just a week after warning iran about threatening the us donald trump says he's willing to meet the iranian president without preconditions. i'm ready to meet any time they want to do no preconditions no they want to meet on me anytime they want. hello i'm down this is live from doha also coming up north and south korea meet the military talks and the peace and tensions between the two countries and a high turnout for zimbabwe's presidential election but opposition parties cry foul despite being indorsed by robert mugabe.

u.s. president donald trump has surprised everyone by saying that he'd be willing to meet iranian president hassan rouhani at any time and without any preconditions the two men the been locked in an escalating war of words ever since front withdrew the u.s. from a landmark twenty fifty nuclear deal alan fischer has the story. the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want. any time they want the u.s. spy lifted the deal is signed with iran and its international partners when president trump announced in may the u.s. was pulling out even though there was no indication iran was in breach this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he don't get for months it was a terrible deal and vote to scrap it when he became president his offer to talk with iran's president well threw up many more questions and moakley conditions means that he's ready to sign on the dotted line so to speak with the iranians so

will that be acceptable to the region to the powers in the region to the g.c.c. specifically saudi arabia and the us. i doubt that we've been here before they will be met with fire and fury donald trump very north korea and its leader before agreeing to a meeting and earlier this month he met russian president vladimir putin in all sinking at a top level summit it'll be interesting to watch the reaction to donald trump's offer when barack obama was in the white house and said he'd be willing to meet the iranian president he was heavily criticized by republicans democrats and by many right wing commentators who no largely support donald trump. one additional problem might be who would broker a summit with iran or south korea pave the way for the meeting with kim jong il in france might be an option president emanuel mccraw had arjun donald trump not to walk away from the iran deal during a state visit to washington is links with tehran and that might open up the

necessary diplomatic channels that are voices senior people in this white house have been very critical of the iranian government and called for its removal but this is donald trump's white house if you want something to happen then it could and soon alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house the same bus ride he has more now from toronto. donald trump has said over and over again that he's america's manson ago shared a better deal with iran iranians have repeatedly said there is no reason to go shooting a nuclear deal that they signed three years ago and that is the point it was reiterated by a political deputy a lower level official in the president's office in a tweet tonight in which he basically made the point that if donald trump believes in talks if he believes in negotiations then he has to appreciate the process of negotiations as well and respect the outcome that's already happened his suggestion to move forward on what he called was a rocky path was for the united states to stop all of its hostile rhetoric towards

iran and rejoin the twenty fifteen nuclear deal to join comprehensive plan of action now in daylight hours iranian leaders are expected to take a look at this term unconditional it's very different from the twelve points that was put out by the u.s. secretary of state might prompt a zero in may in which preconditions were laid out for any talks to restart with iran and here it was viewed as tantamount to conditions of surrender so that is something very different and in terms of the north korea model the trump is trying to push there are a few reasons why it is unlikely to work with iran iran is a regional powerhouse and it is right now on the upswing with military successes in iraq and in syria and we can't forget that iran is it one of the largest oil producing nations in the world so it's not in the same position as north korea and it's also unlikely to see a photo opportunity with the united states with president trump as beneficial for itself domestically what policies president of the national iranian american

council he doesn't think iran will trust donald trump's comments or his advisors. i am afraid at the iranians and i'm going to take trump's offer here predict you seriously particular michael of the fact that pompey or contradict the trump just about an hour later and gave a very different statement that made it very clear that the united states still has preconditions so these confused. signals from washington contradictory signals i think renders wrong quite skeptical about this offer the iranians are going to be very skeptical about someone like john bolton in trump's team as well as tom peel and others particularly if you look at around the people around trump right now there's hardly anyone that actually has been on the record favoring diplomacy with iran and particularly not diplomacy that is coming without preconditions there's been a bombing in the philippines in the south in lima town the city at least ten people have been killed and what's believed to be a car bomb attack soldiers at

a checkpoint are among the dead duggan joins us with the latest from manila journalist what more details are emerging about the explosion. well what we're getting daryn is that about at least ten people have already been confirmed dead that's according to the western mindanao command in the southern philippines of the philippine army that it happened at five am and that a van carrying explosives or drivers stopped at a checkpoint of an army detachment as it tried to enter the city. according to military sources that we have the see that the driver probably panicked they do not have any identity of the driver yet or those who else who might have been involved there is no claim of responsibility yet officials in manila have already called this a terrorist attack they said that this is a war crime but it remains to be seen really who is behind it as we know the line

