residences council local elections shuttled for later this month citing the needs to the regions for its cool tensions in the country but ramos says the pool will go ahead johnson. from toronto. albania is now in a full blown constitutional crisis the protesters led by the opposition democratic party seem to have achieved one of their demands which was to get the june 30th local elections an old canceled that is something that the president of albania has delivered he has said that those elections shouldn't take place because they could not be fair and free and the 2nd goal that the democratic party is trying to achieve is to get prime minister at iran with the socialist party leader to declare an early general election and not to serve out the remaining 2 years of his term in office because he has been beset by a series of scandals which seem to indicate that many of his members of parliament

have colluded with organized crime in order to get elected and this is now something that seems to be pervasive in the socialist party and it seems to permeate the way that it works therefore there's a question mark in the minds of many albanians about how. honestly legislative decisions are come by the opposition democratic party has also boycotted parliaments at the moment promise and iraq is passing legislation that only his party supports and discusses and there isn't a full and proper legislative process and so that also costs down on his legitimacy as a government. still to come on al-jazeera remembering a former syrian football player turned activist now silenced. wake up and

smell the coffee and how every new businesses are coping with taking us sanctions. hello there we're still seeing some severe weather over parts of north america at the moment we're seeing some flooding in the southeast and we've also seen some very gusty winds those winds have been pulling down trees and power lines now this system is still with us it is going to stick around over the next few days so still some more heavy downpours to be seen here and some strong winds so that could be a little bit more in the way of wind damage or some more localized flooding as well the next system is already crossing the northern parts that's edging its way eastwards and it will activate some weather over parts of texas there as we head through the day on monday so more cloud more wet weather is expected here in this whole region for the fairly unsettled for the following few days towards the west

it's getting hot now for some of us here san francisco should make it to around 29 degrees for the central americans plenty of showers here at the moment lots of them over cuba jamaica and into his banjara and plenty of them for the west as well and these ones really are quite active at times it will be banding together to give some more prolonged outbreaks of rain for the south and there's plenty of sunshine for many of us in south america at the moment look at that for rio where up at 25 level what is already weird about 18 or more cloud will be forming as we head through the next few days there's a few more outbreaks of rain a likely on monday and that really gets going as we head into tuesday. let me take it. like no place on. wild west rain. and the strongest fastest and most skilled.

nation the consequence that. stadiums that are in question. discover our newest destination defeat the women's world cup france 29 t. . this is al-jazeera quite right on the top stories for you and i. pose as leaders in sudan accuse the ruling military judge intimidation after they arrest all 4 of opposition leaders there's a tension comes ahead of a civil disobedience campaign juta starts on sunday. that as well as presidents nicolas maduro has reopened the border with colombia after

a 4 month quarter it was shots to stop his political opponents bringing in u.s. aid. and police in albania have used tear gas to disperse antigovernment protesters in the capital to rama they're demanding that the prime minister resign demonstrators accuse eddie boma of electoral fraud and wants an early general election. at least 5 people have been killed in various times in syria's last rebel held province of idlib on saturday activists say the government's used mess songs on barrel bombs indiscriminately bashar al assad's regime launched an offensive to recapture it live in april. icing between rebels and government forces also continues in the northern province. well a prominent figure in syria's rebellion has died its friends in government forces. had set out 1st to fame as an athlete's he later became known as the center of the

revolution syrians in the opposition held tight end of jobless in aleppo province gathered to mourn the activist kathy lopez has more. he had lived his life in the spotlight but abdelbaset cerruti left it all behind for syria's revolution the 27 year old was a famous goalkeeper in homes as well as a singer and activist he chose a battleground over comfort joining serious rebellion against president bashar al assad in this online video he explained why he decided to take up arms and fight against government forces are going to russia where i live my god i'm good i'm a shocker groove illusion will continue this journey cannot be stopped by obstacles all the government this is our land it's our country. where the so rude was injured on thursday in northern hama province where fighting between serious army

and rebels in their last stronghold hasn't turned survive in recent months he died on saturday a fate it seems he expected. in the lyrics to a song he wrote he predicted his death in the battlefield. so rude had many followers but also enemies he survived at least 3 assassination attempts he was banned from playing football after serious government declared him a traitor salut family was certificated to the revolution 4 of his brothers and his father were also killed in the war a cause they believed was worth fighting for. will persevere jaan al-jazeera. people in kazakstan have started voting to choose their next president nursultan nazarbayev was in charge for 30 years before stepping down in march his hand-picked successor cassim joe martz took a if he is favored to win but some of called for boycott's off the votes to stop

what they called the gnostic says succession well 6 other people are vying for the top job only one of them is from the opposition open for a stable career reports from the newly renamed capital nursultan. the ask 2 men now appear to run kazakstan the official leader of the nation nor so tender as a pioneer and his appointee interim president kasim your marked. national army is going to assure our main task is to realize the strategy of the leader of the nation in order to strengthen the potential of our state i firmly believe and the success of our noble endeavor. look i have has government resources to boost his chances stadiums filled with students the state controlled mainstream media it was staged

