the people of gaza talk to al-jazeera. the anger behind the smiles trade allies are becoming increasingly unhappy with the new u.s. tariffs. and i'm jane and this is al jazeera live from doha it was a coming up. protests over austerity measures in jordan into a fourth day in the biggest demonstration there in me is. nobody understands what we're feeling pain because many people there are in their homes their old. six months after hurricane maria hits puerto rico hundreds are still struggling to

rebuild their lives. the leaning tower of baghdad calls to repair iraq's crumbling heritage are being ignored. france has won the u.s. it has only a few days to avoid a trade war leaving it up to washington to deescalate tensions over terrorists finance ministers from some of the world's largest economies say they're concerned and disappointed by president trump's new taxes on steel and aluminum but as john hendren reports from washington trump isn't backing down. with days to go before the g. seven summit in canada the economic alliance is fractured the allies are angry and openly talking about a possible trade war we we think this action is inappropriate we think it's absurd to consider canada a security risk the united states and therefore we've taken a targeted and considered approach to retaliation france's foreign minister

also says unless the u.s. reverses its new tariffs on steel and aluminum from europe canada and mexico a trade war is just a few days away. at a meeting ahead of this week's g. seven summit in canada u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and tried to his ways the allies present trump has been very clear in wanting to address trade issues i don't think in any way the u.s. is abandoning its leadership in the global economy quite the contrary i think we have very broad objectives that are that are across a rebalancing the trade relationship and the trade deficit but he could not offer the one thing u.s. allies want tariffs really trump briefed by menuhin is not backing down taking to twitter on saturday he wrote when you're almost eight hundred billion dollars a year down on trade you can't lose a trade war many economists disagree they say everyone loses in

a trade war because a vicious cycle of tariffs makes goods more expensive all around now some u.s. companies say they fear a trade conflict could end the global economic expansion the upcoming g seven meeting was expected to celebrate our estimates at this point and these are very rough but we would expect another ten to fifteen percent drop and we're also suffering because of the steel tariffs which was the genesis of all this everything we do involves steel our fencing everything else is steel related so we're seeing increased prices from those things too so it is kind of a domino effect european leaders have already chosen their targets for retaliation iconic american products like harley-davidson motorcycles levi's jeans jack daniels whiskey in florida oranges the next casualties in what could be an escalating trade conflict john hendren al-jazeera washington and at that g seven meeting steve mentioned said the u.s. is pushing for structural changes to china's economy u.s.

commerce secretary ross has been holding talks with chinese leaders in beijing he says the meeting so far have been quite friendly and frank. two countries of threatened to attack tariffs on goods worth of two hundred fifty billion dollars each china says any agreement they reach will be void if the u.s. goes ahead with raising tariffs the u.s. says north korea will only get sanctions relief after it takes verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearize ation defense secretary james mattis was speaking on the sidelines of a defense conference in singapore he made his south korean and japanese counterparts to discuss the upcoming summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un. is a very. good. thank you very much for the wealth of the. good.

of all. of. the thirty five israeli military says its jets have targeted fifteen sites belonging to hamas in the gaza strip it says two weapons manufacturing and storage sites were hit israel said it intercepted three rockets fired from gaza sirens were activated in southern israeli areas bordering the gaza strip a force that joins us from gaza city now what happened overnight. well as you say there were initial reports of these four projectiles being fired out of gaza in territories that they were mortars and that's as you say one according to israeli military fell inside gaza territory the other three intercepted by the iron dome system of the anti missile anti projectile system and then in response israeli air force moved in with these fifteen strikes on hamas targets around the gaza strip

the most recent ones the that the latest ones early this morning just after five am on an empty training site belong to the military branch of hamas so this is the this is the second sort of exchange of fire in just under a week between hamas and the israelis for now though it appears this one is over two and as you said it comes just a few days after their biggest such exchange since the twenty fourteen war i mean could this threaten their parents since fire that's been holding since then. well certainly the fears are of escalation as they were during that near twenty four hour exchange that we saw on tuesday into the small hours of wednesday morning there was pretty substantial egyptian intervention to prevent things getting any further out of hand any further towards an escalation to all out war this came

