if you come on the beach we will run plastic waste. on al-jazeera out. this is al-jazeera. alarms the whole rom and you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes america's top diplomat shuttles between asian capitals trying to dissuade any doubts about the u.s. north korea summit. a divisive debate comes to a head in argentina where politicians are due to vote on changing abortion rules. also saudi arabia and the u.a.e.

push on with their assault to capture yemen's largest port ahead of a u.n. meeting to discuss the fighting. more turbulence for british engine make a rolls royce as it cuts almost five thousand jobs. and tatiana sanchez with the day's board as the football wild card is finally here excited fans descend on central moscow ahead of the opening match between host russia and saudi arabia. welcome to the new u.s. secretary of state mike pompei is in china on the final stop of a diplomatic mission to brief regional leaders about the outcome of the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un and earlier pompei was in seoul to reassure south korean and japanese allies about how the u.s. will guarantee that north korea will get rid of all of its nuclear weapons more

than that in a moment but first let's cross over to florence levy our correspondent in beijing following events for is there a chance really for the u.s. to explain their position and the vague agreement trump signed with north korea which is an ally of china. that's why i'm not sure what sort of details i might pohnpei or will be able to give the chinese officials considering that at his press conference in seoul he was asked what sort of process is this denuclearization of north korea going to look like and he just kind of gave something really quite vague and just said that denuclearization would be complete but wasn't really able to give much clarity on the process i suspect however pompei is visit to beijing is also not just to brief chinese officials but to make sure that they are on the same page when it comes to enforcing sanctions on north korea now if you remember. the trumpet ministration believes it will be

tougher u.n. sanctions that finally forced north korea to change its approach to stop its nuclear and missile tests to offer an olive branch to south korea these were events that eventually led to the summit in thing up or taking place on tuesday and post these singapore summit u.s. officials have made it absolutely clear that these sanctions these tougher sanctions on north korea will have to remain now for those sanctions to remain as tight as they have been they're going to have to rely heavily on china china shares a border with north korea it is not just a very close ally but also it provides a sort of economic lifeline if you will ninety percent of north korea's trade is with china china is also the main access point when it comes to accessing international financial system so it's going to be very important it's going to be crucial that the u.s. and other countries have the support of china when it comes to maintaining their

sort of sanctions pressure on north korea and we've already seen that they may not necessarily be on the same page we heard the chinese foreign ministry spokesman say just a couple of hours after the meeting with trump and kim had concluded on tuesday that perhaps it was time to consider thanks really for north korea and the u.s. position they've made it clear sanctions have to stay and they will have to get the chinese on board but they do to try to will be very pleased with certainly one part of the outcome and that was the issue of military drills in the region which is always china. absolutely the jewel suspension or the freeze for freeze as it's called it something is a position that china has been advocating china and russia have been advocating for a long time now and for them to have been hand it there's now this would have delighted chinese officials no doubt so you can imagine that going into the those meetings might pay or going into those meetings with chinese officials because he's

due to meet not just the president but also the chinese foreign minister as well as china's top diplomat the state council there will be a fair bit of good will coming from the chinese side that the u.s. is now unwilling to suspend military drills with south korea because the chinese have often said that they you know they they they consider this as a kind of a threatening gesture taking place so close to chinese territory these drills take place in south korea on land as well as on in waters off the south korean coast and china also views these exercises not just as a threat but they also kind of see them as a way to send a message the u.s. containment of china which is of course rising in influence in the global stage and also increasingly becoming a rival offer us not just in trade but also in geopolitics so this will be something that they are very happy about and this will go towards. the chinese

extending some amount of good will to the u.s. indeed of course so we will be coming back to later florence. and the state secretary of state for this press conference which we are expecting at any time so we'll hopefully see that from its leader in beijing more now on meetings in seoul were he was keen on paper over those hints or any disagreements and confusion among america's key asian allies weigh in he has more from seoul. after the hype of the summit with the sworn enemy can the explanation to the allies. america's top diplomat mike pompei i met with south korean president in solved before a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of south korea and japan which provided an opportunity to show unity on the issue of north korea the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad the declaration signed by u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un in singapore was vague

there was no detail about how denuclearization will be achieved the north korean state media suggested that the two leaders had agreed to similar taney s actions suggesting pyongyang could be rewarded along the way michael says that's not the case thanks and you really cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated that north korea has been completely immune despite not being told in advance south korea's foreign minister says donald trump's decision to unilaterally end joint military exercises wasn't discussed in detail in thursday's meeting north korea believes the drills are a rehearsal for an invasion but the united states and its allies have always said that defense of japan says it's been assured by the u.s. that they suspension is contingent on progress on denuclearization but tokyo is still concerned about the possible implications concerning u.s. are ok exercise we believe about japan u.s.

