lobel smartphones see and as you mentioned is now the 2nd biggest phone maker after sense i mean it's a very complicated it's hard it really depends on where you sit and who you believe so i think the questions about you know the security risks of huawei now where you're you know are hotly debated but there is a broader u.s. turn it is viewed at play and certainly when it comes to being all business with china in this way in this case you know software for their smartphones that goes above and beyond security concerns this is a very drastic step that the u.s. has taken and it will be interesting to see if china retaliates i mean it is true that while weight on u.s. software but i'll tell you apple relies on chinese menu so i think they're worried as well because china could retaliate by saying fine you know you you'll have the giant export fees if you want to take those i phones elsewhere still ahead on al-jazeera running on empty fuel gets harder and harder to find in a country with massive oil reserves. also had

a painful anniversary 10 years off just trying for a civil war and indeed we take a look at how the victims are being remembered. the web sites by cattle analysts. hello again it's good to have you back we are going to sing a few more showers as well as clouds passing through parts of iran over the next you days particularly down here across much of the south you can see the clouds right there are no satellite image those are passing mostly across the coast we will see some clouds up here towards tehran with a time to there of about 30 degrees maybe a shower for you as well but you notice as we go towards tuesday most start to make their way towards the east over here towards parts of kabul you'll see some rain as well but down towards karate maybe a little bit clearer for you but a temperature of 34 degrees well we have been seeing some showers very light

showers across parts of the gulf as well as some windy conditions we do expect that to continue as we begin the week and into tuesday here in doha though the temperatures may come down but the humanity could be feeling still quite high across much of the area over here across parts of saudi arabia and into amman we are going to be watching the threat of heavy rain and that could lead to some localized flooding as well but for parts of south africa we are going to see a frontal boundary make its way across parts of cape down that will bring a shower or 2 as well as some windy conditions and by the time we get towards tuesday things start to improve temp has come up to about 17 degrees but for durban you'll be seeing that front about to come through attempt a few of 21 degrees in johannesburg a nice day with a temperature of 23. the west. and ways. with stories generate thousands of and allowing us with different angles from different perspectives of the sun just long standoff with international borders is

finally separate the spin from the facts in this information from the journalism protesters complain about the under reporting of police violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations with the listening post on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. president donald trump has issued a direct threat to iran on twitter he said if iran wants to fight will be the official end of iran now that comes just days after he said he didn't want a war and was prepared for talks. sudan's military rulers and protest leaders say

talks to finalize a new governing body are making progress and will continue discussions resumed on sunday after the military suspended the previous round of negotiations a few days ago. in egypt a roadside bombs exploded next to a bus carrying tourists to the pyramids of giza 17 people were injured including tourists from south africa. at least 11 people have been killed in a shoot out in brazil's northern city of 7 gunmen are said to have opened fire at a bar in a part of the city known for drug crime the bodies of 6 women and 5 men were found at the scene it has been a particularly violent weekend in brazil on saturday 5 people died in a gang shootout in the northeastern city of salvador. days after the u.s. state of alabama approved a near total ban on abortion donald trump has now weighed in indicated in tweets that alabama has gone too far as its new law makes no exceptions for pregnancies that occur from rape or incest pro-abortion rights activists have been protesting

in cities across alabama. u.s. presidential hopeful bernie sanders says if elected he'll defend the 1970 supreme court ruling that legalized abortion across the u.s. . it is not an exaggeration to say that banning legal medically assists little borsch and forcing women back into the off of quacks will quite literally kill women oh yes i will have a look at this stuff it was i will not appoint anyone to the united states supreme court alas not man or woman is prepared to defend roe v wade the now on top of severe shortages of food medicine and power venezuelans and finding it increasingly difficult to find petrol

u.s. sanctions and mismanagement of the oil industry to push the energy sector to crisis point here's our lesson america edison you see in human. the queues to philip cars with fuel at northwestern venezuela are 23 to 4 kilometers long. near the city of motorists hope and pray they'll be lucky to make it to the pump before it runs dry i get a memo to you yesterday i was in line for 6 hours and couldn't fill up. is that normal i ask. with this government apparently it is. producing country and. on top of shortages of water. the further you go the harder it is to find petrol but in the past 2 weeks the hunt for fuel has become much worse. look we've started a great check called. these are the messages from today.

