going back to a poor south african neighborhood where music and tradition come together in an annual competition to be good. we want on al-jazeera. a face off in finland but donald trump says don't expect too much from the told from. hello i'm sure without you there live from also coming up my heart is new way from malaysia nine thousand new faces and to pollen and after the shock election win by marketing. the mass paramilitaries bringing death to nicaragua people say they'll fight back any way they can. from

his like his nine hundred ninety eight celebrating another world cup win after an extraordinary final against croatia. the u.s. president and the leader that some think actually helped him get to the white house and now just hours away from the first summit donald trump is due to meet his russian counterpart vladimir putin in the neutral venue of finland in the past few minutes the kremlin has said it hopes there will be some kind of step away from the current crisis in relations but before heading to finland mr trump told the world not to expect big developments i don't expect general i frankly don't expect i don't with very low expectations i think that getting along with russia is a good thing but it's possible we won't i think were greatly hampered by this whole

witch hunt that's going on in the united states the russian which aren't. let's go live now to our diplomatic editor james bays he's there in helsinki and james many diplomats particularly on the pred a president trump side are approaching this day with a huge amount of trepidation yes i think there are many in the western camp among the u.s. is closest allies who really didn't want this meeting to happen in the format it's taking place in they see this as a victory for president putin a recognition of president putin that a summit on this scale is taking place i think they're also alarmed by the fact that there is not a clearly worked out agenda for these talks normally you would have a clear agenda and some deliverables pre worked out things that they wanted to achieve by the end of the summit that's not the way president trump works he's asked for a loose meeting with no agenda or

a free flowing meeting in which anything can be brought up and he's asked for a meeting where he sits down with his russian counterpart one on one there is of course a danger in that president trump prides himself as a master negotiator what he comes to the master diplomat you just need to look at the experience president trump eighteen months in office president putin as president and prime minister eighteen years in his job absolutely and. the biggest loser in all of this could indeed be president trump there are fears that he might almost inadvertently unwittingly give away too much. absolutely because president trump is someone who does not like we are told to read his briefing books he wants to do something by instinct he wants to get to know the man and do the deal with the man but the man is someone who really does know the detail of all of this all the international files ranging from ukraine to syria to

nuclear arms control he's a man who's negotiated with presidents in the past he's negotiated with leaders all around the world he has the advice of sergei lavrov his foreign minister who's been in the job longer than most western foreign ministers western governments come and go through elections the russian team has been there literally for years and so at this stage james we have no idea as to what subjects are going to be covered we don't and i'm not sure they entirely know what subjects are going to be covered i'm sure president putin is very very clear what he wants to achieve in this among those subjects will be syria it looks as though that long war in syria is coming into the final phases i think certainly the russians who have been active in a military way with the syrian regime in southwest syria will be looking for

a way to try and bring the the war to a close and a way that that benefits the assad regime that will be among the important topics on the agenda here in fact the kremlin in the last few minutes said the talk on syria is going to be difficult because they know that one of the things likely to come up from the trump side is iran and the u.s. and israel for that matter pushing to get iran out of syria for now james thank you james bays out at the mattick editor live in hell thinking. now the trade dispute that was triggered by a president that's at the center of talks between leaders of china and the european union who are now meeting in beijing our correspondent adrian brown is there and on the face of it both these size the sides the chinese and the european union have a lot in common because they've been targeted by president trumps tyrus

yes you would imagine that they would have an awful lot to talk about and you would imagine china certainly hopes that there can be cooperation between china and the european union to form a sort of common front a united front against the united states but the european union is saying it doesn't want to gang up on president trump even though it doesn't agree with much of what he has been saying now within the last hour donald tusk who's the president of the european council has delivered his speech on the opening day of this china e.u. summit and he appealed to the leaders of russia china and the united states to avoid chaos and conflict he said he wanted those countries to work with the european union to prevent conflict now it's not sure what sort of conflict he's referring to whether it means trade war or perhaps the other kind of conflict because history shows us the trade wars can often lead to the real thing i mean in