alliance as well as. deterrent based on them play an essential role in security in the norse used ajor south korean seem to be generally positive about what they saw in singapore they believe it's a step in the right direction but with something is significant is joint military exercises with the u.s. being given up soon want to know what north korea will do in return at the moment that seems to be very little if anything at all. while the diplomats were meeting all the adverse reason walked side by side in the. separating the two koreas this was the first high level meeting between the militaries in more than ten years in a sign that practical progress is being made but until concrete changes see north of the border doubts will remain about the commitment to keep promises that have been broken so many times before when hey al-jazeera soul stephen is

a senior associate professor of politics and international studies at the international christian university joins me now from tokyo good to have you with us on the program with nike how important is it for like to explain sort of the precise language of the agreement that he signed along with kim jong un because he needs to bring the chinese on board in the right frame of mind. what within the context of the chinese he needs to convey to his chinese interlocutors that the deal is about incremental denuclearization of north korea of the korean peninsula that chinese national interest will be considered and that the denuclearization process really is not meant to inherits u.s. influence on the peninsula rather it's meant to. deescalate the tensions on the peninsula for the south koreans and the japanese however i think that the document

that was signed in singapore needs to be explained in much more depth and there's great hesitations and concerns in in tokyo in particular that the deal doesn't go hard enough against the north koreans in particular denuclearization but also those other capabilities such as short range missiles mid range missile submarine systems as well as those chemical and biological weapons we should remember that north korea tested tested those systems in the sea of japan and over japan and there's a certain. concern that those weapon systems can be used against japan ok i get a little concerned about the military build up but obviously north korea house i mean in terms of the positioning of where china is in terms of the way that it's whether it has you might say the influence to bring north korea to the bargaining table i mean how how important is their role now as we much analysis about what

sort of push they may have given to pyongyang to get to this stage what is their influence right now. i think their influence is is is rather positive in terms of moving denuclearization and deescalating tension in the direction of the north koreans rather than in the direction of the united states i say this for a few reasons first of all i think it wasn't the american maximum pressure that brought the north koreans to the table it was them securing a strategic nuclear deterrent they gave them the confidence that they could engineer a meeting with donald trump as a nuclear equal beijing's very happy with this position the engagement of kim regime whether it was into china with united states south korea and gauge that process means that diplomacy is back on the table that will make a military option in dealing with north korea very very difficult it will make it

difficult in terms of a united front in terms of applying sanctions on north korea and this suits beijing very very well beijing does not want conflict on the peninsula it's concerned about how the conflict and u.s. presence on the peninsula will affect its own national interests and the fact that this maximum engagement process of of the kim resume has moved in a very positive direction serves not only north korea but it serves beijing's interests of decreasing the chance for conflict in the region to see what have to be interesting times ahead. stephen thanks so much for joining us from nairobi thank you thanks for having me. politicians in argentina's congress are voting on whether to allow abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy they've been debating the highly contentious issue all night hundreds of people have gathered outside the congress in borders ariz while the session is taking

place it's an issue that's been deeply divided country where the catholic church has a strong influence at the moment the law only allows abortions in cases of rape or when a woman's life is that risk. three the bow is outside that congress in buenos aires joins me now obviously a very heated debate happening what's going on right now. well it's a freezing morning here and when i say it is the lawmakers continue to debate the possibility of legalizing abortion and us country a historic day many have been debating for over twenty hours it's been a heated debate as you just said and outside congress you have see if you can see drive behind me there are hundreds of people on one side those who are hoping to change the law for demanding to change the law and on the other side those who are of. bided argentine past but it has also changed in

