the birth and the rise of the african slave trade nothing in history that there's going to humanity. for all the gold in the world i want to just go. we're committed to a whole of government effort to change the iranian regimes behavior. the u.s. announces a new approach to run policy on iran after withdrawing from the nuclear deal. well i'm down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. media outlets in the u.s. take a united stand against president donald trump. remembering the queen of soul aretha franklin has died at the age of seventy six and indians

pay homage to the former prime minister atal bihari who passed away at the age of ninety three a seven day mourning period is now in place. the u.s. has announced a new foreign policy initiative aimed at changing the behavior of the regime in tehran secretary of state mike said the white house is holding a task force to coordinate and run its policy on iran speaking to reporters at the state department he talked about the new initiative our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regimes behavior both inside and outside of its borders rosen jordan has more from the united nations. the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has unveiled what is being called the iran action group trying to make certain that all parts of the u.s. government are working on a strategy to compel iran to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions as well as to

stop its efforts of supporting groups such as hamas hezbollah the who these in yemen and other such organizations that have been listed as terrorist groups under u.s. law even though this effort is now being unveiled the administration is denying charges that it is trying to push for regime change inside iran there's also the question of whether the u.s. is goal of trying to get other countries on board with this new effort will work notably countries within the european union which have long standing economic ties to terror on when asked whether or not the u.s. was going to have a problem getting these countries to agree to put more pressure on iran to change its ways this is what bryant hall the new special representative for iran had to say that's the purpose of maximum economic pressure the point is not to create any rifts with with other nations but when you look out the kind of money that iran

provides to assad and to shia militias to lebanese hezbollah it's billions and billions of dollars and we need to get at drying up those revenue streams so far the beggar's of the iran action group is a very small one the administration wasn't ready to unveil those daves on thursday however brian hook did tell reporters that this is a key policy initiative of the trumpet ministration and that they are committed to trying to get iran to change its political and security ways or trade to policies from the national iranian american council he says the new strategy is in line with the administration's tough stance against terror on. what we're seeing here is the continuation of the escalator tory plan that the trump in the situation put in place on they one when the into the white house which is some form of confrontation with iran that talking point is that this is just about changing behavior there's

even an offer to talk on the table but everything the trumpet ministration is doing is very clearly pointing towards a demand for iran campus elation which will happen which as a result very likely will either lead to some form of a direct confrontation with iran or efforts by the united states to destabilize iraq on the trunk of mr asian is on record admitting that they're trying to foment unrest in iran what that would do is that it would force him on to turn its research resources inwards and it would be this able from projecting power in the region and from the perspective of some of the iran's regional rivals that type of instability in iran is probably the second best option compared to what their primary preference seems to be which is the military confrontation. in the u.s. newspapers across the country cleared their front pages on thursday morning to print editorials fighting back against donald trump's attacks against the media

jabatan say reports from washington d.c. . here at the newseum in washington d.c. the front pages of some of the over three hundred newspapers taking part in what was billed as an attempt to end a quote dirty war on the free press and were being displayed their goals for the day really are to remind the public about the value to our democracy of afraid independent press and maybe tone down the rhetoric that leads some on the fringes to violence by using inflammatory terms like enemies of the people they are the fake fake disgusting news. donald trump's attacks on the media have been rhetorical and that has its dangers but he hasn't threatened journalists with the espionage act or seized their records and demanded sources as president obama did instead trump is playing on suspicions about the media the house long been the charge that the mainstream media does reflect the views of the establishment and the elite and marginalizes those who question that at least and some do wonder

whether donald trump is now giving the mainstream media the opportunity to present itself as m to establishment without having to conduct any self reflection answers and what you just did is inflammatory to the u.s. media has awoken under donald trump and is likely to take a far more adversarial position against the white house. but has the age of trump truly ushered in a new era of fearlessness for a fourth a state finally willing to speak for the people or is the press simply reflecting the unease of the establishment that trump up ended with his victory that many have a long called for an adversarial relationship between the media and a sitting president but the question is what kind of adversarial relationship is it just simply belt based on attacks personal attacks going. back and forth that don't have substance that don't actually improve people's lives they don't highlight issues but in effect inflate the personalities and egos of major celebrity

