and avoids the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is zero on al-jazeera. we're committed to a whole of government effort to change the iranian regime's behavior secretary of state io announces a new special group to run policy with iran after u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear deal. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up we are not going to many. media strikes back against attacks by donald trump insists much of what the press says is fake news. and on the violent attack it's called bullets

afghans bury the victims of wednesday's suicide bombing targeting students at an education center. it's not. and if our well for the queen of soul the world pays its respect to aretha franklin who's died aged seventy six. the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in may this year might says the group will report directly to the state department and will record all iran related activity which she described as violent and destabilizing for nearly forty years the regime in tehran has been responsible for touring a violent and destabilizing behavior against the united states or our as our partners and indeed the iranian people themselves. in may of this year president

trump withdrew from the flawed iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad in its place present representative campaign of pressure deterrence and solidarity with the long suffering iranian people our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regime's behavior both inside and outside of its borders well the group will be led by brian hook who has been the director of the u.s. state department policy planning the iran action group will play a critical role in leading our efforts within the department and executing the president's iran strategy across the interagency the administration will also build continue to build the broadest level of international support for our strategy rosen join joins me now from the united nations and rosalind is it clear at this stage precisely what the puppets of this new group is and what they've been

tossed to do. morry him to be truthful it's not very clear what it is the iran action group is supposed to be doing or how it's supposed to achieve those goals and because at heart it really comes down to what is the trumpet ministrations overall policy regarding iran all we heard from donald trump when he was running for president back in two thousand and sixteen was his view that the iran nuclear deal was a badly negotiated deal that he would pull the u.s. out of the agreement that he would then try to actually negotiate what he termed a better deal we didn't hear such language coming either from secretary of state mike pompei or from brian who's the new special representative in charge of this group at thursday afternoon announcement but suffice it to say plenty of people are going to be asking questions about one whether this group can be effective and to

whether it's going to get the body and from the international community that other efforts such as the u.s. led effort to defeat i sold garnered when it was stood up about four years ago. and how much might this be part of a continued effort by the trump administration to revive us policy under president obama. well i couldn't speculate to that point to precisely mariya but what i can say is that certainly given that brian hook worked here at the u.s. mission at the united nations under john bolton who is now the national security advisor certainly there has to be a share world view of what iran represents in terms of national security interests as well as the larger issue of regional hegemon e and so certainly you might see

some policies being put forward or some strategies being put forward that might reflect their shared world view but really there are going to be a lot of questions about how effective this group can be because even though the u.s. says it does not want to see iran develop a nuclear weapon or to continue supporting groups such as hezbollah there has also been putting a lot of pressure on its allies to not do business with iran and that is something that is very difficult and many countries particularly those in western europe have had not just diplomatic ties but economic ties with terror rod for decades and so the i'll go in trumpet ministration effort to try to get these countries to pull her up so does notably give up oil imports from iran maybe take it more difficult for the trumpet ministration to then get that same support from those countries when it comes to trying to curb some of iran for policy initiatives and and

activities ok thank you very much from the united nations residential. now u.s. president donald trump has attacked a campaign by hundreds of u.s. newspapers supporting a free press trying to each of the media is free to write any free to write and say anything it wants but much of what it says is fake news the boston globe which organized the campaign says trump is carrying out a sustained assault on the free press the new york times as warm the calling journalist the enemy of the people is dangerous and smaller papers have joined in the albuquerque journal says the attacks could lead to a weakened democracy that's vulnerable to the whims of tyrants where presidents not only describe u.s. media outlets as the enemy of the american people but also cold jun lists horrible horrendous people that can make anything bad because they are the fake fake

disgusting news a committee to protect journalists says the white house is rhetoric undermines the media's work everywhere last year twenty one journalists were jailed on false news charges more than double the number in two thousand and sixteen and the total number of reporters behind boz reached a record two hundred sixty two jabber chancy has more now from washington. we're at the newseum in washington d.c. a museum dedicated to reporting and news gathering each day here on pennsylvania avenue they display the front pages of the nation's newspapers it's interesting to note that some of those taking part in what the boston globe cools a fight back against donald trump's dirty war against the press did actually endorse little drop at the last election but here's the philadelphia inquirer it sums up the message stop the war on the free press a war on the press is a war on democracy it was not enough to label american journalists as enemies of

the people now he has called the entire profession quote dangerous and sick he being told concluding if the press is not free from reprisal punishment or suspicion for unpopular views or information neither is the country neither are its people let's ask how white house correspondent kimberly how kit and kimberly we know that clashes between political leaders and the media and janice is nothing new that happens but what is the difference with trump ministration. what donald trump has done after years of honing this is a real estate mogul and sparring with the tabloid media in new york city is he's taken kind of the public discourse to a new level particularly the communications for president and particularly the attacks on the media it we should point out look there are other presidents democrat and republican including most recently broke obama did attack the press by various means but what is different about donald trump is that he is doing it

