returning to anger on the home front trump annoyance with republicans and democrats with his performance at the helsinki summit. hello i'm. from doha also coming up. the. protests spread in southern iraq despite promises from the government now vital oil production is threatened. palestinian children cut short their summer holiday to protect the school from demolition in the occupied west bank. i saluting their champions

a stunning welcome home the france's world cup winning team. donald trump is back in washington where he'll face questions about what he said at the health think the summit was writing a piece in his shuttle to meet members of congress on tuesday mr trump faces widespread criticism after he appeared to side with russia over accusations it interfered in the twenty sixteen election we begin our coverage with our 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 is 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. or shortly after that news conference the u.s. director of national intelligence than a statement said we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the twenty six thousand election and they're all going they say of efforts to undermine

our democracy and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security. well white house correspondent kimberly how has it been following reaction in washington. for a president who loves to talk about his ratings and reviews there was nearly universal criticism of 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 egotism false

equivalence and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate many republicans are concerned that trump blamed both countries for the deteriorating u.s. russia relationship ject 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 a lot of the putin so 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 and fears it will happen again in twenty eighteen there are times in the senate when people have to stand up and see which side of those one of those times this is one of those times there may now be in the u.s. congress a renewed push for bipartisan legislation known as the deter act that would snap and severe sanctions against russia's oil and banking sectors should it be found to interfere in any future u.s. election can really help al-jazeera washington well moxon makowski is a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center he says the summit has damaged mr trump's credibility. this summit was an opportunity for president trying to bridge the distance between those that accuse him of being too close to president putin to ignoring the facts of meddling in elections and a set a new tone for a strong american president that can stand up to our adversaries he failed on all

counts in many ways he actually widen the gap between those that don't feel the u.s. president has the capability and the credibility to implement u.s. foreign policy and the fact that you're seeing republican pundits and congress members and even supporters of the president come out with criticism i think showcases that in many ways the historical aspect of this summit is that this could be actually a spring moment for further opposition to president trump as well as further ammunition for special prosecutor mauler and his investigation of president campaign is dies to russia. crowds of march through nicaragua as capital managua to demand justice for those killed in operations by police several people have died in a violent scenes at a church on saturday the catholic church has been leading peace deals between the government and the opposition but there's been little progress instead it's become

the target of attacks at least two hundred seventy people have been killed since the protests began in april and protests are continuing into a second week in southern iraq spreading to even more cities despite at least eight deaths i'm promises by the government to fix the problems there's anger at what many see is a government failure to address crumbling infrastructure and the lack of basic services as a sum of binge of a triple some protests as in the threatening to disrupt the region's oil production which is vital to iraq's economy. that they want to lick tricity 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 but not guarded the government that 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 watching as an 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 and niger have reopened a novelty or have done a lot if we disrupt the oil production everyone will run to us including the us and respond to our demands do not push just of the limits so far we are peacefully demonstrating in these protests are merely a warning some of the audience. we have the residents of pastor and not

infiltrators was simply raising our demands which are clean water electricity basic services and jobs are peaceful protests are met with bullets. iraq senior cleric has supported the demonstrators grand ayatollah sistani says people facing extreme lack of services. are the leading contender to form the new government after a contested election earlier this year has sent a delegation to basra people to protect public property. prime minister head the lead body 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 china says it will help any of its company is affected by trade tensions with the u.s. it says it's confident it can cope with uncertainties in the global economy that is european leaders warned china the u.s.

and russia against a dangerous trade war more now from china correspondent adrian brown. just ten days after the start of a trade war between china and the united states a timely summit in beijing china's leaders are hosting the european union's top officials one of whom had an urgent plea directed at china as well as united states and russia does it come on duty. of europe and china. america and russia. not to destroy his old. much to improve it. not to start through a divorce. which turned into what conflict so often in our history china's leadership wants a united front against u.s. president donald trump's trade policies and is hoping for an ally in the e.u. which is also quarrelling with trump over trade as well as defense to the u.s.

trade friction is the problem between us china doesn't want to trade well with the u.s. we think there is no winner from a trade war any actions of violate the world trade organization rule serve the interests of no one. even though e.u. officials disagree with president trump they remain wary about being part of a coalition against him that's because many european business executives here also share trump's concerns about doing business in china china's leaders have promised to further open their economy to foreign investors the message from the e.u. officials on monday we hope you mean it this time china has made strong pleas to keep markets open and fight protectionism this is reassuring to the e.u. and its business community however we would like to see these encouraging words translated into more concrete action from china to further open up investment even before the trade war began ten days ago china's economy was starting to slow

a monday figures showed the growth fell slightly from six point eight to six point seven percent in the last quarter factory output was at its lowest in two years most of what these factories produce are for export which for now underpins china's economy but a protracted trade war could slow growth by much more adrian brown al jazeera beijing. have a lot more to come here at al-jazeera including calls for calm after days of violence in northern ireland. as of a set up to help bring international criminals to justice for twenty years on does the world still maintain the i.c.c. . i just told. me today the weather sponsored by cattle have always.

