well let's see if they do go back to work there's a hardening of positions hey in 2 you have the transitional military council one point you are squarely blaming in full traitors that's they were that they use who they say derailing the sudanese protest movement on acting interests against sudan itself and then you have the protest movement a protest movement says actually if the army doesn't come back to the negotiating table then what's going to happen is we're going to be forced to do more civil disobedience what they call it and to take on more days of strikes and now with that happens quickly or with that happens in the next coming weeks we don't know well if the weights of the announcements are made much later on in the day but there's a 3rd element to all this as well this angering the protest movement in the last few days we've seen the transitional moment you counsel senior leadership meet with the crown prince of saudi arabia. he's met with the abdul fattah el-sisi the lead egypt and the crown prince of the u.a.e.

mohammed bin side that's angered them because they say that the transitional council is effectively acting like a government and is taking these high level meetings and those countries haven't actually sent their ambassadors which would normally be protocol to the protest movement to find out what ready their demands are now in the last 24 hours we did see one of the senior leaders of the transitional magick council go to ethiopia i meet with the president to go to a bit of a frosty reception that the president of ethiopia insisting that the transition to a civilian led government needed to happen very quickly all right emraan khan live in khartoum emraan thank you. this national security advisor says he is quote almost certain iranian naval mines damage oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month john bolton did not provide any evidence to back up his comments he is currently visiting the u.a.e. where he said america's response has been successful in the terror and what he described as threats from iran in the region say most robbie has the latest from

tehran. iran's foreign ministry spokesman a bust mousavi has categorically denied and rejected what he called john bolton's ridiculous allegations against iran he also characterized the u.s. national security advisor as a war mongering figure in his comments saying that there is no evidence to suggest that iran carried this out that these are blatant accusations and earlier this morning we heard from iran's president hassan rouhani saying that the united states has made many contradictory statements in the past few weeks and i'll read you a quote from his weekly cabinet meeting in which he said our basis is not to rely on america's words whenever they stop pressuring oppression towards iran and put cruel sanctions aside and stick to their commitments return to the negotiating table then they themselves that they themselves have left then build realize that the door to iran is not closed to them so suggesting that if the united states

returns to its commitments that iran would reopen the worst possibly to some kind of possible conversation with the united states john bolton's visit to the u.a.e. comes as regional leaders gathering in saudi arabia for several summits over the next few days foreign ministers from member states of the organization of islamic cooperation are due to meet and head of their annual session on friday the growing tension between the u.s. and iran and washington's plan on the future of this rail in palestine are expected to top the agenda. demonstrators have taken to the streets to campaign against arrests and northern kosovo testers are angry about police raids on the semi autonomous region largely populated by ethnic serbs dozens of people were arrested in an anti cycling operation serbia says the move was designed to intimidate and has put it troops on high alert talks about what has the latest from the protests. well we are in north major feet so this is a predominantly sort of municipality in the northern coast

a very few people here don't feel they're not going to pristina they feel very close to belgrade and syrupy and they've come here to protest because they say that they often intimidated by crossman authorities now this is because on tuesday kosovan police launched a major operation they say was across the country but particularly in this region against smuggling of all sorts of goods such as petrol and cigarettes they made a several arrests among them some so and so the police officers who will appear in court in pristina now serbian people here say this is just an opportunity to try and fight in them to try and intimidate them the president of serbia has put troops on the border on full alert he says this is for peace and security but also that they will be able to respond if needed the president of course opposes that this is simple more enforcement of the whole situation is also being fueled by russia calling this a provocation as well because of course russia is an ally great an ally of serbia

serbia and russia who do not recognize course when it's been. in operation for nigeria's president mahmoud abbas hari his 2nd term is underway the 75 year old former army general won a closely fought election on in february he campaigned on promises to revive the economy and corruption and defeat boko haram fighters in the northeast are his main political opponent has challenge the election result. way has stepped up its legal fight against u.s. sanctions the company filed a motion in court to have bans on its business unconstitutional as federal agencies and contractors are prohibited from using weiwei equipment for national security reasons andrew brown adrian brown pardon me has this report. if you companies could withstand the assault that while ways no wonder part of its response has been to open its doors to the international media our rig in corporate china but these are

unusual and uncertain times for the country's biggest technology company now effectively locked out of the us market we believe these sets a dangerous precedent that they it's can it come and our way tomorrow it could be your industry your company your consumers on wednesday the company announced it's pressing ahead with legal moves to try to scrap a recently passed law that prevents u.s. federal employees from using weiwei technology the trumpet ministration says it could be used for spying because of accusations the firms in the pocket of china's government the u.s. government has provided no evidence to assure that highway is a currency threat there is no gun no smoke only

speculation u.s. politicians he said were using the entire strength of the u.s. against one company while we had anticipated being placed on the u.s. trade blacklist which effectively prevents said buying components on which its technology is dependent it has been stockpiling parts but those parts will soon run out and what's not clear is what happens if the ban remains permanent. when president xi jinping talks about defending china's core interests he means companies like walk away whose headquarters he deserted 4 years ago another important core interest what's called rare earths special metals used in everything from magnets to missile systems a week ago president xi highlighted their importance when he told the part of the country with the industry is based a prelude perhaps to a warning that appeared on the front page of a popular newspaper on wednesday quoting an unnamed government official who