according to some reports potentially as a response to the killing of the palestinian medical young woman on friday but there are there other suggestions that it's really about the continuing situation here inside gaza the continuing process the continuing deaths to israeli sniper fire the continuing humanitarian situation there could be some within gaza who are trying to just push the israelis towards getting further progress in the what we understand are egyptian potentially other countries involved brokered talks towards a longer term ceasefire between israel and hamas certainly neither side appears to be going too far in its strikes as far as the gazan side the the range is relatively short so far no injuries on the no fatalities on the israeli side and similarly no casualties from overnight here inside gaza either the question though is always however finally these things are calibrated they can go wrong and even

accidentally things can escalate harry thank you. and yesterday protests in jordan have ended a fourth day in the biggest demonstration against the government in years riot police used tear gas to break up a rally near the prime minister's office in amman purchases according to the cabinet resignation after ministers approved a new draft law on tax reforms the policy is influenced by the international monetary fund which jordanians accuse of interfering. and started to. support our brothers that are going down to the street to protest against new taxes because the people are going through a very tough economic the problem is not just the tax more the jordanian citizen right now. his pockets are empty are completely empty. saw the government has to listen. to the sound of the people ask for more good luck how local citizens now have no power they are searching for food put the children daily women are looking

in the rubbish for food and every day we are surprised by rising prices and new taxes. on saturday jordan's king abdullah discuss the protests of these government he says shouldn't have to bear the burden of financial reforms alone he intervene to freeze and increase on field prices on friday the prime minister says ministers must decide whether or not to ditch the tax bill. the deputy prime minister of qatar says it's stronger than it was a year ago when neighboring countries imposed their blockade saudi arabia the united arab emirates back grain and egypt also cut diplomatic relations on june the fourth last year katz denies there accusations of fostering terrorism through the un waving resilience of the people and the sound leadership of his highness the

emir. we were able to weather the storm and emerge from it stronger than ever before in the years since the blockade was imposed oil production of national product including medicine and food grown exponentially we have built on or by that sort of nation and have explored the new and promising partnership to grow and develop iran was one of the countries it's quickly stepped in to ensure cattery supermarket shelves remained well stocked iranian export to say helping cateye isn't just about making money but deepening ties could prove problematic as. reports from iran this family run farm near to herat has been selling produce to qatar for more than ten years it used to export two to three truckloads of food to qatar a week since the blockade began demand has soared to two to three truckloads

a day. forms like this all over iran have increased production to fill the gap in the country market after saudi arabia the u.a.e. and other countries severed supply routes what caused a shock in qatar is an opportunity for iranian businesses but suddenly the need of a ronnie says profits are not the only reason exporters are keen to supply cut there's markets in the us coming up i'll buy me one i'm saying this from the bottom of my heart we'd like to repeat all we don't feel that our neighboring countries and islamic countries are separate from us we consider them as a religious brothers and we are happy that this market exists for us to supply it it's embarrassing for us to say that we are helping qatar we are two brothers at one table eating from one table and we're happy that today qatari brothers are with us at one table. with business links all over the world the exporter says the blockade is bad for everyone in the region and hopes it ends soon. you can find

a little bit of everything here fruits vegetables basic necessities being grown here in iran and will eventually end up in the homes of people living in qatar iran and qatar have had serious disagreements over the wars in syria and yemen and iranian support for hezbollah in lebanon but they speak with one voice in support of the palestinian people and share the world's largest natural gas field and in the last year disputes with saudi arabia have brought them closer together. we felt qatar was being treated unfairly so we opened our doors we let qatar airways use our airspace and we used five important ports in the south of the country to send our help relations with qatar have a bright horizon because our qatari friends are well aware about the intentions of our officials. served as iran's ambassador to qatar he says both countries can cooperate on much more but he admits the appearance of siding too openly with iran

is tricky because there is home to the largest american air base in the middle east and u.s. central command headquarters cozying up to run also further anger blockading countries escalate tensions even more. leaders the last year has been a delicate balancing act but whatever happens next people living in qatar are unlikely to forget the neighbors willing to lend a hand when they needed it most. choose their marks one year since the blockade began we'll have a special program looking at the political economic and human impact of the crisis that's at eight hundred g.m.t. . on al-jazeera. rescuers in kenya are looking for survivors from a building that collapsed in the capital nairobi the red cross says four people have been pulled alive from the rubble of the five story building kenyan media reported one person had been killed locals say most of the people living in the building may have moved out early as

a precautionary measure riot police in mali have fired tear gas at opposition supporters who defied a ban on rallies before next month's presidential election two candidates were among sixteen people injured in the capital bamako he said the march couldn't go ahead because of a state of emergency has been imposed president every member hopes to be reelected despite criticism over ethnic killings still ahead on al-jazeera the new recruits of an ice a link group in the philippines after it suffered a major defeat. i am. 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 storms 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 in jerry cooler weather across the u.k. quite a bit of rain around for parts of france during the course of up monday and southeast narrows pretty warm but also with the risk of showers so as we head down into 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 gerry 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.

