and i think frankly i feel like i knowing i have to prove a. witness on al-jazeera. in fact both sides will play both sides will take in these things one of the top economic advisers admits americans will also pay a price for us time of song chinese goods. and i'm not cloud this is out there life and also coming up calling the bluff an iranian military commander accuses the u.s. of playing psychological warfare. filipinas vague and mid-term elections seen as a test for president bush required to test his controversial policy. and cracking down on colombia's cartels to look at why the funny to eradicate cocaine

trafficking is an uphill battle. so that one of president donald trump's top economic advisers has admitted american businesses will suffer from tariffs on chinese goods. comments contradict trump's claim that it will only be china that pays united states facing 25 percent tariff on $200000000000.00 of chinese imports on friday it can sided with the failure by both sides to reach a deal in the latest round of trade talks in washington. meanwhile trumpeted since restated his claim that it will be the united states that benefits from the new import tax a few hours ago he tweeted we're right where we want to be with china remember they broke the deal with us and tried to renegotiate the taking in tens of billions of dollars in tyra's from china by as a products can make it themselves in the usa or buy it from non-tariff countries

one hour from a john brown in beijing. well larry kudlow scott ments in a sense bear out what chinese leaders have been saying again and again namely it will be the u.s. consumer that will be hardest hit by this increase in tariffs larry kudlow also indicating it'll be at least another 3 months before all these tariffs actually start to take effect because there has to be a 60 day consultation period for the levies that president trump says he now wants to put on some $300000000000.00 worth of chinese goods that's the balance of the goods that china of course exports to the united states the language we're getting from chinese leaders continues to be fairly restrained very moderate i think that's because they want to be seen to be very much the adults in the room right now but state controlled media is not holding back in particular the global times newspaper

which has a very sort of nationalistic leaning it has a very belligerent editorial on monday warning that the u.s. strategy right now was useless and also saying that china is prepared for a worst case scenario but the central thrust of the editorial was essentially this the chinese people have a far higher pain threshold than people in the united states. saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers have suffered significant damage in an attack on the cargo ships of the u.a.e. easy eastern coast the yes' government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage early on sunday and says this happened close to the port of fujairah authorities say there were no casualties there's been no independent confirmation of the incident georgia o'keeffe hero is a fellow with gulf state analytics and he says the incident raises the stakes in an already tense region. as the white house is intensifying its so-called the maximum

pressure campaign on the islamic republic officials in tehran are also considering what options they have to put pressure on iran as adversaries for a long time and people have speculated about as soon ario whereby he ronnie and his close the strait of hormuz located right next to this incident and this is certainly something that raises the stakes for all players internationally given how much oil transits this artery separating the arabian peninsula from iran but i think there's no doubt that you're going to see. many voices not only in formal media but also in social media trying to spin this episode to further their own narratives in their own interests during this very sensitive period of time. the commander of iran's elite military units the revolutionary guard says that the united states does not have the ability to wage war against his country he also

described the deployment of extra u.s. warships and find the aircraft in the region and psychological warfare the pentagon says iranian aggression is the reason why it did so the increased u.s. military presence was discussed in the iranian parliament on sunday president hassan rouhani the unity in the face of pressure that he calls unprecedented ravi has more now from terror. while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer their questions major general hussein salome's turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new i.r. g c chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is unlikely because americans know the closer their military hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the ira gc's air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that

represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships are at most 500 kilometers away that might put them somewhere in the arabian sea or perhaps in the gulf of oman so the message this day is that iranian forces are watching and waiting and are ready to respond to any perceived threats from u.s. forces at their doorstep meanwhile the former u.s. defense secretary has criticized u.s. president donald trump for tightening sanctions on iran military deployment deployments in the gulf robert gates says that washington and tehran need to return to the negotiating table i think that. there's a conflict between the united states and iran would have tremendous unforseen

