all of. the central government only controls about a third of the territory this is a long running security problem not just for the government in mogadishu but it has been also a long running security concern for the united states but in light of this attack and in light of the deadly ambush that happened in the country of me share last october the trumpet ministration is now reconsidering redeploying some of these special forces troops to other parts of the world to deal with what it considers perhaps more urgent security needs security threats i should say from russia and from china certainly though given the long running interest in trying to stabilize the country of somalia and to provide active support to for march those presidency there's going to be a lot of discussion here in washington about the way forward or road signs very much to do that. so the head here on al-jazeera trumps former campaign strategist is charged with witness tampering is the russia collusion probe continues. and also

says it's closing seven mosques in expelling him soon what it's calling a crackdown on political islam. is still a very a cloud and rain straddling australia at the moment really linking up from the northwest right down into the southeast vial of cloud coming through here but high pressure is generally dominating the seating so what we do have shouldn't be too heavy all the cool side once again into melbourne temperatures here will struggle to get into the low teens getting up to around fifteen celsius here on saturday similar value there for sydney as well elsewhere it's dry and five thirty celsius in alice springs is certainly warm enough here that a bit of cloud of rain will make its way into w.i. as we go on through the weekend nine hundred. over the next couple of days that

rain setting in for sunday and by sunday hopefully it will brighten up into the southeastern corner more in the way of sunshine you notice the temperatures still lingering around the mid teens this is sort of temperature we can expect across new zealand over the next couple of days i cloud and rain that dies down across the tasman is pushing towards south island so there will be some wet weather coming in here as well for good measure thirteen celsius there for christchurch if that rain starts to push in on sas day north are in general stein dry throughout the weekend but a little more cloud just pushing in for sunday and by sunday that rain really peping up across the south all of christchurch now at fourteen degrees. on counting the cost jordan's economy is struggling to come a look at why i am back price hikes are proving the last straw for many people plus why the world's top coca grows one of the biggest share of the global chocolate

market. accounting a cost. and again welcome back a reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera and kind of as prime minister just intrigued us president donald trump has held talks on the sidelines of the g. seven summit in quebec the meeting between wild leaders has so far reportedly been called deal. the international criminal court has ever turned the conviction of

former vice president. called said ben but could not be held criminally responsible for what his forces did in neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two. and four people have been killed and more than six hundred injured in gaza after israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets at palestinians protesting at the border. now lebanon has ordered a freeze on the renewal of residency permits for staff of the un refugee agency this asteroid accuse the u.n.h.c.r. of intimidating syrian refugees in lebanon to discourage them from returning home and the un is rejecting the accusations saying holder has more from beirut. seven years in exile in lebanon is now getting ready to go back home he's from the syrian town. i. can't go back because he's not considered a security risk by the syrian government it's a decision not every refugee can make. up and have been humiliated the

united nations told us that there are no guarantees when we get back home but we want to go back that advice has caused tension between the un refugee agency and the lebanese foreign ministry which says the u.n. h.c.r. is discouraging refugee returns a claim the u.n. denies it says it is carrying out its global mandate which is to provide support to refugees and help them establish their lives in line with international standards. is not. are you know has expressed many times that it just lacks a government. that is not an option lebanese authorities say a few thousand refugees displaced by the seven year long war have already signed up for what they call voluntary returns and that thousands of others are willing to go home lebanon which is hosting more than one million syrian refugees has long complained of the burden it carries official say it cost the country about eight

billion dollars a year many refugees now have economical and not political or security reasons for . foreign ministry officials say much of syria is now safe. specifically. which is not them and. what they say is that. people. but what what is actually happy happening is much more than that the ministry has now decided to suspend residency application submitted by u.n.h.c.r. for its staff in lebanon the foreign minister is acting in a caretaker capacity but it does belong to the ruling alliance so his decisions could be a sign of future state policy. some officials are using the refugee political capital they play on fears about the impact of the prolonged presence of refugees in the country those officials belong to the pro syrian government camp they want

refugee returns to be coordinated with the authorities in damascus as a first step toward restoring relations with the government. refugees are caught in the middle and what could become a contentious political issue large scale returns gives legitimacy to the syrian government which wants the international community to provide badly needed funds for reconstruction the u.n. insists it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place. saudi authorities arrested another women's rights activist in its crackdown on dissent in the kingdom. is the founder of campaigning to recruit young people in the country's charity sector critics say continued to tensions are hurting saudi arabia's global image while hitting the commune's coffers the un trade agency says foreign direct investment in the kingdom has