the watch al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour france has warned the u.s. it has only a few days to avoid a trade war finance ministers from some of the world's largest economies are meeting and say they concerned by president are trumps new taxes on steel and at a minimum. israeli forces say they jets of targeted fifteen sides belonging to hamas in the gaza strip. israel says it intercepted three rockets fired from gaza tensions escalated between hamas and israel off the intense fighting last week the worst since twenty fourteen. and his territory protests in jordan of into the fourth day of the biggest demonstration against the government in years riot police used tear gas to break up a rally calling for the cabinets resignation in amman. a right wing anti immigration party is leading the pinion polls before sunday's parliamentary election in slovenia immigration is

a major issue for the population of just two million they've seen hundreds of thousands of foreigners pos through on their way to western europe and the hayward reports it will be the third time in just seven years slovenians head to the polls there in new faces but it's the young who leads the slovenian democratic party who's the camillia one here. prime minister who had to resign over corruption scandal five years ago it's not his past people are focusing on but 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. it's an easy stance to take if you say to the people

immigration is the main issue and that's why your countries and prospering and if you vote for me i can help fix that something that anyone can say and it's worked to an extent within the us it's worked as a start a movement in france with mary and it's taken. and other you can choose other party leaders want they won't work with you if as expected there's no outright winner the election was close to the 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 take less paying jobs looking from a fiscal perspective that is a disaster. slovenia's economy is growing a new leader who want to keep it moving in the right direction no one party is expected to get enough votes to win right so all eyes in the days after the election will be on who will join forces to create sliminess next government and the heywood algis there are calls for an early election are being made in macedonia thousands of opposition supporters made their demands clear in the capital skopje they accuse the left wing government of ruining the economy since taking over a year ago protesters also angry at a possible name change for macedonia greece's northern province called macedonian talks are being held to resolve the twenty seven year old dispute an isolated group

in the southern philippines is expanding its presence seven months after its fighters were defeated following a siege in the city of morality smell and to go on reports on how the group is recreating children displaced and orphaned by the conflict. ibrahim is fourteen years old and lives in an evacuation camp with his father he says a group of men approached him a few weeks ago they told him they were police officers and invited him to join training and he said the prospect of taking revenge against the ice will inspired multi group that attacked what are we city and kept it under siege for months appealed to him so he said yes his father as a side knew they were not police officers but now the supporters in this guys. they wanted to take that there were no plea burst i am thankful i managed to save my son . told me that after training i will start to receive money during five months of

conflict the city was severely damaged around two hundred members of the mountain had taken control hoping to create a caliphate. st mary's church was a symbol of religious tolerance in the country's only city under islamic law but when the war broke out this was one of the first places to be seen them out to specifically targeted christians hoping to create a religious divide more than a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. the philippine military declared the victory in october last year but the war is far from over because the mouthy appears to be regrouping this information is going for it we have had several intelligence reports that the trying to recruit more members. and then training them to be harder to fight because you're fighting for the hearts and

minds of the people because did not die with the liberation of. the philippine military accuses the moutier of playing on the emotions of children especially those traumatized by the battle for morale we like fifteen year old ricky who lost his parents in the war now he lives alone moving from one evacuation camp to the next. and i don't know who to trust anymore i don't go. it's a sentiment shared by many young boys displaced by the war aid groups say they are the perfect to recruit spur armed groups like them out and they need to be protected unless there are for hope of a brighter future they could be part of the hundreds of children in the southern philippines who are falling victim to the disciple of poverty and violence.

