it was supposed to be a bipartisan meeting with democrats about fixing america's roads bridges at the airport but when democrats arrive for the white house meeting on wednesday u.s. president donald trump abruptly ended it he just. took a pass it was planned when we got in the room the curtains were closed why trump is upset democrats are accusing him of blocking multiple attempts to investigate him we believe that the president united states is engaged in a cover up and cover up trump later called reporters to the rose garden to debunk that argument i don't do cover ups on capitol hill for the past few days there have been growing calls by democrats and at least one republican to begin impeachment proceedings against trump in an attempt to remove him from office yes it was very hard i would say. some lawmakers believe the president obstructed justice during

the investigation into allegations his 2016 campaign worked with the russian government there has been no collusion and april report by the u.s. justice department clear trump of any collusion use them again as a legal obligation to be here still just this week trump stopped his former counsel don began from testifying to congress about that investigation and on wednesday new york lawmakers voted to release trump state tax returns to congress trump is also fighting democratic attempts to get his business records from deutsche bank what they've done is abuse. this is addressed to geisha number 4 of the same thing probably 5. and it really started i think pretty much from the time we came down the escalator in trump donald trump argues his democratic opponents have been resisting his presidency since before it even started and continue to back efforts

to impeach him but democrats are divided on whether it's even wise to launch impeachment hearings knowing it could take down trump or help him win support for his reelection kimberly helped at al jazeera the white house last committee was saying a new york judge says he will not block a congressional subpoena seeking president trump's financial records the ruling clears the way for deutsche bank and capital one financial corp to comply with subpoenas that were issued last month let's go live to christian salumi he's in new york for us following this story so christian give us some more background on this case what sort of information are the democrats looking for. democrats are looking for financial information related to president trump his businesses and his 3 oldest children from these 2 main financial institutions that were used by the trump organization including deutsche bank one of the few mainstream financial institutions that was willing to do business with the tribes after he did faulted

on many loans and other institutions were unwilling to the lawyers for the house financial services committee and the house intelligence committee say they are looking into possible foreign influence in the us political process boyer's for president trump sued to stop the release of this information they have argued that the congress is overstepping its bounds there's no legislative reason for them to want this information they're only doing this to dig up dirt on the president for political gain but the judge in this case said that the president was unlikely to succeed in a lawsuit based on an argument that the committee's request was on the law unlawful or exceeded their constitutional authority and so he denied the request for it so what does this actually mean for president trump going forward then. well this is the 2nd such ruling in just a matter of days earlier this week

a judge in washington d.c. ruled in a similar case finding. involving records from the tribes family accounting firm similarly there they tried to stop the documents from being released the judge said no the president is vowing to appeal that case and so it appears that these legal battles will continue even if president to trump has little chance of winning some of these cases he's vowed to fight all subpoenas coming from congress lengthy court proceedings could delay the release of potentially embarrassing information and perhaps delay that release until after the 2020 alexion cristen in new york thank you for the trumpet ministration wants to increase tariffs on chinese imports by another $300000000000.00 the u.s. treasury secretary steve minnich and says the duties could be imposed within a month and the government is studying the possible impact on consumers earlier

this month president trying to raise tariffs on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports from 10 to 25 percent beijing then retaliated or increasing tariffs on $60000000000.00 worth of us. well meanwhile the british based chip design a misspending chinese business with the chinese tech giant well wait staff have been told to paul's contracts and any pending and gauge wants to comply with a u.s. trade ban that was imposed last week the decision could threaten war weighs ability to create its own smart phone chips designs chips for most mobile devices around the world. british companies vodafone of also distance themselves from hallway. explains. the british based chip designer whose products power purse esas from chip makers to companies such as apple has said that it was now

a blocking war way from accessing its technology now the move comes after a u.s. government ban on the chinese firm a.r.m. employees have now been told to cease all active contracts as well as any pending engagements may comes after the u.s. put away in a list of companies that u.s. firms are banned from doing business with another reason because of a arms decision is because some of its designs contain technology which originate in the united states and now as a result because of this it is one of the latest in a series of com of companies around the world that have partnerships with. while way that and are seeking to distance themselves from the chinese firm for example on wednesday to telecoms companies vodafone and the u.k.'s largest mobile operator have said that they are suspending the pre order of away 5 g.

