eighteen months. just a week after warning iran about threatening the u.s. 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 only any time they want. this is on jazeera live from doha also coming up north and south korea meet for military talks aimed at easing tensions between both countries. and a high turnout for zimbabwe's presidential election but opposition parties cry foul despite being endorsed 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 preconditions the two men have been locked in an escalating war of words ever since trump withdrew the u.s. from a landmark twenty fifty nuclear deal alan fisher 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 were 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 heat are good 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 locally 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 u.a.e. i doubt that we've been here before they will be made. with fire and fury. 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 know 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 arjen donald trump 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 same bus route he has more from terre. donald trump has said over and over again that he's america's man to go shoot a better deal with iran iranians have repeatedly said there is no ready 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 we 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 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. policy as president of the national iranian american council

he doesn't think iran will trust donald trump's comments or his advise us. 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 all 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 confuse me 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 were to gave you a look at around the people around trump right now there's hardly anyone that actually has been not 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 city at least eleven people

have been killed in what's believed to be a car bomb attack soldier that a checkpoint among the dead duggan joins us with the latest from the capital manila jim a lot more details are emerging about the six pleasure. well what we know daryn is that it happened at around five am a van coming from the hinterlands of sealand was trying to enter to get to the heart of the meat and city there was a checkpoint of the philippine army right to a detachment they were inspecting the van according to the philippine army when the bomb exploded there is the single passenger inside that van but as you know in these areas this is also were several members of the sunni forces several family members of the forces of the philippine military also live we listen to a press conference earlier where the spokesperson of the philippine military said that the blast impact went as far as fifty meters so they know that this is quite

important this is quite significant there is no claim of responsibility but the philippine military says it is already one of the leaders of the abu sayyaf is behind it. one of the leaders of the abu sayyaf currently based in the and as we know jim out of the province is a known stronghold of server long groups including abu sayyaf which you just mentioned how all the security forces like to respond to rethink what what is expected to happen is basically. tighter security protocols but ceylon is just about thirty minutes by boat from one of mindanao its main cities and one of the city so they're expected to tighten that they're also they said they're going to rely on intensified intelligence operations it is not the first time that foreign fighters have joined the abu sayyaf group is this true foreign fighters that members of the abu sayyaf group learn how to make explosives

and now to basically try to bring the fighting from the hinterlands to the city town but as you know over the last few years since that one of the leaders of the arabs they have defected toomer are we and led the siege there last year this area of brazil and has largely been quiet until now some two. now military level talks are being held right now between north and south korea both sides are meeting in the truce village of pam and john that's inside the demilitarized zone they're expected to discuss the disarmament of the border zone and withdrawing troops from the area rob mcbride is following the story from a 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 at 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 alamosa t. 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 longtime leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters came to cast their ballots and 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 harare. counting has started in what some are calling some obvious historic election that is to first photo without rather than got the on the ballot in nearly. for decades . the man who is now in charge president. promises the general elections period will be peaceful and voting 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 flee 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 rulings on the party because they forced him to reside in of him by. the european union election observer mission since the elections were in some cases very smooth but in others totally disorganized i think something consistencies rich very mean. able to make your judgment a final judgment that this was the battle of the ledger and all over all zimbabwe 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 didn't many to put their name on 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 september. emotions are high some opposition supporters fear the vote is or has been tampered with and the ruling party will try and manipulate the vote of officials inside the allegations some analysts already saying the election results will likely be contested. al-jazeera. u.s. president donald trump has suspended rwanda's ability to ship clothing products duty free to the united states the u.s. says the moves in response to rwanda's increased tires on american used clothing and footwear the random government says the move was implemented to protect its own garment industry as was one of the many recent tyrus imposed by the u.s. and countries around the world. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back another round of diplomatic talks takes place a bit ending the war in syria. and australia is expected to send firefighters to help the u.s. battle wildfires in california more on that stay with us. our

little change at the moment hot and dusty would be the two i should 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're near fifty again in this area just north of kuwait southwestern society shiraz for example the breeze is consistent. is blowing it every now and again tucks in see the humidity into places like bahrain and qatar but currently gone dry but still dusty again so temperatures should be roughly in the middle forty's a little bit lower in mecca still savalas shows on short routes the southwest of picking up the edge of the monsoon which is correct

a lot of cloud some drizzle last great environment to try to extending elsewhere and of 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 year notice from botswana cape town's cloud could be increasing you might see a bit of rain but probably not much most is off shore you have to twenty two in durban and twenty six in a sunny harare. on the atlantic coast of west africa communities are at risk. as rising sea levels and a manmade disaster of threatening people's lives on land and at sea. al-jazeera world expose the impact of climate change and

a catastrophic human era. on senegal sinking villages. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour donald trump says he's willing to meet the rein in 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. has been a bombing in the philippines in the south in lima town city at least eleven people have been killed in what's believed to be a car bomb attack soldiers at a checkpoint are among the dead. there's been