there's several causes for the crisis a industry experts. down to 20 percent of its normal level instead of 1300000 barrels a day where. 260000 which means we have to import gasoline. putting it from the united states but as of april 28th the u.s. government stopped all sales not just of fuel but of the additives needed to make the petrol that than his whale is still able to refine at home and then there's the chronic problem of price distortions all the petrol in this tanker truck 13000 liters costs less than $1.00 which means it's practically free but only if you can find it these shortages and these long lines are creating a black market with some people charging as much as $10.00 for 20 leaders now

anywhere else that may be considered peanuts but here it is the only thing cheaper than petrol is the air that you breathe that is considered a fortune and much more than the minimum wage. shortages have not yet impacted the capital caracas but experts say it may not be long before they do an irony that escapes no one in venezuela the country with the world's largest oil reserves. in israel that. popular politician noise he could to meet is expected to return to his home country the democratic republic of congo after almost 3 years in exile he fled after falling out with the then president joseph kabila catherine sawyer reports now from little mushy. the bravery in the afternoon in lubumbashi mobilizing people for their arrival of noise to be the democratic republic of congo 2nd city is his home base where he served as

governor from 2006 until 2015 when he fell out with former president joseph kabila was a political and business partner. to me fled the country in 2016 after being accused of hiring mass neris to overthrow the kabila government while in exile he was convicted to 3 years in prison for property fraud that conviction was overturned last month allowing him to return home. in katanga region those who never thought he'd come back after all the suffering he went under is now being mismanaged we want him to restore all the glory of our home. only wanted to stand for president in last year's election but was blocked from entering the country to register as a candidate many congolese say he could have been the ruling party's biggest competitor. one of the reasons moyes got to be so popular. he

owns one of africa's strongest card spots e.p. mazembe has started a football academy here in the womb bashing and has sponsored many social programmes for young people although his return has caused a political star some analysts doubt it will lead to any significant change in the current political landscape he does have some elected member of parliament house saw it is definitely clear that. it will be heard as part of the opposition and whether he will manage to become the leader of that opposition that in the story but to suggest that his voice would be that strong to upset the situation right now and call go. i don't think so. critics accuse the to be of abusing his power while governor to expand his wealthy mining and other businesses but supporters in his hometown are ecstatic they say they're welcoming home

a man they believe will change the country's complex politics catherine saw al-jazeera the south east on. tens of thousands of pro e.u. supporters have rallied in cities across germany there answering calls from the german chancellor angela merkel to push back against the far right which is predicted to make gains during this week's european parliamentary elections mrs no call warned that nationalism is the enemy of a unified europe on saturday italy's deputy prime minister salvini staged a rally in milan attended by nationalists politicians from across the e.u. vowing to reshape the european parliament. has marked 10 years since the end of his long civil war in which at least 100000 people were killed the conflict was marked by massacres suicide bombings and assassinations leaving scars that are yet to heal and often and as now from colombo. was. the

beating of battle drums to remember fallen comrades who died fighting to stop the tamil separatist cause junkers leaders put aside their differences to honor the government forces killed. the 2nd phase their lives for our motherland to bring a lasting peace freedom but deccan democracy the united needs of the country and its territorial integrity to see if god democracy these heroic and brave sons are committed to safeguarding the future of this country. the conflict began in 1903 and right end in 2009 had claimed the lives of around 100000 people a un final of experts found both sides. should be investigated for possible war crimes but there have not been any prosecutions the passing years haven't been the pain of loss for many families some came from around the country to share their

grief each line inscribed here is the name of a member of the military or the police who died during 26 years of conflict more than 28000 people died 6000 are listed as still missing and thousands are disabled by their wounds today's event is about commemorating their contribution to the war effort surely chandler's husband was killed in batticaloa on the east coast when she was 8 months pregnant she told us how the soldier was dedicated to serving his country and hopes he didn't die in vain. we can only hope that with his sacrifice our children can have a better future. another widow still has the uniform of a husband thus america he was killed in battle 11 years ago his brother also lost his life both graves lie side by side in their garden here in poland ira.

