the fighting by the end of june or the face sanctions to asia where navy divers have gone two hundred meters deep into a flooded cave in thailand in the search for a boys' football team and their coach more than a thousand people have joined the rescue operation which is now in its eighth day some progress has been made since the weather cleared on friday but there are still those signs of the teen scott highland has the latest from. a little bit of good news coming overnight saturday into sunday morning here at the mouth of the cave seal divers navy seal divers have been in the water for the last several hours and several teams have been going back and forth we know now that they are at the furthest distance they have been yet in the cave but they haven't gone that far quite honestly it's only about two hundred meters further than they had been further than that three kilometer mark there kind of stuff because of weather over the last several days and now two hundred meters further in but their immediate goal is to get to a place called the beach it's a cavern named after

a famous beach here in thailand they are still four to six hundred meters away from that they're trying to get there because they believe that could be a spot where the boys and their coach might have retreated to when floodwaters came rushing into the cave system here so that is the incremental good news coming from the cave here we also know that teams are still working for a way in from the top in the hills that in case how is this massive cave system they're still looking for a way in a new cavern a new tunnel down where tunnel was discovered over the weekend they are still trying to access that they're still trying to get down in there we know that in a couple of cases they have dropped supplies so that is still being exploited up in the hills above the cave now we know seven nations have joined the search and rescue operations here you have a u.s. navy personnel here australia has sent some forces japan is here the united kingdom has diving experts here so a true international effort but right now there is a little bit of good news but still no definitive proof to fit in the evidence

where these boys and their coats might be. still ahead here on al-jazeera about this heartbreak why people like her could have a big influence on mexico's election plus. almost. hidden from view high in the hills the mountain momus trees that have been added to the world heritage list. hello again we'll look at the americas this time in north america we've got some pretty warm weather at the moment he way conditions across the whole of the east of the country through into parts of canada too also some fairly big showers across the upper midwest surtees scenarios also looking pretty sure at the moment lantern george and miami florida seen some big downpours should be largely dry and dallas and terms there pushing the forty mark temperatures in denver about thirty degrees

and find conditions more typical weather really for western areas with seattle washington state coming in with a high of eighteen now as it moved down into central america here we're seeing some pretty heavy showers affecting panama costa rica through towards nicaragua what some are also seeing some rain at times across the islands of the caribbean we've got some showers across the bahamas and cuba in particular otherwise the most part should be fairly dry and bright not much change expected moving on through into monday and then as against north america heavy showers all the way from syrian and french guiana across towards venezuela and colombia but if you head further south generally weather conditions are looking fine for those who get down into parts of argentina there is another area of rain developing because i also see some rain effect in santiago at times.

on counting the cost the european union is trying to change we'll look at the reasons why the economic cost of violence in mexico plus the timber companies accused of endangering the world's second largest rainforest. counting the cost on a disease. welcome back you're watching arches there i'm so whole rob a reminder of our top stories tens of thousands of people in cities across the

united states have been protesting against the trumpet ministrations controversial migration policy more than two thousand children remain separated from their parents despite president donald trump signing an order reversing his policy also rebels are losing ground in southern syria with several towns and villages accepting government rule syrian and russian forces have been waging an intense bombing campaign on their province for almost two weeks talks to end the fighting have failed. and u.s. president trump says that he has convinced saudi arabia to increase its oil production by up to two million barrels a day in a tweet trump said the extra saudi oil would help offset a decline in supply from iran after the us pulled out of the iran nuclear deal in me. though an independent judicial body in belgium has suspended for licenses for the sale of weapons to saudi arabia follows complaints by human rights groups about saudi's role in the war in yemen the saudi and we are. the military coalition's

