his rocky on the job reports to washington d.c. . the united states former secretary of state says he often had to practice diplomacy in the dark rex tillerson told congress that president donald trump's son in law jared cushion or directed his own foreign policy without tillerson is knowledge president trump did not know him and president trump had no idea about how the process was supposed to work he probably thought oh well this is the way i run my business in a newly released transcript from closed door testimony to the house committee on foreign affairs tillerson says he was surprised to walk into a washington restaurant to find jared cushion or meeting with mexico's foreign secretary i could see the color go out of the face of the foreign secretary of mexico as i very i smiled big and i said welcome to washington and i said i don't want to interrupt what you all are doing i said give me a call next time you're coming to town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or in presidential adviser steve bannon knew of the blockade of

qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge and sir it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is one please seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since that suggests that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama. where you are so distrustful of your own appointee that you

shield him out of the decisions trump until is in had a tempestuous relationship tillerson reportedly called trump a moron by all accounts trump has a much closer relationship with taylor's ins replacement former cia director mike pompei o trump tweeted that pump a i was doing a great job while tillerson was dumb as a rock and lazy as hell john hendren. washington. well still ahead here on al-jazeera i get iraq as hundreds marched on the bahraini embassy over the u.s. sponsored conference on the middle east. and indonesia is constitutional court rules on a challenge to the president's reelection victory their stories after the break. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching some very heavy rain showers

here across parts of thailand as well as into parts of myanmar those ranges have been quite heavy at times rain totals have gotten to anywhere between $80.00 to $90.00 even higher in some locations and in 24 hour period and as you can see in the forecast map here on saturday the rain is going to continue specifically up here towards the northern part of thailand a little bit further south down towards for cat not really looking too bad cloudy conditions off and on rain showers there but for parts of indonesia we are going to be seeing some breaks in the clouds there and down towards the south not looking too bad here on friday and going into saturday as well heavy rain though is going to be a big problem across much of luzon with melting a temper of 29 degrees where cross the bite of australia we are watching one weather system push through adelaide now here is the frontal boundary right there it did bring some very gusty winds when it moved through perth now the system is going to bring some very heavy rain across adelaide and then and to saturday we're going to be seeing some rain showers as well making their way towards melbourne as

well as into hobart higher elevations could be seeing snow as well and that snow could be a problem here across the higher elevations of victoria as well as new south wales for brisbane it is going to be nice day with the temperature about 25 degrees. across china millions of cameras are watching citizens every move and scoring their behavior one i want to investigate china's surveillance crackdown on how does the. al-jazeera wherever you are.

both the market watching al-jazeera be so horribly remind of our top stories u.s. president gul trump has made a lighthearted reference about russian interference in his election at the g 20 summit in japan but to be asked about reporters about the issue trump told putin twice not to interfere in the 2020 vote also iran has warmed to that friday's meeting in vienna with the remaining signatories to the 2015 u.k. deal will be the last chance to save the pact to iran is threatening to expand its uranium enrichment program beyond the limits of the agreement due to rising tension with the u.s. and former u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson purse described being kept in the dark about foreign policy during testimony before a committee in washington last month to us an accused white house adviser jared

cushion of operating independently and outside of the state department. now the 2nd of 2 debates for democratic presidential candidates has come to a close in miami its sole frontrunner and full vice president joe biden face also against the likes of bernie sanders and camila horace and they got a reporter from miami. outside the debate hall crowds gathered to back their candidate of choice. many support the 2 best known former vice president joe biden and vermont senator bernie sanders but everyone here wants change 1st of all we have are now so mad make america think hard right now but i think. that 1st great. because by doing so with unite. people together and that he's going to make it better than trump i will release

children from cages on a stage candidates keen to make their voices heard made this the robust debate many expected at times it was hard to hear what was being said i mean isn't that why we have not heard senator camilla harris hit home with an emotional attack on the former vice president on the issue of race it was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country and it was not only that but you also worked with them to oppose bussing and we got neither bernie sanders nor joe biden attacked one another perhaps a wise move for 2 of the leading candidates when he came to president trump though the vermont senator didn't hold back while president trump you're not standing up for working families when you're trying to throw 32000000 people off their health care that they have and that 83 percent of your tax benefits go to the top one

