all but also about the space car factory that it's being open to here near moscow and we will wait for their statements in the next hour or so and so what is the expected outcome then of this 3 day state visit. well they will talk about the international issues that they have very similar positions about like north korea both countries russia and china or want to emphasize that diplomatic relations and the diplomatic course needs to be protected russia has mentioned before put to it that the he wants to revive the 6 party talks and also that's something that china is very much in favor of the nuclear deal. about iran is also high on the agenda both nations also are in favor of holding that deal venezuela serious also on the china but as a tap it's also about trade and putting this to a very next level but it is interesting as well before this meeting mask off the

spokesperson all for putin sad that we won't only look to the east the russian ego will look both ways and that's also of course something that china will continue to do ok stuff awesome thank you. plenty more ahead on the on syria news hour including we take a look at the daily struggles of the displaced family in syria has lost rebel strongholds. as the west bank and gaza mark 52 years of occupation we look at the issue of flattened the heart of the conflict. in sport brazil star neymar is back in training after an injury but his teammates are not taking it easy details coming up a little later in the program with farah. police in australia have carried out a 2nd raid on journalists in as many days the office. of the australian

broadcasting corporation in sydney were searched and file seized relating to the national broadcasters investigation of alleged war crimes in afghanistan charlotte bella's has more. arranged by the australian federal police is underway at the a.b.c. offices in sydney australia media reporting on a range of one of the iraq police into the headquarters of the strangely broadcasting corporation with a warrant after broadcast classified material in $27.00 tane the raid focused on investigative journalist daniel oakes and same year clarke they reported a series of stories called the f.b.i. and files based on hundreds of pages of secret ministry of defense documents leaked to the a.b.c. . they alleged unlawful killings and misconduct by a stray in special forces in afghanistan including the alleged killing of an unarmed man and his 6 year old child in a raid on their home as well as the killing of a detained taliban fighter at least 2 incidents are the focus of an ongoing defense

force inquiry. the police raid targeted emails between the journalists and their sources and written notes draft scripts passwords photos and videos related to the afghan files in all more than $9000.00 items the warrant was served under the century old crimes act that forbids publication of classified material it's a very unwelcome and serious development i think for people maybe who aren't in the media business sometimes talking about priests freedom can sound a bit like a cliché it is extremely unusual for an authority to exercise a warrant on a national public broadcaster like this and it is very serious on tuesday police searched the home of annica smita the award winning political editor of the media organization news corp following his story on plans to expand domestic surveillance 6 treme alarming that incident and used to come on. back of it really just was. the

government laser attempting to stop me freedom of the press which of course is so awful. in recent years amnesty international has been calling for more transparency by the strain defense force for its actions in afghanistan the a.b.c. says it stands by its journalists we will be doing everything we can to limit the scope of this and we will do everything we can to stand by our reporters. and as a general observation we always do whatever we can to stand by our sources of course police deny there is a link between the 2 media raids or that they are related to the reelection of prime minister scott morrison this government 2 weeks ago shelob ellis al-jazeera well the raids on australian media come as the annual freedom in the media report blames politicians for declining public confidence alan fessor reports from washington. you are the enemy of the people go ahead let's go trump is known for

his attacks on the media but a new report on press freedom says the constant onslaught leads to a loss of confidence in mainstream outlets the report says it's a template being copied by so-called populist leaders elsewhere in the world it highlights viktor orban in hungary and serbia's alexander footage as 2 leaders who've concentrated media ownership in supporters hands pushing critical voices to the margins journalists no longer believe the us will help when basic rights are violated here in the united states we really need to think about the example that we're setting present chance attacks on the past are are really really toxic both here at home and in the world and we need to. turn that around and bring our best friend. report also discusses the death of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi killed in the so you consulate in istanbul last year it says while his death is perhaps the most famous case it's hardly unique with journalists all around the world at

risk almost every single day freedom house says the biggest drops in press freedom have come in eurasia and the middle east north africa areas the report says examples include new legislative restrictions embellished further arrests and convictions in lebanon and heightened insecurity and fatalities in war torn yemen people with in the countries need to understand the value of they be independent past the value that it can bring to their country and how it helps promote everybody's freedom freedom house insists it's not all bad news it highlights ethiopia malaysia armenia ecuador and gambia as places where improvement in democracy has led to partly all gains in media freedom and it says media freedom can easily balance back from even long periods of authoritarian intervention but there's a warning to you about social media and how authoritarian governments and site actors can manipulate. the online space to manipulate and undermine democracy it