the thirty's for instance there was a trade war between britain and germany and look what that led to so an impassioned plea from donald tusk on the opening day of this important summit here in beijing so the are the eyes of the world very much on beijing martín and helsinki at the moment absolutely and the europeans while for them reaffirming their commitment to multilateralism into the global system of trade they also got a few problems with haven't they with the way that china does its business. that's absolutely right if you speak to european business leaders here in china they have almost identical complaints to those of us business executives they complain about being forced to hand over their technology as a condition for doing business here in china and they also complain that the business environment here the investment in climate here in china is still very restrictive in spite of all the talk and the promises by china's president to open

up china they're saying a lot more needs to be done which is why you know one of the reasons why europe is so wary about getting close to close to china right now but in one area there is agreement martine and that's the world trade organization china the e.u. hopes can be persuaded to play a role in perhaps you know rewriting the rulebook of the e.u. because china has often said in the past you know as the world's second largest economy we deserve to have a say in the rule book rather than just following the rules and so if that were to happen it could possibly mean down the line that some of china's trade practices might be constrained also one other point today martine new figures out today show that china's economy is continuing to slow in the last quarter it fell from six point eight percent to six point seven percent but more worrying is the fact that factory output in china now is at its lowest level in two years that's important

because china's economy for the moment is still based on exports adrian thank you for that adrian brown live in beijing. now new look malaysian government's getting ready to officially begin work in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year rule of the same political group was born brought to an end in may elections a short while ago the swearing in fair ceremony was held for ninety new members of parliament interrupted by a temporary walk out of the opposition the new government is led by prime minister mahathir mohamad who switched parties to lead a campaign against majeed razzak razzak is now facing corruption charges over the disappearance of billions of dollars from a national development firm floor so he has more from kuala lumpur. the first session of parliament more than two months optimal asians voted in a new government has seen quite a dramatic opening all but a handful of opposition m.p.'s staged

a walkout before they were even sworn in they wanted to protest against the government's nomination of the speaker of the lower house they said procedure had not been followed and have asked for a fourteen day postponement of this parliament session that since walks back in but have indicated that this may be the subject of a legal action now the government's choice or candidate for speaker is significant he is a retired judge well regarded in legal circles and is not active in politics quite a refreshing departure from his pretty criticise that there's also a lot of hope riding on this new government that promised greater transparency in the way they govern this country as one of the first steps nine government agencies will report directly to parliament including the anti corruption agency as well as the public prosecutor's office government agencies that previously been tightly controlled by the prime minister's office many people are also looking to this new government to repeal repressive laws including the anti fake means act passed by

the previous administration just a couple of weeks before the last election widely seen as an attempt to not just stop debate but also the distribution of information on one and to be. the two reuters journalists arrested him in amman last year are going on trial the pair was investigating the killing of ten men and boys when they were arrested we can go live now to set us on our correspondent who's in bangkok but he's monitoring the case from there and stir this is a trial that has now fallen into the list of transgressions allegedly committed by the me among government when it comes to human rights particularly when it pertains to issues surrounding the regime to people. yes exactly this is of course a trial that everyone around the world who's watching me on maher is watching very closely because it's not only seen as a task for press freedom because i should know in two thousand and twelve it became

much more freer for the media in them before it was extremely restricted it was one of the most restricted media in asia but in family there was this new spring a lot of more freedom people could go in journalist could go in and report on stories when i'm trying to achieve became the state conflict that was still going on there was still this freedom but then of course the rohingya crisis the whole crackdown happened against the right and of course this is now seen as a strong warning by the military to all media all journalists in myanmar not to investigate what actually has happened against the ranger because that's what exactly what the reuters journalists were doing they had investigated this massacre of ten men in a particular village and interestingly after they were detained and arrested the military actually arrested some soldiers who day say were involved in that exact same massacre and they have been put in prison for ten years now so basically the

