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we bring you the story of the economic we live in. the cost. it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known. donald trump says the united states is committed to a trade deal with britain as his hosts wrestle with how to leave the european union . 0 life from a headquarters and. also ahead. paramilitary forces put on a show of strength the day after dozens of protesters were killed in
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a crackdown. on. a massive rally in hong kong to commemorate the square massacre as china ignores the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests. we report from syria's rebel held province where hospitals are being deliberately targeted by government forces. u.s. president donald trump has met the outgoing british prime minister to resign may on the 2nd day of his state visit the 2 leaders said they are hopeful about a post free trade deal they also spoke about iran and ways to resolve their differences over market access to chinese tech giants by way. more from london. a president enjoying the limelight in a prime minister who seemed leaving the stage day 2 of the state visit was all
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about trade between britain and the us in a post brics it world. as the u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in their trade deal i say probably to add even 3 times of what we're doing right now tremendous potential mr president you and i agreed the 1st time we met that we should aim for an ambitious free trade agreement when the u.k. leaves the and more positive discussions today i know that we both remain committed to this. earlier the pair had met business leaders over breakfast but he's already sounding out politicians who want to replace their as party leader and prime minister by the end of july trump again praised former foreign secretary boris johnson as a but also mention jeremy hunt who took over from johnson hunt's one of several would be candidates denying suggestions repeated by trump that the n.h.s. britain state provided health service would be on the table in trade talks do you
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agree with your ambassador that the entire economy needs to be on the table in the future trade talk the trade deal including the n.h.s. look i think everything with a trade deal is on the table when you when you're dealing in trade everything's on the table so n.h.s. or anything else trump also said they discussed their differences over iran and whether china's huawei is allowed to take part in building britain's 5 g. mobile networks. just down the road thousands rallied at the start of a march to westminster the so-called carnival of resistance where the real donald trump is being kept well away from the protesters because wherever his motorcade goes the pavements are being cleared but the people here are determined not to let his state visit go unchallenged disrespect for women and disrespect for the media for truth and. and we are treating him like an extraordinary human being we are wasting millions on this i think that the british government is about that kind of
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thing to be able to welcome somebody who's kind of a new new though fascist as the british government tries to steer a poet out of the european union president trumps promising a new partnership but he's not known for compromise and many here religion caution the al-jazeera london well donald trump says he refused an offer from the u.k. the main opposition leader jeremy corbyn to meet during his state visit attending an anti trump protest corben hit out at the president for calling london's mayor a quote stone cold cold loser i am not absolutely not refusing to meet anybody i want to be i able to have that dialogue to bring up about the better and more peaceful world that we all want to live in but i'm very disappointed particularly to die on the wonderful festival of the the amero of london city con has been attacked in the way that the as i'm proud that our city
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has a muslim that we can chase down islamophobia anti semitism any form of racism within our society let's bring in john a whole he's joining us from just outside 10 downing street one of the headlines now john after that press conference that was held between may and donald trump. well it was striking really in that press conference the formal comments of both leaders had to do with the special relationship niceties and platitudes around that shared values cooperation and so on very little to indicate that they had actually had substantial talks about much at all or agreed on anything at all not surprising perhaps given that reason may in just a few days time will step down as leader of the party will be a new prime minister in place by the end of july a distinct limit to the amount of business these 2 could actually do on this occasion the top line sort of issue of contention if you like that question of the
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chinese telecoms giant and its possible involvement in building the u.k.'s 5 g. network the americans very concerned about that donald trump sort of brushed that aside in questions after the press conference he said look don't worry about it will be an agreement in other words leave it to mrs may's success like just about everything else they did of course wade into it breaks it and opposed it trade deal mr trump is a big fan of both using terms like very very substantial and phenomenal to describe the size of that trade deal mrs may was asked whether she would heed donald trump's advice earlier in the day to stick around and see that deal done well she said she was a woman of her word she will be standing down as planned on friday so the big political questions john i will really have to wait until i'm a successor which trump as you are saying in that press conference so great interest. oh yes i mean ignore