percent that's how we try we expose them to look for it that you. would smile for joe biden this may be seen as a bruising debate but as one of the most experienced politicians on stage he managed to hold his own lashley we got to unite the united states of america as much as very good he says we can't if we do there's not a single thing the american people can't do this is the united states of america we can do anything if we're together both debates are over and all 20 candidates have had their moment in the spotlight but with such a crowded field it's been a hectic couple of days ultimately voters across the country will decide who the winners and losers were but with almost 18 months to go before the general election anything could and probably will happen and you gallacher al-jazeera miami florida . britain has recalled a bahrain part of me has recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrators broke into its embassy in baghdad 100 stormed into the diplomatic compound in the protest

at random are hosting the u.s. sponsored conference on the israeli palestinian conflict please use live rounds to break up their long standoff though no one was injured a 50000000000 dollars economic plan for palestinians was unveiled by white house adviser jared krishna in bahrain this week. the image of. the iraqi capital hundreds of angry demonstrators were outside the bahamian embassy in baghdad they were there to protest the u.s. sponsored manami conference in bahrain it was reported also that demonstrators breached the embassy compound that they were able to get up on the roof to take down the bahamian flag and also it was reported that they burned israeli flags and u.s. flags while they were holding that demonstration and it was reported as well that the security guards on the scene guarding the embassy retreated when they saw that

wall of angry protesters appear this is all happening at a time when many at the party's political parties and politicians have been highly critical of that mama conference when many politicians here have said that this conference is something that is gone beyond saying that it's not going to help the palestinians these are off the politicians who said this is actually going to be a hindrance to palestinians being able to establish a palestinian state going forward so not really a surprise that this would happen at a time of such heated rhetoric the big question now will there be more protests in the days to come. as it's north african i went back to back suicide bombings in tunis years top law killed one police officer i'm wounded several others the government is trying to racial taurus travel agencies canceled tours and countries issue warnings victoria gate because more. in the center of tunis close to the french embassy police responded to a suicide bomb attack that killed

a police officer and wounded several other people shortly after another explosion this time at the counterterrorism police headquarters areas were busy with local people and tourists but witnesses say the visitors don't appear to have been the target the guy who blew it it's how did it 50 bettors away from the french embassy and the security around the area is very very high actually for the bard a double like people were doing their best having peace outside of the what was expected actually constructed for what earlier in the day gunmen attacked a t.v. station in the state of gaffs south of the capital a state of emergency has been forced into media for the past 4 years since dozens of people were killed in a series of attacks which i saw claimed responsibility for 3 gunmen stormed a museum in the capital tunis killing $22.00 people in march 20153 months later

$38.00 people were killed in an attack on a beach resort hotel at seuss and last october a woman blew herself up in central tunis killing herself from wounding 9 artists many chinese ians he rely on tourism for their income say they're nervous about the future you know back and he said that's actually not a bit. similar to what happened. he said that. it makes a lot of people whether it be safe or not fighting in neighboring libya is another worry for the chinese government as it deals with threats from inside and outside its borders victoria gates and be al-jazeera. forces allied to the un recognized government in libya and now in full control of gharyan just south of the capital tripoli now they can't get the strategic city from rival troops allied to the walled cleaver have to have to forces have been using garrion as

a staging post in their campaign to seize tripoli they've retreated to nearby towns . and indonesia's president has welcomed a court ruling that rejected allegations of widespread voter fraud and confirmed his election victory were due to challenger wanted the result an older disqualified for the constitutional court ruled the evidence was in strong interest in florence lu reports from jakarta. indonesia has constitutional court to gives its verdict the judges rejecting presidential challenger probable to be antos application of the 2 and now the result of the election in april. we declare the refusal of all arguments in principle matters submitted by the applicant and related parties entirely. the 9 judges ruled there wasn't enough evidence to prove that big massive fraud and systematic cheating in the polls as alleged by probably his lawyers argued the president joke over doto mobilize the power of the state to win by

breaking campaign finance rules and that up to 13000000 votes were stolen speaking after the verdict says he accepts the decision while. we understand that such a legal decision must have deeply disappointed. supporters the just and prosperous indonesia coalition and surely ourselves everyone in the election committee yet all of us agree that we will obey and follow our constitution yet the court in the capital supporters in the hundreds waited in anticipation of the verdict thousands of them demonstrated last month against the election result 9 people were killed and hundreds injured during 2 nights of riots this time supporters left before the verdict was announced many analysts didn't rate his chances of winning the case. and the proposed decision to challenge the result right and wrong it's difficult to

