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warns that uterus imposed by the united states could end up hurting his own economy . it was set up to help bring international criminals to justice but twenty years on there still is a still a place in the world for the i.c.c. . u.s. president donald trump is back in washington after a summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that has prompted outrage across the political spectrum the two leaders met on monday in finland capitol hill sinky during a joint news conference trump defended russia against allegations that it interfered in the thirty sixteen u.s. election we begin our coverage with diplomatic editor jane space. we face to face ahead of a solo meeting a meeting that lasted over two and a half hours but if you were hoping they would solve any of the world's problems you'll be sorely disappointed instead when they spoke to reporters their comments

were dominated by their views on the most toxic political issue in the u.s. an issue that just got more controversial as they seemed mainly to agree on it during today's meeting i addressed directly with president putin the issue of russian interference in our elections i felt this was a message best delivered in person spend a great deal of time talking about it and president putin may very well want to address it and very strongly because he feels very strongly about it and here's an interesting idea putin then explained that idea he'd get russian authorities to interview the twelve hackers even though the allegation is they were working on behalf of those same or thoughts is or he said they could set up a joint us russian investigation team with one condition north of the witness which is this kind of reference should be unusual one and then we would expect that the

americans would reciprocate and they've they would question the shoals including the officers of law enforcement and intelligence services of the united states whom we believe who have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of russia trump called that an incredible offer he was then asked a straight question at every u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. what hu my first question for you sir is who do you believe remarkably he answered by switching to a completely different subject which is not part of the investigation hillary clinton's e-mails what happened to hillary clinton's e-mails thirty three thousand e-mails gone just gone i think in russia they wouldn't be gone so easily twenty two months after the election he still seems determined to reaffirm the legitimacy of

his win i beat hillary clinton easily the electoral college is much more advantageous for democrats as you know than it is to republicans we won the electoral college by a lot one last question was simple yes important. president putin did you want president trump to win the election. yes i did because he talked about bringing the right us relationship back to normal i've lost count of the number of times over the last eighteen months that i've described comments by president trump as extraordinary but this what was supposed to be a summit between the two most powerful leaders in the world was taking things to a new level the president may have been trying to robustly make his case about the twenty sixteen election but there seems little doubt that he's only made matters worse for himself james al-jazeera helsinki. soon after the news conference the

u.s. director of national intelligence dan coats issued a statement it said we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election and their own going pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy and we will continue to provide the foreign minister and objective intelligence in support of our national security but meanwhile on capitol hill u.s. politicians from both sides of the condemning trump's remarks white house correspondent kimberly how it has a story. for a president who loves to talk about his ratings and reviews there was nearly universal criticism members of the u.s. congress over his performance in helsinki and his apparent acceptance of russian president vladimir putin's denial that russia interfered in the twenty sixteen u.s. election president putin he just said it's not russian but more than a dozen u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have concluded just the opposite leading

some members of the president's own political party to rebuke his actions republican senator john mccain called the putin trust press conference disgraceful in a statement he said the damage inflicted by president trumps night even take egotism false equivalence and sympathy for. autocrats is difficult to calculate how many republicans are concerned the truck blamed both countries for the deteriorating u.s. russia relationship jacked into giving what they call moral equivalence to a traditional u.s. adversary what many label a propaganda win for putin this was the primary objective of lot of the putin was to sow permanent instability in american society and political culture so that we're so busy fighting each other we don't have time to take him on as a threat opposition democrats not surprisingly were equally outraged at what the president did side with our number one enemy who is attacking the united

states daily in a variety of ways and be literally kneecapping our allies is just appalling and demands some kind of explanation the senate intelligence committee has also concluded russia meddled in the us elections fears it will happen again in twenty eighteen there are times in the senate when people have to stand up and see which side you're right those are one of those times this is one of those times there may now be in the u.s. congress our renewed push for bipartisan legislation known as the deter act that would snap and severe sanctions against russia is oil and banking sectors should it be found to interfere in any future u.s. election can really help al-jazeera washington well hillary mann leverett is a former white house national security official and she says president trump is trying to play to his base at home. i'm not sure i would say that he has sacrificed

the united states here i think he has in fact he's really dealing with with reality in fact reality that the united states is no longer the sole superpower on the international stage that there are important powers that include russia and that the united states needs to in its own interests have a constructive relationship with russia and whoever is in charge of russia so i think we take a step back and a sober assessment of what's going on here looking at the substance i would say that having a constructive relationship with russia is really the grand prize here theatricals not withstanding these statements like many of his other statements are extraordinary in the american political context but i think they're quite deliberate and i think they are very carefully choreographed both in terms of strategy and in terms of social media and how how troubled approaches his campaign the fact that president trump is on the world stage taking on u.s.

