president's chose to ignore the question however later on in the day obviously when there was another press conference it seemed that the american president was unable to dodge the topic so to speak and did speak to its he said he was busy confidence that the criminal justice system would take its course and that there were 13 individuals that were contra being investigated as you put sets and that no one bizarrely he said no one was saying that the crown prince was responsible which goes directly in contradiction to both the united nations special reports or interaction with judicial killings through issued her report just a few days ago where she said there was enough evidence at least implicate the crown prince and goes directly against the u.s. his own intelligence agency is namely the cia overage one of their top chiefs of trouble true in korea and should sarky to see evidence there and therefore it's very clear that trump is trying to justify his continued approach which is one of money over ethics as his critics would describe it whereby he's concerned more

about saudi investments in america than he is about their policies of murdering journalists and consulates just quickly jim u.s. turkey relations and saw president trump and one meeting as well i mean things have not exactly been great between them recently. they haven't and that's why this meeting that took place a few hours it will come out is being received very positively because firstly the fact that it took place in and of itself is something significant but more importantly there was a shift in policy at least as described by the u.s. president himself what this comes down to is turkey had been wanting to acquire these s. 400 missiles its missile defense system and they were acquiring it from the russians now throughout this time the american administration it said if turkey goes ahead with this that the americans would cancel other military deals namely the f. 35 fighter jets as well as slap on certain sanctions on iran we saw that

come to a climax several months ago when the u.s. put sums on turkish imports into america which settled the devaluation of the turkish currency by more than 50 percent overnight they however said that earlier one was justified in going to russia because he blamed the obama administration saying that the turks had actually initially approached their allies in nato washington and so by the patriot missile system which is the american version of that and that the obama administration had refused therefore it was only natural for turkey to look elsewhere trump said he would be looking to find a way around this and that he was looking forward to visiting sarky so this is something that at least in terms of the rhetoric coming out of the white house shows some sort of significance of flowing in those relations and a positive move forward as far as that's concerned jamal shales that the g. 20 summit in also thank you jim. and here is seoul where air

force one has just landed president trump now making the next part of excuse me his trip to the south korean capital who would be meeting. in on that trip there but also the north korean leader kim jong un has sort of been brought into the fold as well donald trump tweeting that he is hopeful to restart talks between the u.s. and north korea an even extended day and invitation to him we'll talk more about that with robert bride in a moment 1st his report. as the future direction of relations with north korea hangs in the balance a so-called peace symposium is held in seoul political leaders academics and journalists gather trying to answer how this weekend's meeting between u.s. president donald trump and his south korean counterpart moon j.n. might ease the current deadlock with the north. this sunday in seoul president moon gene and president trump will have their 8th summit and president trump at the

d.m.z. is expected to send a certain message to north korea. the last time trump visited south korea in november 27th seen relations with north korea were at about their lowest point with the threat of war in the year and a half since the flurry of diplomatic activity between north korea and its neighbors and with the united states has seen a dramatic improvement. but since february is failure in viet nam of the 2nd summit between president trump and kim jong un the process has stalled north korea has returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi. for south korea a successful meeting with trump would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. administration i think they're also interested in sending

a message to north korea. the moon still has some sway with the administration. when moon says the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible than the north koreans can believe him and that will motivate them to also be a little bit more flexible in their approach to entering into negotiations which they have not been since hanoi the hanoi summit reportedly failed because the u.s. side unexpectedly introduced the prospect of doing a much bigger deal that had been talked about before the meeting something north korea favoring smaller more tentative steps couldn't agree to south korea believes a compromise is possible and president moon's team remains hopeful of finding it we must agree on a comprehensive settlement and fulfill that through gradual steps it must include a clear roadmap and timetable the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's long anticipated visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas south

korea is hoping this visit produces far more than just a symbolic photo opportunity speaking of symbolic photo opportunities at the also an airbase in south korea president trumpets just descended from air force one meeting in at the bottom of the says there we saw just before they arrived actually jerod cushion and ivanka trump as well so this is part 2 of the trip to japan 1st and now to seoul to meet in. broad as a chorus one an insult to talk us through this hi rob. and then dictation by tweet seems to be the big talking point at the moment for the north korean leader. absolutely and intriguing want to be sure this saturday morning tweet from president trump saying if you happen to be listening to your career i will be at the d.m.z. wouldn't it be nice if i met up with kim jong un if you happened to be passing just