was it was it was it was was it status was he should. win as a boy of resigned in march tokai of renamed the capital after him some saw that as a sign of subservience. muscle then you i got to turn it is not my town i have a choice said this activist. others have called for a boycott of the vote seeing talk i have as a stopgap to deny stick succession. as senate leader now survives daughter daddy is next in line for the presidency. on friday police raided homes and detained several activists the authorities are on

high alert so i want to know for the 1st time in almost 3 decades the voters will have a choice or an appearance of choice at least but failed to show up at this t.v. debate a sign he doesn't take the competition seriously. and he will utility but competition does include a genuine government critic i mean. may take a share of the vote but he isn't optimistic we could teeter would purposely put out some voters will boycott the vote but not those who support to i'm afraid these votes will be taken from me by those who are organizing the boycott today i ask people to boycott the boycott. the students may vote just as they were required to attend the rally off camera one used to organize a put it this way failure to comply means failing your exams that is the kind of pressure that will benefit at the ballot box robin 1st year walker al jazeera no so

town. well always president is accusing the opposition of trying to overthrow his government's backers the opposition parties say he was roped a victory in last month's election people have been arrested since protests began in the capital on choose say for him a moment has more. the streets of malawi turned into chaos this week hundreds of protesters are calling for president putin with her recount to step down after an election they say was rigged the workers i was just. getting laid on story of the operation. the little one of the if you're not going to tell what direction of . a standoff between police and supporters of the main opposition candidates lazarus to cuero turned violent with some caught in the crossfire this man was reportedly shot by police in the capital security forces used to gas to disperse others outside the opposition menai congress party headquarters 6800000 people were

registered to vote in the may 21st presidential elections at 78 years old peter which arika narrowly won by 38.5 percent allowing his governing democratic progressive party another 5 year term in office but critics accuse him of corruption the main opposition and his former vice president say the election was marred by irregularities and they say they had evidence that voting sheets were altered if you get a customs document and you're making a declaration to customs if there's any alteration on your declaration that their declaration is rejected what you told you that any alteration is not valid in an operational document then the question arises how did mick accept. figures that had been amended. the accusations have prompted a petition to the high court to nullify the results i have

a special message to. become very. you know all over the years you see. this in. the final mission in britain but president with ericka's party denies any wrongdoing. electoral commission which is among usual. during a really. good book dippin to give. a little. presidential candidate of the democratic progress but they will after being sworn in the president called the protests illegal and accuse your position of trying to cause chaos while malawians wait for the court's decision protests to say they will carry on demonstrating until the presidential election results are withdrawn and

a new vote is held for him have it al-jazeera. sri lanka's intelligence chief fans left his post after an emergency meeting on finds a president a mile strip of the city center said he sacked cedar mendus after he appeared before a parliamentary committee investigating the easter sunday attacks mender says he resigned in el finance as has more on these developments from colombo. present mighty policy recently livid at the proceedings at the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings on the very 1st day he ordered a halt to the live feed from that parliamentary select committee and that is where his chief of national intelligence is or mendis a gave testimony we had him say that the national security council had met on a regular basis essentially revealing the kind of lackadaisical attitude to its intelligence to its intelligence sharing and things like that now he told his

senior police officers when he met them last evening that all those who had given evidence were those who had been removed and there he revealed that even his chief of the national intelligence had been removed or sacked now here's his reason why moammar marble i will not send anyone who is currently working for the defense ministry or police department before the select committee and i will take primary responsibility because revealing intelligence chiefs intelligence directors and criminal investigation chiefs through the media is not something that is done anywhere in the world. present my policy receive talking about the number of cases before the supreme court saying that his attorney general had pointed out that it's the same issues that the select committee is looking at so he says he has informed the speaker you know essentially implying that the select committee should defer to the supreme court however we are hearing that a special emergency cabinet meeting that the president called essentially on friday

evening to discuss these issues reached no sort of conclusive decision and that we are expecting that the select committee will resume sittings on tuesday. a constant pressure from u.s. sanctions is having a major effect on iran's economy with export margins time its investors are turning to small and medium sized businesses like coffee shops that can still turn a profit same restaurant he has more from to her on. in iran oil isn't the only source of energy suffering under american sanctions the threat of punishment has made doing any kind of trade with iran highly risky for foreign companies that even in a cup of coffee the plight of iran's small businesses can be found. shyly muscly is a trained lab scientist whose passion for the drink inspired her to become possibly iran's 1st and only female coffee bean roaster we have some trade there is business

