plus why three d. printed buildings are causing some just. counting the cost on al-jazeera. that the protest along the gaza vents and israeli strikes into the straight now palestinian factions say there's a deal for a new call. this is al jazeera live from to i'm richelle carey also ahead syrian government forces move closer to reclaiming complete control of the country's south. sense a tannic old terrorists in iraq was president attacks the clergy trying to bring peace between the government and protesters. and senegal rolls out the welcome mat

for its biggest foreign investor china's global push as the u.s. pulls back on train. we are six hours into what's being called a restoration of calm between israel and gaza hamas says agreement was reached for a deal from midnight local time after a day of more protests and rising tension at least four people were killed inside gaza israel launched airstrikes and tank rounds and the israeli military says one of its soldiers was killed by gunfire. masses up to a from less true self. after hours of escalation in gaza has a ceasefire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved hamas spokesman fozia but whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being

said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we've also reached out to israeli officials and israel's army trying to find out what if anything was being discussed and when that meeting might end but no details have been

forthcoming all of this of course happening at a time when tensions were already escalating now the question have a has a cease fire actually been reached is it going to remain calm or will tension once again flare up. friday had begun as so many have in the past few months with large crowds gathering at the gaza fence and it was there. these men say it's their duty as palestinians to protest against israel's occupation. they put together their kite clipping its tail which they say will keep it balance as it carries the burning cloth over gaza's border fence they soak the sackcloth in petrol and oil because they say it helps it slowly regime han are risking their lives we are here to prove to the whole world that we will never leave and we're going to do with burning kites tools that occupied land and i'm not afraid of the israelis i'm only afraid of gone from us leader ismail haniya sits close by he has come to

support the protesters. i must say the kites and balloons to carry the burning rags into israel are a peaceful form of protest israeli snipers have been targeting balloons that the protesters have been launching well behind the main demonstration these protesters say they will continue launching their kites holding those incendiary devices until israel lifts the siege. the men like the rag and the kite drifts all too and now it's the build a fence israel says spies started by protesters have destroyed large areas of crops and private planned. protests to set fire to tires which they uses color from his radio on the snipers positioned along the fence. is ready tanks talk to hamas positions along the border often news that an israeli soldier had been injured these radio me later reported that the soldier had died from his wounds in the

protesters climbed the walls of a building being used by the israeli soldiers. the army responded with tear gas a mold sounded like live ammunition. and is ready drone flew overhead one hundred forty protesters have been killed since the weekly demonstrations started four months ago the israeli army shot this man in the leg during a protest in april i'm not but just a sense that i left by sending a message to the occupiers that this is our land and you came and took it from us you jews who came from france and england and around the world here it is our land and we inherited it from all grandfathers and before them. the israeli government is under pressure by some politicians to launch a large scale military offensive to stop the protesters. as the day ended israeli fighter jets targeted various hamas bases across gaza including this one in the densely populated neighborhood of z. tune. the ministry of health says at least three civilians were injured in this

attack. that al-jazeera. phyllis bennis is program director of the new internationalism project at the institute for poly policy studies that is she's doubts that this column will hold. it's important that they use the word calm and not the word peace there has been no peace in gaza for many many decades and i think what we're seeing right now is a moment of hesitation it may be that the firing has slowed and israel doesn't yet want to acknowledge that it's a little hard to know as you know that there have been extraordinary rhetoric escalations throughout the day the minister of education f. tully bennett one of the furthest right of this right wing cabinet had called earlier today for the israeli snipers on the gaza fence to fire at directly at the children who are launching some of these kites and it was the chief of the army the