for a handshake nothing more is the usual kind of political theater i think we've come to expect come out and wasn't given probably much credence by many people that was maybe seen almost like a teaser if you like for the next episode in a long running t.v. series north korea as we know does not do spontaneous but then within a few hours interestingly we got a response back from north korea saying that a meeting it seems might be possible as we watch president trump move towards his helicopter he's taking his helicopter with his entourage that as you mentioned there includes krishna and ivanka trump to seoul they were due to go to their hotel 1st but we know that things have been overrunning we know from that lengthy marathon of a press conference things things have been over running so instead we're told that

they will be going to the blue house presidential compound in seoul where they're due to have dinner with jay and the president of south korea and i am sure the all of the dinner discussion will be taken up by the prospect of will there be a meeting on the d.m.z. tomorrow sunday with kim jong un because we heard from north korea's 1st vice foreign minister the yes if it was more formalized this invitation who knows maybe kim jong un would be open to such a meeting where we'll have to wait and see come are you always expect the unexpected just thinking back rob to donald trump's last big overseas trip in london and all the talk was about all the protests that were going to greet him there what is the situation like in seoul is it is a big anti trump feeling there. south korea often has a lot of protests on its streets at weekends in particular people get out on the streets holding all sorts of different political points of view different

grievances they have protests all the time given trump's visit and given the fact that it's taking place at the weekend we have more protests than usual and we have a awful lot of different views represented an awful lot of people here come out from right wing more conservative groups often the older generation a lot of them would be veterans from the conflict from the korean war and now they hold very strict conservative views are very much in favor of the south korean american alliance it is the alliance that saved south korea from the defeats at the hands of the north korean 70 years ago as we know so there is a very strong feeling so there is a lot of support for this visit from the president of the united states south korea's biggest ally but it is i think a tinge by a certain unsure uncertainty on the part of many about this interaction with the north koreans there is an awful lot of distrust here of the north koreans generally

and of kim jong un in particular so people are very much divided about. about trump's policy of engagement with the north which we can see in some of the anger on the streets of the protests which will continue throughout this weekend as it unfolds. ok rob mcbride's in seoul thank you very much wrapping up our coverage of the g. 20 finale. still more head view on this news of the libyan warlord khalifa haftar as it threatens turkish interests after losing strategic grounds albanian local elections take on new significance the dispute between the prime minister and president intensifies and sport. knockout blow for the hosts of the women's world cup. another summit about to begin regional security expected to top the agenda the

economic community of west african states that is eco us meeting in nigeria's capital a budget fighting between a dog and hunters and salami herders in mali has escalated this year in march more than 154 people died in the worst massacre in the country's history they have missions president. says terrorism and fighting among rival ethnic groups are the greatest challenges facing the region with us from a butcher who's done so much reporting in the last months or weeks i guess made. the situation important that that one does get a lot of discussion at the summit. well basically this is the main creature of all the speeches by the way the summit has is holding currently in the building right behind me now and already major speeches for the opening ceremony have been delivered by president mahmoud abbas the president of

the of course commission and the chairman of the of course commission and even the representative of the united nations for west africans the health and security has been the common denominator of all the 3 speeches and of course it's also expected to be reflected in all of the speeches and all of the discussions that are going to happen in the next few hours here in this building at the presidential palace now president mahmoud abbas said despite the progress recorded by the region over the last one year also. security remain a very very serious issue and so did the chairman of the course commission and the united nations special representative and they said the region needs actually a new approach to deal with the situation they talked about the clashes between herders and farmers the doggone hunters in mali be the farmers and promise clashes in nigeria that has claimed thousands of lives of thousands of lives over the last 3 or 4 years so they have the issue is becoming more and more pertinent and they

have also touched on the critical issue that the region has been dealing with for the last 10 years or so that issue of book white and now i still is trying to take a foothold in west africa and this is how this is a very serious concern for leaders at the summit which by the way is well attended most of the leaders of west africa members of the economic community of west african states are tending the region the foster operates in a very very long time here in nigeria or elsewhere in west africa because most don't most of the times only a few leaders will arrive and then the rest will send in their representatives so but it looks like the issue of security is part of a moment on the minds of all the leaders gathered here. that is ahead interests in a budget thank you for that. taliban fighters are killed at least $26.00 policemen in northern afghanistan the attack on a village in the glen province happened for me hours before the scheduled resumption of talks between taliban and u.s.

