wants to get pakistan on board taking out pakistan's or salma bin laden really is quite quite a strong incentive for marcus on now to cooperate with his death mean for the pakistani taliban is unclear the pakistani taliban is separate from the afghan taliban that's active here and his fighters are in a ceasefire with the government for the three days of the ied holiday and president hopes it will last longer jennifer glass al jazeera kabul thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a leading journalist who was shot dead on thursday in indian administered kashmir because he was the editor of the english language newspaper rising kashmir he was killed by unidentified men on a motorbike as he left his office in seneca the fifty year old had been given police protection following three attacks on him in the past decade at least twelve people have died in fountains forced into relief shelters off the days of torrential rain in northeast india flash floods and landslides of cut off parts of money poor state in neighboring tripper of hospitals and shops were flooded and

closed flooding is an annual problem during the monsoon season but effect has been made what much worse by crumbling infrastructure and clone drains. people in the south african town of mama's very are mourning the death of two men killed in a mosque attack on thursday the stabbings have shocked south africa and i've raised questions about the safety of muslims in the country are more tasa reports. so would buster is grateful that his brother faisal survived thursday's attack at a mosque near cape town he was stabbed in the face and arm by a stranger with said he needed a place to sleep for the night their father and a somali national were killed. in the. police came. because. it. says he was stabbed the first he thinks the attacker was acting alone so he's

not just a congregation or a specific. this is the guy he used to be blamed despite kindness to him unfortunately. but he will be judged with you will be judged by a lot of behind accordingly. the. western cape province is home to the largest community of muslims in south africa all thursday's attack comes more than a month after armed men killed one person at a mosque near durban in pursuit of top problems police say so far there is no link between the two attacks it's a small farming town families say they are still in shock and some are nervous community leaders are telling people to stay calm and not speculate until the police find out why the attack happened. family and friends of the two minded men say they want on says they need to know why the attack happened some say it won't bring their loved ones back but it could help them and the community move on.

al-jazeera. representatives from nicaragua's government and local civic groups are we started restarting talks in the hope of ending two months of anti-government protests neither president daniel ortega or his deputy are expected to attend it comes after another seven people were killed in protests stephanie decker bullets and nationwide strike on thursday didn't stop the violence several regions of nicaragua fighting between activists and pro-government forces including here in. there were fatalities with locals accusing pro-government forces. we were not armed there were four hooded men some skinny in a black shirt and they were the ones with the machine gun the shotgun i do not know only they know what weapon they had a sniper was on top of a pole police officers were in uniform and we barricaded ourselves here. president

daniel ortega as efforts to introduce welfare cuts in april prompted the bloodiest confrontation since the civil war ended in one nine hundred ninety the plan has been dropped but the protests haven't stopped there demanding that president or take leave office many accuses government of using lethal force in trying to contain the unrest at least one hundred sixty people have been killed and hundreds injured in almost two months of violence activists have set up roadblocks on more than two thirds of the country's roads in an effort to push back against ortega backed forces but those road blocks are hurting the economy and affecting regional trade beyond nicaragua's borders. we want to keep going because we're caught up in a crisis that has nothing to do with us there are many central americans hondurans coast to reconsider even many panamanians here we want to go back to our countries because i've been here far too long now. a new round of talks between the government and civil society representatives are expected on friday millions of nicaraguans will be waiting to see if it will end the crisis stephanie decker zero

now to developments in yemen where the saudi led coalition is seize the entrance to an apple in the country's main port city the operation to retake a day from who think rebels was launched three days ago the coalition says it can capture the area without disrupting aid to the millions of yemenis who depend on its most of yemen's humanitarian and food shipments passed through data the hoofy sees the city in october two thousand and fourteen. millions of muslims around the world are celebrating aid which marks the end of the islamic month of ramadan for many palestinians in gaza the holiday is also a reminder of being under siege this weekend marks the start of the twelfth year of israel's blockade on the territory imran khan met one family that struggling to find a festive spirit amidst difficult conditions. him out of it gets his children ready for the religious festival of ied that follows a month of those sting they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. imad lives near the border

with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he has taken part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year he's really laid siege. to god willing we hope that by the end of the protest we achieve our goal of lifting the siege and we wish the israelis will accept our demand to lift the siege and give palestinian people are right. hamas representatives. is the deputy to smell any of the political bureau chief of the mouse he delivers an impassioned speech criticizing israel for his actions and accusing it of targeting civilians journalists or medics during the protests. imad and an average ten dollars a week when he can get work he doesn't think politicians will change very much. to