chief of the israeli army came back and said i can't accept that it and he's indicated he believed it was not a moral position and despite that the minister of education called again for essentially killing palestinian children so there is this incredible level of rhetorical escalation underway and we know that the position of the israelis for some time has been to anticipate a more significant attack that would be even more deadly than the two thousand and fourteen war which left over two thousand one hundred palestinians dead so in that situation i think if there is a ceasefire that holds briefly it will not hold for very long i'm afraid what we're seeing here is that the palestinians for seventeen weeks now have been launching extraordinarily nonviolent protests every friday afternoon at and near the fence those protests from the very first one from even before the first one the israelis announced that those nonviolent protests would be met with brutal force that they

were going to send in the sharpshooters the snipers which they did the snipers have now killed over one hundred fifty people throughout that period more than fifty on one day on may fourteenth on the day that over two. thousand palestinians were injured mostly by live fire and there seems to be a position on the from the israeli military and the political echelon that says we have enough confidence that we will get absolute impunity from the trumpet ministration syrian rebels in the southwest province of can nature has started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces the surrender is a big victory for president bashar al assad his forces are close to reclaiming complete control of the country south or part mainly has more a month of intense government bombardments in southwest syria and the devastation is clear the military offensive started by government forces backed by the russian

ally a trying to recapture dura in the neighboring province of canape. surrendering control of droste city one of the last remaining rebel strongholds would be a major defeat for the opposition. durai the birthplace of the syrian uprising seven years ago from where protests against regime's torture of teenagers spread nationwide. in some areas near syria's border with the israeli occupied golan heights government bombs have been replaced by buses in deal struck last month between the syrian government and rebel fighters anyone who refuses to live under the rule of president bashar assad so we move to the it live province in the north the displaced populations which i think this time it's around two hundred thousand people are unfortunately going to face the same. of. the same

conditions faced by other communities who have left. east and. and in homs before and most likely to be taken to. dozens of to space syrian refugees from bombing near the its radio golan heights last week but were turned back by. people left their homes weeks ago looking for safe trying to protect their families they have been stranded without shelter without. without any kind of help for a while and what we are asking for is. along in the fighting or even it's very able to reach the population. the can a true deal is similar to others elsewhere in syria. buses transporting people from trying to government housing areas and they had their windows smashed by rebels

besieged in the three years hundreds of rebel prisoners a jew to be released in return although some internally displaced syrians are now making their way back home it's a small percentage of more than six million who fled since the war. nor about al-jazeera the u.s. trade war with china could soon go to a whole new level with donald trump saying he's ready to increase tariffs more than ten fold he has so far slapped tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of chinese products but now he says he's ready to put tariffs on five hundred five billion dollars of imports beijing immediately countered the first round of tariffs international monetary fund is warning this tit for tat action can damage the entire global economy. i raised fifty we're down five hundred now some people would say three hundred seventy five billion i'm not talking about a million i'm not talking about pennies i'm talking about we're down three hundred

seventy five billion but other estimates could say five hundred seven it doesn't matter so it's in between there or it's there we're down a tremendous amount i raised fifty and they matched us as you know. talks of more restrictions paying us out pushing china and bassman around the world the chinese leaders embarking on his first official visit to west africa and among the stops is senegal or beijing is the largest foreign investor reports on top. until two years ago she was a rice farmer and ahead of the province in northern china now he's making the final touches for the you know gratian city girl's first wrestling stadium. is due to be open on saturday by china's president xi jinping who's making his first visit to west africa and no detail is being spared for his arrival everything has to be perfect for time to go then a former restaurant owner from sichuan who is now mason. we've been working here

for years we're proud of what we've done and we want people in china to know what we've built here it's more than just a stadium with one point six billion dollars in investment the chinese government says it's senegal's largest foreign investor and with it has come an influx of chinese migrants who've made to carve their home this is where they live chinatown is right on the capital's main avenue most migrants come from china's poor provinces after working in construction some set up shop selling chinese goods descending lease customers. i have been living here fifteen years my system my aunts my brother in law all own a shop around the corner senegalese my country too. although there are no government migration statistics as to its range from two hundred fifty thousand to two million chinese living in africa for not all welcome dozens of chinese vendors