calls on the tech giants and governments to improve transparency which in turn improves press freedom and by extension democracy itself alan fischer al-jazeera washington. it's the 2nd anniversary of the start of the air sea and land by qatar off qatar by its neighbors saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt accuse qatar leaders of supporting terrorism they've consistently denied that and say talks can settle the dispute peacefully victoria gate and the report's a handshake between saudi king salmon bin abdulaziz and the qatari prime minister but if anyone saw this is a sign of warming relations between the 2 countries they'd be wrong that was a week ago and despite the most high profile meeting between the qataris and saudis

in 2 years the g.c.c. is still in crisis and very much divided and also we had reservations about many parts of the statement these elements include 1st the issue of only condemning iran and the escalation against in the absence of any moderate policy to engage in dialogue with iran from the caribbean and the statement also mentioned the united goal whereas the united gulf when we have 3 gulf states blockading another gulf state ever since saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on cattle in june 2017 the gulf cooperation council has been it all adds. the g.c.c. has held 2 summits in saudi arabia and one in kuwait which has led mediation efforts at the 1st summit since the blockade began a catalyst to me that he attended but his adversary said the foreign minister is their absence was seen as a snub to kuwait's attempt to heal the rift throughout the dispute strongly denied

claims made by the saudis and generalities the doha supports terrorism or is too close to iran. be groups have been engaged in cattle's foreign ministry has arranged meetings with representatives from dozens of countries with the i'm a and foreign minister touring the world. riyadh and abu dhabi will say been busy with media campaigns against cattle including one targeting the 2022 world cup yet both have been dealing with crises of their own the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul and accusations that it was ordered by crown prince mohammed bin salmond have damaged the kingdom's image. so has the war in yemen and the humanitarian disaster it's caused. the emirate is and saudis have been accused of committing human rights violations there and cattle says that's the real reason it's being targeted by its neighbors but the blockade appears to have had little

effect in the past 2 years trade between cattle and the rand has increased and qatari media outlet al jazeera and others are operating freely despite demands by the saudis and them or ati's for their closure qatar is a country that is immensely grown and has a lot of positive developments since the crisis because they have a lot more freedom to maneuver freedom to choose their suppliers choose their partners in the region without being hamstrung or tied down to saudi dictate as the g.c.c. crisis and does its 3rd year division and distrust between the council's members appear to be becoming the norm and if people in the gulf begin to accept that reality that could make changing it more difficult in the long run victoria gayton be al jazeera let's speak to roxana farman firmly on she's the lecturer in the defense department of politics and international studies at the university of cambridge she's joining us from london thanks so much for speaking to us on

al-jazeera so as you know the united states has in the past tried to mediate in this gulf crisis and it's also made it clear that the dispute affects its policies in the region one of which is confronting iran and how do you think this blockade has actually affected the u.s. and saudi its policies on iran. well it has not particularly affected iran. saudi relationships in the sense that the qatar is were able to bounce back from the blockade and one of their key directional moves was to be able to fly qatar airways over iran air space and to increase the amount of trade that was being done between iran and cutter so in effect the blockade has have the opposite effect than it had originally intended and could any talks be going on right now behind the scenes in terms of any

mediation to find an end to the gulf disputes. it's likely that they will lead anywhere if there are the body language and the hostility that existed during that meeting between the qatari brian minister and the saudi king was palpable and it was clear that the actual meeting achieved little fanned the show that qatar was willing to go there and that saudi had extended an invitation but with many conditions in the sense that when qatar got there it was hoping to have a cutter signed the anti iran statement and cut to refuse to do that so the ploy to get it there did not pay off in the end there will be a subsequent meeting and money imo which country busy is also planning to go to for the 1st time to at the u.s.

