Skip to main content

tv   NEWS LIVE - 30  Al Jazeera  July 11, 2018 8:00am-8:34am +03

8:00 am
walls of shame on al-jazeera. beijing warns import tariffs will destroy trade as the u.s. proposes more curbs on chinese products. and logs the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes time health officials say only thirteen people rescued from a flooded cave are recovering well and shown no signs of stress. also a bomb in pakistan kills fourteen people including a prominent politician just weeks before a general election. and celebrations in france
8:01 am
as their football team wins a thriller in russia on their way to the fee for world cup finals. welcome to the program beijing is reacting strongly to a u.s. proposal of new tariffs on chinese imports the commerce ministry's says the move harms the world trade organization system and hurts globalization the trumpet ministrations says new duties may be imposed on an additional two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products the tyrus won't be imposed until after a two month period of public comment on the proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless adrian brown has more from beijing. well last week the united states targeted china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty
8:02 am
products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that it harmed not just globalization but also the world trade organization saying that china wanted to cooperate with the united states and remained committed to improving the investment climate for countries companies that want to come and do business here in china in the meantime china is looking to build and strengthen alliances with other countries that have also fallen out with the united states over trade just this week china's prime minister has been in germany talking up
8:03 am
trade deals with the germans and of course next week china will be hosting the e.u. china economic summit and this is a summit where the theme is very much going to be the need for free trade instead of protectionism u.s. president all drawn puzzle arrived in brussels of what is likely to be a contentious nato summit the gathering comes as trump stands firm on his claim that nato partners do not pay enough for defense compared to the u.s. he's vowed that european countries won't take advantage of america. fairly but i think something out of a far too much they say far too little but work it out. be happy for. so i have. i have.
8:04 am
had all the summit the european council president said the u.s. should remember who its friends are the america up to shit your elyse after all you don't have that many. it's you europe spend them all on your defense because every one of spec that is well prepared and that creeped money is important about genuine solidarity is even more important diplomatic at the james bays has more on what we can expect from the summit. president trump arriving in brussels in eighteen months in office he's not hidden his disdain for international organizations in his sights in recent days the us is most important military alliance he's been tweeting about it and he made these comments at a rally last week. when i'm going to tell nato you get is paying your bills the
8:05 am
united states. thank you last year on his first trip to nato trump was far from diplomatic here he pushes past montenegro's prime minister he denounced allies who did not but the nato target to spend at least two percent of the gross domestic product on defense twenty one out of the twenty nine nato members are still not over this threshold last week trump wrote blunt letters to some of his counterparts at this year's meeting watch carefully his interactions with canada's prime minister justin trudeau who he called very honest and week after last month's g. seven summit but his meeting with another leader could be even more difficult just listen to him again at last week's rally and i said you know.
8:06 am
what we're protecting you and it means a lot more to you then protecting us i don't know how much action we can get by protecting you from the partnership between angela merkel and president trump is certainly at a very low ebb at this time it remains to be seen exactly what happens at the summit but i would suspect that chancellor merkel is going to challenge our donald trump on his assertions over defense spending she's very defensive over this issue she will point to the limited increases in german defense spending. as leaders arrive here in brussels the nato secretary general has been making the case for smiley yet diplomatically why the u.s. needs twenty eight allies nato is a force multiplier for united states allies have stood with deny to states on battles for battlefields from korea to afghanistan the pentagon has reportedly been
8:07 am
reviewing u.s. troop numbers in germany in recent weeks the white house has since denied there will be reductions but some u.s. allies are worried it's almost seventy years since the alliance was formed the treaty was signed in washington never has there been a u.s. president who sent such mixed messages about his commitment to it james spays al jazeera brussels well twelve time boys and their football coach are recovering in hospital after a dramatic rescue effort ended that seventeen day ordeal. was. it was a result of the world was hoping for with divers courting the youth out in small groups at a news conference just a few minutes ago the country's health minister said the boys lost an average of two kilograms each. and none of them were showing any signs of stress let's go straight over to step vasily hussein chiang rai with the very latest and. most probably a country elated that these boys coming out after so many days
8:08 am