was the birthplace of the abu sayyaf group but there's been relative peace in the area over the last few years as the province the mon stronghold of server long groups including. how the security forces lots to respond to this drivel while they are expected to conduct raids are expected to intensify security as you know the leader of the abu sayyaf group defected and moved and joined them out to a group in morocco we two years ago since he left the sealants faction as largely been been leaderless although there are still smaller groups there is there was nothing really that unified all these small factions of the group so it remains to be seen whether this is a new message coming from the i will say you have if it were indeed responsible for this attack but what is expected though is that the military will strengthen and basically intensify security of the area. out to an island in the outlying area it's about thirty minutes from one of the biggest cities in the areas and one of

the city and this is the main chance point of goods of civilians basically going through the outlying islands daryn. military level talks are being held right now between north and south korea the two sites on meeting in the truce village of panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone they're expected to discuss the disarmament of the border zone and was drawing troops from the area brides following the story from the south korean capital seoul this is the second round of high level military talks taking place between north and south korea since the landmark into korean summit of april they'll be looking at implementing some of the measures that were agreed then in particular trying to defuse tensions along the demilitarized zone and specifically trying to reduce the numbers of troops and also the weapons that they're armed with as they face off across the d.m.z. including of course the troops who face off famously opposite each other at

panmunjom itself looking at between those blue huts it seems to be one of the most overt signs of the animosity that has existed between north and south korea which doesn't seem to fit with the current mood of goodwill specifically the two sides will also be looking at the western end of the demilitarized zone and the disputed sea border between north and south korea which has been the scene of clashes in the past north korea doesn't recognize exactly where that sea border should be and it's hope that they can have some agreement to prevent further clashes in the future there's been a high turnout in zimbabwe's first election without a longtime leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters came to cast their ballots that's higher than the last poll in twenty thirteen election observers say in some areas voting went smoothly but in others it was disorganized reports from

ari. counting has started in what some are calling zimbabwe's historic election is the first photo with god be on the ballot in nearly four decades. the man who is now in charge president in. promises the general elections period will be peaceful. or doing today is feasible i will no doubt the end of. the main opposition leader nelson chamisa says he's confident of winning by more than sixty percent if the polls are free and flea that people have spoken the people are speaking and it's clear that the vote is a vote for victory one for freedom and one for democracy and one for a new zimbabwe robert mugabe voted in an opposition stronghold in harare the day before the election he says he would not. or the party because they forced him to reside in of him by. the european union election observer mission says the

elections were in some cases very smooth but in others totally disorganized i think something consistencies rich very me but. i have not able to make your judgment or final judgment that this was the battle of the ledger at all overall a zimbabwean election officials say most polling stations open on time and that there were a few issues but things went relatively smoothly some people complained they didn't get to vote. you know they did the mini to avoid their name and the bill found the vote counting is done manually. election officials say final results will be announced in five days if no candidate wins more than half the votes there will be a runoff as a. no no no no the emotions are high some opposition supporters

fear the vote is or has been tampered with and the ruling party will try to manipulate the vote zomby of officials denied the allegations some analysts already saying the election results would likely be contested. al-jazeera having u.s. president donald trump has suspended rwanda's ability to ship apparel products duty free to the united states the u.s. says the moves in response to rwanda's increased terrorists on american used clothing and footwear the rwandan government says the move was implemented to protect its own garment industry this is just one of many recent tariffs imposed by the u.s. on nations around the world. well sort of coming on al-jazeera including australia is expected to send firefighters to help the u.s. battle wildfires in california. and hundreds of hikers make their way back to safety after being trapped up a mountain invasion more and stay with us. beneath

pink sky and spy the taj mahal. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. our little change at the moment hot and dusty would be the two as you just describe the weather really from pakistan right back to the mediterranean temperature wise we are of course spread where we should be just under thirty in beirut and way into the forty's throughout iraq we need fifty again in this area just north of kuwait southwest and society shiraz for example the breeze is consistent mollies blowing it every now and again talk since the humidity into places like bahrain and qatar but currently gone dry but still dusty and so temperatures should be roughly in the middle forty's a little bit lower in mecca still solid shows on shore breeze the southwest you're picking at the edge of the monsoon which is correct a lot of cloud some drizzle last great environment the cloud extending elsewhere live on suggests that you want to see showers even thunderstorms up in the