have been killed in the past five years no arrests have been made. with so many chinese. to make this place their home there's a. chinese sense i mean not just here in senegal but throughout africa and so china's government is now on a charm offensive trying to win over hearts and minds in countries it's investing in. this is one of forty newly open confucius institutes in africa here the chinese state offers classes in the martial art tai cheat and making green tea as well as mandarin language lessons for adults and children. who. i want to see the great wall of china eat their food and speak their language because my mom says it will be useful one day she didn't bring is due to sign additional agreements with senegal's president mike you saw including the first chinese garment factories in west africa promising thousands of new jobs for both senegalese workers and chinese migrants alike. nicholas hawke al-jazeera the car it was president has

now turned on the catholic bishops trying to mediate between anti-government protesters and the official forces and paramilitaries who rallied against them. has called them satanic cult terrorists and. all addressing crowds on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power the seventy two anti-government protesters to and what he says is a u.s. backed conspiracy to topple him and like three hundred people have been killed in anti demonstration anti-government demonstrations over the past three months ariana sanchez has more from that as a neighborhood in the city of. the situation has finished three days ago when members of the police and paramilitary forces attacked and cleared the road blocks to have been set up for nearly three months here in the neighborhood of money. the situation is calm there are some cars there are some people going out

slowly. but a lot of fear i can tell you few. food vendors here tell me that this is the first day that they have been able to go out to sell their food in three months and of course there are paramilitary forces going around patrolling this area they are massed they are armed to they go in vehicles that are have no plates and a lot of fear of course because the their presence for the people here is very intimidating still head on al-jazeera striding toward amid warnings she could crash out without a deal. and zimbabwe prepares for the first elections without robert mugabe we meet the observers keeping a close eye on the vote. welcome

back a look at weather conditions across the americas this time in north america we've got active area of low pressure a lot of heavy showers through the great lakes down into the mid atlantic states but the frontal system on the eastern seaboard gradually pushing away towards the southeast but really this whole area likely see some very severe storms strong gusts of wind likely very hot in parts of the south urgency for dallas texas moving through to sunday that low pressure begins to fill slightly the fronts begin to clear way so it should carry become brighter out across parts of the west fine conditions thirty five in denver colorado should be a nice day in seattle in washington state highs of twenty seven degrees into central america and here we've got heavy showers for panama costa rica nicaragua move through toward sunday we're likely to see some showers sort of pushing away towards the pacific side the islands the caribbean generally looking fine plenty of

sunshine to be hired here into south america a few showers across northern areas as you'd expect the interesting thing now is that with this frontal system having clear from argentina and uruguay we've got snow quite a long way north in the andes that moment at the moment into bolivia and peru although it does tend to clear through as we head on into sunday. to some they are and to quit is worth millions of dollars to the middle east they are living. on one east investigates the fight to reclaim the poles stolen items not a zero. zero . and for you.

you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you now palestinian factions have agreed to a return to calm with israel after a day of violence along the fence separating gaza and israel hamas spokesperson says the agreement was mediated by egypt and the u.n. or palestinians and israeli soldiers died in the violence on friday. the forces of syrian president bashar al assad are now close to taking back complete control of the country south rebels in the southwestern province of nature have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces nicaragua's president has turned on the catholic bishops who've been trying to mediate months

of violent unrest and or take a call that satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth anniversary of the revolution that brought him into power. a protester has been killed at a rally outside the headquarters of a paramilitary unit and southern iraq has death brings the number killed to twelve during weeks of protests against poor government services and employment run cotton imports from the capital baghdad are many have also been rallying in. in solidarity with those in the south pole protesters face off with security forces in baghdad although a smaller gathering and seen in the last two weeks in the south of iraq it's still a significant number for the capital showing solidarity with protesters in the south on the issue of how the matzah here mother i'm sure but we came out to protest the injustice and lack of job opportunities for the unemployed the government isn't listening to us fudge and i b i doubt that even with

