we've got to give congress 30 days' notice of any foreign arm sales and congress can block those sales what we have seen is essentially declaring a national emergency to push these seals through saying the important to show support for their partners in the region he is referring specifically to saudi arabia jordan and the united arab emirates and he said that it's also important for the arms industry because they don't want their partners to run into problems with operability he says this is a one off well all that donald trump has to do know is to provide written justification to congress the reason why he's pushed through these sales there are certainly people on the republican side who are concerned about the way donald trump because he's up to saudi arabia you remember that lindsey graham who's a big supporter of donald trump has already said he doesn't want to see any relations normalised with saudi arabia or mohammed bin salman the crown prince remains in such a prominent position those comments coming after the death of jamal khashoggi and also there are other republican senators who are concerned about the way it is

conducting the war in yemen there are democratic senators too who are concerned about the arms sales and concerned at the way donald trump is bypassing congress to push these through they have said they will challenge it although quite what they do isn't entirely clear this is happened before the 2 bush presidencies they made emergency sales to saudi arabia 1st of all the 91 before the gulf war and then in 2003 before the war in iraq and if you go back all the way to the 1980 s. ronald reagan also pushed through emergency sales that was also at the time because of the perceived threat from iran and that was also at the time a sale to saudi arabia very interesting thank you allan fish in washington well there is more still to come on the program the orthodox jewish community in the united states way cases of have gone through the roof despite this musical.

intervention the ambitious space launch that could make the web truly wild why. hello again it's good to have you back well we are watching one funnel system and as we go into the fall this front could bring some very cold air across much of the area as a matter of fact in the higher elevations particular down here towards tasmania that's exactly what we're going to be seeing and that's going to turn the rain to snow and the overnight hours here's a frontal boundary with all of the clouds notice the temperatures are hovering into the mid to high teens adelaide as well as over here towards melbourne once that pushes through temperatures are going to drop and particularly down here towards tasmania it's going to be rainy across much of the island but it's also going to be snowing in the higher elevations there up to the north tower townsville is going to be quite a nice day with a temperature of 27 degrees well here for the north and south island of disease and

it's really going to be the south that sees much of the clouds in the rain over the next few days so for christ church a forecast looks like this winds an attempt to about 14 degrees but by the time we get to sunday the tempter does come up to about 18 all clint well some clouds in your forecast at about 17 degrees there then the heat is on here across much of japan we are talking to you wave anywhere from much of the nation up towards the north though sapporo on saturday at $26.00 but it is going to go up to about 30 as we go towards sunday and tokyo a very hot day for you with the temps are there of 33 degrees. on counting the cost where did it all go wrong for argentina's champion of the free market can reach america and stay in power as a populist makes a comeback a potential multi-billion dollar fine and of course to break up facebook and bailout number 13 for pakistan account. the cost.

to. go. welcome back a look at the headlines this hour the british prime minister treason maze announced her resignation as leader of the ruling conservative party may will stand down on june the 7th but will stay on as cat minister until have replacement is chosen at least 8 people have been injured in a suspected parcel bomb explosion in the french city of leo the device exploded near a bakery in the center of the city. and the united states is set to send an additional

$1500.00 troops to the middle east amid heightened tensions with iran. president all trump described the deployment as a mostly protective measure. all in all the developments you downs transitional military council has vowed to back saudi arabia against all threats and attacks from iran this after the deputy head of the council of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in jeddah says sudan is part of the saudi led coalition fighting the iran back to seize in yemen meanwhile inside sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders have called for a general strike across the country on choose day and wednesday al-jazeera is emraan calm has more on this from the capital hard to. the long awaited announcement of a general strike has now been made it was made late on friday night with announcements from the sudanese professionals association that saddam brillo organization represents i number of professionals here within sudan the strike will