negotiators here in qatar and hoping to finalize a draft text addressing issues such as a nationwide cease fire and the withdrawal of u.s. forces. 5 children are among 8 people killed in yemen by air strikes led by the saudi u.a.e. coalition warplanes struck a residential area in a controlled area and city of the fighting in southern yemen killed 12 yemeni soldiers and 8. the united nations special representative for children and conflict says the yemeni people are being held hostage by the war now into its 5th year. coming up on al-jazeera we'll of course have the weather with rob and then this. in the desert and i'll tell you the impact of extreme weather on people and animals here. and it's for driver struggling to get to grips with the track ahead of the austrian crown grappling with your sports news

a little later. the weather sponsored by cattle and raise. there is a european heat wave as you well know and yes they may well end up being the hottest day for sun for example in spain barcelona made a new june record only by point 2 but new june record all the same but a bit further northeast jonah made an all time record this is 43.9 beat the last over 2 degrees when you beat a record like that is quite substantial and surprisingly with conditions that hot and therefore dry fire risk is there and there is indeed a fire in the north east of spain this one covering something like 600 hectares and although it's under control it's a humorous touch this started

a pilot chicken dung that just got so hot it burst into flames that doesn't often happen i'm sure however that wasn't the hottest place in your there dubrovnik broke its record 37.5 the all time you may already know this is in france down in the south near must say 45.9 no where in france his record is tempered any time of the year so a new record beating the old one again by almost 2 degrees which is really quite substantial now at the moment it looks like we're not going to reach starts again although there's virtually no cloud in the sky except in the far east of europe and also western russia and out. the west the warmth of these anti cyclon is drifting today is still for example in paris 35 the focus nandan 30 plus so we are on the hot side and of course that doesn't mean that while some people are right side all the time for the homeless the french red cross is helping distributing water

producing areas of shade for example all necessary as it is for the general population but your own streets it's even worse the good news is that the forecast the paris is the temperatures are all the way down i said the heat was drifting for example berlin's at 34 tomorrow and will sort of 33 but again that should all be gone by monday. the weather. part.

in the year 1271 and a gun tell you much to set out on an extraordinary journey carrying letters from the public for the great good look our marco polo traveled through the trees following dangerous roads from the holy land and beyond today chasing the shadow. professor shallowest top of china to vent with searching questions about the relationship between east and west has changed. marco polo on al-jazeera. here on the news on here at al-jazeera these are our top stories the g. 20 summit in japan has wrapped up world leaders have agreed to work together on

trade and progress was made in relations between the u.s. and china the 2 have decided to restart their negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing trade war this president on the troops now landed in south korea air force one touched down at the airbase south of seoul earlier trumpet invited the north korean leader to a meeting in the demilitarized zone. now forces loyal to the libyan warlord khalifa haftar of threatening to target turkish interests in libya including airline flights and ships after spokesman says turks in libya will be arrested as well so he's accused of supplying weapons to forces allied to the u.n. recognized government in tripoli also the u.s. state department is investigating how half his forces obtained american made antitank missiles forces loyal to the u.n. backed government said they found the weapons after capturing the city of earlier this week libyan media showed rocket launchers with the u.a.e. marked as the recipient if the iraqis did provide the weapons it would be

a violation of arms sales agreements with the united states let's get the latest now with without the law and our correspondent in tripoli a lot happening here mahmud and all of it sort of starting to spread beyond libya's borders. it's been dramatic here as this morning we just have 2 different faces of the actions one in eastern libya were exactly in airport the main and main airport in benghazi were authorities there they have been asked to cancel all flights to turkey and also they have been asked to demand libyans in turkey to book their return flights as soon as possible so this reaction in eastern libya comes after the threats made by the spokesman of the warlords and for have to last night threatening to target all turkish interests in