the man he gave his life to save this country my hope even today is that this country saved by such sacrifice must be safeguarded for our children and that they will have freedom that is my hope through these tears. going in now their sons are older she says life is easier. but the memories will not be and neither will the pain in their finances. colombo. india's general election is finally over after nearly 6 weeks of voting on the task of counting hundreds of millions of votes begins on thursday the election was dominated by the governing party's nationalist agenda and the opposition's call to deal with rising unemployment sunday was the final day of polling when 100000000 people across 7 states were eligible to cast their ballots the prime minister narendra modi is seeking

a 2nd term in office raman is in mr moody's constituency of. states and union territories across india have now all completed the election voting the 17th general election is well and truly over all that's required now is the vote count which we'll have to look forward to on thursday politicians will now perhaps have a nail biting time trying to wonder whether they were actually able to sell their idea of a future india to the electorate what was the electorate needs and wants we've been finding out environ r.c. . they've been queuing up since daybreak it's the 7th and final phase of india's general election on sunday people from 59 constituencies across 7 states and one union territory head to the polls more than 900000000 people were eligible to cast their ballots in the world's largest democracy over the past 7 weeks voters waiting here are excited that their day has finally come should be given regularly and more

infrastructure his physical situation is that it should be given to. the very 1st time would be i felt really nice voting for the 1st time i want prime minister made to come back to power and move the country forward and develop it so that the unemployed can get employment. environ arcee is one of 13 seats in the state of pradesh that's being fought over on sunday it's the parliamentary seat of the incumbent prime minister narendra modi there are many issues the electorate has had to consider communal politics unemployment the economy education and national security. for some small scale manufacturers the issue is clear this factory produces fans and it's been severely affected by the monetize ation and the introduction of the new goods and services tax g.s.t. which is added to the manufacturing cost and impacted on the workforce there that gupta wants the new government to revisit the amount of tax small cottage

industries like kids have to pay. for about 50 to 60000 people depend on cause. my sales are down and property margins to me by about 60 to 70 percent when it comes to work force i used to have about 30 employees now i can only afford. analysts suggest there is a disconnect between what the public needs and what politicians say they can deliver i think one of the reasons is that the political class in india has been quite an immigrant from the masses they don't have things to offer our. economy. going deep into a crisis and the promises that they are making the parties and it's very difficult to fulfill their promises so they don't want to talk about the very. least voters wait patiently in line for their turn to vote the country will have to wait until thursday before the national vote count begins. so all that's left to do is the

vote count that will happen on thursday and then they'll be a better indication of what india's new parliament will look like and who might lead a new indian government for the moment the exit polls are suggesting that the b j p might just sneak in with another victory along with our allies but indian pollsters have been notoriously wrong historically they were in 2014 so we wait and see how the indian public voted and what the reaction will be from politicians north south east and west. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. president donald trump has issued a direct threat to iran on twitter he said if iran wants to fight that'll be the official end of iran comes just days after he said he didn't want to war and was prepared for talks. or rockets being fired into baghdad's heavily fortified green zone an area where there are many government buildings and embassies the u.s.

embassy evacuated non-essential staff earlier this week citing a heightened threat from iran. yemen's who the rebels say they plan to target $300.00 military sites in yemen saudi arabia and the united arab emirates the statement follows a drone attack on a saudi oil pumping facility the explosion hit a pipeline rupturing it and causing an oil leak sudan's military rulers and protest leaders say talks to finalize a new governing body are making progress and will continue discussions resumed on sunday after the military suspended the previous round of negotiations days earlier demanding that demonstrators remove road blocks in the capital khartoum the 2 sides are trying to settle on the makeup of the governing body now you know today we discussed the tasks during the transitional period which were entirely agreed upon and we also discussed the structure of the sovereign authority both sides agreed to create a committee from the alliance for freedom and change to follow up on the results

that are reached by the commission formed by the transitional military council specifically on the events that took place in the areas of protests and others in which many fear sudanese people died in a roadside bombs exploded next to a bass carrying tourists to egypt he's a pyramids at least 17 people were injured most of them south africans. venezuelans facing severe food shortages medicine shortages and power cuts and are struggling to find petrol u.s. economic sanctions on the energy sector have slashed crude oil exports and made it difficult for the government to import fuel. at least 11 people have been killed in a shoot out and brazil's northern city of bel air 7 gunman are reported to have opened fire in a bar in a part of the city that's known for drug crime it's been a particularly violent weekend in brazil on saturday 5 people died in a gang shootout in the northeastern city of salvador. you are right up to date with all the top stories up next it's the listening post i will see you very soon.

