nobody has ever done in less than a two year period what we've done so when you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration probably loose feeling and probably here for all the wrong reasons now and the new york times is telling if i weren't here i believe the new york times probably wouldn't even exist. and someday when i'm not president which hopefully will be in about six and a half years from. the new york times and c.n.n. and all of these phony media outlets will be at a business folks they'll be out of business because they'll be nothing to write and they'll be nothing of interest so nobody has done what this administration has done so that's the playbook here and we're hearing this from this administration after each one of these scandals and we just had bob woodward come out with excerpts from

his book where he talks about some of the senior officials taking steps to basically try and save the country from the president was remarkable so what they do is they come out they say a look at the economy calling all of this news fake news and talking about the new york times is failing that it's important to point out the new york times is now fallon they're getting record readership and profits right now along with the several media outlets that the he likes to attack so again this is extraordinary this doesn't happen this is really scathing op ed from someone close to the president now of course the question's going to be less that patty thank you very much indeed. much more to come on the program including iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of angry protesters in the southern city of pastor and. tens of thousands of sri lankans rally in the capital colombo to call for the government to resign amid accusations of corruption.

out of the still sporadic showers in new south wales southern queensland rather more obvious line of clouds running through the west adelaide in particular services south australian that was victoria significant right to affect tasmania especially but it still spots for the showers inland over what was of course very dry ground so it rapidly becomes a muddy mess around about the fifteen twenty mark as you can see as of the east was the sun's more prevalent by the time we get to friday in perth brighton should say seventy degrees and in new zealand the weather the last week has been really quite surprising and recently in napier on the east coast this cloud has brought significant amounts of rain still raining so it's a wet spell moment north london particular forty degrees no clint telling tries

chose your more light to be in the sunshine especially so i think the time we get to friday and is now a quieter weather overall japanese islands there's no hint of gebbie any more but there is a front just to the size and there's one trying to form a line at the shanghai so there you go to draw a day in a breeze free day on thursday the rain closes in again it does so overnight but looks like friday will be a fairly wet day. brazil's constitution grants its people the right to a mid sentence but it's been a long struggle and the system is constantly challenge to fight big what's in it down the list i know that nine someone medical treatment could lead to good death but on the other hand i also know that because of providing that treatment would have a negative impact on the rest of society. brazil's real drugs war on the people's

health on al-jazeera. they're going to run to the top stories on our. british police say they've identified two russians believed to be behind the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter consoles bre earlier this year. paraguayan is moving its israeli embassy back from jerusalem to tel aviv reversing a decision made less than four months ago israel has retaliated by closing its embassy compound why. at least twenty people have been killed and sixty others injured in twin explosions in afghanistan's capital kabul

a suicide bomber blew himself up in a neighborhood with a large shia population. yemen's u.n. sponsored peace talks have been delayed until friday after who's the rebels say they were prevented from flying to geneva the rebel group says preconditions agreed by the u.n. have not been met according to the who feels the u.n. was meant to evacuate injured civilians but the saudi led coalition did not authorize a larger plane the u.n. special envoy for yemen is still optimistic though the talks will be a success. consultations will focus on turn main. to reactivate the peace process as i say in suspension these. costs today the groundwork on the basis of discussions we'll have this week for formal bigger share actions which will come later and the second. aspect is confidence building measures confidence building measures the designs need to help build this

trust through dream and so on them partly to actually deliver some benefits to the people of yemen and partly to send a signal to the international community and people given that something is happening people given like many of the conflicts are desperately in need of a signal of. well diplomatic efforts continue in geneva there's increased desperation on the ground in yemen seven people have been injured of security forces dispersed crowds of protesters who are running against the government there was for his angry about the deteriorating economy and the collapse of the currency in a war torn country anderson and has been launching from neighboring djibouti. a full day of protests and reports of violence away from here at one gathering when police intervened to disperse protesters a security official says they opened fire and some demonstrators were injured this street band i was torn down it thank the united arab emirates which backs the local

administration. eyewitnesses say a number of roads have been blocked by demonstrators in government controlled. since sunday demonstrations have been going on in many parts of the south people who find themselves in poverty as the economy of yemen collapses its currency is now at its lowest values ever against the dollar food prices have never been higher . the civilians make it the un's attempt to get dialogue going between the warring sides i shall be adding i don't know how well the people are destroyed and the situation requires mutual agreement if we really are arabs and we really are patriotic we have to compromise and can see each other and god willing we will all succeed and the country will have a space for us all no one wants anything but peace. over the holiday and we call on all the parties in those disagreeing to unite under one banner in order to relieve the people from the division they've reached and relieve them from suffering and

