to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all in the car gets stuck on al-jazeera. china hits back at the u.s. beijing says it will raise taxes on american goods the latest escalation in their trade disputes. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. our aim is not war the u.s. secretary of state pays down talk of war with iran as washington sends more military power to the middle east more legal troubles for wiki leaks founder julian assange just swedish prosecutors reopen a rape case against him plus. i requote reporting from enough protein islands in

norway or an area rich in biodiversity but also in the course of the big oral culture to. thank you for joining us the u.s. china trade war is escalating beijing has just announced that on june 1st it will raise tax on $60000000000.00 worth of american goods that is in response to the u.s. hiking tires on $200000000000.00 of chinese products on friday u.s. present donald trump is insisting that american consumers will not pay for the rise he says china will be hurt very badly if it doesn't make a trade deal with washington that chinese foreign ministry spokesman said his country would not submit to external pressure but hoped for eventual and eventual agreement with the u.s. . we never give in to pressure from the outside we are determined and capable of protecting our legitimate and lawful rights and interests as we said we hope the

u.s. will meet china halfway to address each other's legitimate concerns based on mutual respect for a mutually beneficial we. when agreement as speaks of can really help get in washington d.c. can be we knew this was coming we knew the chinese were going to retaliate what's the reaction in the u.s. . yeah we were watching the markets we can tell you that the u.s. stocks are down as of the open of the new york stock exchange in the last half hour we also know that the s. and p. 500 has headed for its biggest decline since march after news of these tariffs so already we're seeing the impact in the business community the question now will be as this continues to ripple with with each coming week if this is not resolved what the impact will be to the american consumer well you pointed out donald trump in his tweet says downplay the impact most business experts don't see it that way in fact wal-mart months ago cautioned that if this continued to escalate and this is a very large massive retailer in the united states that really survives on low cost

goods from china in order to pass on those savings to consumers they caution that well they believe that there is a need for a new agreement that china doesn't always play by the rules when it comes to trade that this is going to hurt their consumers greatly that they'll have to pass this on to consumers for products like shampoo air conditioners luggage so this is definitely going to have an impact the question is just how far this is going to go and how long it will go given the there is no deal in there right and what's likely to happen next and as far as trade negotiations is there hope in the u.s. said they can be a deal with china. there's definitely hope i think anyone who has been following donald trump and how he moves and how he conducts himself knows that he is no stranger to drama he seems to thrive in it especially when others are nervous and that's exactly where we are right now his economic advisor has said there's going

to be pain of both sides donald trump doesn't seem to acknowledge that in the series of tweets that we've seen monday morning he is urging china to make a deal he has said in recent days that he still believes he has a good relationship with chinese president xi that something can be worked out and his treasury secretary also felt that even though the talks ended abruptly last week in the united states that they were categorized as constructive so on the horizon another meeting potentially in beijing the timeline though not yet nailed down thank you for that kimberly hockett live for us in washington d.c. america's top diplomat is downplaying talk of war with iran despite a military buildup in the region u.s. secretary of state michael will discuss tensions with iran in a surprise topple very brussels where he's meeting european union foreign ministers and senior officials. we're not 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 secretary of state i want to make sure that we have 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 all the u.s. foreign policy chief says supporting the iran nuclear deal is key to maintaining security in the region and wants to avoid any further escalation last month the u.s. time sanctions on the rein in oil exports and put iran's revolutionary guard on a list of terrorist organizations the u.s. has also sending crease military forces including the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and b. 52 bombers to the gulf as we talk our swanand in tehran same. the americans

listening to michael they seem to now want to deescalate tensions the europeans else still how is this being viewed in iran by iranian leaders. well iranians will also tell you that they've been saying all along that they do not want a confrontation they do want not want a conflict but they won't back down from a fight both sides at some point have said that an open conflict is not something they want but both are on a very aggressive footing and iranians will point to the fact that mr pompei are maybe saying what he's saying now but the fact is that very publicly they made a great demonstration of sending more american military hardware to iran's doorstep iranian leaders both civilian and military have responded very very angrily to that in the last several days in the past week now as far as mr pompous comments with regards to what the iranian people might want what the iranian people might deserve

