it was under an accelerated timetable and we have the irony then of him coming back to this chamber going back to the government benches behind me and in fact trying to find some sort of deal with the very parties of just voted him out so the process is under way there is an election show jeweled for september it's for the president as to decide whether he wants to accelerate it but as i say the irony is we might very well find mr cortes coming back here quite soon once again as chancellor once again as leader of the largest party here dominic cain thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a shortage of from emergency services in afghanistan that's putting lives at risk and the luxury items seized in corruption scandals that are now house think argentina government.

welcomes a look at the international forecast for starting in china where it's looking pretty wet at the moment lots of class rot across the south of the country hong kong seeing some big showers at present and that wet weather will stay in place as we go through choose day since a little further south was for when the stay surprised skies come in once again but we are going to see temperatures in hong kong at about 28 celsius with that cloud of rain still in situ here somewhat weather just lingering just around the gulf of tonkin into a good part of indochina some really heavy showers persisting here we see some heavy showers recently into the far north east of india last showers that just rather basis out of india just pushing down towards the southwest of the country for many it is hot and dry so the cloud and the metal cling on to the east coast as we go through choose day the west the weather the monsoon rains are now starting to push up into the far south of me and you can bet further west still very much about the heat 45 celsius in that poor getting up to 44 in new delhi as we go on through

what is a just noticed election out the into the southwest of india further haiti showers coming through here then over the next day or so to catch want to shout into southern parts of shonga but for much of the country is fine and dry. on counting the cost where did it all go wrong for argentina champion of the free market can motivate you america to stay in power. as a populist makes a comeback a potential multi-billion dollar fine on course to break up facebook and bail out number 13 for pakistan counting the cost and i just. say.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera voters across europe are dealt a blow to traditional centrist politicians in the e.u. parliamentary elections they populist far right saw a surge in support but the liberals on the greens also added more seats to greece is headed for a snap elections after the ruling party there are suffered major losses in the european parliament vote prime minister alexis tsipras says he will request the early dissolution of parliament after local elections on june the 2nd and austria's chancellor sébastien curt's has lost a vote of no confidence opposition parties joined forces to remove him from office over a corruption scandal that brought down his right wing government. moving on to other

news now and donald trump says the united states is not looking for regime change in iran the u.s. president made the comments during his 4 day trip to japan when he reports from tokyo. with a handshake donald trump received a historic honor in the imperial palace in tokyo the u.s. president became the 1st foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor. was seen as a symbol of the strong relations between the 2 countries after a bilateral meeting. with japan's prime minister shinzo abir attention turned from an ally to a foe with the u.s. president saying he's not seeking regime change in iran and i'm not looking that hurt iran i'm looking to have iran say no nuclear weapons we have enough problems in this world right now with nuclear weapons no nuclear weapons for and i think will make a deal i think iran again i think iran has tremendous economic potential it was

a softer tone from trump after weeks of increasing tension following the reimposition of sanctions on iran because of its nuclear development. prime minister is considering a trip to tehran next month and has offered to mediate in the dispute donald trump didn't publicly respond to that offer specifically but supports the idea of going to iran pushing this visit has been all about relationship building but given that donald trump can sometimes be an unpredictable president he may well be nervous that a lot of his hard work could be easily undone particularly on the key issues of trade and security. with no significant announcement on trade there will inevitably be more tension over the large trade deficit the united states has with japan and the 2 leaders have different opinions on north korea's 2 missile tests earlier this month donald trump says he wasn't concerned by them while shinzo are best says they violated united nations security council resolutions. but they agreed to work

together on the issue of japanese people abducted by north korea in the 1970 s. and eighty's as they met their relatives there are many still unaccounted for and prime minister said getting them back is a priority. but the had always trump brought up the up took issue with north korean leader kim and told him my thoughts president trump is making diplomatic efforts in line with your wishes. wants to be directly involved in that diplomacy by meeting the north korean leader donald trump says he supports the initiative wayne hey al jazeera tokyo well iran's deputy foreign minister has said washington sanctions policy threatens the security of the middle east. made the statements while on a visit to kuwait he has more from. during his visit with senior leaders iran's deputy foreign minister abbas iraq he said the countries in the middle east

are all connected and so us sanctions on iran are bad for everyone because they put the security of the entire region at risk he also reiterated an idea that iran's foreign ministry has been pitching for some time now a regional non-aggression pact between iran and its arab neighbors that would strengthen regional trust and diminish the role of the united states in the middle east iraq his comments came as u.s. president donald trump said he remains open to talks with iran to make some kind of a fresh deal but iranian leaders are likely to see the softer rhetoric from trump as insincere pointing to aggressive economic sanctions and a military buildup in the region as the true measures of american intentions towards iraq experts say in the absence of any real goals talking with the united states would be just for the sake of talking so as long as a reduction of sanctions remains highly unlikely iranian leaders are expected to maintain the policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former

commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in the democratic republic of congo. at least 30 people died in lake mind on day around 180 survived our disaster on saturday night it's thought the boat was carrying around 350 passengers malcolm lad has the latest from tyler in neighboring uganda dozens of bodies have been pulled from the water dozens more still missing and it's unlikely at this stage that survivors will still be found in the water more than 24 hours after the boat sank survivors say that it was

overloaded with cargo and with people and that's common for boats on congo's many waterways on the rivers and the lakes which are crucial for connecting up the interior of the country with little infrastructure many of the roads are only possible on a motorbike and it gets even difficult to pass them after heavy rains so the waterways are crucial also there's a lot of poverty so overloading from the point of view of boat crews is a way to get a little extra desperately needed income and from the point of view of passengers it's just the only means to get around to carry out their business and in the case of many of the passengers on this boat they were teachers going to collect their monthly salary which is essential of course for their survival as well when the boat sank soldiers who were posted around the lake went to try and rescue some of those who had survived they didn't have any proper military boats they're using small wooden boats the same kind that are used by the fishermen in the villages

that live around the lake itself. lake mind also prone to choppy waters big waves and heavy tropical storms so even losing engine power on that lake for a few minutes in an overloaded boat can cause with substantial risk these kinds of accidents aren't common for years before have pursed young men who were trans already one of the poorest arab states to the brink of famine for the millions of yemenis forced from their homes the situation is becoming increasingly desperate victoria gave me reports. this yemeni mother has 10 children to feed and this is where they live in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people in the room 8 had to provence in northern yemen all i guess i look back we're living under a tree and we don't have anything there are snakes which we're scared of yesterday we had to kill one that got too close i struggle for my children back so that i can actually turn. fighting between pro he forces and fighters backed by the saudi

u.a.e. coalition has intensified in the province in the past 2 months around 420000 yemenis forced from their homes living in hundreds of makeshift settlements such as this. and the numbers keep rising on this campus in a very bad condition some people have received food aid packages and others of not some people have received tents and others still have to live under the trees the situation is similar to that of homeless people who don't have any found. aid is trickling in 3 her day deport the gateway for 80 percent of yemen's food and humanitarian assistance but hope generated by the hugely withdrew from the city earlier this month is fading. as fighting on the outskirts raising concerns of the deepening humanitarian crisis growing even worse the war isn't tense acquiring in many parts of the country where every day we have stories of people fleeing from

air strikes shelling lad they tell us that they're hungry and they're worried. things won't get any better they're being different as bad as they've ever had it in families such as you feel because a struggling to survive and the chances of aid agencies reaching their remote mountain camps appeared to be fading victoria gate and be al jazeera ambulances in the afghan capital of kabul are renowned for their fast response to attacks but little else most people need. get to hospital take a taxi charlotte dallas finds out why. income an explosion or gunfire is followed by. police military and ambulances racing towards the attack nurses and drivers without protection bury the dead and wounded ta spittles despite the danger around them. it is natural to be worried everyone is scared of places

where there are attacks but it's our job and we have to get to the place and do our duty there is always a nurse in a driver's seat to a cool despite responding to more than 50 attacks since the ambulance service is created in 2002 they haven't had any staff members killed or injured. this is what the kabul ambulance service is known for what it is not known for its transporting other patients to hospital those not victims of attacks. there's a lack of awareness about ambulances and how to use them it's a free service for everyone and they don't understand there's a nurse and driver and we can take them free. on the lack of awareness there's also a capacity issue. the carboy ambulance service has just $29.00 says for $5000000.00 people it says its response time is usually less than 20 minutes but it can be up to an hour and a half to get ambulances

a facing further delays after the taliban day tonight had one packed with explosives in central kabul last january more than 100 people were killed ambulances another search to check points. it means most afghans choose to use a taxi rather than call for an ambulance everyone in this intensive care unit was 1st brought to hospital by a taxi. was admitted unconscious with renal failure also. i was feeling pain in my body and i was in trouble when i was travelling here by taxi i was not able to sit up properly i was in a lot of pain etc most of the patients were brought here by taxi or in a serious condition coming in a taxi the patient loses 50 percent of the chance to recover because they come from a long distance without oxygen. and it's not a problem limited to the capital kabul ambulance service has 50 vehicles in 3 provinces it afghanistan has 34 provinces and more than 30000000 people the