a small amount of people involved we will continue to protest this time it's make or break for us the protesters break free of a babu i couldn't set up by the federal police the the protests spreading to the capital and then nationwide is a concern for the iraq's leaders. of the government and i'd say the big quite simply was when i put in place an unprecedented security operation they say they are trying to beat the protests tomorrow but they may not be able to meet the time they're sold on friday the least people want was the the challenge for iraq's government is meeting the demands of the protesters which include economic reforms an end to corruption job creation and a regular electricity supply. the government is looking for solutions the open talks is how to arabia and the deals been struck with kuwait the energy supplies will it be enough iraqis here say they will continue to protest until all the

demands are met iran called al-jazeera baghdad. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says economic sanctions need to be fully enforced against north korea to keep the pressure on for denuclearization made the comments after meeting with south korea's foreign minister. and u.n. officials to brief them on ongoing talks with pyongyang but they also accuse north korea be legally smuggling petroleum and coal in violation of u.n. sanctions u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley also called on the security council to remain strict with pyongyang we can't do one thing i'm till we see north korea respond to their promise to denuclearize we have to see some sort of action and so until that action happens the security council is going to hold tight to the international community we ask you to hold tight as we go forward wave after wave of plastic waste another rubbish has been washing up on the coast of the dominican republic conservation is say they've already removed thirty tons from the water at

a beach near the capital santa domingo but there is just so much of it that the military has now been called in to help with this cleanup charles morris founder of . marine research foundation that is a member of the plastic pollution coalition he says what's happening in the dominican republic is just a small example of a much bigger problem with plastic waste. we're losing the battle i predicted this twenty years ago that it would happen when i discovered the great pacific garbage patch that dozens of miles from shore now it's invading the biosphere it's in our salt our sugar our water our air our honey our beer and just because we see big pieces floating up now people are taking notice but when you see a bunch a little bit plastic you gotta understand there's a bunch of micro and that also is plastic as well and that's invading our bodily tissues so this is a worldwide problem and we've got to deal with it it's too late to put the genie

back in the bottle but it's not too late to turn around our probably got lifestyles we got to stop throwing things away everything is a resource everything can be reused everything can be put back into service it's got to be respected but it's also got to be feared or plastic gives us a great amount of freedom and we must not abuse it we've got to reduce the amount of plastic that we consume it's plastic substitutes for things that were formerly really usable here in our office we sell re-usable refillable things you use over and over again we must constantly be throwing stuff away in order to make new stuff computer hackers has fallen the personal details of one and a half million hospital patients in singapore including the prime minister the health ministry says showing patients the cyber thieves didn't touch their medical

records only names addresses and details that prescribe drugs have been compromised . a british man who became ill after coming into contact with a nerve agent nova shock has been released from the hospital charlie rally was admitted last month as partner died after also being exposed a couple found a bottle containing over choc near solsbury or a former russian spy service cripple and his daughter you'll you are poisoned the u.k. government has blamed russia for the attack on the scribbles european union says the u.k.'s new plan is constructive but there are still concerns about the withdrawal agreement british prime minister theresa may is balancing the demands of the appropriate setback she and her party with the need to maintain close ties to the e.u. after london leaves the leaves formally next year john hall has more from london could this be to resume last stand she was in northern ireland promoting the benefits of a vision to bring. upon which has survival is staked

a deal that would keep close trade ties between the u.k. and the european union in return she said the e.u. needed to evolve its negotiating position and then there was this the reality is that any agreement we reach with the e.u. would have to provide for the frictionless movement of goods across the northern border. clear is that his united kingdom government we could never accept that the way to prevent a hard border with ireland is to create a new border within the united kingdom and with that to resume a rejected the e.u.'s idea of a backstop a contingency plan that would see northern ireland maintaining special ties to the e.u. in the event that no deal is reached over breaks it with a new economic border emerging between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. and since a no deal for narrow is on everyone's lips at the moment with the venal nature of british politics right now that seem like pretty serious stuff it wasn't long

