reasonable the band to make china says the u.s. must take full responsibility for the setback and trade talks between the 2 powers vice president of commerce one shore where it has unveiled a government report on the dispute he says the u.s. can't pressure china into an agreement and that beijing will not back down over its core principles the defense minister has also addressed the trade war your figure on the treaty friction started by the u.s. if the u.s. wants to talk we will keep the door open if they want to fight we are ready to live to beijing and my colleague adrian brown adrian good morning why are they released this paper right now. well at the that's a good question because you have to see the release of this paper in the context of all that has happened here in china during the past few days on friday of course the commerce ministry announced that it was drawing up a blacklist of which foreign firms might be placed as well as foreign executives it

hasn't said you know elaborated on that or released more details but that is certainly something that is going to unsettle the investor community here in china and then of course we had another move by china to stop additional tariffs on some $660000000000.00 worth of u.s. imports china ratcheting up its tariff dispute with the united states and now the commerce ministry has explained in greater detail china's position in its current stalled negotiations with the united states in this statement this this white paper actually appeared in 8 languages and we heard from one shell man who is the vice minister of the commerce ministry. unusually a press conference called on a sunday morning now and he reiterated once more that china was not prepared to capitulate on its core principles in its dispute with the united states but he repeatedly accused the united states of backtracking in those negotiations with

china he said china and this is a message that you know chinese leaders have repeated again and again during the past few weeks china did not want a trade war but was quite prepared to fight one he was also asked whether there was a possibility the president xi jinping and donald trump would meet on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit at the end of this month he said he couldn't answer that question but he said the chinese officials would be attending an important economic summit in japan next week on the issue of rare earths remember a few days ago peter we were talking about you know this bleak warning that china made about. limiting behalves its rare earth exports to the united states he said once more that countries that seek to contain china's rise countries that use china's rare earth countries like the united states might have to be worried in the future adrian thanks very much. still to come for you here on al-jazeera

full honors and a fond farewell to a bet for an opposition leader in the democratic republic of congo. how the story of the spring and summer in the u.s. hasn't necessarily been the tornadoes that have been many of them it's the persistent flooding on all the major rivers in central states really running up from new orleans or must towards the mountain states in the west is the main 3 major river systems missouri the are console on the mississippi coast the rain is falling into them just exacerbates that flooding there's not much more rain to come in the immediate future showers a bill they get in new mexico west texas this sort of area and they will tend to spread this general direction but mostly it's a sunny picture that's even true in toronto at 15 degrees probably feels beautiful

on the pacific coast quite looking weather relatively warm and sunshine in the sky very nice now throughout the caribbean it has been particularly cloudy and quite wet reason there plenty of shabda in the lesser antilles running up towards well almost a great chance he's just looking dryer in haiti than of late cuba's das it was shot but i think the massive rain is probably on the potential for tropical circulation so around the yucatan so throughout mexico guatemala san salvador the potential for a very big dam poise exists not just on sunday but also on monday think we better watch this area. let me take. like no place on a. wild west brain. until the strongest solstice on most skilled. nations will come

to pass that. stadiums that are brought in quest to. discover a news destination that feeds the women's world cup $29.00 t. . welcome back here with al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of your top stories one persons being killed and 10 others injured in sudan's capital after the security forces opened fire on protesters they've been camped outside the military headquarters for weeks to mounting the civilian government. forces loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they pushed the warlords after this fight to south of the

capital is 3 people were killed in the operation have to launch it to launch an offensive to capture tripoli in april and mexico's president has hinted his country could tighten migration controls to diffuse u.s. president donald trump's threat to impose tariffs on mexican goods meanwhile u.s. forces started collecting 25 percent tariffs on imports from china. the philippines is building its 1st military base on its northernmost island it's uninhabited and taiwan is just 80 kilometers away jamila traveled with the philippine military to your army island and reports now on why it is so important. people here say it's talked about like mythical islands in the children's book a place so remote many thought there was no way to get there. but the philippine military invited as on the trip. and after almost 2 days of travel we

