the danger comes not just from above. even at the moderate speed of 30 kilometers an hour a tree branch can become like a machete. our aim is not war. the u.s. secretary of state plays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up. in fact both sides will pay both sides will take in these things one of donald trump's top economic advisors admits americans will also pay a price for u.s. tariffs on chinese goods. voters in the philippines cast their ballots in the

midterm election expected to strengthen the president's grip on power. and sri lanka banned several social media platforms as concerns grow of a possible anti muslim attacks. the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe is playing down talk of any military conflict with iran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region the commander of iran's revolutionary guard described the move as psychological warfare to pompei oh says washington does not want war with tehran. but i'm going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have

carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and as the secretary of state i want to make sure that we had all the political diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option set in the had to in the event that the iranians make a bad decision well mr pompeo is due to meet the e use policy chief and other european foreign ministers in brussels later to discuss the situation in iran for the. supporting the iran nuclear deal is key to maintaining security in the region. continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will and this is very well known i think both in washington and in tehran and we. obviously also discuss on the basis of that work with iran the regional developments on some of the issues we have very serious differences and they're going to insist we also

always believe that dialogue is the only and best way to address differences and avoid escalation in the region which is already tense enough and the escalation should be avoided iran's describing reports of attacks on the saudi and the u.a.e. ships as alarming and it's called for an investigation riyadh claims to have its oil tankers suffered significant damage on cargo ships off the u.a.e. use eastern coast p.m.r.c. government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage close to the portal for jaya early on sunday so far there's been no independent confirmation of the incidents georgia o'keeffe the other is a fellow with gulf state and the ticks 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 people have speculated about this in our yo whereby eat 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 us separating the arabian peninsula from iran but i think there's no doubt that you're going to see. many voices not only in the 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 one of us president bill trumps top economic advisors has admitted american businesses will suffer from tariffs on chinese goods larry kudlow his comments contradict the mccrum saying that only china will feel the effects the u.s. raise tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese products to 25 percent on friday

that's coincided with a failure by both sides to reach a deal in the latest round of talks aimed at resolving the trade dispute both sides will pay and these things and of course it was 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 goods to day may need for their own eyes astonishment got president says china doesn't that 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 and i don't disagree with that again both sides both sides will suffer on this. from a dream 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 of 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

that chinese people have a far higher pain threshold than people in the united states voting is underway in the philippines for mid-term elections which could see you president roderigo to 30 strengthening his grip on power of the will still $18000.00 positions including half the seats in the upper house senate mr deter say is aiming to have more allies elected to the senate so that he can push through some of his more controversial policies including his crackdown on illegal drugs chairman alan dorgan joins us live now from manila so general is this really a referendum on mr tertius. and just as we were going to jamila we lost communications with her we'll try and reestablish that link and go back just as soon as we can. at least 6 people including a priest have been killed in an attack on a catholic church in bikini in west africa about 20 gunman stormed the church near

the town of double northeast of the capital or dougal witnesses say the attackers locked people inside and set fire to the building now this comes 2 weeks after a similar signficance the church also in the north we have managed to reestablish contact with our correspondent in manila jamila and began reporting for us live this hour on those midterm elections in the philippines not quite sure if you heard my 1st question but is this really a vote on mr deter and how he's done the job so far. well definitely this is going to be a vote on his popularity and his influence and just how much grip you will have in power for the last 3 remaining years of his administration a lot is at stake here as many critics actually look at it it's the continuing so-called war on drugs of the president and his administration that has left more than $5000.00 filipinos dead and of course the ever growing ties with china which

has also been largely opposed here in the philippines as you know over the past few months he has spent time publicly endorsing his candidates coming from multi-party is there are old candidates who are returning who are already established names while there are several long been allies of the territory before he became president it is critical as though here just at the start when polls open there was this very strong sense of excitement which too quickly turned into frustration as you see because people felt frustrated about the long hours that they've had to wait to be able to vote earlier at the press conference of the commission on elections there were also reports that more than 400 machines broke down the cross the country these are voting machines which many basically many poll watchers had to resort to manual voting so what is critical now is not just the security situation across the country but also the credibility of these elections that whatever the result is it is something that is fair and acceptable to the public

and if he gets what he wants jamila what kind of political direction will he pivot towards when he's got a bigger power base i guess. that's a very good question as you know the most critical part of all of the 18000 positions are the 12 senate seats up for grabs and you know the opposition lined up unknown candidates after it has been severely weakened over the past few years under this administration they've lined up a new kind of this hoping to basically clinch a few seats it's good. because a rubber stamp than it would mean not just a continuation of the policies of the president but most more most likely a change of form of government to a federal system something that the president has long advocated for at the start of his presidency this is highly criticized by those opposing the change of constitution because they believe that the current version is merely an attempt of

the administration to perpetuate power so critical are the 12 senate seats at least 4 or 5 seats that would go for the opposition to keep checks and balances on their this administration jamila thank you. these ranking government has blocked popular social media sites on several mosques and muslim the businesses and overnight curfew was imposed in several areas sectarian tension is high between the majority buddhist sinhalese and muslim minority following the killing of 250 people in the easter sunday attacks on churches and hotels. as has more from cannot shake in northern sri lanka. social media networks once again under restriction by the sri lankan government i spoke to the information department direct short 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 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 not as a long term measure but. basically a tactic to clamp down to dampen any tensions that might erupt now obviously a time where there are a lot of fears a lot of sort of concern regarding the whole specter of 4 other 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. still to come here on al-jazeera. and go tech and love to make another house we're mozambique where people are struggling to pick up the pieces after 2 cycle. of a clock reporting from the left footed island in arctic norway on an area rich in biodiversity but also in across the big oil companies.