a way it's like a green wave has taken over the country a green wave because those who are carrying green bandanas all around the country we have seen the power on people take over the streets of women taking over the street this whole debate began about two months ago modi so might be allowed congress to start the baiting on this issue and since then we have heard at least seven hundred witnesses among them women who almost died because of i can understand a more portion women who's lost their daughters because of a calander stein abortion doctors who are saying that they're tired of treating young women in hospitals because of complications with understanding abortions let's not forget that even though. legal in argentina in most cases is it estimated that around half a million of them happen every year only in two thousand and fourteen that's the latest statistic about forty seven thousand women most of them poor because of lack of resources were hospitalized because of complications with

a war show this is the heated debate it's an important debate if any baby that people want and would like to see resold during this vote it is expected that the vote will happen in about three hours because we still have about thirty congressman who are waiting to speak of course so we'll come back to where the vote happens and us the situation in congress develops thank you to reason. well plenty more head still here of the al jazeera news hour including there's a diplomatic standoff between italy and from so over refugees and migrants we'll examine the precincts. believe the girl behind the new initiative to ensure teen mothers continue their education across africa. the world cup favorites makes a dramatic coaching change on the eve of the tournament tatyana will be here to tell us about that in sports.

now the u.n. security council to hold an emergency session on yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is underway a military offensive by government forces and a saudi amorality coalition threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis troops loyal to the president of that i've had the and coalition warplanes and ships are targeting positions south of the port of the data it's part of an operation to take the city from hoofy rebels who have controlled it since twenty fourteen the red sea port is yemen second largest and an important point of entry for aid. has more. a major military operation is under way yemeni government troops are on the move to take the port of her from the rebels warplanes and warships of the saudi emirate coalition have also launched strikes on the city and reinforcements are joining soldiers on the ground for what many say is

a decisive battle for control over northern yemen did you feel a little bit here on our way to for data and we will liberate it from the who we are determined to celebrate you and mark the end of ramadan there. daters seaports is a vital lifeline for the whole thesis the saudis say that's where the shia rebels get weapons smuggled in from iran that's denied by both and the host these the united nations fearing what the spokesman called a bloodbath if the data was attacked by coalition forces has proposed and you deal that would see houthi as hand over their support to the un but that wasn't accepted the bourse also a vital lifeline for millions of civilians caught up in the war and aid agencies are now warning of a humanitarian catastrophe they say supply routes for urgently needed aid will be

caught and more than a quarter of a million lives are at risk the fact that we have more military operations going on will just exacerbate the situation which means that not enough we entered for the entire population of human we have already today eighty percent of the yemeni people who rely heavily on humanitarian aid. for the war in yemen has already claimed tens of thousands of lies mostly civilians many have died of hunger and disease but the fighting has gone on. so far none of the attempts to have a. house succeeded none of the players are working together region players or international players so they can bring your money to the table the saudi coalition leads the campaign to drive the who things are too pretty and to give any capital

and reinstate the government of president. for other rebels remain defiant firing ballistic missiles into saudi arabia and bahrain today the capital. to the united nations in geneva says there are ships on standby to supply your data after the military operation ends. we have this image plant did it in when we. hadn't and then is population populated then then the data. everything went very well and even. just see we think so we have here in affright we have very we're very will organize and we are ready to. every assistance for a good. now the human rights chief has called for an international inquiry into

violations in the region of kashmir divided between india and pakistan desired that hussein's as india has used excessive force in response to recent protests while pakistan is misusing its anti terror legislation to quash dissent the un envoy is also calling for an investigation into allegations that mass graves have been found in the kashmir valley india has rejected the un's report calling it fallacious and motivated. the italian prime minister and the french president have agreed on the need for a new initiative on immigration in the e.u. the two leaders are set to meet on friday to deal with an escalating diplomatic dispute italy is demanding an apology from france for criticizing rome's decision to turn away six hundred refugees and migrants earlier this week that vessel has been forced to head to spain. one of the world's largest sporting

events football's world cup kicks off in russia in a few hours time the first virtual see the home side take on saudi arabia president vladimir putin says it's a chance for russia to show its unique culture to the world well let's cross over to rory chalons who is live for us in moscow a real chance for russia to put out a more positive image of itself for. well that's exactly it if you are looking for a convenient soft power purchase them hosting the world cup is one of the most you know sort of sensible off the shelf purchases you can make is a country there are a few other events that will bring a t.v. audience of billions watching what's going on in your nation you're also hosting visitors from all over the world is providing you can avoid the pitfalls of say stadiums not being ready or bombs going off it's