fallen by more than ten billion dollars since two thousand and twelve. five days off a month to killing at least one hundred million people guatemalan officials have warned that falling from the volcano poses a threat to flights authorities are ordering a new round of evacuations with flows of volcanic material and contaminated water still threatening homes the disaster agency is telling residents of the tunnel to leave their homes to some recently returned around two hundred people still missing . in the city. just south of the eruption guatemala's still very active and still very much a threat on friday morning there was another strong eruption toxic gases and boulders up to three meters the size shooting out the side of the volcano now that led to the evacuation of twelve thousand more people from surrounding communities that's in addition to the more than three thousand people who were evacuated in

previous days now emergency operations have also been temporarily stopped because of this danger and that's going to lead to a lot of anger from people whose family members are still missing now speaking of the missing the government says that there's around two hundred people who are still missing but the people who we've been talking to from the village of san miguel a lot there is they say that there are at least three thousand people in that town so they say that the number of missing is far higher meanwhile the government and national disaster agency is coming under fire public prosecutor saying that they will launch an investigation into whether a vacuum ration procedures were properly followed so here in guatemala under the shadow of the volcano still very much a moving situation the u.s. special counsel investigating alleged collusion between russia and donald trump's presidential campaign as well charges of witness tampering a former truck company and manager pullman a ford now the fisher has the latest now from washington d.c. . or part one of two additional charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice

and two counts of struction of justice these really back to a case that we had about a week ago on palm on a fourth was allegedly trying to tamper with witnesses people who had given statements to the f.b.i. and he was allegedly trying to get them to change their story now also on this indictment is constantine kilmeny an auld friend of paul man a fourth what does his political pour stuff his political fix or his translator on paul matter for what in the ukraine for the best part of ten years and he becomes the twentieth person indicted by robert miller's investigation into possible russian collusion with the trump campaign this all comes under that umbrella of ford is also facing charges of tax fraud of bank fraud and of money laundering and all of these charges you have to remember that paul says he is innocent. the united

states is planning to transfer one thousand six hundred people detained by immigration and customs into federal prisons five jails are going to temporarily house detainees awaiting civil court hearings where they could be housed alongside convicted criminals she had returns e.a. has more on the latest in a series of controversial immigration decisions by the trial ministration. this isn't the first time that federal prisons have been used to house immigrant detainees but the scale is different the six hundred will be held for up to one hundred twenty days while immigration authorities find space for them elsewhere prison unions complain that they've not been given enough time to prepare for the influx and civil rights groups are concerned that those simply looking for a better life will be housed with those convicted of federal crimes and the u.s. is notoriously brutal prison system the trouble ministrations new policy of prosecuting and detaining every person crossing the border without papers means space is limited there's been a surge in raids on workplaces in the u.s. those who found

a job are being rounded up on mass and it's this policy that's led to the separation of families some six hundred children taken from their parents since may as they await prosecution according to a u.s. senator we are devastating a generation of children who are being called from their families there will be impacts on educational attainment physical harm and this is an inhumane and cruel policy that that is hurting individuals it's hurting these families and it's hurting our communities and our society the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says such separations are against international law and even president trump says he isn't happy but blames the democrats for not helping policy immigration reform all their own broad i guess is great border safety and security as it. was i don't like. that bridge from the first i don't like it i hate it patrolled administration is hoping that the harsh conditions awaiting anyone caught trying to cross the border. without documentation will deter

migration recent evidence shows that it's not working in april if this year almost fifty one thousand people were detained at the southern border an increase of sixteen thousand from the previous year however a policy of deterrence is nothing new it was the obama administration that attempted to deter immigrants during a surge of border crossings often by women and children fleeing instability in central america in twenty fourteen president obama vastly expanded family detentions the detention of parents with their children to try and scare migrants away the six hundred migrant children detained this month will join some ten thousand eight hundred already incarcerated in the u.s. the separation of immigrant children by the trump administration may violate international legal protections for children but it would appear that's exactly the point for the administration in washington she overturned see. the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is

