alphabet. demand from is the c.e.o. of social flow which advises social media companies he's also a commentator on social media and technology he says these results are a reflection of the loyalty of apple users but also the strength of the tech market as the tech sector surely has been performing phenomenally the growth in these tech companies had a few bumps lately with earnings releases the past couple of weeks but still you're talking about companies that are worth more than half a trillion dollars and now for apple to get to this one trillion dollar mark is certainly it's the best of the best all of these tech companies are being rewarded for stellar growth and sometimes they're punished when we saw what happened to facebook you know facebook had record earnings a couple of weeks ago when it was punished pretty badly because the growth was not quite what was expected you look at apple's numbers and the growth was there and so clearly the market loves when the tech companies continue to grow they know they know how to turn that growth into profit you think about it you and i could reasonably say wow that's a lot of money for a phone i'm not sure i want to spend it i'm not sure our opinions matter so much

that consumers clearly have voted with their wallets and their pocket books and they're buying those phones and apple ever since steve jobs came back you know when after he had been booted out of the company really honed in and made its products have a very sleek sense of design and have a whole lot of consumer appeal and that clearly hasn't changed people still want to own i phones and other apple devices and we see the result. china has been overtaken by japan as the world's second largest stock market the shanghai composite index has dropped sixteen percent since the start of the year and had rising trade tensions with the u.s. government has already imposed tariffs on thirty four billion dollars worth of goods and is considering two hundred billion more to stock exchange is now in number two position for the first time since two thousand and fourteen. still ahead on al-jazeera concerns of foreign interference in upcoming u.s. midterm elections the white house is adamant they're stepping up efforts to combat any meddling. and why hundreds of fathers are holding

a hunger strike in an immigration detention center in the u.s. . hello and welcome back as we look at levant and western parts of asia it's a largely fine picture although there are one or two showers on the southern side of the caspian sea so expect the odd show in tehran the caucasus still looking west some big storms here at the moment lot of hot air generating some severe thunderstorms meanwhile around the eastern side of the mediterranean weather conditions gerri looking final though we've got some showers in the southern side of the black sea so if the mediterranean coastline plenty sunshine and highs of thirty one expected in beirut into the arabian peninsula a fine picture here with temperatures just in the low forty's on the western side of the peninsula here in doha we've got a high of forty three degrees humidity creeping up

a little bit the weekend because the winds are going to be very light but this should be coming back during the early part of next week driving the humidity levels back down again into southern parts of africa it's largely fine picture bruce breeze there in cape town hundreds of nineteen there looking pretty decent and as we head into the start of the weekend there are threats of showers for cape town and general along the southern portion of the country is this low pressure system develops but otherwise generally fine condition sunshine and twenty three degrees in harare central africa are seeing some showers some heavy ones too could see one or two is far north as car two in sudan. discover the world of al-jazeera. the best films from across all the work of trying . to be good but the. fresh perspectives and new insights.

to challenge and change we look. at this time on his. her again you're watching. top stories this hour amazon has been declared the winner of zimbabwe's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote is the first time since independence that robert mugabe has not been on the ballots . saudi led coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an abstract and hard data that killed at least twenty six people with the rebels say fifty five people died

while the u.n. special envoy for yemen is convening a new round of talks in the latest bid to end a three year civil war. and tech giant apple has become the first company to have a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock markets because rates went up a sharp rise tipped over two hundred and seven dollars. the white house says it's ramping up efforts to stop foreign interference in the two thousand and eighteen mid-term elections and the parents in the white house press briefing room senior intelligence and law and order officials insisted they are better prepared to deal with anyone trying to influence voters or attack election software on official reports for the search to the big piece of intelligence. adding in law enforcement in the u.s. in an sheffield appearance they arrived in the white house press briefing room to insist they were better prepared to combat foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the president has specifically directed us to make the matter of

the election meddling and securing our election process a top priority just days ago facebook revealed it had removed fake profiles and pages from its platform and instagram which it also orange the head of the f.b.i. says this shows greater partnership we're sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before we understand better what they need they're sharing information back with us based on what they find this white house is particularly sensitive to reports of foreign interference given the ongoing investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trunk campaign before the twenty sixteen presidential election and the growing number of intelligence assessments that see when it comes to interference the russians are at it again donald trump says he raised the issue during his summit with vladimir putin in finland he just said it's not russia but there is concern that this time around it might not just be the