overtly and he is also many would argue equal opportunity name caller this in terms of the tack on the press to specifically the reason that many americans are so upset about this is because a free press is something that is protected under the u.s. constitution is really a key foundation of the u.s. democracy it is allows for transparency of government and a spotlight on politicians that may not be living up to the standards of their voters so this is an important public role that many feel the president has been eroding at the same time the president has essentially doubled down on this as you point out he's he's tweeting about this and really seems to be taunting the pushback that has come from this sort of incredible response coordinated response by many of the newspapers in the united states having said all of that there is an element of the united states voting populace populous rather that does believe the media is the enemy of the people that does believe particularly among conservatives

that the media has become a leader just it does not become reflective of the ordinary american and that's something that donald trump tapped into not just on the campaign trail but now as president and he continues to fuel that because he believes that it works so in many ways this is a donald trump is a reflection of what many ordinary americans have been feeling for some time. and can really we know the president donald trump has been holding a cabinet meeting that just tell us what he's been saying that. right well donald trump did start off this very wide ranging and sort of unwieldy cabinet meeting by touching the press a little bit kind of tongue in cheek saying if you want to stay for the cabinet meeting you can if you want to leave you can that's freedom of the press obviously that is particularly cheeky but within that there were certainly a number of substantial issues that the president brought up including the ongoing dispute that is occurring between the united states and turkey one that president

ever to one has said in recent weeks is no longer a dispute between bureaucracies but now between two presidents well certainly donald trump asked his treasury secretary steve minutia and part of his bureaucracy what the next steps might be given the crux of this is the sort of the what is fuel dollar terms anger is that there is an american pastor still being held in turkey by the name of andrew bronson he thought there would be a release of the passer by now instead the courts have ruled that he will continue to stay in turkey indefinitely as a result the treasury secretary saying that the united states is preparing to do more sanctions against turkey if they do not release that pastor very quickly all right thank you for now white house correspondent kimberly how kit. is no sign of an end to the devastating attacks that have been taking place in afghanistan in the latest incident gunmen have stormed intelligence training center in kabul both attackers were killed off the holding themselves up in a nearby construction site that follows

a deadly blast in western call bull on wednesday in which i still targeted shia students at an education center for mostly young people were killed as they prepared to take university entrance exams meanwhile the taliban has been engaged in a days long offensive on the eastern city of god afghan forces appear to have finally driven the fighters from the provincial capital but the civilian death toll is reported to be in the hundreds shown. in kabul as whist a neighbor who's known as. eighty five. gunman launch an assault on a training seem to for the national directorate of security afghanistan's primary intelligence agency. special forces well versed in urban firefights repel the attack they form a cordon and move people out of range of the bullets. a short drive west from here and not twenty four hours prior a different result oh

a suicide attack on an education seem to killed at least thirty four people most of the victims were students teenagers studying for university entrance exams. the force of the bomb blew the roof of the classroom. by then. killing students is against all human dignity people should never be this brutal in any part of the world those behind this action are worse than animals was i so claimed responsibility it kept off of the to kill a violent week within a particularly violent month for afghanistan. the taliban launched an attack on gaza one week ago the city was under siege for six days more than four hundred people died in the fighting a quarter of them residents there are also multiple taliban attacks on police and military outposts across the country dozens of afghan soldiers and policemen were

killed. we want peace in our country we cannot continue this bloodshed any more we demand from the government and government forces to stop the war and work towards peace and brotherhood. the afghan government appears to be listening president musharraf danny says he will not negotiate with i saw but there are talks of a ceasefire with the taliban during the holiday of next week it would replicate and i'm president and ceasefire in june this is negotiations continue between the u.s. and taliban. for a long term peace plan but in a list say it may be the prospect of peace that is causing war those hardline ballots on who are with hardliners who believe in fighting rather than be politic graham conflict a slow day are making america basically in my view to disrupt the whole grockles and create a future region where the government is going to difficult situation to announce these prior. to the stakes a growing with or that's

a ceasefire with the taliban all the red a cation of eisel. those who remain say be desperate for change shallot ballasts al jazeera. still to come for you on al-jazeera families of the victims of the marikana massacre in south africa say they are still waiting for compensation six years on. it's time to tango an international festival celebrating the latin american dance opens in buenos aires. hello there is still cool and unsettled for many of us in the northern parts of europe at the moment the latest satellite picture showing this massive cloud here