libya including get turkish vessels in libyan waters and also asking to detain all turkish nationals on libyan soil but on the other hand in western libya especially in the main airports in the city of misrata and the capital tripoli in a to get airport flights are going get very normally there is no action to the threats made by have to the spokesman last night and we understand that this is not the 1st time have to visit forces threaten to target for an entrance but in all cases have to force are angry that has supported the government of national accord that he captured in their city of the u.n. in some of the capital tripoli. the road from tripoli to reenergize open again. the city and surrounding area have been a battlefield for the past 3 months. following the latest fighting with honey for

have to his forces soldiers loyal to libyan government regained control of that again as we drive towards the city the remnants of the battles little on the roadside. sandbanks built to defend the city now a stumbling block for call drivers. government forces have recaptured have those military camps like many from other riyadh who resisted have to his invasion. led was forced to leave his home city in march he says he left his family behind and took part in several battles until he and his comrades finally reclaim their home. his friends and neighbors are celebrating. we coordinated with their fellow fighters inside the city along with the western military region command to set the incursion it took us weeks but the city fell into our hands in about 7 hours.

funerals have been held for the soldiers who died defending the city it's estimated dozens were killed in fighting since the city was seized. the fall of the u.n. is being seen as a setback for have to his forces and their campaign to capture the capital. government forces showed off dozens of u.s. made antitank missiles they said were seized from have to his forces and rianne and they say their weapons were supplied by the united arab emirates. have to command headquarters in the un is abandoned from here have to the commanders although the forces into battle in southern tripoli over the past 3 months troops and weapons were sent from here to north to support the war on the capital. libyans living here say french and immorality military officers were seen in have to hit

a quarter of that money or have the kind of fact that it was a nightmare under the rule of hafter forces they misused the city's facilities including hospitals which became overcrowded with their casualties. life is slowly returning to normal but the fighting has taken its toll on the people's lives government forces are in full control of a very young city some of have those forces have retreated to the nearby town of. others to the city of daraa who are but this is the way sion anybody and remains tense and people here are worried that half those were planes could target government forces within the city. what i do hate i just see it on video. just like the g 20 briefly as we mentioned earlier the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was discussed at that summit u.s. president donald trump said the killing was a quote horrible event and he says he raised it with saudi arabia's crown prince

but insisted no one was pointing the finger of blame at him over the murder of. romani with us now a contributor to the russian affairs council and also on middle east issues to the diplomat and the washington post joining us in skype from oxford the thing is samuel a lot of people are pointing the finger at mohamed been somewhat of a no less than the u.s. sorry the un's a special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings i think it is now in the army evidence that there was a high degree of government great nation in the murder of gemma you know it was clearly not originally your inner court obviously the saudis and the u.s. now increasingly back in are a christian or a failing president liabilities even m.p.'s might not have noted bad it could have been summer level operatives the security services with visors but it's clear now in the un report there were. the in order to carry out his murder so that seems to be the consensus now even the u.k.

graham we seem to keep looking to the united states and to don't try to do something or to say something maybe the point is arriving to forget about it it doesn't look like he's ever going to change his mind on this. yeah because this rhetoric has been remarkably consistent since the start of the problem so if you go back into august october and november what e.c. is that he's emphasizing very similar themes saudi arabia has ongoing in ensuring reliability is the security partner against iran job creation regimes in rate it's an interesting way as increase from $40000000.00 jobs also just the importance of placing this into the broader economic context that's what he always has rhetoric has not changed at all he's a lot closer to putin's position than many of his western allies the assembled the reports from magnus come out the un special rapporteur it is a very powerful document i wonder but you'll faults on who couldn't force it how that could become something which is actually acted upon. very well.

