you stand the differences. and the similarities and cultures across the way. al-jazeera. first came in then put in now donald trump wants to meet iran's leader just how realistic is this one. i'm sorry is a dan this is al jazeera live from doha so coming up setting up for more syria talks we go live to salt she is political leaders make another attempt to end the seven year war. calling in the international help the battle against a wave of wildfires in the u.s. that showing no sign of life. and exploiting the vulnerable more accusations

british charities have ignored years of sexual abuse by staff. there's been another shift in tone and rhetoric from the u.s. president this time on iran donald trump now says he's willing to meet iran's president has an rouhani at any time and without preconditions two men have been locked in an escalating war of words since trump withdrew the u.s. from that landmark two thousand and fifteen 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 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 dug it 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 no preconditions 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 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 mccrone 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. but the u.s. secretary of state has already walked back some of trump's comments mike says he's on board with meeting iran's president but he listed several requirements before it could go ahead president wants to meet with folks to solve problems if the iranians demonstrate

a commitment to make fundamental changes in how they treat their own people reduce their malign behavior can agree that it's worth while to enter a nuclear agreement that actually prevents proliferation and the president said he's prepared to sit down and have a conversation with them ravi is live for us in toronto has been any reaction to that offer of talks there saying. we have had some reaction just a few minutes ago we heard from the head of the parliamentary commission on national national security and foreign policy and he said that trying to secure talks with a sovereign nation through force and threats is not going to achieve that goal and last night shortly after donald trump made these statements we heard from a political deputy from president hassan rouhani office who said that if the president was since you're about talks then he should respect the process of negotiations and the outcome and that the only way forward that iran sees is for

the united states to halt hostilities halt its threats halt unilateral sanctions and rejoin the joint comprehensive plan of action the twenty fifty nuclear deal that donald trump has pulled the united states effectively effectively filing an international agreement so saying the iranian officials they're taking a firm line on this how will trump statement all of for of talks nevertheless impact the iranian president's standing at this sensitive time. you know that's really what iranian leaders are going to be asking themselves the devolving deal as it were has has been terrible for president rouhani popularity here domestically it he promised this as is the light at the end of the tunnel the solution to all the problems and that simply has not happened and the deal falling apart now is only making the policy more unpopular and thereby the rouhani

government more unpopular domestically so will iranian people see this overture as an opportunity to mend fences to make things better for themselves an opportunity for iran to save face and gain back some economic stability and some of the merits of the nuclear deal that they were hoping to achieve that's really an open question at this time the trumpet ministration is deeply unpopular here among iranian people as well so anything that comes from this white house is likely to be seen with a sense of skepticism not just by iranian leaders but iranian people as well and so how this is going to play out how president hassan rouhani is government is likely to respond well we've heard in the past there is such a large trust deficit between to her own in washington at the moment that it is unlikely that the rouhani government will see this as a sincere overture from the united states and it's unlikely that these talks will happen so i must ravi that live from the iranian capital. syrian state television says government forces are attacking i sit on two fronts in the out of the base in

a region close to the border with jordan. threatening to kill civilians on wednesday i saw fighters killed dozens of people and abducted eighteen more in attacks in some way the province the armed group only has a few pockets of territory in the south west. russia iran and turkey are brokering the latest round of talks on syria's war it's expected to focus on revising syria's constitution finding a political solution to end the seven year conflict hoda abdel-hamid is that this meeting insults you so how is day to expected to ravel well certainly in the first part of the two we will see more meeting behind closed doors we know that yesterday there was a session of the working group on the eighty nis that will meet again today now according to one source within the opposition that is here in sochi

a deal about prisoner swap is about to be reached now that is something the guarantor countries which are russia iran and turkey and the u.n. db necessary as a confidence building measure now also according to u.n. envoy is the founder mistura the focus today will be on the formation of the constitutional committee both the opposition that is here in sochi and the government have put forward a list of twenty five names now they are only waiting for a similar list to represent this civil society later in the day they will be plenary session and then the final communique but certainly these are very difficult talks against a very difficult backdrop on the ground in syria. it's a time of the year with the beaches of sochi a field day makers many seemingly oblivious to far away diplomatic efforts