a pretty good bets for burnishing your you know international image but having said that it's not a date certain certainly for russia which for many countries around the world particularly the west is certainly in the bad books it is questionable whether even hosting the world cup can actually make that much of a difference as i explain here in my report. the fans are arriving football chancer reverberating around city squares one of the biggest sporting parties in the world is upon us once again and it was here. it was eight years ago that fever announced the two thousand and eighteen host would be russia amid allegations of corruption and the world cup bidding process nevertheless by the may putin was pleased enough to accept with a rare speech in english been all that believe in these things and fear fine.

you can work. we will come but eventually we'll get. to that still. world cup moments is now here russian business news site estimates the full cost fourteen point two billion dollars and for that gets a chance to generate some much needed goodwill for the country because internationally russia has something of a reputation problem the annexation of crimea and the war in eastern ukraine the sports doping scandal allegations a russian interference in foreign elections the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in england all these and more the list of perceived transgressions is long enough that political analyst under a kolesnikov suspects any world cup image boost will be limited to the home front. it's extremely important to to make such a gift to a domestic audience but for foreign audience russia will not change

its image as a toxic toxic paul or toxic country. because there were so many events of other kinds that even the good organization of. can change and i think i'm sure. as he spoke at the feet of congress on wednesday. putin made it clear hosting the world cup isn't just about pleasing russians or international politics it's about giving visitors the best impression of russia to. our goal is that all our guests from football stars to simple fans feel the hospitality and cordiality about people that they learned the authentic multinational culture and unique nature of russia and that they would like to come back to us again it's something he's tried before four years ago russia hosted the winter olympics in sochi the region was flooded with cash to smarten it up for all the visitors for the world cup that's been done on

a much wider scale in total eleven world cup cities have received investment money from the huge metropolises of moscow and st petersburg to smaller cities like homs and some model the aim is to get fans and money to parts of the country far off the usual tourist trail making sure visitors get a russian experience is something that's filtered into the choice of this year's official world cup instruments to these. and there are not dates on the played in traditional russian folk music the sound of a full stadium banging these together is something you're going to hear a lot of in the weeks to come. for visitors to have the best possible time here of course involved keeping them safe the european championship two years ago in france violent clashes between english and russian fans were broadcast around the world since then russian police have come down hard on local hooligans they want no

repeat of such violence here and you're a security measures such as a strictly controlled id system are in place to prevent bombs and other attacks for a month the eyes of the world will be on russia everything has to go smoothly. well the fans are there henri and of course will be some very high profile visitors from the diplomatic sphere also taking in that very first match. yeah the kremlin says the at least twenty world leaders are going to be there at the opening ceremony this evening in moscow for the opening match as well of course the saudis and russia now headlining i suppose the list of leaders is the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond who's also going to be here to talk with putin about oil strategy and that sort of thing but then there are also people like the president of the presidium of north korea's supremes people's assembly kim

young nam and the new armenian prime minister nicolas passion young going beyond that so you get people like the president over as a vice president or better routes the bolivian president the kazakh president the kyrgyz president which basically paints a picture that this is with a few exceptions largely a kind of post soviet affair most of the leaders who are coming here are going to be from you know the former communist states of the u.s.s.r. and its near abroad and i think that kind of reinforces what i was saying in my report that we just watched that you know with western leaders annoyed at russia at the moment for a good many reasons most of them have chosen to stay away from this world cup well will continue to follow events with year area and the teams across russia that are reporting for c.n.n. i'll just say we're the month long football fest begins thank you. well i have some boxes here in a moment where the look at the weather here on al-jazeera then he has. also big to

deal with north korea he's an unwise person and no one has confidence in him no faith in the deal the warning some iranians have for north korea. and in sport will have the latest from the united states the world's best golfers for four years second nature of it. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle. we've had some rather sporting weather across the southeastern corner of china recently is the same thing going on province nother violent storm coming down i remember sunny a few days ago that i last tropical system made its way away from the area but some very strong winds trees downed power lines downed power outages as