handsets now while while way has reacted saying that it feels confident that it can resolve this decision it said that it is values very much as international partnerships but in a proper sniping back to the us itself it's said that it recognizes what it calls international pressure by from politically motivated decisions that's according to our way but make no mistake this is quite a serious blow to the chinese company because it really relies on a our ems technology uses it for its own chips so really quite a serious. delay on how it can continue to manage to produce those chips if it has no access at all to that technology more on this we can talk now to ina fried chief technology correspondent max foster joins me from san francisco good to have you with us on the program just explain how dependent do you think weiwei is on a.r.m.

. yeah so the chips that are designed by this company are used by almost everyone so there's a bunch of chips on the market while way has its own chips samsung has its own qualcomm media tek a bunch of these companies have their own chips but they're all based on arm at the core they license this design and so a lot of people felt well if they can't buy us chips at least they have their own chips but their own chips are based on arm's design so this is really problematic for them a bunch of the components that they need to make their smartphones have u.s. ties i think their smartphone business without our lift of this order is in real trouble what is the chance do you think of the trump administration reversing its decision i mean how much is this playing into what we know to be a china versus the u.s. . trade war yeah i mean the situation is super volatile i certainly would not would not be one to predict what donald trump is going to do i will say i mean i think in the past we've seen these issues tied

together so there was a ban on z t e rival of wall way the auto chinese base that was eventually lifted as u.s. china talks further and so i think there is a chance of this being tied to broader u.s. china issues i think we're also going to see just how interdependent the u.s. and china are i wrote about this today but both the u.s. and china would like to be independent of one another and control their own technology destiny but right now they're very much tied and we're seeing that with the wall way it's impacting carriers around the world even in the u.s. where one way isn't a big player a bunch of the rural carriers use weiwei equipment well that's a reality isn't it and also isn't while we actually leading the way when it comes to the 5 g. network. well there are one of several players along with nokia and ericsson but where they really matter is they are significantly cheaper there are countries that just can't get to 5 g. unless a while weighs in the market and there are carriers that are dependent today on 4

g. for wall ways gear and couldn't imagine ripping that out and putting in a rival so i think we're going to see very quickly that as much as wall way is dependent on the u.s. companies for their technology networks around the globe depend on wall way to have an affordable option to deliver cellular communications but clearly we're always going to be suffering short term damage that is obvious how about the long term because it must be very difficult for it to try and plan for the future it's talking already obviously about having its own operating system its own not success to get around the google problem but long term what is the situation of wall way i mean it's certainly going to be huge hurdle moving to something that isn't google's android will be a tough sell especially outside of china i think the risk of the rest of the world is it's tough on while way but if they're successful instead of being a competitor using similar technology they'd be

a competitor using different technology i think it is a tough tough road particularly on the cell phone side on the network equipment side which is the other side of always business and the bigger part you know i don't think they're going to go away overnight i think it is a church challenge i think it is a long term challenge a medium term and the short term i think there's going to be a lot of casualties though on both sides if this technology war isn't easy soon really interesting to talk to you in a free joining us there from san francisco thank you. while football governing body for has announced the cancer 2022 world cup will not be expanded to $48.00 teams usually $32.00 teams participate in the tournament and 2017 feet of voted unanimously in favor of expanding the competition and last year fifa president giani infantino said that expansion could begin in 2022 but those plans have now been scrapped or david cohen is a sports writer for the guardian he's also author of the fall of the house of fever