marketing and there is a kind of buy coffee. bags reason to be buy from them but because of the sanctions they don't want to get me wrong they send copies to the baha'i arctura and we get from there and we buy them at the most precious time on their life but we get them like 7 or 8 months later the work is delicate timing is everything a bad batch gets thrown out and sanctions have made these beans more precious than ever so people need a cup or 10 just to wake up in the morning for others it's a way that you come together for the people who make the coffee they say it's the perfect marriage of art and sun a coffee roaster from germany is this cafes pride and joy a piece of precision equipment it needs regular maintenance and new parts but the manufacturers headquarters in germany and offices in istanbul and by have all

refused to service it in iran after months of emails cafe managers found a technician from friends who wanted to come on holiday and was willing to bring the parts and do the work but going through back channels is time consuming and expensive. but jumping hurdles is the part of running a business the cafe owner most in mudgee the hall likes the best. for them it's become very difficult but it is interesting for us because we have to innovate it's a challenge and. like chodas when i compare myself to people who have businesses abroad i feel i'm doing better here because they can do whatever they want but we mustn't be that was here. still sanctions are hurting bottom lines many cafes have already closed their doors. and all coffee houses or cowboy holiday are also under threat losing money could make it harder to preserve the roots of persian cafe culture same for us rob the old is euro to her.

this is al jazeera and these are the top stories process leaders in sudan are accusing the ruling military gens use in widespread intimidation to prevent a civil disobedience campaign jeter starts on sunday they've been calling for a transition to civilian rule at least 5 political leaders have been arrested but some of them say they've received death threats. process leaders are refusing to negotiate with the military unless certain conditions are met the military genzer has rejected any preconditions with one. i hope that our brothers in the other parties will respond without preconditions we appreciate the efforts of our friends and brothers who care for sudan we want to reach a solution but if we don't reach a solution our alternative is clear we will form

a caretaker government. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has reopened the border with colombia after a 4 month closure but iran had shut the border to stop his political opponents bringing in u.s. banks aid. police in albania have used tear gas to disperse antigovernment protesters in the capital to rama they're demanding that the prime minister resign demonstrators accused of electoral fraud and wants an early general. action the president has canceled local elections shuttled for later this month citing the need to reduce political tensions but promises the poor will go ahead at least 5 people have been killed in various times and several serious last rebel held province of idlib on saturday activists say the government's used missiles and barrel bombs indiscriminately bashar assad's regime launched an offensive to

recapture it live in april. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost to stay with us. talk to al-jazeera. we ask problems of a sign for the instability is corruption we listen. who are pushing the united states and president trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. the at. the be. the best.

the to the be. the be. the be. oh i'm housing seeker this is counting the cost on the day your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the trump doctrine a terrorist 1st negotiate 2nd who benefits the global economy slows. as mexico steps up security on its border with guatemala we find out how climate change is

forcing many to seek opportunities abroad. and peacocks slumping vehicle sales on the rise of what was behind the attempt to merge with one. so the direct impact of the u.s. china trade war has yet to materialize the global economic slowdown started long before the opening shots were fired in this battle central banks are getting ready to cut interest rates if they haven't already started to support. earth all this to mitigate the fallout from trump's doctrine of terrorists 1st negotiate later for a transactional president seeking a 2nd term unleashing tariffs is a solution to all foreign policy issues trade talks with china broken down while we can't buy u.s. goods and donald trump has threatened tariffs on imported cars from europe and japan the sanctions against cuba iran and venezuela have yet to yield any benefits and in his latest move he's decided mexico needs to do more to stop immigration if

it doesn't that's terrorists from mexico as well or the move has rattled global markets the problem for trump is he keeps saying other countries are paying the tariffs then not us importers are and at some point consumers will pick up the tab and mexico is the united states biggest trading partner exporting $347000000000.00 to the united states in 2018 to 25 percent tariff would cost about $86000000000.00 a year with many u.s. and international carmakers located south of the us border the auto industry will be the hardest hit deutsche bank estimates vehicle prices could rise on average 1003 $100.00 if tariffs hit 25 percent it would also add $28000000000.00 dollars busy a year to the cost of completed vehicles and parts according to the u.s. census bureau the value of cars buses and trucks imported from mexico totaled