also to end the siege and the recent deterioration of the currency also to put the country's interest above their own personal interests and shown their differences some hope then despite an underlying cynicism what conceivably ins do other than wish for some sort of progress toward. peace in geneva the diplomatic key words are confidence building while in yemen the key words are different increasing desperation the un's world food program says eight point four million people are now on the brink of starvation in the region refugee council says that the collapse of yemen's economy could cost more lives than in the war itself under someone's jazeera djibouti or than twenty people have been injured after his he rebels in yemen fired missiles into saudi arabia a spokesman for saudi led coalition's of the miss are targets the city is not sure on it was intercepted by saudi air defense forces but fragments fell on residential

areas the hoofy say they were targeting a saudi military camp at least one protest has been killed in the southern iraqi city of basra after security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition into crowds of demonstrators rallying against poor public services and corruption they're angry they're not getting a share of the region's oil wealth despite producing a large portion of its revenue and hollande has more. protesters return to the streets of boston are angry and undeterred by the deaths of six demonstrators the day before this is the response from security forces firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. this is some of the worst andris seen since demonstrations began in july protesters accuse the police of using live ammunition police say protesters have been firing weapons. the city of pasto lies in the southern region that

produces most of iraq's oil wealth the protesters say they see little of it they said the system is riddled with corruption there was little book and infrastructure there has all but collapsed. oh my god of our the people of basra have no services no water no electricity how long will the situation remain. iraqi prime minister haider he has ordered an investigation into the deaths of the protesters he's already suspended the electricity minister part of his government if it to punish those believed to be behind the problems the protesters say that needs to translate into real change electricity that doesn't keep cashing out and water that's fit to drink media on one hand down to zero president a whole trump has warned that if there is a slaughter in syria is lost rebel held province the u.s. will be very angry and react accordingly at least seventeen civilians including

five children have been killed in air raids an adlib this comes just a day after the u.n. called on russia and turkey to help avert what's been described as a bloodbath focused on unit to prime minister says he's hopeful relations can be reset with the united states or with suspension of military aid over the country's failure to tackle armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us sector of state might pump a zero in islamabad while hyder has the latest. made by a general done for day bug a tiny foreign minister saying that bald headed in a candid and frank environment saying that day was indeed a break in the deadlock that was before because of mistrust between the two countries often the announcement of the drum. the american stage had already said that he wanted to come too focused on to reset the relationship

and saying that they wanted to turn a new page the pakistani foreign minister saying that the americans were looking for a political settlement to the conflict a politically negotiated settlement and wanted bugger stands head of the pakistani foreign minister saying that they're going to be now has brought order to do with. religious links and that it would be a priority for progress on doing prove relationship with iran is gone also important. for the first time the united states has said that it will be the state department. future dalt. taleban and the acceptance by the americans that the longest wall in american history could not be worn militarily but had to be centered on the political front as way. out of the us has found more than forty million people are struggling to pay for

enough food month to month is a small improvement only it still means many americans are forced to rely on handouts christensen to me went to the food bank in new york. martina santos volunteers at this food pantry in manhattan where once a week she makes lunch for all the staff. this is that correct order what i made last night in my house. this time in addition to bread pudding it's be chicken or pork with vegetables and beans but like many other volunteers here martina also relies on the pantry herself to help feed her family of four she's what's known as food insecurity which means she struggles to pay for all the food her family needs is important to me because they haven't supported for at the table when i wrote me now are coming over young i got me i rise i got beings and i got them for it they stood before us and based upon the pantry is run by the westside campaign against hunger which allows low income families to come once

a month to get three days' worth of groceries although it's based in the affluent upper west side of manhattan it sees customers from all five boroughs of new york city a lot of the people who rely on food pantries like this one don't qualify for federal assistance what's known as snap or food stamps so even as the number of food insecure people in the united states has gone down their reliance on places like this has remained high two thirds of our customers are exclusively fantasy speaking . and many of them are recent ever grand and are not able to access some of the federal benefits that help to keep families afloat and so they're increasingly leaning on places like here and to meet their family's basic needs. according to the group hunger free america it's a common misperception that people who rely on food assistance don't work. in the last few decades the number of private charities in america has absolutely skyrocketed yet the number of people hungry has skyrocketed why because we replaced

