and wraps up his north korea visit with a trip to the region's most sacred mountain. and. also coming up. in court facing new charges of corruption and abuse of power. is home to a hero's welcome after a court suspends his corruption sentence. and another homecoming but uganda's government has banned rallies marking the return of opposition leader.

in a symbolic and three day summit the leaders of north and south korea have together at the top of the peninsula's most sacred mountain mt back to. took a tour of the iconic folk crater called heaven there are already talks about starting a tourism project flying south koreans to visit the mountain from the north korean side and rounds out a trip that saw the two leaders agree to making the peninsula nuclear free of macbride has more from seoul. this three day summit ending as it began rich in symbolism moon j.n. and kim jong un his north korean host visiting mt pettigrew this is a mountainous volcano right on the border of north korea and china that is spiritually very significant to all koreans along ago moon had expressed

a desire to visit the place and this does seem to be the kind of summit where dreams come true he has visited there with kim later he will then be returning after lunch to seoul possibly addressing the south korean nation and he has a lot to talk about about the events that have taken over over the past few days culminating of course in something which has still stunned people here in south korea the sight of their president addressing one hundred fifty thousand north koreans at the may day stadium in pyongyang on wednesday night it's something that simply doesn't happen but it has happened and that i think is the biggest takeaway from this summit is not necessarily the length or the extent of the agreement itself in some respects according to a lot of conservative critics especially it really is lacking in detail but it is the spirit in which they have agreed on this deal we saw some of that excitement in

the stadium wednesday night it has generated a lot of interest in north korea it has been widely covered in all of the official media there starting really a big feeling of excitement and anticipation of change and where this might lead to as moon has gone around north korea many of the crowds have been chanting be unification of the fatherland as they put it in north korea it is a long held dream of many people in korea to see a re you need fight korean peninsula but you do get a sense that in the current mood the current excitement just what might be possible in the future. he was active say his welcome to wednesday's agreement between the two koreas to denuclearize the peninsula might pump air has invited north korea's foreign minister to meet ten on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly next week and the statement said the agreement will mark the beginning of

negotiations to transform u.s. relations through the process of rapid denuclearization of north korea to be completed by january twenty twenty one as committed by chairman and to construct a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula. another key player in the story is china scott hyde one has more on beijing's reaction to the korean summit chinese officials saying they welcome the developments on the korean peninsula and said that this is a good sign for the peace process for denuclearization and temping town military tension on the korean peninsula the chinese officials also took this opportunity to say just how important to underline just how important they are china is in this process to get it where it is now but also to move forward they've said that they are north korea's most important ally and they want to make sure that they essentially have a seat at the table when things move forward they also took this as an opportunity

to again underline their dissatisfaction with these missile systems these american missile systems that are deployed in south korea when tension was very high earlier in the year china very vehemently disagrees with that and they say that those should be removed they say it's a threat to chinese security they say now using this opportunity saying that those should be removed or there should be discussions about removing those missile systems because the military tension on the korean peninsula has downgraded so they see this as an opportunity to say to the americans it looks like you don't need those anymore and they hoped moving forward they say that they will have some discussions about when and how they'll be removed. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has appeared in court after being arrested again he's now facing twenty one money laundering charges prosecutors accuse him of illegally transferring six hundred twenty eight million dollars from a state fund into his personal account has already been hit with seven other corruption charges last month. he joins us live from outside the court in kuala

lumpur so for us what's happening there in court today. well not runs like appeared in court about half an hour ago the court then took a brief recess because his lawyers argued that they weren't present at the charges to the charges haven't yet been read out to. he hasn't been unable to. take his plea the court has been able to record a plea from. either but we understand from a police statement that was issued on thursday morning that he will face at least twenty one new charges and all relating to the deposits amounting to about two point six billion ringgit which at the time of the transactions come up to about six hundred eighty one million u.s. dollars into his personal bank accounts around two thousand and thirteen and these sums of money prosecutors allege came from the state investment fund one that had set up in two thousand and nine already faces of the charges ranging from criminal

breach of trust corruption money laundering but those charges relate to the sum of ten million dollars that he is alleged to have received from another state or entity known as s.r.c. international not abroad that has spoken about the six hundred eighty one million u.s. dollars that was deposited in his bank account but he says this was not corruption he says these monies were a donation that he received from a saudi arabian member of the royal family and he says he's received most of that money he's returned most of that money so we believe that is going to be the crux of the not just defense argument ok i mean this is a huge pro business who else is being investigated in this one d.b. scandal. well malaysian police have issued an arrest warrant for a man called low take joe he's also known as joe now many investigators believe