been bombing rebels there since two thousand and fifteen last year riyadh bought nearly one hundred eighteen million dollars worth of arms from producers in the belgian region of. the council of state ruled that the local government failed to examine the potential use of those weapons. fighting in yemen has forced more than two million people from their homes most remain inside the country but hundreds of thousands have fled overseas according to the un hate c.r. fifty one thousand have gone to neighboring oman and another forty thousand dollars in somalia which already has a one point five million internally displaced population it's followed by saudi arabia which is leading the coalition war effort in yemen and to puti a much smaller number have traveled to asian countries like malaysia where they can stay visa free for three months now most yemenis trying to get to europe via libya making the bubble to mistreatment and drowning hundreds of the ebony asylum seekers

have landed in south korea triggering sharp reactions in the local communities was hundreds of protesters gathered in central song to support refugees and to welcome them but many also turned up to express their anger against the yemenis seeking refuge on the resort island of jeju about five hundred have arrived since december the government held an emergency meeting on friday to deal with the crisis eventually promising to tighten its laurels. he is an asylum seeker from yemen he says he has no choice but to go to your island in south korea. do you ireland was only canned for us to go to without an easter and claim asylum because we can go to a few countries in the world without these but they don't accept refugees or they didn't sign the. united nations convention or they grievance eccentric eases up.

we have but it's i mean we can't go to south korea we can go to. and it's dali country in the world we can go to without at least. claim asylum because obviously if we go to another country and stay there with. our visa expired and we will be stuck in jail or deportation center because in order to be deported back to that expired us and then you have to go to a neighboring country because it isn't and there was there is no there is a direct flight we can go to that you know we can't go back you know because of the war and you wait but if let's say you want to go back you'll be back in jail because you need to get a reason to go to a neighboring country it's lemole to have both refused to take in sixty migrants rescued from a rubber dinghy in the sea near libya on saturday but they were picked up by a spanish like vessel run by a humanitarian group are active a put all means little on so four days to reach barcelona it's

a nice materialist of a total vini has found that no more humanitarian group rescue boats we allow to dock. is another election in mexico the left wing where slopers over though is the front runner in the presidential vote he's gained popularity because of his stance of violence and corruption but many of the poorest citizens find little helpful forty's when the family member is murdered or latin america editor lucy a new wood report from mexico city. this is my son her son he was nineteen and studied architecture many said mantel piece is in fact a shrine to her two murdered sons place where she can at least keep their ashes close to her three years ago the eldest herson was kidnapped. a few hours later fifteen year old allen a football player was murdered along with his brother in law invade

a goose where they used to live even though the family paid the ransom to get her son back he was never returned eventually the remains of my eldest son were found in a bass grave along with one hundred ninety other missing people in your area. i thought one day i would find. only thing i have of him now is his call and a piece of hip and leg because those monsters chop them all to pieces. there's no peace for the families of the more than thirty thousand mexicans who were murdered last year and the equal number who are still missing records that are expected to be surpassed this year. but there is another type of crime that is also destroying mexico this is what's left of a school that collapsed during last september's earthquake here in mexico city and these little angels represent the nineteen children who were crushed to death when

a structure that was built illegally by the school's owner fell on top of them she had apparently paid off local officials to turn a blind eye to the building code the victim's parents say that they died not because of the earthquake but because of corruption a phenomenon that is spreading like a disease throughout mexico impacting almost every aspect of life. which is why confronting crime violence and the widespread corruption that makes those things possible are the main issues for tens of millions of mexicans as they choose a new president. one has to be the criminal so they'd let you work in peace sometimes it's a police that bribes corruption is everywhere. in geo mexican's against corruption and impunity says the corruption costs the poorest thirty five. into their income putting poverty and violence in a vicious circle and when you start. kaname with those levels of violence and those

levels of corruption of course nobody's going to want to invest and that's where. you have more inequality more poverty and of course more crime at that i mean that there is neither a silver bullet nor a presidential candidate with serious proposals to turn the tide and yet like millions of mexicans money seller hasn't given up fairly or he to carry an income here there we have now there will be a new government which has the power to do more we hope this time things will change. after losing so much hope she reminds us is the last thing you can lose you see in human i just see that mexico city. well saying in the americas at least six protest as have been wounded in nicaragua as couple. more than two hundred people are being killed and one thousand five hundred injured in demonstrations against present daniel ortega government in recent weeks earlier

