so what are some hope. of us ever you know if you very much. you were just listening to a press conference given by japan's prime minister as well as iran's president hassan rowhani in teheran japan's prime minister there is in iran on a 2 day visit to the country to essentially ease rising tension between the united states as well as iran which has become clear in the press conference and as you can see it didn't meet with the president hassan rouhani in in iran and he's also expected to hold talks with iran's supreme leader ali how many on thursday let's cross over to dorset jabari she's joining us from to her on so doris up on the face of it and i suppose officially the 2 men are marking an anniversary

off their sort of diplomatic relationship but what came out of that press conference is that based spoke about a wide range of issues and it was very clear when he said that he wants to play a role for easing the tension surrounding iran. yes certainly a very direct and specific statement from the japanese prime minister on his 1st official visit to these amec republic he was very clear about why he's here he reminisced about the fact that he was here 36 years ago with his father who was the japanese foreign minister then but his this is it now is for that reason to try and help decrease the tension that is in this region he said nobody wants this escalation to continue that a military confrontation between iran and the united states is absolutely something

nobody wants to see in the world not only this region he said we are very very concerned and we are hopeful that we can play a role in trying to ease some of the tensions that are. on the rise in this region of course the iranian president hassan rouhani said they were also pleased to have the japanese prime minister here they were they discussed for over 2 and a half hours behind closed doors various issues but at the core of it was the. region stability and iran's future of course japan is iran's 4th largest purchaser of oil they are no longer able to do that because of u.s. sanctions the waivers that the united states has issued have expired as of last month the japanese the longer are buying iranian oil and that is something that the iranian president alluded to he said until this economic war is stopped by the american government that these tensions will continue and that is not something iran wants to see either he was adamant that they want the tensions in the region

to calm down and they're hoping that the japanese prime minister and his relationship with u.s. president donald trump will be something that can help with that yeah and so for president rouhani he did say that he was pleased that japan's prime minister so supports the g c j c.p.o. even though japan was not a signatory to that agreement but his trip really does come at a very critical time for that nuclear agreement. yes certainly there is less than 30 days that the means have an accident from within the nuclear agreement of 2015 it's a clause which allows them to launch a complaint based on the fact that the americans have withdrawn from the agreement they've launched this complaint to the europeans who are part of the deal and they said we need a response from you because the americans have backed out we now need to know what

we can do the europeans the german foreign minister was here in tehran on monday he spoke with iranian foreign minister zarif that meeting from what we understand did not go very well the iranian foreign minister was adamant that they were not in a position to negotiate with the americans until the americans ease these sanctions they've they've put on iran because not only did the americans withdraw from the nuclear deal last year but since then they've also imposed a series of sanctions one the major one being that no other country in the world in the in the international community is allowed to purchase iranian oil that is something that the iranian government is very very angry about they say that this is equivalent to economic terrorism that the americans are bulling the international community into siding with the americans and they think that by doing this it will force the iranians to come to the negotiating table but it's just on the opposite the iranians are saying we will not negotiate until these sanctions

are lifted and also seeing the japan is really an important u.s. ally and. president trump have some sort of a warm relationship as it's described do we think that officials in iran see japan as an impartial mediator. i'm sorry there and can you repeat the question in my opinion there is an error on do officials that iran would officials in iran see japan as being an impartial mediator when it comes to the nuclear issue considering the close relationship between the united states and japan. well the interesting thing here is we've spoken to some analysts who say that actually it would be prefer a ball for a mediator to be somebody who is not part of the nuclear agreement and japan is not a signatory to the 2015 nuclear agreement so it puts them in

a position of they could possibly be an ideal mediator and having that the fact that they have a very long history with iran they've always had a good relationship with the islamic republic. the last time an iranian president visited japan was president hatami in 2000 and so there's always maintained a very good relationship that they have a very strong economic talk i there's always japan purchases over 2000000000 dollars worth of rain in oil and you really they have other trade as well that's close to a $1000000000.00 in various goods it rains import a lot of japanese cars and electronics they see this as an opportunity of course that could be used to their advantage given japanese prime minister shinzo aves relationship with u.s. president it could be seen as a positive thing all right. with an update from to her on thank you

