president emerson managua security detail has always been tight but since the explosion at his campaign rally in pull away last month there are now even more soldiers guarding him zimbabwe's leader says he suspects a defeated faction from his own party linked to the wife of his predecessor robert mugabe was behind the attack he tells party supporters and the international community he has things under control we're. we. liberated visitors so we've got her and her crown. comes we're good friends the army says it is not going to try to influence election results at the end of the month the parliamentary and presidential elections will be the first since robert mugabe resigned last year or twenty three presidential candidates have been told if they are worried about their

safety security will be provided security is not the only concern there is disagreement between the electoral commission and opposition parties on the printing storage and distribution of ballot papers opposition leaders say they have not been allowed to see the ballot papers they fear voting this is culminated in an election crisis which we are now declaring because we are not agreed when the process we are part of those people are supposed to participate in that process this election and there is going to be an election in zimbabwe do we need but it has to be done within agree but people nothing less nothing more we are not here to cause problems we are to head a pleasurable election so that every citizen has the right to articulate their will the opposition m.d.c. alliance and trade unions say they will protest next week president when i got quite is planning moralise with security would likely be intensified had. been

doing some other campaigning for mali's presidential election is underway the constitutional court has approved twenty four candidates to run in the july twenty ninth vote president abraham. is among them along with opposition my will soon see safe elections of respondents since twenty thirteen over security concerns and attacks by armed groups in northern mali. our china's premier says the country remains open for trade with foreign partners that's after china and the u.s. imposed tariffs on each other's exports premier league told a meeting of european leaders china will open the door wider to foreign products to ensure global economic growth president donald trump slapped thirty four billion dollars worth of tariffs on chinese goods on friday china immediately responded with its own tariffs on american imports of protesters in the city of chicago have shut down traffic on a major highway to highlight the number of shootings there they had been warned

that anyone walking on the road would face arrest but chicago's mess of port of the march have been two hundred fifty two murders and eleven hundred shootings in the u.s. city so far this year mostly in predominantly black and low income areas time for a quick break now but when we come back all the sports including jubilant scenes in england as fans consider the possibility their kids team could go all the way at the world cup. a new series of rewind can bring your people back to life and bring you updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries the struggle continues book from. rewind continues with the return of the lizard king steve charland one east upwards of two hundred species are going extinct every twenty four hours and

a lot of that is attributed to wildlife trafficking rewind on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for others 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 very. liberally particularly 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 just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel in. let's take you live now to tokyo japan where the u.s. . i'm. sure you know. somebody like.

into the process between the u.s. and north korea the responsibility of security pompei or assumed after the summit in single pole is very significant and minister khan and i stand handing hand with the secretary pump a zero to support him all the way till the end i would also like to pay tribute to the earnest effort by mr khan to serve as the bridge between us and the north career effort has paved the way for the subsequent summit in singapore today we were able to reaffirm our neighboring commitment to continue strengthening of our try that are all cooperation tours the common goal of those careers complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges we have also had an in-depth discussion on how we

can cooperate to urge north korea to take concrete actions towards the full implementation of relevant in not a nations security council resolutions and we confirm that security assurance will be provided to north korea. agreed in the summit in singapore at the same time we have reaffirmed the international community will continue to fully implement riven un security council resolutions in order to materialize cv id japan continues to see. normalize its relations of his nose career in accordance with is feeling yawn declaration through comprehensive only resolving outstanding issues of concern such as

nuclear missile and abductions they shewed. through the settlement of the unfortunate past we wish to initiate a new start for our relations it was in those career japan news determined to continue playing a major role in realizing peace and stability a nurse east asia here in close coordination was united states and are ok in disregard i am very much looking forward to continue working closely with both security point peo and minister khan in coming months thank you very much thank you very much knowledge does the invite secret that you might be able to create to thank you it's an honor to be here on my first trip to tokyo as the secretary of state for the united states of america and i'm thrilled to be here thank you for mr kono for hosting the foreign minister kong thank you so much for all the help you have provided me in the days since the singapore summit. before i talk about

north korea i want to say that we are closely following the news of the flooding and landslides that are hitting western japan the united states expresses its deep condolences to the families of those who died and we send our thoughts and prayers to the families who are injured or missing to our japanese or friends the american people stand with you as you were covered from this tragedy. as we build on the momentum of president and chairman kim jong un's historic summit the united states the republic of korea and japan continued to strengthen our trilateral cooperation to achieve the goals set out in singapore to that very and today's meeting was a top priority after my talks in north korea these past days over two days my team and i met with wide bice mr chairman kim jong il joel commune joel and his colleagues we had good faith productive conversations which will continue in the

days and weeks ahead. in the meantime sanctions remain in place and we will continue to enforce them with great vigor during the visit we intended to build upon the agreements made by president and chairman kim and we made progress. but first let me make clear north korea reaffirmed its commitment to complete denuclearization we had detailed and subs in discussions about the next steps towards a fully verified and complete denuclearization in addition north korea agreed to meet in mid july in time when john. to discuss the repatriation of remains of our american service members north korea also reaffirmed its earlier commitment to destroy its missile engine test site which will make the region and the world safer we also established a working level team that will carry out the day to day work of our two sides. yup