consequences in the middle east i think would be very dangerous so i think that the strategy needs to be how in fact do you get the iranians back to the negotiating table and understanding that the agree that whatever agreement emerges has to be broader and has to deal with some of these other issues. where the government has banned some social media platforms following violence in parts of the country and the overnight curfew was imposed in some areas off the mosques were times when this comes just a month off the churches in hotels were targeted in bombings on easter sunday you know fernandez's more nothing can in nazi noles in sri lanka. social media networks once again under restriction by the sri lankan government i spoke to the information department director while ago and he said that one of the main reasons was to clamp down on tensions on incidents that have been erupting over the last 48 hours we did see yesterday in chill out of the northwest of the country there was

an incident where someone had posted on social media 5 some comments which was seen as offensive that was a crowd that gathered outside his place of business obviously there was an exchange there was weiland and this continued later on in the evening where we saw at least 3 places in the country where there was a police imposed in the police administrative area so the government basically using this as this is the long term measure but it is basically a tactic to clamp down to dampen any tensions that might erupt obviously a time where there are a lot of fears a lot of sort of concern regarding the whole specter of full of the attacks i mean just this morning on my phone i got at least 3 messages you know warning of potential attacks all in the backdrop of assurance from the government from the army command that they have got

a handle on the situation but for people that taking no chances as you can see the school behind me here in killeen and she one of the biggest government schools there's a heavy security presence as their reason schools throughout the country catholic schools yet to reopen after the easter sunday bombing so people not willing to take chances. filipino voting in a midterm election seems the test of roderigo to target his presidency more than $18000.00 posts are up for grabs including halls of the senate wins for candidates to target you will make it easier for the president to push through his policies including his controversial war on drugs his critics say he's using violence and intimidation to. hours since polls opened and despite the sweltering heat nothing has stopped filipinos from coming into local $0.03 to vote to cast their vote and to make themselves heard however hours since the voting opened there has been increasing

concern about the credibility of these elections there have been many reports of machines in voting precincts breaking down in fact the former vice president jejomar binay was unable to vote because his machine broke down several times there has been an attempt and even in many many areas there have been reports that people were unable to vote frustrated basically because machines were functioning malfunctioning and there were not enough technical assistance to come in and help still many remain optimistic specially those supporting members of the opposition those gunning for the seats in the senate that because that's because the senatorial seats remain critical it will determine whether checks and balances will be able community in the last half of president of the good the 3rd to terms mid-term elections basically is a determinant whether the current administration will be able to continue its influence through its popularity and grip in power and by continuing its policies

that it has started since 2016. health officials in yemen have recorded more than 200000 suspected cases of cholera since january they say they've seen the disease spreading among increasing numbers of african migrants and refugees entering the country many hope to find work in saudi arabia. as this report. exposed to the elements hungry and struck by disease africans who have crossed the sea from. a better life are the latest victims of yemen's color epidemic this dusty hospital courtyard in the southern province of lahiji has become a makeshift ward security forces brought the sick from a migrant detention center but the hospital was full many have already died of the disease there's barely enough food and water and hospital staff work with limited supplies to keep survivors alive. today we were fed during

lunch one piece of bread and one flat bread nothing much and the people here are still hungry it is not enough there is so much heat and there is no air conditioning in the detention center even the water is a little and not good enough for drinking it's estimated that more than 4000 african migrants are in yemen security forces in the cities of aden island huge have detained them in camps where poor conditions have allowed the epidemic to thrive. they're dying before eyes and we cannot do anything there are still cases to come just a few minutes ago the authorities called and told us that there were still more than 100 cases in which the patients were critically ill the destruction reeks by yemen's 4 years civil war has created prime conditions for the spread of cholera fighting and as strikes have damaged sewage systems and water stations and many people don't have access to clean water color is spread by contaminated water

causing dehydration through vomiting and severe diarrhea. in the capital sana'a help workers go door to door giving children the color f.x. the it's a slow process but these drops could mean the difference between life and death in march the u.n. reported that the number of suspected cases had increased by 150 percent in the space of a month and of course of those affected are young children. the minute we go to houses and give the vaccines and educate people because it's a very dangerous disease vaccines cannot ensure immunity and their fat sickness declined rapidly after a year but this temporary measure is the only option to help stem the spread of cholera an epidemic adding to what's already regarded as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. al-jazeera still had hair around 0 indians vote in one of the most polarized elections ever. and journalists in