and he joins me live via skype from heritage thanks for being with us on the program why was the fee for president so keen to see katter 2022 expanded to 48 teams well i interviewed him in november and he was talking about the expansion of the world cup from qatar to help some of the neighboring countries which had been in hostilities or still are in hostilities with qatar that it would it would help to heal the divide and it would be football team to bring peace to the region but i think you also have to realize that the self interest for the state of president because having 16 more nations competing in the world are going to be very grateful and more broadly the states of nations are going to be pleased that more of them have got your choose play in the world cup and the obviously very grateful to the seat of president and it's good for the for president who is going to be reelected and how unrealistic was it because the proposal really only sort of you know took

flight as it were in the summer last year not leaving a great deal of time to try and organize something like that but secondly when as you point out the countries that are neighboring cast off still blockading. yeah i mean we were there in november i was there for the guardian in november sort to report on this because it was 4 years and so that's all it was due to start and you know we just didn't detect any enthusiasm in qatar for the idea there was a stows you know it was very clear that cuts aren't spent tens of billions of dollars on infrastructure and on building 7 new stadium for $32.00 team will cut that they've been planning since they were in the vote in 2010 and as you say certainly a very late stage. there's this idea of expanding the whole thing to 48 and having it in neighboring countries 3 of whom are in very severe hostilities with cuts on

actually blockade in the country saudi arabia the u.a.e. in bahrain and the other potential countries oman and kuwait didn't have the facilities necessary so it seemed a very far fetched idea and we didn't see any enthusiasm for in cuts are now imagine that the organizers of the work in qatar will be very pleased tonight to see that the idea has been scrapped and also plays into that old question doesn't it where the politics and football should be on the same field if i can use that analogy the idea that the fate of president could be some sort of you know peace negotiator for all those countries in the middle east again seems a bit farfetched. well i did say might have to say farfetched. to me. you know. in fantasy no said some may when i spoke to november about it you know football can bring miracles and people talk to each other through football and you

know when you understand something about what's happening in the region and you know the depth of the hostility than the fact that there is a blockade and this is coming from the governments of those countries the idea that you know the faith the president would come along and help to hail it with the promise of some kind of group stage much has been played in the world cup in what is now 3 years away yeah i mean it seemed to be fair to him he said that the chances of actually happening was small but i think that kind of rhetoric from faith. has its limitations nothing those limitations have been exposed in this situation great tale of use that the conjoining is that america appreciate your time thank you. i still ahead on the program the u.n. adults a resolution demanding the u.k. relinquish control of the shade of silence. to school the team having to hold his most famous playoff series for the 1st time in 5 decades.

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hello again undermine from the top stories on al-jazeera hundreds of protesters have been arrested in the indonesian capital in a 2nd night of demonstrations against last month's election result parts of jakarta have been on lockdown following the deaths of 6 people in riots on tuesday. while football governing body faith has announced the 2022 world cup will not be expanded to $48.00 teams $32.00 teams usually participate in the tournament vote in 2017 fisa voted in favor of expanding the competition that won't happen in 2022. britain's prime minister is resisting calls to resign after her latest price it plan appeared to backfire stories amaze new proposals fighting to win over the open. many passing. going on 78 of brecht's it has been blamed for the collapse of british steel the u.k.'s 2nd largest steelmaker the us they reports thousands of jobs and how at risk.

exactly a year ago british steel produced this corporate film glamorizing what goes on inside its plants in sky. high quality tailors manufacturing the sort of thing the u.k. used to be famed for all over the world. one year on the accountants have moved in british steel has collapsed putting some $25000.00 jobs in direct jeopardy the government it seems was unwilling to provide just $30000000.00 pounds or $40000000.00 to keep it afloat the opposition cannot believe it but also mr speaker i want to express on behalf of the labor party my outrage that the government has again failed our steel industry putting 5000 jobs at risk in british steel 20000 more in the supply chain this government has failed those people the government will work closely with the official receiver and prospective new owners to achieve the best possible outcome for these sites the government is providing an indemnity