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absolutely on an occasion like this the old traditional idea that a visiting head of state might avoid getting involved in the domestic politics of his host country mr trump wading vigorously into the debate about mrs macy excess of making his views publicly known on boris johnson he endorses the former foreign secretary and forces endorses the current foreign secretary jeremy hunt another lead contender in the race michael gove the environment secretary mr trump said he didn't know him all that well and then announced that they'd be having a one on one meeting later to try and get to know each other better almost as if the former reality t.v. star was auditioning candidates for the role of the british prime minister he did turn down a request for a meeting with jeremy corbyn as you pointed out there and surprisingly since mr corbin was addressing protests does not far away protesters that mr trump said hadn't been there fake news he called it all right so joe and a half thank you to sudan where gunfire is being reported in the capital hard to
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a day after a military crackdown left at least $35.00 protesters dead the head of the military says they will no longer negotiate with protesters and called for a general election within 9 months internet services remain down in large parts of the country victoria gate and the reports. members of the sudanese paramilitary group known as the rapid support force shoot a protest as in the capital khartoum the military john to has been in charge since long time president bashir was deposed in april military leaders have apologized for the killing and injuring of dozens of demonstrators on monday. about on the 1st day of the ija festival following ramadan the crackdown appears to be continuing the. 2 have a small number of sudanese attended 8 press that most stayed at home too scared to
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go outside activists say the rebel support force has surrounded mosques and a body representing sudanese pharmacists says r.s.s. soldiers a provoking fights with medical staff outside hospitals. the military leadership says elections will be held within 9 months for protesters day trust the john to they want an immediate transfer of power to civilian rule and across that i mean we the sudanese people hold the security forces accountable for the dispersal of the certain the security forces a bit trite the sudanese people. hundreds of protesters have been arrested and the internet is cut despite that analysts say demonstrators can keep a mental change going but they do have the ability to mobilize civilians not only in protest but in not just in the 3 towns in the capital but others cities in the sudan and they also have the ability to cause a general strike which would severely. sudan's economy the justice says it's
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investigating why forces shot unarmed civilians at the long running sitting at a military headquarters in khartoum and the killings are being condemned worldwide but pleas for restraint are apparently being ignored by members of the rapid support force and protesters are paying the price for. to be. commemoration ceremonies have been held in several cities on the 30th anniversary of the square massacre in china but the scene of the killings in beijing was surrounded by tight security as china's government continues its censorship of what happens the u.s. in taiwan are calling for china to use the anniversary to right past wrongs china's government is defending its response then and now in hong kong tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the massacre pro-democracy leaders spoke to the crowd wearing t. shirts which read the people will not forget the event is held every year at this
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time more people have attended the ceremony over concerns about china's increasing influence. spoke to some of them who are. 30 years ago hong kong was a very different place for one thing it was a british colony while people here were angered and concerned about what happened in tiananmen square in 1909 there was a sense of distance so over the years this candlelight vigil became tradition the number of people coming and going waxed and waned but this year there is a sense of urgency can you tell us why this year there is a different feeling a 1st. i forget the approach that he. is being fed by the chinese government thank you and can you tell us why you're here today and why you think it's important to be here. and i hope that. hong kong. ever happened to see if. they're trying to find employment for just
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or are they are speccing has tightened its grip on the city of freedom of expression asterisk only in the central government has been interfering in hamas political system and now many people of all are fighting at almost the extradition law which would be the way for people to be tried in the mainland china so picture . i'm trying to those people just. forget about his heart that it's. for. the next generation to know about the man otherwise it will be forgotten one thing more. time specially for the chinese and especially for those who believe. this is the only place in china where people can denounce the communist party in such a large scale and call on the central government to apologize for the crackdown june 4th 1909 but among the speeches the channels of the singing there is
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a question on many people's minds here and that is how much longer people here want to be able to openly express an urgent. coming up on the program a wall of silence in beijing 30 years after the chinaman square massacre bobber report from al-jazeera is a dream brown who's covered events in 1989. also ahead new controversy over a u.s. navy seal who's facing court martial for war crimes. again it's good to have you back or are still seeing a lot of active weather here across just to the south coast of china now a lot of that has slipped to the south of the last few days we do expect it to start to ease on back into this area so you can see here for hong kong more rain
