feel them only if something happened to his friend. carried out the investigation but did not publish the findings instead he took the notebooks to a state prosecutor so he could initiate an official investigation silence was crucial not only for the case to move forward but also for his own safety. i held back publishing because i believed much more needed to happen i only published it when the investigation was on and those involved were being questioned what it shows is that the history of corruption in public works is not unique to the previous administration but it did happen and it is this that brought christina kirshner again to court on monday she tweeted that this is a regional strategy to prescribe leaders of movements some political forces that have increased people rights and allow thousands to leave poverty behind for many the corruption investigation is the biggest in a country that has failed to prosecute white collar crime over the years you know.

the reality is bigger than what we imagined we all knew that there was corruption but not that it was systemic like the notebook's revealed it is a difficult case to put on trial because it involves so many things it forces us to rethink the whole judicial process the former president her aides and important business men for the prosecutors say are all part of the same plot that shows for the first time the vicious cycle of corruption between private companies and the state. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back under attack by the taliban for more than four days afghanistan's military sends in reinforcements to help defend the city along a major highway. and zimbabwe's president makes his first public address since winning a disputed election again blaming the opposition for inciting violence and that stay with us.

from the waves of the sounds. to the contours of the east. hello there's been a tropical depression wondering tarina and for about six to seven days is finally being given a name not that's particularly relevant but it's still there as a tropical depression so winds aren't a big issue but the amount of rain that could come from it is quite low anywhere from probably western ground or right up through hong kong but it's sudden china was in shanghai remains the last child go storm well that's gone by this time but it's hot and humid and this is wet and the rain extends into the philippines and there's been something like six hundred millimeters the baguio in lieu song it's still raining so flooding is inevitable consequence has already happened and it will continue but that's it if you come to the side of that you have to spot the showers and they're rather difficult to support on the full cost frightened little

bit more of a amorphous is a lot more cloud around the castell share in borneo maybe sort of ways in maybe even kuala lumpur but not a lot and even some osher it's not a dry picture the showers are very much a scottish phenomenon not so in india there's been some very heavy rain recently up in the far north downs or to pradesh and further south not some washing carol you'll notice but crap to say it could occur anyway. the weather sponsored by qatar and race. when mexico's leaders implemented drastic and controversial energy reforms the country's oil owned by the mexican people for seventy five years was to be sold to private international companies. but to what extent is the country exposed to exploitation by profit driven multinational corporations. harvest on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here turkey's central bank has stepped in to try to end the currency crisis restrictions on how much lira and foreign currency banks need to hold up in east haven gallantry loans turkey's president accuse the u.s. and nato ally of betrayal and deep in the crisis by imposing sanctions huge crowds have gathered in northern yemen for the funerals of people killed in a saudi amorality coalition air strike more than fifty people died in last week's attack forty of those children on a school bus that sparked an international outcry and led to calls for an independent investigation. under-armed supreme leader has rejected u.s.

president donald trump's often direct talks. in a band iranian leaders are meeting from saying the u.s. never follows through on promises it makes during talks. afghanistan's military is sending reinforcements to help defend the city of gazan a from the taliban attack more than three hundred people have died in four days of fighting the president called an emergency meeting with police and military chiefs while the u.s. has carried out half strikes on taliban positions orgasms just a hundred fifty kilometers south of kabul on the main highway connecting the capital and southern afghanistan shot but it's reports. the taliban has turned the ancient city of gosney into an urban battle field the assault is now in its fourth day with two hundred seventy thousand residents locked inside the homes casualties of the offensive lissa the streets. those that reach the hospital find it overwhelms space and medicine rationed between soldiers and civilians there are

so many from our cases and too little capacity. with into order international humanitarian partners and the un we'll try to bring in trial markets essential drugs and medical supplies as soon as possible. and he became the front line of the war between the taliban and the afghan military on friday morning the taliban launch rockets at the police headquarters into chick points publishing tweets and videos declaring victory afghan special forces responded with u.s. support but the taliban bunker down and residents homes of p.r. war his followers the government is defiant gosney is under their control. charles the jungle the storm one hundred ninety four taliban fighters including pakistani and foreign fighters were killed i hold the taliban responsible for what has happened in the city all the destruction and torching of buildings. with phone