sudan say they've never felt more free to do their jobs and a long time. hello again and welcome back or here across much of the levant we are looking at fairly nice conditions the rain that we saw across much of turkey is finally coming to an and we're going to be seeing some better weather conditions across much of that area some of those showers are going across parts of the caspian so far back cool not a bad day at 25 degrees but who could be see some clouds rolling through there baghdad though your temperatures are going up from $39.00 degrees to about 40 degrees as we go towards tuesday and windy conditions across the gulf now that's going to be a problem here in doha as we go towards the the 2nd or 3rd day of the week too because those winds can be quite gusty but temperatures are going to be coming up

as well here on monday 40 degrees expected high for doha but as we go towards tuesday and the winds coming up to it is going to be about $42.00 degrees but it will be dry so it's not as bad as it could be over here towards abu dhabi about 34 in the sky out and about $35.00 degrees well here across parts of southern africa it is going to be clear and sunny for many locations temperatures into the mid twenty's across much of the area there is could be some clouds across much of southern africa with cape town a cloudy day for you. about $22.00 degrees but as we go towards tuesday things get a little bit cloudy in that area but over here towards madagascar it is looking quite nice view we do expect to see a temperature there of about 26 degrees there. the subject of more than hawk a dolphin investigation. billions of dollars stone from asia something like the one on east investigate how the nation's coffers were wrong on al jazeera.

al-jazeera. and. how do you watch out 0 remind of our top stories this hour and one of president donald trump's a top economic advisers has admitted u.s. businesses will soft sometimes on chinese goods but i could list comments contradict trump's claim that it will any be china that pays the u.s. slapped a $200000000000.00 tyrant's on chinese imports on friday. the commander of iran's

revolutionary guard says the united states doesn't have the ability to wage war against his country he described the deployment of extra u.s. warships and back crossed middle east and psychological warfare pentagon says it's in response to a rainy and aggression. and has banned some social media platforms and has imposed a overnight curfew to the number of areas falling violence in the aftermath of last month's easter sunday bombings mosques in the muslim and shops were attacked. in the western town of a chill just north of the capital colombo. more than a dozen u.n. linked aid groups have suspended their operation in syria's rebel controlled province several hospitals and buildings belonging to aid agencies have come under attack in recent days more than a 1000000 displaced people believed to be sheltering in the last major opposition stronghold the u.n. says since late april the syrian government offensive in the area has forced 180000 people from. at least 6 people including

a priest to being killed in attack on a catholic church in west africa about 20 gunman entered the church near the town of double 0 north east of the capital of what would do what does is say the attack has a lot of people inside and set fire to the building with a way as prime minister has been knocked out of the presidential race silence is given ellis conceded defeat a few hours after the polls closed a runoff vote will be held on the 26th of may an economist who's promising to build a welfare states will be up against a conservative former finance minister. several states in germany have indicated their support for a so-called mosque tax aimed at making muslim organizations less dependent on foreign funding the scheme would merit a voluntary church tax according to newspaper reports it's being proposed as a way to reverse the influence of foreign governments over the country's 5000000 muslims. security forces in pakistan have cleared

a hotel of gunmen in the port city of a day after an attack that left 5 people dead separatists from the southwestern province of baluchistan a claim responsibility for the raid which killed a security guard 3 hotel staff members and a special forces soldier. there's been violence in the 2nd phase of parliamentary elections in india the candidates of the ruling party b j p was attacked and chased in the opposition ruled state of west bengal 60 seats were up for grabs on sunday including those in the capital new delhi more than 100000000 people across 7 states were eligible to vote over 6 weeks here or missed in the range of movie is hoping for a 2nd term. to see it as a journalist and author and he says there's been a big rise in hindu nationalist fervor ever since movie came to power and a divided opposition may help him win again. i think he's always kept 2 fires going at the same time on one hand he sort of speaks from both sides of his mouth to the