how those the most active and i do mean active weather around the year for them does this swirl of clarity around the adriatic which is the center of the low more or less it's been raining it's been hammering down in places like croatia northern italy is going to keep doing so i think for the next 2 days more or less at the feet of the cold air into the north just keeps it going and so he left greece and vienna and his circulation because of all the moisture from the mediterranean throws it back up to was a copy paste in out snow this green there is potential for natural heavy rain to the west things are improving slowly so northerly breeze but in the middle teens now for much of germany low countries down through france and nearly 30 in madrid now overnight the circulation moves a little bit those eastwards incorporates more cold so the 7 degrees in vienna come tuesday the snow still falling in italian the austrian alps more likely of the north and stoves and the rain those east often italy's moved further science towards northern greece and is still falling in some of the countries around here on the campaign finance and to the west the balkans and the consequence to north

africa is the same as we knew was going to be that northerly breeze means we're below 20 for the northern algeria and most tunisia and libya in stark contrast to increasingly hot morocco. the weather sponsored by can't own home. people have to weigh your record on this channel in fact a few years ago there is place only for one state on the land of israel i do not believe in a 2 state solution the official story isn't there and i'm sure we all feel sorry i don't care about the official story if you were going to visit today you would say what has the media been counting down the world isn't black and white there's lots of grays in here join me mad the hot sun on the front of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and big issues here on al-jazeera.

well could have just joining us this live from doha these are your headlines the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o playing to talk today of any military conflict with iran mr pompei o says washington does not want war with tehran last week the white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region. iran's describing reports of attacks on the saudi and the u.a.e. ships alarming and it's called for an investigation that's what happened close to the portal for us just south of the straits of hormuz which is a key maritime passage. and is still under way in the philippines for midterm elections there which could see the president work rico strengthening his grip on power mr to say he wants more allies elected to the senate so that he can push through his controversial policies. talks between the sudanese opposition coalition

and the military are expected to resume on monday now the 2 sides are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following the military coup last month since then journalists have enjoyed a new freedom as mohammed said the reports now from the capital khartoum. on demand television the news coast is preparing to lead the evening news the past few weeks ushered in a new era for journalists here with censorship and media harassment gone with a deposed. topic in limits animal the fear of retaliation journalists just watched at least one. helen. for a long time we festering in 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. sudan is ranked 174 out of

180 countries in 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 be

done. 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 in anyone as. a lot of sacrifices have been made by journalists throughout the. last 30 years in sudan recent progress towards a more free and open media has given them hope for greater freedom to report the news sudanese journalism has done too well but a change of leadership in their country does not necessarily mean an end to their struggle for media freedom all redeem has been replaced by a military council which they think could take them horse to do once again but now but they have tasted freedom they say going back is not an option for them mohammed out. how tom sudan health officials in yemen have recorded more than 200000 suspected cases of cholera since january they say they've seen the proceeds spread

among african migrants and refugees entering the country. as the story. exposed to the elements hungry and struck by disease africans who have crossed the sea from g.p. u.t. in search of 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 to the sick from a migrant detention center but the hospital was full many have already died of their 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 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 are dying before our 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 $100.00 cases in which the patients were critically ill the destruction wreaks by yemen's 4 years civil war has created prime conditions will 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 cholera 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. see it's a slow process but these drops could mean the difference between life and death. in

march the un reported that the number of suspected cases had increased by 150 percent in the space of a month and of course of those affected this year are young children who are used to go to hell says and give the vaccines and educate people because it's a very dangerous disease vaccines cannot ensure immunity and their effects hipness 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. there are now a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck panama on sunday near its border with costa rica some businesses and homes were damaged several people were injured but there's been no reports of any deaths. thousands of people are struggling to rebuild their lives after cycling tennis hit northern mozambique the storm last month was the 2nd to

strike the country in 6 weeks has more now from ebo island which is one of the worst affected locations. this is the 1st time he says combat evil island since hit last month his family home is gone so to have all his belongings i'm not. feeling the look of fear. before this. what are you going to do. now the rain is 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 cycloid people who lost their homes say they feel safe leaving india because it's so strong but conditions are families the drinking water clothes blankets and food. aid has started to arrive by road in aid but many people are still waiting for help destroyed many crops in northern mozambique. 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 and the building will cost a lot of money and in people how did. it while and mozambique.