before the e used chief negotiator responded the block he said saw some basis for negotiation in the prime minister's plan but the absence of an agreed backstop was something the e.u. couldn't accept we are open to any sort of issues any solutions longer. be transformed into or eagerly operative text. q predictions not for the first time in recent weeks of the reason may's imminent political demise the e.u. cannot sign off a deal without a backstop to reason. and seek and are almost certainly her resignation but not just yet for now the british government's plan remains alive and with it just about mrs may's premiership. london. former united nations secretary general kofi annan is keeping a close eye on elections in zimbabwe he's leading

a tame observers known as the elders and trying to reassure opposition leaders that elections at the end of the mob will be free and fair hearing it also has more from . coffee anon and other well known faces were banned from zimbabwe by robert mugabe ten years ago a lot has happened since then the army forced mugabe from power last year his replacement president. is preparing for the general election on july the thirtieth despite an attempt on his life a lot of people were but is included here we did call them for nonviolence yes there was an incident in blowing but that was intended. not to democracy i man's leading a high profile election observer team known as the elders who are assessing preparations coverage of peaceful and credible elections and then also made to main opposition leader nelson chamisa he says he's worried the ruling zanu p.f. party is planning to manipulate voter numbers by tampering with ballot papers mr

non-god was not complaining because he's a beneficiary in fact is a corporate traitor of this transgression so that's why he's taking an arrogant position but he's failing to provide leadership was his plans in this country instability and this is why we feel that is being reckless and we really feel it's regrettable. the right man was. the ruling party denies the fraud allegations made by the opposition more than five million zimbabweans have registered to vote sixty percent of them under fifty year olds who could determine who zimbabwe's next president will be president m.s.m. and holds international observers who were here for the first time since two thousand and two was a elections were free and fair it could give them credibility and in the country's economic isolation the results of the parliamentary and presidential elections have to be announced within five days of polling day many here and elsewhere

a keenly awaiting those results wondering what the new looks like after mugabe. al-jazeera. our web site is al jazeera dot com and you can a moment go there it's a great way to keep up on the news and we have a recap of the headlines on the other side of the break. and these are the headlines on al-jazeera right now palestinian factions have agreed to a return to calm with israel after a day of violence along the fence separating gaza and israel hamas spokesperson says the agreement was mediated by egypt and the u.n. for palestinians and israeli soldier died in the latest violence on friday mohammed champion has more from west to roost. after hours of escalation in gaza has a cease fire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to

hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved how my spokesman foes eba whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that cease fire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army syrian rebels in the southwestern province of crude nature have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces president bashar al assad's government has now close to taking back complete control of the country's south across president has turned on the catholic bishops who have been trying to mediate months of violent unrest and or take a call them satanical terrorists and coup mongers all speaking on the thirty ninth

anniversary of the revolution that brought him into power. yes secretary of state mike pompei o says economic sanctions need to be fully enforced against north korea to keep the pressure on for denuclearization made the comments after meeting south korea's foreign minister. wa and u.n. officials to brief them on ongoing talks with pyongyang but yes ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley called on the security council to remain strict with pyongyang. waves of plastic waste and other rubbish have been washing up on the coast of the dominican republic conservationists say they have already removed thirty tons from the water at a beach near the capital santa domingo but there is so much of it that the military has now been called in to help with that cleanup those are the headlines to keep it here on al-jazeera for news throughout the day in the meantime one on one east is next where were you when this idea to get into your weather online it's undoubtedly chief cold. over the need to go to society today or if you join

the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers first change join the colobus conversation on our jazeera. just say. up in these himalayan mountains you feel you could almost touch the sky. no wonder people who live here if you close to the heavens and they're gone. but the reality you there are a lot of very heavy meetings going on. these are stealing precious religious icons it's a theft of not only a valuable treasure but most of.