suggest that he's done everything wonderfully better than ever before nor also the partisan activists that were played this issue. when there's children who are equal
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the jews as a nation because they lost a lot of it lowly when when their houses were blown away during the storm eight months ago so. rather than pay attention to the problems of one side and or the other i think what we have to do is look at the seriously recognize of those of. all and. so the disease control has to unfold the rules of how to count the dead because the algorithm not work and i didn't recall. kenneth mcclintock former secretary of state of predatory we're going to have to leave it there thank you for joining us well still to come on the news hour police in mali break up a demonstration against the election planned for next month from north korea with the love and the super size then follow donald trump gets a special delivery for kim jong un and in sports the biggest name in moto g.p.
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is back at the front of the grid for the first time in two years. hello and welcome back well may across europe set all sorts of records in terms of high temperatures and thunderstorms and we've got more thunderstorms in june certainly over the next couple of days plenty of storms across more central parts of europe further towards the west looking a little bit quieter still a chance of one of two stones particular across parts of northeastern spain the belly area collins and southwestern parts all fronts this low pressure system is pushing giving blustery conditions across parts of iberian peninsula as we head through monday and jerry cooler weather across the u.k. quite a bit of rain around for parts of france during the course of up monday on the southeast narrows pretty warm but also with the risk of showers so as we head down into
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northern parts of africa it's looking fine here for the most part we've lost the really severe storms are issue affecting algeria plus enough conditions temperatures gerri in the high twenty's to low thirty's not a great deal of change as we head through monday thirty four is the high in karo for central parts of africa we've got so usual rush of showers all the way from the ethiopian highlands across says sudan and towards the gulf of guinea region would like to see the old downpour affecting both lagos in nigeria and ghana and the chance the old showers across mali but for the moment look so the forecast for bamako was dry with highs of thirty two.
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parter. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline and illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally vanished it's a big business when they will take this very the stand is our affair you see this beautiful beach behind it is something that's not so perfect tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound walls on al-jazeera.
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welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. treasury secretary stephen the new chain has told leaders at a g. seven summit that the u.s. is not abandoning its leadership of the global economy it comes as america faces condemnation from its allies for new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports thousands of people in gaza have attended the funeral of the twenty one year old palestinian medical. who was shot dead by israeli forces at the gaza border and in yemen pro-government forces backed by the saudi led coalition are preparing a full scale assault on the rebel held city of the data aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian disaster as most of yemen's food and medicine passes through the port of call data. that the u.s. has accused china of deploying high end weapons systems in the south china sea to intimidate and coerce its neighbors the comments by defense secretary jim mathis
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drew a sharp rebuke from a chinese general who called them irresponsible matus was speaking at an international security conference in singapore where the korean peninsula took center stage ahead of the planned summit with came here scott. the focus of the high level discussions here at the shangri-la dialogue all came down to one minutes alone u.s. secretary of defense jim matters 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 the number of u.s. troops in south korea is something that will not be discussed if we can do or confidence building measure with something verifiable. then of course these kinds of issues can come up subsequently between democracies the republic of korea and the united states but it is that issue is not on the table here in singapore on the twelfth. that adds weight to comments from trump that it's unlikely that
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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 and a lot of moving parts and the current korean peninsula crisis is just one portion
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of that chessboard a red line or several red lines have been crossed and the u.s. is now hitting back at these diplomatically trying to defend it it's 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. south korea has played a major role in getting the summit plans back on track president canceled his planned meeting with the north korean leader kim jong un just over a week ago only to change his mind the next day when haye has more now 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
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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 so perhaps cautious 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 we will see any significant deals or any major announcements made during that summit the maybe some general agreements reached between donald trump and kim jong un there was some perhaps misguided optimism that they would be a deal reached related to perhaps the denuclearization of the korean peninsula which seems to be the ultimate goal or a peace deal to formally end the korean war but of course those two issues are very complex and it seems that there just isn't enough time to come up with some sort of
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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. well he's known for pushing the envelope with nuclear threats and warnings of war but this time kim jong un's actual envelope is getting the attention as we know on friday the north korean leader got his former spy chief the hunt the liver a letter to president trump as they prepare for their historic summit and the size of the letter got social media buzzing it was almost as large as a folded newspaper the fence analyst out a mound suggests the north koreans have drawn figured out because it's the size of a prize check in a t.v. game show for years the president was the star of the reality show the apprentice meanwhile the all sort robert swartwood asked are we sure the letter is really that big or are trying sans just that small and the tokyo bureau chief of the washington