living wage jobs with poverty jobs and we flash to government safety net. making the work these charities do essential if not a solution to the problem christine for me al jazeera for. tens of thousands a show lankans have marched through the capital colombo took over the government to resign they're angry about corruption and accused of selling national assets the protests are being led by former president mahinda rajapaksa who's known as the strongman the sri lankan politics and is hoping to capitalize on the discontent to make a political comeback when hey reports from colombo. the leaders of the protest movement said it was going to be their biggest show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protest as from communities to around sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that

they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want my hands or rajapaksa back he's the only one he can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years and is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with the tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to former health minister my trip to the same body after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my hand to rajapakse his favor right now there are the everyday issues that are brought people onto the streets combined with what's perceived to be a weak unstable government into someone who's regarded as the strongman of sri

lankan politics who clearly sees an opportunity the government says it is it's even goals but needs more time mahinda rajapakse his son who's seen as a potential future leader of sri lanka says time is up for the government until people doesn't want to see is where they get hired there to be hired that. i'm sure the people doesn't have on a change at all that. they're losing jobs and that the unemployment rate is going up mahinda rajapaksa is calling for political change but he's barred from becoming president again because of the constitutional two term limits but as he proved when he was in power the constitution can be changed and he clearly still enjoys plenty of support wayne hay al jazeera colombo. a magnitude six point seven earthquake has rocked northeastern japan leaving three million homes without power the quake struck hokkaido japan's may niland some flights have been canceled and the bullet train service has been suspended between our mori and. a plane

has been quarantined in new york after ten passengers became ill aboard a flight from dubai the emirates flight landed in kennedy airport on wednesday morning with the passengers receiving medical attention as a precaution new york's counterterrorism division says it appears to be a medical situation a spokesman for the new york's mayor says the flight stopped in mecca which is experiencing a flu outbreak but you will few any time on our website address for that is al-jazeera dot com. watching us there here's a reminder the top stories british police have released images of two russians suspected of poisoning a former spy and his daughter in salzburg alexander petroff and rossland bashir off are accused of attempting to murder and yes triple with

a nerve agent number chalk in march the british prime minister has called for a u.n. security council meeting to discuss the incident i can today tell the house that based on the body of intelligence the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and c.p.s. are officers from the russian military intelligence service. also known as the g.r.u. the g.r.u. is a highly disciplined organization with a well established chain of command so this was not a road operation it was almost certainly also approved outside the g.r.u. a senior level of the russian state. paraguay's moving its embassy in israel back to tell a brief from west jerusalem reversing a decision made less than four months ago israel immediately retaliated by closing its embassy in power guy in may a pair of eyes previous president or us your craft has moved the embassy following

in the footsteps of the u.s. at least twenty people have been killed and sixty others injured in twin explosions in afghanistan's capital kabul a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a sports hole in a neighborhood which has a large shia population senior members of president donald trump's administration were considering taking steps to remove him from office according to anonymous article written by a leading official the piece in the new york times also says cabinet members were ready working from within to curb some of trump's more extreme policies the president has already condemned the article calling it in his words a gutless editorial at least one protester has been killed in the southern iraqi city of badger after security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of demonstrators who are rallying against poor public services and corruption that angry that they're not getting

a share of the region's oil wealth. if there's a top stories people in power is up next they'll be more news for you straight off that thanks for watching. please stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. taiwan a sovereign garden state or a breakaway province of the people's republic of china the bust inevitably return to make gun control as the battle intensifies to influence tyrolese hawks minds on this question we've been to investigate the tactics of those to whom reunification is only a matter of time. you

. play the end . asia's most vibrant democracy is feeling the heat from an increasingly powerful neighbor that claims it has a renegade province opened up on p.b.s. we have a. president that i think in the democratic way of one element in any way. the two sides share a complicated history of civil war in china drove the fleeing nationalist army to taiwan in one nine hundred forty nine. it's had its own government since its own

laws. and lately off freedoms not seen in many parts of asia and yet formally taiwan is not a country i love is all very well wouldn't you go for a good. school i do wish. you luck because literally. the supporters of unification between china and taiwan insist both sides agreed in one nine hundred ninety two that there is only one china. but within taiwan the so-called one nine hundred ninety two consensus is the subject of much debate women's and or enjoy them playing because it's home. tensions have escalated since president chai of the independence leaning democratic progressive party took office both sides ramped up military activity in the taiwan