gradually working its way eastwards that's bringing us a fair amount of rain and will continue to do so as we head through the next few days so here it is then on friday stretching down across the alps heavy downpours here during the day then that gradually pushing its way further eastwards as we head into saturday behind it staying cold twenty three there in london twenty five in paris but ahead of it still pretty hot we're looking at thirty in vienna and around thirty two in bucharest here there will still we want to showers around some of which could turn out to be pretty heavy for the other side of the mediterranean fine and dry here pretty hot for some of us thirty seven in cairo but further west we've got a few showers over the atlas mountains which is just transferring a bit further east as we head into saturday so i think most of those will be around parts of geria china staying ahead of that though so thirty two. a little further towards the south and this is where the majority of the showers are over africa you can see them here stretching from eritrea all the way towards the west and some of the wettest weather the most persistent showers are over parts of cameroon and into

nigeria very heavy downpours here we're also seeing some rather heavy showers on friday in the northern parts of mali. that's they set sail for gold. but this covered their resource worth more than its wants him and be. driven by commerce enabled through politics and religion executed with brutality. in episode one slavery roots george the birth and rise of the african slave trade nothing in history but there's three too few moments. for all the gold in the world one of just to go.

a quick recap of the top stories now the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the newquay deal in may this year described iran related activity as mine and destabilizing. hundreds of u.s. newspapers a published coordinated editorials criticizing the u.s. president for a so-called dirty war on the press. should lead to ride elements of the media as fake news. and two gunmen have been killed off to a six hour standoff with security forces and afghan capital kabul. it kept a violent week that saw over thirty killed in an eye silk bombing targeting shia students on wednesday. aretha franklin the universally acclaimed queen of soul has died hung and detroit a seventy six year old american singer had an l.

with pancreatic cancer gabriel elizondo has this report. she was simply known by her first name aretha because of her unmistakable voice she was born a wreath eloise franklin in one nine hundred forty two in memphis tennessee from her first recordings as a young gospel singer she went on to become part of the sound of detroit her singing career would span six decades the way was. was. was a winner of eighteen grammy awards for distinctive gospel honed vocal style influenced multiple generations she was number one on the rolling stone magazine's

list of the greatest singers of all time and she was the first mill artist ever inducted in the rock n roll hall of fame. but it was in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven song respect which garnered her international attention and payment. fifty years ago she sang at dr martin luther king jr's funeral and many years later at the dedication of dr king's memorial in washington she was active in the civil rights movement for decades something she spoke about in two thousand and fourteen well it certainly was a struggle and still is although we have come a great ways a long way there still is a significant way to go the recipient of the united states highest civilian honor the presidential medal of freedom her voice delighted presidents. as her health declined she could tailed her performances but she always saying i could do is two

thousand and fourteen performance and she sang adele's rolling in the deep. end. of the injuries and the universe all her friends she always was and always will be. breaking the seventy six years old. now a magnitude five point three earthquake has struck southeastern italy it happened seventy two kg on which is from fun jenny of the adriatic coast the u.s. geological survey says the quake had a depth of twelve kilometers of the no immediate reports of any damage u.s. treasury secretary says washington is prepared to put further sanctions on turkey if an american pastor detained in the country is not released early

a turkey said it was willing to enter talks with the united states over the dispute that seen slapped by both sides it's also welcomed a pledge from castle to invest fifteen billion dollars in the turkish economy back to andrew bronson is being held under house arrest of alleged links to the good in his movement which turkey blames for a failed coup. families of the thirty four miners killed six years ago in a way to strike in south africa say the government has not properly acknowledged their pain and grief while the government has paid some families compensation of about seven million dollars others including survivors are still waiting for their payout for me to mill has more from america are nowhere a commemoration ceremony has been held. the commemoration took a somber tone with the loved ones of the thirty four victims gets candles and students sign and six years after the money can a massacre the grief felt by families and survivors is evident but many are angry too they blame the government and the police for the deaths of the miners new

evidence suggests that when striking miners were sharks they were running away from police. was shot in the head the bullet is still in his skull he was told he would die if doctors removed it and i am in the now because i feel like a piece of script and not good enough to work in a more i deserve to be compensated. this it been a particularly violent strike ten other people including police officers and security guards were killed in the days before the mass shooting six police officers are facing legal proceedings but no one has so far feel convicted of any crime. other than that there's no willingness on the one. let alone.