to the official receiver who is now responsible for the operations we will take every possible step to ensure that these vital operations can continue for the irony isn't lost on anyone that the news of the demise of british steel comes one day before european elections in which the conservative party is expected to receive a thrashing and the story of british steel plays into a much wider debate about bricks and the future of british manufacturing. it has been blamed in parts for the demise of british steel just like hundreds decision to close its car factory in the west of england it's widely thought the so-called hard bricks it would lead to the closure of nice sand in northeastern england as well to many voters the point of the exercise. to get politicians to pay more attention to their communities it's not happening the reality is and it's an uncomfortable truth is that we wouldn't be having these difficulties in the way in which they're presenting themselves this week if it wasn't for the decision to leave the european

union. the most startling statistic around british steel is that over the last 2 years alone china produced more steel the u.k. has done since the industrial revolution in the 19th century maybe politicians think it isn't worth trying anymore but they don't have any other alternatives the people in skunk thought it's illegal to exploit a situation where the government can find $5000000000.00 to renovate the parliament building and another $5000000000.00 to protect the country against the worst over no deal breaks it and yet cannot find the money to protect the u.k.'s steel industry had the been expanding its voters is anybody's guess lawrence lee al jazeera in london well the u.k. still taking part in the european parliament elections on thursday because it's bricks it plans haven't been passed yet voters across the e.u. will choose who is given the power to previous laws the e.u. budgets and who becomes the president of the european commission so there are 751

seats up for grabs with each of the 28 countries guessing a number of seats proportional to their population the 2 major blocs in parliaments are the right leaning a p.p. and the center left s n date but the dominance of these coalitions could be eroded by the rise of europe's populace. well a nonprofit global campaign group says europe is being drowned in dismiss the nation ahead of the vote of ours reported more than $500.00 suspect groups and facebook pages or praising across the continent most were spreading fake news or using false profiles in violation of. one that we can speak now to allow for years or up a senior campaign or with of ours with me here in the studio thanks for coming in what was the worst content that you actually found in your investigation so a lot of the content wasn't straight up lies such as stories like the pork endorses donald trump the danger with this information is that it is very insidious some of

it is true and it is designed to confuse rather than convince that's a danger with dissent from ation and when we pull together a team of researchers and data and the start of the year to look into what the scale of this thing could be in europe we've honestly been shocked we reported 500 pages to facebook but that's just the tip of the iceberg that's why we think european citizens are being targeted by organized this information networks because we've uncovered just the tip of the iceberg there are lots of other platforms such as whatsapp where all of this is encrypted you know we nobody knows the extent of which this is happening. facebook has taken down 20 percent of the pages that we flagged to them but it is worth noting that those 20 percent viewed almost half a 1000000000 times so these platforms are awash in this information have you got any idea who is organizing this information i guess from the content you can tell

it's probably far right groups but you don't know exactly who it is so in some cases we have been able to see who the adman's or you know the people the individuals behind some of these pages are. the a lot of our governments are focused on foreign into. after what happened in the u.s. elections but what we've also found through this investigation is that a lot of this is home grown so these people are based in europe many of them are european citizens so this is the playbook this is the older russian government disinfo mission playbook that's now being adopted by far right groups in across the continent and we were able to look at just 6 countries you know there's 28 of them so you know we want to emphasize that this is just the tip of the iceberg and politicians people on the platforms crucially need to come together to fight for the truth and the way we think we can do that is firstly to pressure the platforms

to correct the record anyone exposed to this information must see in their news feed corrected news story of verified information by qualified fact checkers house facebook reacted to that you say it's taken down 20 percent of the pages that you've reported but what about the idea that they could actually if you some sort of correction say where you get if a newspaper gets something role. is it likely to comply with. well so the good news is that they are testing that idea so clearly they see some merit in it but you said how is facebook reacted so i mean we appreciate the fact that facebook took these pages done you know they responded they took them down but it does beg the question that why did it take a citizens movement we're a small crowd funded movement we have 20 of us 20000000 members across the continent we funded this investigation through small donations there is facebook is

a 1000000 multimillion dollar company they have a whole war room set up in dublin to tackle the e.u. elections why couldn't they find this themselves so you know platforms citizens and politicians need to come together because this is a fight for facts which is really a fight for freedom really good to talk to you and really very interesting as well as on your investigation. i.q. thank you. the british government is considering lodging a complaint with the united nations a for damning report on poverty in the u.k. the report from the un rapporteur on extreme poverty says the government is in a state of denial about the 14000000 people living in poverty in this country professor philip alston says the u.k. social safety net has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos my analysis is based on not just the many interviews that i undertook both before going to the u.k.