government and the military was admitting that that massacre the reuters investigate it was actually really really had to happen. for now thank you very much indeed and of course it will keep us right up to date with the court case as it gets under way in me in the. chile ecuador and criticize nicaragua government after ten people were killed as paramilitary groups targeted protests is in the city of misfire a human rights watch group says at least twenty two vehicles carrying government security forces have a arrived in the area anti-government protests of and the third month living creasing violence marianna sanchez reports now from the capital. a caravan of paramilitary forces operating in the open the masked men are backed by the government rights groups have accused them of carrying out attacks on people in the city. and the surrounding area. it's

a situation without precedent we are submitted to a terror war where there is no rule of law where anyone kills you or kidnapped you we've never lived something like this before and despite this nicaraguans are showing their ability to resist what. the government says it's fighting against opponents plotting against it but international organizations say the government is condoning the disproportionate use of force against civilians. but we condemn the repressive acts we're seeing around the country including harassment individual and collective detentions houses being mocked and deaths we are very worried about what's going on. rights groups here say paramilitary groups in some neighborhoods kidnapped people from their homes. they say the gunman are operating with police protection. in menow where many say they are not afraid to fight

forces even with weapons i wasn't in the shadow but despite the dangers we will continue fighting to have a free country because we deserve it. good opposition groups. are no match to the heavily armed paramilitary forces and human rights organizations have urged the government to bring an end to the violence this is the most. in our reports we emphasize the need to clarify what these forces that seem to operate in the country with impunity. and attack on sunday lift at least ten people dead it came a day after paramilitary forces attacked students trapped inside a church in my now one in a siege throughout the night that lasted more than fifteen hours two students were killed and more than ten wounded. the crisis in the quickly spiraling from peaceful protests demanding pension reforms to indiscriminate attacks of illegal

forces in joint operations with police acting with impunity around the country. including i was struggling to go beyond or in southern iraq a curfew is in place and the internet is shut down. by the un says all out war has been narrowly avoided on the girls' a border as israel complains about flying kites. hello there we're still seeing some heavy rains over parts of turkey at the moment the satellite picture is picking up the cloud over parts of turkey through georgia and up into the far southern parts of russia this is giving us some fairly heavy

outbreaks at times and it's going to stick around not only on monday but into tuesday as well so we could soon hear reports of problems from this region further south it looks fine and dry for most of us here but hot beirut up at thirty one degrees forty two in baghdad and forcing kuwait city we're likely to get at least a forty two as well here in doha the winds will be firing down from the northwest and that's a very dry direction for the air so it won't be humid at all and the temperatures will get a bit higher than we've been used to sit around forty six forty seven degrees probably over the next few days for the south of the southern part of oban there's a bit more cloud here that will be drifting up into yemen and the southwest in parts of saudi as we head through tuesday so a bit more gray weather to be seen here but usually this doesn't give us any significant rain it's looking a bit wet a for eritrea there the thunderstorms are likely to be a little bit lively at times down towards the southern parts of africa and the rain that we've seen over the southern parts of south africa is now working its way northward here it is over parts of mozambique still giving us some sharp showers

here but towards the west is drying now and still cool and seventy. and the corruption is endemic now embroiled in. the power. business radical transformation. pressing for change. unconventional methods to eliminate corruption. people.

donald trump has arrived in the finnish capital where he'll meet russia's president vladimir putin in a few hours from now but even before the president has been saying he has low expectations. of. being sworn in he ended sixty one years of control by the national front coalition led by. his set to face trial in february on corruption charges to this arrested in the medium. trial they were investigating the killing of ten ranger men and boys when they were arrested and charged with violating mammals official secrets act he could face up to fourteen years in jail. unemployment are turning

into a major problem for the iraqi government a curfew has been in place in the southern city of for another night but the protests have spread at least two people were killed on sunday dozens more were injured as crowd. numbering in the thousands took to the streets of for hundreds of people as they tried to storm a government building as well as a curfew there are reports that the internet is being caught the government is now promising billions of dollars for new jobs but the move shows no signs of cooling the anger caterpillar has for the young has more i frustration pours into the streets of iraq demonstrators say they've had enough no jobs and limited services have reached the breaking point beyond the people in cattle evacuate we have to inject was still lying in the streets and to all those who were taken away. in the oil rich city of basra like across the country security forces are on high alert they've used water cannon and tear gas blocking protesters from storming the main