with bricks it's still unresolved the u.k. will join the other $27.00 member states to vote in the upcoming european parliamentary elections with the far right populist parties make huge gains as predicted and if so would that change the very nature of the european union get the latest on al-jazeera. r.t. or just released by the un says roughly 1000000 pieces are on the rocket. struck right around the world planning to skip down people who might be coming up that way not to like. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week dateline everywhere are the news media finally giving the climate change story the coverage it deserves when television goes too far a guest on

a british program takes his own life to the show is now off the air for good china goes to the movies in a patriotic way and blockbusters are where the action and algeria online. where the revolution continues it's one of those news stories maybe the only one that seems almost too big to cover climate change and the scientific consensus that the planet is almost at the point of no return the evidence is overwhelming the latest came just last week in that u.n. report warning that roughly 1000000 plant and animal species now face extinction news outlets could cover climate change stories every day and still sell this story short but they struggled to find the right way to cover the relentless onslaught of data that is newsworthy still there are signs that things are changing corporate media which have fed off natural disasters covered floods and famines while shying

away from the larger causal issues are now beginning to. examined and linked the global economic system to an issue that has brought us to the brink movements like the extinction rebellion and terms like the green new deal are trending and for far longer than the standard 24 hour news cycle are these changes in coverage real will they last our starting point this week is the planet earth. here i've got an experiment for you safety glasses satire is that it's most effective when it contains an element of truth in this case and the inconvenient truth is the planets. and american television personalities scientist bill nye uses showmanship props and profanity to make his case on climate change and a topic that when covered conventionally can struggle to attract clicks quickly

gets 4000000 of them safety glasses off. their nightly it is absolutely fantastic on one level it was comedy but on the other hand it was absolutely. concise in terms of the situation that we face the planet is on that scale unimagined 20 years ago metaphorically in every conceivable sense we're destroying the oceans the soil the other species the whole of life which supports our lives is being exponentially destroyed climate science is very difficult to talk about. and you know you talk about the 6th generation of climate science models coming up now with method data and so on and so on but i think this particular mean globe and. the act of basically putting it on fire. and and basically saying we. captured all of that in a very. you know the climate crisis is a complex story to cover but there's been

a shift. since the data has now grown so compelling you don't have to be a scientist to understand there was the un study from earlier this month warning that up to a 1000000 species flora and fauna could soon be extinct a 2nd un body warned governments late last year they had 12 years to limit temperature rises to avoid a climate catastrophe. when more trade and the state of our planet both studies drew significant coverage as did a recent wave of climate activists hundreds of climate change activists marched want to comment f.h. act now there were the school strikes in march the brainchild of a 16 year old swede gretta to member who became the face of the strikes and the focal point for the news media to access credit. cards right now from stockholm sweden i say. young lady thank you very much for joining us the strikes went global

with more than a 1000000 students involved. and then there was the extinction rebellion a street movement born in london that was tired of playing by the rules and being ignored by the media last month it disrupted traffic for days all kinds of news cameras showed up but rather than focus on the cause of the protests many of them could not resist dwelling on the affects the seemingly mostly middle class eco activists temper tantrum known as extinction rebellion came to london and shocked much of the city it's absolute madness and that's a bunch of protest says brings london huge capital city to a standstill still mirror protests took place in $27.00 other countries and for a while climate change news was everywhere but in the east it was interesting to watch the framing of the extension of values. in the u.k. i think a lot of their response was you know these are just privileged protests. going out

. the streets down they have jobs to do a lot of. confidence of middle class self-indulgent people who want to tell us how to live our lives which i don't think is the most honest or good training part of the media and i won't stand for anything else a lot of folks who are coming into the streets are doing so because they recognize that climate change and you know extinction crises pose a massive disruption to life as we know it or extinction a 1000000000 has done alongside of us think we're at a time lag in the schools trikes i think it has changed the narrative around climate change even in the mainstream you hear a lot of people now talking about the climate and the agency of the climate crisis but i think the narrative has moved on since extinction about you know star has now faded off to a significant extent the challenge now for extinction a 1000000000 in the next phases i mean they've had

a quite effective media strategy i think the challenge going forward is that we're all going to get tired of you know good natured and good humored posters about climate change and about diversity loss but that isn't going to remain on our screens forever so what happens next. if it was up to climate activists the answer would be new emission laws around the world no country produces more carbon per capita than the united states and the climate change debate there is now centered on what's called the green new deal proposed by progressive democrats in congress the green new deal aims to achieve net 0 greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030 it's ambitious and with cost estimates in the range of 10 trillion dollars expensive that's partly because it proposes sweeping structural changes to the american economy that go well beyond the energy sector the green new deal has generated extensive coverage much of it serious and thoughtful but when the debate