ministry of health admits it doesn't know exactly how many ambulances exist charlotte his ear a couple on wednesday be sure to watch the next story in our 1st responder a series will be covering emergency care in kenya where a lot of traditional ambulances doesn't stop workers from trying to save lives. accusations of corruption were rampant in argentina when christina was in power since the judicial. campaign to detain and seize assets of those involved in corruption tourism has more from. the ceiling through a river aboard a confiscated $1000000.00 luxury yacht that's been used by argentine security forces. the ship belonged to regatta the highway the former transport secretary during the administration of cristina fernandez. he's currently in prison

accused of corruption whatever the prefect. says all saudis are using the yacht because the government cannot sell it. was recovered in a corruption operation it is now used by the students of the institute so they can learn how to navigate we have to pay for maintenance everything is very costly but i would rather buy speedboats all students but in the meantime it is what we have. longed for a labor union leader that represented construction workers he is being accused of corruption and extortion the estimated value of this car is about $350000.00. but it's not just for a reason there are at least 3 garages like this one filled with luxury cars the government has to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the vehicles at cost that people like weekend ego says needs to stop. ideally if the vehicles

were normal we could use them in operations the problem is that in this case the cars are too expensive for us to use we have to keep them and it requires a big investment to keep them i. accusations of corruptions were rampant during the previous administration but what is your market he came to power in 2015 with a promise to fight it but he was also. investigated because he's name appeared in the panama papers machree is the son of a once powerful businessman who also had dealings with the argentine state. never mind the political part there are within the political establishment links to transcend the party and mix business and political classes and many of them want all the corruption investigations to be closed because many many are in court. precedent makea basta decrease so the government can sell the confiscated

corruption items but for now it has not been implemented. the degree needs to be controlled by congress and congress rejected it the decree is unconstitutional i think fighting criminal organizations require us to adopt and limit to new methods support but the test to go through congress and all political forces should be on the same side. but it's an election year we know argentina and for now many in the opposition say the law will have to wait. and. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the voters across europe have dealt a blow to centrist politicians an elementary elections the populist far right saw surge and support but the liberals on the greens also added more seats in france one of the best known faces of the anti immigrant contingent marine le pen came out

just ahead of president emanuel back from his party the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has called early elections after a heavy defeat for his party in the european votes that finished well behind the center right new democratic party suppresses leadership has been damaged by austerity policies and an unpopular name deal with neighboring north macedonia. austria's chancellor sebastian critz has been forced out of office after losing a no confidence vote in far in the mint opposition parties joined forces to remove him over a corruption scandal that brought down his right wing government president's must have appointed chancellor to form a government that can get parliament support until the next election expected in september. donald trump says he's not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness for talks with iranian leaders and make a deal on nuclear weapons and i'm not look at the hurt or injured or i'm looking to

have iran say no nuclear weapons we have enough problems in this world right now with nuclear weapons no nuclear weapons for and i think will make a deal i think a ran again i think iran has tremendous economic potential and i look forward to letting them get back to the stage where they can show that i think iran and i know so many people from iran these are great people it has a chance to be a great country with the same leadership we're not looking for regime change i just want to make that clear thousands of passengers are missing or share a drowned after a crowded boat sank in lake in mind in the democratic republic of congo at least 30 people died around 180 survived the disaster on saturday nights it's thought the boat was carrying around 350 passengers some. who were travelling to collect their salaries. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera counting the cost coming up

next. 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 origin 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 of that austerity has crippled the poorest in society the

economy is in recession america pledged to bring inflation down to single digits but inflation stands at 54.7 percent and 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 a 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 match 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 last 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 for being debt recession a rise in poverty and unemployment have had an impact on mackie's popularity in the past year the biggest challenge most bargain cons 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 have a special program that includes 60 products which prices are going to be frozen for about 6 months but for many these are temporary measures that the government hopes will help makea be reelected. people. say that what people need are jobs and stability something that the government has not been able to provide all right. us now from one of cyrus to talk more about this is he may not blanco the head of latin america research at various made for 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 mockery 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 i'll bet 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 alphen seen 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 than 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 one key 1st step you know the big market concern is tina heading for another debt default clearing that concern is the number one and the 2nd one is a platform that again assurance markets that the country will be fiscally responsible their 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 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 dollars 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 scrapped and it's likely to prove unpopular across the country to come out harder as more. after months of negotiations with the international monetary fund an agreement on a $6000000000.00 loan package on government. economic crises and their deal with. may not be desirable but it's 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 a loan with the organization singapore 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 i might even the government the sold us into the slavery of the i.m.f. and we can.