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 underground 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 is losing its 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 assad for example has also said he is nearing

a victory if you are an opposition. group for example or if you're 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 actors the that are involved in the feasters 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 without that help meet sochi at least eleven people have been killed when a valley exploded at a checkpoint in the southern philippines both soldiers and civilians are among the casualties in levittown city on basilan island just across the aisle from mindanao island where there's been decades of conflict between government forces and muslim

separatists troops who are trying to search the vehicle when it detonated. allan dog and has more now from illinois. it happened early choose the morning when a van coming from the hinterlands of basilan drove and stopped at a checkpoint near an army detachment in basilan upon inspection according to the philippine army that's when the single passenger there to needed the bomb it left several members of the forces of the military dead and their independence according to the military the impact was felt as far as fifty meters this is actually one of the rare times when an attack has happened in the land over the last few years there has been relative peace there since the former leader of the abu sayyaf group is the unhappy lone was forcibly pushed out of the sea land and he moved to morrow week to launch a war there against the philippine military however the philippine military now

says this attack has been launched and led by another leader of the abu sayyaf group his name is fuji in it remains to be seen how this will change the security landscape in brasil and in other surrounding islands but according to the military they said the pursuit of food and other members of the abu sayyaf will be relentless. the taliban has conducted coordinated attacks in the eastern city of jalalabad in afghanistan officials government attacked shops and government offices in the province at least three explosions have been heard meanwhile at least eleven people have been killed in abbas and fatah province a roadside bomb exploded in the bubble look district thirty one people were injured australia is expected to send one hundred eighty firefighters to the u.s. to help tackle wildfires in northern california at least six people have died and seven remain unaccounted for the fires have destroyed more than eight hundred homes

displaced thousands of families governor a lot is on the reports from reading. and entire neighborhood turned to ash and debris people no longer coming and going nobody checking their mailbox kids no longer playing in the front yard for the first time since a deadly fire ripped through syria the people of the city of reading gathered for a community meeting the question they all were asking what next eighty two year old joseph. evacuated his house last week and hasn't been home since my home is still standing i'm in a motel i'm safe and that's what counts in shasta county where reading is located the fire destroyed over five hundred homes and wiped out entire communities it's still not contained the county going to come back oh yeah eventually mother nature will take care of things things grow people will adjust but it's

a hard lesson when this blaze ripped through this neighborhood this home was spared but their neighbors not so much the fire totally. this house all that's left are the charred remains. but this is not a story about buildings that are lost it's about human suffering the people that once lived here and now have nothing else like for this woman angel her home where she lived with her family for fifteen years burn it down when you lose see that your house is gone it's like ok my life my my my kids they are they grew you know grew up they're the only thing keeping her going hugs of support from strangers we had so many people come to our.

try to support us and love us and we love them back and there's no appreciation that you can give people that say hey we got trucks we. will bring a gang of people up and we'll help you whatever you need to do in a city chart where lingering smoke from fires still blocks the sunset but not the hope of people to one day rebuild gabriel's on al-jazeera reading california. still ahead of al jazeera winning resoundingly zimbabwe's opposition leader is confident as the vote counts. i want people to know that these kids still have the same opportunity is everyone else basketball star le bron james unveils the offer called project that he's calling the most memorable moment of his career .

from brisk noise and fuel. to the warm waters of southeast asia. hello and welcome back now as we look at weather conditions across europe we've still got plenty of storms across the me snare is a more unsettled picture across northwestern parts of europe in that big area of low pressure but we're going to see heat spilling out from the south certainly across the pier implanter in the coming days so a mere thirty five degrees during choose say there for madrid but pushing forty degrees but time to get through to wednesday and thus just a taster as we get through into the weekend there's every chance that parts of southern spain and through into southern portugal could see temperatures in the mid to upper forty's so incredibly hot conditions storms elsewhere but of decent weather actually quite bright there vienna in austria highs of thirty two degrees thirty six in rome but again rumania bulgaria seen some heavy thunder showers the other side of the mediterranean sea it's all looking good to find there thirty