the road ahead will be difficult and challenging and we know critics will try to minimize the work that we've achieved but our allies like the republic of korea and japan president trump and i believe that peace is worth the effort. and that's something that we all want as allies we share and are committed to the same goal the fully verified final denuclearization north korea has agreed to by chairman kim jong il in as president trump a said there is no limit to what north korea can achieve if it gives up its nuclear weapons should the d.p. r. k. follow through on its commitments we look forward to eventually helping north korea obtain prosperity and earn the respect of the world. however north korea will first have to fulfill its commitments to denuclearize sanctions will remain in place until final fully verified neet denuclearization as agreed to by chairman kim

occurs multiple un security council resolutions unanimously passed require all nations to fully enforce those sanctions or three countries will continue to be vocal in reminding each country of its obligations to do so. and so while we are encouraged by the progress of these talks progress alone does not justify the relaxation of the existing sanctions regime. there is also no change to our ironclad commitment to the defense of our allies the republic of korea and japan the security of our allies is integral to our american security. the united states looks forward to continue our close coordination with japan and south korea as we achieve the successful inform implementation of the agreement that was achieved at the singapore summit thank you. thank you very much lastly let us the invite when you start can you be happy thank you very much

welcome ladies and gentlemen of the press it is indeed a distinct honor for me to be here with the secretary of state mr mike brown pale and my japanese counterpart foreign minister of course taught here in tokyo so soon after secretary pump it was third visit to pyongyang but first of all let me also reiterate the sentiment expressed by secretary pump aoe about the terrible losses caused by the torrential rain and flooding in the west turn japan our thoughts are very much with the families and communities affected by this climactic event and we wish this the government swift recovery and i are great to sympathies to the families affected. secretary pump a as visit to pyongyang his third one this visit having taken place in follow up to the historic us north korea summit has

been a productive starting point for implementing the agreements reached between president trump and chairman kim in singapore today's meeting among the three of us underscores the unwavering commitment on the part of our three countries to achieve to come the shared goal of completing denuclearization and the establishment of lasting peace and on the korean peninsula first and foremost i would like to express my deepest gratitude and admiration to secretary pompei o for his tireless efforts to advance the dialogue with north korea with. great deal of patient and deep commitment to turning this historic opportunity into reality of a nuclear free peaceful korean peninsula at today's meeting secretary pompei explained to us in detail the results of his visit to north korea and gave us

a good sense of the work going forward including the meeting scheduled at panmunjom on july twelfth regarding the return of the p.o.w. m.i.a. remains but for further consultations to be had with north korea going forward. in the two rounds of the into korean summits and last month's us north korea summit the three leaders clearly set the direction towards our shared goal and secretary visit to pyongyang this time has taken the first steps in that direction and we expect there to be to these to be followed up by further constructive and productive negotiations between the u.s. and north korea and the republic of korea stands ready to provide whatever assistance is needed to move the dialogue along. since the security council sanctions as we have agreed to in our trilateral meeting will

remain in place and faithfully implemented until we are assured of complete denuclearization by north korea. north korea's denuclearization and provision of security guarantees and economic development that it desires must move together in our joint efforts to chart a brighter future towards lasting peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula and indeed beyond in this region this was the blueprint set forth in president moon speech in berlin a year ago as well as the vision that president trump and chairman kim agreed to in singapore and therefore it is thus in the interest of all that we move forward expeditiously in this endeavor. we have also confirmed once again that the are ok us alliance is firm and strong and will remain so during this process of

north korea's denuclearization we have made it clear that decisions to suspend certain parts of the or ok u.s. joint military exercises including the u.s. g. has been taken jointly with the aim of encouraging north korea to actively and expeditiously engage in the denuclearization process and that our combined defense posture would remain ironclad our two countries will continue to maintain watertight court nation in any and all issues related to the r ok u.s. alliance in closing may i once think again my counterpart as minister of kono and secretary pump arrow for this show of solidarity throughout our three countries have maintained as we have and will continue to engage on the issue of north korea's complete denuclearization and lasting peace on the korean peninsula thank

you very much. thank you very much we like to move on to the q. under efficient those who wish to make us go question breathe raise your hand up all my are pointing really move to the nearest microphone and identify yourself with your name and the media outlet. preview kindly be advised to make us question succinct now floyd op. reading the flute i think you are deceased kiyomi upper arms are so ashamed and japanese newspaper company i have two questions last i tried to ask each of you listen trees or us defines its core as why now who are you barry white the nuclearization or north korea instead of c.v. i be complete very viable in the us about denuclearization it seems softer than

c.v. id my question is we as a us japan in the south korea continue to work towards c.b. id of north korea and what do you think is the difference between c.v.a. the and why no denuclearization in my second question is about subduction issue of the japanese security born pale you said you raised up adoption issue up to the japanese during your visit to north korea year we had a right to know the detail and response from north korea secretly and means dot com how we as a us and south korea work with japan on this adoption issue so there cornell days uni going a big joke your home i don't know any home got that and you get the. japanese government in there bringing in the abduction issue please. reacting.