learn. by god the speech doesn't change the reality things on the ground change reality and we're changing things by protesting we want to change we want to achieve our goals. prepares to celebrate traditionally a time for family and friends but he worries about his children's future. astley what we have seen over the last few years we see war then cease fire then they announce there might be a solution we become optimistic but then things get worse then there's a new war hope these protests will give hope to our children. imad plans to rejoin the protests and continue to demand the lifting of the siege and to fight the palestine in the hopes that his and other's lives will improve about family is typical of many gazans residents according to the palestinian bureau of statistics some fifty three percent of people live in poverty that's over a million people despite all the challenges he faces is determined to. it is

children the best possible their own car out is there. are reports that greece and macedonia will sign a controversial deal on sunday which would end a decades old name dispute with macedonia agreement has angered nationalists on both sides of the border hundreds of greeks have been protesting outside parliament while m.p.'s debate a no confidence motion against the government macedonia agreed to change its name to the republic of northern macedonia in a landmark deal on cheese day greece argues that in a macedonia implies a territorial claim to a greek province with the same name former tennis star bars backer is taking the unusual step of claiming diplomatic immunity to avoid bankruptcy proceedings in the u.k. becker was appointed to show for sport humanitarian and cultural affairs by the central african republic in april is launched a claim in the london high court saying this role entitle him to immunity a british bank is pursuing back his assets in court after he was declared bankrupt

last year the man who spent his life investigating the origins of the universe has had his voice and into the nearest black hole with a message of peace and hope stephen hawking's remains have now been interred between the graves of fellow science greats isaac newton and charles darwin and may would reports on the memorial service for britain's most renowned astrophysicist we have in trust his brother stephen to god's mercy he was one of the world's best known scientists now laid to rest behind some of history's greatest thinkers those who also changed the way we understand the world. it would have britain's oldest churches thousands gathered to remember the remarkable life with professor stephen. the stars of screen and science coming together to celebrate his work for it is he gave me an airing knowledge of what exists. to know the structure

of the world and the activity of the elements whole king who died in march led an extraordinary life a cambridge graduate who was just twenty one when he was diagnosed with a rare form of motor neuron disease doctors said he would only survive a few years but he lived for more than half a century when an illness will tell him of his ability to speak hawking's found another voice using a synthesizer it will become his trademark. her life style. as a stephen hawking to coded some of the mysteries of the universe its all regions its structure from big bang to black hole and achieve global acclaim with the release of his book a brief history of time which sold more than ten million copies. his work was inspirational thousands of members of the public took part in

a palace to attend his memorial he was so trapped in his body that looked at the sky was incredible the way he was an inspiration to the people he worked within the military in general the freedom that at that mine to vote across the universe is extraordinary it was very inspiring condition that he had and you still live in arizona today was the word to the displays of destroying this history is being. written has been burying its kings and its queens its prolific poets performers and explorers tear at westminster abbey for centuries stephen hawking will be laid to rest in and austria scientific company alongside the likes of charles darwin and isaac newton. it is an auto which seal stephen hawking's legacy for years to come emma haywood al-jazeera. of war and everything we've covered in this bulletin and much mall address as out is there

a dot com. just a quick look at the top stories now the trade war between the world's two biggest economies is escalating earlier u.s. president donald trump announced a twenty five percent tariff on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods beijing promised to retaliate quickly and it did imposing a tit for tat tariff of twenty five percent on u.s. goods also worth fifty billion this will take effect from july sixth president trump insists he is protecting the american economy i spoke with china very happy i actually there were much happier now they may not be as happy today because of what i'm doing with trade you probably heard that i assume it's been announced by now but we're putting tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of technology and other things because we have to because we've been treated very unfairly but china has been terrific president she has been terrific in all the developments a u.s.

judge is revoke bail for donald trump's former campaign manager paul manifolds he'll now have to spend his time in jail until his trial begins for money laundering and foreign lobbying in september the judge made the decision after prosecutors working for special counsel robert mueller allege that manna for some one of his associates to try to tamper with witnesses in the case. the leaders of france and italy have met in paris to end a diplomatic row about how to handle europe's migration crisis the french president emanuel macron the had criticized the italian government for refusing to accept a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants from libya the ship is now on route to spain but comments fox a war of words with the italian leadership the accused paris of hypocrisy. afghanistan's ministry of defense says the head of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a us drone strike. was responsible for a number of high profile attacks including the shooting of schoolgirl malala