mountains in the east of amman this is not unusual but we have seen it just recently southern africa should be almost burned dry enjoying cold nights womanish days twenty seven units is in botswana cape town's cloud could be increasing you must see a bit of rain but probably not much most is off shore you have twenty two in durban and twenty six in a sunny harare. the weather sponsored by cats and peace. of controversy liberals i am not an idealogue let me be absolutely clear to democracy and international development doesn't cut inequality in fact the increase was from a bestselling author and distinguished global economist you don't know the case agreed. to do many terms just trying to guess how many. maybe his son goes head to head we've done the summary and i've been accused of being crazy i'm not in fact playing field on al-jazeera.

welcome back a pick remind of the top stories here this hour donald trump says he's willing to meet iranian president hassan rouhani at any time and without preconditions the two men have been locked in an escalating war of words ever since trump withdrew the u.s. from a landmark twenty fifteen nuclear deal. philippine media is reporting a bombing in the city in the south of the country at least ten people have died in what's believed to have been a car bomb soldiers at a checkpoint on the day. and there's been a massive turnout of voters in zimbabwe's first election with the help longtime leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters cast their ballots opposition candidate nelson chamisa is the main challenger to the current president and us and

. syrian state t.v. is reporting that government forces are attacking on two fronts in the autumn of base in a region that's close to the southern border with jordan pressing ahead with the offensive despite threats from high school to kill civilians well on wednesday are still fighters killed dozens of people and abducted around eighteen more in attacks and so wait a province in the south west the armed groups now instructed to just a few pockets of territory. all this comes as another round of diplomatic talks to find a solution to syria's seven year long civil war began in the russian city of sochi . it's a time of the year when the beaches of sochi are filled with holiday makers many seemingly oblivious that not too far away diplomatic efforts are underway to solve the bloodiest conflict in the twenty first century this is the tenth round of the talks sponsored by russia iran and turkey u.n.

special envoys to fund the mistura is also here much has changed under ground in syria since the last round in mid may the government has made thirty three tauriel gains recently taking control of the border areas with jordan and israel and the escalation zones in their eyes and the homes region heading up the syrian delegation un ambassador bashar as jaafari looks like a guest of honor unlike his usual stomping grounds this is friendly territory talks of removing president assad or of a transitional government are not on the table here these talks are not only about syria but about solving the conflict while protecting the interests of the many different parties involved in this complicated. the battle for the northern province of it is looming it's where much of the armed opposition absent here in sochi has been retreating to this is a great concern for turkey which is likely to seek assurances that the fragile

cease fire will continue to be respected by the regime and then there's russia it wants to discuss humanitarian issues such as the resettlement of millions of refugees. there are more elements of supply people who are eager to return home large numbers are living in neighboring countries about one million in jordan more than a million in lebanon three and a half million in turkey not to mention those in europe it's also in the. rest of europe to help their research cement by creating the conditions for that we understand the process is supposed to be on a volunteer basis but we must not prevent them from returning or part of a message russia is keen to point out the war in syria is coming to an end i think that depends who you are i mean our side for example has also said he is nearing a victory if you are an opposition group for example if you are a militant group like islamic states or. hasn't partaken in peace talks or doesn't

necessarily need to agree on any post conflict scenario then i think going to see some conflicts down the line even in the event that there is a formal transition between the political parties and that are involved in the streets behind closed doors delegates are also focusing on finding common ground for constitutional reforms one of the many issues that have been elusive so far where do during the so-called standard talks or do you and sponsored ones in geneva for that that have meet sochi. the taliban have said their official secretly met a senior u.s. diplomat in qatar last week to discuss peace initiatives in afghanistan the official described the meeting with alice wells the u.s. is top diplomat for south asia as useful u.s. officials have neither confirm nor deny the meeting took place but the u.s. state department has said that wells was in qatar last week to meet government officials and talk about an afghan peace process. now the u.n.