to other news now and at least 5 indian paramilitary forces and one fighter have been killed in an attack in indian administered kashmir local media says that our men attacked a patrol team in and districts in february for the indian security personnel were killed in a suicide attack which escalated tension between. well india's disaster response teams are evacuating 250000 people from the western state of gujarat before the arrival of value. is expected to make landfall on thursday it could be india's 2nd major storm of the season with winds gusting up to 170 kilometers an hour in may over a 1000000 people were evacuated ahead of me 34 people died. dozens of refugees have been found on a boat off the coast of southern thailand thai police are investigating whether they've been trafficked $65.00 people including 5 children. around 3 quarters of

a 1000000 of the muslim minority fled memoir during the military crackdown 2 years ago turkey's defense minister is preparing to respond to the u.s. threat to remove turkey from the f. 35 war plane program the u.s. has stopped training turkish f. 35 pilots at an air base in arizona and the nato allies are in dispute over turkey's refusal to ditch its deal to buy a russian missile defense system sit in kosovo glue reports from ankara. the diplomatic tension between washington and continues to grow over is 400 russian missile defense systems the latest dispute was over a letter that was signed and sent by the acting defense secretary a shanahan to the turkish defense minister who said our car last week in the letters that if turkey doesn't cancel this 400 missile deal system with the russians turkey will be out of the f.

35 fighter jet training program which turkey is also a partner in it with with a lot of companies and for more than a decade the dispute the dispute is set to have some economic can see quinces according to the american side because if turkey it doesn't cancel this the washington sais that turkey will be subjected to the cuts of sanctions which which could mean billions of dollars for the turkish industry also and this is very critical for the turkish economy thinking that the turkish lira has been has been going down for the last one and a healthier one of donald trump's sons is testifying to the senate intelligence committee donald trump jr is being questioned behind closed doors about his alleged involvement over trump tower project in russia and he's being asked about his meeting with the russians allegation in new york city 3 years ago. police in russia have arrested at least 200 protesters including opposition politician alexina

brawley they were at an illegal rally demanding punishments for police officers who arrested a journalist who since been freed stuff from moscow. one by one they were arrested randomly taken from the crowd thousands of people took part in the protest in the center of moscow despite government warning still really illegal. protesters one by one. and they bring them to the police truck vans of have been arrested so far the protest has been called illegal because demonstrators didn't get approval in time takes time days at least here in russia to get the permission for a demonstration so the police has from the beginning ordered everyone to leave they said this is an awful rice protest but the protesters are defiant. goal not arrest

last week. outcry even in russia tightly controlled state media this uprising released on tuesday didn't stop people from taken to the street. despite the fact that ivan was released they haven't changed the legislation reforms the police what is the difference even if one particular case something worked well overall it doesn't change anything. because the issue hasn't been solved it's still here and tomorrow they can plan drugs the same way to my children relatives or colleagues. opposition leader alexei enough who was released from his latest detention only last october was arrested as well. who has been investigating and we feel in corruption cases inside the moscow government was released on tuesday night because of a lack of evidence an unprecedented u. turn by authorities in a country with a nearly 100 percent conviction rate and the history of framing opponents in cases

by these protesters fear that his release has not changed anything they say today's police crackdown shows just that and not all rally is expected at the end of the week stop fast and al-jazeera. the trial has ended for 12 catalogs over there in the bed from spain but a verdict not expected for months. the story. the end of a politically explosive or months trial in spain's supreme court the 12 defendants some of the key figures in catalonia is drive for independence among the charges rebellion and the misuse of public funds they're seen as violent seditionists by the government in madrid as political prisoners back home in barcelona the court has focused on the role of these once respectable politicians in organizing an illegal referendum on independence for the spanish region and a declaration of independence shortly afterwards in the capital and parliament. one

of the accused former deputy president in the regional government all real kara's said in february that he was being prosecuted for his ideas not for his actions it is a case that has highlighted bitter divisions and still risks and flaming independence feeling in catalonia was one of the most controversial elements of the trial is the charge of rebellion faced by 9 of the 12 defendants it implies a violent uprising but the only violence seen by witnesses at the time was carried out by the police. it's a political trial what's being judged today is an ideology political decision hadn't been any crimes there was no rebellion or sedition or misuse of funds. defense lawyers have accused the prosecution of bias and exaggeration the verdict