media figures and people in the trumpet ministration the polls show most americans care far more about free healthcare or reversing economic inequality than the alleged russian collusion that establishment voices blame for their loss in the last presidential election yet it's the last of a dominates the us media and those that do take an adversarial stones to the establishment on social and economic issues remain as marginalized as ever meanwhile the polls reflected the claiming trust in the media nationwide trump continues his attacks she never turns the aisle jazeera washington. tributes from around the world and pouring into remember the university acclaimed queen of soul aretha franklin home in detroit on thursday the seventy six year old american singer had pancreatic cancer fans a place flowers on a star on the hollywood walk of fame former u.s. president barack obama fondly remembered her on social media as did music john's

like barbara streisand and former beatle paul mccartney. looks back at her life and how she influenced the world of music. she was simply known by her first name aretha because of her unmistakable voice she was born everything louise franklin in one thousand and 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. a winner of eighteen grammy awards for his stint of gospel own vocal style influenced multiple generations she was number one on the rolling stone magazine's

list of greatest singers of all time and she was the first mill artist ever inducted 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 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 curtailed her performances but she always sang like in this two

thousand and fourteen performance and she sang adele's hit rolling in the deep. engine is one of the queen of soul her fans she always was and always will be. retha franklin for seventy six years old. john hendren joins us live now from our ether franklins father's church in detroit that's where she began singing solos at the age of eight john says how a people they're responding in detroit and across the u.s. the news of her death. well there are people here remember her as the diva who lived next door they say she was a larger than life figure a queen that is what they were many of them called her but they also said you would

see her at the grocery store many of the people in the church behind me have known her for decades this was her father's church it moved a couple times but it's been in this spot since one thousand sixty three and you can see that there are flowers and balloons there and there are people walking by many of whom want to tell the story of how important this woman was and it's not just here as you mentioned the current and former president of the united states issued statements about aretha franklin and in new york city there is a subway stop called the franklin stop and people have put the name a wreath up there the apollo theater is celebrating her and an upcoming event so this is a unique woman who has been widely and fondly remembered and you can tell how she grew up in this musical atmosphere if you walk inside the church behind me because people spontaneously broke out into song and played the organ and then all came and told us how much this woman had touched their lives and how much she had influence

music here in the united states theron. statements from. the u.s. presidents why do we think she had such an impact. well she was a lifelong devote of progressive causes she sang at martin luther king's funeral and her father was a friend of king so that was really a part of her life but also she managed to imbue songs with something that wasn't there before take this song respect that's one that otis redding had done before her it was her second major hit and somehow when she sang it it wasn't any longer about your partner coming home and not treating you well it suddenly became an anthem for feminists and for civil rights advocates and she became a hero of those groups because of the attention that she gave and because of the

emotion she put into the songs but also another thing is simply the sheer talent that she brought to it rolling stone as gave mentioned in his story called her the greatest singer of all time she had twenty hit albums she had multiple single hits that sold in the millions she won eighteen grammys and then a lifetime grammy so this is a woman who will long be remembered not just here in the streets of detroit but around the world for the talent that she brought. in detroit john thank you. for the victims of. all of that stay with us. from briskness and fuel. to the. of southeast

asia. hello there heavy downpours have been pounding the southern parts of china recently so thanks to this blob of cloud hair and within that cloud is a storm that's gradually tracking its way towards the west this is what it's done to us in the southern parts of china you can see the heavy rain that we've seen there causing a fair amount of flooding across the roads it is going to give causing a few problems and will continue to do so over the next few days as well because this whole system is tracking its way towards the west so particularly for the northern parts of it now it's looking very very wet there for friday and for saturday meanwhile that also be somewhat weather in the hong kong region and further north look at this system here this is also the remains of another storm that has shanghai and is now working its way towards the west and as it does so it's still continuing to give us some very very heavy downpours so a bit further towards the south in the satellite picture is picking up plenty of cloud over the southern parts of the philippines more wet weather is expected hair

as we head through the next few days but to the south of that is generally looking a fair amount dry and brighter so across the borneo into java bali is looking fine and dry towards the west though there is more rain here and as you head up towards thailand it does look very wet india too is looking pretty wet at the moment particularly in the west this blob of cloud here is going to give us some for downpours. there with sponsored by the time. and this new delhi swell artistic expression has thrived for generations. now real estate developers want to go on. we disappear i will close documentary on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour the u.s. has announced a new foreign policy initiative aimed at changing the behavior of the regime in iran the white house is creating a task force to call net and on its policy on iraq u.s. president donald trump has used twitter to attack a campaign by american media outlets supporting free press more than three hundred newspapers published editorials criticizing trump's attacks on the media he said the press is free to write and say anything it wants but much of what he says is fake names. us singer ether front and has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six