take place the 28 on the 29th of may and the s.b.a. and the opposition coalition are hoping that all of furtively bring the entire country to a standstill and not just here in the capital khartoum now the s.b.a. have said that they've been forced into this action because they haven't been able to come to a deal with the transitional military council they say every time they've come close to a deal the transitional moves. the council ups the stakes and says no we will all of a role in public political life also there's a lot of anger from the protesters who say that they are very angry about the recent visit by the vice president of the transitional military council to matty who went and met with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so man they say why is he meeting with them in this manner is he now the defrocked leader of the sudanese people easy is it seems e-mail the effective representation that's very been very

angry so they're hoping that what's going to happen in the next few days when this strike takes place that will give them the upper hand it will give them some leeway in the negotiations between the opposition coalition and the transitional military council meanwhile the protests now gerri have continued as well police there have arrested dozens of demonstrators rallying in the capital out cheers. hundreds are gathered in the city for the 14th friday in a row call of interim president carter banned solid to leave office immediately he became president after the ailing longtime leader abdel aziz but if he coasted down last month this with as a result of public anger at the prospect of him running for a 5th term in office well elections analogy to be held in algeria in july. at least 15 people have died in a major fire at a shopping center in the indian city of sirat in the west of the country witnesses

say several people jumped from the building to try to escape the blaze believe most of the dead and injured are students who are attending classes and coaching center inside the complex. well india's prime minister narendra modi has pledged to take his country to new heights after leading his party to a landslide reelection victory with most of the 600000000 votes counted the but r.t.i. janata party has secured a large majority in the parliament the election commission is still to officially confirm the result though al-jazeera said hell raman reports from the capital new delhi. india woke up on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by the renderer modi had secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election . b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial

announcement modi still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a special session on saturday we need to listen to that he is celebrating the mood is very different from any opposition groups whose influence in parliament is now severely reduced given our experience the last 5 years. and that we mean business we would let them have their own way we will stand up as far as people's concerns will be i mean pick up opposition. has analysts suggest job creation in rural and urban areas is a topic the government needs to focus on has one this victory. significantly to the young and 1st time much like he did in 202014 but in the last couple of years unemployment has been very high and and it will be something that he will have to address for the young as well as for the future of the country. but one

senior leader says moody's policies are working what's next in terms of how. all the sectors must move because if the impetus which is already there is the fastest growing economy has. the must produce results which will better performance at least until. the public too has those concerns. he should try and remove unemployment for the young of the country the problems of the villages lack of electricity water should be tackled the farmer should get more facilities. and the marginal and rebel farmers get their problem solved these are the issues for. others the prime minister gets ready to begin his 2nd term many will be looking to see if he'll address these issues modi has received an overwhelming mandate to deliver on his pledges but it's not just domestic issues that'll be a factor in his 2nd term. global financial uncertainty is something that may affect

india's growth and economy and regional stability with pakistan is something that modi has to balance while appeasing his nationalist vote base so hold robin al-jazeera new delhi. now to indonesia presidential candidate probably has filed a legal challenge to last month's election result to counter his experience days of violent protests with 7 people killed and 200 others injured in riots protest is angry that president general doda was declared the winner they say there was widespread cheating but the election commission says the poll was free and fair. now with a trade war simmering between the united states and china u.s. president donald trump is on his way to japan for a state visit he's been invited to meet the new emperor but business leaders will be closely watching his meeting with the japanese prime minister after threats to also increase trade tariffs with japan when he reports now from tokyo.

away from high profile trade disputes between governments small and medium sized japanese businesses are forging their own relationships suck a casting company used to make car parts the large japanese companies now it focuses on making products for other industries instead of relying on the japanese government to do the deals for it it's going directly to the united states. there is a global political trying to put your country 1st but even if there is an existing framework for trade i want to build relationships with other countries that are private sector level the relationship between japan and the united states is good but donald trump is trying to push japanese prime minister shinzo around on trade the u.s. president will attend a sumo tournament while he's in tokyo and may find that japan is determined to hold its ground trump is threatening to increase tariffs on imports of japanese cars if

trade talks are successful within 6 months when the talks are going on between the 2 nations neither party should call up for any unilateral action most of the threats are coming from the u.s. side which wants to correct its trade deficit with japan. but japan's government knows it's in a fairly strong position because the united states needs it strategically mainly because of the threat from north korea. and as a foil against the growing regional influence of china which is involved in its own trade dispute with the united states the white house. trade will not be the main focus of the president's trip to japan instead it's mainly about being a state guest here at the imperial palace when donald trump will become the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor and empress. netto hito became emperor on the 1st of may after his father akihito abdicated giving this historic 1st