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let's have a look at the top stories here and out there this morning the white house says u.s. president donald trump will meet members of congress on tuesday he's returned to the u.s. a face criticism of his performance at the helsinki summit with the russian president vladimir putin mr trump appeared to defend moscow against allegations it interfered in the twenty six u.s. election. the funerals have been held for some of the eight people killed in anti-government protests across southern iraq the demonstrations have now into their second week people are demanding better access to basic services and jobs china says it will help any of its companies affected by trade tensions with the u.s. it says it's confident it can cope with uncertainties in the global economy european

leaders of own china the u.s. and russia against a dangerous trade war that israel says it will impose even stricter border measures on any kaga that's destined to go through the. crossing to gaza it sets a bad and only fuel in polls into the area and till sunday food and medicine will need permission to go through the southern crossing last week israel said it would hold exports of. response to what it described as continued aggression from hamas well earlier israeli jets hit what its military says with two hamas posts in northern gaza threatening a fragile cease fire it says the strike was in response to alson attacks by hamas. both sides accepted an egyptian brokered truce after the latest round of violence in gaza at least two palestinian teenagers were killed when israel launched what it called the most powerful daytime attack since the twenty four teen girls of war. in

the occupied west bank meanwhile a palestinian school is beginning its new term six weeks early amid the threat of the building being demolished is located in the small bedouin community of ma where israel wants to expand the settlement but it supreme court has blocked the move at least until next month seventy deca said this report. their summer holidays been cut short but none of these children seem too bothered they all know why they are here. so that we have people inside the school so the israelis won't demolish it. a sally lives a ten minute walk away over the mountain this school doesn't only serve. but it's the only school in the area for these bedouin children. we want to demolish the whole community and transport us and take the land these ready supreme court will set a day to respond to an appeal to stop the demolition by the fifteenth of august and

as of today with the clearing of the opening of the next scholastic you know what should have started on the first of september but rather today on the sixteenth of july we decided to launch its will to proceed any attempt on the part of the occupation forces to knock down the school it's not just the school which is our predestination but this entire village looks like a small basic and unimportant bedouin community that when it comes to this conflict it is all about land and who has access to palestinians tell you what is happening here is indicative of a wider israeli policy to push palestinians off this land and replace them with israeli settlers we need oh man an israeli student he's come from tel aviv to see for himself what is happening here i mean it's an obvious strategy to try to push. communities into cities and expand the settlements around here and basically clear idea area for potential cities to jewish israeli cities settlements to expand and

in the meantime make the life of palestinian harder and harder that's already apparent just by looking around here the large illegal israeli settlements and smaller outposts overshadow the scattered bedouin communities the bedouin have been here since the one nine hundred fifty s. and they don't want to leave but they say israel is doing everything it can to change that stephanie decker al-jazeera. egypt's president now has the power to grant senior military officers immunity from investigation for certain crimes a new law applies to offenses committed between mohamed morsi is overthrown july twenty third teen president abdel fattah el-sisi is first day in office a year later that includes the rubber massacre of august twenty third that's when security forces raided two squares full of pro morsy supporters more than a thousand people were killed. senior members of nov knowledge republican

movement have been trying to calm the community following several days of violence that included an attack on the home of the four machine fame leader gerry adams lawrence lee reports from belfast. keeping a lid on violence in or not it is always virtually impossible but here with the republican leadership calling for calm not between the two traditional sides in the conflict but inside its own community the points of the rally was an attempt by irish nationalists to prove they can police themselves against a rising tide of anger in fact long as they didn't stand in solidarity and testimony to the good here of our hearts some are always means trouble but this wasn't fighting between irish republicans and pro british loyalists in the city republicans called derry hardcore element sent children out to throw stones at the police apparently in the hope someone might get shot they're accused of wanting to bring down the peace process by their own site and restart the armed struggle but

also explains the attempted attack on the home of gerry adams the full machine fein leader who brokered the peace process a powerful firework more an insult but a genuine attempt on his life irish republicans are prepared to show leadership but nonetheless the time of such political uncertainty in the province is the last thing they need going to. be intact understand. thank you will. we will prevail that we will overcome and that we will not be denied our you know communities that magic words you were united. isolated maybe an act in the heat of summer they hope so the backdrop of course all of this is a gigantic power vacuum in northern irish politics with no functioning local government for eighteen months and the british administration still in terrible