seven degrees the high in car heading into central parts of africa we have some showers cooler across the downsize sudan for the south of france and decent rifle being reported in kenya there like the current coming in with a decent amount and for the heavy showers likely across this region in lagos nigeria perhaps in the old shower for the surface largely fine picture across much of southern africa with highs of sixteen in cape town. the weather sponsored by cattle. race. every armed attack. creates fear and division amongst its citizens where stories of loss no one told. the sweeping association of islam with violence leaves european muslims facing the stark reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life. twice a victim on al-jazeera. on

the back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap the headlines now the u.s. president has surprised everyone by saying he's willing to meet iran's president hasn't rowhani at any time without preconditions to man a fin locked in a war of words and style trump withdrew the u.s. from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal. at least eleven people have been killed when a valley exploded at a checkpoint in lima tan city in the southern philippines that's across from mindanao island where there's been decades of conflict between government forces and most of them separatists. russia iran and turkey are brokering the latest round

of talks in the russian city of sochi to end syria's war while syrian government troops continue their offensive against isolated p.r. move base in the region close to the border with jordan. british humanitarian groups are being accused of ignoring gears of sexual abuse allegations against their staff that's the conclusion of a parliamentary report into the sector recently the u.k. based aid group oxfam saw several resignations after a scandal involving its staff in haiti that in baba has more. earlier this year the charity oxfam was rocked by an abuse scandal its deputy chief executive in britain resigned that was off the rocks found was accused of covering up allegations that staff used sex workers while delivering aid to haiti in twenty eleven now a report by the u.k. parliament says lessons a still not being learned by the sector we did reach the conclusion that it would appear that often reputation of the organization has been put it at the

protection of the vulnerable that cannot be right that must stop. the report highlights four key areas where there's a clear need for improvement empowerment meaning everyone who receives a should know how to seek help if their rights are violated reporting with donor organizations actively seeking and responding to reports of abuse accountability including an independent women for victims and survivors if established channels have failed them and screening including a global register of aid workers to prevent known abuses from getting new jobs. the report also looks at reported abuse and exploitation by united nations peacekeepers including in the central african republic it says there's no single u.n. body trying to investigations and quote victims appear to be essentially forgotten campaigners say there needs to be a global push to prosecute and jail abuses wherever they work when i work for the red cross and balls in your i heard of rumors of the sexual exploitation of

children in the bosnian war and we've now seen in the whistleblower movie that in fact many people and pound you in the nine hundred ninety s. that this was a problem early to thousands we've seen the food for six scandals and we saw this is a problem the difference is finally that people in britain are starting to realize and the people around the world are starting to realize this is not just a betrayal of the children and the women that are being raped this is a betrayal of taxpayer funds and this is a betrayal of the dinah's. the u.k.'s charity commission is currently investigating how save the children handled six your harassment allegations against senior staff the charities suspended bidding for u.k. government funding so has oxfam and its also set up an independent whistleblowing hotline positive steps but real global change could take many many years. al-jazeera. the pope has been criticized for taking ten days to accept the resignation of an australian catholic bishop convicted of concealing child abuse

adelaide archbishop philip alston was sentenced to twelve months in jail in early july he failed to report the abuse of two altar boys by a paedophile priest in the one nine hundred seventy s. australia's prime minister was among those who'd urged wilson to step down i think francis having come from argentina has been slow to pick up the game particularly in terms of the developments in countries like the united states and australia i think there have been developments there i think it's very welcome whether we can read anything into him taking ten days to accept this resignation i don't know enough about the internal vatican workings but i think definitely had the cardinal mccarrick case on his desk there from the united states and this i would hope that this is a sign of ongoing improvement zimbabwe's main opposition leader says he's ready to form the next government says his movement for democratic change is done exceedingly well results from more than ten thousand polling booths but his main

rival president. also making positive noises is being described as a tight race reports from harare. counting has started in what some are calling zimbabwe's historic election is the first photo with the on the ballot in nearly four decades. the man who is now in charge president in a similar promise of the general elections period will be peaceful and hording today is feasible i will no doubt the end of. the main opposition these are 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 and 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 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. 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 did in many to avoid their name and the bill found the vote counting is done manually. election officials say the final