foreign policy elites and what they call the deep state here in the united states that is something that i think will benefit him in the in the mid-term elections in november and set him up very possibly for reelection victory in two thousand and twenty it's something that most political analysts here don't see coming but if you look carefully at president cut trump's constituencies these types of comments these type of theatrical plays well with them. now to iraq where protests are continuing into a second week in the south of the country it's spreading to even more says despite at least eight deaths there is anger at what many see as a government failure to address crumbling infrastructure as well as a lack of basic services as a sum of inge of a dreadful some but this is a now threatening to disrupt the region's own production which is vital to iraq's economy. that they want to look to city of clean water and jobs was the protesters have continued to congregate in southern iraq for

a second week these people say police stopped them from setting up a protest camp at the bus for governor office that was not guarded the government said we were sitting peacefully and along convoy from the army and golden division stormed our tent we said we are peaceful protesters and not terrorists they said you have to remove your tent or you will be arrested and i want to move off we are strong we are acting on our own free will we're not picking from a buddy we are simply raising own demands. on sunday the protest spread to many southern provinces including with an as similar city. at least two people were killed and dozens injured including security personnel out what it's about adequate security forces response was excessive it was disproportionate to the peaceful protest angry protests as many a bad was but live ammunition was fired at protesters. some of been attacking offices of major political parties but bus rides main port and the airport in niger

have reopened a novelty or have done a lot if we disrupt oil production everyone will run to us including the us and respond to our demands do not push us to the limits so far we are peacefully demonstrating in these protests are merely a warning and without it. we have the residence of pastor and not infiltrators with simply raising our demands which are clean water electricity basic services and jobs are peaceful protests are met with bullets. for the iraq senior cleric has supported the demonstrate his grand ayatollah sistani says people face an extreme lack of services. to the southern the leading contender to form the new government after a contested election earlier this year has sent a delegation to basra he asked people to protect public property. prime minister head that he has tried to offer ten thousand jobs in basra and pledged three billion dollars for education health water and other public areas but so far it's failed to convince people who say they don't trust any of the politicians some of

the job it is their. there european leaders of whom china the united states and russia against a trade war as they met their chinese counterparts in beijing and the international monetary fund has said the terrorist hit for tat that started last week could end up damaging the whole global economy even the economy of the united states from washington d.c. cripple. the i.m.f. says booming economies in the united states and china continue to keep the global economy on track but warned it could be to rail if an all out global trade war breaks out between the u.s. and its trading partners these are substantial hits to growth and in an environment where. you know for many wage earners. incomes have been very slow to rise and this is a source of political pressures and so you know we need all the growth we gather

trade has been a disaster u.s. president donald trump fired the first shot in the trade dispute slapping tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese goods earlier this month and threatening to up the ante to two hundred billion dollars. the u.s. also leveled tariffs on steel and aluminum against mexico canada and the european union all countries have retaliated with similar duties on u.s. products the i.m.f. says the tariffs could shave up to a half a percentage point off of global growth by twenty twenty the i.m.f. says the tariffs come at a time when other risks threaten the global economy rising oil prices political turmoil in latin america and changing migration policies in europe the i.m.f. says growth is already slowing in europe japan and latin america. he added shock of a trade war could ripple through the global economy because trade affects about three quarters of world output the u.s.

economy could also be at risk because of inflationary. pressures and further retaliation but the i.m.f. says the ones who could be hurt the most are the ones who can least afford it it's usually the poorest who are who are hurt by these sorts of measures so you know. this is not that way not the way we want to go the i.m.f. thinks escalating tensions could still be avoided if the u.s. and its trading partners would negotiate with help from the world trade organization dion esterbrook al jazeera washington well we've been speaking to deborah oh miss who's the executive director at the asian trade center and she says the terrorists and their resulting financial uncertainty a bad for consumers. that's just the first the first salvo if you will of this trade conflict which is only the sort of the beginning what is becoming an escalating trade war how does that affect real people trade in steel and aluminum goes into so many things that

consumers in particular need everything from you know washing machines in refrigerators to automobiles to steel pipes and everything and so the issue there is that you have to pay more for those products that firms have to pay more for those components and parts and in order to pay twenty five percent more over night because that's the extent of those tariffs many firms are finding themselves unable to do so and literally closing their doors leading to job losses bankruptcies except her office and the longer this goes on the harder it is for firms to sustain economic growth the more you have bankruptcies job losses except or other more prices escalate the more inflation pressure needs becomes and that's why they're suggesting overall reduction in global growth which i think is alarming especially since that's only from the first round of these trade disputes that we're having as you move towards the greater problems between the u.s.