that he is a key figure some say even the mosque in mind of this complex scheme to steal at least four and a half billion dollars from one and this is what u.s. department of justice officials allege jolo was known for its extremely lavish lifestyle investigators say he bought obscene the expensive presents that he showered on friends he threw wild parties for hollywood celebrities malaysian authorities recently took possession of a multi-million luxury your that they believe jolo had bought using money that he had stolen from one and d.b. those whereabouts are not known some relation officials believe he is living in china now and so some people have argued that niger brown's out may not have known the full extent of what was happening at one and the full extent of the corruption scandal however it has to be remembered that he was the prime minister as well as the finance minister of this country when the corruption scandals took place ok thanks for the update from kuala lumpur. of all of pakistani prime minister nawaz

sharif has been greeted by jubilant crowds of supporters after being freed on bail is a high court order sharif is daughter and son in law be released until their appeal against corruption sentences can be heard that rules deficiencies in the case that led to the jailing of the three in july over the purchase of luxury properties in london one hundred joins us live from. in the hall so call what's the mood like where you are outside of syria's house. right now i can tell you more local media and. then why should he leave the door he was given a rousing welcome by party supporters. and the. dreaded and which is situated on the outskirts of the city.

granted to him suspension of the. criminal. procedure court undertaken for to think in no way means that that. had been taken away or it. into the law that it had just been a. political analyst saying the legal authority still hanging over his head. and of course our job or learn because he did send an opportunity for de needed to get done relieved and for him to come out so that he can take charge of a political party that has lost the election no why should the family were not able to contest. well indeed so far we have been told that the sheriff family is

mourning the dead of. a week ago and had. to come in large numbers because. for the next two days they. will be commemorating the sure a festival. kind of. except for the local media legal troubles may be far from over but still how much of a thorn might be in the side of the new prime minister and run com. where's the by election. and. what did. give some breathing space to know why should a friend in family particularly. know why. of course tried to influence and tried to garner support are supported by the big. game the second largest party in the election so if they're able to get this seat in the by election that of

course could represent a problem for prime minister and i wash. needing a coalition government. card but for the moment it is going to be important goofy read and i watch it. already going to give. the next. mention for the moment except for that. any major event as far as. the temporary leave fall for. me to show if it's been ok we'll keep following the story closely for the moment thank you. well as here on out sarah european leaders out of trash as they always get and not the summit flexing on refugees and migrants we live in australia.

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documentary on al-jazeera. there again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of all top stories this hour and a symbolic and three day summit the leaders of north korea and south korea have together visits at the top of the peninsula's most sacred mountain. it rounds out a trip to. agree to a nuclear free. malaysia's prime minister najib razak has appeared in court he's facing twenty one money laundering charges for the transfer of six hundred eighty one million dollars from the state fund into his personal account it's already been

hit with seven other corruption charges last month. jubilant crowds have welcomed the release of former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif from prison on bail but high court ordered his daughter and son in law to be freed until their appeal against corruption convictions come to. a deal between russia and turkey may have a syrian government offensive against rebel held but many in the province remain unclear on what comes next a fifteen to twenty kilometer wide demilitarized car doors to be set up to keep government troops and rebels a pause but the agreement also calls for some groups to be removed from the area and as concern and confusion about how that will be done stephanie deca reports. the demilitarized zone agreed on by turkey and russia is due to be established around fifteen kilometers from here it's a topic on everyone's mind. the demilitarized zone will be

a separate zone between us and the regime turkey will ensure our side and russia will ensure their regimes in order to prevent any battle i think all the factions will accept this because turkey is pushing forward and we are with turkey but these fighters a coalition called the national liberation front are believed to be backed by turkey and getting them to fall in line will be easy the problem may be with groups that have been deemed terrorist organizations like the formerly known as the nostra front and accused of having links to al qaeda. i don't think hyatt to reality will disappear they will break up and join the other factions there is no way that turkey will accept them staying in a loop so what if the s. and other groups refuse to abide by this deal their positions remain unclear what will turkey do and what happens next will government forces be taking over these areas over time there are many more questions than answers that confusion is also

felt in my. city about ten kilometers away from the agreed. i gave that i feel i don't have any congo or what's happening a lot of foreign states are involved and we don't know anything so. this is not the end of the revolution there are twenty million people who wanted the region to fall that twenty million wanted to liberate syria there are twenty million who want to see the victory flag on the presidential palace but it is seen to be the last stand of the armed opposition how much of it lives future will be decided militarily and how much will be decided politically remains unclear what is clear damascus is adamant it will take it back stephanie decker al-jazeera. european union leaders are due to discuss harsh on measures to prevent migrants and refugees from entering a new territory at a summit in salzburg the herself she says it wants to protect europe change and