a result of that widespread flooding as well across a good parts of dong actually we will see further showers here as we go on through the next couple days but the worst of the weather places say is now in the process of just sinking a little further south as you can see this huge massive cloud and that's feeding out some very heavy rain towards taiwan this is where we do have a troubled a depression which is currently bringing further heavy showers longer spells of rain across the far south of taiwan there's hong kong a fair amount of cloud in place there is a go on through friday and on into saturday the showers never really too far away so i wouldn't expect it to be totally dry but the worst of the weather is now sinking further south which you can follow that long line of cloud and rain and strong winds all the way up towards japan this weather system going to feed further heavy showers eventually up into southern areas of japan as we go on through the next couple of days there we go you can see our links all the way down across a good part of the southern china right the way into the south china seas. the

weather i can't turn our way. the plight of the syrian people and the violence they enjoy is plain for all to see . but behind closed doors luxon unspeakable brutality inflicted on the women. here from the brave few who survived my c.d.'s and dignity and dead to tell the tale. silent war i witnessed documentary on al-jazeera we headed to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have a presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global the policy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible

this is where talks happen and what happens here matters. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour i'm sell robin a reminder of our top stories the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions on north korea will not be eased until it can demonstrate what he calls full denuclearization but media reports from pyongyang suggest a different timeline was agreed might pompei it has been in south korea briefing regional leaders on the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong.

argentina's congress is debating whether to allow abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy hundreds of people have gathered outside parliament in buenos aires while the session is taking place at the moment the law only allows abortions in cases of rape or when a woman's life is at risk. and the un security council will hold an emergency session on yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is underway a military offensive by government troops and the sanity of a rocky coalition on the porch of the data threatens to worsen a humanitarian crisis. go back now to our top story in a c trump administration promises peace and prosperity for north korea millions of iranians are still coming to terms with his decision to tear up their nuclear agreement the u.s. president unilaterally reintroduced tough sanctions on iran's already faltering economy last month but many are not just angry with trump same to strive explains

from the capital. as the world this week turned its attention from iran's non-existent nuclear weapons to north korea's actual ones iran's working men and women tried to come to terms with the personal price they've paid for the years their government spent building a nuclear deal with one american president all. need to see a broken by another. then he has. also break the deal with north korea he's an unwise person and no one has confidence in him today he says something tomorrow he'll say something else someone who makes a pledge and an hour later takes it back is not human no one trusts him and as the iran nuclear deal is lost so is hope that it would bring a better future iranians don't just blame the american president for their circumstances they say their own politicians also share the blame for decades of hostility against the united states and an endless pursuit for position on the

international stage across the street a father of two says iran's people have no choice but to continue being patient but for him there is a difference between surviving and thriving and for the sake of his sons he says he plans on leaving the country is that us. i'm stressed my mind is always busy thinking about what will happen tomorrow what wrong decisions our leaders will make next how will they decrease pressure on the people i hope one day we will see our leaders make better decisions but now they think in a selfish way they don't think about their people they just pay attention to some specific interest. it's a common complaint from iran's working class their leaders have pitted them in ideological battles against so much of the world for so long it keeps hurting the economy and makes just getting by more difficult every year i mean. america has no pity for iran and iranians but also we have no power to stand against the of us so everybody says we should negotiate with them like north korea

is getting it. right now no one is happy with the economic situation any story go into it's like the price of gold things here get more expensive every week in some cases prices increased hour by hour it's almost certain things will get worse before they get better the value of iran's currency keeps falling more u.s. sanctions are set to take effect in august and european companies have already started leaving the country so for iranians there are more clouds on the horizon is in basra the old is here at the iran. the un general assembly has personally non-binding resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor of countries among them the us voted against it it is now mandated the secretary general to explore the possibility of an international protection force for palestinians israeli forces have killed at least one hundred twenty nine palestinians over the past ten weeks

the arab backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution of the security council. as the occupation intensifies in its brutality. witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by there is a very long queue buying forces and extremists that lives and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people under this occupation remains urgent and unquestionably. two people are being killed in an attack at a mosque in south africa they were stabbed by a suspect who was then shot by police it happened in mom's pretty near cape town last month three men carried out a similar attack and been killing one person and seriously injuring two others.