known as the queen of soul front in one thousand grammys during her career she was also a prominent into civil rights. two attackers have been killed off a six hour gun battle in the afghan capital kabul they've targeted an intelligence services training center it's been a particularly violent week in afghanistan with hundreds of civilians military and police officers killed a shell of bullets now reports. ten am in kabul is. whiston neighborhood no one is paid five. gunmen 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 and. the force of the bomb blew the roof off the classroom. by then. killing students as 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 ticky 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 so but there are talks of a ceasefire with the taliban during the holiday of next week it would replication unprecedented cease fire in june this is negotiations continue. between the u.s. and taliban for a long term peace plan but in alyse it may be the prospect of peace that is causing war those hardline ballad band who are with hardliners who believe in fighting it out and then be politic graham conflict they are making america. in my view a war rocket and greer to be region where the government is going to difficult situation to announce prior. to the stakes a growing with or that's

a ceasefire with the taliban all the red acacia i saw was. those who remain say the disparate change shallot ballasts al jazeera. the former indian prime minister atal bihari has died at the age of ninety three politicians from his party the b j p were among the first to pay respects of his official residence in the capital new delhi where his body is on public viewing will be best remembered for his foreign policy more now from him and. he was elected prime minister not once not twice but three times at all the hari vij by india first for thirteen days in one thousand nine hundred sixty but was unable to form a majority and then resigned he was prime minister for thirteen months in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight or clearly some partner with troops he was once again forced to resign he completed a full almost six years from nine hundred ninety nine i i am the international

stage he's perhaps best known for testing nuclear weapons on nine hundred ninety eight and intensifying arms race with neighbor pakistan at the time the tests were a source of great pride for him and celebrated nationwide today a trip skin forty five hours. in india conduct a three underground nuclear tests in the folk and the. the tests also placed a strain on the indian u.s. relationship and sanctions were placed on the country. in february one thousand nine hundred ninety 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 one thousand nine hundred 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 made india declare victory is pakistan withdrew from cargo a shrewd political player pike was able to build bridges on all sides of the political spectrum his moderate reputation brought him supporters especially from those who feared the right wing side of his b.j. party his popularity soared his he oversaw economic reforms that led to high rates of growth 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. hardy budged pite was born in one thousand twenty four in central india and died in hospital in new delhi after being admitted to. the italian government is considering taking charge of the entire motorway network away from private companies and contractors after the collapse of a bridge in genoa and one investigation into what happened may take some time hundreds of people displaced by the collapse are wondering where they'll sleep the

reports from general. below what is left of geno's marandi bridge hundreds of properties stand empty more than six hundred people were moved from this neighborhood after the bridge collapsed on tuesday some are returning to collect their possessions many all still visibly shaken. portugal a lot of i saw the bridge collapsing because my apartment looked over it so i saw it fall i heard a big noise like thunder i thought it was a storm then there was dust everywhere and i saw a building in terms of rubble. it's unclear if people will be allowed to live here again as experts say the structure could be unsafe this firefight to show me what's now known as the red zone a high risk area if you look up you can see just how close from randy quaid there is to the top of some of these apartments it almost seems to me it's and you can really understand why italian authorities decide to pull back you wait this whole

neighborhood because of course if any part of that bridge was to collapse anyone underneath would bring grave danger. carrying their belongings residents leave to stay with family and friends or in city shelters this man's elderly mother was too shocked to come back he says my fear will never be the same so the next visual for can please you and i used to be a firefighter and looking at all this i believe it will take years to rebuild and recover. in. at the rescue site hundreds of emergency workers continue to search for survivors as time passes hopes are diminishing now we are cutting the big slabs we are moving them and then we send the can i. the dogs the search dogs. if there are positive signs and our teams. direct research. into the bites people

and you know are still coming to terms with what has happened in their city face grief anger and for those who call this district home there is now a future full of uncertainty natasha al-jazeera genoa italy mollies president abraham boubacar kater has won reelection with sixty seven percent of the vote cagers main rivals say got thirty three percent but he's rejected the results and vowed to contest them voter turnout for the run of poll on july twenty ninth was low with armed men attacking several polling stations and one election official was killed the vatican has condemned the sex abuse described in a grand jury report in the us state of pennsylvania as morally reprehensible about again spokesman said pope francis was with the victims the report detailed allegations of assaults on more than a thousand minors by those described as predator priests also suggested there could be thousands more of victims spanning a seventy year period the grand jury report also revealed cover ups ordered by