makes it onto fox the most widely why. watched news channel in the country the focus is less about science and economics and more about competing political ideology so you have to be brutally honest and say that these ideas are really dangerous yeah what you get from in most of the media certainly the right wing the foxes and all the rest of it an implication that it's just totally on their best economic feasible green new deal will save the planet in exchange we just give up cars and airplanes and rebuild every structure in the united states and the problem in the media is that they're complicit with the way politicians frame any change as a change that is going to happen to the average taxpayer when it comes to climate change for this is not about the average person you know getting hit in the pocket it's about those that have the most just once ability and the most you know luxury and space to be able to make the changes without affecting their eyes to much it's really about timing the lens back on them and the problem is the fact that we live

in an economic system which is very deeply to say no and that we sort of premise our notions of economic success indefinite growth growing the economy exponentially the goal of an economy that's to grow its g.d.p. is basically every year that still preserves a tremendous stress something for the earth's ecosystems and that i think is a conversation that is very hard to have the mainstream media but that absolutely needs to be a central part of the conversation why not call into question sort of our fixation on economic growth as the only metric of well being which it's not a terribly good track of well being is a globalized media mortal it's very financial life it's about media ratings it's about what sells it's highly sensationalized but you also beginning to see more concerted effort to mainstream climate focus is that issue of funding and resourcing except for a bit at least in that context that shift is happening. climate change story is

also being told on platforms in ways it hasn't been told before greenpeace has never been shy about getting its environmental message last year it added an investigative unit to examine the measurable effects of climate change and to dig into the corporate p.r. side of the story journalistically documenting the money fossil fuel companies spend to lobby governments. and netflix which makes most of its money through fictional content films and t.v. series recently added a climate change series fronted by david attenborough. was best known for making picture rich wildlife documentaries at britain's b.b.c. 6 months ago he was criticised in the guardian for missing the bigger picture as one of the british papers columnist put it. and his team were telling a full story creating

a fairy tale world that persuades us all is well in the midst of an existential crisis and that i think they haven't been publicly called out in the media and i think that netflix this incredibly powerful series called our planet differs very significantly from his previous work for the 1st to mean in human history the stability of nature. will be taking. place in the wonders of nature alongside. and i think that combination is absent if i think. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers joanna jo the former u.s. army intelligence analyst and wiki leaks whistleblower chelsea manning is back in jail just 7 days after being released what are the details here well richard manning was sent back to prison for refusing to testify before

a grand jury over her contact with wiki leaks and its founder julian assange back in 2000. and 10 now the judge seems to be tightening the screws not only is manning back in jail after having already served $62.00 days for similar charges earlier this year if she continues to refuse to give evidence she will be fined $500.00 u.s. dollars a day after the 1st 30 days rising to a 1000 a day after 60 days now these grand jury investigations are completely closed to the public and that includes the media but what we do know is that this is an investigation into wiki leaks and it's in the lead up to what prosecutors hope will be a criminal trial of a son too has been charged with conspiring with manning to break into pentagon computers to get access to a trove of secret military documents and state department cables manning says she refuses to answer questions i will not cooperate with this or any other grand jury that's because she's already given her testimony during her trial in 2013 after which she was convicted and jailed for 7 years before her sentence was commuted in

2017 by president barack obama over turning to the u.k. now we're a suicide has led to the cancellation of a long running television program the germy karle show as well as some uncomfortable questions on the ethics that lie behind certain television for months 1st of all what kind of program are we talking about here which it was very much a tabloid t.v. program modeled on the jerry springer show in the us it featured members of the public fighting very personal battles in front of a live audience facing confrontational questions from the host often to solve or perhaps exploit these family disputes for 14 years on t.v. in the u.k. but the channel pulled the plug following the death of steve diamond a participant who reportedly took his own life a week after a studio taping diamond was asked to take a lie detector test to convince his fiance that he had not been unfaithful he failed the test but this story has raised questions about the impact these kind of

programs can have on the mental state of their participants ok thanks joe. to china now a country that's been flexing its media muscle and not just in the news realm for all of the attention that hollywood and bollywood attract the past 2 years have produced the 3 highest grossing movies in china's cinematic history will for a year to operation red sea and the wandering earth have different settings and themes but they're all action films and look beyond the good true it is violence implausible plot lines and special effects and you'll detect some jingoistic themes that are very much in line with president siege in ping's brand of national assertiveness throw in some government backing either tacit or financial and these films take on a very different feel cinema has always played a central role in the media strategy of the communist party are we simply seeing more sell you lloyd based propaganda revamped for the 21st century or just a market based response to the demands of chinese movie going audience listening