finally arrived at the island. yami is also known as mother lee's the northernmost to put the philippines facing taiwan. for the last 2 years the philippine military has been quietly building a maritime zone here it's not in a contested area as it's well within the philippines exclusive economic zone but the philippine military is thinking ahead to the maritime area of the naval forces north. the very. yummy the island is highly strategic it's facing a key waterway that connects the pacific ocean the east china sea and the south china sea. at a time when the administration. for its. braving

the rough seas. has been fishing here for more than 50 years he says foreign poachers with larger fishing vessels have been bullying local fishermen like him for decades he says he is grateful for the shelter that's been built here for them . and i never imagined that this was possible in my lifetime before. foreigners throw dynamite in front of us food security is a growing issue not just in the philippines but in a region with competing claims over territorial waters and analysts say this may well be the next flashpoint. as the flag is raised and the national anthem reverberates on this now occupied island the

philippine navy promises to increase its patrols here on the northern front. dog an. island northern philippines. tanzania has now become the latest country in africa to ban plastic bags the measure came into effect on saturday all imports sales and use of plastic bags are prohibited some african countries are at the leading edge of environmental protection tackling plastic pollution and a sanford is an environmental policy specialist she says governments do play a crucial role this don't plastic lesion across the world is enormous there's been studies that have shown that and to give one example by 2050 we're predicting that there will be more plastic in the ocean by weight then so it's crucial that countries do whatever they can to act to reduce the amount of plastic production and plastic consumption and to cut down on that and so plastic single use plastic

bags are one of the most ubiquitous uses of plastic across the country in and cross country and across the world in new york for instance billions of plastic bags are used every year and that's just one city so taking action to cut our lastic nag's from the supply side can do a lot to cut down on that particular source of plastic region tanzania has a lot of their own state in this effort for 2 reasons 1st of all tanzania has a large part of their national economy invested into as and when you have plastic bags that are littering the environment and hurt hurting local ecosystems hurting the wildlife that's going to hurt tanzania and a lot of iran as well plastic bags also have adverse health effects a lot of that waste is burned and when you burned out waste it creates toxic fumes that can adversely chis and human and health expert humans and health checks for the environment is handsome he has a lot at stake here and i'm looking forward to seeing him fall around his example and buying through him. police in the u.s.

state of virginia say the suspected gunman in friday's mass shooting appeared to have bought his weapons legally wayne chrebet was an engineer for the city of virginia beach police say he shot and killed 12 of his coworkers in the worst mass shooting in the u.s. this here is heidi jocasta. the way the community of virginia beach remembers the 12 killed in friday's attack the military veteran who worked for 28 years as a city engineer the contractor visiting the government building to file a permit to their families to their friends and to their coworkers they leave a void that we will never be able to fill police say the shooter was doing craddick he'd been working in the public utilities department for 15 years and had no criminal record police declined to give a possible motive officers killed craddick at the scene or they didn't have any

engagement with him verbally once they identified him he identified them immediately opened fire we immediately returned fire the weapon was a 45 caliber handgun with a silencer and magazine extenders such extenders were once banned in the us but became legal again in 2004 democratic presidential hopefuls expressed outrage on twitter calling for more gun control but as images of the newest mass shooting played out on american television screens the public remains divided on what to do next you know ma'am guns don't kill people people kill people. such attitudes still dominate washington where republicans swayed by the powerful n.r.a. gun lobby have consistently fought to preserve gun ownership rights i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's too way too much killing going on and i'm just glad

that they. have time the thoughts and prayers continue to pour in adding drops to a sea of grief in a nation where the pace of these mass shootings has dramatically accelerated but the political will to stop them has not had a job castro al-jazeera virginia beach virginia. a state funeral has been held in the democratic republic of congo for the opposition leader security tens of thousands of mourners joined african dignitaries son who's now leading the country to reports from kinshasa. supporters of the security say bearing day here on home soil is a victory against the former government the veteran opposition leader died in belgium 2 years ago but the political turmoil at the time and disagreements with joseph the former president delayed his homecoming to be there is no longer leader of the democratic republic of congo she's a katie son felix's his father was given a state funeral it was. because. from no till to