tens of thousands of pregnant girls and teenage mothers across africa they're often denied banned and discouraged from going to school that's according to a report from human rights watch the group is calling on governments to urgently impose policies that allow students to stay in school while they're pregnant and return after giving birth a campaign titled leave the girl behind is being launched to help improve young mothers access to education ellen martinez is a children's rights researcher at human rights watch and joins me now from nairobi good to have you with us on the program when did your organization become aware that this young demographic of women in was being discriminated against. over years human rights watch has documented widespread discrimination of adolescent girls who fall pregnant and are no longer allowed to go back to school.

two years ago in tanzania we found that the government has a very worrying discriminatory policy in place that keeps young mothers out of school despite this being the right to education. and in june twenty seventeen last year the situation escalated when the president of tanzania declared a ban on pregnancy girls going back to school now in my other countries such as south sudan. senegal human rights watch has found school officials often discriminated against and mothers and deny them the right to education what is it is it cultural is it religious social norms or stigmas that are attached to pregnancy or such young ladies adolescent mothers face a lot of cultural and social and financial barriers particularly those that are that are struggling those from poorer areas of the country that may not have

the means but also their communities may not be supportive of girls falling pregnant outside of wedlock however what our report really tries to highlight is that governments have a responsibility to tackle these barriers but also to ensure that all girls can go to school free from discrimination and that they do not have policies in place that specifically target lesson mothers who are often some of the most vulnerable girls trying to get an education well let's bring in the country where you are right no no robey kenya is one of the few countries that does encourage these young ladies to rejoin education to pregnancy a law was passed in nineteen ninety four the problem is not many areas. in kenya know about it or implement it quite innocently. and i should say this is a reality and we found the twenty six countries have policies laws or practices in place similar to kenya which is very good news and shows that there is broad

support now in kenya as you say in one thousand nine hundred four the government adopted a reentry policy meaning that all school officials should be admitting girls back into school the issue is that there hasn't been proper dissemination of this policy also that there is no law that a company that binds school officials and that makes sure that any school official that turns down a school pregnant girl unless and mother faces consequences for depriving the girl of an education we're also we're calling on kenya as well as a group of twenty six countries to ensure that their policies are actually properly implemented and that they monitor that adolescent girls do go back to school and that they are supported fully to go back to school which is the what has happened there certainly in the months ahead ellen martinez from human rights watch thanks so much joining us from nairobi. when war crimes charges that were overturned against the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. they have changed the complection of the country's upcoming presidential elections where last

week an appeals court judge the hague overturned his conviction for trustees committed by his militia sent to the central african republic to stop a coup or turn the judge said could not be held criminally responsible for the crimes but as paul should urge in reports that clears the way for another presidential run. the political future of former vice president john p. who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to bend a committed crimes killed looted implemented from this his acquittal is humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic.

my daughter was raped and she tried to flee with me i was horrified the former vice president fought hard to overturn the conviction and earlier this month after examining new evidence the i.c.c. ruled bemba had had limited ability to control his troops and he could not therefore be held criminally liable. bemba should have stayed in jail for the rest of his life we a really disappointed and frustrated by the decision. has always maintained his innocence as he told al jazeera in two thousand and seven not the of course the interval of any of these things. member was also convicted of fraud and will be sentenced next month for influencing witnesses and falsifying evidence during his war crimes trial his acquittal and released from detention gives his supporters in the democratic republic of congo hope that he will run in a tentatively scheduled december presidential election bemba was

a popular opposition leader and ran an unsuccessful campaign to unseat president joseph kabila in two thousand and six. politically informed people knew there would be a moment when the with voted six could be and get a better. president joseph kabila second term ended in december of two thousand and and sixteen. bell has delayed a new election several times citing a third of violence like of economic resources and voter registration issues. will come back and will be a candidate as you was in two thousand. members attorney says the former vice president plans to return to brussels to be with his wife and five children and decide what move he makes next. on al-jazeera. now rolls royce has announced it will cause another four thousand six hundred jobs mostly in the united kingdom and its latest effort to save money the british engine maker expects the cuts to free up more than five hundred million dollars a year by the end of twenty twenty is