win in the constitutional court when it comes to presidential election of 2004 cases we reject. but there's no other way to challenge the result except to bring the case to court the court's decision is final and can't be appealed the election commission is due to confirm the final election results within 3 days that president joko widodo will continue to rule indonesia for a 2nd term. with a legal challenge behind him president as he is popularly can focus on governing the country but he'll have the added task of bridging the divide that this election dispute has coursed florent slowly al-jazeera. the wildfires and burning are burning across $34000.00 hectares of northeastern spain and they're all fears it could get much worse heat wave across europe present the temperatures up to $43.00 degrees celsius and it's not likely to break until monday. these are already among the worst fires in spain's catalonia region for 20 years and the heat

wave has only just begun firefighters are warning the burning area could get 5 times as big doing what they can to douse the flames. but for these animals it was too late they died trapped inside their bond it's clearly upsetting for the farmer. distance provide safety but it's an anxious wait to find out of houses have gone up in flames. in the afternoon when we came back we saw black smoke here and when we wanted to go back home the road was cut off so we couldn't our ranch is right there and there was a lot of smoke so we came here next to fish castle to see where the fire was going and if our ranch was going to burn. away from the flames the heat is more nuisance than danger in madrid a little cooler 39 celsius people try to stay hydrated stay protected or just took

it easy for some tourists for more northerly climbs that's what they came for sticky. cream drink lots of water but it's perfect it's very harsh it's very hot i'm. trying to get some time. for vulnerable people the heat can still be dangerous in france the health ministry has issued a heat wave plan for elderly care homes they don't want a repeat of 2003 as hot weather when 15000 mostly old people died. i put a small wet cloth around my neck and there isn't much more i can do i don't mean around but it's our way we don't move too much we just have to wait for it to be over there is no other solution. but forecasters suggest it won't get cooler till early next week. how does iraq.

bridge has been blown up in the italian city of genuine home most a year after it partially collapsed killing 43 people. a ton of explosives brought down the 2 remaining terms of the moor and the bridge more than 3000 people were moved from nearby buildings for safety a new bridge is due to open next april and let's take you to osaka of the g. 20 summit under way of the world leaders are gathering for dinner including donald tusk the president of the european council and just introducing the prime minister of canada. you're watching our desire i'm still running a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has made a lighthearted reference about russian interference in his election the g. 20 summit in japan to be asked by reporters about the issue told putin twice to not

interfere in the 2020 vote and in the past hour putin is also met outgoing u.k. prime minister trees in may it's their 1st formal meeting since the poisoning of a former russian spies i guess cripple and his daughter in the historic town of salzburg which led to mass expulsions of russian diplomats putin says the incident is an issue between intelligence agencies. and iran has warmed to friday's meeting in vienna with the remaining signatories to the 2050 nuclear deal will be the last chance to save the pact to iran is threatening to expand its uranium enrichment program beyond the limits of the agreement due to rising tension with the u.s. and former u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy to listen to testify before a committee in washington last month details have just been released to us an accused white house adviser jared cushion of operating independently and outside of the state department run 2 of the fights for the u.s.

democratic presidential nomination has come to a close the 2nd of 2 debates in miami featured 10 candidates including the popular front runners joe biden bernie sanders and campbell horace candidacy clashed over climate change abortion health care and civil rights bahrain's recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrators broke into its embassy in baghdad hundreds of iraqis stormed into the diplomatic compound over the u.s. sponsored mother more confidence on the israeli palestinian conflict they removed the flag replacing it one of their own $50000000000.00 economic plan for palestinians was unveiled by a white house advisor jarrett in bahrain earlier in the week. the bridges being blown up in the intelli and city of jenner almost a year after it partially collapsed killing $43.00 people the marandi bridge is a new bridge is due to open next april and those were the headlines we're back with more news at the top of the hour in the al-jazeera news our next it's what they

want east china's spy eyes do stay with us here on our just in. the latest news as it breaks communities may be in disagreement accusing the other 4 of these attacks and the chilling with details coverage thousands of protesters have been streaming away from here to go how but 1000 baht have been dog from around the world sacrifice have to. bear the brunt of the sacrifice this is what this is all about. in china the government is watching every move its citizens mike turned on whether or not i call those who are you god for challenging and they also say that you are shopping. advanced technology recalled what you can say. it all

adds up on a person score card which decides with that they are rewarded punished. hottest . new yorker who are. coming into. our. 101 east investigates the chinese government's new sophisticated system of social control. china's cities are already flush with cameras around 200000000 of them. what's changing is they're getting smarter.