lines cut only residents who've escaped can reveal the reality is face is undecided . they were burning buildings and there were dead bodies everywhere in gaza new city the fight was ongoing the situation was very bad and all the shops were closed . the taliban badly want to go they briefly held parts of the western city of foreign may and two years ago but neither are a significant is this ghastly is a large provincial capital just one hundred fifty kilometers from kabul it lies on the motorway that connects kabul with southern afghanistan if gosney falls kabul is cut off the government is trying to keep the road open despite frequent taliban ambushes. we have launched checkpoints for the safety of our people using the highway we are here to serve them day or night afghans are watching nervously they won't guarantees of safety demonstrators gathered outside the ministry of defense headquarters in kabul questioning what security their tax dollars provide. with

upcoming elections president danny is looking to come concerns on sunday he had an emergency meeting with military and police chiefs and tweeted he would seem green folks mints the red cross is sending reinforcements to dropping forty body bags bandages and medicine at the main hospital charlotte dallas. mollies opposition candidates plans to reject the results of the presidential election which has been marred by violence and accusations of fraud vote counting is under way after a tense presidential runoff observers declared the second round fairly peaceful despite a polling station official being killed in timbuktu more than a hundred stations are being closed for security reasons president abraham caters the front runner in the vote. zimbabwe's president elect is urging people to move on from the disputed election he made the remarks during celebrations marking thirty eight years of independence. i was supposed to be sworn in on sunday but the

sermon he can only go ahead with approval from the constitutional court. in the capital harare. president elect him a similar us political leaders to remain calm it's his first public appearance since his inauguration was postponed after the main opposition alliance filed court papers on friday preventing it from going ahead zimbabwe is even more divided since last month's disputed election and post election violence we are a. very. post of. let's. see results. here is you know since it is a. major. general these are. a commission of. first great. it is not. the lives. we are and. heroes day is one of

the most important national holidays is to remember those who fought in the civil war to end white minority rule in one nine hundred eighty some of those veterans are still in the government and opposition supporters blamed the ruling party for the violence. earlier this month six people were shot and killed when the army dispersed opposition supporters protesting against election results the international community has called for the military to use restraint zimbabwe isn't limbaugh all people can do is wait the swearing in ceremony will only happen after constitutional judges give the ruling. of the.

courts the only other implication is that the decision. is final so politically it will be the end of the election. judges could declare the winner and he sworn into office within forty eight hours or they could order a recount or a fresh election within sixty days if political leaders refuse to accept the court's decision that could create more political and economic instability. there. hundreds of people are still missing a year after devastating mudslides on the outskirts of sierra leone's capital more than a thousand people died after torrential rains and mud and rocks hurtling down a mountain on the outskirts of freetown crushing the surrounding villages three thousand people lost their homes the government's been criticized for not doing enough to realize the. more from freetown. right over there is the sugarloaf mountain and you can see exactly what happened on the fourteenth of

august two thousand and seventeen a large chunk of that mountain came kus kidding down right where those debris are in fact homes from the top down there and then the mud and the and the other debris just just created right down and into the ocean which is not far from where we standing right now so a lot of people are still missing it's estimated that one thousand two hundred people have been killed only five hundred people or body parts have been recovered so far so right down there there are a lot of bodies trouble one of the fires scorching the u.s. state of california threatening a retirement community prompting evacuation orders for thousands of senior citizens the so-called holy fire has already destroyed sixteen structures near lake elsinore in southern california police say a fifty one year old man is under arrest on multiple austin related charges the

holy fire has forced more than twenty thousand people from their homes it's also just one of the twenty wildfires burning across the state the f.b.i. agent who criticize the u.s. president in text messages join his twenty sixteen presidential campaign has been fired peter strong took to twitter calling donald trump a russian asset and an unhinged madman who is threatening the sovereignty of the u.s. struck as a third high ranking official to be let go by the agency under this administration is particle. peter struck was one of the f.b.i.'s top investigators in charge of looking into whether hillary clinton broke the law by using private e-mails and also whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government he was on special counsel robert mueller steamed in till last year when it emerged that he was having an affair with a fellow f.b.i. employee lisa page. they texted from their work phones and they were very critical of candidate trump in one she wrote trump won't be president right he responds no