invitation which is to do with the palestinian israeli. plan and we'll see if there are back. corridor discussions that take place there and it looks like qatar has come out stronger over the past 2 years despite being under a blockade how do you explain that and how do you think the blockade has actually impacted cats are on the international arena. well there is 2 points here on the element of how it's come out stronger it's certainly a media plea reestablish stronger relations with turkey which has been one of the requirements for the in terms of how saudi approached saudi qatar is need to adapt to this saudi requirement so. qataris reestablish really strong relationships there it's had a very good run in terms of relationships with iran and it has diversified its

trade which was very important for all of the the gulf states which are not self-sufficient on the international scale it has certainly been able to continue independently but as an observer it seems to me that it has definitely reduced some of the activities that it had become so well known for conducting prior to this so many of it is encouraging the 2 various different players to come in and meet each other within this out of the country platform and some of the real challenge that al-jazeera presented in the arab world have all been reduced somewhat to a war even keel all right we thank you very much for speaking to us from london life well over the last 2 years the u.s. government has bolstered its support for both qatar and saudi arabia my qana has

more from washington on the balance in policy. become very good friends over a fairly short period of time president trump's close relationship with saudi leaders appeared to color his 1st reaction to the blockade the nation of qatar on fortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. but within months the president had come full circle welcoming the emir of qatar at the white house and calling him a very big advocate of the war on terror sigrid honor to have the mirror of qatar with us it's a friend of mine knew it long before i entered the world of politics he's a great gentleman it's very popular in his country his people love him we're working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think it's working out very well our military. cooperation is very solid very strong as everybody knows

that the heart of fighting terrorism is from a low data base and. thank god it's been very successful campaign against. terrorist groups along our region. be out of date bases a centerpiece of the u.s. qatar relationship it serves as a forward headquarters of the u.s. central command and is a springboard for u.s. operations in more than 20 countries including iraq and syria. when the u.s. sought to reduce its military involvement in afghanistan it turned to cutter to play a diplomatic role the capital doha hosting the 1st public direct talks between u.s. officials and the taliban and ministration real. trial of of color to many of edged political geostrategic and military to military needs concerned interest and objectives. the blockade though continues the u.s.

position that outside pressure on either side would not contribute to the parties resolving it themselves. but as us records up its military deployment to the middle east in response to a mounting crisis with iran qatar is once again playing a crucial role. with the knowledge if not at the request of us if you feel state houses foreign minister engaging in talks with irregular leaders in a bid to reduce the tension. and while the military benefits of the u.s. relationship with qatar are proven the full evidence of carter's diplomatic words may yet be to come. out of syria washington. time for a check on the weather with steph thanks daryn we're off to europe this time where we've seen some flooding and a lot of damaging winds as well if we take a look at the satellite picture we can see 2 systems the 1st one is in the east and it's this one that's been bringing us all a heavy rain and some flooding but we've also got

a bright white cloud ballooning and making its way north woods across other parts of europe and it's that those borders are very strong winds and actually mixed in with this system we've even seen a few tornadoes as well those tornadoes have been seen in belgium also in the netherlands and in the western parts of germany as well and there's that huge swathe of blue there on our chart for today showing where we're expecting some very very heavy rains as well the whole system is working its way northward so by the time we get to around lunchtime on thursday is making its way up into parts of norway in through denmark as well and as that works its way eastward it's turning a lot fresher behind it so 17 the maximum temperature in london as we head through thursday but that cool weather also pushing through more of germany and through austria as well but even though that one is moving out the way it's only moving out the way in opening the door for another weather system see all the winds there spiraling around that very intense area of low pressure and that one is then going to gradually work its way up into parts of france and up into the british isles as

well so a pretty miserable day here on friday plenty of what weather around and pretty strong winds as well and for the east those thunderstorms will still be rumbling away here so we still can't without some more flooding diary stuff thank you also ahead on the al-jazeera news our world leaders gather to mark 75 years since the d.-day lion. things trumpet ministration moves to reimpose some of the sanctions on cuba used by barack obama. in sport it's rivalries renewed at the french open as the don federer prepared to go to. cricket biggest total it has come to england's own morals 6 weeks temptations 11 venues. can australia defend the charge will in good fun to. play with 0 for all the lightest of the $29.00 cricket wild card. challenges