morrow and to morrow every young man will be able to fight to be liberated the country. spent decades in politics fighting against corruption and challenging leaders such as this is a sicko laurent kabila and his son joseph just played for a long time i think 30 hears ago just fighting for democrats in this country and now his son he the father is heard and his son is now the 1st thing this country is that there is still 12 of the of the right there with what what his father did last time. but feel it is the kiddies election when was controversial some here believe opposition leader martin for you look one december's vote for you to challenge the result in court but last feeling is the case he was sworn in soon after the ruling of the synthetics a fix the that's the 1st part of the deal with the with the former president but. such as i listen it's made tonight acclaimed political analysts say feeling that he

has to prove he is his own man president who does try and will try to survive any past and will do the same especially because he has a quite huge political party on the field and they work on these parliamentary elections but we have one head of state with his constituency. and responsibilities and is doing well for that on being. the funeral reportedly cost millions of dollars money some his say could have been spent elsewhere it is high unemployment and poverty officials are also battling to contain any bone outbreak in the east of the country it inches a kerry supporter say for now it's time to celebrate the veteran opposition leader and give him a proper standoff afterwards they say they will be watching the same phoenix to see what kind of leader he's going to be how to al-jazeera kinshasa. 3 syrians.

soldiers have been killed and 7 others injured in an attack south of damascus state media reporting that syrian air defenses intercepted missiles fired from israel it happened just hours after the israeli military said 2 rockets were fired from syria towards the occupied golan heights liverpool have been crowned kings of european football for a 6th time in their history after beating topknots but in the champions league final the victory also ends a run of 6 major final defeats for the reds manager is paul riggs. they flocked from england to madrid in their tens of thousands many more fans of tottenham liverpool than could fit inside the 68000 seater study metropolitan oh but for those who did get a ticket contrasting emotions awaited within moments of kick off tottenham conceded a penalty after just 20 seconds to allow egyptian star mohamed salah to put liverpool one nil up spurs fans watching at home in london was having the worst

possible start to their 1st champions league final experience while in the north liverpool supporters could begin dreaming of a 6 european cup win. and so it would prove back on the pitch as belgium's developed made sure of victory later on in what had been a somewhat subdued all english affair in madrid the belgians 87th minute strike turning tension into triumph. and putting liverpool 3rd on the all time list of european cup winners behind ac milan and rail madrid redemption after losing the final to rail a year ago redemption also for coach yogen caught up after he had failed to win his 6 previous major finals. tonight is really emotional most that's that's my main feeling it's. overwhelming all that stuff it feels really good but i'm much. carmen and i thought i would be when it finally happened but to morrow.

going to liverpool and having something to celebrate that speak. liverpool fans in madrid face to race to get back home to celebrate that 6 european crown the players ending a 14 year wait to get their hands on a trophy that the club has now won twice as many times as any other english team paul reese al-jazeera last more news for you is always there 247 on our website al-jazeera dot com you can also copy and paste links to. back half of our pro programs as well the headlines are next. recapping our top stories for you so far this half hour one person has been killed and 10 others injured in sudan's capital after security forces opened fire on protesters they've been camped outside the military headquarters for weeks now demanding a civilian government. forces loyal to libya's u.n.

recognized government say they've pushed the warlords early for half to us fight as south of the capital at least 3 fighters were killed in the operation after launched an offensive to capture tripoli in april the u.n. says tens of thousands of civilians have fled the fighting. mexico's president has hinted that his country could tighten migration controls to defuse u.s. president donald trump's threat to impose tariffs on mexican goods mr trump says he will apply tariffs to all mexican products as of june the 10th if it doesn't stop migrants crossing the u.s. mexican border or in this in. their international options that we could turn to if we think that won't be necessary that we will achieve a good agreement through dialogue and we won't resort to legal processes we want to maintain good relations with the government of united states china says the u.s. must take full responsibility for the setback and trade talks between the 2

countries vice minister of commerce one sure way and as unveiled a government report on the dispute he says the u.s. can't pressure china into an agreement and that beijing will not back down over its core principles 3 syrian soldiers have been killed and 7 others injured in an attack south of damascus state media reporting that syrian air defenses intercepted missiles fired from israel hours earlier israel's military said 2 rockets were fired from syria towards the occupied golan heights and see if you know it's been held in the democratic republic of congo for the veteran opposition leader etienne tshisekedi who died in belgium 2 years ago but political turmoil had prevented the return of his body liverpool have been thrown kings of european football for the 6th time in their history after beating spurs to know in the champions league final top and conceded a penalty after just 20 seconds to put liverpool one nil up at the final in madrid but it was belgium who still victory for the reds with a late goal those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after counting