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phew you can see the clouds are also pushing to the north shanghai though still staying partly cloudy at $32.00 degrees food show at $32.00 degrees as well here on wednesday but we do expect that to increase in rain and clouds as we go towards the next couple of days well here across parts of india we are watching the monsoon monsoonal moisture make its way towards the north now some of those showers are making their way inland so that's cooling down the temperatures across some of that area still quite hot here neck pressure at $44.00 degrees new delhi at $44.00 degrees here on wednesday staying about the same but out here towards parts of bangladesh we are watching for the potential of flooding the rain continues day after day there we don't expect that to ease and each time soon and then very quickly over here towards parts of the gulf we are watching our tempers here dog come up as well $38.00 degrees is the expected high here on wednesday humidity will be a problem as well but by the time we get to thursday things dry out a bit about 45 degrees there over here towards 40 and the sky is going to be nice
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a few with a temperature of $35.00. on mexico's busy roads there are those who've had enough. cyclists are taking to the streets on mass. their objective to make the streets safer alternative cleaner forms of transportation but when it proved to be an uphill struggle for this group of activists over the wheel do you find that on al-jazeera.
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hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president donald trump is not the outgoing british prime minister to his m a on the 2nd day of his state visit the leaders say they're hopeful of a post a broad set free trade deal they also spoke about iran and tried to resolve their differences over market access to chinese tech giant why way. more gunfire is reported in sudan's capital khartoum a day after a military crackdown left 35 protesters dads the paramilitary group known as the rapid support forces are believed to have surrounded a major hospital where a number of injured protesters are being treated. there bring commemoration ceremonies in several countries on the 30th anniversary of the square massacre in china in hong kong almost $200000.00 people held a candlelight vigil. are china correspondent adrian brown covered that massacre in 1989 and reports on the legacy and silence surrounding it. in the
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spring of 1989 student leader work how she was in the thick of it confronting authority on the streets arguing with china's leaders in the great hall of the people dressed in hospital but the hunger striking workers she had been rated the prime minister lee passage when students began occupying tiananmen square they were demanding more accountability in government and tougher measures against corruption they were joined by doctors teachers judges and journalists from state media the growing movement posing the greatest threat to 40 years of communist rule. work and she says he never thought it would end the way that it did with the people's liberation army firing on the people. expected some bloodshed. in a. will be hit by the police baton perhaps that's what we have expected life no never
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. today he lives in exile in taiwan the self-governing island republic the china wants back and he's had a lot of time to reflect on whether it was all worth it i think politically or legally or rationally speaking we are blameless part i am pretty confident but. morally i don't know that's there's another saying like what what what if there's this one person or shot and dead were in that place because he heard a speech that given by me the army quickly regained control of the streets but no one was quite sure who was really in charge as i reported from beijing at the time meanwhile the men who control the army and perhaps now the government have issued another ominous warning stay off the streets or face the consequences one man certainly didn't seem to care about the consequences yesterday in an extraordinary
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single act of defiance this young unarmed protester brought a column of tanks to a standstill we still don't know his name or if he survived after he was bundled away unclear by whom do you know for is just another day in china will be no public displays of dissent or remembrance china's vast security and surveillance network will see to that even mothers of students killed in the bloodshed have been told to remain silent as part of the continuing official cover up the chinese leadership still refuses to acknowledge how many people were killed or to express remorse adrian brown al-jazeera beijing the syrian government's ally russia has blocked the un security council from issuing a statement on attacks in england province the member states are expect. it's a sound alarm over the possibility of a humanitarian disaster because of increasing attacks by the government on rebel
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controlled areas on monday at least 3 people were killed in the town of moderate a non government forces launched an offensive to recapture it live in april despite a cease fire deal but both the syrian government and russia have been accused of systematically targeting hospitals doctors are forced to evacuate patients and many international aid agencies are pulled out because of security concerns al-jazeera said of course of oakleigh obtained rare access to. even look a to deny case hospitals are not safe in this part of syria anymore as the regime and its allies continue to target them. alone was injured in your strikes in almost a month ago with over the horizon she and her brother went back home to pick up some stuff during what they believed was a ceasefire. and one of. my brother is
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a martyr what was our guilt and mine about all or what may god punish assad his people and russia and the him taste the same pain. syrian and just say at these 26 medical facilities have been hit since the syrian regime intensified its attack synod live on april 26th at least 300 people have been killed. the fear now i'm at a hospital but i wish they took me out the hospitals are now targets many would prefer to suffer and die at home to dying in a hospital now. despite this hospital being hidden underground a bomb blended 200 meters away a few days ago. to prevent civilian casualties the hospitals inside did live made the decision to evacuate patients. except for the emergency cases. this doctor says even this children's hospital couldn't escape the regime's shelling despite coordinates being shared with the u.n.