is warning as strikes by the saudi m a r t coalition in yemen are putting civilians at extreme risk the conflict is not only causing the world's worst humanitarian crisis it's also hitting international trade last week saudi arabia temporarily suspended all shipments through the strait which connects the gulf of aden to the red sea the tension going to aim as more efforts by djibouti to protect the western portion of the waterway. this is the battle men dead straight between yemen and djibouti it's a crucial waterway leading to the red sea fears that the war in yemen is expanding to the strait have prompted you to take action to really begin to intensify or supernatural as per the instructions of our president in order to protect the maritime border from any threats last week saudi arabia halted oil shipments through the strait after it says who the rebels attacked two of its oil tankers in the red sea the attack caused minor damage to one of its tankers but the suspension

caused oil prices to spike in global stock markets and prompted the european union to warn that this is a threat to international trade. hundreds of law ships by through here every day since going country is over looking about them and straight our responsibility is to protect our security and to fight against illegal boat smugglers traffickers and pirates since may june the saudi u.a.e. coalition has launched an offensive in the port of who died in yemen and saudi arabia says the primary goal is to safeguard the path as ships travel to the red sea but other than worsening the existing humanitarian crisis the coalition has been unable to retake the port analysts say delays in the delivery of crude oil could have an effect that's felt far beyond the region but saudi arabia says it won't allow its oil tankers back into the babil mendip straight until it deems its

once again safe natasha game. but i'm a people who lost their lives in last week's wildfires in greece has risen to ninety two hundreds of people attended a come to that vigil for the victims near the greek parliament and athens the blaze ripped through a seaside resort northeast of the company last monday damaging more than three thousand five hundred homes many people died in the fire while others drowned. see trying to flee the flames. australia is expected to send one hundred eighty firefighters to california to help tackle the flames that are sweeping through the north of the state of the six people have died and seven remain unaccounted for officials say they have managed to contain almost twenty percent of the largest blaze the wildfires have destroyed more than eight hundred homes in displaced thousands of families gable is under has more from shasta county. the good news is firefighters say they're finally getting the upper hand on this fire but now people are really starting to see how bad it was this electricity pole you see behind me

is almost horizontal it just shows how fast this fire is moving how hot it was and how strong the winds were but to really see it look at this this used to be somebodies home and this is all that remains of it it's been reduced entirely to ashes that right there that you're looking at for is probably the kitchen and really nothing exists anymore and we've seen scenes like this all over this county that we're in right now this was a devastating fire and it was most people were just able to evacuate on very short notice with only what they had on them and what they could grab in a few minutes and run out at this particular fire luckily only six people were killed and firefighters say it's a miracle that more people did not lose their lives now this is one of seventeen

major fires that's burning right now just in the state of california fire officials say that this is shaping up to be one of the worst fire seasons in decades not only in the state of california but in the entire western united states hundreds of hikers in the indonesian on in the lumber cut made their way down a mountain where they've been trapped since sunday's earthquake the tremors cause landslides on the mountain which then blocked all the escape routes the magnitude six point four quake killed at the sixteen people destroyed more than a thousand homes on the tourist island step boston has more from assemble i'm on lombok. the last three hikers have just been evacuated from mt rain johnny they've been taken down by helicopter because they were so traumatized by that powerful earthquake that struck while they were inside in the. down to very high up around two kilometers up and then they of course found the quake very heavily and also stones and rocks and everything was coming down to

a landslide so these three people were the last remaining hikers in the mountain more than a thousand passed come down in the last couple of days it's the peak of the tourist season here and i'm on that at the foot here of mountain china it's a very busy small town normally where a lot of tourists come twenty six nationalities were in the mountains when those powerful earthquake struck and luckily they all have been managed to come down most of them came down by them south with their guides and others have been rescued by the authorities the people we've been talking to so far they're so scared so traumatized still nobody dares to sleep inside if their house is still standing there also the thing on the street they have their little tents in front of their houses that the damage is very sporadic in some pockets there's a lot of damage the houses completely collapsed and others are completely fine so this is where you can see the the cracks the lines basically how the earthquake earthquake struck and there have been more than two hundred seventy aftershocks even this morning there are still aftershocks so people are really really scared

until this moment a court in indonesia has disbanded isolating groups conducting terrorism and affiliating itself with the organization jim i'm sure a dollar is in the middle of the largest ice from linked group. verdict was handed out in a heavily guarded court in south jakarta the group of thousands of followers across the country its leader was sentenced to death last month for masterminding a string of deadly times from his jail cell. but u.k.'s main opposition labor party is being accused of harboring institutional anti semitism but some jewish party members say the accusations are being used as a distraction from another issue the whole report some love. for a few some a week says parliament is vacated britain's briggs it wos quieten if not entirely recede to reason may has escaped threats to her leadership with a stroll on the banks of lake garda in italy no such escape though for her opposite