trouble over breakfast which could still lead to the emergence of a whole border in islands it is assumed that the people who touched gerry adams and set the riots might want to hold border as well as a sign of partition in the still divided islands. in the end this was a display of shielding gerry adams personally from harm as well as portraying him as a man both of peace and of the people the picture is aimed squarely at the republican community it has proved over the course of years its ability to move away from violence it seems it is now being goaded not by a traditional enemy the british but a section of its own selling barnsley of zero belfast. tarus but has been hit by a blast of flying lava from the big island in hawaii at least twenty three people were injured the worst casualty rate since the killer way a volcano started erupting three months ago. operators say there's been increased

demand from holiday makers wanting to witness one of the world's most active volcano. a twenty years ago the international criminal court was set up to bring justice for victims of some of the world's worst atrocities they include war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but there are questions about just how successful it's being done the whole report from the hague. a billion dollars is a lot of money to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international criminal court as it turns twenty this week but it has truly global reach and acts as a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities so say its defenders the truth is somewhere in between the court was set up basically with so many goals at the same time not only rendering justice and meeting up punishments

but also bringing truth bringing reconciliation bringing so many victims and i think it set out also to do those many things at the same time well apparently you cannot do that they only had twenty in africa has been a particular focus of the court's work with critics complaining of bias even though cases have been referred to the i.c.c. by individual governments but africa has also highlighted some of the court's weaknesses no international police force means it relies on the cooperation of its one hundred twenty three member states over darfur for instance despite years of investigation and multiple indictments including of sudanese president omar bashir not one arrest has yet been made if the past of this relative legal infant then is one of teething trouble in finding its feet then what of its future in a world in which conflict is increasingly multi-lateral it which the superpowers

aren't even members and in which vetoes at the u.n. security council are a barrier to justice in some of the world's most blighted places be the i.c.c. was founded as a permanent court from which no leader rebel group or army could hide now if permanence is not in question but there are significant gaps in global commitment to the court russia is blocking efforts to send syria to the international criminal court even though yes. government really with putin's backing has deliberately targeted civilians as a way of waging this war china seems to be standing in the way ascending neon mark . even though it ethnically cleansed seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims in the course of a month you know the united states is continuing to try to protect israel to protect saudi arabia so there is a very unprincipled approach to international justice all of that puts alleged war crimes in syria and gaza beyond its reach but the i.c.c.

is tackling of the challenges you investigations in venezuela the philippines and afghanistan may build support and assuage suspicion across the african continent but the rise of nationalism and disdain for global institutions elsewhere are allman assigns for the strengthening of international justice jonah how al-jazeera the hague how hundreds of thousands of people packed the show paris to welcome home the french football team and the. scenes twenty years ago from speaker a chef or two in sunday's final just in case you've forgotten that i was among the crowd. the colors of france's flag edged into the sky above paris as she was missing as for the players it was the homecoming they had dreamed of for the fans a joyful moment they would never forget what's happening it's a party where united we are twenty years ago and now again well champions. but i am

going to take if you see we had some difficulties in france with the attacks so this is a moment of pure happiness something i the team or one of the youngest in the tournament they use this touched people here and so has their diversity among themselves we are happy because it shows you can be from the suburbs and sixteen. percent they represent us because they young like us and only one year older than a person saying things like this since ninety ninety eight when fault was one the world cup back then to tell you the same of multiculturalism to many find it that sense of unity but the squad is actually really similar to the one from one thousand and eight because as you said a lot of of players are coming from the suburbs whether they're from big cities and the from the countryside from small villages and the players on the pitch show that you can come from several different backgrounds and still have good time together

after the parade the french president welcome to play is to the lease a palace for a garden party attended by hundreds of teenagers from all over france the hope is that this young team can inspire the next generation to. al-jazeera paris. all right it's time for us to take a look at the top stories here without the white house says u.s. president donald trump will meet members of congress on tuesday he's returned home to face criticism of his performance at the health think a summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin the citroen defended moscow appeared to defend moscow against accusations 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 a 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 this is. just like the president recently mentioned the funerals have been held for some of the people killed in antigovernment protests across southern iraq the demonstrations have now entered their second week people are demanding better access to basic services and jobs china says it will help any of its companies affected by trade tensions with the u.s. it says it's confident it can weather uncertainties in the global economy european

leaders meanwhile have warned china of the u.s. and russia against a dangerous trade war 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 at the church on saturday the catholic church has been leading peace talks between the government and opposition but there's been little progress so far at least two hundred seventy people have been killed since protests against president daniel ortega began in april. all right just say those are the latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera i'm back in about thirty minutes but that's after the strain. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs

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