is expected in the autumn. there are back in just a moment with much more off. see you in a minute. global food production is wasteful and it's training our planet. but pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and a texture and some that alum ari. and innovative production techniques i've seen

are viable fodder for good never in a restaurant after say this is great earthrise feeding the 1000000000 on a jazz eat up. true confessions might never be cleaned up the clinic but not or a cynical example of communist propaganda and want to participate in their logical warfare all out and do it i was told in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war rewind revisits dirty little secrets on al-jazeera. germany's birth varian alps where stunning scenery is playing host to europe's latest arrivals. separate in origin. share a common roof and together dream of

a german future. welcome to german café vald left a witness documentary on al-jazeera. this is opportunity to. vary the way where there. is a we don't leave. visiting to run japan's prime minister talks or oil and u.s. sanctions with iran's president. you're watching a life from a headquarters and. also ahead protests in hong kong stretch through the day and into the night but the government says it won't back away from a controversial extradition bill. saudi arabia says 26 civilians have been injured

in a home with the rebel missile attack on an airport in the south of the kingdom. reports of attacks targeting fulani villages and mali just days after nearly 100 people from a rival ethnic group were gunned down. below japan's prime minister has urged iran to abide and cooperate by the international atomic energy agency after meeting iran's president into iran. is on a 2 day visit to iran to is tension between japan's ally the us and the islamic republic iran's president hassan rouhani has again reiterated that to her on it does not want a war but it will respond with aggression. and we are not going to start any war in the region we will not be the start of any war including a new war with the us if anybody is going to start

a war with us we will resolve. come up with our response. to that now. in the middle east there are tensions and when there is a possibility of a military conflict. by accident however military conflict must be avoided by all means. peace in the middle east attics over the world it is necessary nobody want a conflict. even continues to cooperate. and it continues do i hope it will continue to comply with the i.a.e.a. is relations for us reaction to our base trip allan fisher is joining us now live from washington and particularly alan on what shinzo are they had to say a few moments ago the japan will continue to buy oil from iran that's despite

sanctions from the u.s. . exactly don't be disappointed by that because he believes that he wants to get around to 0 or oil exports and he sees. as a very close ally it was thought that japan might be able to help negotiate some sort of meeting between the united states and iran certainly donald trump has said that he wouldn't be a very to the idea might just last month said that yes they would be willing to sit down and talk to iran without any preconditions but then said we would expect iran to act as a normal nation which many people saw as the united states saying we want these conditions met before we sit down and talk to iran knows far as what president rouhani was saying in the threat that will be built played up quite a bit but he said something similar about

a month or so ago and donald trump responded on twitter saying that if iran attacked the u.s. then that would mean the end of iran and he said do not threaten the united states again while it looks as if iranian prime minister sort of the iranian president has gone ahead and done that as well certainly we know that donald trump was hoping that he might be able to defuse tensions and we know that the united states has increased its military presence in the gulf because of what it perceives as the threat coming from iran and we also know that they've also fast tracked the sale of weapons to saudi arabia to the united arab emirates and to jordan because of that perceived threat from iran so if donald trump was hoping that might be able to negotiate some sort of breakthrough by saying that he's going to continue to buy an oil that may well be on donald trump's people to tweet about in the next 24

hours yeah we'll have to wait and see ok alan fischer for the time being thank you let's cross over to dorsetshire bari says joining us from tehran so what were the takeaway messages from that press conference between you and her honey dora so what were the takeaway message is from that press conference between the 2 men. well essentially it was very strong words from iranian president hassan rouhani and he said that he believes this relationship can flourish and that he hopes the japanese prime minister can help in the escalating tensions in this region the japanese prime minister for his part stressed that he's only here for a very specific reason and that is to prevent a military confrontation between the united states and iran he said nobody not only