iranian leaders and iranian people here in the country will be listening to that and be thinking that they really got what they wanted from the 2015 nuclear deal that was improving the country's economy it was a policy success for the moderates for the reformists in government and it was going towards changing the dynamic between the united states and iran as far as negotiations as far as talking before the deal was signed in 2015 there was a run up of months and years of of talking to each other so there was a creation of forward momentum with the deal iranians have been saying that the united states pulling out of the deal is a signal that it cannot honor its agreements so iranians that are watching mr pompei oh and what he's saying they will be watching what the conversation in brussels with the european union and being like they'll be saying that we've negotiated with the united states in the past we have honored our commitments to the 2050 nuclear deal to join comprehensive plan of action signed with a sign by the administration of us president barack obama but the united states did

not honor that agreement so we will not be motivated to come back to the negotiating table and talk to them again especially not the white house if us president donald trump who the iranians say has proven himself as being unwilling to honor his country's agreements thank you for that same bazarov united for same tehran. meanwhile iran's foreign ministry is describing reports of attacks on saudi arabian and ships says alarming saudi arabia says 2 of its oil tankers suffered significant damage in attacks off the east coast of the u.a.e. the government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage near the port of fujairah early on sunday. in other world news sweden has reopened a rape investigation against julian assange jan is seeking his extradition from the u.k. that we know was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail he denies a swedish rape allegations from 9 years ago the u.s.

also wants to extradite assange over wiki leaks release of thousands of classified documents. i have today taken the decision to reopen the preliminary investigation into the you know going out and heat after reviewing the preliminary investigation in its current state my assessment is that there is still probable cause to suspect that mr sounds committed rape. al-jazeera spall brennan has more from london now. the reason why mary and neither the prosecutor back then decided to halt the case against julian 2017 was because she saw no prospect of being able to continue pursuing the case here at the time was still holed up in the ecuadorian embassy and did not appear keen at all to come out and face those charges so she felt it was actually pointless pursuing that times have changed and of course the decision last month of the ecuadorians to expel julian assange from their protection and he was then arrested and is now currently in

a british prison serving a sentence for having jumped bail gives the opportunity now for the swedes to resurrect the case against him the investigation against him at least and continue with that investigation with a view to bringing charges perhaps it was interesting to hear the deputy chief prosecutor there she said she was starting the investigation again she had not yet decided whether there was sufficient evidence to actually lay charges against you in a science for rape nevertheless after the complaint complainant had approached the prosecutors in sweden she decided that it was worthwhile opening the investigation i think it's worthwhile getting a reaction from julian assange just side as well wiki leaks editor in chief kristinn hrafnsson has issued a statement today saying he said the case has been mishandled throughout the south was always willing to answer questions and reopening the case now will give julian a chance to clear his name that's the reaction from wiki leaks still ahead on al-jazeera sudan security forces are keys of using excessive force last.

goodbye. to the house picking up the pieces in mozambique survivors have not just one but 2 psychonauts need all the help they can get. hello the daily rain sometimes thundery is in so you could central china could be on the young sea valley from sichuan east was to us shanghai and it tends to move in that direction and generate so on tuesday that's where you see the green patch of rainsford towards who hunts out of this enough cloud to generate its thunderstorm or 2 but not many hong kong probably stays dry but quite stuffy quite humid that's true on wednesday to the rain but this time spread to was shanghai the heaviest of quite possibly over the border from china and towards me and ma are

seeing some pretty heavy downpours in the last $24.00 hours that have the water to isolated but big sun storms around india and bangladesh you expect them certainly in the northeast of india at this time the year and in bangladesh and there they are in the forecast along through the pole as well the northwest of india on occasion well frequently down in carolina but these little green dots there discrete thunderstorms locally there quite a big downpour but for the most people in india it's a dry story was temperatures of course rising not pose of $41.00 the bit to the north and to the east we could be seeing $44.00 or $45.00 which is to be expected it's a mostly dry picture in the arabian peninsula but not entirely in saudi arabia there are thunderstorms. as u.s. sanctions i levied against iran we lost we want him to mark this one on iraq's