yousafzai in two thousand and twelve is believed to have been killed in a targeted strike on wednesday in the afghan province of coonana. the saudi led coalition in yemen has seized the entrance to an airport in the country's main port city the operation to retake a day from who the rebels it was launched three days ago the coalition says it can capture the area without disrupting aid to the millions of yemenis who depend on it most of yemen's humanitarian and food shipments possibly through a day. as the headlines that's it for myself in the team here in london coming up next on al-jazeera it's counting the cost. when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to be forced to leave it would just be when people need to be heard to women and girls are being bought and given away in refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you the winning documentary and live on al-jazeera i got to commend you for hearing is good

journalism. and. how on has a seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics by warmer relations with north korea u.s. president donald trump continues to threaten international trade ties. gregg's it count down why businesses are warning that parts of u.k. manufacturing risk becoming extinct. plus the growth of the videogame industry it's outpacing music and cinema in the money race. so u.s. president donald trump's relationship with north korea's kim jong un seems to be all smiles but his trade ties with western allies and china are on rattling the

u.s. slapped a twenty five percent tariff on imports of steel and a ten percent tariff on alimony i'm on the european union canada and mexico earlier this month not surprisingly they plan to respond with their own tariffs on u.s. goods and it was reported on friday that trump has approved tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports the decision could spark a trade war between the world's two biggest economies last louis has that ultimately the u.s. wants to reduce its trade deficit with china and it wants to give american companies. to access to the chinese market the two countries have been holding talks to avoid a possible trade war and after three rounds of talks the chinese have agreed to increase their purchases of farm and energy products from the u.s. by as much as seventy billion dollars but if these tariffs go ahead that deal will be void and china has threatened further action lou what are you from tokyo if the

united states takes unilateral protectionist measures harming china's interests we will quickly react and take necessary steps to resolutely protect our fair legitimate rights if the tariff posed they could complicate the relationship between china and the u.s. at a time when the u.s. needs china's help in enforcing u.n. sanctions on north korea the trumpet ministration believes it has these tougher sanctions that played a part in forcing north korea to the negotiation table but some analysts also say because the talks between north korea and the u.s. were a success then trump now has a little bit more leeway to be tougher on china with regards to trade because china is not going to want to derail the process for denuclearization on the korean peninsula because that is consistent with china's own security interests for joining us now from london to talk more about this is andrew kenning him chief global economist at capital economics thanks very much for being with us so first

off what are the implications then of what is looking right now like a major trade rift between the u.s. and canada. well the implications for canada itself are potentially fairly large in canada exports a lot of steel to the united states. and it's one of the key members of nafta and if the united states walked away from nafta as well as imposing the steel tariffs we could see slightly weaker growth in canada perhaps or by about half a percent of g.d.p. over the next couple of years so it's a negative not perhaps a huge one but certainly a negative what what what what are the chances then that the the u.s. under try could actually walk away from nafta i mean there are questions in the u.s. about whether he actually has the authority to do that by himself but putting that aside. given that given the current state of relations is it is that a real possibility well it did look rather unlikely

a few weeks ago because the two sides seem to be reaching an agreement on the most controversial issue which is about cars and the local content in the car export so we thought an agreement might just be reached but it's now looking less likely again and we have elections coming up in mexico which could result in a more populist president there who would be less likely to reach an agreement with the u.s. so i think that is a possibility i mean it's very hard obviously to read president trumps mind but it's a possibility but not perhaps the most likely scenario i think more likely we see negotiations drag on. and then along with all of this we see china stepping into the breach more it seems when it comes to the issue of free trade with their whole one one belt initiative what do you make of that because that's something that would would have been unthinkable just a few years ago i think the china u.s.

situation is potentially more damaging for the world economy and we could well see trump the u.s. administration impose significant tariffs on china in the next few days even the suggestions that could affect maybe up to one hundred fifty billion dollars worth of chinese exports to the united states and certainly that would have a negative impact both on the chinese economy and also on business confidence more more generally but i think the provided that the measures don't go much wider than what has been threatened so far these world remain issues for particular industries and for particular countries rather than something that threatens the overall situation of the global economy which actually still looking quite good and it would seem as well that the. the much heralded trump kim summit in singapore is already reaping benefits for china what's your view on that why i think it's very