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hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour more shots have been fired in sudan's capital khartoum dozens of people are known to have been killed since monday and senior opposition figure has been arrested and beaten by security forces russia's president vladimir putin's house ties with china are at an unprecedented level he welcomed chinese president xi jinping as he arrived for a 3 day state visit to russia. australian police have carried out a 2nd raid on journalists in as many days officers of the a.b.c. in sydney have been searched and the raid relates to the national broadcasters investigation of alleged war crimes by australian special forces in afghanistan. the un says thousands of hectares of vital crops and farmlands have been burned by fighters in northern syria both government and rebel forces are being blamed for the destruction and this comes as the latest violence an adlib province has seen

dozens of people killed and at least 300000 displaced citizens while the reports from a makeshift camp in northern italy. the dervish family has little to celebrate. they have been displaced 4 times in the past 5 years and have ended up at this makeshift camp in northern to escape the regime's airstrikes. they 1st left their home north of hama when a strikes killed alice brothers and nephews his young grandchildren were born in different refugee camps it hasn't been easy for one camp to another their son and daughter are disabled. tries to keep the family together. so what them we don't mind sleeping under these trees as long as the revolution succeeds now we are happy with the idea of aid but inside now we have no toilets no bathrooms here it's god veiling us people here have limited food it is difficult to

keep supplies fresh and clean only one a dog and is ation has provided food during ramadan but not enough to feed all here . in the south of the staple meat hospitals bakeries farmlands this push is living conditions even in the north prices are much higher now as the local administration with another basic needs in case of an attack by the regime in the liberated north. $1500.00 people have arrived at the scam since the end of april. fardeen and privacy is a major problem children have suffered from diarrhoea and as they are living outdoors families have to deal with the heat insects and. these makeshift shelters more than 300 families alone and the land belongs to someone who wants the displaced out as soon as they eat a holiday and maybe they will move to some other all of grows near by the turkish

border. some just want to return home 68 year old pastor male misphrased from kaffir not a major battlefield between the opposition and the syrian regime in northern hama her husband left her 10 years ago and her son has been in jail for the past 5 years when daughter on her left suffers cancer what. timmy wants international support to help take them back to their village she stays their house and foreman have been destroyed but she would prefer to camp back there she says those who remain silent over the plight of civilians are as guilty as the regime for now resistance of the soul of gross say they are praying for salvation so you know because al jazeera asma northwestern syria. emergency talks are about to begin between top u.s. and mexican officials in a last minute attempt to stop threatening terrorists mexico's foreign minister

marcelo everett is trying to persuade the u.s. secretary of states to call off a 5 percent tariff increase which is due to kick in on monday the u.s. president ronald trump is threatening to increase charges every month unless mexico reduces the number of people crossing the border are white house correspondent kelly healthcare is joining us live now and you know kimberly even president trump's party members or some of them at least are against these new tariffs on mexico. yeah there's a lot of concern about the president's pledge to put in place these tariffs he said as he spoke with a long sigh theresa may yesterday that they are likely 5 percent going all the way up to 25 percent 5 percent monthly increment and that has republicans members of the president's own party pretty worried because this could have a significant impact on cross border trade it could have an impact on jobs it could have an impact on u.s. businesses so the message being sent to the president is look we support you we

support your concern about the surge of migration that is approaching the u.s. southern border in some cases overwhelming services we are can ship sharing your concern that perhaps the mexican government is not doing enough as the trumpet ministration alleges to combat that but at the same time the message being sent by members of congress is we may not support you on these tariffs we may do something to try and stop them legislatively so the president is pushed back on this he tweeted saying that he has the support of republicans but that isn't necessarily appearing to be the case there's already been some talk here in washington that in fact well the president did have a lot of support from republicans in order to declare that very controversial national emergency to try and get additional funds diverted for his border wall along the southern border of mexico the message being sent is this may be a completely different issue but this is important to the president he campaigned on it in 2016 a major campaign pledge of course going into the 2020 presidential election looking

to try and deliver on that pledge so we're watching these talks at 19 very carefully mexico is expected to try and put forward and demonstrate that they are doing things to combat the stem of illegal migration but at the same time it does appear that the president is moving ahead with this promise for punitive tariffs allen mexican goods into the united states' rights can really help thank you. well the u.s. government is imposing new travel restrictions on cuba the treasury department says it will no longer allow educational or cultural groups to travel to the island one of the most popular forms of tourism from the u.s. it will also deny permission for private and corporate aircraft and boats it's part of efforts by the united states to pressure have for its support for president nicolas maduro in venezuela the u.s. president says military action against iran is still an option donald trump made