china is positioning itself to lead the world in official intelligence. surveillance technology is a key proving ground. facial recognition body scanning and geo tracking matched with your personal data and online behavior will power the social credit system leaving no dock corner to hide in. the world intelligence congress intangible big brothers new toys our own shop. several of the exhibit is here including tech giant ali baba and now working with the state to write the algorithms that will calculate your social credit school

they've already got the know how and they use a doctor from their financial credit system alley pat a manager of alli paid 10 jing is chong. here you tell you about tonight you got a nice so it gave us you know way to. go through the if you're going to come by either in the us you know when they say can you go will be our different councils into place in case you don't see you tonight. sounds dramatic but it's the party line. pilot programs for a national social credit system are already on the way by 2020 the official outline boasts it will allow the trustworthy to run freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step. but

you know draw more drone attacks on targets and no fact i'm trying to say that on the floorboard jungle if it comes off. a while here. because you know you're in the actual truth. it's. the whole. fact that dollars in the. hunt for them is a. friend dan dan is going places very much the modern chinese woman. she's a marketing professional diligent and prosperous and sees clear skies in her digital future. all my thoughts and i'll.

tell you for. now. a model citizen done general rights highly on social credit. every action will be tracked and judged fine by her. all those who. make a lot to make. sure that will be choke on chains and. then dance criminal academic and medical records will fade into her school as well as state security assessments. the shopping habits will be another measure.

this school could even change in real. time depending on what she puts in a trolley. buy a lot of alcohol suggests dependence lose a couple of points. buy a pack of nappies gain a few suggests responsibility. light on mortgage payments or your tax return lose a lot more. not that dan dan would risk that she keeps a close saw on her financial rating vajra mobile payment app so this is sesame credit so what's the score that you have to set 73773 was the maximum you can get i think it's 800 so you got a pretty good score oh i am i think of doing while not the best but yeah it's

top 73 so what kind of access or what kind of privileges does that give you this is for like for rent cards i don't have to pay a deposit so you don't have to close it up and this is also for a hotel. no deposit for renting. china's middle class is on the rise. like jan jan they're mostly young urban used to living much of their lives online and on devices. now they've. done the right things and what i mean. there's. you know the telephone or bill kristol your guilt trip to see the way to

work in their home you know your own little porcelain you know we'll. show you off . your choice because the holland tunnel you know it's your. so you would always good to. see one. thing for sure it was just how sure you can see it just about how you what you call. the function of i'm sure it's your job so you want to. do it to share that with me. too. consider. dice and ultimately partner with will also effect your social credit. then then married for love but she also chose the right husband john shouting school is likely to be even higher than her shouting is a civil servant with the justice department's

a loyal car driver of the party but i don't have to tell them what they are for the 40 she said those legally were shields she owned the woman there's a need for you i mean the union sunday show and i will see these young folks all for i have all 4 dollars dollars will let me go off with their well we're sure sounds she will sing us well the only good one and go to hell means a lot when you 1st year may need about our kids with a you're going to go without a father you walk funny as a woman and don't was a new issue or. are . inclined to intend to bring the data to from the margins of the. trade to what are these are your child's teacher pushes you to get to the.

trench and they force you hundreds even. further. i've come to chongqing city a high tech metropolis in central china where the jailing river meets the yangtze i'm here to meet one of the 10000000 people who've seen the dark side of the source . well credit system investigative journalist leo. with his street smart hands on approach who has exposed high level corruption and solved murder cases abandoned by the police in many countries he'd be celebrated not in china where there are no tone from our time d.m. back. online continue until it has seemed to trenton and c.t.