suggests china might use its rare earths as leverage in the trade dispute with the united states china is currently the world's largest rare earth exporter this and the battle over while way further signs of the collapse in trust between the world's 2 largest economies adrian brown al-jazeera actions and. so ahead on al-jazeera saudi arabia is once again accused of targeting a critic based abroad and the fastest way to a hospital in kenya how to ride on 2 wheels is the way for many to go. there is a slow moving but very well defined frontal system revolving through japan the

center of it somewhere here in eastern russia has not been much but there has been if you like a persistent light rain which is on his way out now which gives you a day or sunshine or 25 degrees in tokyo rather cool and has been probably present day so the more humid and warmer stuff is just this massive cloud here of the yellow sea showing 31 degrees in beijing probably dry weather not particularly breezy or the sticky in places not cloud mass doesn't change the temp is it comes across the sea of japan and give you a rather cloudy looking picture on friday. throughout china the heaviest rain recently has been in the south and that's true in the forecast too from the ground or all the way around eastwards and then going offshore to taiwan is where the have it heaviest downpours are likely to be they don't confine there they do appear inland you can see hong kong north was is the darker green the potential there for heavy rain on friday and the potential for big shows exists and has been realized throughout southeast asia with maybe likely not surprising exception therefore dry

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this is al jazeera let's take a look at the top stories this hour sudan is into its 2nd day of a nationwide strike artists leaders call for a walkout to pressure the transitional military council to hand over power to a civilian run the ministration transport hospital electricity and banking staff all stopped working on tuesday. demonstrators have taken to the streets protesting against arrests and semi autonomous kosovo police raided an area largely populated by ethnic serbs on tuesday what officials say was a crackdown on organized crime and serbia says the move was designed to intimidate and its troops have been put on high alert chinese tech giant wall way has stepped up its legal fight against us sanctions companies filed a motion in court to have bans on its business deemed unconstitutional. and italy

the anti migration league party is proposing tougher controls on people being smuggled across the mediterranean in boats following big. in the european elections the party is also targeting italians who work for refugee organizations which give help to new arrivals some of the reports from. it's hard to imagine the human connection to a dilapidated building but for rafael and her mum this migrant perception center was their only source of income and now both of them are without jobs in. this center was among dozens which were closed down after it leaves government decided to change its refugee dollars. we are 120 people who were laid off like me and my daughter there are others who have no salary sat it's difficult and so vain he has no idea what he's doing to our. charities are warning that more than 4000 workers are already jobless and if the government continue to shut down migrant sent as the number could rise 215005 the end of the year in addition to

costing millions of euros essential integration services such as psychological assistance and language courses will also be lost. many people have been relocated to other centers some have decided to stay because their paperwork was already being processed no one agreed to speak on camera because they're afraid of what the government might do to their cases if they talk to us. and they have nowhere but the street to call home. at the crack of dawn they pack up their belongings and leave. it's not the live the imagined when the took risks to come to europe. in addition to closing down migrant centers the italian government plans to penalize n.g.o.s for every migrant the rescue italian m.p.'s have been defending this decision saying that out of the hundreds of thousands of people who came to their shores only a small percentage were actually refugees the rest what i cannot make by. opposition politicians accuse the government of xenophobia and racism.

there is a contradiction because the numbers are. the interior minister 1st spoke of 500 or 600000. legal immigrants to the 1000 with no explanation. 44 year old deborah has also been interception center she was pregnant when the government decided to close down the center in the suburbs. since then she has lost the baby and her job. i've looked for a job after the miscarriage but he wants me at my age for the child to get sick once a month my biggest fear is not being able to feed my son i only hope i have is of leaving italy i see no future at the moment but if. the right wing government says it wants to put it 1st it's promised jobs and getting rid of migrants but the tough conditions are impacting the locals as well deborah was born to parents and now she

wants to move out of her old country in search of. the latest barrel bomb attacks and air strikes in northwest syria have killed at least 10 civilians syrian government and russian forces launched the attacks on wednesday and the u.n. says more than 300000 people have been displaced in the past month reports from they were. this is how the government's won back territory from the armed opposition. targeting civilians to pressure rebels to surrender now the tactic is being used in syria. there have been hundreds of these air strikes in the past months but the last few days have seen major escalation busy streets crowded areas are coming under fire. they like to punish the civilians they always do we found 10 burned bodies here they target the civilians the people with

a pharmacy when they were killed. it's an all too familiar scene the casualties particularly among. are increasing from northern. provinces to the southern edges of it live and further west of the aleppo countryside nowhere is safe out there. people are living in fear children were playing in the street when they were mortar there is no rebel position or headquarters here. you can see the civil defense workers are trying to move to a woman under the rubble. hospitals are being destroyed and humanitarian services have been suspended the united nations has denounced sig world powers for doing nothing to stop the attacks it is warning of a catastrophe.