provincial government building. with growing protests people have recorded and internet shut down hand disconnected telephone lines without going to see those who assault the institutions of the state and the security forces and its investments disrupt the aspirations of the people he should be held to account. unrest has been simmering over the past week against a backdrop of political instability following maze contested an unresolved election results protesters have blocked roads and burned tires. and in the city of najaf they stormed the airport and the ruling party's headquarters security concerns led at least two major airlines to suspend all fly so that city. the acting government says violence will not be tolerated responding to the protests or acts prime minister harder on the body has promised to invest three billion dollars in jobs housing and services. but the people of iraq are whose impatience with the

country's fractured politics the government is not totally enclosed of this situation that. is the militias of the. other which are fighting between each other on the rocks government is calling on people to be patient but many on the street say their patience is wearing flannel i pads hello posada yun al-jazeera. the un says all out war has been narrowly averted between israel and hamas a ceasefire brokered by egypt appears to be holding after two palestinian teenagers were killed on friday but israel insists burning kites being flown across the girl's a border by palestinian protests is are increasing tension between the two sides seventy deca has more from occupied east jerusalem. these kites handmade with flaming rags have become

a tool for palestinian protesters rallying along gaza spens they've not called a single death but they have burned more than seven thousand acres of land on the israeli side the israeli prime minister issued a warning about the kites at sunday's cabinet meeting hours after his military targeted him ass in gaza and some others and we've heard it being said that israel has agreed to a cease fire that would allow the continuation of terrorism by incendiary cuts and balloons this is incorrect we are not prepared to accept any attacks against us and we will respond appropriately. for now the egyptian brokered cease fire between hamas and israel appears to be largely holding but it is fragile israel will not tolerate a scenario by which its citizens will be constantly held hostage by the hamas so hopefully there will be. the problem is sometimes. by which

a kindergartner is here or something can spark a huge explosion. on the streets of occupied east jerusalem we also palestinians how they feel about the kites and israel's attacks of this and they don't have any other tools it's true that these cuts can be harmful it's our land the burning of the land is occupied and they don't have any other way to resist. gazans are real mean. if we had the right mindset we would all close our shops in solidarity with gaza the march of return rallies are now into their fourth month with protesters demanding the right for palestinian refugees to return to their homes they were evicted from one thousand nine hundred forty eight scores have been killed by israeli snipers it's a political problem for israel the refuses to go away we're told israel doesn't want an escalation its army is already busy on its northern border in the occupied golan heights but israel has made it clear. that if the flaming kites continue it is ready to increase its military action the army and the intelligence services

have been warning the political leadership that the current blockade on gaza is not sustainable and if it continues it could lead to an all out conflict the flaming kites have already led to the biggest escalation since the two thousand and fourteen war the question now is will they stop and will the palestinians of gaza be getting anything in return stephanie decker al-jazeera jerusalem the egyptian government has been accused of exploiting state or emergency laws to crack down on opposition a report by human rights watch found the laws were abused before and after the march presidential election it accuses the egyptian police and security forces of unjustly arresting journalists activists and critics of president of the sea one child under the age of five dies every two minutes from diarrhea caused by dirty drinking water that's according to a report by the nonprofit organization water aid it says the illnesses could be

prevented if all countries met the u.n. goals for safe drinking water and decent toilets their report found eighty countries will not meet their target to provide all people with a basic safe water supply by the year twenty thirty one hundred six nations won't have access to decent toilets in the same period the projections are based on u.n. data which found that right now eight hundred forty four million people do not have access to clean water within half an hour of their own and two point three billion people do not have a decent toilet and of those nine hundred million have no toilet at all well savio a value is global campaign director for water eight he says basic sanitation needs much more political exposure. water sanitation and hygiene mainly is an invisible issue it's an issue that also doesn't have

a lot of political commitment and buying in and because it's such a private issue it doesn't get the attention of political leaders. like politicians would want to sort of seen or to be seen in all getting a toilet as compared to integrating or something besides a big dam so there is lack of political commitment and also a good financing an investment to really deal with the issue of water sanitation and hygiene water heaters bringing to light to see that this is an issue that does that has replications on it advocating poverty on hild on education on addressing inequalities and so it is not an issue that has to be pushed under the carpet but we want political leaders to take stock of the situation because at this rate we will not be achieving the sustainable development goals of what inside edition of everyone everywhere by twenty thirty.