$68000000000.00 in 2018 wall trump wants automakers to move back to the u.s. which is highly unlikely this could have a devastating impact in mexico where 839571 people are employed in the car industry. our unintended consequence could be more migrants crossing the border as unemployment rises in mexico and what does it mean for jobs in the united states well according to the economic consultancy perry min group more than 400000 jobs could be lost if the u.s. imposes the 5 percent levy the net loss to the economy could be $41000000000.00 and the state that's most dependent on mexico is texas it stands to lose more than one $100000.00 jobs and $7000000000.00 in income now if trump's trade war with china is anything to go by the damage to the economy has already been done the president has

signed a $16000000000.00 bailout for farmers we have 2 reports for you this week in a few moments john hendren reports from colfax illinois deep in trunk country to find out whether the president still has the support of farmers but 1st as mexico steps up security to stop the flow of immigrants on its southern border with guatemala david mercer went to pot i hate layon to look at how climate change is forcing people to look for opportunities in the united states. on this dusty hillside in guatemala's western highlands francisco lay on soft prepares the field for planting a decade ago he could draw enough corn to feed his family for most of the year but these days his harvests are getting smaller and smaller francisco says climate change is to blame is that input on the weather shouldn't be like this it used to rain in the middle of april but now the rain doesn't arrive until the end of may or the beginning of june we always wait until it's rained before we plant our corn if

it doesn't rain and we don't plant because the seeds won't grow average daytime temperatures in guatemala have risen over the past decade while crop damage in frosts are more common and when it does rain it often pours for days washing the topsoil away what amala already has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the western hemisphere. and in the western highlands indigenous subsistence farmers make up half the population when crops here fail people leave who wants to follow his uncles to the united states the 18 year old says that there is no future for young people in his village the only people he sees getting ahead have left to work abroad and send money back. i didn't. i want to make something out of my life to be able to follow my dreams i want to get a good education find a job and help my family here it's a struggle to save even a tiny bit of money as guatemala's dry cord or continues to expand more farming

families are set to struggle of all is one of the 10 countries in the world most impacted by climate change and while people leave the country for many different reasons at the root you often find climate change that makes adapting to and mitigating the changing weather patterns a priority. knows how far a little help can go he built this drip irrigation system as part of a u.s. funded project focused on cropped up versification water and soil conservation and reforestation the goal to create a stable income from agriculture. we have the desire of the will but we don't have as the capital but the assistance from us in other countries helps drive us forward not just me but many farmers were able to help our families and were able to better care for the environment president donald trump has threatened to cut aid to guatemala el salvador and honduras for failing to stop illegal migration

for families like francisco's that could make the decision on whether or not to migrate to the united states that much easier david mercer for counting the cost but a hell a on what amala. as the u.s. administration plows ahead in its trade war with china american farmers say they're getting crushed between the world's 2 largest economies we grew a record soybean crop record corn crop and then you take the fact that our largest buyer just disappeared you know we created a huge ending stockpile that is it's going to take years to eat through it not to mention we tripled what we normally carry china's retaliatory tariffs on corn soybeans in pork have hit their mark american farmers deep in trim country across the midwest are suffering this is private and one of the toughest years that i've experienced in my 40 plus years of farming are bankers i'm starting to get nervous next year is going to be. a tough time and some farmers are not going to get their

operating loans they're not going to pay off their own operating loans from this year and they're not going to be able to get credit to put a crop out next year for the 2nd straight year president trump signed a bailout for american farmers this time $16000000000.00 worth but that won't bring back lost markets buyers who've moved on to other sellers their silos are full of surplus crops that oversupply his tank prices for corn and soybeans farm income levels are half what they were 5 years ago across the midwest corn and soybean farmers are filing for bankruptcy in numbers not seen for more than a decade and losing their patients i'd like to see that light at the end of the tunnel and know when things are going to turn around and get better so you your patience is wearing a little things used a little yeah this year farmers are dealing with high tariffs low prices and now historic rains that have left their fields flooded but while china's tariffs are

striking their intended targets they have not achieved their goal of turning the farmers who are among president trump strongest supporters against the president is it fair to say that farmers still by and large. support president trump i think that's fair we believe that the president is doing the right thing to live on a farm as an old agrarian saying has it used to be schooled in patience for now those laboring behind america's plows seem willing to wait a little longer. for the e.u. has the threat of tears hanging over it and it is under pressure to block china swallowing so who better to turn to for his thoughts on this than luigi gambardella he is the president of the business lobby china e.u. thanks for being with us now is someone who has the ear of business leaders in both china and the european union what do you make of trump strategy of terrorists 1st negotiate 2nd i think to 2 major risks. today the 1st

is that certainty that is creating i always say uncertainty cunt good analysis front uncertainty is very bad for business and 2nd aspect that the would like to underline is the fact that. it will always be good to keep a difference between when his business and when it's politics and when not we there is a piece that we mix up. business or polity can a gray area this is something that. can be very dangerous because then there is a less again certainty there are 2 important things for europe 1st of all to defend the multilateralism we believe in what you're out there is in and 2nd we believe in global standards and global regulation and for us. for european business these are 2 very important points.

that should be defended another big issue for the u.s. of course is the chinese tech giant way do you think european companies can benefit from while waistband let's go beyond the world way where they were always just only the tip of the iceberg i love just all natural numbers. which has been recently published research and development investment in china reached 1.76 trillion in the is the 2nd spending in the word the number of patents reached in china 138200000 patents ranking number one in the world what i want to say that i think that.