and china especially the tariff escalation between us and china that also is going to reduce global trade growth and lead to greater challenges from the global economy and for consumers. lots more to come here it out there including mexico is nearly elected president fulfills a promise to cut salaries of public servants and he started with his own. arise in a crime in the us has one minority group changing gender thanks national convention . had all the rain in the us although coming in the southwest monsoon here in california is really to be counted to the east where you might expect there's

a bit of a cult front running through here which to be ours isn't changing temps as much for the little dots around here hinted where the humidity in the heat come together big showers all the way friends colorado through oklahoma and dances the southern states up the eastern seaboard temperature around about thirty mark potter still in dallas and that's enough to trigger some pretty big storms otherwise it's just warm sunshine i said the monsoon there was a short monsoon season is showing up in little bits a cloud in green across southern california and beyond the touch in new mexico that sort of area otherwise hit the south if you want the big storms there are some in the plain states too and there is a potential for tornadoes was not a huge potential at the moment and science of all this nine clues florida is a draw pictures on all of late there are daily showers forming in the big island of cuba maybe florida and hispaniola otherwise you probably need to look suit beyond mexico dancer costa rica and panama for the thirty persistent and regular rains and saying rains rather than showers because this is where you tend to get persistent

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time for us to take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the smalling the white house says u.s. president donald trump will meet members of congress on tuesday he's returned to the u.s. to face criticism of the summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin mr trump defended moscow against allegations it interfered in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. funerals are being held for some of the eight people killed in anti-government protests across southern iraq the protests which have now into the second week are over better access to basic services and jobs. the international monetary fund has warned a trade war would damage the global economy left its global growth outlook out change for this year and next spot cautioned that terrorists are increasing the risk of a financial crisis. that twenty years ago the international criminal court was set

up to bring justice for the victims of some of the world's worst atrocities they include war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but political divisions on the un security council and the use a veto can overshadow the pursuit of justice for the i.c.c. and the gallagher has more from new york. the united nations security council has a great deal of responsibility the people that sit in this room are charged with maintaining peace and security across the world one of the powers the council has is to refer cases to the international criminal court human rights activists say it's an important piece of legislation in essence that means that perpetrators of atrocities can be brought to justice when they otherwise might not in the twenty years since the i.c.c. was formed only two cases have been referred from this chamber in two thousand and five it was the darfur conflict six years later it was war crimes in libya but the security council's been accused of double standards critics say nations like china

russia and the us use their veto power to protect their allies interests in two thousand and fourteen france drafted a resolution to bring the situation in syria before the i.c.c. but it was vetoed by both china and russia where human rights violations have been reported in me in march for lanka yemen and gaza no referrals were made recently the security council made a recommitment to the i.c.c. but when that statement was made the american delegation was absent perhaps an indication of the challenges the i.c.c. will face over the next twenty years. now donald trump of vladimir putin at the summit in helsinki valved to work together to secure israel's border with syria syrian government forces a pushing further into the southwest. province which borders see israel occupied golan heights. has the latest. troops loyal to syrian president bashar assad are targeting rebel positions in the deadlock countryside as the bombs fall on the town of the howto in the western part

of the province and government forces try to recapture a strategic killed and push into neighboring. rebel fighters and their family members meanwhile have been leaving southern city on buses bound for opposition held areas in northern syria syrian state television has been broadcasting video of these buses which it says are carrying the fighters and their relatives while many are being evacuated from others are being displaced thousands of families have fled to nearby when aither and humanitarian concerns are growing aid workers have set up tents and are distributing food but they say much more is needed. kennel to full to cover the needs of the influx of i.d.p.'s who arrive in huge numbers we're coordinating with all the relief agencies operating in the country to join forces and lend a helping hand in connection to the highest possible numbers of i.d.p.'s having now captured most of their ophrah vns the syrian government backed by the russian

military finds itself at a turning point a city was the birthplace of the syrian uprising which means these gains are both strategic and symbolic and with the victory here it means syria's government is much closer to gaining full control of the country once again mohammed. eritrea has re of in december see anything is here in another step towards peace between the longtime. eritreans president is e s f a working is in the capital addis ababa for the ceremony his three day visit aims to cement time after the neighbors declare their state of war over mohamed odeh reports from the ethiopian capital. for the past. workers have been giving it to most of the past week and it was opened by president. at a train together with the prime minister of ethiopia at the moment. is

a visit was considered almost inconceivable just two weeks ago because he was the man blamed for the hellmouth between the two countries for most of the past two decades but when he came he was warmly welcomed for you to follow those will be a few people lining the streets where he went chanting his name and always proximity and hold your relationship between the two countries is definitely going to benefit the people of the two countries in eritrea there's been the force conscription and military are lost something good friends are hoping will now ease in ethiopia alarm clock the country needs the two. and a trailer house which have been traditional ports and also the first flights from europe. eritrea is. they so a lot of benefits for both sides of the border. mexican president elect has only

