eula that comes from president trump he wants to lower oil prices however this news actually strengthened sort of prices because of the tighter oil markets because the iranian oil supply has been cuts now everybody knows i don't see where the need for oil prices to move lower the global economy struggling and it's facing head winds of sixty thousand once again there is a multitude of different external challenges so the longer term picture is actually that oil prices should come back and sullen mansome but not in so it is known and confirmed whether this cut in supply from iranian oil being sent off will be filled so this is why over the longer term picture many still remain negative on oil prices which is why our everyday viewers everyday consumers do not have to worry too much but over the net some some chip political risk has been priced to back into oil this is why over prices are rally and they fit the highest level of two thousand and nineteen but it's still a dramatic distance away from what oil prices were

a couple of years ago so no need to worry no need to panic buts we do need to monitor the day to day news narrative around oil prices and specifically what happens next door is what happens next isn't it jim a lot made to join us from kuala lumpur thank you so much for your time and still ahead on counting the concert why musicians at iraq's national symphony orchestra are trying to hit the right note. right now though the battle and it really is a battle over the next generation of mobile technology on the one side you've got china's huawei love for its phones. but feared over a perceived threat of chinese spying which the company's always that is totally untrue and on the other side the likes of astride the account of the denmark museum and of the us who will ban the company from their networks but in the us there is a really curious tale with its involvement while away a us stuff up some so called unbreakable gloss and an f.b.i. sting operation john hendren picks up that story now from going to illinois this is

a story about a small american technology startup a giant chinese conglomerate and industrial espionage it starts here in illinois where adam kahn formed a company a con semiconductor where they make a kind of glass for cell phones that is said to be six times stronger than the industry standard so you can drop it and it won't break and it looks something like that he was looking for a manufacturer to make it in among the companies he talked to were hallway of china they had a facility in california so he sent them a sample with two provisions first they could not damage it that's standard protection against industrial espionage and second they couldn't take it out of the country because it's made with a kind of industrial diamond like material that has military properties and is illegal to export from the united states nevertheless it was returned months later and broken that was when the company thought perhaps they were being ripped off by

the chinese so they spoke to the f.b.i. you examined this sample and determined that it had been cut by a military strength industrial laser and there were pieces missing which suggested the chinese had held on to them to examine it and the f.b.i. went one step further they asked officials at a con to become spies to meet with chinese officials at an industry conference in las vegas which they did wired for sent chinese officials there said that in fact the sample had been taken to china and they questioned out loud whether the u.s. government was listening to that conversation and that is where that case lies but it's part of a wide ranging probe into huawei by companies and the u.s. government in fact the c.f.o. of qual way faces charges in brooklyn. the company just settled a suit in washington state where it is alleged to have stolen part of a robot owned by t. mobile the robot was called tapi by the way and the trumpet ministration is urging

american companies not to use while weighs five g. technology that's because they're afraid that the company is installing a backdoor that would allow them to listen to americans and possibly engage in cyber warfare as for the a con technology you see here you might look for it one day soon on a cell phone near you. and we'll have more on that story in the coming weeks and counting the cost because this new mobile technology five g. as it's known it is coming it is worth billions the competition over it is fierce and while it's right at the center of it as you already see it is a company which attracts a lot of attention and controversy just this week it came out fighting against allegations that it is funded or controlled in any way by the chinese government report is in chains and we're told there is no state capital in the company at all while they also filed a lawsuit last month against the u.s. government's restrictions on its product saying congress has acted unconstitutionally as quote judge jury and executioner cases ongoing it did appear

to have a partial victory in the u.k. however where a leaked report indicated huawei would be used to build some of the u.k.'s new five g. mobile infrastructure but it would still be excluded from the more sensitive parts of the rollout and despite all the pressure the company did report first quarter revenues were up thirty nine percent to nearly twenty seven billion dollars all goes to show how significant the five g. race is and the concerns about china gaining any first mover advantage we have to talk about debt now and the extreme the profitable yet morally questionable practice of making money out of bad debts now take the case of mozambique one of the world's poorest countries there is a huge pool of natural gas offshore but on shore the country's been on the brink of financial collapse mozambique's economy has been reeling from a debt crisis triggered by two billion dollars worth of hidden loans that were never approved by its parliament this was the so-called tuna bond scandal we've covered in the past money raised to fund