early to to jump to that conclusion the markets barely reacted to the summit which is interesting but then of course they barely reacted a year ago when trump was threatening north korea with fire and fury so i think the markets are right that they think that we need to wait and see and that there's a long way to go before we can be confident that the north korean regime and kim himself is willing to denuclearize it will be very difficult thing for both sides to do does he have it right on tariffs. no i think. i agree with the vast majority of economists that protectionism is is it's very unlikely to be helpful the only way he could work a could work out well i think is if other countries were to open up and there would be some kind of trade deal for example china being more willing to let investment into its banking sector perhaps reduce tariffs on on car imports so that's the only

potential positive outcome but it doesn't look like that's going to happen the way that the trump ministrations going about things is very odd because they're putting the tariffs on a lot of their key allies as well as on their enemies in terms of the trade war and that's not going to help so be better if they were to work with europe to put some pressure on china for example rather than creating a sort of atmosphere where it's everybody against the united states could speak with me and you can and thanks for being with us you're welcome all right still to come on counting the cost it's being dubbed the nafta world cup despite their frosty relations canada mexico and the usa will jointly host the event eight years from now. the first some of the biggest names in media are teaming up to survive time warner owns news channel c.n.n. and h.b.o. the maker of game of thrones and it's being taken over by u.s. telecoms giant eighteen t.

in an eighty five billion dollars deal two companies are joining forces to compete against tech libels netflix and amazon u.s. cable giant comcast owner of n.b.c. universal is looking to get bigger too with a merger of its own merger mania could mean more competition and better value for consumers john hendren has more comcast is offering sixty five billion dollars for the movie and television assets of twenty first century fox that outbids disney which had previously offered fifty two billion dollars at stake for the globe. television channels such as national geographic satellite television networks sky in europe star in india and the hulu streaming service which is number three after amazon and netflix why is this all happening now because a day earlier on tuesday u.s. judge ruled that eighteen t.v. could go ahead with its eighty five billion dollars bid for time warner the trump administration had objected on antitrust grounds saying it was too much media in

one set of hands but a judge overruled that saying it could go ahead that seems to have begun to set off merger mania media companies want to go vertical they want to marry content with distribution that's a model created by amazon and netflix which started out doing distribution and then created their own content that's a model everybody is now competing with. our anticorruption watchdog transparency international says dubai must clean up its real estate sector after an investigation into dirty money the washington based center for advanced defense studies found money laundering by people it calls war profiteers and terrify nancy is living under u.s. sanctions and identified around one hundred million dollars in what it says also suspicious purchases based on leaked data from the m. iraqi city government run to buy media office hasn't commented on the report with an expected revenue of nearly one hundred forty billion dollars this year the world

of video games is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of entertainment well reynolds has more. the e three expo is always a kaleidoscope of color clamor and crowds eager to experience the newest in cutting its electronic entertainment this year everyone is talking about fortnight the massively popular multiplayer battle royale game i'm just madly in love and. like all the dances and moons and battle royale it's my favorite movie if you're a parent you've probably seen your kids playing fortnight nonstop if you're a millennial you're probably playing it right now i'd say spend more time than i should yeah yeah. i probably spend a few hundred hours in the time i play. it's hard to keep track game industry professionals say fortnight could be if you'll excuse the pun a game changer right now it's hot like everyone wants to get in on the battle

royale genre you know the last player standing shiner i think like the coolest thing about fortnight is the fact that it's cross-platform play you know so when you're playing on mobile you could be going up against some of the some p.c. or console this year's eve three features plenty of the game industry's bread and butter bullets bombs and blood. this is a soft take on homer's epic the odyssey a new addition to its assassin's creed franchise forget the poetry bring on the goal or it's kind of going back to the very gun have you. really. like i saw some stuff that's just ultra violent but there are other games that reflect the times we live in there's an amazing game of my bucklebury me my love which is a it's the story of a syrian refugee you play the syrian refugee texting his wife as she travels across europe video games don't get the artistic respect that recorded music and films do

the gaming industry has already long surpassed the recorded music and the cinema industry in terms of revenue as a source of entertainment and huge new markets for electronic entertainment are opening up in china and the developing world now the head of britain's top business lobby group says brags it could wipe out the country's car industry it is now almost two years since the u.k. voted to leave the european union and many people remain unclear about the country's direction lawlessly visited sunderland in northern england to meet some of them. sunderland is a place which demonstrates only too clearly all the contradictions of bricks it and the mess the u.k. is currently in this region is one of the poorest parts of northern europe unhappy it voted to leave the european union to try something else takes it he's run this business for nearly half

a century selling parts of the region's manufacturing industry cities what's known as a heart of bricks it's up he shrugs off orders that leaving the european union might in danger his business people to the u.k. and it's completely and he's fed up with the government he supports get the job done. which is stand new for england stand for the table. push around and. they just don't they use the don't act. the new. to the frightened what is it you think. things and then when it comes to doing it. the doing of it just up the road nissen employs seven thousand people with tens of thousands more in the supply chain if the u.k. abandons european trade agreements all those jobs could be at risk steve is the union representative of the workers its position is that if brics it happens it must be a soft warm allowing the u.k.