will stop him last month in a sometimes heated testimony before congress how many times did you don't look so innocent and to your wife and a lot to her about this is fair miss the raging ability of his shame. struck tried to explain that in terms of the tax that. we will stop it you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in response to a series of events that included then candida trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero and my presumption based on that horrible disgusting behavior that the american population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president the united states president trump and his allies in congress have used these text repeatedly to discredit the moeller investigation even though muller removed struck immediately trump responded to his firing on twitter writing agent

peter struck was just fired from the f.b.i. finally the list of bad players in the f.b.i. and d.o.j. gets longer and longer based on the fact that struck was in charge of the witch hunt will it be dropped it is a total hoax no collusion no obstruction i just fight back lawyer says he was improperly fired the f.b.i. isn't commenting president trump's attacks on the f.b.i. and its agents is unprecedented but he obviously feels he needs to discredit the investigation into his campaign and now he can point to the firing of one of its top agents as proof he is right. al-jazeera washington north and south korea have agreed to hold a summit in pyongyang in september following a pulls historic meeting in the demilitarized zone a trip by the south's president mungy into the north's capital will be the first such visits move in a decade both sides say they're committed to a thaw in relations despite pyongyang is continuing dispute with the us of the

terms of its denuclearization deal in the nation's government says it will take a long time for people to rebuild their lives off an earthquake on the island of numb bulk at least four hundred thirty six people are not known to have died in the damage bill has risen to more than three hundred forty million dollars he will move the reports. rescued alive from the rubble this boy is one of the lucky ones he's at least being treated for his injuries but his mother says even that was a struggle because the earthquake destroyed thousands of buildings including hospitals and medical centers at mabille and that was the hat i didn't know if my son had fractures or not and there was no facility and i was told to stay away from home remedies that's why i came to the military hospital where there are volunteers that have been up. more than a week after the six point nine quake struck the search for survivors is drawing to a close more than four hundred thirty bodies have been recovered but many more

remain missing treating the injured has also been a major challenge as many parts of the island are almost impossible to access now. volunteers have been doing their best to find out and it's a route through the destruction. of the other hundred patients but fractures come to us because we have five operation rooms and our doctors of volunteers who join the military team we have five operations day here but that's not enough for the thousands of people affected there still discovering people who haven't been reached for the system and at the same time they're delivering very basic emergency assistance food water medical care shelter the damage hasn't been assist so there's a lot of uncertainty about the future thousands of people remain displaced and afraid to go home because of the fear of more earthquakes and aftershocks they've already lost family friends in many cases their homes and most of their belongings they don't know how much more they can lose people morgan al-jazeera u.s.

media are reporting that the queen of soul aretha franklin is gravely ill the seventy six year old american music legend is known for her distinctive voice and powerful live performances. franklin has won eighteen grammy awards in a career spanning nearly sixty years she said to be with friends and family at her home in the city of detroit all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address of course al-jazeera dot com that's down to zero the . time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera turkey central banker stepped in to try to end the currency crisis restrictions on how much lira and foreign currency banks need to hold have been eased and they've also been guaranteed loans turkey's president accused the u.s. and nato ally of betrayal and deep in the crisis by imposing sanctions huge crowds

have gathered in northern yemen for the funerals of people killed in a saudi amorality coalition strike more than fifty people died in last week's attack forty of them were children on a school bus it sparked an international outcry and led to calls for an independent investigation iran's supreme leader has refused us president donald trump's offer for direct talks. says he's banned iranian leaders from meeting trump saying the u.s. never follows through on promises it makes during talks common i also ruled out the possibility of war with the united states. in an exclusive interview with al jazeera iran's foreign minister mohammad java jerry said the u.s. has proven not to be trustworthy he says president trumps decision to pull out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal as for the strained ties between washington and tehran hitch more shitty broke off that we're not getting we have no problem with dialogue but is mr trump really serious about talks if he is serious about talks

without preconditions well the secretary of state put some conditions for talks two hours after trump's comments impossible conditions the first question is if they themselves have reached an agreement inside the u.s. about talks with or without preconditions our policies in the region are totally clear it's the us who needs to be accountable for policies in the region and one of the fires scorching california is threatening a retirement community prompting evacuation orders for thousands of senior citizens the so-called holy fire has already destroyed sixteen structures near lake elsinore in southern california police say a fifty one year old man's under arrest on multiple os and related charges a north and south korea have agreed to hold a summit in pyongyang in september following a pulls historic meeting in the demilitarized zone a trip by the south's president moon jay into the north capital would be the first such visit for more than a decade. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera

after inside story that's a watch. some call it a sea others a lake for decades its status has been in dispute five countries want to share in the oil rich but landlocked caspian sea a deal is now been done but will it hold and will it lead to a new global energy and political alliance this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. five countries have now agreed the caspian is neither see nor lake so what is it the nations who have longest fugitive status have agreed it has special status iran and four post soviet union countries have contested how it should be split for more than two decades now they've signed a deal to share the surface commonly and divide up the seabed the caspian coastline is shared by russia iran kazakhstan turkmenistan and azerbaijan the new agreement will open the way for oil and gas exploration rory chalons reports. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successor states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed

naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that means some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran. the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran

turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this is being blocked by the lack of a settlement the us government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of our states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and transponder criminality of this summit also makes the caspian sea a lockout zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their waters no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed

a military presence there rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. before one thousand nine hundred one the caspian sea was considered a lake and shared between the u.s.s.r. and iran but after the fall of the soviet union the emergence of independent countries complicated the issue iran says the caspian is a lake according to old treaties signed with the soviet union in one thousand twenty one in one nine hundred forty three former soviet states as they are by john turkmenistan and kazakhstan consider it a sea and that the seabed should be divided based on the coastline thereon had insisted the caspian be split into five equal parts were jointly developed all its resources none of its neighbors agreed let's bring in our panel joining us in moscow stanislav christian an analyst at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house in tehran for it is that a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in london will it give or he in a country risk analyst at the firm i.h.s.

market welcome to you all sound as well let me start with you the dispute over the caspian sea has been going on for decades what is the political calculus that led to this why is this happening now. i think it was enough time to finally agree the key principles and the mission is in for cooperation in the region and especially in circumstances when the nuclear dearie iran in the year is under question after withdrawal of the united states from these from these agreement it was extremely important to show for regional cooperation that iranian neighbors are ready to support this country in such difficult circumstances so we can see that this it was enough time for cut for negotiations and this is a good political time to to sign this agreement finally for what has to happen now

i mean there's very few details as far as what this agreement will in compass ultimately so what has to happen next it's the lawyers that are really going to be involved right. yes both. obviously engineers there are going to be some environmental scientists that are going to be concerned about the environmental implications of having all types of pipelines going across the caspian sea. so they have to be careful with regard to the environment making sure that they don't. damage it. i agree that this was about time you know. caspian region sense of asia. has lots of energy potential. having a disagreement basically opens up the way of making sure that the countries of this region can benefit from the natural resources that they exist and for you and i can

say that the prosperity of the other four countries is going to be prosperity because being part of a region that prosperous countries would generally benefit everybody that isn't around. security issues who portion of the segment dictates that no country outside the five better bordering caspian sea is going to be allowed to be present militarily in that area so that makes sure that certain that countries like the united states are going to be out of the caspian sea which is good news for you obviously we've mentioned this already but one of the issues at the heart of this dispute has been what is the definition of the caspian is it a sea or is it a lake i want to ask you specifically when it comes to maritime law what is the

difference between the two as designations. well i think in the introductory segment this issue's been was covered quite well from the international law professor perspective if caspian sea is regarded as a sea than literal countries will have around twelve nautical miles of territorial waters and this will apply also to see bit from the. from the lake perspective earrings that has been insisting that there will be shared use of it reaches so to speak i'm saying this as a lawyer but this is the impression i've got following the years long discussions and negotiations on the caspian sea status stanislav russia had long objected to resolving this issue about the caspian so what has made them more agreeable now is that the same sions from from the us or is it the trade competition from china or

is it both. i think that it was not just about issues which you mentioned this is mostly about the. to finish this long term process for russia this is important to have a clear and transparent legal environment in the south borders of russia to have their. pragmatic and transparent framework for cooperation and in security and fishing and shipping in this region and that is why russia was one of the countries we. are insisting each time and trying to to prove in this negotiation process so a breakthrough happened last december when there was a ministerial meeting in moscow in december two thousand two thousand and seventeen