world he's the great reformer he's going to make india south korea and then quietly in india he keeps this his sort of hindu nationalist background going alongside the same time and when things are not looking good for him in that tour lee when he seems not to have delivered it can all make clear when this kind of pushback against him then he starts to like charge up this other atmosphere and it seems to be very much it from his playbook throughout his career as a politician you often find that even more than muslims especially upper caste muslims. that are in the modis vote bank is if full of hatred for the lower cost and so there's been a whole spate of violence against the lower cost and well more you can afford to perhaps use the muslim vote you can lose the muslim book on the lower cost vote and then hope to be prime minister so this is some one of the kind of unintended consequences of creating an atmosphere where people are allowed to act in this way i think it's terrible i mean they've had 5 years to recuperate to think of what

more these crushing victory meant electorally and they've come back 5 years later with exactly the same candidate who reduced them to $44.00 seats in a parliament of $543.00 and so it would i say in the piece it would be ridiculous it would be like literally if if we were to deal with trump by putting forward hillary again would perhaps like the added enticement to chelsea and so this is the congress is so steeped in a kind of dynastic principle that they haven't really understood the message of 2014 and haven't responded as a vital opposition should. a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck panama near its border with costa rica the epicenter was 50 kilometers northwest of panama is coastal city of several homes and business premises are reported to have been damaged at least one person injured so far there are no reports of fatalities. venezuela's opposition leader is seeking the support of the united states military

to help topple president nicolas maduro from power want to go and failed to gain the backing of venezuela's powerful army after an appeal last month in the past few days of metairie government arrested quite as deputy and stripped at least 10 politicians of parliamentary immunity for as many of them to seek refuge in foreign embassies. colombia is infamous for its cocaine cartels the latest estimates from the united nations suggest selling more than. ever before and that's despite the specifically targeting cocoa farmers and destroying hundreds of laura trees in the jungle let's see reports now on how the end of the war against rebels is fueling the supply of the drug world. from the sky the coca fields that scarred this one spurgeon jungle in southern colombia tell a story of failure the inability of the country's government to control the cultivation the plain meaning greed and for cocaine. anymore according to

united nations estimates we are dealing with the 171 had to have coca that's more than 1000 metric tons of possible cocaine our president ordered a frontal assault against drug traffickers. producing more cocaine than ever before as a new criminal groups fight over territory once under the control of fark rebels who signed a peace deal with the government in 2016. the conservative government. last year's elections calling the drug traffickers an extension trait unpromising in iran. but it wasn't enough to avoid the ire of the united states president who's blamed colombia. u.s. is best ally in the region for flooding his country with drugs and i'll tell you something colombia you have your new president of colombia a really good guy i met him we had about the white house he said how he's going to stop drugs more drugs are coming out of colombia right now than before he was president so he has done nothing for us ok thank you for. your response columbia

launched one of the largest anti-american operation in recent years going after poor farmers making a living cultivating the coca plant as well as the drug traffickers selling the cocaine. since the beginning of the year the colombian police has destroyed $8000.00 of these smaller bora tori's the farmers use to process the coca leaf and dozen of the larger ones to produce the final product that the cocaine that it's then sold on the streets of cities across the world. but most experts say the increase in drug production is being driven by a number of global factors from the rise of the us dollar to an increase in demand . for the previous government created an integral ambitious plan for crop substitution but this government is already said it will not finance it anymore so an effort that needs less than only one year only a comprehensive solution can make a difference unless our rural regions get roads infrastructure access to markets

for legal people in their will have no alternative but to grow coca to survive military strength might bring results in the short term and help placate the united states but if history is any guide the success might be short lived. thousands of people are struggling to rebuild their lives often cycling kenneth mozambique last month storm was the 2nd to strike the country in 6 weeks. has more from one of the worst affected places. this is the 1st time doug combat evil island since hit last month his family home is gone so to have all his belongings. before.