. you don't see. q. and ascii. now sure you enjoy drawing r.g.p. would have and what it would have been tougher to get half a casualty one. in 2015 who lost a defamation case after you accused an official of extortion he was made to publish an apology and pay a fine but when the court demanded an additional fee who refused then in 27 saying he found himself suddenly locked out of society under a pilot social credit scheme he'd been blacklisted as dishonest. you know how in the gulf one. in 10. what opponent goodbye was

a mean man who maintains he has fully met the terms of his 25th day in case he believes he's blacklisting is political but he has no way of challenging it. think . a man come out. and door troll the bin now in the machine. how many of our bad. these poor social credit rating has shut down these travel options and confined him to effect of house arrest in cianci. invasion of the girl so you are trashing our traditional think our quality of it you do pissing organs lisa i mean. if you feel i think our. show women. are deemed to be going into what is it our usual thing go to hell as the back for waging the 5 year in the

fight since the cause of it since the chung war seeds of the whole nature. whose social media accounts have also been closed before his arrest he had nearly 2000000 followers it's where he published much of his journalism or. would you go a much deeper and say well how to handle me all are. very good to be from the us you know how he is to get to the hashmi or. who scrapes by writing for an online publication is investigative reports are on hold. it's not his 1st run in with censorship in august 23rd saying he was detained without trial after exposing a senior party members links with the legal prostitution this is a re creation based on whose accounts it was where they saw each other about

a year. earlier. so what international body. over the course of a year he was interrogated more than 70 times. now compare her. you have. me come into a land. need to go to a man up. you know hire them out. who refused to confess and was eventually released. now he's trapped again the 4 walls of the cell replaced by social credits dragnets. linger tinchy troll lives aging one actually in my hand. i'm 81 years of beyond that. and then i know the kind of him to go higher. to measure 20 percent obama jesus and

here i'm. what i want to see. as she finds a way to think and i'm going to handing her. if our horses here walk through she isn't the girl. and once he had won. i'm going to a place where the principles of social credit have been taken to brutal league strains the party doesn't want the world to know about it its reporting on the situation is risky. to get there we must fly 4000 kilometers from beijing to the western edge of china she jet nation's largest province and according to some the world's largest open prison.

she and john is the homeland of the week it's turkey people obviously make by. china's rulers have struggled to control the region and its people but to millennia . surveillance technology is the new weapon in their campaign. on. the all. or nothing to the shock and. it was a look at 8 o'clock back among. them peddled to hear how mitt is away good filmmaker and poet from the shin jang city of cashcard he can talk about the situation there because he managed to escape with his family to the u.s.

where they've applied for political asylum. he made the decision to flee last year . and they're. out of a look at a. so i spoke about under kim's number so i spoke nick you got us there and we got us to your. mind. tonight on a call about luck but i'm sort of on. luck to move on to la barre and. could look again to can comment on the other project and what i mean as we all along but in japan under. business we're going to. conduct this. under a business. and pushing to busk star and get bottom up as it was not. to make going

into it but when you can. turn it into condemned him i use him as a sort of quality. presentable sort of guard i missed out of the look up. under can. quite the most. immersed. in those last 4. ready tarja and he's wife would being scanned by facial recognition software the faces match from all angles to enhance accuracy they were even forced to produce a range of facial expression. the ball control system was her. initial local to cotland little sister in law. but a. play that would develop. when that. myleene met him yet. but enjoy watching the

channelled. inside cash it's almost impossible to report independently government officials do the best you can. any sign of the oppression the hue describes look closer and the cracks appear the party approved vision of this city is a facade cash cars historic old town has been demolished and just one section rebuilt as a sort of we get theme park the chinese tourists. you can buy souvenirs try the local cuisine. and even see you shall.

receive half the time but this tension in the air. the locals can't speak with us. armed guards and cameras keep a watchful eye and chinese flags climb the rooftops even the dime of the mosque. so it's quite difficult to film here we've got about 6 mind is with us the whole time of it telling us what we can fill the time to sometimes they delayed now material on top of that we've got about another 8 to 10 security guards that further restrict ok movements what i can tell you from the car is that they're set up in a kind of grid like management system in a very 100 meters or so you see a police station and then aided with a normas amounts of c.c.t.v. cameras with facial recognition to really have a total control busy here. what is clearly said there is quite

a brutal repressive crackdown going on here and technology is at the center of it. take on social credit is simple and ruthless. citizens here and not given a school instead they're divided into just 3 categories trustworthy average untrustworthy. if you're han chinese you know dangerous worthy and granted freedom of movement. but if you're way go your average with restrictions imposed on travel and religious practices if you're a weak a male who breaks those restrictions you'll marked as untrustworthy and detained in what the party goals education and training center has. taught you how much has another name for them. sure it was like a night of power. but