meeting to the u.s. president is being seen as a symbol of the strong alliance between the countries and a desire to keep it that way i think for a japanese government that these are very important gift for him. to. keep a good relation with japan. is unlikely to be a trade agreement reached while donald trump is in japan meaning the threats and strong rhetoric may continue in the meantime japan's smaller businesses have no choice but to carry on innovating and making their own deals wayne hay al-jazeera tokyo. oh now the jewish community need as a new york of launched a campaign urging parents to vaccinate their children against measles as the u.s. battles its worst meal measles outbreak in 25 years a vaccination is required before children can attend school but most states allow exemptions the religious or philosophical reasons as christensen in the reports from york. the latest measles outbreak in the united states is concentrated in

orthodox jewish neighborhoods of new york like here in borough park brooklyn there's nothing about the vaccine which has been proven safe and effective in eliminating the disease that is contrary to the jewish faith in fact religious leaders have been at the forefront of urging members to vaccinate still this local elected official thinks people should have the option of opting out on religious grounds it is just a dangerous precedent we will be opening pandora's box 1st amendment issues with the state senator bradley oilmen is sponsoring legislation to eliminate the religious exemption in new york just like california did after a 2015 outbreak. of course you have a 1st amendment right to practice your religious beliefs in this country and that it sank or sank but you do not as the supreme court has said time and time again have the right to endanger your children or worse someone else's child all but 3

states allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their children on religious grounds even though none of the major religions in this country are against vaccinations here in new york it's as easy as filling out a form and bringing it to your local school for approval. but now several like new york are reconsidering the why when we vaccinate our children so alexander rapoport took part in new york's pro-vaccine ad campaign and runs a local social services agency but he thinks a limiting the religious exemption will simply fuel the conspiracy theories that lead to the distrust of vaccines it gives the end action ations a platform they say you see what they're doing to their closing schools they're getting rid of the religious exemption there so then. instead of. being seen as a friend someone to take advice from being alienated i am concerned that the

measles outbreak will continue to grow eliminating the religious exemption has raised vaccination rates in california though the number of children seeking medical exemption is there has tripled the bill sponsors are hoping to bring it to a vote before the legislative session and in june kristen salumi al-jazeera brooklyn new york. young activists have rallied and says he's around the world demanding. move swiftly to fight climate change organizers say up to a 1000000 students took part in at least 110 countries calling on politicians and businesses to take urgent action to slow global warming the strikes were inspired by a 16 year old better turn but is started skipping school every friday to protest outside sweden's parliament. now space x. has it has successfully launched 60 communications satellites into orbit which could revolutionize the internet

a rocket carrying almost 19 tons of material launched into space from florida's cape canaveral air force station on thursday part of company on a lawn must some vicious new star link internet service to spread broadband access to every corner of the world space x. says it could take some time to learn whether all the satellites deployed are functioning properly. well you should have no trouble accessing our website hopefully al jazeera dot com is the address you all the latest news comment and i like that. just a quick look at headlines stories british prime minister to resign mayor has announced her resignation she will stand down as leader of the conservative party next month triggering a leadership race but she will stay on as the country's caretaker prime minister until a successor is chosen in late july may have been under increasing pressure to resign

over the way she dealt with rocks at rocks i will shortly leave the job that it is be the honor of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. the u.s. president says america will send an additional $1500.00 troops to the middle east amid heightened tensions with iran donald trump says the deployment is mostly protective and will strengthen american defenses in the region on thursday the acting u.s. defense secretary patrick shanahan said u.s. policy towards iran was about to terence not war. meanwhile president trump is cleared the sale of billions of dollars worth of weapons to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. citing those tensions with iran iraq weapons of democratic senator robert menendez