to trade freely with europe otherwise the union fears disaster looms absolute devastation and i also think to conclude on that it would take decades to recover so there is nothing to replace those jobs if there was a go at this more in time no it isn't. the government talks all the time about bret's it enabling a global brisson free to trade where it likes this company does that already it makes tanks for water treatment plants and has plans to expand and for the company boss it is a source of enormous instability and he wishes it would just go away i'm a strong supporter of the u.k. in general however i think the norm is the thing that we're frightened of morse and i don't think the government's doing the best it could to give us the information communication on the next steps in what's likely to happen on an exit from the e.u. in microcosm this region tells a story of how brics it has won the referendum that seem not to know what to do with their victory to mend this divided country as things stand there is no constituency in this country which is happy with the way it is being conducted not

the hardliners who want to leave the european union completely not the remain as you want to stay in and not those people in the middle happy to accept some sort of in fudge but the one thing they would all agree on is there seems to be an almost total lack of political leadership a sense of where on earth the country is going next it's worth recalling that the points of bricks. it was to allow the u.k. greater control of its destiny yet as of now nobody has any idea if it will happen whether it might improve all the things places like sunderland lost or whether it will make a bad situation even worse. we're joining us now from glasgow is greg when chief economist at the global council thanks very much for being with us so it doesn't look like we're any closer at this point to knowing what gregg zits air is going to look like the longer that goes on what sort of damage is it doing to the u.k.

economy. well i mean there's one very simple reason why we're not any closer to understanding what is going to look like which is that the british government still hasn't made up its mind and there's no immediate sign of that being solved at a big divisions within the government the longer that that goes on the more likely we're to see firmness investors begin to. implement their contingency plans they will be planning on the basis of worst case scenarios which might even be that there's no deal we're told by the time yukio leaves the e.u. and certainly they'll be planning on the basis that there will be some disruption at the end of the transition periods so yes we are we are almost certainly beginning to enter a period where investors and businesses are adjusting to the delays in the negotiation how does this complicate business is in in the decisions that they have

to make the longer this uncertainty goes on well if you are. a manufacturing business that's operating in the u.k. but relies on supply chains that extends into the rest of the e.u. or export sense of the e.u. market then certainly you will want to be sure that after brics customs arrangements will allow you to keep operating. smoove straightforwards basis if you're unsure about that then you need to begin to plan and make changes to the way in which you operate and to take a count of the worst possible scenario which might be that there are new customers controls and destructions at the border and that's what many businesses are focused on just now and talk to us about the mood in scotland where you are a lot of frustration being felt by. the government in london about the way they're handling things concerns particularly about the fishery industry there. yes fishing

is a very sensitive political issued it always has been since the u.k. joined the e.u. . it's one of those areas where britain as a whole and especially scotland gives more than it takes in the relationship with the e.u. so there is strong support within much of the fishing industry for leaving the e.u. but look. the e.u. in this negotiation has a lot of leverage and it is very unlikely that the fishing industry is going to get what it wants from this negotiation the e.u. is going to insist that if if the u.k. has access to e.u. markets then you will have access to fishing rights around the whole of the u.k. all of this lack of clarity what what effect is this having. well you know there are two different issues one is the border between northern ireland and the

republic of ireland's and the e.u. is insisting that the have to be guarantees in the withdrawal agreements that there will be no hard border the u.k. wants to do that no way which doesn't create divisions between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. that may well end up tying the u.k. into the e.u.'s customs union for the for a period of time in scotland as a separate set of issues which is around devolved powers to the scottish parliaments the british government wants to take control over some of those powers so that when responsibilities are written from brussels they can set u.k. wide policy frameworks but the scottish parliament. objects to the u.k. government doing that unilaterally and at the moment we have a standoff which has been resolved for the time being by the u.k. government really pushing through the changes that it wants to happen so we have a constitutional crisis of sorts and scotland's good to speak with you grego in

thanks very much for your time you're very welcome all right artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction is used now in smartphones cars and even children's toys exactly how businesses are harnessing its power.