russians our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries all of those on the platform say they are not seeing the same level of attacks on the twenty eight thousand election that they witnessed two years ago but that election is still three months away alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. more than five hundred fathers are seeing a hunger strike in immigration detention center in the u.s. state of texas the current county residential center currently houses hundreds of newly reunited migrant families according to raises that's an advocacy and legal services group the fathers are striking to urge the government expedient their cases as president donald trump was forced to end his zero tolerance family separation policy last month amid public outcry and the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or ice has reiterated its stance on hunger strike saying in general ice fully respects the rights of all people to voice their

opinion without interference eyes does not retaliate in any way against hunger strikers ice explains the negative health effects of not eating to our detainees for their health and safety eyes closely balances the food or water intake of those detainees identified as being on hunger strike to falcon is communications director at the rice's racist organization she says the striking fathers are in limbo leaving them desperate. i think that it's absolutely devastating that bothers feel like this is their only. way to have their voices heard at this point some of them have been the universe for three months while seeking asylum in reno that's a violation of international and domestic law. i think it's absolutely devastating that even the sons are participating in this strike in their own way by not participating in school activities throughout the day they have asked us to share

their stories in the end definitely advocated on their behalf and shared some of those clips with the public and got their story out to media to select people understand that while there were families reunify and release there are still families in family detention here in the united states and there are also families who have not be reunited yet and the israel has announced it is blocking fuel and gas supplies into the perceived goals of strip defense minister of a goal lieberman says fuel trucks won't be allowed through the current crossing as in retaliation for palestinians using in send incendiary kites to set israeli land a light pulses in gaza already suffer frequent power cuts and a lot of fuel to power generators. jordan's gas deal with israel still brings protesters to the streets two years after it was signed but they haven't been able to scrap the agreement construction of the pipeline has begun and that's a harder report from it's not only the government action facing opposition.

public opposition in jordan fail to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian government says the deal will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year critics disagree it's a waste of taxpayers' money to support israel terrorism. but there's ten billion dollars of taxpayers' money that can be invested in. a wide variety of. sources like solar energy. and he belongs to a movement called the enemies gaz is occupation which has been campaigning against the deal since it was signed in two thousand and sixteen for them it's not just about funding israel they don't want jordan to be linked economically to a country they don't trust. we are hostages of the israeli enemy it makes us vulnerable at any time they can just stop providing us with gas the demands for

energy is only growing in jordan already it imports up to ninety five percent of its needs some forty percent will now be provided by israel in the next fifteen years are enemies gas is occupation is one of many organizations involved in anti-gay normalizing campaigns it's been over two decades since jordan signed a peace treaty with israel but that deal is still largely popular a significant portion of jordan's population many of whom are palestinian refugees continue to resist efforts to promote ties with israel. some of the biggest protests in the arab world were held in the jordanian capital after u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the kingdom rejected trump's decision and has been outspoken against what it calls israel's violations against holy sites in jerusalem this is part of the approach of the jordanian government they say we care about jerusalem then we

signed because. we need. you know for sure then the question is why don't you get. or go from anywhere else the government however remains committed to the project despite criticism from the public and members of parliament who have still not seen the terms and conditions of the agreement for their. man at least twelve people have been arrested in argentina in connection with the multi-million dollar corruption scandal dating back when christina kushner was president the case centers around eight detailed notebooks kept by a driver who worked for a once powerful minister cash that's been ordered to testify by a federal judge has more from buenos aires. this the investigators believe is only the beginning with politicians and several leading

business people arrested in a corruption scandal they say involves millions of dollars and threatens to reach the very top. investigation centers around this man. a former driver for the number two in the planning ministry in the governments of both nestor and christina kitchener the movie that they get out she has been some of the questioning he died in two thousand and ten argentines is still coming to terms with the news it seems everyone is involved here i don't know if the businessmen share the same responsibility of the politicians maybe the politicians are more to blame but it is overwhelming we are already tired of all this. we need time to do an evaluation this is still very volatile it's still difficult to know what still means. officers have been searched in vehicles seized all as they usually do have denied the charges or refused to comment the driver kept detailed accounts of the trips he