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corruption and debt in mozambique are making it harder for the country to invest for the future. by stamboul plays an oversized role in the turkish economy and politics it is the gateway to the presidency and represents a 3rd of the country's economy after a quarter of a century president lost the battle to control the financial capital but another vote to elect the man has been planned it's just one of a number of issues that has many people and businesses musing faith in the country after a credit fuel boom led to bust many are switching to the dollar foreign exchange deposits and funds rose to a record high this month the lira has fall and about 37 percent since the beginning of 2018 pushing the economy into recession the central bank has stopped short of implementing capital controls that's the way governments limit the flow of money in

and out of the country during the boom years delivered mostly through property and construction. corporations borrowed in dollars and are now finding it difficult to repay those loans meantime unemployment has jumped to a decade high 14.7 percent and inflation has also sought to nearly 20 percent of the turkish government has promised a series of financial reforms to revive the economy but for now many consumers are struggling to pay for imported goods need barker has more from istanbul. turkey is troubled economy is affecting what people can afford to buy onions a mainstay of turkish cuisine have almost doubled in price in the past few weeks consumers are feeling the squeeze quota. dissolute told me the praises all things i wanted i had to give them back they were too expensive for me turkey is heavily

dependent on foreign imports on everything from food to building materials the national currency the lira has published by a 3rd in value causing costs to saw for the past 3 months the government has been trying to control over soaring cost of food by buying goods directly from farmers and selling directly to consumers by cutting out the middleman they hope to push down prices they've also lifted some tariffs on certain goods as well but many are now questioning how long this manipulation of the market can really last. overall inflation is now at 20 percent last year the economy went into recession for the 1st time in a decade some analysts fear there's more to come the country deliberately focused on. industrial production and services and for the last decade more so on services so i agree culture has been neglected and as a result obviously became more dependent on foreign imports turkey's finance

minister insists the worst is over the government to promise to inject billions of dollars into state banks and support turkish exports getting the economy there turkey's main focus now is on reforming the economy in order to achieve the goal of a big and strong turkey it's necessary to introduce structural change the impact of the economic downturn could be seen on istanbul skyline it's a city of stalled building sites for the past 16 years present turn construction into a vehicle of growth new developments have gone up or breakneck speed but with the lira falling the cost of importing raw materials and servicing foreign loans have sought last year the u.s. double tariffs on turkish steel and there are many and amid worsening relations for 2 countries over the odds over an increasing number of issues including turkey's growing ties with russia and plans to buy

a russian missile defense system president said the u.s. tariffs were a big obstacle to turkish trade rising prices were a major election issue for many turks the ruling party's popularity for so long built around strong growth and improved living standards now depends on creating a road to recovery neve parker counting the cost now are turkey correspondents sat down with the former governor of the country's central bank scene and began by asking. where it all began to go wrong for the economy. all in 2008 our g.d.p. per capita was above $8000.00 and it raised up to $12000.00 but today we are below the 2008 numbers the reason behind it is the chosen growth model you can't be a big economy with the skyscrapers you build in istanbul ankara or izmir but they can be your prestige projects turkish will never capitulate them all infrastructure

canal railway fast train projects must continue even with foreign subsidiary because these are the essential is of an economy however substantial part of foreign money received has been allocated to the construction sector that feed 750 different subsectors this created a boom in the economy but at the end your cash flow is in the local currency but your debt is in foreign exchange so we are stuck now turkey has had some long term economic issues such as over reliance on overseas money which require lots of money what can be done to mitigate this it's thought of. as our internal savings assured we need external savings while attracting these foreign savings to turkey a model doesn't prioritize industry sector that would enable you to supply to the international markets so i don't have. it rather prioritize as a construction sector which has foreign exchange input but national currency cash flows there was abundant liquidity for 12 years the economy instead of modernizing