free zone by forcing out asylum seekers reports. on the german side of the austrian border population seventeen thousand nothing much ever happens or at least it didn't until the great exodus of twenty fifteen when two thousand people a day were crossing the bridge which is the border now that bridge is quiet an average of two migrants a day make the crossing but the austrians would like to make it zero the whole austrian plan calls for the schengen free movement zone inside europe to be maintained by forcing people who want to claim asylum to do it before they enter the european union the logic of that says that people might have to ask a country they're trying to escape from to help them become a refugee the austrians release the briefing documents in which they said that some single male migrants were characterized by and see freedom or backward looking

religious attitudes the whole thing is straight out of the playbook of the populous far right. that's also plays very well in small towns like fry lessing into a coyote with a libyan but it would be wise if countries like libya and turkey where they are received first had reception centers it's smarter to help those countries register them none of which is to say that this place is unfriendly bashir who fled somalia three years ago is being looked after by locals his journey took him through libya could he really have asked for asylum in germany while he was a sixteen year old in north africa is fairly shimmered fairly fairly. it would be really dangerous once you're out of your country nobody does anything for you and you can't go back it's just a whole lot of problems and trouble as it stands the migrant reception center and for the last thing has nothing to do because there are no migrants well over the border austria has gravitated entirely to the points of view of governments like

those in hungary and italy which despise any migration with populous parties on the march before european elections next year the austrian presidency seems to be validating the most hardline views alliance joins us live now from why that summit is taking place in salzburg and austria and lourdes was the big focus of this summit is migrations of what proposals are on the table to tyson in new borders. well as i said in that report any told that they used to be a couple of years ago of what they called burden sharing sharing out refugees and asylum seekers across the bloc that's gone completely the only story in town now is how to strengthen the outer borders and so in that sense people like viktor orban of hungary of won the argument tens of thousands of more from sex offices working with north african countries egypt in particular they say is the one that they

think has done the most help keep people out because obviously it's the most stable of all the north african countries and i believe they're going to announce today a summit between the e.u. and north african countries in egypt next february when she was giving these countries a lot more money with the express intention of keeping them out but i have to ask the question if you were from south sudan or somalia and you were in egypt and you've got to us egyptian authorities to organize an asylum claim in europe for you i just don't begin to understand how that could possibly work and i think human rights groups would say it's probably against the law as well but that is how the european union is acting at the moment and lawrence also on the agenda is bracks but tourism is really being given the absolute minimum time to defend her position as machine yeah yeah they spent four hours last night talking about migration in ten minutes on it's in was fairly icy i think they will discuss it among themselves today and then tourism a will be told what they think to e.u.

leaders came out last night and said no progress there is a rumor of the u.k. shifting its position this might be a bit of fed way to try it's about customs checks between britain and northern ireland is very complicated but it would effectively mean the u.k. moving more towards the e.u. position but they both know they're running at a time neither side wants a big british crash out of europe and they're going to have a summit planned in the vendor to sort it out but something's got to give and it's not clear what it is yet and they will have to keep a close eye on events themselves back to see what happens throughout the day thanks very much arts. well u.s. president donald trump says it would be unfortunate if the woman accusing his supreme court nominee of sexual assault did not appear before the senate judiciary committee has to be ford says she wants an f.b.i. investigation into her allegations before she testifies publicly a white house correspondent kimberly hall reports. oh i'm optimistic donald trump surveying the damage in north carolina from hurricane florence but

back in washington trump was dealing with a very different storm surrounding his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh you such an outstanding man very hard for these a woman as you said it is a graphic cavanagh's been accused of sexual assault by this woman christine blazin ford ford says she was fifteen when a drunk seventeen year old cavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom at a party groped her attempted to remove her clothing and held her hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming three years ago cavanagh hinted at the culture of his exclusive high school georgetown prep based on a very familiar phrase what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown. senators say for deserves to tell her story congress has given her the chance to speak privately with senators or publicly at a hearing on monday i just want to say to the men of this country to shut up and step up do the right thing but ford has not yet committed to

a hearing and is pressing for the f.b.i. to first investigate the thirty six year old claims republicans are accusing democrats of playing politics deliberately drawing the process out to delay a hearing and to rail kavanagh's nomination if she shows up as a credible showing that of the various procedures rob thanks this is just an investigation of ford's allegations could take months and would be devastating for republicans eager to push this nomination through before november elections when democrats could potentially take control of congress can really help at al-jazeera the white house has its government says that these will flexibility from the united states if they offer to reach a deal on the tried relationship is pushing back against pressure from the trumpet ministration to make concessions as part of a new deal he says and needs must be met when renewing nuff to washington insists