is infamous for its cocaine cartels u.n. estimates suggest more than ever before that's despite the army specifically targeting cocoa farmers and destroying hundreds of labs in the jungles. the reports now from. from the sky the coca fields cardis once virgin jungle in southern colombia tell a story of failure the inability of the country's government to control the cultivation of coca plants demeaning greed and for cocaine. according to united nations estimates we are dealing with the 171 had to have cocoa 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 new criminal groups fight over territory under the control of gravels who signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 i the conservative government.

years elections calling the drug traffickers an extension trail and promising an iron hand. but it wasn't enough to avoid the united states president who's blamed colombia the u.s. as 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 really good guy. at 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 a. response colombia launched one of the largest. 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 $80000.00 of these smaller borat farmers use to process the coca leaf and. the larger

ones to produce the final product 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 . that the previous government created an integral ambitious plan for crop substitution but this government already said it will not find any more it's also an effort that needs years lasted only one year only a comprehensive solution can make a difference unless all rural regions get roads infrastructure and access to markets for legal people in there will have no alternative but to grow coca to survive military strength to make bring the results in the short term and help placate the united states but if history is any guide the success may be short lived i listened. to my. noise and billions of dollars exporting oil and

gas and it still boasts a vast untapped resources many lying areas rich in biodiversity but as nick clark reports there is growing pressure to stop drilling the far north of norway is spectacular a lot of mountains and fjords and raw beauty it's an important fishing area and as you can imagine it brings in the tourist dollars this is actually the highest mountain in. particularly in the folk nile and we're getting up close to nature is what you do. the problem is the wealth a little lies beneath the water for a long time let's hope niland have been in the crosshairs of the big oil companies because their geologists know that in these coastal waters lies the whole field what an estimated 60000000000 dollars and their bosses or their license to explore in the past this has been supported by the government and for many it's a big concern i'm going to say them all against oil but i'm also really afraid of the damages that can happen if there is

a big always did so i wouldn't take the risk. but things may be changing recently norway's opposition labor party with drew its support for the exploration meeting know there's a majority in parliament to keep the islands off limits the young people today and they are more important about the future climate change i watch a real live a live live about. and i think the fish wrists and the tourism industry is the future more than or longest especially in the say is that arctic areas. norway is a nation made rich by 4 decades of oil and gas extraction the sovereign wealth fund worth a colossal one trillion dollars so any move away from fossil fuels is significant and the climate crisis is also more real it's close up in our face to have to do serious stuff the next 10 years. and that you can't see people in norway understand that it's even we start to understand but there will be some changes on the small

to even maybe a politically decided by the market will change to demand the consumers will demand . we're happy with that we're making progress but for those in the food chain who rely on these waters in fear the potential impact of oil spills is still skepticism we're never gets the full the. full in no for oil exploration so for me it seems like it's only an old until it's yes and when it's yes there's no turning back at a time when the world needs to radically cut back on fossil fuel emissions it will become increasingly hard for the nation to justify new extraction contracts especially in these waters nic larc al-jazeera the liberated island norway. let's recap your top stories so far here on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state mike comp aoe is downplaying talk of war with iran last week the

white house announced the deployment of extra warships to the gulf region mr pompei o says washington does not want war with tehran. but i'm going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in place of course as we've had in the region before you know we often have carriers in the persian gulf but the president wanted to make sure that in the event that something took place we were prepared to respond to an appropriate way and as the secretary of state i want to make sure that we had all the political diplomatic tools in the right place and we want to make sure that we can provide the president with an option said in the in the event that the iranians make a bad decision iran is describing reports of attacks on saudi arabia and u.a.e. ships alarming and it's called for an investigation and said to have happen close to the port of just south of the straits of hormuz which is

a key maritime passage voting is underway in the philippines for mid-term elections which could see you president to turn to strengthening his grip on power. in the catholic church in book enough killing a priest and 5 other people witnesses say around 20 attackers lock worshipers inside and set the building on fire the government in sri lanka has blocked popular social media for attacks on several mosques and muslim owned businesses and overnight curfew was imposed in several areas sectarian tension is high between the majority buddhist sinhalese and muslim minority following easter sunday attacks on churches and hotels up next it's front and back straight after that with 30 minutes of al-jazeera will accuse us of that. on counting the cost from union leader to business magnate hangs around a post that turn around the troubled south african economy as india's economy

churns out a new breed of tech savvy old for now as we find out why the benefits of growth are not reaching everyone counting the cost. with a billionaire for president and skyrocketing inequality can united states still call itself a genuine representative democracy why has it become a plutocracy and what can be done if anything to cut the gap between the rich and the rest in this out from the special another period doris and arthur laffer debate one of the biggest issues of our time. inequality in the united states has been rising for decades and has now reached levels not seen since before the great depression in fact the us has a greater share of wealth and income going to the top one percent than any other country in the industrialized world so does the growing number of.