posts i mean actually ravi now on the new blockbusters of chinese cinema. there blockbuster action films made in china with the chinese cuts but almost none of them are actually set in china 142 was released in july 2017 in an unnamed african country workers in a chinese fact taken hostage by mostly middle east from europe. where they don't know we could not do they don't think. it's going to work with members of the un security council the action hero is acting director who plays an ex-military man i can do people like me get used to. $875000000.00 in box office only means $140.00 or 2 is not just the highest grossing film ever need or distributed in china it's the highest grossing non

english language film. of all time. i want to make the question red sea which came out in february 2018 is based in a fictional country modeled on the island called the aware. and the wandering earth released in february this year takes chinese cinema even further afield it's a science fiction film set in space together these are the 3 most commercially successful chinese films ever released and they all tell stories of china's growing international power at the end of a while for it to you there's a trend is passport screening slogan wherever you are in the word as a government as a country is always behind you that account of a very strong nationalist message to the audience and something probably avoidable. mester a film released in china these are different from previous propaganda

nationalist movies which came out of the state sector they have budgets are large enough to accommodate top actors good locations and quality special effects in other words these are chinese movies being made on the hollywood scale about subjects that might have been in the past considered states made propagandist subjects. chinese cinema has come a long way since its days as a new message in the vehicle for the communist party films of the fifty's and sixty's such as the white haired girl the batman shining mountains. and the red detachment of women who are only spreading a unifying message a communist vision to knit a vast divided country together. the t.v. off by the 1990 s.

beijing had shifted from communism to a more market driven system chinese cinema. found a new impetus the possibility of commercial success led by the example of movie makers in hong kong filmmakers on the mainland started experimenting with new johndroe action movies media dramas chick flicks rum commerce even satire. the producer it was clear to mainland chinese producers just how much potential domestic market had or so having come of age watching hong kong cinema in the eighty's and ninety's they began to invite filmmakers from there to come over for industry or for the model for china it was diverse it had stars and it played with different genres and what's interesting about some of these films is precisely because of the popularity of the people involved they can push the envelope a little bit. big shots funeral had a lot of comedy revolved around product placement this was

a very cynical way of making money by putting large corporations products into the film at the same time the story of the film was about the corruption of everyday life by advertising and market culture unfunctional guns films are full of that kind of rather cynical approach to chinese culture and life today. the cynicism of satire critique one think it passed the senate so they can attract a sizable audiences the 2012 comedy lost in thailand made a spectacle of chinese materialism who are also if you will there. in 2016 the mermaid a fantasy romance comedy pushed an unabashed critique of environmental negligence in china well what do you call a god like they were all 14 of them are not going to know things both films topped the box office. it's about more than just money though there have been occasions

when a film can actually make a political difference 2800 dying to survive was based on the true story of one man's mission to smuggle cheap cancer medicine from india into china. it generated such a response that the government was forced to announce new policies on drug pricing . perhaps inspired or possibly put on notice by the pull of such films beijing has doubled down on cinema as a tool for its own purposes it's resulted in what's called juice win lose or main melody filmmaking fusing typical chinese political messaging with the production values budgets and mass market appeal of commercial cinema. the films have become even more popular and the current target of them and younger generation family years didn't go through the previous decades and it's easier for them to accept

this type of films than older generations say boy knighting sixty's seventy's this is also to do with this is a production quality of those films in the past by propaganda films mostly came out of the state and studios the restructuring that took place in 200-2001 saw many of the studios disappear consolidated and were frankly overtaken by private sector companies and then after a few years of this we've also saying thanks that learning from what the private sector was the service chinese filmmakers learned how to make films with messages that communist party liked with the hollywood system movie stars shahrizat cetera and the box office then picked up you've got a situation where the chinese film industry is delivering popular films the same.