city southern philippines. farmers in northern india are demanding a fair price for their crops some are on a ten day strike they want traders to pay more for their products and they want financial aid from the government more than half of india's farming households are in debt despite numerous loan write offs by successive governments. two people have been shot dead in nicaragua as protesters fired homemade mortars at police roman catholic bishop begged citizens in messiah not to venture out police blame right wing groups for looting one hundred ten nicaraguans have died in two months of unrest. hurricane season is beginning in the caribbean and people on puerto rico fear they won't be able to weather another storm tens of thousands fled to florida of the hurricane maria devastated their homes eight months ago hundreds of men in hotels relying on government aid that will end soon and gallegos more from

kissimmee in the weeks following hurricane maria more than thirty thousand storm weary puerto ricans registered at this disaster relief center orlando's port u.s. citizens by birth they came to florida looking for help months later many are still in limbo like hundreds of others namely gonzales has been stuck in a hotel since january but time is running out for drill systems 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 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 has helped some families find homes 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

a 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 together crawled to zero kissimmee florida the leaning tower of pisa as well known and baghdad also has a tower with a tendency to tilt something only heritage building which is suffering from poor maintenance and the. reports from the iraqi capital. the sixteenth sixty the year when the busier mosque was built but this is all that's left of it the cracks in the arches and fading tiles are reminders of the golden days of baghdad this is the victorian facade of the iraqi capital old governorate building it was damaged during the two thousand and three u.s. invasion and has been abandoned since this area was part of the ottoman military complex on the banks of the tigris river its decrypt state symbolizes the degree of

iraq's rich cultural heritage. and many people nowadays are not aware of the importance of these sites and the reason is that recently iraq has faced violence and internal fighting which led to a weak government the conscription zone baghdad's old minaret are feeding the caliphs mosque compound is over a thousand years old built by the caliphs after centuries of war than invasions the minaret is the only original structure left. and it didn't always lean the government to seal the mosque because of the dangerously rapid tilting of the minaret but there are no real efforts being made to repair it the government's priorities are the provision of basic services and with a struggling economy preservation efforts inevitably take a back seat there are no worshipers in this compound which is hundreds of years old because of the fear that the minaret would fall on the hall these days when people

pray they do it in the courtyard spiderwebs have replaced the curtains inside and we are told there are no books left in the library upstairs. we need to value the sites not only there were but also historic sites like the assyrian and babylonian sites it would help to strengthen the national identity and that iraqi national identity has been blurred by years of sectarian strife corruption and mismanagement. envelop the symbolic eternal flame of the iraqi flag this monument built in the one nine hundred eighty s. used to represent iraqis now many government departments claim ownership of the multi-million dollar. was used by u.s. forces and then the iraqi military as a base. its museum and library. these

days the halls remain empty and the general public is not allowed in this rich tapestry of ancient and modern history is fading fast many people are afraid that unless action is taken to protect and preserve it it could be lost forever. some of the job al-jazeera back that. a quick look at the top stories on al-jazeera france has warned the u.s. it has only a few days to avoid a trade war finance ministers from some of the world's largest economies are meeting in canada they concern by president donald trump's new taxes on steel and aluminum imports separately u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has been holding talks with chinese leaders in beijing the u.s. wants china to buy more american goods to reduce its trade deficit the two countries have threatened to protect tariffs israeli forces say warplanes of

targeted fifteen sites belonging to hamas in gaza after three rockets fired from the ship were intercepted tension escalated between hamas and israel following intense exchanges of fire last week the worst in four years and the protests in jordan of into the fourth day in the biggest demonstration against the government in years riot police used tear gas to break up a rally calling for the cabinets resignation in amman king abdullah met ministers on saturday after they approved a new draft law on tax reforms and started to. support our brothers that are going down to the street to protest against taxes because the people are going through a very tough economic the the problem is not just the tax more the jordanian citizen right now. his pockets are empty are completely empty. saw the government has to listen. to the sound of the people i work with how local citizens now have no power searching for food put the children women and look into the rubbish for

food and every day we are surprised by rising prices and new taxes the u.s. says north korea will only get sanctions relief after it takes verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearization defense secretary james mattis was speaking on the sidelines of a defense conference in singapore he met a south korean and japanese counterparts to discuss the upcoming summit between u.s. and north korea. rescuers are looking for survivors from a collapsed building in the kenyan capital nairobi the red cross says four people have been pulled alive from the rubble of the five story building those are the headlines inside story is coming up next. in the. demonic to be.

the first populist government in western europe can it solve its nice problems a coalition of the far right and anti-establishment bodies and months of political uncertainty but is it a threat to the european union this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program fully back to a very unusual coalition government has come to power in italy leaders of the anti establishment five star movement and the right wing on thai immigration league already have been sworn into office ending three months of political deadlock they want to revive its least like ish economy by rejecting austerity and increasing spending proposals which have worried the european union because of its knees knowledge debt so what will.