now the rain has eased aid workers a sturdy managing to reach more remote areas and small islands in some places the damage is extensive patients had to be evacuated from this hospital when the storm hit thousands are now homeless. in schools and community holes even in this old fort. the 16th century building survived the people who lost their homes say they feel safe leaving india because it's so strong but conditions families the drinking water clothes and food. aid arrived by road but many people are still waiting for help destroyed many crops in northern missouri. we are grateful for the help we have received so far but we need more it's not just

food people also need medicines clinics and hospitals were destroyed. mozambique was still struggling to deal with. when the 2nd one struck this is already considered one of the poorest countries in the world under building will cost a lot of money and. how do. it while and mozambique. the opposition coalition in sudan says it will work to resolve differences with military rulers by tuesday the 2 sides remain. proceed with the transition following a military coup last month since and journalists have enjoyed a new freedom. reports from the. on demand television the news coast is preparing to read the evening news the past few weeks ushered in a new era for journalists here with censorship and media harassment gone with the deposed omar al bashir the topic is limits animal the fear of retaliation

journalists as i just watched at least from. the helen. for a long time we fester indian controls and injustices from the state something that made our jobs almost all necessary before the revolution and there was no media to speak off in sudan and. 7 sudan is ranked 174 out of 180 countries and reporters without borders 2018 world press freedom index the biggest crackdown on the media came last december when up to government protests begun across the country. according to reporters without borders at least 80 journalist was that the authorities also confiscated copies of a list 16 newspapers between december pull. the people's confidence in both public and private newspapers television and radio stations is slowly returning that. we need

to be em out as possible media now more than ever before we need bodies to govern us in law as necessary to guide us we have a runaway media we can't hear progress and so doubt. but there are growing concerns about abuse of the newly found freedom of expression by some media organizations accused of censorship and even spreading fake news the minnesota affair that begun . in the past the state security apparatus used to dictate what a journalist could write or not we're seeing a steady change the media is freer than ever it will ask. a lot of sacrifices have been made by journalists throughout the. recent progress towards a more free and open media has given them hope for greater freedom to report the news sudanese journalists understand too well but a change of leadership in that country does not necessarily mean an end to their struggle for media freedom the old redeem husband replaced by

a military council which they think would take them hosted once again but now but they have tasted freedom they say buck it's not an option for them mohamed atta out of tom sudan. or let's have a recount the headlines here and out there and one of president all terms top economic advisers admits that u.s. businesses will suffer from tariffs on chinese goods larry kudlow his comments contradict trump's claim that it will only be china that pays us placed a 25 percent tariff on $200000000000.00 of chinese imports on friday both sides will take and these things and of course it wouldn't be such a tariff on goods coming into the country the chinese aren't paying no but the chinese will suffer g.d.p. losses and so forth with respect to a diminishing export market and college today may need for their own i just

finished because the president says china doesn't china it pays the terrace they may suffer consequences but it's the u.s. businesses and u.s. consumers who paid correct and yes to some extent yeah i don't disagree with that again both sides both sides will suffer on this saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers have suffered significant damage in the attack on congress ships off the u.a.e. eastern coast the government says for commercial ships was subject to sabotage early on sunday and says this happened close to the port. authorities say there were no casualties there's been dependent confirmation of the incident. the commander of iran's revolutionary guard says the united states does not have the ability to wage war against his country he described the deployment of extra u.s. warships and aircraft to the middle east as psychological warfare and scones has its risks its a response to iranian aggression. lanka

has banned some media platforms and has imposed overnight curfews in a number of areas following violence in the aftermath of last month's easter sunday bombings mosques and muslim main shops were attacked in the western town of chillul just north of the capital colombo. filipinas a votes in a midterm election seen as a test of roderigo to his presidency more than $18000.00 posts are up for grabs including hoffa of the senate wins for kind of its ally to see will make it easier for the president to push through his policies including his controversial war on drugs is critics say he's using violence and intimidation to influence voters. upstate with the headlines up next it's one of the one east malaysia power and corruption. once welcomed now fear. dividing a nation. al-jazeera explores germany's long term economic strategy of pursuing

immigrants from the arab world i feel more john among the syrian the shooter how much money does a richer get those people put the thing that has been bought one german and american the new germans on al-jazeera. hollywood blockbusters decadent parties and super yachts the malaysian people who are defrauded on an enormous scale billions of dollars stolen from malaysia's sovereign wealth fund won him d b $101.00 nice lists the curtain on the alleged corruption of the former prime minister knowledge of birds ak and his wife rosemary and investigates how key institutions were rendered powerless as the nation's coffers were rolled. in the.