a tricky time for rolls royce it's been having problems with the jet engines it makes for the bearing seventy seven dreamliner this is forced planes to be grounded for inspections angering lines five thousand positions were previously slashed after a series of profit warnings in twenty fourteen. paul brennan is all reporter keeping an eye on this rolls royce stories not looking good for the management why did they deem it's beneficial to have these layoffs now. while warren ace the chief executive who came in three years ago had the specific remits to turn this company around essentially i mean if you look at twenty sixteen they made six billion dollars of loss so his job has been to restructure and that's what he's been doing in january he announced that the current five business units that comprise the overall structure of rolls royce were going to be combined and resolved into just three business units that was in january and now we have the job

losses that are related to that consolidation effectively what we're looking at here the majority of them are going to be middle management roles where the has been the overlap has been created by bringing five into three he's now stripping out that overlap one is to say is that it's necessary to make it a more dynamic company he wants it more efficient he wants to return it to profitable growth and he believes that that's going to happen within the next three years it's ironic as well i think as well that the five hundred thirty seven billion dollars of savings million dollars of savings that he wants come at a cost of some six hundred fifty million dollars over the next two years the long term effects he believes are going to be a a much stronger rolls royce of coal so with job losses apoel come hand in hand normally a reaction from the unions. yeah the union reaction has been rather measured it they know that the statement from warren

east specified there would be no compulsory redundancies among the union recognized staff and so that's reassuring and there was also a deal that was done last year to protect engineering jobs so from that point of view the unions particularly rolls royces main main business unit in dalby which employs more than fifteen thousand people. they all take it you know in a calm way that they can sound that one cuts it might be a little bit too deep they're worried about that but they are at the moment giving the benefits of the doubt to the chief executive and the city two is given a relatively positive reaction. rolls royce has up nearly three percent on the wake of. ruling child is clearly glad that he's getting a grip on the company's past problems and they believe that he is the mts attended around the c.e.o. so we follow that story in the weeks ahead thanks paul. let's head to the americas now where haiti has banned the british charity oxfam after some of its workers were

accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the company violated the country's laws and insulted the dignity of its citizens some of oxfam staff including a former country director used prostitutes while working in haiti after the twenty ten quake seven workers have since resigned all been fined. well still ahead here on out is there a tatyana will have the sport peruvian fans get excited ahead of country's first world cup appearance in over thirty years.

wow i was. told it was for nothing please football his tuxedo it does thank you very much as to how the waiting is almost over and a few short hours from now the twenty eighteen fever wild cop kicks off when host russia take on saudi arabia in the opening game all sports correspondent the wedding's is in moscow for us and joins me live now les was the atmosphere like in the russian capital right now. well for many years all the talk about that. has been about the politics how to acquire that's only meant it's always been about faith it's been about whether that's what it should be . now it's about to happen by a few hours away from kickoff i think we should regard this as being more about the

public the russian fans that are his so excited and proud of them and hear. about it out of course the fans from thirty one other countries that have come in his fear has been really peaceful we of course hope that continues and it is likely to continue with the. potential aspects of how to get in from russian fans or any of those. people have been so excited about the football actually starts a. white for was going to be a face of football sixty four for a month. and rusher and. actually the two lowest ranked teams i mean that we shouldn't expect a great game. although we could lead to go a long way to pay. off that system. all right lois of the third state seems like that would surprise a lot of all of us saudi arabia being the second worst tell you mean fairway but

shouldn't be surprising their performance same cops they have qualified for most of them as they really pulled out one of his i beat belgium in ninety ninety four and i really need to prove themselves here what they. have won a much. they risen a great deal of expectancy that the russian same can go far more hard. do you think they have the edge they have more of the tradition maybe just playing at the luzhniki stadium in such a big match for the nation one of the biggest ever maybe their biggest ever will inspire the. just to get a result and i think the group already. you acquired favorites egypt possibly without. fully fit myself. russia can find a way through to the knockout stages while we will see now leave for more casual fans he might be watching the first ever world cup why should they look out for.