a fishing fleet which never caught me fish and plunged the country into a crisis it is now hugely expensive for mozambique to borrow and yet it is still borrowing it owes money to everyone from china to libya and for the people living there it has die of consequences not to mention the terrible devastation and loss of life brought by sight clone i recently which again requires. foreign cash to help recover from well surging clifton's joining us now from london she is the director of the jubilee debt campaign it's a u.k. charity working to end poverty called spike on just dead it's nice to see sarah jane i am going to play devil's advocate here i'm going to play the part of a modern day capitalist who simply says this is how it works the country or the institution which has the money loans to the one that doesn't it's the way the world goes round present the other side of the argument for me well i suppose to some extent we wouldn't necessarily argue with you we're not opposed to that we think it can be useful for by people and countries and business is to spread the

cost of payments large purchases of countries things like infrastructure. the issue is if it's commission responsibility and spend it responsibly for countries whether it's invested productively so if it's invested in things which can regenerate generate or generate sufficient cash to repay the debt unfortunately the case of mozambique this isn't what we saw. secret you were talking about. a two billion dollars u.s. as he sat they went to mozambique's parliament they were publicly disclosed to the people of mozambique and what we found out is the large amounts of money is believed to have gone missing various of the bank officials involved and it's important to note that these loans were issued by two london based banks so some of the bank officials involved on the government in question fish was involved are now under investigation by u.s. authorities say so authorities and mozambique with our ities let's go back to the

point you made about responsibility is it a case of there just being more transparency so we can see and everyone can see exactly which money is going where or is it actually the practices which need to change or actually the books so this is a quite unique case we think hidden relation to mozambique we're worried that there are other cases like this but they just have. and come to light yet because of the secrecy that there is around a lot of lending and borrowing we think there are two issues here really the transparency accountability but there's also the wider structural issues which are pushing a lot of countries like my some big into that crisis in the first place so we live in a world which is still very unequal with large amounts of resources concentrated in some countries and not in other countries we've seen countries in the west not really deliver so far and the commitment to either mobilize enough financial development to poor countries to help their mates just a little development goes well mobilize enough climate finance symmetry that has

been a basis of progress on tax dodging but not really enough by any means so there's still a lot of illicit finance out of poor countries developing countries so there's still a very strong need for those countries to do debt based development because there are no other sources of funding available so actually tackling that crises and the situation that countries like mozambique find themselves in a quiet progress and it's much bigger structural issues we believe but then we also do need to look at every sponsible and corrupt lending and borrowing that's happening i think transparency has to be the starting point so that. at the moment there's no obligation banks to actually disclose the money that they're lending to governments pushing for action at the international level but also in the major global financial centers in the u.k. and u.s. and spending it probably this is the point you made as well before about the infrastructure of the things actually making sure that the money gets used properly and i believe your research is showing that it's not in many cases that that's true

we are seeing. a lot of the borrowing not translate into gains in terms of positively investment in public services. but we do think that the big issue here is the finance gap it's the lack of development finance available for countries to actually spend in. sustainable development and the fact that they are having to to borrow as a result and then how there is the debt crises that. pairing how that being that way by the end fashion situations certain clips in a pleasure talking to you thank you for joining us thank you very much finally this week iraq where musicians at the national symphony orchestra are locked in a pay dispute the government i haven't seen a paycheck so far this year some of left but those who haven't so they will continue to perform despite the odds and times they can name has their story now from baghdad. a ballet studio with peeling floors

the player of dust and ramshackle chairs is the her soul space for the iraqi national symphony orchestra somehow the musicians maintain their focus seemingly oblivious to the inevitable power cuts that have become common in iraq since last year the orchestra has been involved in what the conductor calls a war with the ministry of culture the staff hasn't been paid so far this year and spent most of twenty eighteen without a paycheck until they were eventually paid wolfman's at the staff of the ministry of culture acts as if they are living in another world they are disregarding the fact that the musicians haven't been paid we have suffered and we are still suffering there are one hundred ten musicians and support staff with the iraqi national symphony orchestra their average salary is eight hundred dollars a month since the pay dispute began last year ten members have left.