attempts by the roman catholic church to negotiate a peace deal collapsed. the latest injuries have been the stones of the demonstrations they call for justice for the children teenagers killed by government forces during the protests. very assertive style the reality as it is so hard work contract that modern slavery for indonesia every day not only breaking news story and a very fascinating country but very difficult to understand from the outside because i've been living here for sixty years i know very well and i go out there and the whole country and even to young. i guess the opportunity for a journalist to be real journalists. cape town's water running out city hall for a g.c. people should use no more than fifty liters of time water per person per day. about

a third of the city's residents live in informal settlements like this one and you can see in about four percent of the water for generations they've already been collecting it and communal. all sources say the city will reach daisy on the ninth of july that's when they'll turn off the water in the hopes to have it be the communal council stay on. the city's times of fed by reservoirs this is one of the largest. gazelles gala where four years ago they would have been on the twenty five meters of water since then the province has suffered the worst drought on record. to saving measures that would be put. but day zero by three months everyone here is hoping the winter will see bring in enough rainfall to make sure they never come.

with bureaus spawning six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. about it. are fluent in world news one of the really special things that working crowd is here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for it as you know is that it changes the body but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. the list of monasteries. all the foothills of the song the sun mountain are extremely tranquil there is an

absence of noise and. only the praise break the silence here it turns out to do all our it is the perfect sight for a place of worship so serene that buddhist monks travel from all over south korea just to meditate here. on geographically speaking but juicer is located in the center of south korea and our space is vast compared to other temples not only that we host the flower girl in sutra that you can say serves as the identity of korean buddhism. some traditions of being carried forward since the monastery was built nearly wanted a half thousand years ago. the next go world heard. listing establishes the outstanding value of a side where its conservation is recognized to be in the interests of all humanity south korea has twelve world heritage listed sites one natural and eleven cultural and wants to add more including here the architecturally significant temple. the

monastery is considered an important center for the belief in the tray or the future buddha. the temples treasure hall of the great heroes serves as the main area of worship and is a rare example of a double storey main hall oh. but it's the whole of a pictures in shrine in paintings of the eight scenes from the historical buddha life which makes this place so special it is the only original wouldn't go to in korea for people to turn in as a basis we monks look to do good in the world as we consider but truces role in a peaceful reunified korean peninsula and for the community will be strengthened in the work that we do through unesco designation. is the head temple of the juggler order of korean buddhism founded in the ninth century it has what the south korean government calls eight hundred cultural gyms and is known for its calligraphy the monastery is one of seven south korea would like to see eventually listed.

as south korea's only listed natural heritage site chosen for its geological features and ecological value. the volcanic island contains messy of lava tubes deep beneath the earth as well as significant marine and coastal wildlife. on saturday the forty second session of the world heritage committee voted unanimously to include all seven south korean mountain temples on the listing craig leeson al-jazeera somnus and national park south korea. your child is there i was the whole rob and these are all top news stories tens of thousands of people in cities across the u.s. have been protesting against the trumpet ministration zero tolerance migration policy more than two thousand children remain separated from their parents despite president trump signing an order reversing the practice.

i'm. a mother. we will come together and we're going to. freedom back you know to the was that ministration the let me know. and the thought raising of children from their. home living in heart with reality rebels are losing ground in southern syria with several tales of villages accepting government rule syrian and russian forces have been waging an intense bombing campaign on a province of all those two weeks talks to end the fighting a failed the free syrian army says it refuses to surrender. president trump says he's convinced saudi arabia to increase its all production by up to two million barrels a day in a tweet trump said the extra oil would help offset

a decline in supply from iran after the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal in may south sudan's latest cease fire has been violated just hours after coming into effect with at least twelve people killed in the north government forces and rebels are blaming each other for breaking the truce the agreement was signed by president salva kiir and rebel leader right on wednesday. navy divers have gone two hundred meters deeper into a flooded cave in thailand in the search for a boys' football team and their coach some progress has been made since the weather cleared on friday but there's still no sign of the team. italy and malta have both refused to take in sixty miles was rescued from a rubber dinghy and see there libya on saturday where they were picked up by a spanish flagged vessel run by by the tarion group pro active or open arms little or sail four days to reach barcelona about one hundred people are still missing after their boat went down in the mediterranean on friday those were the headlines