a chance really for those that helped to speak of their experiences in trying to get those boys out of danger. exactly after this mission impossible has been accomplished it's now time for this thank yous prime minister. from thailand has just come out in a statement saying thank you and sorry thank you to everyone who has been involved in this incredible rescue operation all the thousands who came to gather here from all over the world and then there was also this press conference from the australian government and australian team was very much involved in this rescue they had a team inside but had very crucially a doctor who is one of the best cave divers in the world who was at the front line basically of this rescue operation he went in every day had to check the boys one by one before they will go in so it is hazardous passed away and unfortunately last
8:09 am
night his father has died so he cannot talk to the media yet but this doctor richard harris is seen as one of the most important heroes of this whole rescue operation and the rescuers were telling about this this is incredible just sticks that were involved twenty tons of material they had to carry inside and the astray and said to spend seventy five hours inside the cave you can it's hard to imagine how that's been like i mean there's hardly any oxygen there they basically made this whole passage way when they first the rifles completely flooded was nearly impossible to go through there they've made it much clearer they have cleared it up they basically build stairs they've made ropes along it so it was much easier for the boys to come out after all this work that hundreds of people thousands of people in fact have been doing and of course we're getting more you slowly dripping out so to speak about the condition of the boys and whether they're able to communicate with their families. exactly we just met
8:10 am
one of the fathers of fourteen year old boo who has been rescued on the second day and of course he was extremely happy he said he told us he was so worried about his son of course he heard that the that he was alive he knew that he could swim he had some swimming lessons at school but he was still very very worried so he is extremely happy he said the only thing now what i want to do is to hug my son embrace him and ask him what how he's feeling because after all these days the two days that he's been out of the cave already the parents have not been able to even see this sunday all being kept away as we speak but earlier we heard that they might have an opportunity to see their children today they might have to wear some protective gear because the doctors are still very worried about infectious diseases for the mobile continue to follow the story with you step throughout the
8:11 am
day thanks very much let's stay in asia now because police in pakistan say a prominent politician is one of fourteen people killed in a suicide bomber time in the city of bashar the bomber targeted a political rally killing rude the leader of pakistan's national party. well it's just weeks before a general election. was a subject. progress on has seen or read it if comment that of such as encourage the politicians to come out be more bold hyrule also knew their day was the rage but because of the improved environment he had given an interview to a television network in which he said that time had a change and he was quite comfortable however the attack today showed that dish is going to be attending a fair other political party leaders are going to be equally careful and there's going to affect also the gap spending for many of the political parties
8:12 am
particularly for the. which i lost a leader in the treaty of bush are we are today well still ahead here on al-jazeera a lengthy legal saga names and in germany as the last survivor of a german underground neo nazi self awaits the verdict of a serial murder trial also will controversial presidential pardon from donald trump this time it for eight years that inspired and to government protests do stay with us here on our set. welcome back as we look at the levant and western parts of asia it's all about the heat really many places close to forty degrees once again baghdad forty seven with southern portions of iraq probably pushing fifty degrees on the eastern side of the mediterranean weather conditions are fine if you got the benefit of the sea breeze
8:13 am
of course mini's locations and that fine weather continues as we head on through into thursday so what are the arabian peninsula well certainly for central and western areas is looking hot and fine and dry with forty five degrees a typical temperature run the eastern side we had a bit of a wind come down just clear the worst the humidity away but that is easing down so again that humidity is likely to be creeping up and with a maximum of forty four to forty five degrees here in doha it's going to be quite a sticky one so let's head across into southern parts of africa where weather conditions are fine we've got some threat or some showers on the coast of mozambique but otherwise weather conditions are looking pretty good across much of the region sunshine and nineteen degrees expected in cape town and not a great deal of change through into thursday heading up into central parts of africa the showers no begin to stand quite a long way towards the north and they may see wanted to showers into sit down during the course of thursday the old shower for lagos and and some heavy rain in west africa.
8:14 am
where were you when this idea popped into your pocket when they're on line or did the chief call of poverty inequality in our society today or if you joined the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you have to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to flee the speakers for a change join the conversation announces iraq.