many of the world's population for even countries that have a qualified remember united states among the qualified i think a world cup is such an exciting thing and as i was mentioning earlier we talk so much about the politics of football football has become a business but it's such a wonderful thing when you get to thirty two. might the most of it while we can because when it changes to a little bit before what's not as good this is a perfect groups of four the knockout stages it's simple to follow and of course what's lovely is when a team that's not expected to do well starts to get a bit of momentum like costa rica did four years ago. the motion is beside itself with excitement who's going to do that this time that's what i'll be looking out for thank you very much he joined us from russia ahead of the world cup first match which begins later on and hay is

a confirmation of the opening match of the twenty eighteen world cup host nation rasa versus saudi arabia the last hour pairing of the wild card for the first time since two thousand and six for as the host actually reached the semifinals in one thousand nine hundred sixty think for both they were known as the soviet union in those days. now the hosts in saudi arabia are in group a at this world cup they'll be joined by two time champion the iroquois and egypt have been crowned african champions more times than anyone else peter stem it takes a closer look at group a for us. group is made up of hosts russia egypt saudi arabia and europe boy russia will make the eleventh world cup appearance seven of those were as the soviet union including in one thousand nine hundred sixty six when they finished fourth saudi arabia preparing for their first world cup appearance since two thousand and six at that point they competed in four successive world cups and in ninety four they reached the last sixteen egypt of one

a record seven african titles but they're making just a third appearance at a world cup is this performer he's called seventy one percent of the goals in qualification although the team are sweating over his fitness and the last member of group europe why they are the smallest country by population to have ever won the world cup which they've done twice the last time was back in nineteen fifty. pain have replaced their coach on the eve of the tournament in dramatic fashion and under hero take over from a julian look at tag the former spanish international who played a four wildcard has coached for just one year at a second division five let me take it with back to after around madrid and now and here we take over there after the world cup. good times there's a ruckus only in the current circumstances a sip this responsibility with courage it couldn't be any other way i'm aware that

we have a group of staff and players have been working towards the world cup for two years i've been sporting director for the last seven or eight months and i understand if your body's great excitement i just couldn't let them down beyond that i have the greatest respect and affection for a lot to take for the great work he's done over these last two years without a doubt i wish him the best. but many spanish fans are actually on happy with this decision you have a bigger sample for it so i think the way it's been done is not the right one i believe real madrid should have waited until the end of the world cup to make the announcement to avoid destabilizing the national team. but there you go yes i find the decision to fire up to take you head of the world cup in correct an outrageous because we're two days away from the opening match against portugal which is the most difficult rival we're facing in the group i think leaving the team without a coach at this stage is going to be fatal because at the end of the day the dynamic they had until now is going to be lost i don't see much future for spain at

the world cup due to this decision. fans in peru have been getting themselves excited as their country prepares to take part in the world cup for the first time in over thirty years peruvian fans celebrated their rights where in central moscow on wednesday as our national team make their first appearance in thirty six years at the tournament the man who coaches the margin time ricardo got to get actually scored against them in one thousand nine hundred eighty two reached the quarterfinals of the competition in one thousand nine hundred seventy if they kick back campaign off against denmark on saturday. the twenty twenty six wild card will be held in north america after a joint bid by the u.s. and mexico and canada were chosen by fee for on thursday but the immediate focus is of course twenty eighteen in russia and the famous empire state building in new york lit up to celebrate the start of the world cup starting at sunset each of the pits but this painting thirty two countries were represented in the display the

building will also light for the two finalists on july fourteenth as well as the champions on the fifth day. gulf second major the u.s. open has just been a cold calles in new york state and tiger woods who begins his around a little later on says he's feeling confident after being in contention us a number of recent events however it's a decade since the former world number one last won a golfing major and five since the last time he want to tournament. you know if you've seen the other terms i played in this year there's always something and hopefully you know this woman's work for put it all together and. even i'll. see what happens ok that is. thanks very much to see how that maybe watching the is there a new zone with me so robert martine dennis follows a bit of a full button to learn from me talk to you out of the whole news our team that's

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a new poll ranks mexico city is the pool with worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend very pretty young young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets west's no money on the uses a new service it's called loud drive it's for women custards is only a drum by women drivers the apple for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drivers army isn't forth by their football for you don't think about goldberg really had that he'd explain when real madrid a club worth five hundred million euros expresses a position on something where the world anti-doping agency has to take notice you don't know. al-jazeera continues its investigation into the widespread use of

performance enhancing drugs in the final episode of sports doping the endless chase . america's top diplomat shuffles between asian capitals trying to sell the summit to regional leaders. coming up. a divisive debate. on changing the abortion all. saudi arabia and the u.a.e. with. yemen's largest told head of a u.n.

meeting to discuss the fight. on the countdown to russia's football world cup goes down to the final hours.