stabilizing the director general says that he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than one thousand eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says is also down eighty more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to help improve emergency care canada's senate has voted to legalize recreational marijuana a pledge that prime minister justin trudeau made during his election campaign of a child the changes will allow kind of us to go on sale and for people to grow up to four plants at home for their use. now this austrian government is planning to shut down seven mosques in expel him as part of a measure of measures by right wing chancellor sebastian cuts to talk of what he calls political islam in the country so when it came reports now from neighboring germany. in the six months since becoming chancellor sebastian cortes has taken an even tougher line on immigration and what he says is the threat from parallel

societies forming in his country now he's turning his sights on what he calls political islam do you mean in the light that we can't we can announce to you today a decision from the office of religious affairs that will lead to prohibit should of the activities of seven mosques this means dissolve in a grey wolf's mosque and secondly showing down the arabic cultural community to operate a total of six mosques. in addition to the closures these measures could also see dozens of face expulsion from austria several of whom ministers in vienna believe are funded by elements inside turkey a spokesman for the turkish government has condemned the move as racist and anti islam courts has long advocated a toughening of approach but forming a coalition with the far right anti islam freedom party last december seems to have been the catalyst for him to act in april his government announced plans to prevent

girls in nurseries and primary schools from wearing head scarves we have. a new climate political climate here in australia a sense of last election and with the new government that has been in power or little more than half a year you see. various measures taken against foreigners against immigrants against islam and sounds of all this is just one more step. one more matter. and their policy and that's what will interest far right movements across europe particularly in france the netherlands and here in berlin where the alternative for germany party made a parliamentary breakthrough in last year's election on a platform of opposition to islam dominic came al-jazeera. tributes have been paid to the celebrity chef and writer and to the board

a who has been found dead in his hotel room in france police say the sixty one year old took his own life only gallica as this report. anthony bourdain is career spanned continents but his love of the restaurant business had humble beginnings started out as a dishwasher before becoming a chef in new york his best selling memoir about the underbelly of manhattan's restaurant business changed his life and launched a t.v. career i went from a guy you know broke. always ben had been broke never insured never owned anything perpetually in debt. hard working god overnight the guy with the best job in the world with the freedom to travel around the world doing anything he wants and get paid for it the sixty one year old was filming a series in france for c.n.n. network says anthony bourdain committed suicide and released a statement his talents never cease to amaze us and we will miss him very much force and prayers are with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult

time ordains death comes just days after a fashion icon kate spade apparently took her own life spade's husband and business partner said the fifty five year old suffered from depression and anxiety for years suicide rates across the u.s. have jumped dramatically over the past decade in two thousand and sixteen there were nearly forty five thousand suicides more than twice the number of murders among the young suicide is now the second leading cause of death for dane one dozens of awards for his work in two thousand and thirteen judges for one prestigious award on a dem for expanding our palates and horizons in equal measure and a gallica al-jazeera. time for an update now of the main headlines here on al-jazeera and u.s. president donald trump and canadian prime minister justin trudeau have held talks on the sidelines of the g. seven summit the pair have exchange strong words in the last few days of

a new tariffs the trump administration has introduced on canadian steel the meeting of world leaders in quebec promises to be tense as trumps trade policies have isolated him from several u.s. allies but the president has promised to straighten it all out our relationship is very good we are actually working on cutting care of sick making it all very fair for both countries and we've made a lot of progress today we'll see how it all works out but we've made a lot of this it could be that nafta will be a different form it could be with canada with mexico one on one much simpler agreement much easier to do i think better for both countries but we're talking about that among other things but the relationship is probably better as good or better than it's ever been. and i think we'll get to something very beneficial to canada and to you know that it's the international criminal court has overturned the conviction of former kong lee's vice president jumpy. he was found guilty of

crimes against humanity two years ago for atrocities committed by his forces in central african republic in two thousand and two he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison but in the latest decision the court said pemba could not be held criminally responsible for that behavior four palestinians have been killed in gaza after israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets at protesters at the border medics say more than six hundred others have been injured in the violence. the u.s. special counsel investigating alleged collusion between russia and donald trump's presidential campaign has filed charges of witness tampering against former trump campaign manager paul manifold five days after a month ago erupted guatemalan officials are warning that falling ass from the volcano poses a threat to flights the volcano claimed at least one hundred nine lives when it erupted on sunday that's it there's so many stories and others are coming up next