had eased his powers to block the arms sales fearing they would lead to more civilian deaths in yemen but the trouble ministration told lawmakers it will bypass the legally required congress or view and go ahead with the sale. transitional military council is about to back saudi arabia against all threats and attacks from iran mohammad harm done the gullah made the comments at a meeting with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin some nun in jeddah meanwhile in sudan protests demanding an immediate transition to civilian rule have continued in the capital protest leaders of call for a general strike across the country on choose day and wednesday. and at least 8 people have been injured in a suspected parcel bomb explosion in the french city of galle the device exploded near a bakery in the center of the city those hurt in the blast were hospitalized with leg injuries which were described as light the incident is being investigated by the french counterterrorism office that brings you up to date with our top stories

counting the cost looks at the power struggle now in argentina. 0. you're just back to yemen what was the glimpse of the country to go we listen the children are deeply affected because of war we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter is there a. law and has a seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week where did it all go wrong for argentina's champion of the free market we find out if he'll stay in power as a populist makes a comeback potential multi-billion dollar fine and calls a breakup facebook we talked to the founder of europe's biggest social media marketing company. bailout number 13 pakistan gets another big loan from the

international monetary fund to avoid an economic crisis. well it wasn't meant to be like this. election to the argent time presidency in 2015 was supposed to usher in an end to the economic and political crises international investors welcomed moves to float the peso and eliminate export capital controls last year the international monetary fund increased the size of its bailout to $56300000000.00 as with all i.m.f. loans argentina had to agree to cut pension benefits and public utility subsidies not surprisingly makris popularity has fallen as so many people depended on those programs which had helped the country recover from a 2002 economic crisis or that austerity has crippled the poorest in society the

economy is in recession a macro pledged to bring inflation down to single digits but inflation stands at 54.7 percent what's behind the spike in inflation of the currency has fallen 18 percent this year alone. now you would think a fall in currency would be useful for exporters but the cost of imported goods has risen and that's been passed on to consumers in a surprise move cristina kirchner announced plans to run as vice president with one of her former ministers taking on the role of presidential hopeful and that's much to the relief of overseas investors of many of the current crisis shows no signs of letting up putting the jobs of thousands of arjen tines at risk there is about met with families struggling. who now was fired from a bottling company 2 months ago he says he has been working there for 12 years he's

now trying to find other jobs that will help his family get by. i was fired in february and they said it's because of the amount of time i've been working there and the costs i represented for the company. is not the only one we met with a group of workers that went through a similar situation and are fighting to get their jobs back. the company has a plan to increase the use of machines for more production but for that they have to reduce the people that work in the plant finding work these days is extremely difficult. this people say that what is happening to them is part of the crisis argentina is struggling with in the past year. last year argentina received the largest emergency loan in the history of the international monetary fund but in spite of it the government of marketing has not been able to control the situation they play saw lost around 80 percent of its value in the past

year and now there are fears that the government is going to be able to pay the interest of the following debt recession a rise in poverty and unemployment have had an impact on maggie's popularity in the past year the biggest challenge most dargon kind of are facing this days is a double digit inflation rate that keeps on pushing the prices of basic food items up and that's why the government has a special program that includes 60 products which prices of everything frozen for about 6 months but for many these are temporary measures that the government hopes will help be reelected. people. say that what people need are jobs and stability something that the government has not been able to provide all right joining. us now from one of cyrus to talk more about this is he may not blanco the head of latin america research at various maple croft

a risk analysis and for costing the company thanks very much for being with us so. did all the right things by international investors and the i.m.f. but the economy is in recession the promised flood of overseas investors hasn't materialized why is that. well there is a structural lack of confidence in argentina not just inside argentina but outside argentina and so you know when you talk about my quit doing the right things there's a lot of debate about whether he did that the pace at which he did that and also whether he went far enough soon enough and i think the you know the key area of criticism is late 2017 when the government changed its inflation. goals and didn't really explain why when it went early to the markets to fora ahead of schedule and it didn't explain why and then of course we saw in april why when the pests so went on you know rapid depreciation and then that happened