crowns have packed the shelves elisei and squares across france to celebrate the country's second football world cup when they ended a croatia's dream in moscow with a four two win in what was an extraordinary final nine hundred ninety eight champions took the lead after eighteen minutes or a creation own goal but the first time finalists battle back yvonne pettis it equalising ten minutes later a controversial penalty awarded following video replays meant france led to one at half time in the second half france proved too strong for their opponent a powerful strike from nineteen year old killian m a securing the cup. well i'm happy wasn't even born when france last won the world cup and for many fans these

victory celebrations something new the trash about player records. it was the party they had dreamed of and the reality was even better france fans celebrated their team's victory on the show's leasing telling paris's most famous avenue to see is red white and blue the players got the job done and we are watching peons now we are only going to enjoy it. earlier eighty thousand people had watched the game in the funds and in the city firefighters did their best to keep people cool then with the final whistle fronts of beating croatia and the crowd in the interim i didn't you know it was a tough final for the team but thankfully we were on every chance we scored seriously it was amazing we are world champions. was. like to take some of these bands were just children. when he was that.

generation and it was a big treat to cherish the love it. but i wasn't there i wasn't born but i still remember it because it's a lot of fun oh we missed ninety eight but we didn't mystify than eighteen. we are champions i france's team was one of the youngest in the tournament but their chief mint has touched people of all ages now fans say they'll celebrate until the heroes and trophy come home natasha al-jazeera paris. traverses take a look at the top stories here it out of the slowing the kremlin says it hopes a summit between donald trump of vladimir putin will lead to quote some kind of step away from the current crisis in relations the u.s.

and russian president seducer meet in helsinki in a short while from now but mr trump has been downplaying hopes. i don't wish for genocide i frankly don't expect i don't with very low expectations i think that getting along with russia is a good thing but it's possible we won't i think were greatly hampered by this whole witch hunt that's going on in the united states the russian which aren't the first malaysian parliament under prime minister mahathir mohamad has been sworn in he ended sixty one years of control by the national front a coalition that was led by now. who is now set to face trial on corruption charges two reuters journalists have gone on trial in miramar the pair was investigating the killing of ten ranger men and boys when they were arrested they've been charged with violating me amal's official secrets act and could face up to fourteen years in jail a ceasefire between hamas and israel and girls or is largely holding following

a surge of violence on saturday the un special envoy nikolai i'm allowed in office says war was narrowly averted he's urging all sides to deescalate the situation. egypt's government is really accused of exploiting state of emergency laws to crackdown on opposition a report by human rights watch found the laws were abused before and after the march presidential election it accuses egyptian police and security forces of i'm just the arresting journalists activists and critics of president of the fattah el-sisi. well than a dozen migrant mothers and children stranded on a ship in the mediterranean have now been allowed into italy italy had blocked their entry until other european union states also agreed to take in some of the four hundred fifty people who were found on board two vessels one a one eighth he has no passport yet he's politically active in two thousand trees i was still at school lets turn the power of peaceful transition when because the

short term expired in our part of the world some people think you are stupid and crazy if you do that mikhail saakashvili former president of georgia and an ex governor of the odessa region in ukraine talks to al-jazeera. ranked as the most corrupt southeast asian country cambodia is about out of an election. but with the main opposition party banned from participating it's being widely seen as a sham. not that you'll read that in the local press the country's head of taxation has been accused of forcing the closure of independent media but what has he got to hide i don't want to talk about. i'm steve cherry on this episode when he sed investigates cambodia's brutal crackdown in the lead up to the national election.