had an election promise by cutting his own salary and there is of other politicians andres manuel lopez obrador cruz to a landslide victory two weeks ago valen to take on corruption and the political elite john homan reports. the bling on showing congress another reminder from of the yawning gap between themselves and the highly paid scandal rocked the political class that's what was music to the years of many incoming president and raise money well lopez obrador announce this your way out and. i'm going to receive one hundred eighty thousand pesos per month in other words i'm going to receive only forty percent of what president pena nieto commonly receives as well as cutting the president to wage by more than half he promises to restrict the salaries of other high earning public servants. definitely satisfy his base lopez obrador swept to power on the promise to what he calls the power mafia but it

could also cause problems there are two thousand years on the one can't losing good public servants on the other hand if you go very low then you can open the door for corruption precisely what you are trying to fight so i mean there is not that there is a guarantee that with good salaries there is not going to be corruption and we have seen that and now they say with the current administration but if you go very low that dollar for corruption east why there the salary cuts at the headlines but in total lopez obrador rode out fifty anticorruption in the old stereotype promises he says that public servants will lose their protection from prosecution and that they will have no new cars and a limit on pay devises trips abroad and juicy bonuses government contracts will be observed by the united nations. lopez obrador also said that the country's attorney general's office long considered a tool for whether zim power will have absolute autonomy but some civil society

groups complain that he's showing little enthusiasm for their plan to change the law to guarantee that independence they say could be a may just sticking point without an impartial referee to enforce them the ambitious. anticorruption policies could count for little john homan. mexico city thousands of people of march through nicaragua as capital managua to demand justice for those killed in operations by the police several people died during a violent caesar the church on saturday the catholic church has been leading peace talks between the government and the opposition but so far the has been little progress instead it's become the target of attacks at least two hundred seventy people have been killed since anti-government protests began in april the national association for the advancement of colored people the n p is the most influential civil rights organization in the u.s.

and its annual convention is underway now it's an opportunity for african-americans to consider the forthcoming midterm elections heidi joe castro reports from san antonio texas. for the second here in a row president donald trump declined an invitation to attend the n.w.c. p. convention back at all. disappointed or feel like we're missing anything since trump's election a documented rise of hate crimes in the u.s. has troubled civil rights activists a white supremacist rally in charlottesville virginia last summer and it in the death of a counter protester trump blamed the violence on both sides since then video showing apparent racism toward blacks at coffee shops and other businesses have gone viral and the trump administration separated migrant families at the border and days ago the president declared europe was losing its culture trapped in pre

racism and hatred he's only opened the door for those who practice it out loud the question now is how to channel the outrage that many american minorities feel toward the trump administration into something useful for that b.m.w. a c.p.a. is looking toward the upcoming midterm election hoping that it's voters will have a democrat every day for all of congress. for turning out black voters in november may be difficult african-american turnout fell in the twenty sixteen election when the nation's first black president was no longer on the ballot. many attribute hillary clinton's loss to the lack of enthusiasm among african americans everyone who believes and knows that this hateful bigoted administration needs to be voted out of mesa to do it right. despite the upcoming challenge few nationally known democrats are speaking at the convention. a sign that minority voter turnout in

november will depend on the grassroots to show up castro al-jazeera san antonio texas. tavis take a look at the top stories here it out there the white house says u.s. president donald trump will meet members of congress on tuesday. he's returned to the u.s. to face criticism for monday's summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin mr trump a parrot to side with moscow against allegations that it interfered in the twenty sixteen u.s. election i do feel that we have both made some mistakes i think that the the probe is a disaster for our country i think it's kept us apart it's kept us separated there was no collusion at all everybody knows that president putin was extremely strong

and powerful in his denial today and what he did is that in credible offer he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the twelve people i think that's an incredible of. could you name a single fact that would definitively prove because lucian this is other nonsense just like the president recently mentioned. the funerals have been held for some of the eight people killed in antigovernment protests across southern iraq the demonstrations of now into the second week they better access to basic services and jobs the international monetary fund has warned a trade war could damage the global economy the i.m.f. left its global growth outlook on change for this year and next but cautioned that terrorists are increasing the risk of a financial crisis egypt's president now has the power to grant senior military

officers immunity from investigation the certain crimes a new law applies to offenses committed between mohamed morsi is overthrown july twenty eighth the scene and president sees his first day in office a year later it includes the robot massacre in august twenty third scene was a curative forces raided two squares full of pro morsi for testers crowds of march through nicaragua's capital managua to demand justice for those killed in operations by police several people died during a violent siege of the church on saturday the catholic church has been leading peace tools which are in the government and opposition but there's been little progress so far or a judge today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera i'll be back in about thirty minutes or so that's after this. on counting the cost why china wants an expanded economic role in the middle east we'll look at which countries are leading the way in innovation plus safe parents

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