and back with more news in thirty minutes here on al-jazeera next it's counting the cost to stay with us. captaining a leading youth team at sixteen years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. by tunisia home game on a jersey. hello i'm has i'm seeking this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics the european union is trying to change

a look at the efforts to reform it. also this week illegal logging activists accuse timber companies of in danger the world's second largest rainforest in the democratic republic of congo. plus nafta and one of the world's worst digital divide look at the economic challenges ahead for mexico. or the european union makes up one fifth of the world's economy part of its success is that each citizen see themselves as better off economically within the bloc than outside but that perception is being challenge the e.u. turned sixty last year and for some it may be showing its age this week's e.u. summit in brussels reform was tabled as a necessary adjustment to meet the new challenges french president emanuel mccraw is one of those driving the reforms he says now is a golden opportunity to make changes to ensure the future success of the bloc he is

pushing for a more financially flexible you but divisions have been growing as well over the blocs policy on refugees on the opening day a breakthrough of sorts was achieved under the deal to block will boost funding to address the issue which has threatened the very solidarity of the bloc largely has more. if it's being framed as a solution to the migration crisis i think it's the biggest exaggeration you could possibly imagine what what he sees in terms is a sort of political fix to stop the block from falling apart and take the pressure in particular of the german chancellor angela merkel whose political career was in the balance because of this a lot of what they've agreed in this communique is exactly what is expected and it's all about keeping people out more support for the libyan coast guard for example strengthening the borders with turkey these sorts of things the surprise package which was dreamt up by emmanuel macron the french president with this idea

of what they call holding centers potentially in italy and greece the two countries that most of the refugees come through actually what it is in terms is a win for the hardliners no overall idea of what a common european asylum policy looks like but what it does is appease italy and take all the pressure of angela merkel we're joining us now from london is john spring for deputy director at the center for european reform thanks very much for being with us so is there a problem in the way this whole issue of migration is being framed in europe particularly in economic terms because you know we get it we get all these figures about how germany for example its population is getting older and there is a labor shortage and there is an argument there that it actually needs more people in need more migrants. i think that's absolutely right and one of the big advantages of loss of having a lot of migrants coming into your economy is that it also just helps you fiscally if you've got an aging population and

a shrinking working age population and you don't have the tax base to be able to pay for all of the health care and pensions and so forth that the zero people need so bringing in more people will definitely helps what's really important though is that those people are quickly integrated into the labor market into society so that they find jobs quickly and they they start becoming productive helpful members of society yeah this goes back to this this whole issue of europe's rich subsidizing europe's poor i mean how do you find how do you find some sort of common ground on that i think that germany is is very unwilling to have the kind of transfer union as it's called that a country like italy or most countries have whereby because you raise more taxes from rich people that money gets oh so many transform transfers in the form of public services and welfare expenditure to poor people germany we really does not

want that to happen on the on the europeans scale and. and america has tried very hard with a negotiations with macron to stop that from happening and part of the reason for that is it's not just germany it's also a group of countries led by the netherlands which are calling themselves the new hanseatic league who are breathing down anger merkel's neck and saying look we don't want germany to sign up to that kind of transfer union. there's also of course the issue of tariffs the use looking at to its own set of measures to protect it's still an alum indian industry and that's of course cover coming off to the us imposed tariffs on their metals industry what impact is that likely to have because we've heard enough economists saying that trade was around there are no winners in in trade wars so i mean is this is a case of that they were faced with little choice and the current set of terrace