our economy and focusing on manufacturing we concentrated on construction that would push for domestic demand but this more doesn't generate foreign exchange earnings while you need to pay in foreign currency this is the greatest challenge turkey is facing now it was the central bank right to prop up the currency ahead of the elections. and i would add is the price stability is an interim goal of the central bank the ultimate judy is the public the growth in it's fair distribution if the central bank doesn't do this and you impose differ responsibilities or if you restrain it's all 30 you can come up with a result this is the top problem turkey faces now. they really are or not that of them as our institutions are not able to perform their responsibilities and the reason for that is the in coordination in the economic decision making mechanism. and the temporary currency controls imposed this thing work and this in present add

on was right to impose those measures well on the south and alter not on the government told its citizens to sell their dollars and buy gold and then bring that gold and debit to banks following that they told people to avoid investing in foreign currency they auction foreign exchange bonds and bills all these contradict with each other if you can't preserve the purchasing power and the credibility of your national currency which is your country's decency your people will and voluntarily go after foreign exchange. ken didn't jenna's in. the government doesn't respect the parliament decisions doesn't follow or internalize the central bank is given authority for liberal instruments liberal administration but the political authority intervenes it abuses of the trust and harms the perception and then people are not able to see ahead which stops long term investments also foreign investors stop coming for long term they come and give a short term shot. we've got it here i do think the turkish economy is under attack

by the speculators as the government and mainly presence out on market is. absolutely there are foreign powers but they were there yesterday and will be there tomorrow every country's a foreign power to another and there are conflicts of interest the government should maximize our national interests and take steps accordingly. you know i see there. since the istanbul gezi protests of 2013 each time we were cornered and sort of taking this as a fact instead of an excuse and fail to make right decisions now we hear you've announced that as the 17th largest economy in the world you are a global player and then you accept the international rules then liberated the capital movements and your central bank in this game you'd like to play there is speculation. how do you go about fixing the economy and seconds. today our job is to follow token economy policies and build up the country's interest accordingly whatever it is as the opposition we and others say the finance

interest free minister the president's son in law should resign but this will not resolve the problem this is a systematic issue christmas. this system has paralyzed the decision making process in the economy if you monopolize the authority the person manages all. this we have to address the key trigger of the problem which is this new presidential system which is unique. turkey our institutions are now paralyzed we need to rebuild our system by introducing a rule based system in line with universal law separation of powers checks and balances otherwise i believe the current system will self terminate you know what was. wrong with russia do you think there's a deal to be done between the united states and turkey on ankara's decision to buy the russian s 400 inside the fences that. chill indices or if i don't

see myself eligible to talk assertive in foreign politics but what i understand so far s. 400 missiles do not comply with the pact turkey is in as 100 software detects nato defense systems as hostile or enemy so now they are discussing ways to adjust this is a diplomatic and military topic but when our government says it is a done deal the turkish lira loses value when they say there may be another solution the lira gains back value to this topic oppresses the lira like when turkey arrested american pastor n.-g. bronson. if they want to do a favor to the turkish businessmen and industry they need to sort this problem out one way or another so the business men are able to see ahead and take risks they run the a.m.r. economy. if so what can do that to turkey or russia relations. understand the situation i believe the government is caught in the middle of 2 powers they are not as comfortable as they are seen from outside thorazine or. that's why even if

russia gets its money in the event that turkey doesn't install the s for hundreds to the bitter end russians would use the leverage it has that fits in the national interests turkey market harmed them some us former governor of turkey's central bank thank you very much for your time this is my vision i think you. have a trade spread between the united states and china has been rumbling on for almost a year now the us. s. hike existing tariffs on $200000000000.00 of chinese goods to 25 percent in may china has retaliated as talks to end the trade war of stuart but economists have been running the numbers to see what this all means according to bloomberg if the united states slaps tariffs on china's remaining $300000000000.00 in exports it could cost.