relations with its key trading partner will not be. against another of them and she. is deputy prime minister and will minister. with the knowledge is there a new yorkers are very receptive to al-jazeera because it is such an international city they're very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. hello again you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories u.s. china trade war is escalating beijing has just announced that on june 1st it will raise tabs on $60000000000.00 worth of american goods that is in response to the

u.s. hiking tax on $200000000000.00 of chinese products on friday. the u.s. secretary of state might want paley's in brussels discussing iran with the european union leaders there insisting that the 2050 nuclear chord is the best way to stop the lies in middle east. and sweden has reopened of rape investigation against wiki leaks founder julian assange journeys seeking his extradition from the u.k. as onto was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he spent 7 years after jumping bail. security forces of being accused of using excessive force against protesters in the north of katu it comes as talks restart between the opposition coalition and the military actions are deadlocked over how to proceed. with a transition to a non military government morgan has more from ca to. tensions have been rising between the rapid support for so protesters here in the square in front of the army headquarters as they continue with their masterton which is now in its 2nd month

protesters are saying that the rapid support forces are using force to try to disperse them to try to remove their barricades which they have set when the sit in started on the 6th of april now protesters are saying that those barricades will not remove and that it's either the barricades or kill us through the barricade situation and they're saying that the rapid support forces came with a proxy try to move some barricades and then they stopped that from happening now yesterday the rapid support force of blocks want to be entrances to the thetan and said that protesters could not either leave or come to the fit in something that angered the protesters and which then set off an escalation between the protesters and the military to be basically blocked i mean roads including the noun street one of the main streets in fatah to something that the army says is not acceptable they saying that they will not disperse protesters by force and that they will not remove the barricades but anything that happens outside the city and also this where is something that they will not tolerate because it disrupts lives of other

civilians now meanwhile the military council and the opposition coalition are in talks to try to resolve their differences and many points of contention to talk about including how long the transition period should feed and who gets to do what who is represented and what kind of representation the military council wants equal representation with the chair of the transitional government but the opposition coalition is saying that it's not going to accept anything less than an independent civil in transitional government headed by a civilian with a military representation for a lot of things to talk about as people here continue with their sitting thing that they would you only pressure to make sure that the military has turned over power to an independent government of palestinian activists says he's being targeted by saudi arabia because he exposed details about the crown prince. he says after the death of saudi journalist. had been salman shifted his focus towards other arab activists who opposed him about daddy says his work with the washington post's owner jeff bezos triggered more hostility from saudi arabia. by 2017 certainly by

2018 arabic language twitter went from being the heart of this new do full dynamic public's eye or a public sphere to being a swamp presided over by a saudi troll master saw the qahtani and his minions the leading twitter intellectuals from saudi arabia were silenced jailed exiled or killed m.b.'s and qahtani managed to subvert twitter from being a tool of free expression to a weapon for social control and propaganda they use twitter to manufacture and engineer public opinion to push out propaganda to mob dissidents to disrupt conversations and to deliver threats. we know a lot about saudi hacking capabilities we know what kind of software they use but in my informed opinion the most valuable piece of software that's b.s. owns is not pegasus it's arabic twitter and the us has killed for twitter

before and it looks like it's not done killing for twitter to get no my late friend was very well aware of this who was anguished over the state of the of free expression in the arab world and here a lot he realized the power of an importance of twitter during the last year of his life he started 3 significant initiatives 3 significant ideas aimed at for claiming the public sphere. curfews have been extended in some parts of sri lanka following attacks on several mosques and muslim owned businesses religious tension remains high following the killing of at least 250 people in the easter sunday church and hotel bombings the government has brought a popular social media because of the fear of more revenge attacks the polls have closed in the philippines mid-term elections seen as a referendum on president rodrigo to 10 he voted in his home area of davos city early on monday to charges and eyes are expected to gain seats in the upper house