and when i was there but also on a whole slew of reports that have been produced by think tanks and civil society groups respected economic groups and so on in the u.k. what they point to is 14000000 people living in poverty in the united kingdom a staggering prediction which everyone seems to accept something like 40 percent of british children will live in poverty within a couple of years rising rates of homelessness. food bank you seeds through the roof. increasing concern about suicides even lower life expectancy in some areas so overall while the economy is thriving in the united kingdom what we see is a social situation which is not just neglected brothers essentially being allowed to slide pretty dramatically in 2 major difficulties the un

general assembly has demanded the person give up control over the shade or silence within 6 months the richest claims it was forced to give up the islands in the indian ocean in exchange for independence and leave this diplomatic blow to britain and the united states diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. a humiliating defeat for the u.k. . a and its ally the u.s. in the u.n. general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people standing in the smooth to provide the means to shags just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. and the u.s. back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shagger silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled

the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when marisha skein its independence from britain the share goss was split off from the rest of the country so that the airbase could be built one would have hoped. that any country found to be engaged in an ongoing wrongful act by the highest court of the word would hasten to make amends why will you not listen to the international court of justice to the un general assembly and give these islands back to the people they belong to . the island surrounded british suffering i want to make that point very clear that's point 1.2 this is a bilateral so she then outlined the british government's details legal position how it is so i followed up with another constantine's the principle don't the show because people though have the right on their side the united kingdom sincerely

regret the manner in which the cheik are since where we moved from british indian nation territory in the 1960 s. and seventy's the shag also islanders say they'll continue their long protest they say they just want to return to their home or we left a paradise we were down. as we were left in the slum of malicious there was no support mechanism the british did not look after us for the people of the shire goss the best hope now probably lies in the unpredictable cauldron that is post the brics it british politics the current u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbyn says if he's prime minister he will abide by the international consensus and hand the share goes back to its people james pays out 0 at the united nations. 2 bomb attacks have killed at least 9 people in somalia's capital mogadishu one of the blasts was a car bomb which targets

a convoy of politicians heading towards the presidential palace palomas was among those killed grape. says it was behind the attack. to syria where rebels have launched a counterattack against pro-government forces in the northwest of the country fighting has been intensifying in the region since last month for the u.s. says it's concerned that chemical weapons have now been news reports. in northwestern syria these rebels are advancing on pro-government positions in the town of comfort in the buddha this operations under way as government jets attack opposition strongholds according to the syrian observatory for human rights dozens of fighters have been killed on both sides this is part of an escalation in fighting since the russian backed syrian offensive of it began last month. and as the violence has intensified so has the humanitarian crisis syrian forces seized

control of car from the buddha in northern how my province in early may that area is largely controlled by the whole you to show an armed opposition group formerly affiliated with al qaida in syria. now hundreds of thousands of people living there are caught in the crossfire dozens of aid groups are calling for an immediate end to the conflict saying conditions have reached a crisis point in my out of the norm and people say the town's market place was crowded when it was attacked by air raids. on the russian and regime planes struck the area of the mosque it's a crowded place in the middle of the cornish street i let them the shops are destroyed to flush of danger to people is on the floor people are collecting their belongings the strike hit an hour before the morning ramadan meal but according to the u.s. it may not just be conventional weapons that are now in use in syria the state department says pro-government forces may have carried out a chlorine gas attack on sunday in the region security experts say that would be very.