time mate the requirements of the party. superhit firms out of growing importance for the communist party's media strategy last year the state film and television regulator was abolished and cinema was brought under the control of china's quite forthrightly named propaganda department. and aside from the routine sensing of films the government has singled out directors investors and film stars for disciplinary action the message cannot be missed no matter how successful chinese commercial cinema is beijing who means the power center and it will use its elaborate fine set of rules and laws to determine what's allowed and what's not i think there's a very very what you can do what you can do some people do something without running into trouble some people do say the thing things but they get him into trouble and it's also not just based on the current rules nor but also the

current political circumstances environment and so on. and instances of content being removed after films are made are reducing in frequency this doesn't necessarily mean there's more self-censorship rather there's mutual understanding for example if i feel there's injustices taking place and things that make us angry or unhappy i want to shout about the place the front and center instead you must wrap them up and place your critic in deeper and deeper layers of cinema. there is a padded ox in chinese cinema today the more audiences chinese films attract the more earnings they bring the closer is the scrutiny they come under from the state china is ramping up its messaging not just inside the country but globally as well and big budget films could spur a new age of chinese soft power. with sequels to will for you to an operation that

see already underway chinese filmmakers could find their work being watched much more closely by beijing than ever before. and finally it has been 6 weeks now since a jury as president as he is beautifully cut was forced out of office following weeks of mass on a rest but the calls for political reform keep on coming social media was where the people mobilized it's one of the few spaces for criticism of the government since the domestic state approved news media rarely make room for dissenting voices but i just. now jerry and musician and you tube star one of many using music to push socio political material often to the annoyance of the regime her work has forced her to leave the country that happened 4 years ago but it did not silence or one her latest song's called a low list system has now amassed more than 25000000 views she makes the point that the changes made so far by the algerian powers that be are not nearly enough we'll

see you next time here at the listening post. to. my. book.

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a new governing body. google's parent company stops doing most of its business with the chinese tech giant wild way plus. playing a new wave of north african filmmakers taking every day. ok let's get going the u.s. president has issued a direct threat to iran just days after saying he was prepared for talks on twitter donald trump said this if iran wants to fight that'll be the official and of iran never threaten the united states again earlier iran and its regional rival saudi arabia toned down their war rhetoric even as the u.s. builds up its military presence in the gulf the leader of iran's revolutionary guard says his country is not pursuing conflict the saudi foreign ministry issued a similar statement but added that the kingdom will respond if you're on chooses

war king solomon has called for 2 emergency summit involving gulf and arab leaders later this month to discuss the escalating tensions patty cohen with more now from washington. again the u.s. president donald trump sending mixed messages when it comes to his belief of what's happening with iran sending that tweet that he could destroy their country at the same time we've seen several reports that he's told his acting secretary of defense that he doesn't want to go to war with iran so what exactly was the impetus for this tweet well we don't know it could have been that he received the last 5 briefing it was sending the message publicly or it could have been that he was watching television felt the need to respond we do know that he has been sending out a lot of tweets over the last couple of hours on sunday after he got back from his golf course at a range of topics everything from promoting a book to talking to college graduates to talking about immigration the economy

complaining that fox news is hosting a town hall so the president definitely feeling aggrieved and twitter now is that exactly what led to this tweet we don't know but we do know that we're going to find out much more about the intelligence behind these recent u.s. moves we expect members of congress will be briefed on the classified information this week and we will likely hear much more about what prompted the u.s. to act. trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university p. dotes iran would engage in any diplomacy. well in the past the 2 countries that have played the most effective diplomacy between the united states and iran have been online and the swiss whether they can do so in this specific case remains to be seen but it would be wise obo tehran and washington to seek out their advice in their services but i think in this specific case i really doubt that the iranians are going to engage in any diplomacy until at least trump fires bolton and starts

to abide by the g c p a way because if the idea is to go to the table with this extra leverage that trump now believes that he has because of the sanctions while the iranians are not going to go to the table without them 1st also building some leverage would most likely would mean that they would restart other aspects of their nuclear program and that's not a good scenario for anyone it's actually much better for trump to walk back some of this illegal sanctions that he's been imposing on iran and then go to israel. being fired into heavily fortified green zone an area with many government buildings and embassies the iraqi military says there were no casualties the u.s. embassy evacuated non-essential staff earlier this week citing a heightened threat from iran for its impact that. they in fact saying that they found a katyusha rocket launch pad on a road close by to the green zone and it's incidents like this that of course are making iraq and iraqis and iraqi politicians very nervous because of course iraq

has incredible economic political and military ties and religious ties with neighboring iran and of course is a major u.s. ally as well we saw mike pompei as visit earlier this month compare warning the iraqi government about what he described as specific and increasing threat spike what the americans describe as iran's proxies in this country these are these iraqi iran backed armed groups that were so very effective in the fight against eisel that were integrated into the iraqi military in 2016 and who certainly the u.s. oppose a major threat here to u.s. interests those 5200 or so american servicemen and women still in iraq so despite the fact that the iraqi prime minister has come out and said that he's