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. during the airstrikes my wife and daughters were also at the hospital but i had to keep them here to be able to evacuate the others the hospital was fall it was tough to decide and keep the crew safe at the same time we have only 2 options either stay or die following the syrian regime's latest airstrikes targeting the health facilities in and let medical workers think they are being deliberately targeted aid organizations are scared to send chris into syria leading to a shortage in medical supplies people say here it is much easier to find weapons than finding medicine. people in their lives say they have lost hope that the world will do anything to stop the onslaught. for 7 years the international community has provided nothing not the un not the others it's all empty promises it is one of the escalation zones agreed by turkey russia and iran but equipment has been constant
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to violated by the syrian government and russia now 3000000 people in it the fear that the uptake in violence over recent weeks is only going to get worse because al jazeera in the northwest in syria the u.s. government is imposing new travel restrictions on americans visiting cuba american cruise ships are being banned from docking so are smaller yachts some corporate and private aircraft u.s. treasury secretary steven minucci and says the restrictions are in response to what he called cuba as the stabilizing role including support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro the restrictions will come into effect on wednesday. a u.s. special forces soldier accused of killing a wounded eyesore fighter in iraq has been freed from detention pending his court martial navy seal edward gallagher is one of several soldiers accused of crimes in war zones being considered for a presidential pardon some fear donald trump is undermining the established chain
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of command mike hanna reports from washington. another twist in the court martial of navy seal edward gallagher the judge has dismissed the prosecutor following claims of irregularities in the investigation last week the judge ordered gallagher to be released from confinement in the san diego base where he's being held pending a trial in recent months a number of prominent figures have joined the campaign for a pardon among them a california congressman who says he too was guilty of abusing did enemy soldiers when serving as a marine. the guilty of 2. take a division with the body and soon saw in stupid and out war criminals there warriors fox news host pete hegseth is another who's regularly called for a pardon and tweeting support for gallagher and a number of others accused or convicted of war crimes except span and friend
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president trump has been listening some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard long you know we teach him how to be great fighters and then when they fight sometimes they get really treated very unfairly reports from the pentagon indicate a deep level of concern about the impact such pardons would have on the established chain of command retired general and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey sent out an unprecedented tweet warning the commander in chief against further pardons absent evidence of innocence or in justice the wholesale pardon or u.s. service members accused of war crimes signals out troops and allies but we don't take the law of armed conflict seriously he says another pardon and a possible presidential consideration involves even more than chain of command issues these 4 security guards were convicted of killing 14 iraqis in what the
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prosecution said was indiscriminate fire on a civilian crowd in iraq in september 2007 they were employed by the blackwater company headed at the time by erik prince a declared friend to the president and brother of education secretary betsy defaults it's another instance of a pardon disrupting the system. or like this time it's the federal system who was already convicted and sentenced there's clearly support for war crimes pardons among a significant portion of president trump's conservative base but his critics contend that it's not them he should listen to rather they say he should hear the commanders of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow an established chain of command. mike hanna al jazeera washington iraq's government has offered to mediate between the u.s. and iran to reduce tension between its 2 biggest allies but many sunni iraqis say