which the trump administration has imposed is not going to be an economic disaster if the european union you know we're talking about tariffs on some basic metals. and the e.u. is not an absolutely huge supplier of these missiles to the us the problem is if the trade war escalates and the us imposes tariffs on cars where the e.u. has a very big us and sends a lot of costs to the us and it's quite vulnerable to that. i mean it's difficult to say how the e.u. should respond on the one hand if they just said ok trump imposed tariffs on us and we're not going to respond and then it may well just involved in trying to go further particularly if the trade balance between the e.u. and the us does not improve but on the other hand you know if they do escalate the trade war then it might become a kind of fight to the death and we might see some severe restrictions on

transatlantic trade which which won't help anyone and so is a typical economist on the one hand and on the other argument but i think the e.u. is essentially has got no easy options here john's break for good to speak with you thank you. now an iconic motorcycle brand versus donald trump the u.s. president's trade spat with the e.u. has forced holly davidson to shift gear new e.u. tariffs will raise the average cost per bite by about two thousand dollars so it's moving some production outside the u.s. and with that decision holly became the poster child for the breakdown in u.s. trade relations with the e.u. rob reynolds has more from washington. the growing global trade war is claiming some of its first victims in the u.s. motorcycle maker harley davidson announced it was moving some of its production overseas to avoid steep tariffs imposed by the european union. the e.u.

action came after president donald trump slapped tariffs on european steel and aluminum harley davidson says it sold forty thousand motorcycles in europe last year it's not yet clear how many workers will lose their jobs trump tweeted surprised that harley davidson of all companies would be the first to wave the white flag asked about the wisconsin based manufacturers decision white house spokesperson sarah sanders defended trump's trade policies the european union is attempting to punish u.s. workers with unfair and discriminatory trade policies and president trump will continue to push for free fair and reciprocal trade and hopes that the e.u. will join us in the meanwhile soybean farmers in the midwest are dreading the prospect of china taxing their product in retaliation for trump's tariffs on chinese goods futures are already at their lowest in nearly a decade export twenty five percent of your products any time your stock start

talking training go she says going to be a big impact on your business. tariffs have gone into effect on u.s. cranberries peanut butter orange juice and levi's jeans also in a blow to european liquor aficionados and american distillers bourbon whiskey has become costlier from lisbon to warsaw thanks to eat you retaliate torrie terrorists twenty five percent price increase is going to put us really expensive compared to other products that are already available in europe made by either european producers or indian or even japanese producers the kentucky distillers association urged trade negotiators to quote sit down over a glass of our signature spirit and resolve their differences. also to come on counting the cost ticket to ride a u.k. court grants a temporary license to operate in london or criticizes what it calls the company's gung ho behavior. of first

there's a europe wide shortfall of carbon dioxide why does that matter well c o two is the gas that's used to put the fears into beer and soft drinks it also helps extend the shelf life of meat and other packaged foods it was reported last week as the worst supply situation to hit the european carbon dioxide business in decades adding the u.k. is the hardest hit country a kuwait saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are teaming up to offer financial aid to neighboring behind concerns of the growing about the state of the train's economy it's located off the coast of saudi arabia but unlike its neighbor it has limited oil supplies and worries about the country's large public debt which now stands at eight hundred nine percent of gross domestic product have been gathering pace the cost of insuring that debt against a default has also been flashing a clear warning signal it's of the highest since records began but most worryingly

behind has relatively low levels of foreign exchange reserves so there have been fears around its future ability to pay for essential imports a demand for wood in europe and elsewhere is causing a rainforest in africa to shrink at an alarming rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest timber company in the democratic republic of congo of illegally cutting down millions of trees paul chodas jan reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest but a new investigation accuses timber companies of endangering its existence second in size to the amazon the congolese rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent

of its sites with impunity. timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are trying to learn about the forest unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna and the birds the only thought of this forest before it is destroyed and that scientists say the congo rainforest is a source of food and water for tens of millions of people it's also home to six hundred types of trees and ten thousand animal species including endangered ones they say these trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide but their ability to reduce greenhouse gases and regulate the climate is decreasing. but example here

for example the rainy season normally starts in mid august but now sometimes.