thank you called it quits. secondly maybe if i may. first. no internally am it's u.n. resolution sanctions is about. weapons of mass destructions and ballistic missiles has to be complete verifiable and irreversible. de. dismantling and this is provided for in the relevant un resolution for us we will continue to enforce the complete. alignment with the. resolution and this is aligned also with the international community and its intent . instead of cv id

sometimes i may paraphrase to say the. dismantling of nuclear weapons but what we mean is c v i and as mina paraphrasing we do use denuclearization but what it means is that we are requiring the north korean regime to. implement in its entirety cv id so i would say that there is no substantial difference between the two terminologies. in terms of the abduction issue the secretary has said that there has been a reiteration of this issue and i express my gratitude for this. a but i would like to reprint from the details about the response from the north korean government what what japan would hope for is the. coordination

of the international community in its efforts and also continue with the economic sanctions until some of our demands are met by the north korean government well i think it's the our goal remains complete denuclearization and i think the f.f.e. . as used by secretary pompidou is any softer in stating our shared goal of complete denuclearization obviously terms have historical context and this has been somewhat difficult for north korea to signed on to in written form but we are assured that mr issa pompei owes in gauging with the north koreans have been very very clear on what complete denuclearization means and how to get

from here to complete denuclearization which means the complete dismantlement of the weapons the materials the facilities the plans this is a very clearly set a goal for for north korea and we expect them to deliver on this commitment to complete an equalization on the dean abduction issue yes my president has also raised this in two rounds of discussions with chairman kim and we urge them to engage in bilateral discussions with japan on this issue after all it's a bilateral issue we also have a couple of our nationals detained in north korea so it's an issue that concerns us as well thank you. i think my two colleagues answer your first question very clearly there's no difference up but most importantly is what the north koreans understand we had lengthy discussions about the scope of

what complete denuclearization means over the past two days they acknowledge that this is a broad this is my two colleagues have said from weapon systems to the fissile material to the production facilities enrichment facilities. across the range of weapons and missiles. it's a broad definition of denuclearization the north koreans understand that and have not challenge that second. they also understand that denuclearization makes no sense absent verification and they acknowledge that as well there will be a verification connected to the complete denuclearization that's what president trump and chairman kim both agreed to and so folks can try to parse words should they choose to do so what's most important is what the north koreans understand in the demands that the world is making of north korea and that can be. unmistakable the scope of what denuclearization means to the north koreans have been very clear with them a second i did raise the issue of the abduction. of the japanese i've done it in

each conversation i've had with my north korean counterparts whether it was in my first two trips with chairman kim more on this trip with kim and joel i raised it repeatedly i won't go into any of the details about a particular parts of that element of our discussion no that it is important to the united states as part of our discussions each and every time we interact with our north korean counterparts. your knowledge is there it's just past three hundred g.m.t. a few minutes past and pompei are there in tokyo alongside his japanese and south korean counterparts as they take questions from the press over the issues of north korea and recent meetings between. his north korean counterparts let's bring sarah clarke in our correspondent who is in the south korean capital seoul following events for us while the three foreign ministers seem to be certainly on the same page when it comes to dealing with north korea the one thing

that was very evident from mike pompei or that he wanted to emphasize that north korea and the talks were on track despite what is being said from pyongyang at the moment. yes that and that's exactly the message is getting across so this is the first time he's actually officially responded since north korean foreign ministry mystery put out there this statement last night he said north korea in the meetings in pyongyang of the last couple days he said north korea reaffirmed reaffirmed its commitment to dig nuclearization details on the next step to confirm that they would meet in july to discuss the repair of the u.s. service members he said they agreed to destroy the nuclear test sites and the obvious stablish these working level groups which will work day to day on moving forward on this denuclearization plan he did acknowledge the road ahead will be difficult and challenging but he said peace is worth the effort so certainly strong words he's emphasized that the talks are still on track he's gone through in

a limited way the details of what was discussed in the two days of talks and as you mentioned south korea and japan have reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to the trilateral partnership and their commitment to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula so what's your analysis of the comments being made from pyongyang over the way the u.s. is dealing with these talks because the whole issue of denuclearization. verifying that very. is the bone that the united states is not letting go of. now look at many a lot of commentators have suggested it's north korea posturing it's no playing politics with regards to what it believes should be the first step its emphasis and certainly the the summary of what we have gone out of this north korean foreign ministry statement is that they don't want it all to be insistent or dependent on

the denuclearization as the number one priority they believe it must start building ties removing the past years of mistrust between north korea and the u.s. so they're saying rather than coming in and put in these gangsta like demands is the way they have described it to tim plea deal nuclearize the korean peninsula we must start first at first steps now the south korean. government has said it's this is the first step in the journey towards the denuclearization of the peninsula it's noted there will be ups and downs in the process so certainly there's got to be some element of optimism if they've all agreed to the next meeting so some suggestions that's completely bindy riled. not necessarily the case if these are the next meeting set down for july twelve and so a while interesting dynamic a report north korea to one side is the way that the u.s. have to deal with two very strong allies south korea and japan who have very different approaches.