for years the conductor says the government has attempted to slash the annual one point four million dollars budget of the orchestra then in two thousand and eighteen an anti-corruption law was implemented it banned staff from working a state job and also getting paid to work with the orchestra since the one nine hundred seventy s. members had been granted a waiver i mean the government should be you know supporting us like because we are to be the you know cultural you know front of the whole country i mean we're the only symphony orchestra in the country and we were one of the first symphony orchestras that were established in the middle east still but you know of course they wouldn't consider it that which is really devastating. the ministry of culture says it's at the bottom when it comes to federal funding and is struggling to pay for its entire portfolio. about reaching an accurate oval agreement with the musicians and. the ministry of culture needs to have an inclusive vision

for the future of their i.q. symphony orchestra need to overcome their outstanding issue in order to rise up with a new talent to generation that embraces art and music by all iraqis and. the orchestra has continued to perform this year. to be completely honest with you were defined were playing against all. the musicians say their passion is fueling them but they know they can't live on that alone natasha getting al-jazeera back. and that is our show for this week to get in touch with us though if you got a comment or a story idea you can tweet me directly on. the hash tag a.j. c.t.c. or you can email the team directly counting the cost of al-jazeera dot net and a special mention to our editor maria daily up to three years with us and five at

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the moderate speed of thirty kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete. how have you changed since you were several. trucks in the lives of the children of a part of a twenty one year story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change twenty eight south africa. al-jazeera. joint approach for the future of sudan military rulers and opposition it's reached a deal for a transition council. i'm

about this and this is all deserve a live from doha. also coming up these are live pictures from sri lanka of a vigil for the victims of the easter sunday bombing we're going to be reporting live from colombo. entire villages wiped out and fears of more flooding in mozambique after the second big cycle within weeks. and spaniards are about to vote in a snap election unlikely to decide a clear winner. a breakthrough in sudan after weeks of standoff between protesters and the military mobile how the country should be governed in the coming months protest leaders in the army have reached a deal to form a joint council to discuss a peaceful transition to civilian rule the military took charge earlier this month after i was sitting president omar al bashir about morgan reports. a breakthrough

in the very first night of talks between the committee of sudan's ruling military council and the coalition of opposition parties they've been trying to find a way to rule the country until a deal can be reached on elections on saturday night the two sides reached a partial agreement to form a joint civilian military council that will supervise a transitional period so. the talks started with high spirits and great transparency and we've reiterated our joint regard for the country talks will continue and we are optimistic on reaching a final result that we can announce to the sudanese people as soon as possible. the coalition made up of opposition parties and the sudanese professional association has been leading anti-government protests which began at the end of last year. sparked by a rise in fuel and bread prices but they quickly widened into demands for bashir to step down and earlier this month a sit in outside the army headquarters in harpoon prompted the army to stage a coup since bashir was ousted the military and the coalition have been in talks on

a future government over rule usually continues until i give you a rare over syria's government are a surrogate sisters are we seeing the military council is sensible enough drug really stands out you have the longing something. the settling for is now in its fourth week as people wait for a new government the two sides will meet on sunday to try to work out how to deliver that as negotiations continue on the formation of a transitional government protesters continue to keep pressure on the military council over the past three weeks more people have been arriving from different states to go on the sets and they say they want civilians and not the military to be there want to have the ultimate say incidents future protesters are now also focusing on foreign governments they accuse of interfering in sudan's affairs hundreds demonstrated in front of the egyptian embassy in her tomb on saturday egypt saudi arabia and the united arab emirates want to see the military retain control of the country. foreign interference is. only aim to keep the military in

power we want aid to come to the sudanese people and keep relations soley between the people and not the military. foreign interference impacts the decisions of the military council which we don't accept because we want a civilian government and this is the will of the people. to dance revolution for change started more than four months ago and these protesters say they will not give up until they achieve their goal is to believe in government. is there a. special mass for the victims of the easter sunday attacks is being held in sri lanka's capital colombo one week after the bombings all other services across the country have been canceled it's an unprecedented move by catholic leaders the president has banned two muslim groups accused of being behind the attacks by the security situation is still tense in sri lanka al jazeera smell fernandez is joining us now live from colombo monologist tell us what's the messages have been left at this special mass that's being held today. mean.