8:15 am
welcome back you're watching algis there i'm so hold rob a reminder of our top stories there are big celebrations in thailand where all twelve boys and their football coach are being rescued from a flooded cave system in a news conference just a few moments ago become trees health minister said the boys had lost an average of two kilograms each they also were told to say they're showing no signs of any stress. also beijing is reacting strongly to a u.s. proposal of new tariffs on chinese imports the commerce ministry says the move harms the world trade organization system and hurts globalization the u.s. trade representative says new tariffs may be imposed on the dish until two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods. meanwhile trump has arrived in brussels for the first stop of his three nation european tour. for what could be a contentious nato summit after the american president's comments about members not paying their fair share for defense. and the u.s. president has issued another round of pardons this time it's two men convicted of
8:16 am
setting fire to public lands six years ago they later became the inspiration for a protest by armed groups against the all forty of the federal government in washington and you can strike as more. it all started with fires dwight and stephen hammond in mid setting on their own ranch land which they claimed accidentally crossed on to federal land but a jury convicted them of arson and the father and son were sentenced to five years when they went to prison little did anyone know that the cases of these two men who were opposed to the u.s. government controlling grazing land would become a rallying call for some the hammonds of turn themselves in it's time for you to leave our community in two thousand and sixteen the plight of the imprisoned father and son attracted the attention of a group with a political agenda armed men who saw themselves as defenders of rural landowners abused by federal government overreach broke into the offices of an oregon national
8:17 am
wildlife refuge because we have allowed our federal government to step outside the bounds of the constitution. come down upon the people and are prosecuting them now directly the armed protesters faced off with police for nearly six weeks ending in one protesters death meanwhile the father and son who inspired the standoff remain in prison until now on tuesday president trent granted the men full pardons a statement from the white house press secretary reads the hammonds are devoted family men respected contributors to their local community and have widespread support from their neighbors local law enforcement and farmers and ranchers across the west the presidential pardon though has sparked concern and may embolden more protesters to take up arms they're looking for another opportunity to take over public land or have a showdown with law enforcement agents and this will only embolden them i do fear
8:18 am
that it's just a matter of time before we see another standoff. there's also the question of a pattern to trump's pardons most of the people who've received pardons are figures popular with trump's. they include a conservative writer convicted of campaign finance fraud a sheriff who racially profile suspected illegal immigrants in a former vice presidential chief of staff convicted of obstruction of justice the father and son ranchers now join the fold with the right wing applauding another win delivered by trump. castro al-jazeera washington or saudi arabia says who three rebels have tried to attack the city of near the border with yemen state media is reporting that saudi forces intercepted a missile fired by the rebels who these have launched dozens of miss our society arabia in recent months it's in response to the saudi a morality operation to defeat the rebels. the u.n.
8:19 am
special envoy has met yemen's president to discuss the four year long conflict including the ongoing fighting around the port city of who data the saudi and their r.t. coalition is backing a government offensive against who threw rebels for control of the data but there are fears the fighting could stop aid getting in most of yemen's food and humanitarian supplies pass through the port special envoy martin griffiths says talks with president of the rebel once or had they were constructive. the president has established a committee under the prime minister to assist us in looking at the proposals for a relaunch and a resumption of political negotiations to resolve the conflict my job now is to undertake consultations with the government of yemen and. to lead to a point where we can resume formal negotiations obviously we will do that as quickly as we can because of the. humanitarian situation in yemen meanwhile at least forty six people have died from cholera in her data in less than
8:20 am
a month the u.n. says the deaths happened between the thirteenth of june and the seventh of july adding that health conditions in the city were getting worse the conflict has forced most of yemen's medical system to collapse. the world health organization says the conditions and what they had even before the escalation of the conflict has been some of the direst in yemen with a that is registered the highest incidence of suspected cholera cases around fourteen percent of reported cases countrywide since the start of the epidemic in april two thousand and seventeen and diptheria two hundred nine suspected cases in addition there have been two hundred fifty two suspected cases of measles. haitians have been cleaning day before the streets of the capital following days of violent protests over fuel price hikes businesses were looted and dozens of buildings burned in the unrest that saw at least full protesters killed and even though the price increase was scrapped people still want president. to step down gabriel it's older reports from port au prince. a buzz of activity at first glance it appears
8:21 am
like just another regular day in haiti's capital city. but don't be fooled this is a country again dealing with a political and economic crisis port au prince has in recent days but the scene of large scale protests thousands took to the streets at one point officials temporarily closed the capital's international airport fearing the crowds the anger was directed at the government police used tear gas to disperse people apparently threatening to overrun the presidential palace several people were killed during the melee. the unrest was sparked by the government's decision to increase fuel prices by up to fifty percent the increases cover gasoline diesel and kerosene sales however it's kerosene which stands apart from the others being the cheap fuel of choice for the millions of poor haitians to power their stoves and generators people in this economically country most of whom make less than a couple dollars