made over many years delivering sacks of cash to the presidential residence and the private kitchen the home as well as to business leaders allegedly paying to seal big public works contracts are. also implicated is the former planning and public investment minister who you are the veto confidant of nesta kitchener and already in custody on other corruption charges some say that this could be as big as the car wash scandal in neighboring brazil that sucked in business leaders and politicians from right across the political spectrum this scandal threatens to undermine the argentine population space and institutions which they already have little regard. by france says change the catholic church's teachings on the death penalty saying it can never be sanctioned because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans the church previously sanctioned the death penalty in some cases be key question here is human dignity ok and what pope

francis is saying is that no matter how grievous the crime for which someone should be punished and they should be punished. there's nothing so bad that it takes away their human dignity and certainly the church always always teaches about redemption . leaving no stone unturned to crush a nationwide uprising against him a new antiterrorism will target students and demonstrators who take part in street protests he said newman has more from. until a few weeks ago twenty year old leicester was a familiar face on the streets of managua at massive anti-government protests. as a student leader he took part in the short lived national dialogue with president daniel ortega mediated by the catholic church there today he's almost a fugitive implicated under a new anti-terrorism law and he says afraid for his life. i appear it's under

investigation for financing the supposed to takeover of the city of messiah which the lie to pose a system of injustice kidnapping killings and paramilitary groups on the streets does not make you a terrorist. the. police temple how did the law and his wife are among the scores of activists arrested and charged under the new law. the un high commission for human rights calls that a mechanism to criminalize opposition to the government the antiterrorism law contemplates up to twenty years in prison and or confiscation of property for those found guilty the terms are vague and broad even those who have given food medicine or water to protest hers or who encourage street protests calling for a nation could be implicated. that includes her take his former comrade in arms. today

a fierce opponent who preferred to speak to us via skype because she says she's received countless death threats apparently. that's the reality we're living kidnapping assassinations persecution. or take this former deputy foreign minister who's also being linked to terrorism says it won't work. with. the lack of guarantees of due process is more worrisome than the law itself says a nicaraguan constitutional expert in. the courts don't act in accordance with legal constitutional principles that govern a state of law but rather in accordance with the political interests of those who decide what happens in the karada but daniel ortega and his wife they don't hide it . but ortega is unapologetic she chooses the

un of being an accomplice to terrorists to criticizing a law that could soon see nicaragua's prisons overflow you see in human al-jazeera . give up the latest developments and other stories around the world today on our website al-jazeera dot com. now without the top stories. being declared the winner of zimbabwe's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote it's the first time since independence that robert mugabe has not on the ballots as i led coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an airstrike in her data that killed at least twenty six people the strike hit a fishing port and fish market near the main hospital rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the u.n. special envoy for yemen is convening

a new round of talks in the latest bid to end the three war. mali's presidential election will go to a runoff after no one can is that secured fifty percent of the vote the election commission announced early results with president abraham. winning forty one percent rivals came in second with seventeen percent millions of people cast their ballots on sunday but the vote was marred by violence and thousands of polling stations and some election convoys were targeted by gunmen the health ministry of democratic republic of congo says it has identified the strain of a bowler in the country's latest outbreak medics say its desire strain which has been successfully treated by a vaccine in the past and international team is in the town of benny in north kivu where the outbreak was detected on wednesday twenty people are confirmed to have died from the disease and four others are ill. more than five hundred fathers are holding a hunger strike in an immigration detention center in the u.s.

state of texas the cannes county residential center currently houses hundreds of newly reunited migrant families according to races that's an advocacy and legal services group the father's a striking to urge the government to expedient their cases u.s. president donald trump was forced to end his zero tolerance family separation policy last month amid public outcry and tech giant apple has become the first company to had a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock markets that's a million million the mark was reached when apple share price tipped over two hundred seven dollars its per second company worldwide to hit a trillion dollar value petro china did it very briefly eleven years ago on the shanghai exchange market analysts expect amazon and alphabets the company that owns google to be next. will the headlines i'll be back with another news update on

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