a. lot of. i don't think you. should at once year term machine. and i think and the butcher was like a little band. not on. at work we took it out on our. in august last year the u.n. announced it did seem credible reports there over a 1000000 we get a currently held without charging camps in chief john purely because of their ethnicity the chinese government rejects the claim insisting it only detains convicted terrorists tie his personal experience tells a different story when she junger thirty's discovered he fled to america his

brother and 2 brothers in law disappeared. going to mass. going to. think what. are. going to mess. up. some of them as they're. back in cianci journalist who worries for his family to blacklisting on social credit has cast a shadow on those closest to hear. shots yan who. is an old journalist calling. you it's us or them watching it's

a walk i mention with a meter. would get a little to the sincere and it ought to. be enjoyed. years and years and years and it's all going to. continue. so contingencies will centers on these and you don't. like to hear who is risking the welfare of his friends and family to alert the world to china's experiment in high tech social engineering he says people don't fully comprehend what's to come a digital totalitarian state where algorithms decide your fate and nothing can be questioned to tour the. guards. to know him and. chances of a transfer want to be sure. trish are. pawns there on campus to imagine

question she frequently asked me that on your show mission. and if your goal was sure some call for a ball that you called lights out not only their song what happened had. given. to transit much of the which is about don't you think i'm a lot. young sure trunk sure down there you are trying something. i should draw my lunch about how come how. about washington come help with your laundry. on the guitar that i actually.

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business updates to you by qatar airways going places together. this is. coming up in the next 60 minutes standing together will lead to any unit trade wars and regional tensions were alive at the g.

20 summit in the. syrian government is accused of diverting international aid away from people perceived as opponents. base in a searing heat wave and. was. a coup in honduras we take a look at the continuing political unrest there. are all powerful with the sports headlines out of brazil make it to the copper american sorry finals and israel folau scurries against rugby australia looks to be heading to court as we've been told to break down in sydney. hollow it is supposed to unite leaders of the world's biggest economies but regional tensions trade wars and personal differences are in the spotlight on day one of the g. 20 summit in japan russian leader vladimir putin and u.s.

president donald trump spoke for more than an hour on issues including iran and syria but it strums lighthearted reference to election meddling in front of reporters that strong attention later putin discussed protectionism and what he called illegal sanctions when he met chinese leader xi jinping and indian president not enjoy saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin sandman was center stage alongside trump for the family photo of leaders after being isolated at the last g 20 in december or shortly will cross to yell and our white house correspondent kimberly halkett but let's begin with our diplomatic editor james bays in our sarkozy james as we mentioned there are a number of areas in contention for leaders to discuss not least of which is the current trade tensions between the united states and china.

yeah absolutely the formal events continue and in fact the dinner is taking place with all the leaders right now and those of us the important those main sessions but much of the business gets done in the sidelines so many leaders here there is a flurry of diplomatic activity the focus i think on the trump putin meeting we don't know really what happened there you'll hear a little bit more from kimberley but also the focus looking forward to the meeting between president trump and president xi is there some possible deal between china and the u.s. in the works they've been talking about it from some of the public comments though very limited public comments perhaps things aren't looking particularly good it's too early i think to pronounce on this but a lot at stake given president trump always looks to the stock market how well the stock market is doing many economists believe if the trade war goes on that could

completely change causing a real problem for the world and potentially causing president trump a real problem given next year israel action here and james there are of course the deed there is the ongoing standoff between the united states and iran right now to what extent is that going to figure into these discussions. i'm sure it's coming up a fair bit the u.n. secretary general and tony are good terrorists who spoke earlier on i asked him about the romney said already discussions with other leaders about this i'm sure many are talking about it and remember it's an issue where president trump points himself somewhat isolated yes the arabia pretty much shares his position but not many others that are attending this meeting the europeans here the chinese and the russians they were all signatories of the iran nuclear deal 4 years ago and of

course it's president trump who pulled out from that nuclear deal and they see that at the start of the start of the current tensions. all right for the moment james bays live for us there in osaka one hour to kimberley how he and kimberly mentioned there at the top there a moment between trump and putin there president chance response to a possible election meddling in in the u.s. election a lot of politicians back in the u.s. will will not take this lightly but he certainly had a lighter take on that issue give me. yeah oh everyone was watching to see this interaction and why were they watching it so carefully between u.s. president donald trump and the russian leader vladimir putin is because this is the 1st time that the 2 men have been in the same room since the release of the u.s. special counsel robert muller's report into russian interference in the 2016 u.s.