county the costs. in the first meeting between a sitting u.s. president since the birth of north korea supreme leader kim jong un comes face to face with president donald trump the world watches high stakes diplomacy to avert a global nuclear crisis al-jazeera will bring you live coverage of this historic moment for the korean peninsula and for international diplomacy the singapore summit on al-jazeera. has i'm sick of this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics jordan's economy struggling to cope we'll look at the stress is proving the last straw for many people. also this week the airline

business find out if it's clear skies ahead or turbulent times for global carrys twenty eighteen. plus why top coca growers are trying to grab a bigger slice of the chocolate market. people in the kingdom of jordan have been staging angry protests over the rising cost of living the king was forced to sack the prime minister and the government had to back down on a controversial tax hike on i.m.f. back planned to raise both income and business taxes is what triggered the protests and although that's now been scrapped those measures are just the latest in a string of reforms earlier this year red subsidies were cut and costs have risen for small businesses jordan received a seven hundred twenty three million dollar loan from the i.m.f. in two thousand and sixteen and the government has a three year plan in action to bring down debt levels and then there is the

economic impact of hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring syria and iraq. jordan's debt amounts to around thirty seven billion dollars which is about ninety four percent of g.d.p. and according to official estimates eighteen and a half percent of the ten million population is unemployed despite being home to some of the world's most important historical sites like the agent city of petra jordan is resource poor it relies on aid and loans from its oil rich neighbors and the united states jordan has also been hit by conflicts in neighboring syria and iraq it's taken in around one point three million refugees from syria alone we're joining us now from the jordanian capital and man is dr joe more than any chairman of a mad stock exchange and a former deputy prime minister in one of the previous governments thanks very much for being with us so the jordanian government has pushed through these austerity measures for the better part of two years now and the effect of it for millions of

jordanians is a higher cost of living and it's clear that there's a great deal of public anger there and it's not going away so what's to be done. well right now i think that we need after six years of austerity measures actually to look into the criticism and value it what had happened so the best way is to change the paradigm which we have been following so far to concentrate on fiscal policy and fiscal reform without effecting any development has actually proved that we have got neither one neither we succeeded in fiscal reform nor have we caused any growth tangible growth that would enable us to face that when problem of unemployment and poverty so therefore the best way is now to focus on pro people policies that would aim and focus on effect on

creating economic growth creating projects tangibles. deliverables that people can identify with and feel that the government is working for them and it is a peoples oriented approach but how do you do that these people a oriented policies as you say without adding to the government debts which is what the government is is trying to reduce we need to. ask the international monetary fund for two years holiday that we should we should not increase taxes let even if. i were i need to borrow to invest not what ought to cover current expenditures all right just picking out way we have to do that just picking up on that point about the i.m.f. do you think that they would be amenable to that to to adjusting their policies extending the program you know in order to give some some sort of breathing space for the jordanian government and by extension the jordanian people. yes and i think

that the i.m.f. just like any other international organization they are looking for success stories to tell the rest of the world when. not asking the i.m.f. to change its own model what we are asking them that instead of decreasing the debt g.d.p. ratio from ninety six percent to seventy seven percent by the end of two thousand and twenty one to make of that in two thousand and twenty three now that would be tenable if we really begin to create good off if we grow the denominator which is the g.d.p. is going to grow and therefore the percentage of we manage to maintain deficit as it is then we can cause a decrease a percentage of the crease in this issue and so this is the only approach you have to do and that requires a very strong effort on the part of the jordanian government part of the job in the

people and the private sector and you have to engage the whole population because this is how you create synergy in the society you restore the spirit people are over exhausted from taxes and they cannot take it anymore but if you really address them feel that you are in prophetic with them they will begin to respond to your policies otherwise we would continue to do the same using the same ingredients using the same process and hoping to end up with a different dish that is not going to happen he talked earlier there are about what you refer to as external challenges there is of course the ongoing war in syria which has been going on since since twenty eleven. and the and the refugee. problem that's resulted from that jordan has taken a huge amount of syrian refugees how much of a drain has that been on its economy well it has been a big drain on the economy of course increase in population usually causes it causes a decrease in an increase in g.d.p.