a massive turnout of voters in zimbabwe's first election without longtime leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters cast their ballots opposition candidate nelson chamisa is the main challenger to current president among. now syrian state t.v. is reporting that government forces are attacking iceland two fronts in the basin region close to the southern border with jordan pressing ahead with the offensive despite threats from i sold to kill civilians on wednesday eisel fighters killed dozens of people and ducked around eighteen more in attacks in some way the province and the southwest the armed group is now instructed to just a few pockets of territory. but 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 or the abdulhamid is there. it's a time of the year with 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 of 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 underground in syria since the last round in mid may the government has made thirty three. recently taking control of the border areas with jordan and israel and the escalation zones in there and the homes region heading up the syrian delegation un ambassador bush. looks like a guest of 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 idlib 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 sapelo t.m.p. poor eager to return home large numbers a 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 interest of europe to help their resettlement 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 put 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 officer. for example if you're a militant groups 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 actors that are in the streets behind closed doors they're 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 talks or do you and sponsored ones in geneva without that help meet. the taliban who said their official secretly met a senior u.s. diplomat in cattle last week to discuss peace initiatives in afghanistan the official described the meeting with alice wells the us as top diplomat for south asia as useful u.s.

officials have neither confirmed or denied a meeting took place but the u.s. state department has said that wells wasn't cattle last week to meet government officials and talk about an afghan peace process. the u.n. is warning of strikes by the saudi a morality 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 just last week saudi arabia temporarily suspending oil shipments through the strait which connects the gulf of aden to the red seem a touch of the name as more efforts now budget booty to protect the western portion of the waterway. this is the battlement deb 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 ordered 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 my 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 and. it's once again safe natasha game zero. now the number of people who lost their lives in last week's wealth in greece has risen to ninety two hundreds of people attended a candle at vigil for the victims near the greek parliament in athens the blaze ripped through a seaside resort northeast of the capital last monday damaging more than three thousand five hundred homes many people died in the fire while others drowned at sea trying to flee the flames. australia is expected to send one hundred eighty five fighters 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 officials say they have managed to contain almost twenty percent of the biggest blaze the wildfires have destroyed more than eight hundred homes and displaced thousands of families. 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 seen behind me is almost horizontal it just shows how fast this fire was 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 in person 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 or firefighters say it's a miracle that more people did not lose their lives now this is one of seven. teen major fires 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 on the in the. book have 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 the only escape routes a month six point four earthquake killed at least sixteen people and destroyed more than a thousand homes on the tourist island step when following the story from. the rescue operation here at mt when johnny has been very successful the last remaining hikers who are still trapped on the full powerful earthquake have just been

evacuated the last three remaining hikers they were very traumatized very scared to come down from the mountain earthquake struck on sunday so they had been stuck there for two days already there were some supplies that they still had most of us more than a thousand hikers from twenty six countries were on the mountain when the earthquake happened most of them have come down in the last couple of days most of them by themselves some have had some help from. at the moment the rescue operation here where the earthquake struck the hardest is in full swing the military is here helping to make the situation more safe there's a lot of requests for clean water shortage of that food is coming in as well and none of the people here are still able to sleep inside their houses if their houses are still standing there are so scared to sleep inside they all have to little tents in front of the house on the streets sleeping outside because there have been

more than two hundred seventy aftershocks after that initial earthquake and of course they're worried more will happen so they're all waiting and seeing where this is going and that it will be safe are we. a court in indonesia has despondent an isolated group for conducting terrorism and affiliating itself with the organization jamal i'm sure is in the majors biggest ice a linked group the 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 attacks from his jail cell. the 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 john a whole reports from london. for a few summer 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. on what this deal is and to some of this in manassas times as well as in all of our parties including my own hands what's been done is an honest attempt to make sure that we do make it clear that we will not tolerate anti semitism any form 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 with half a million people who are not free of anti seen it is that the main problem confronting the labor party you know is labor party the main place frankly semitism no so why this intense focus on anti semitism the labor party or 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. self to your recordings leadership just as the knives are out fit 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 two leaders who should be at war with one another in the best interests of their country instead under fire from within their own parties i don't know how al-jazeera london. now the n.b.a. superstar le bron james is open to school in his hometown of akron ohio the i promise school is a joint venture between james's foundations and the local school district it will focus on the needs of underprivileged elementary school students the school 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 american 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 news of course in our website there what is al-jazeera dot com. all right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera 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 same as ravi has more from 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 shearing 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 bombing in the philippines in the south in lima town the city at least eleven people have been killed in what's believed to be a car bomb attack soldiers at a checkpoint are among the dead. there's been a massive turnout of voters in zimbabwe's first election without a longtime leader robert mugabe seventy five percent of voters cast their ballots the opposition candidate nelson chamisa is the main challenger to current president one god well. syrian state t.v. is reporting government forces are attacking eisel on two fronts in the army 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 on wednesday i still fighters killed does. as a people and abducted around eighteen more attacks and so wait a province in the southwest the armed groups now restricted to just a few pockets of territory. and australia is expected to send one hundred eighty firefighters to california to help tackle the flames of a sweeping through the north of the states for the six people have died and seven remain unaccounted for the fires of destroyed more than eight hundred homes and displaced thousands of families well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera talked about to say a statement after watching. the ride was different from other channels because we're not just there when something happens we are there before it happens we're there while it happens and we say we do have a permit for this and a lot of places are not. true but the back ground being in love and on is very

important it's about syria it's about lebanon it's about the power struggle between iran and saudi arabia it's all there and that's the challenge. when diplomacy fields and fear sweep then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division and it's not effective instead of being an obstacle to do a good job wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. you will be able. to see. the landmark conviction of.