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they're been neglected by governments for years and they're concerned their views on the issue are being ignored charles stratford has more from baghdad. these iraqi shia muslim fighters are demonstrating against israel on the streets of baghdad. part of the popular mobilization for seize o.p.m. after it was set up in 2014 to fight eisel. 2 years later the pm f. well integrated into iraq security forces to the united states it's a proxy militia for iran. some p.m.a. factions say they'd support tehran in any military confrontation with the u.s. and that's made many in iraq's sunni muslim community and of us. this is a mosque in fallujah in a province often cold iraq's sunni heartland. ledges that we call on
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politicians and security forces to save iraq from being dragged into a regional conflict the mud if they can sic tearing balance in iraq during a visit to baghdad last week by the iranian foreign minister his iraqi counterpart muhammad ali a key said iraq would stand by iran in the face of increased u.s. sanctions and he said iraq rejected the idea of the u.s. taking any unilateral action against its most powerful ally in the region the iraqi government has offered to be a mediator between the u.s. and iran. as an emergency summit in saudi arabia last week the iraqi delegation refused to sign an arab league statement condemning iran in anbar province many of the towns still lie in ruins a year and a half off to victory was declared over eisel in iraq. iraq cities have long complained of neglect by repeated sheelagh governments and maybe don't trust the
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iran backed. by noting that the whole family we are of course afraid we are sick of these wars out of towns like a looter have suffered so much contact and all the again it was devastation and destruction sunni tribal leaders say they are concerned about potential sectarian violence if there was an escalation between the u.s. and iran. we hope that iraq will stay away from this crisis it's a turbulent situation iraqis have suffered unlist say a military escalation between the u.s. and iran seems unlikely but it's tension continues many of iraq's sunni fear they may be being marginalized by the iraqi government again as it tries to mediate and restore calm trying to stop it al-jazeera by. a u.s. congressional investigation is looking into the lack of competition in the technology and online markets the house of representatives judiciary committee says a handful of companies now dominate digital platforms that have too much power no
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firms were mentioned by name at the justice department is preparing to examine the influence of apple amazon facebook and google's parent company alphabet. the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. president donald trump has met the outgoing british prime minister to resign may on the 2nd day of his state visits the 2 leaders said they were hopeful about a post that free trade deal they also spoke about iran and ways to resolve their differences over market access to chinese tech giant y. way. as the u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in the trade deal i say probably 2 or even 3 times
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of what we're doing right tremendous potential today we've discussed again the importance of our 2 nations working together to address it runs destabilizing activity in the region and to in short iran cannot acquire a nuclear weapon although we differ on the means of achieving that as i've said before the u.k. continues to stand by the nuclear deal it is clear that we both want to reach the same goal it is important that iran meets its obligations and we do everything to avoid escalation which is in no one's interest more gunfire as reported in sudan's capital khartoum a day after a military crackdown left 35 protesters dead internet services remain down in large parts of the country the military says it will no longer negotiate with the tester's out of calls for a general election within 9 months protest leaders have rejected that and say they will continue their civil disobedience movement until the entire military leadership is overthrow. the u.s.
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government is imposing new travel restrictions on americans visiting cuba american cruise ships are being banned from docking so are smaller yachts and some corporate and private aircraft the u.s. treasury secretary says the restrictions are in response to what he called the stabilizing role including support for venezuela's president nicolas maduro. commemoration ceremonies have been held in several cities on the 30th anniversary of the square massacre in china off in hong kong tens of thousands held a candlelight vigil for the estimated $1000.00 victims pro-democracy leader spoke to crowds wearing t. shirts which read. at the scene of the killings in beijing was surrounded by tight security as china's government continues. those are the headlines viewfinder latin america is coming up next.
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