number jeremy corbyn the labor party leader branded in person an anti semite last week by a senior party m.p. a scandal involving allegations of institutional anti semitism has dogged labor for weeks and the political left for decades the summer recess seems only to have turned up the heat. i want us to deal with this and to some of this in manassas and as well as in all of our parties including my own and what's been done is an honest attempt to make sure that we do make it clear that we will not tolerate anti semitism and for these were the front pages on thursday of the three biggest jewish newspapers in the u.k. joint editorials warning that a korban government would pose an existential threat to jewish life in the u.k. and that came in on so to a decision by party officials not to include in its code of conduct the full internationally recognised definition of anti semitism they argue its provisions

might rule out any legitimate criticism of israel but say some party members this is not really a story about anti-semitism is there a problem of anti-semitism in the labor party yes we're half a million people you're not free of anti seem is it the main problem confronting the labor party you know it's labor party the main place frankly semitism no so why this intense focus on anti semitism in the labor party a couple of reasons one is supporters of israel don't want people in the labor party or anywhere else talking about palestinian rights there's a whole segment of the right wing of the labor party that has never. consoled itself to your recordings leadership just as deny their outfit to resume a overheard plans for a softer break so apparently the knives are out for jeremy corbyn a politician of the traditional left with sympathy for the palestinian cause that

for some is yet another definition of anti semitism to deduce who should be at war with one another in the best interests of their country instead underfund from within their own parties i don't know how al-jazeera london the n.b.a. superstar le bron james opened a school in his hometown of akron ohio the i promise school is a joint venture between james foundation and the local school district it will focus on the needs of underprivileged elementary school students the school will provide all supplies and meals for the kids and also offer family services for parents. it doesn't matter. you know as a kid growing up in inner city and me specifically growing up here in akron ohio. you know being underprivileged and feeling that you could become a statistic by me being able to put something like this together i want people to know that these kids still have the same opportunity is everyone else all the news

of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al jazeera dot com . our time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera there's been a bombing in the philippines in the south and lama town city at least ten people have been killed in what's believed to be a car bomb attack soldiers at a checkpoint are among the dead donald trump says he's willing to meet iranian president hassan rouhani at any time and without any preconditions the two men have been locked in an escalating war of words ever since trump withdrew the u.s. from the landmark twenty fifteen nuclear deal samus ravi has more from the capital tehran. donald trump has said over and over again that he's america's man to negotiate a better deal with iran iranians have repeatedly said there is no really go shooting a nuclear deal that they signed three years ago and that is the point it was reiterated by a political deputy a lower level official in the president's office in

a tweet tonight in which he basically made the point is that if donald trump believes in talks if you believed in negotiations then he has to appreciate the process of negotiations as well and respect the outcome that's already happened his suggestion to move forward on what he called was a rocky path was for the united states to stop all of its hostile rhetoric towards iran and rejoin the twenty fifteen nuclear deal to join comprehensive plan of action there's been a massive turnout of voters in zimbabwe's first election without blong leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters cast their ballots opposition candidate nelson chamisa is the main challenger to the current president emerson and god worth syrian state t.v. is reporting the government forces are attacking isilon two fronts in the basin close to the southern border with jordan pressing ahead with the offensive despite threats of isolated killed civilians on wednesday i still fighters killed dozens of people and abducted around eighteen more in attacks in some way the province in the

south west the armed groups now restricted to just a few pockets of territory meanwhile another round of talks to find a solution to syria's seventy year civil war is underway in the russian city of sochi representatives of russia turkey and iran are attending. to australia is expected to send one hundred eighty firefighters to california to help tackle the flames that are sweeping through the north of the state at least six people have died and seven remain unaccounted for. the fires have destroyed more than eight hundred homes and displaced thousands of families well those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera of the stream that's watching. the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the.

al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a and i'm really good and you're in the stream today is guy and i ready for i know you a bit of talk about the potential impact a brand new oil industry could have on the country. oh oh companies have identified massive offshore reserves and i want to south america's poorest nations new estimates from last week report that more than four billion barrels of oil could be extracted from a region known as the star broke block where exxon mobil expects to start pumping crude from twenty twenty the car.