when mr lavrov after these negotiations of this meeting said that definitely a summit will happen in the first part of two thousand eight hundred so politically for russia this is a very important too to sign this convention not just for completion with china or in geopolitical struggle with the united states. you spoke a moment ago about the benefits that iran will reap from this convention but you know there are some that are saying that because iran has the smallest coastline of the countries on the caspian that it is potentially the biggest loser in this agreement what do you say to that. i don't think any. iran. is benefiting from the agreement because if there is like them and using whatever it has it's not going to be possible so having an exam and

making sure that iran. is available iran actually accessing. resources that the caspian sea has for. the second point i think which is important is that iran has joint ventures that both. john with regard to. energy related in the. pipelines and different types of activities and iran's expertise in these areas given the fact that iran has been in business for many decades now much longer than the two other countries is going to benefit iran as about i think the third point is the relationship that we're seeing between iran and russia. as you describe at the end of the day interested in the sacrement for some years they were not but now their interests. after

the issue of the nuclear actually made after the u.s. sanctions and after the fact that the europeans are not really going to be able to do much with regard to them if it actually meant is looking towards. looking towards not russia and these other countries are for and i'm sorry for it i'm sorry interrupt you but let me let me let me just for it sorry to interrupt you but let me just pick up another point because after the agreement was reached iranian president rouhani called it a very important step but he also added that we should recognize there are more important issues that need to be addressed what specifically is he alluding to when he says that. i think you're talking about geopolitics the fact that iran is. so your sanctions you don't need to make sure that its relations with its neighbors are normal and advancing. iran is looking at ways of going around the

sanctions that are going to are designed to hurt it so making sure that iran has good relations with russia turkmenistan with us are very john is going to be important for iran stopping this country's progress with regard to their legitimate rights that they have as independent countries is not going to be in iran's benefit it's going to be in iran's benefit to be friendly towards its neighbors especially given the fact that you don't have serious enemies and making sure that the resources that the caspian sea has is going to provide benefits for all countries. is at the end of the day is going to be more important for iran because there are countries back to the united states to choke the country and you know have a regime change so at the end of the day i think iran is benefiting from this and

the final resolution on exactly what percentage of. the caspian sea belongs to each country is not finalized the final draft is. sort of. providing some guidelines but the final percentage is not final a so if iran decides to. make a point out of the percentage issue later on and you don't has the room to do a little it russia had previously objected to a natural gas pipeline being built across the caspian between turkmenistan and azerbaijan this would have allowed turkmen gas to bypass russia on its way to europe can we expect that this would potentially build be built now would russia allow it. well i'll go back to your previous question whether we have a definite. resolution of the past is that this and i will start from there by

saying no and the fact that the uranium side also mentioned that there has to be fed to negotiations about critical issues such as delimitation of the seabed also goes back to your question about pipelines there's also an article in the convention about the environmental concerns which again creased is the same loophole if any literal state is concerned about the environmentally implications of pipeline let me just stop you when you talk about some of the environmental concerns you're talking about the concerns about the sturgeon you're talking about the oil pollution what else might you be talking about. well exactly stage and a fishing business is quite important not least because of the renowned casting caviar there has been they have been incidents of. pollution from the already existing coal fields these are the main concerns when we talk about

the environmental issues so they the convention to the last convention. kicks in place the precondition then is that an environmental standards have to be met but at the same time there is a degree of vagueness i read the latest news as. no clarity when it comes to for example turkmen as a pipeline i think there loopholes are still there for for those countries as seen this this project commercially conflicting with their own economic interest to block the pipeline development there of course other issues as well such as infrastructure and capacity on the as a side or the general makeup of the energy markets and what's happening in europe

in terms of demand so. i don't think that we're seeing. clarity in terms of business in terms of those projects that for example european union has been very much interested in and in the versifying it imports away from russian energy supplies so we and the fact that there will be another summit indicates that. critical issues have not been ironed out yet the stanislaw you heard that speak about this issue at length right now the fact the matter is there really is not much clarity at the moment the agreement or the aspects of the agreement that we've been told about is fairly vaguely worded at the moment i mean the devil is really in the details here is there any chance by which this would fall through. first of all i fully agree with the previous speaker about the bad economy of such kind of