in this in the middle east but also in the in an international community wants to see that happen that the japanese people the japanese government will do everything within its power to help to trying facilitate some kind of a dialogue between the 2 countries of course the japanese prime minister said that will not be an easy task that they have a lot of work ahead of them he even suggests that he will come back to the iranian capital in the near future the iranian president for his part stressed that the relationship between the 2 countries is very important and very historic that this visit means a lot to his governments that they hope they can work together but that it's very clear about how any kind of dialogue with the united states would take place in the future of that these economic sanctions have to be lifted on iran before the islamic republic will be willing to sit down with any official from the u.s. government about the future of their relationship and that the withdrawal of the

united states from the nuclear agreement of 2015 is a sign that the americans are not really interested in discussing anything with iran and they're more interested in pursuing a policy of bullying and that pressuring other countries to stop buying oil from iran in order to force the iranian government to come to the negotiating table neza something the reigning government said it will never do all right door so jabari thank you. so here a writer led military coalition fighting in yemen is promising to retaliate after a missile attack by 40 rebels on a saudi airport's coalition says the projectile described by the who these as a cruise missile hit the arrivals hall at an airport north of the yemeni border at least $26.00 people of various nationalities were injured including women and children yemen's 40 rebels say they're responsible for hitting and disabling the airport tower how my laptop has more from. us the.

spokesperson said that the. crew's crew kirk. has been modified in the yemen and such from is. just part of the 300 declared by the group here the confirmed the. targeted the airports are. these kinds of. legitimate and rivendell to the saudi arabia's areas strikes in yemen for over 4 years. will continue to head military targets in saudi arabia and till it stops its war in yemen and also lifts its blockade the u.s. assistant secretary of state for political military affairs says the whole thing

attack is another attempt by iran to destabilize the region. cruise missile fell on the arrivals hall of the saudi arabia's airport international airport reportedly injury $26.00 civilians. these provocative actions mark a new evolution in the threat around poses to the region to our partners and to our own national security including the security of hundreds of thousands of americans and their families who live and work in the gulf states. for who you just heard has been defending the trumpet ministrations decision to bypass the kong congress to sell arms to saudi arabia at a hearing of the house foreign affairs committee bipartisan efforts are taking place both at the house and senate to set up a vote to block arms sales to the kingdom last month the government declared a national security emergency citing growing threats from iran to justify an $8000000000.00 arms sale. police to force thousands of protesters away from hong

kong's legislature building they've used tear gas and pepper spray to clear the area debate on a controversial extradition plan has been delayed as activists blocked politicians from entering the building scott heiler reports. major intersections in central hong kong transformed into front lines as violent confrontations between riot police and pro-democracy protesters escalated throughout the day. the fighting was near the legislative council headquarters where the proposed extradition law was due to be debated but the government session was postponed because legislators couldn't avoid the protesters to get into the building or anywhere close. late in the afternoon riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at the protesters then rubber bullets right now what you're seeing is this is one of the main areas where this confrontation between police and the protesters and the going on what's amazing is the communication between the

protesters now that this is happened here this tear gas is here they're going to roll back in there to tell everyone well behind that this is happened so everybody will push back but look how quickly this is cleared out. from early in the morning protesters blocked roads leading to the central district the heart of hong kong we have to say phone calls now have to say there will fall and then we have to make sure that that one country 2 systems come in and then being like bringing on and to continue and not to hong kong i'm sad and frustrated and angry and everything we have here and then we'll stay on this evil is going away the so-called one country 2 systems where freedoms guaranteed in the treaty when colonial rulers britain handed over hong kong to china in 1971 of the organizers of sunday's 1000000 people march demanded the government scrap the extradition laws. china's leaders say the law is necessary to close a legal loophole which allows suspected criminals to escape prosecution as

protesters built barricades and government leaders issued a warning to political hay for the hong kong government is calling on protesters who are blocking roads to return to the pedestrian sidewalks as soon as possible so traffic can resume i'm also urging protesters to stay calm disperse peacefully and not test the law but the protesters are testing the law and it's looking like they are digging in preparing to stay images reminiscent of the umbrella pro-democracy movement 5 years ago when protesters blocked up the central business district for 11 weeks it's got harder al jazeera phone calls to go paul and has the latest from hong kong this is the main financial center of hong kong just about 40 or 50 meters away from when police fired tear gas and pepper spray at.