an agreement must be finished by the end of september. nafta is a very complex agreement which governs the largest trading relationship in the world it governs choose billion dollars worth of trade every day. for an agreement of this scale thirteen months for a very deep water and i station of the country working on is absolute. trade agreements do take some time to negotiate and to update because the economy's complicated trade agreements are complicated and we are absolutely committed to getting this right and to getting a good deal for canada. uganda's government has banned rallies welcoming home bobby wine the pop star turned opposition politician has been receiving medical treatment in the us his lawyer said he needed to travel abroad after he was beaten up in police custody while he was charged with treason over his alleged role in stoning

the president's motorcade. japanese japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has been reelected as the head of his ruling liberal democratic party the win paves the way for him to stay in power for three more years to him the country's longest serving leader. promising economic growth and changes to the country's defense forces to meet president alltop next week as he faces pressure to cut japan sixty nine billion dollar trade surplus with the u.s. . argentina's president boys here mccrae is expected to lose more support since he presents a new budget to congress that includes tax increases but his main rival the former president cristina fernandez a kershner major issues of her own ahead of next year's election last in america as to see a new man has more from what. i was just struggles to lift argentina from a chick huge economic crisis president. limited chances of reelection next year

would appear to have received an unintentional helping hand from his main rival former president cristina fernandez the q. sure is facing a barrage of grew up in charges and is only being kept out of jail because of her parliamentary immunity as a senator. or be. as a competitor having christine affected by so many corruption indictments is certainly not an undesirable scenario for mark. in fact a newly published poll suggests that the only candidate that could defeat evil elections were held today is christina care and yet the fiery populist politician is still very much in the race. the charges of corruption against christina kirshner on all the front pages don't impact her electoral base which she runs impermeable to the attacks against her for the simple reason political support comes from argentina's poverty for the poor the issue is not corruption but jobs

inflation and the price of food which has gone up three hundred percent on democracy we tested the theory at a bus stop. she stole too much i doubt she could ram but her daughter disagrees. come up. with mac for you can't live i vote for christina with her we were much better off. and unless my economic recovery plan shows results by the second trimester of next year many believe kishner will have the road paved for victory argentina is not brazil former president lula da silva is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and the cleric in eligible to run as a candidate in next month's presidential elections here even at this dinner kisner is convicted on one or more corruption charges he is still eligible to run as long as he has an exhausted all of the appeals process which could take years by then he could already be president

a scenario that horrifies those who believe corruption is the root of argentina's problems second only to its current economic turmoil you see in human al-jazeera when the site is. now with us or these are our top stories and a symbolic and three day summit the leaders of north and south korea have together bits of the talk of the planets as my sacred mountain. packed to. a in took a tour around the iconic volcanic crater called heaven lake there are already talks about starting a tourism project allowing south koreans to visit the mountain from the north korean side it rounds out a trip that saw the two leaders agree to making the pendency nuclear free malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has appeared in court after being again arrested he's now facing twenty one charges of money laundering prosecutors accuse him of illegally transferring six hundred eighty one million dollars from

a state fund into his personal account has already been hit with seven other corruption charges last month. former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has been greeted by jubilant crowds of supporters after being freed on bail it's about high court order to reach his daughter and son in law to be released until their appeal against corruption sentences can be heard rufe there were deficiencies in the case that led to the jailing of three in july over the purchase of luxury properties in love them. uganda's government has banned rallies welcoming home bobby wine the pop star turned off position politician has been receiving medical treatment in the us his lawyer said he needed to travel abroad after he was beaten up in police custody was charged with treason over his leisure role in starting the president's motorcade. migration is high on the agenda as

european union leaders meet in salzburg austria is pushing for tough steps to prevent migrants and refugees from entering the e.u. prime minister to his m a is also at the meeting trying to convince e.u. leaders to be flexible regarding a brics deal. canada's government says more flexibility from the united states if they are to reach a deal on their trade relationship is pushing back against pressure from the trunk the ministration to make concessions as part of a new deal that says its own needs must be met when renewing after washington insists an agreement must be finished by the end of september. now with all the headlines we're back with more news on al-jazeera that's off the inside story. when people need to be heard. but it's been horrific as long as it's not. true and the story needs to be told we do stories that. i testify in the

court of law to make sure that the bad guys appeal to. al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new documentaries and live news on and on. is the mood from turning national security into a business the u.s. president says he considered a permanent military presence in poland as long as war so plays so is trump willing to sell his country's military services and what are the strategic risks this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program that hunted for trump this was the name poland suggested for a new u.s. military base on its.