project because trans custom by plane will be very very expensive project and i don't know what will the cost of the gas which will be really delivered from took minister on through trans guston pipeline through or by john georgia turkey to the europe so it will be a cold guess returning to their legal framework. in the end of july it was agreed this special protocol regarding their big infrastructure projects such as trans cust and by playing the big shell of projects with production more than five hundred tonnes a year at a. refinery plant so all of these. objects all of these projects should be agreed by all sides by all parties and this product sets up very clear and transparent procedures how

parties should do it for example as a regiment or convinced on are going to construct a trans constant pipeline they should give all information about this project about this characteristic about this capacity about. tragic story geographical tragic story after that all countries have will have right to request any additional measures to protect the environment and in three months all countries shoot. our guys within three months countries should organize a special session for consultation so it means that now russia and iran cannot. stop such kind of project but they will have all the information about about productions these. and will have rights to ask the participants of this

project to improve for measures for protection for my environment and this budget position is very close to the russian official line their main goal of russian russian position words transco spent by the end was environment these concerns about pollution about because this is a very special interest from the earthquake has them there i'm sorry to interrupt you just where we're starting to run short on time and i want to i want to follow the point you were making with the with we're talking about the diplomacy around this there are diplomats that have called this a regional constitution that's what they're alluding to when they talk about this convention that was signed this agreement so i want to ask if you think that that's a correct interpretation and also does this set up a new regional alliance. it is an agreement the constitution refers to national intel no there's

a stations and guidelines i think this is more of an agreement but i do agree that and this is one reason i was interested in this that creating iran being part of a region of setups it's going to be very important for iran yes the gun that's out there is anyone wants to join shanghai cooperation council and or the region. bodies that basically protect iran from pressures that iran may be deceiving from the united states and other hostile powers because if you don't it's part of a bigger. region on a cord or a cream and then the united states or whoever is having difficulties of iran has to deal with these other countries not just iran so this becomes a very important for iran and this was actually the main reason iran went along with the agreement so i do agree that this is going to be a. beginning

a step for caspian regional cooperation among the countries that sounded a little it what do you foresee this meaning for the global oil and gas market. i have to say that what we're seeing is just an increment imprisoned principle their number of factors that will determine the future of pipelines both gas and oil pipelines coming from central asia through the caspian sea. there are a number of factors and developments in the global energy markets will that would term in the commercial viability of these projects but above all since we're talking about the recent convention on caspian sea i will highlight the again that there's still a lot of questions unanswered there's still no clarity when it comes to

dimension is of for example this beating a challenge from literal fade there is still no clarity about the elimination of the. of the seabed so i would remain hesitant to make any comments about the contribution of for. oil and gas to global markets from central asia via these pipelines i think it will take a while to see any of these protests projects to materialize stanislav very quickly because we just have about thirty seconds you were alluding to the environmental impact of all this a moment ago so just very quickly i want to ask you do you believe this convention will help when it comes to pollution or will ultimately hurt when it comes to pollution in the caspian so according to these conventions and according to the current practice of corporation countries

now have experience to corporate together to to work with any pollution and the many accidents so i think now our custom five can protect the environment all together. all right we're going to have to leave it there thanks so much to all our guests stanislaw friction. and little it. and thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me in the whole team here bye for now.

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a resistor to people take nervous glances at the foreign exchange screens wondering how much less their money might now be worth. here's a massive yes the dollar is that the prices are up what she wants to buy overrun served budget. give me a discount please her request is turned down turkish lira is down at least thirty percent against a dollar in ten days this doesn't only hurt the buyers but the sellers too. including tibet's cartel he has run this shop for at least twenty years how far his products are imported is cost horizon tremendously. stronger more notice and we are almost at stagnation waiting for exchange rates to settle i purchase in dollars so my costs increased forty percent i'll have to reflect this in my prices. however exporters are happy with the depreciating. our house owner who has run the

silver wholesaler with his brothers for twenty years say's his profits have grown. to the other although i import my products export them all we don't have a problem my profit margin is bigger now also we bring foreign exchange to our country but there certainty it worries everyone the finance ministry says it has an action plan to help ease the markets concern and turkey central bank has pledged to provide all the liquidity needed by the banks. many economists say the markets the men do you trust to stop the restaurant president are gone and the financial team are totally against that dawn says this is a speculative attack against their robbed by foreign countries and might continue. if it does experts fear it could have a spillover effect into europe where turkey's biggest lenders are seen on al-jazeera the stumble huge crowds have gathered in northern yemen for the funerals