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post and a fyfield tweeted well when it comes to nuclear buttons and now to envelopes size apparently matters what trumps not the only one who got super sized mail came sent a similar letter to the south korean president when he held talks with the north korean leader's sister during the winter olympics. now government troops in indian administered kashmir have fired at hundreds of people attending a funeral they gather to pay their respects to a man who was run over by a military vehicle during a protest on friday and a hawk star has more. soldiers and police fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to scatter mourners in srinagar on saturday they were burying another casualty of the violence and the contested region of the judge and as many tear gas shells on it what kind of humanity is this. the dead man second to his injuries after he was run over by an armored vehicle another man was also badly injured
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during the protests after friday's prayers a military spokesman said soldiers showed extreme restraint but some witnesses say the armored vehicle deliberately targeted protesters. the high this incident has barbaric it's a stain on indian democracy it's not just a blot on democracy but almost all humanity india doesn't have a right to call itself a democracy this incident is barbaric and there are no words to condemn it. the mourners were marching with the man's body to a graveyard and sure to go on saturday when police and soldiers use force to stop them the police said that they would define a government order that bans assembly of more than four people in short ago the region's largest city antigovernment sentiment runs deep in the disputed himalayan territory kashmir is divided between nuclear armed rivals pakistan and india and borders china ninety percent of kashmir is a muslim with buddhists and hindus making up the rest of the twelve million
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population separatists have been fighting indian control for almost thirty years demanding the territory be united with pakistan rule or gains independence oh. martin nearly seventy thousand people have been killed in the separatist fighting since one thousand nine hundred nine india's prime minister briefly visited kashmir two weeks ago provoking a furious reaction from protesters both india and pakistan have agreed to abide by fifteen years ceasefire. but peace remains elusive. as there. the jordanian prime minister honeymoons key says he will not withdraw a controversial i.m.f. backed tax bill before parliament that's the spied the proposed bill sparking a rare protests in the country and calls for the government to resign the prime minister says the government will continue talks with the unions about the when you leave it up to the lawmakers to make a decision on whether to ditch the proposal. president of the c.c.
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has been sworn in for a second four year term sisi secured ninety seven percent of the vote in the election in march most of his opponents were jailed or threatened against running the former general came to power after leaving the military's removal of the democratically elected president mohammed morsy in two thousand and thirteen funerals have been held for people killed on one of the bloodiest days of the anti-government protests in nicaragua sixteen demonstrators died on wednesday in what opposition groups and the catholic church are calling a massacre the u.n. has called on the government to end of the violence which has killed more than one hundred people in the past six weeks from the capital. reports. 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 raises are moved to a nearby cemetery. overcome with grief francisco's mother says goodbye to her son
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for the last time. i don't mind 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 time on the moments after francisco was shot were captured on camera and we have a record 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
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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 one resident. when i was. fired for the somali have fired tear gas at opposition supporters during a banned political rally ahead of next month's presidential election authorities in the capital bamako had said saturday's march couldn't go ahead due to
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a state of emergency currently in place sixteen people including two candidates were injured in clashes with security forces. thousands of anti gun violence campaigners have been demonstrating in new york they marched through the streets with many wearing orange a symbol of national gun violence awareness day where orange campaign began in memory of a fifteen year old girl who was shot and killed in chicago in two thousand and thirteen. still ahead on the news hour we'll look at the key issues facing voters in slovenia ahead of sunday's parliamentary election immigration is one of them and in sports radio show to pull boys in with a chance of winning a third french open title and he will be here shortly with that story of. incarcerated in russia's toughest prisons stripped of their liberties.
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because get all the sports news now here is andy. thank you so much barbara will the latest win for serina williams at the french open a sort of a match with one of her fiercest rivals playing in her first grand slam since giving birth to her first child at williams is now getting ready to take on maria sharapova in the last sixteen santa hamish reports. with her superhero inspired catsuit new mom serena williams is on the hunt for her fourth title at the longer hours the american was up against jamie's eleven steve junior georges and third round match the twenty three grand slam winner put on a commanding performance. i beating her
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opponent in straight sets six three six three to set up a much anticipated match with her old rival maria sharp over i she was probably a favorite into this match. for sure. you know she's been playing like i said for a little for over a year now i just started it so i'm just really trying to get my bearings and try and fill out where i am and see where i can go. but i think this will be another test i think this is one of her best surfaces and she always does really really well here so this would be a good opportunity for me kind of see where i am and just hopefully you continue to go for. allston absence from the paris courts days him back to twenty fifteen sharp of a continued her impressive come back to the french open the russian took just fifteen
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minutes to dispatch last year's semifinalist carolina political that in straight sets six two six one child poverty hasn't beaten williams since two thousand and four but one former french open winner believes this could be her best chance of ending that run of defeats well i mean what the circumstances that are what we are in i would say that this is much more to maria sharapova was biggest chance in a very long time to beat serena williams because obviously. maria played has played enough saying since she came back from her suspension she's won here twice. i think that her clay court game is at the moment really good you know williams i don't know i mean it was good the other day but you would assume it's not she's not a best. sound pulver will be joined in the last sixteen by world number one simona halep. defeated germany's and the yet it could be chipped in straight sets seven five six love son home washed all just sierra.