that thrived mass i mean for the first time in many many years sunday churches going silent in terms of the head of the catholic church here in sri lanka archbishop cardinal monk. leading his flock in a live mass out of bishops hours basically talking about gathering at a time when their faith is been sorely tested talking of nothing being as precious or as important as human lives now the card in america ranjit i'm sorry it's a very busy time here at this in and fairly shrine obviously there are of believers who have gathered outside because churches are still not holding mass there is here outside this in anthony's trying. to remember and service. candles being lit

but according to the archbishop. talking about human life being the most beautiful thing an example of god's love also of drawing possibly. a reference to what had happened on that easter sunday seeing that the we we treat each other we are not worthy of the gifts that god has shoveled on us so basically the archbishop talking about those sort of lines in terms of his flock he did tell us earlier in the week that has the head of the church he was feeling a personal sense of loss because he had basically seen such a large part of his community lose their lives so at that service we did see these messages a large security presence ensuring that live telecast that live mass was secured

a strange thing for. when these people have to worship their sunday services but the situation requiring it one kind of north which has left maybe a bad taste in for some people after the mass there were leaders who lit candles and there were politicians that join the archbishop in lighting candles as a mark of respect to remember those who perished last sunday given the messages that we've been hearing of this attack been prevented in the blame game by politicians that is something some people see that might have best been avoided rob . you were mentioning there of course it is one week since those attacks and there is this ongoing investigation let's talk about what that investigation is doing at the moment what's the latest on that.

basically what we're hearing we're hearing of a number of reads of cordon and search operations as well as an arrest now basically as investigations happen as questioning of suspects taken in so far of the operatives as they are brought in to securing their titans among those still at large and those basically who are being questioned yield some clues there are more places safe house people that are being brought in we heard the driver of the alleged or the believe mastermind of this series of attacks was brought in basically zeroed in in the east yesterday and right now just behind me i mean as much as there is security the big group that you see gathered behind me outside st anthony's church the church in colombo attack. appears to be the prime minister and the president they're both expected which is another reason for the huge

security presence and ironic thing is that believers are still behind the cordon rob but the politicians who have continued to play the blame game are inside. ironic but also times where there is a heavy level of security as the investigations go on rob i know we're going to be checking in with you as the day progresses but first thank you very much indeed dozens of people in northern mozambique are being urged to move to higher ground as more torrential rain threatens widespread flooding after a second cycle and weeks lashed the african coast aid workers say entire villages are wiped out killing at least five people lower burden monday reports. many people living in macedonia stayed when cycling kenniff hit with heavy rains forecast they're trying to rebuild their homes as quickly as they can. order.

the other day we stayed outside next to the beach that's where we took shelter right there with all the rain. others here lost their businesses and livelihoods. lost everything i do not know what i can do since that day i've been sleeping outside sleeping in the cold little was spared by the storm including a maternity ward. where the experts say it was the strongest like her ever recorded in north in mozambique. kenneth stormed in with two wrench will rain and wind surges of up to two hundred eighty kilometers per hour tearing off roofs ripping up trees and downing power lines. on the island of off mozambique the red cross says the storm destroyed about ninety percent of homes. aid agencies say the damage that assessed so far is extensive.

these villages have been entirely wiped out they look like they've been run over by a bulldozer and the people are asking first for shelter then they need water purification and they need food. islands is further out in the indian ocean including the commerce chain of islands are also starting repair as the for. our houses have suffered a tremendous disaster everything was destroyed meteorologists expect more severe rain across northern mozambique threatening flooding and landslides. facts from kenneth may require a major news humanitarian operation at the same time that the ongoing. response targeting three million people in three countries remain critically on the funding . six weeks ago cycle of died devastated the south where more people live neighboring malawi and zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least

a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cyclon is still too early to say more about a manly al-jazeera a gunman has opened fire inside a synagogue in the u.s. state of california killing one person it was just after celebrations a begun to mark the final day of passover president donald trump has called it a hate crime shihab rattansi reports from washington d.c. . almost one hundred people had gathered at this synagogue thirty seven kilometers north of san diego to celebrate the last day of passover a white nineteen year old male began firing a semiautomatic rifle four people were hit as he fled a security guard gave chase and fire the gunman's vehicle but didn't stop him there was a border patrol.