election a report that conclusively stated that russia metals in addition to what the u.s. intelligence agencies have been saying for quite some time so this was an opportunity for u.s. president donald trump to rebuke the russian leader for his government's actions to warn him against potentially doing this again in the 2020 presidential election that is upcoming but donald trump did none of that in fact with a bit of a smile and a smirk he simply warned the russian leader not to meddle in the election but he said it in such a lighthearted way that is certain to upset many in the united states take a listen. very. very. carefully apart from meeting putin president trouble so i had a brief interaction with china's president have now. yes

so in the midst of this family photo or class photo as some people call a day of the g. 20 leaders it was really notable that well donald trump was standing there chinese president xi made his way over to donald trump to to shake his hand in front of the cameras this is significant because of course these 2 nations the leaders of the world's 2 largest economies are roiled in a trade war that has been ongoing in escalating for quite some time already 25 percent tariffs of more than $250000000000.00 worth of goods chinese goods coming into the united states and the looming threat of $300.00 more 1000000000 facing some sort of form of tariff in the united states so with this threat in mind there was this concern about whether or not this is an issue that could be a result there is a meeting set to take place between the 2 leaders on saturday which is being watched very carefully but almost foreshadowing in all of this whether or not that

can be resolved whether things will go well in that meeting or the comments following that interaction between trump and she well she very much made a gesture a kind hearted gesture to try perhaps to ease tensions work things out donald trump immediately went to a working group where he pointed the finger at china blamed it for intellectual property theft for concerns about. american faceted when it comes to the 5 g. network in the expansion with the touch chinese telecom huawei and even though the chinese president tried to defend from these accusations it certainly was a very pronounced statement by the u.s. president that does not bode well for their meeting come saturday all right for the moment kimberly have live from there in osaka. now the saudi crown prince mohammed bin has just joined leaders at the summit a week after a report by a u.n. special investigator implicated him in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi let's talk about this more now with. jamal as we saw at the top there the crown

prince was. very prominently featured in that family photo with other world leaders quite a contrast to the previous summit where it where he got perhaps a more frosty reception is that a reflection then of his if i can put it this way rehabilitation among among world leaders now. well doesn't let's differentiate between true things his actual positioning in that from your photo at the center of this stage there has nothing to do with how welcomed or not he may be in the international sphere as much as it is to do with the fact that saudi arabia will be the next host of the g. 20 and it is that position that is taken by the country that will be essentially taking on the. responsibility from one from japan to the next one and that's why he was positioned there what's more important and if we can put up the pictures from

the last g 20 summits in argentina is the way in which he was received those handshakes so he approached the stage he made a point of going across to shake your putin's hand compared to last year when he was standing at the back corner all of that stage and nobody approaching came after he shook his hand earlier on friday he then made a point of being welcoming of welcoming rather u.s. president donald trump and trump indeed made a point of making sure that everybody knew that he was very friendly with the saudi crown prince and he was sticking to his words trump and said continuously since the murder of jamal khashoggi that he would not going to forfeit billions of dollars worth of saudi investments namely an arms arms and weapons that have been used or are being used or similarly similar weapons have been used in the war against him and he wasn't going to forfeit those billions of dollars worth of saudi investments or the life of journalists one that wasn't even an american citizen as trump said

in one of his briefings so the fact that maybe that stigma no longer exists at least in the sense that there were leaders that were around him there was that kind of smiling. approach that was adopted by several of his counterparts around the crown prince where they at least show that there is maybe less ease with regards to being seen publicly with the crown prince. if the how was the last the last time the g 20 but having said that aside from the pilot rules that are taking place namely between m.b.'s and trump. and trump problem have been some rather reports and there hasn't been any announcements of him necessarily meeting with for example the u.k. prime minister or other leaders so the fact that those are taking place is still a sign that there is still a lot of international anger or condemnation or at least criticism with regards to

the policies being pursued by the saudi crown prince all right jim our thanks for that in osaka force. senior political analyst model wannabe shot and joins us live now from london so modern as we mentioned there are a lot of areas of contention as as these leaders meet in soccer and much of it not surprisingly perhaps revolving around the u.s. president absolutely who you know the united states is the or has been anywhere in the world superpower a cli since the end of the cold war and the question is has the united states changed from a liberal country to an end liberal country under. person tom and is this a real dramatic change or just a setback in the united states that will correct itself in a year or 2 of course that through their means to be seen but will.