that goes without saying but then kissing g.d.p. was no way commensurate with the increase in the in the population on average a jordanian has been. has been suffering from a decrease in his better kept saying come every year over the last six years of this is a burden some people are asking when is there any hope therefore you know at least if i look at it from this welfare point you can see that joy joined in and people have been paying in terms of decreased income that's coming their way secondly you know they have been facing increasing levels of cost of living. because of refugees are crowding out the market they are causing demands on on the basic necessities and many jordanians find that they have to go and see some of the services that are usually provided by government go like education and health care

and so on go and seek it in the private sector which causes them to pay higher higher prices that would impact their budgets as well so therefore we reach this stage where many jordanian budget family is budgets have been actually strained and they are asking now the question. is it my budget or is it the government's budget and now we need to enhance people's budgets so that they can spend more they can feel more relaxed and they will that will to magically lead in due time to the increase in government revenues could speak you talk to joe it and any joining us from a man. i'm curious how another country that is in need of i.m.f. cash is anjan teena its agreed a bigger than expected fifty billion dollars financing deal the government there are for the i.m.f. help to stop its economy from sliding it's a crisis the currency is seen steep for as versus the dollar and inflation is

running at twenty eight percent and many arjun tines are opposed to i.m.f. help they still blame it for the country's economic collapse and debt default back in two thousand and one while uncivil us from the national university of general saw me entitled blames argentina's current problems on bad government policies we're going back to the i.m.f. because of an economic crisis sensually generated by the policies of the mockery administration since they assumed in december of two thousand and fifteen argentina is main issue is the foreign exchange constraint to what economists call the foreign exchange constraint i.e. the lack of. foreign exchange or dollars as they say here. to meet its external needs be a trade to be its tourism be its debt service and so.

the way the arjun tang government has gone about solving that problem under market he has been a very dramatic increase in public debt all right still to come on counting the cost a summit in singapore find out what north korea wants on the economic front when trump meets kim. the first fighters and footballers topped the list of sports money makers over the last twelve months i'm talking about forbes annual ranking of the world's top one hundred highest paid athletes freud mayweather leads the list the now retired american boxer heads the pack for the four. time in seven years earning two hundred eighty five million dollars footballers' leno messi and cristiano ronaldo round out the top three basketball is one game that's more likely to make you rich forty n.b.a. players made the list this year led by le bron james more than any other sport

there were no women on this year's list for the first time since two thousand and ten tennis star serena williams was the only female athlete last year and those who are listed and a total of three point eight billion dollars in two thousand and seventeen now i phone maker apple have acknowledged what many have been saying for a while now its products have become too addictive so in recognition of that it's announced plans to launch new features designed to help you use your phone less but at the same time apple is also designing even more new features to keep you staring at your screen. a major policy shift for africa's fastest growing economy ethiopia's new prime minister wants to loosen the government's reins so in future state run telecoms power and aviation sector is going to track private money analysts are welcoming the move for now on ethiopian airlines africa's largest carrier longer be off limits to foreign and domestic investors or we could be

seeing some higher airfares in the not too distant future that's because rising fuel prices are hitting airline profits around the world aviation trade body i.r. this week cut its profit outlook for twenty eight hundred jet fuel prices have surged more than fifty percent over the past year it said trade tensions also pose a risk for global carriers a year ago a blockade by four arab countries and qatar banned its flag carriers jets from their skies and its many heavy losses for the airline andrew thomas met with qatar airways c.e.o. akbar in back in sydney this time last year just before the blockade was announced cattle railways was flying in every sense of the word your profits were up you're expanding new routes then the blockade and it's been a different story since how much has that blockade affected you as an airline do you think that cut over stopped flying we are still flying we are still expanding. and that impact us that increased our flying time it put pressure on my operational

cost but it did not stop the will and the determination of us to keep on our part of growth and this year actually since the blockade we have received the best airline of the year. we have received over thirty aircraft we have added over one thousand destinations and we have continued our investments in both. get a perfect and. the impact has only been on my bottom line but not on our determination to keep on continuing but let's talk about the bottom line you made a five hundred million dollar profit in twenty sixteen seventeen you talked about six hundred thirty four million you've talked about a substantial loss this for not sure how big is that loss going to be and how long is that sustainable those sorts of losses i cannot tell you the amount of the loss because.