straits off to beijing cut diplomatic contacts in two thousand and sixteen. china also forced a string of airlines and companies to amend references to taiwan on their websites iow while summing us up would be on the way out on the all these recently. was young oh young guy goes on water we're hearing another. frosty relations with china come amid a strengthening of ties with the united states officially washington agrees with beijing that taiwan is a part of china but on officially it's one of the island's main allies. this year the us opened a new two hundred fifty five million dollar complex in the capital taipei it also committed to stronger military support for taiwan and passed a bill encouraging visits between officials from both sides as one dedicated his

feeling i don't think my president wanted to choose sides between china and the united states but the situation needs to be at least countrol manageable sol we are walking on a thai roll. for the chinese communist party a campaign to win the hearts and minds of the taiwanese people continues. here this year beijing announced its so-called thirty one measures placing such an taiwanese businesses and individuals on an equal footing with their chinese counterparts. within taiwan china is also making its presence felt. people in power investigates the fringe political groups working with beijing not to get eaten for something i think it's. really nice. we find out some of the ways china gathers information inside

taiwan all to juggle their boots or double. social teaching go. ahead of local elections at the end of the year there are fears things could get even more intense almost sold in helpless it's just it's yellow so i'm going to eat will ya. what's happening here. they showed up just after six in the morning or their job out of hiding in pro unification politician one being drunk says he was completely unprepared i know he was it will hold it pretty hard as it turned up after the introduction that the underling higher than any child with him and no chance of gardening. what followed was live streamed by one on his facebook page the video here today i use the. word

angelman for. the standoff which lasted forty minutes ended when police broke the lock i mean even when i was either on or helping him out. an image of a good sounded. just listening to. the raid might not have happened were it not for this man joe home shoe a chinese citizen and former student at one of taiwan's best universities. he spent fourteen months in jail for attempting to recruit spies for beijing a charge he continues to deny today so long so that one's will that be it among alleged collaborators being shown when we meet again it's at a hastily called press conference. his father and two members of his political party have just been indicted and are awaiting trial we'll let you see what the

reason for that. one should be or why. you know it's also the wisdom of god. wasn't quite what it. but prosecutors insist the three politicians took money from the chinese communist party with former student joe home shoes acting as a middleman. the national chain she university is where he caught his postgraduate degree. joe declined our request for an interview but we managed to speak to a former exchange student at one of taiwan's other universities she's asked that we hide her identity. joe you'll run home poor people sleazy. also for hashimoto's four. hundred one dollars come out or to go to naples hunt hold the real. amy says she quickly suspected something was wrong but government officials

wouldn't leave her alone to go hunt for one seems sure seems so. all young adults use. their hobo joke you know who's on the one hundred dollars to . wait until you get home and joseph should mobile home to do so. three pm on a weekday afternoon outside the presidential palace in taipei and this is a regular sight. members of the concentric patrick as i'm alliance are on their way to one of the city's best known van mox taipei one o one. here they broadcast their message on unification to tourists from mainland china letting you know i don't. think that. that's not what i want to let you do that everyone the one that the family and they take on followers

of the following spiritual movement who are publicizing the plight of their fellow practitioners in mainland china where the group is outlawed. yes but are you on your own and i've done this for you on your. today's exchange ends peacefully. but that hasn't always been the case. concentric patrick is on the line says members regularly feature in online videos like these. their targets include pro independent supporters. democracy activists. as well as the following any kind of several of their members have been convicted of assault within taiwan questions over the methods and funding sources of the concentric patrick ism alliance have swirled for some time. people in power has

been investigating. posing as a mainlander who has recently moved to taiwan are under cover researcher has been getting to know the group. among the first things we learned is that co-founder jang su year is running in this year's local elections learning. their whole. what they all think of them. this conversation with a supporter confirms what many have long suspected that the group pays people to attend its events. on. the. level. of the concentric patry tism alliance is headed by seventy five year old child. originally from mainland china chao hosts of both hong kong and taiwanese identity cards.

in this video he's in central taiwan marking the anniversary of the founding of the chinese communist party. but channel was not always a believer in one nine hundred eighty four he wrote a letter to that then british prime minister margaret thatcher objecting to hong kong being handed back to china his letter began it is known to all that communist rule is characterized by suppression that leads only to bloodshed deprivation and die of poverty clearly chow has since had a change of heart but are chinese authorities funding his political activities. here's what chang syria co-founder and manager of the concentric patriotism alliance has to say only. you know as.

i understand it. and. i think you're right and. i'm. in the. league now and you. know. at the offices of the taiwanese government spokesperson cole last year tucker says more can be done to regulate all political groups war machines as it says you want. but even before changes to legislation police have started to act in early august they raid the offices of another fringe party the china unification promotion party

and the home of its chairman. on suspicion.