siena church officials of the vatican. germany's looking at restoring migration controls on its border with switzerland and france checkpoints have already been restored parts of the austrian border but as dominic came reports there may be resistance from some businesses. violent hine is a bustling german town lying next to france and switzerland people from the three countries mingle and it's markets and from a distance it can be hard to tell them apart but all supporters of e.u. integration welcome such thoughts some people in berlin are concerned a senior official of the interior ministry has spoken publicly about whether it's time to reintroduce border controls all part of his bosses migration master plan. of most land meant we remain a liberal minded country we remain a humane country and we remain a country which grants protection to those who need it at the same time we want to eliminate the abuse which also exists but has significant is that obese in the

first five months of this year more than eighteen thousand people were detained trying to enter germany illegally of that twenty seven percent were held on the austrian border a further eleven percent on the swiss border with nine percent on the front a with france some in violent itself this is the last remaining sign of any physical border here the river rhine the natural front here between germany france and switzerland the question must be how practical might it be to reintroduce border controls in areas where the people have grown used to the absence of them for twenty years. at the midday market traders like mohammed syrian are clear about the benefits of border free travel because they have that you can it's more convenient for customers coming from switzerland or france to come to our markets they can then do their shopping and do not have to worry about long waiting times it customs so it means they can drive back and forth much more easily. a glance at

the amount of trade between the germans french and swiss highlights the importance of the showing and so the combination of imports and exports between germany and france is worth one hundred sixty nine billion dollars each year combined annual imports and exports between the germans and swiss amount to almost one hundred billion dollars little wonder then that in the swiss city of bars and people don't want borders back any time soon we have every day more than seventy thousand people coming working in this part of switzerland from france and germany and as economy route not. without these people but the mere fact officials are discussing it shows how much impact the migration crisis has had dominic cain al-jazeera in southwestern germany migrant families continue arriving at the us mexico border seeking asylum in the united states most remain hopeful they'll be able to enter

the u.s. despite the trumpet ministrations hard line policies that have jailed families and separated children from their parents how does your castro has more from a color in texas. what's happening now to families arriving at the border is a reflection of the rapidly influx border policy of the troubled ministration that appears to be arbitrarily choosing winners and losers the families arriving in the last few weeks have come out the winners they have been processed quickly not separated parent and child and many are brought to this bus terminal in the callon texas which has now been dubbed the new ellis island of the united states the hub where newcomers come and have their first taste of freedom and what they hope will become their new country here they buy their bus tickets they go deeper into the u.s. they are obligated to now appear before an immigration judge and leave for the chance to stay in the country and the majority of them will be ordered deported but also statistically speaking most do not show up to their voluntary deportations so the

likely outcome will be that they augment this already growing eleven million people population of undocumented immigrants who continue to live in the shadow in the united states. part of a picture of the headlines here this hour the u.s. has announced a new foreign policy initiative aimed at changing the behavior of the regime in tehran the white house is creating a toss force to coordinate and run its policy on iran more now from out as it was raised in jordan it's not really clear what this whole of government effort to will unify policy on iran is actually going to lead to especially given that when asked brian who is the new special representative for iran said that there is no plan for the u.s. to try to push for regime change inside the iranian government. yes president

donald trump has used twitter to attack a campaign by american media outlets supporting free press more than three hundred newspapers published editorials criticizing trump's attacks on the media he said the press is free to write and say anything it wants but much of what it says is fake news. u.s. scenary the franklin has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six known as the queen of soul she won eighteen grammys during her career she was also a prominent campaigner for civil rights. former indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee has died at the age of ninety three he'll be most remembered for conducting nuclear tests just weeks before becoming prime minister ninety ninety eight he also led india during a brief war with pakistan mollies president. has won reelection with sixty seven

percent of the vote his main rival got thirty three percent but sisi has rejected the results vowed to contest them voter turnout for the runoff poll on july twenty ninth was low with armed men attacking several polling stations and one election official was killed some polling stations could not open because of the violence and zimbabwe's opposition says the constitutional court will hear its challenge against president. election victory next wednesday opposition leader nelson chamisa says the vote was rigged his party follow the more suit last week when a god was no gration was postponed until the court makes its decision those were the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story that's orphaned by fidel.

mining has always been part of south africa's rich economic history but the sector is now shrinking companies are planning to cut thousands of jobs even as many struggled to find work so what impact will it have this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. south africa has some of the world's biggest reserves of platinum gold iron ore and coal but mining now makes up less than seven percent of its economic output a steep fall from twenty percent in the one nine hundred seventy s.

companies are blaming low prices and soaring production costs for the decline mining is also.