of the senate that could help push him through help him to push through controversial policies demeanor and indeed then has more from manila. as people turn up early to vote there is a strong sense of excitement but as the hours dragged by that's changed to frustration. we have been lining up for more than 4 hours because they said our machine broke down so home in a cluster believed both to be accommodated by one machine thousands still we would like to both because it only happens every 3 years michael carey news says he doesn't mind waiting for long as he starts long and hard about who to vote for. i will only put those who are done something for us not pollute the sense of all this because during campaign season. here at this polling station in downtown manila it's hot and clams and the situation is similar around the country but people here

tell us they don't mind the heat and the queues as they are determined to make their voices heard in this election but there are widespread allegations of vote buying and electoral registration machines not working properly leading many to question how credible the results may be. some of those machines broke down completely leaving officials to count votes by hand or try and find their own ways to make them. operate. this is how you do like this so it works according to the commission on elections these machines were only being piloted for possible use in the 2022 presidential elections and there are bigger concerns one election commissioner says there's been bribery and corruption and confirmed allegations some votes have been bought the police say they've arrested more than 300 people for vote buying something official say they're looking out for this

midterm elections is seen as a test of president of the go to tear does popularity a lot is at stake critics say if he is able to gain full control of the senate he'll be able to expand his controversial policies like his so-called war on drugs that's left more than 5000 filipinos dead and is growing ties with china which are seen by many here as a threat to the country's sovereignty hooter to has been widely criticized for his hardline policies but this spite all these worries and some bitter election campaigning many here say they still feel cautiously optimistic and they're determined to protect their democracy. dogon al-jazeera manila. the disappearance of 3 well known critics of thailand's more aki and military government is causing increasing concern all 3 men were in exile in neighboring lalas before moving to vietnam and saw they were arrested there and forcibly return

to thailand wayne hay reports from bangkok. 3 time activists are missing and they supporters and family members want answers. they took this search to the vietnamese embassy in bangkok after the men disappeared from vietnam earlier this year among them the mother of c.m.t. to what. i am i'm worried sick because we haven't seen each other for a very long time i don't know if my. sons here or not this country has laws so all i hope for is justice if my son's in thailand where is him now. the men are wanted for criticizing thailand's monarchy an offense that can lead to a long jail sentence. news of their disappearance comes just over a week after the coronation of the king the 3 men and many other tied dissidents fled to neighboring laos after the $2014.00 military coup but after becoming concerned about their safety it's believed they moved to vietnam and this is

perhaps why they were worried in january the mutilated bodies of 2 other thai anti government and anti monarchy activists who'd been in laos were found in the mekong river the thai government says it doesn't know where the men are but the allegation is that the vietnamese handed them over to tie off orat least last week and rights workers spoken to by al-jazeera say that it appears to have been done in secret meaning there's no official record of extradition one of the missing known as uncle some regularly criticize the royal family on you tube one of his last videos was dated september 2018 and shows him in vietnam human rights organizations say a worrying pattern is emerging of dissidents being abducted in southeast asia all of this outside of any international legal framework. and very often. in sort of shady deals that are struck behind closed doors and this is

a major concern in this latest case the activists family members say they have no information about what's happened to them or where they might be. the type police say there's nothing to investigate because there's no record of them entering the country meaning it could be a long wait for answers when hey al jazeera bangkok. heavy rain in the southern united states has triggered floods causing widespread damage strong winds brought down power lines from texas to mississippi leaving many without electricity more flooding is expected over the next few days meanwhile millions of people in southern africa are having to rebuild their lives after 2 cyclons in quick succession last month zimbabwe malawi and mozambique were all hard headed especially on the island of abel off the coast of northern mozambique. picking up the pieces. this is the 1st time doug army says 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 they sleep wherever it's dry in schools and community halls even in this old fort. the 16th century building survived the people who lost their homes say they feel safe leaving because it's so strong but

conditions are families the drinking water clothes and food. aid has started to arrive by road and aid but many people are still waiting for help the cyclon destroyed many crops in northern mozambique. we are grateful for the help. but we need more it's an orgy. people also need medicines some clinics and hospitals were destroyed during the cyclone. mozambique was still struggling to deal with the impact the cycle 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's will i don't want us al jazeera even island mozambique lithuania's prime minister has been knocked out of the presidential race are you scared nellie's can seize defeat a few hours ago after the polls close a runoff vote will be held later this month an economist who is promising to build a welfare state will be up against