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rafael nadal is looking good for an eleventh french open title he's into the last sixteen after a straight sets win over richard gaskin defending champion and world number one taking this match for the loss of just seven games next of another unseeded german maximillian march for the sixteenth time grand slam champion even at the energy for knock a bounce with a lucky ball boy there after this latest win it's at least five years funny has set up a match with third seed chile and coming through five sets against britain's car edmund . and belgium stuff a golf fan survived for match points to win his third round match with more face this encounter lasting just short of four hours after it was carried over from friday. and football's governing body fever has given morocco the all clear to bid for the twenty twenty six world cup rocco's national team getting ready to play in this year's edition in russia and just ahead of that storm and a vote will take place to decide who will host football's biggest events in a is
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time but a faith inspections team has described america's plan as high risk in three areas rocco's rival is a joint bid from the usa mexico and canada which before say has no high risk elements while defending champions germany suffered a rare setback in their preparations for russia they were beaten two won by austria in a friendly at same who haven't qualified for the finals goalkeeper manual neuer made his first appearance for germany since being injured back in september and all looked to be going as expected when most of gave germany the lead. but it was all to change in the second half coming up a stunning volley from massive hits or i get that drew austria level and then our son hit the winner germany's next moment game that's coming up against saudi arabia . and injury scare for denmark camps in simone care in their match against another russia bouncin sweden severe player coming off midway through the second half in
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this mill no draw in stock on. he seems fancy to do well in russia met in brussels belgium drawn nil nil with european champions portugal christiane or another rested for that warm by portugal england beat nigeria two one at wembley in those goals coming from gary cahill and harry canuck so why be with nigeria's efforts and brazil striking neymar will be back in action on sunday he said some make a second half appearance against croatia after a three month injury layoff he fractured his right foot while playing for parry sound your man brazil's first walk again is against switzerland on june the seventh seed. britain's richest hora horse race has been won by the dubai owned godolphin stable marsar ridden by jockey william buick pulled off a surprise sixteenth one victory in the two hundred thirty knots running of the at some darby. and the biggest name in mostly g.p.s. back at the front of the grid for the first time in serious violence in a time poll position in italy with
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a new large record in front of his home fans the seven time most a g.p. champion hasn't won a title since two thousand and nine. ok that is the sport back to barber in london andy thank you now half a million migrants pass through slovenia on their way to western and northern europe in two thousand and fifteen that's the last thing we gratian into the spotlight in a country with a population of just two million politicians have been campaigning hard on the issue ahead of sunday's parliamentary election with a rightwing and team aggression party now leading in the polls its leader says security is the biggest challenge and my hayward has more. it will be the third time in just seven years slovenians head to the polls there are new faces but it's the run a youngish young who leads the slovenian democratic party who's the familiar one here almost prime minister who had to resign over a corruption scandal five years ago it's not his past people are focusing on but
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his hardline rhetoric on immigration and his ties to hungary's nationalist leader viktor orban. half a million people fleeing war and poverty passed through slovenia in twenty fifteen on their way to western europe since then migration has been pushed up the electoral agenda so to the young told the rally last week's lavinia is defending the schengen border of europe changing. its uneasy stance to take if you say to the people immigration is the main issue and that's why your country's and prospering and if you vote for me i can help fix that something that anyone can say it's worked to an extent within the us it's worked as a start up movement in france with. and it's taken a. rise in other you can choose other party leaders warn they won't work with you if as expected there's no outright winner the election was close to the
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resignation of sarah over the failure to deliver a railway project he wants his job back others are trying to gain more center ground voters to attract both the left and the right the economy too and how to improve it will play a big part in how people. in slovenia the average monthly salary still call short of the average elsewhere in the eurozone with the impact of a double dip recession still being felt. people with well paid jobs are leaving the country while those who come to take less paying jobs are looking from a fiscal perspective that is a disaster. slavonia economy is growing a new leader will want to keep it moving in the right direction no one polities expected to get enough votes to win outright so all eyes in the days after the election will be on who will join forces to create next government.
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we'll have more news in just a few minutes. it's
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been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on qatar by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's two political landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant. but what caused the rift between the g.c.c. countries is there and the insights and can the gulf ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a just zero june nineteenth sixty seven sixty's there redrew the map of the middle east this record of victory of the ended war for the greatest tragedy in the history of islam al-jazeera explores the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried to run to the nation try to make. contacts through different countries and it was clear that all this was the north
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of the war in june on al-jazeera. this is the opportunity to understand a very different way where there before this thing happens and we don't leave. it's actually destructive to our ability to get things done. the growing anger among allies against new terror of measures by the united states. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a little . cold sore revenge in gaza at the funeral of a young medic shop dead by israeli forces. fears that yemen could lose a vital lifeline as pro-government forces advance on the rebel held port of the day
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plus. nationalists regain control of the.

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