8:22 am
a day are furious at what they view as an inept and corrupt government the fuel hike was the last straw. we are taking to the streets because the president is keeping the people hostage everything is overpriced unemployment is high and people are hungry we need to free haiti from all of. that is if the president doesn't step down we'll continue protesting we've given lawmakers an ultimatum either they force him from office or we will burn the parliament down to the ground. i government says the gasoline rate increase was needed and it would have brought in tens of millions of dollars to fund much needed infrastructure projects throughout the country but faced with a backlash the government backed down and halted the rate increase at least for now but this is still a country in deep political crisis people here saying they'll go back on the streets to protest until there's a change in government georges lucien is a historian and political analyst who says these protests are different from the
8:23 am
ones in the past because now the anger is focused not only on the political leaders but also at the business leaders as well. these policies not only affect the poor but also the middle class until the government starts working to improve people's lives there's no guarantee the recent unrest won't return so far all the government policies are pushing people out of their lands they are building sweatshops in other industries for imports but ignoring local production. a proposed fuel price hike. is now to fuel inflating the end of the long suffering of people gave rosendo al-jazeera reporter prince just bring you some breaking news coming out of afghanistan and we're getting reports that gunmen have entered the education department in the city of jalalabad the fighting is still ongoing now this is the third major attack in less than two weeks in the city to give you more as we get it
8:24 am
going on the wife of the chinese dissident a nobel peace prize winner. who died last year has arrived in germany after being freed from eight years of house arrest. beijing to berlin via the finnish capital helsinki chill received medical treatment while in germany has been died while serving on the eleven year jail sentence for inciting subversion. the verdict is expected on wednesday in germany in the trial of the last survivor of a near nazi group that went on a killing spree in the early two thousand the trial lasted five years there was a public outcry when it became clear the group was allowed to operate for years before law enforcement was able to connect the dots dominic kane has walked from munich for five years b r to schieffer has been on trial for her part in multiple murders that shocked germany acting in the name of an organization inspired by the nazis the national socialist underground or n.s.a.
8:25 am
the case against ship is that she was a willing accomplice in a three person cell targeting members of the turkish community. the first victim was killed here on the outskirts of nuremberg in september of the year two thousand and ten vashem shack was a thirty eight year old businessman who ran a group of flower stalls at a nearby market at the time police struggled to find a motive for his killing. but we know now and the shim checks death was the start of a killing spree that would touch seven different german cities between two thousand and two thousand and seven claiming ten lives three people were killed in nuremberg two were murdered in the bavarian capital munich the other five in cities outside bavaria eight of the victims were from the turkish community in all cases the victims were shot in the head at close range but what this map doesn't show is that
8:26 am
after the last killing it took the authorities almost four years to track down the cell and then only after two of them over bernhardt and over monday laws had carried out an armed robbery being cornered by the police and then shot themselves before they could be arrested it field accusations of incompetence by the authorities with some people suggesting some officers might have colluded with the n.s.u. family. of the victims say their ordeal has been made worse by the time it took for the trial to happen. the murder why did the murderers choose my father i can't and won't simply believe that it was a coincidence four hundred thirty seven days of investigation and these questions weren't answered i have no closure because i have the feeling that not everything was done when they could have that dog because i'm sure that other accomplices are still walking around out. after her fellow conspirators deaths there are to shape pandas herself into police in two thousand and eleven during her trial she rarely
8:27 am
spoke in court except to deny being a member of the n.s.u. to disapprove of its actions and to express her regret for not having been able to prevent the murders the reality for her though is that a guilty verdict will mean she spends the rest of her life behind bars dominic kane al-jazeera munich. al-jazeera. where ever you are.
8:28 am
when the news breaks. on the wall that city and the story builds to be forced to leave with just. when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and given away in refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new award winning documentaries and live news i'm not out of here i gotta commend you on hearing is good journalism on air and online.
8:29 am
a. thousand.
8:30 am
thousand.
8:31 am
throw.
8:32 am
these stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every.
8:33 am
on the twenty second of may a series of major news stories broke across west africa in a simultaneous publication now known as the west africa leaks journalists from eleven countries had pored over gigabytes of data nearly thirty million leaked documents on tax havens and the secretive offshore companies of the rich and powerful like the panama papers investigations of two thousand and sixteen and the paradise paper's stories last year this collaboration was coordinated by the i.c.i. j. the international consortium of investigative journalists based in the us it worked alongside the norbert zongo cell for investigative journalism or sonos though in burke enough.

42 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on