the comments in an interview with piers morgan on i t v's good morning britain iran is a place that was extremely hostile when i 1st came into office there were any terrorist nation number one in the world at that time and probably maybe are today and they were a funder of terrorism president obama made a deal the iran nuclear deal which was a terrible deal because it was a short term deal and i was very much against it i was very much against the deal i terminated the deal and iran is a much different country today you will need to take military action there's always a chance to i want to know. all the u.s. president has been meeting with war veterans after joining a commemoration ceremony on the 75th anniversary of d.-day donald trump joined 15 world leaders in portsmouth on the 3rd and final day of his state visit to britain war veterans had appealed to anti trumpet asters not to disturb the war tributes leave barker has more from the home of britain's world navy from where many ships

sail 2 fronts. the final day of his state visit to the u.k. he's in the port city of course most. for the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings that all important moments in the 2nd world war but the u.s. and the u.k. and the european allies came together to mark an all important turning point in the conflict they staged the largest i'm phoebe s. landing ever it was an opportunity finally to push back nazi germany's control of the entire continent it is a moment of shared sacrifice a reminder for donald trump of the longstanding symbolism of the relationship of the so-called special relationship between the u.k. and the united states one that of course predates trump and one that many hope will significantly out lost him as well there are many international leaders present more than a dozen in total including angela merkel of germany justin trudeau of canada and france is a manual to name

a few it is of course the last major engagement for the british prime minister to resign maybe for which she steps down it's 25 years since the last u.s. president was here for the 50th anniversary of the normandy landings that of course bill clinton a very different style of president those are also very very different times as well more than $20000000.00 has been spent on security for donald trump's presence here there are many many layers of all made fences we've seen snipers at the top of watchtower as the many people here in portsmouth are being deeply concerned that the old trumps presidency it would distract away from the solemnity of the cation the main event which of course is to remember the shared sacrifice into war so there were gods to the hundreds of veterans who survived the normandy landings who were here by any of those of course went to war as young men and they're in their ninety's this could be the last opportunity that they have to attend commemorations

of this size and scale hundreds of protesters have taking to the streets. in indian administered kashmir after are used to prayers. they're demanding justice for the recent killings of rebels and civilians in the area the testers threw stones at the police who responded with tear gas and shotgun pellets indian forces have scaled up operations in the area saying they've killed at least 20 people with ties to rebel groups in the last month. the un has come under pressure to speak out against china on a number of human rights issues choose these anniversary of the square massacre came under increased scrutiny our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations in new york. in recent months u.n. secretary general antonio good terrace has faced criticism for not speaking out strongly enough on human rights in particular he failed to mention publicly the

plight of the weakest on his most recent trip to beijing so how would the un respond on the anniversary of a human rights atrocity the massacre in tiananmen square does the secretary-general have any comments on this very important anniversary show i mean i would remind you of our constant call on security forces in governments not to use excessive force when facing civilian demonstrators a very general answer would no specific mention of china its so i tried again does the secretary general condemn the tiananmen massacre does he condemn the fact that no one was held to account does he condemn the human rights abuses against the weakest dizzee condemn human rights abuses about tibetans yes or no i think the secretary general has addressed and we've addressed those issues. in various briefings we've answered those questions is there not some historic resonance here you are not directly condemning the tiananmen massacre and yet at the same time

secretary general is calling for an independent investigation into a massacre that's happened in the last few days in saddam double standards no not double standards i think the secretary were commenting on things that are happening . today right now under is. under his watch and again on on the broader issue of human rights in china i would refer you to things i've said previously the other most senior official of the u.n. along with the secretary general is the president of the general assembly oppose currently held by maria fernanda espinosa if you thought the answers from the secretary general's office lacks substance just listen to what i was told by her spokespersons directly does she condemn what happened 30 years ago in tiananmen square we don't have anything further from what has been said already the she condemned the fact that there's been no accountability for the massacre i think i have answered your question does the u.n. have a china problem.