seen no increased threat from these groups certainly incidents like this evening suggest just how fragile the situation is here although it's very important to say that nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack meanwhile iraq's oil minister says exxon mobil's decision to evacuate all that's foreign stuff is quote an acceptable and unjustified team god barnes says the move was made for political purposes not because of security concerns dozens of mainly american workers and oil fields near basra were flown to dubai on saturday and bahrain ordered all its nationals to leave iraq and iran because of what it described as unstable conditions. sudan's military rulers and protest leaders say talks to finalize a new governing body are making progress and will continue discussions resumed on sunday after the military suspended the previous round of negotiations days earlier

demanding that demonstrators remove road blocks in the capital khartoum the 2 sides are trying to settle on the makeup of the new governing body protesters want civilians to be in charge of it now you know today we discussed the tasks during the transitional period which were entirely agreed upon and we also discussed the structure of the sovereign authority both sides agreed to create a committee from the alliance for freedom and change to follow up on the results that are reached by the commission formed by the transitional military council specifically on the events that took place in the areas of protests and others in which many fear sudanese people died. google's parent company alphabet has suspended some of its business ties with the chinese tech giant always saying it's complying with the u.s. government orders new huawei smartphones won't have access to google's play store or users download popular apps such as g. mail and you tube it will maintain use of the android operating system open source

licensing however google won't provide huawei with any tech support the u.s. is trying to blacklist the company around the world several countries have banned huawei from being involved in the development of the 5 g. mobile networks citing security concerns even so well way remains the world's biggest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the 2nd biggest smartphone maker after samsung let's talk to an attorney and he's a political analyst who advises the chinese government on economic and development issues joining us from beijing i mean a great to have you back here on al-jazeera english what does this mean for what way. peter this is a real setback for hallway at least in the short term there is some indication that they were expecting something along this line and that they may have actually warehouse a whole bunch of chips and anticipation but those will run out but it really represents a hard for between the united states and china and apparently both least the u.s.

side is asking everyone else to take sides because as a company whoa wait it wasn't even so much coming up on the outside lane it had overtaken you know the gold of high tech stuff it had overtaken apple at least 18 months ago now and also if i got this right in my mind it means it's a little bit like if you buy an i phone i pad you lose the app store. absolutely the convenience will be completely gone you won't be able to use g.-mail and these are not so important within china necessarily but it will definitely cripple have a very big effect depending on the workarounds hallways international market basically this is a very clear attempt to cripple hallway it's kind of like in the old days the u.s. when confronted by russia over sputnik going to the moon they said we're going to outcompete you we're going to show you the best and the brightest and what we can

do but today it seems more about tripping up the competition we don't have to compete against you if we can cripple you how do you think the chinese might react to this specifically not just the company but the chinese government because the other bits of the back story is the trade war between beijing and washington. well these these stories all united and basically we're looking at a landscape where the u.s. and china are even if there is some sort of temporary truce in the trade war it's clear that you know militarily the u.s. is going to continue to put ships in the taiwan straits in the south china seas and that it will continue attacking any kind of progress that china makes on the technology front so this is going to be a long term situation in terms of what beijing can do hopefully it won't but it could quite possibly say that for security reasons they will be banning broadcom

qualcomm who have also joined on the train with google and keep all of those out make it almost impossible from the do that then this is what i would call a hard fork where you're really going to see a real change in and basically 2 camps going ahead with their respective technologies might this. impact the apple machine around the world because pull has a lot of stuff going on in china well you literally you could see apple's sales plummet this is one of the other realities of this trade war is that these types of international stories are going to impact more and more nationalist china and they will shy away from buying apple and other u.s. products remember this is a over $350000000000.00 a year market where u.s.

companies are selling in china and that that would have disastrous consequences for american businesses especially on the profit lines thank you. in egypt a roadside bombs exploded as a bass carrying tourists drove past injuring at least 17 people most of them south africans 4 egyptians and an ear by car were also heard it's not yet known who is responsible but the attack will be another blow to the country's tourism industry after years of turmoil and violence as a torah gave me. this is what remains of a tourist bus hit by a roadside bomb day cairo legal economical this witness was driving behind the bus when it was attacked we're going to hold up a moment for you all the foreigners in the front are injured he says i saw the whole thing from my car. 25 south african tourists were on mood when the bomb exploded in a district place to the giza pyramids touristed.