results will be announced by days if no candidate wins more than half the votes they will be a write off as a. no no no no 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 denied allegations some analysts are already saying the election results would likely be contested had images that al-jazeera had. a spokesman for molly's president says it brought him back and kato is substantially ahead in the presidential election but a spokesman also says a runoff is still a possibility millions of people cast their ballots on sunday results a jew in about a week and caters hoping to win a second term u.s. president donald trump suspended rwanda's right to ship clothing duty free to the united states washington threaten the move in may after one the raise tariffs on imports of secondhand clothes and shoes for one day imposed the levies to protect

its garment industry kenya backed away from raising tariffs after u.s. threats u.s. satellites have reportedly detected renewed activity of one of north korea's main ballistic missile production sites u.s. intelligence officials told the washington post the north appeared to be building a new intercontinental ballistic missiles. facility that's the same site where the first missile capable of reaching the u.s. was produced the trumpet ministration isn't commenting on the reports meanwhile military level talks are being held between north and south korea the two sides are meeting in the truce village of panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone they're expected to discuss disarming the border and withdrawing troops from the area. the us president's former campaign manager is doing colds in the coming hours for the

start of his trial poll manifold who's facing allegations of bank fraud and tax evasion i think ohio looks at what's expected this is not how the world is used to seeing paul man a fort looking somewhat haggard as he was booked into jail to await trial for decades man afore it was a well known lobbyist in washington he traveled among the ultra rich shopping at the most expensive stores on the planet only in million dollar homes across the country in brooklyn the hamptons virginia and trump tower in manhattan when f.b.i. agents searched his homes they took inventory of these luxury items thousand dollar suits a twenty one thousand dollars watch and now according to documents filed by the special counsel's office they plan to use this as evidence in his trial arguing in order to pay for them he used secret overseas bank accounts and filed false tax returns the government also says that it will call five yet to be named people to

testify and granted immunity in court to force them to talk a somewhat unusual move you could draw that conclusion saying that their evidence without the immunity was so weak and fragile they needed to have something more so they had to give immunity that otherwise. without it wouldn't provide it with there would not be enough evidence on their own to convict because remember the standard in a criminal case is proof beyond a reasonable doubt this will be the first time the special counsel presents evidence in a courtroom in a case related to a trim confidant which means many will be watching for information not just about what metaphor might have done but his former boss as well petty called al-jazeera washington. and be a superstar le bron james is opened a school in his home town of a crown ohio the i promise school is a joint venture between his foundation and the local school district will focus on the needs of underprivileged kids the school will provide all supplies and meals

for the kids and family services for parents james says it's one of the greatest moments of his life it doesn't matter. you know as a kid growing up in inner city let me specifically grown up here in american ohio. you know being under privilege 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. and time to take you through the headlines here now to syria now the taliban has conducted coordinated attacks in the eastern city of jalalabad in afghanistan officials said gunmen attacked shops and government offices in province at least three explosions have been heard meanwhile

a roadside bomb has killed at least eleven people on a bus in far province in the west. u.s. president all trump are surprised everyone by saying he's willing to meet iran's president has an rouhani at any time and without preconditions the two men have been locked in a war of words with drew the u.s. from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal the u.s. secretary of state says he's on board with a meeting with the iranian president but listed requirements before it could go ahead. president wants to meet with folks to solve problems of the iranians demonstrate a commitment to make fundamental changes in how they treat their own people reduce their malign behavior can agree that it's worthwhile to enter a nuclear agreement that actually prevents proliferation and the president said he's prepared to sit down and have a conversation with them at least eleven people have been killed when a van exploded at a checkpoint in limit hand city in the southern philippines that's across from

mindanao island where there's been decades of conflict between government forces and muslim separatists troops who are trying to search the vehicle when it detonated russia iran and turkey are brokering the latest round of talks in the russian city of sochi to end syria's war meanwhile syrian government troops continue their offensive against i saw the movie base in the region close to the border with jordan. australia is expected to send one hundred eighty firefighters to the u.s. to help tackle wildfires in northern california at least six people have died and seven remain unaccounted for firefighters say they've managed to contain almost twenty percent of the largest blaze the fires have destroyed more than eight hundred. it's the stream next stay with us. and then reported on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west

africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of the days looking forward to for a dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war . and imo they could be in the stream today is guyana ready for i know you a good talk about the potential impact a brand new oil industry could have on the country. companies have identified massive off show research want to south america's poorest nations new estimates from last week report that more than four billion barrels.