their living off stride. particularly with. what happened in. this world. in the. morning down. adding to the. volatility here is the potential of thirteen thousand job cuts by mining companies platinum people here have used the anniversary to revive their calls better wages and living conditions these remain major issues for the mining community who say mining companies have put their profits they kids out of people's well being already there are concerns that if these issues are not adequately addressed some may resort to violence workers' union amcu says it will not accept job cuts plans or mass action for me to mina al jazeera america. former indian prime minister tell bihari virtue i has died at the age of ninety three he

had been on life support since wednesday and died in hospital. is best known on the international stage for testing nuclear weapons in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight imran khan takes a look back at his political life. how he was elected prime minister not once not twice but three times at all the hari vij by ruled india first for thirteen days in one thousand nine hundred six but was unable to form a majority and then resigned he was prime minister for thirteen months in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight broader coalition partner with truth he was once again forced to resign he completed a full term of almost six years from nine hundred ninety nine i the international stage he's perhaps best known for testing nuclear weapons on nine hundred ninety eight and intensifying with neighbor pakistan at the time the tests were a source of great pride for him and celebrated nationwide today

a trip skin four to five hours india conducted three underground nuclear tests in the poker and break. the tests also placed a strain on the indian u.s. relationship and sanctions were placed on the country. in favoring one thousand nine hundred nine he led negotiations with pakistan of the contested region of kashmir he pushed for a full scale diplomatic peace process another success came with the inauguration of the new delhi the whole bus service in february nine hundred ninety nine vij by initiated a new peace process aimed towards permanently resolving the kashmir dispute and other conflicts in pakistan but in may one thousand nine hundred ninety the two countries for a two month war in the remote region of cargill are because smeared india declared victory as pakistan withdrew from cargo. a shrewd political player pite was able to build bridges on all sides of the political spectrum his moderate reputation

brought him supporters especially from those who fed the right wing side of his b.j. party his popularity soared his he oversaw economic reforms that led to high rates of threats but he lost the election in two thousand and four after campaigning on his economic success. his slogan of india is shining didn't resonate with everyone especially the poor who voted overwhelmingly for rival the congress party but all the harry dodge pite was born in one thousand twenty four in central india and died in hospital in new delhi after being admitted. for the next two weeks by desires will be taken over by the tango the international tango festival and while cuppa tracks fans and competitors from around the globe to raise and buy records. it is the dance music of when a scientist oh and for two weeks the festival and world cup energizes the argentine capital.

traveled from colombia to compete last year they came in third place this time they're hoping to make it to the top of the news in the summer school helps me express what i feel is the most complete dumbs and the most beautiful is the anything obama's best at all us in the me and it's an arch that helps you express what you're feeling if you're angry or sad or happy or in love you can express everything in a stance. this is the world's most important tango competition almost seven hundred couples competing to win the cup it is here in the neighborhood of our tangle was born it is the place where the first born of one a side is was no kadian when thousands of immigrants arrive here in search of a better life and that's why many say that tango is full of sorrow because it expresses. the feelings of those who had to leave everything behind in their home countries and the hardships they faced when they arrived. and they won the new one

is the instrument at the heart of the sound of tango first crafted for religious services in the nineteenth century germany it is now in tune with tango. role that it already has been playing it since he was a child and now it helps him make a living before tango as a coach in the now but in the beginning it was persecuted because of the way it was danced or what the songs meant a powerful opponents like the a plus the catholic church on the military but slowly is what its place and now it is all it. says this time of the year is a period that held argentines pay tribute to the dance that has come to represent them the moment victory call process is a historic moment because it's the time when we see how time goes nutrient so is opening up mixes with other musical cultures but we always look back to our

historical references to continue to teach us and to keep us on the right path was a path that has come a long way since dangle was born but that continues to amaze arjan tines and foreigners alike. that is how will i just see that when a site is. just a quick look at top stories now the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in may this year my pond bio says the group will report directly to the state department all record all iran related activity which he described as violent and he stabilizing. for nearly forty years the regime in tehran has been responsible for torrent of violence and destabilizing behavior against the united states or our allies or partners and indeed the iranian people themselves in may of

this year president trump withdrew from the flood iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's nuclear program or its campaigns of violence abroad in its place president representative get paid to pressure deterrence and solidarity with the long suffering of iranian people our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regime's behavior both inside and outside of its borders in other developments donald trump is lashed out at a campaign by hundreds of us newspapers supporting a free press tweeted that the press is free to write and say anything it wants but much of what it says is fake news the boston globe is leading the campaign with the twitter hash tag enemy of none in reference to trump calling journalists the enemy of the american people more than three hundred newspapers have published editorials criticizing trump and his attacks on the media up two gunmen have been killed off

to a six hour standoff with security forces in the afghan capital kabul they targeted a training center for afghanistan's security service it's kept a violent week with hundreds of military police and civilians killed in a series of strikes. and the us sing a wreath of franklin has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six undisputed queen of soul is known for classic rhythm and blues tracks such as i think i say a little prayer and of course his signature song respect. eighteen grammys during her career was the first female artist to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame the stream is next.

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