again later in september so you know it's it's really a very difficult situation right now for my korea specially heading into a crucial election in october yeah the way things stand right now it doesn't look good for america as far as his reelection prospects in october does it i think it's you know argentina volatility economic and political volatility which feed into each other it makes the current political landscape extremely uncertain i think you know anyone who says they expected christina kitchener to announce her candidacy as d.p. rather than presidential candidacy would probably be lying it took the political you know arena by surprise last weekend we can expect anything i think between now and the 22nd of june when candidacies are announced for mockery really it's an uphill struggle as as you say christina kirshner's decision to run as as vice

president called many people by surprise. because they were of course expecting her to run for president what do you make of that well i mean i think there's many readings to it. the way you in which it was announced. really begs the question whether she's actually running for vice president i can't think of precedent to anywhere else in the world where the vice president really says a video or potential vice president releases a video saying they have asked someone to run for president so even though the package says she's running for v.p. the manner in which it was conveyed really says she's running for office and there's of course you know speculation about whether going for the vice presidential position would alert the fernand this eventually relinquish power to her if elected is this just an electoral move is this a move to shield herself further from potential convictions from corruption you

know there's speculation that a precedent can't pardon themselves but a precedent can pardon a vice president who is convicted so of course there's you know we don't really know what her real motivation is there is clearly a political strategy to try to open the cures nor'east that movement which is quite dogmatic and quite close to the broader peronist movement and albert the for now on this would be the vehicle through which they attempt to do this but what do we know about her running mate alberto fernandez this moment what are we to make of him. well i mean he's a very longstanding member of the political circles in argentina he's taken you know different public sector offices since the 1980 s. he's a crucial or was a crucial player in the nestor karishma administration he's you know he's got links to not just within the peronist movement but to other political parties so

the radicals who are the 2nd largest and oldest party in argentina he's also have had links to them and served in the from scene precedent see when argentina returned to democracy so clearly he doesn't have the you know the accent q-tip experience that you'd expect from someone running for the top job but he does have a lot of negotiating experience with them peronist them and when we look at argentina that sometimes is more valuable skill that management experience so what needs to happen then in your view to get argentina's economy going again. well i think the number one issue is to reassure investors as to what will happen from 2020 on works at the moment with the bailout from the i.m.f. there there is assurance that the country can made its debt commitments until the

end of of 2019 and into 2020 but there's a lot of question marks around what the next administration would do with that bellowed agreement with the i.m.f. and i think a clear position from all presidential candidates regarding that is a wonky 1st step you know the big market concern is such a tina heading for another debt default clearing that concern is the number one and the 2nd one is a plot for that again the surest markets that the country will be fiscally responsible they're the main concern is whether an election off the front on this for now on the stick would result in an expansionary monetary policy again feeding into inflation again a return of subsidies to energy which would again expand the fiscal deficit so much create has made. some slow but positive progress in that regard and what markets

are looking for and investors are looking for is an assurance that that kind of progress will continue regardless of who gets the top job good to speak with you him in a blanket thank you for the i.m.f. tough medicine has failed to help argentina and many other countries pakistan agreed a deal with the i.m.f. to get a 6000000000 dollar loan it's 13 since the one $980.00 s. but it's terms of very similar to those of argentina the currency will be devalued electricity and gas subsidies will be scrat and it's likely to prove unpopular across the country come out higher has more. after months of negotiations with the international monetary fund an agreement on a $6000000000.00 loan package pakistan government needs to current economic crises and their deal with. may not be desirable but if necessary pakistan needs to undertake a very painful but it's an adjustment reform that the country will need to

undertake most notably it includes a more flexible currency 2nd reforms in electricity and gas sector. reforms in the public sector enterprises which are. throwing up huge losses. i ended election campaign imran khan accused previous governments of boring excessively from the i.m.f. now he'd agreed to a loan with the organization saying the ball won't be affected by debt something many people here aren't buying. i'm a painter and if you talk about the dollar rupee parity it goes without saying that a falling rupee will mean rising costs for paint which will have a knock on effect on people like me. there is widespread anger including from the opposition my dear almighty mall the government the soldiers into the slavery of the i.m.f. and we cannot accept this.