of people killed in a saudi a morality coalition air strike more than fifty people died in last week's attack forty of them were children on a school bus it sparked an international outcry and led to calls for an independent investigation iran's supreme leader has refused the u.s. president donald trump's offer for direct talks. common a says he's banned iranian leaders from meeting trump saying the u.s. never follows through on promises it makes during talks common i also ruled out the possibility of war with the united states. well in an exclusive interview with al jazeera iran's foreign minister manager of a jury said the u.s. has proven not to be trustworthy and says president trump decision to pull out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal has further strain ties between washington and tehran. we have no problem with dialogue but is mr trump really serious

about talks if he is serious about talks without preconditions well the secretary of state put some conditions for talks two hours after trump's comments impossible conditions the first question is if they themselves have reached an agreement inside the u.s. about talks with or without preconditions our policies in the region are totally clear it's the us who needs to be accountable for policies in the region and one of the fires scorching california is threatening a retirement community prompting evacuation orders for thousands of senior citizens the so-called holy fire has already destroyed sixteen structures near lake elsinore in southern california police say a fifty one year old man's under arrest on multiple assman related charges north and south korea have agreed to hold a summit in pyongyang in september following a pulled historic meeting in the demilitarized zone a trip by the south's president moon jay into the north capital would be the first such visit for more than a decade well those were the headlines the news continues here on our jazeera after

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india to shine news to me. you never. see. this point was he should she. makes it way down. here. in. mexico is in crisis will. more than a. lawless and this is rife. with murderous on the rice. all the over the world.

economy has stalled. the gulf between rich and poor in mexico has never been wider . against a backdrop of fun controlled by loons mexico's president has passed a series of economic reforms that is polarizing this already deeply divided nation . was mexico's oil the research that has been owned by the mexican people for the last seventy five years is now for sale to private international companies. or not. thousands have come out in protest certainly they know what this decision will mean for the nation. for those numbers that must go but it part of the move to another. gives the idea. of somebody got

out at least not late but ok you know. i brought you said i want to. get out. there that's not meant that if you have not yet not probably just said look at them but if. you see say look at me want to get a bicycle with us it is. also bad. for mexicans passions run high over oil because they run deep. in the same square where today people are protesting the privatization of oil they gathered in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight to celebrate its export creation from foreign companies who controlled mexico's oil in the opening decades of the twentieth century. liberal you. can go but i was home. because it was

ok i'm. going to. well you haven't been an issue because you're into the gospel but you know scribbled over the border with. the foreign oil companies insisted on compensation. the mexican people gave up their possessions to pay off the bed. the oil was now out there. seventy five years later the people's only sing jeopardy. foreign companies are once again poised to drill on mexican soil. and it's the farmers who have the most to lose. because he knows it's town. as you know. they always ask if they buy their own damn no. that's not ok got it i don't got it but you know if it be that good uppercut got up to go back to the father to father to this mother to get lonely at the end you know about it about it even not out about god ok that. mexico's

farmers are suffering the worst crisis the countryside has seen in twenty years. they're in danger of losing their livelihoods under the energy reforms they could also lose their land. rush. of course able to buy used on that and it was a little bit more critical. of some of the some of the walls this. is one of those you have to be must use and all those or you must put them. you know. most of them i had my loves. like i know of a more like kind. of the mother in. law me. what changed twenty years ago for mexico's farmers were

nafta a treaty that opened mexico to foreign trade led to the collapse of agriculture and helped pave the way for the privatization of oil we are creating the largest richest and most productive market in the entire world. nafta the north american free trade agreement was promised us mexico's ticket to the big time. brothers you selected as from dem player in making. economy us. opening mexico's market to us and canadian companies was going to bring prosperity to our. instead there have been winners. and losers. multinationals have made handsome profit. while many farmers have lost everything.

and don't use of their own head of the citrus growers in the mexican state of better recalls how nafta's promises turned sour. i mean to eliminate all. of your. money each one of those. months. now after inflicted two blows to mexico's farmers. cheap subsidized u.s. produce flooding the market. and the rise of the supermarkets paying rock bottom prices to mexican farmers. the outcome handful of growers controlling production and the loss of more than two million agricultural jobs.