a conservative former finance minister. no way has 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 says growing pressure to start draining the far north of norway is spectacular a lot of mountains and fuel general beauty it's an important fishing area and as you can imagine it brings in the tourist dollars this is actually the highest mountain. particularly in the folk no islands we're getting up close to nature is what you do. the problem is the wealth of little lies beneath the waters for a long time nile and to bring them across to the big oil companies because nobody really has crossed the waters like the non-corrupt all through where the nurse waited 60000000000 dollars and their bosses or their license to explore in the past this has been supported by the government for many it's a big concern a little is

a serious all against oil but i'm also really afraid of the damage is it can happen if there is a big always been so i wouldn't take the risk. but things may be changing recently norway's opposition labor party withdrew its support for next gratian meaning now 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. about. and i think the fish wrists and the tourism industry is the future more than oil and gas especially in the. 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 every move away from fossil fuels is significant and the climate crisis is also more real it's close up in our face you have to do

serious stuff the next 10 years. and educated people in already understand that that's it when we start to understand that there will be some changes on the silty even maybe a politically the side that the market will change to the mound of consumers will demand. we're happy with that we're making progress but for those in the face and who rely on these waters in fear the potential impact of oil spills is still skepticism we're never gets. the fully. fully no for oil exploration so for me it seems like it's only in the in till 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 near clark al-jazeera the liberated islands norway. american actress singer and activist doris day has died at the age of 97.

than i. was one of the last surviving stars of hollywood's golden age she began her career acting career as a young girl and rose to fame in the fifty's and sixty's starring with such big names as rock hudson and cary grant the actress was also an activist for animal rights. so again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera china has announced that on june 1st it will raise tabs on $60000000000.00 worth of american goods that is in response to the u.s. hiking night tariffs on $200000000000.00 of chinese products on friday u.s. president on a busy insisting that american consumers will not pay for the rise he says china will be hurt very badly if it doesn't make a trade deal with washington well china's foreign ministry says his country will not submit to external pressure but hoped for even an eventual agreement with the

u.s. . we never give in to pressure from the outside we are determined and capable of protecting our legitimate and lawful rights and interests as we said we hope the u.s. will meet china halfway to address each other's legitimate concerns based on mutual respect for a mutually beneficial when when agreement the u.s. secretary of state michael impale is in brussels discussing iran with the european union leaders there insisting that the 2050 nuclear chord is the best way to stab allies the middle east but the u.s. wants to isolate tehran by tightening sanctions on its oil exports iran's foreign ministry is describing reports of attacks on soggy arabian and says alarming sodger arabia says 2 of its oil tankers suffered significant damage in attacks off the east coast of the u.a.e. the iraqi government says 4 commercial ships were subject to sabotage near the port of fujairah early on sunday security forces in sudan have been accused of using

excessive force against protesters it comes as talks are resuming between the opposition coalition and the military members of the rapid support forces beat demonstrators in the north of katu negotiations are deadlocked over how to proceed with the transition following the military coup last month. sweden has reopened a rape investigation against julian assange general seeking his extradition from the u.k. and wiki leaks founder was arrested last month at the ecuadorian embassy in london where they spend 7 years after jumping bail he denies a swedish rape allegation some 9 years ago the u.s. also wants to extradite a songe over wiki leaks release of thousands of classified documents those are the headlines on our talk to al-jazeera is next alias. the. newsstand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world.

al jazeera. the ability of. iraq i a country recovering from decades of war sanctions and sectarian divisions and the rise and fall of i saw. it to achieve some progress in recent years thanks to its oil industry. but opec 2nd largest producer is now trying to diversify its economy by making it easier to a truck foreign investment. iraqis still suffer from a lack of adequate facilities iraq received and deep rooted corruption. additionally regional politics and u.s. sanctions against iran one of its major partners impacting its economy. so can iraq overcome years of conflict to face the challenges ahead. iraq you do.