i think that it was a very well letter research document i think that it had a lot of thorough analysis of what could have possibly happened at that particular moment in time for example like you know the aged does confirm for example the supplication it confirms the means of death that deals with the audio recordings a report in the consulate places on for me just nice lady collection of reporters just something that's within the broader context it deals a lot with issues like the disposal of the bodies pretty much everything in a great deal of death so i think that now we have a much there opinion and it was it was really no longer keith and he made it we were actually judgement on making it because now this has been through obviously the saudis don't recognise that they have very mixed you the un jessen 30 needed minus 30 councils they said they were concerned and you know it was not in their interests but i think john most everyone else it's clear that there was clear involvement from n.b.s. of us. semi romani good talking to you thank you for your time. and.

if anyone's head to the polls on sunday and despite a row between the prime minister and the president on the timing of the election the ruling socialist party held its final rally before the election prime minister cues his rivals of trying to sabotage the country's negotiations to join the european union the opposition refuses to take part in the election and supporters attacked voting stations the government has rejected a suggestion from the president to postpone the polls until october if we go to tirana now the albanian capital johnson regulus covering events for us john you've actually spoken i believe with the leader of the democratic party what is the lead his position from the opposition. that's right the democrats are sticking to their guns they are asking that people to stay away from polling stations they have not reversed their position on refusing to field their existing mayoral mayors as candidates for reelection there are a total of $24.00 opposition may is right now who therefore stand to lose their

seats in tomorrow's election but the democratic party says that is of no importance fossa collection as they call it it is a result that we as the democratic party and the socialist integration poti the other major opposition party will not recognize and we shall simply sit this out but as of monday the opposition expects to see some international intervention here they believe that the situation has been allowed to continue for too long that the government of the socialist led government has been allowed to have its way that prime minister 80 rama has been indulged by the european union and the united states and they expect to see an intervention that will help resolve this matter because so far albania hasn't been able to resolve it internally john any thoughts of what could actually happen tomorrow it is clearly a lot of tension and they would be concerned i guess about security about respecting the results. that's right there have been

a lot of security warnings and concerns there of even been a few small flashes of violence here and there throughout the country particularly in opposition held town halls where groups of people from the opposition attempted to resist the placing of ballot boxes in public buildings on 2 occasions in the northern city of scada which is the one of the biggest democratic strongholds opposition supporters attempted to burn the ballots after they had been delivered and stored in school buildings yesterday nj godhra police had to break padlocks in order to enter the football stadium where they intend to set up ballot boxes these incidents however have been relatively isolated no one has been seriously hurt there have been a few arrests made including arrests of 2 mayors the democratic party has lost its

people to remain united but to stand down not in the not to intervene not to protest not to demonstrate but even to present any kind of peaceful passive resistance to the process that's going to happen on sunday they've asked people to remain calm and they've even targeted supporters of theirs who are likely to cause trouble and made sure that they are gathered in places where they are unlikely to start any freelance trouble that might make the democratic party look bad so we don't expect any serious violence or disruption to sunday's election but clearly this is a postponement this is a hiatus we are going to have a constitutional situation on monday whereby half the country supports the mayor lections the other half disputes the result is unconstitutional and that is going to have to be resolved up lessons in tehran and in albania thank you. water

shortages are becoming acute in a region of southern pakistan. has a report now from a parka but the government says it will declare a drought if there is no rain within the next 2 months the wild has a special place in portland folklore or southern part of the bird is considered sacred in killing it a sin but in the last few years peacocks have died in their hundreds more humanistic over their habitat their numbers continue to do an. environmentalist believe in addition to human intervention climate change is also to blame. the desert ecosystem is sustained by replenishing the underground water table but it's depletion has accelerated with no rain and rapid extraction. sometimes if it dried up water sources are hurting the biodiversity here there's a lack of rain and very strong winds through the dry season and of course the decline in peacocks india is harming the beauty of. in addition to drought and

persistently high temperatures a lot of damage has been done by humans to this fragile ecosystem well for the local population and mega projects such as pakistan's largest open pit coal mine also use high volumes of water the mining company says it's doing all it can to minimize the environmental impact it's not just the packers wildlife which is at stake this is what is happening to a major source of livelihood for the people here nomadic cattle herders who graze these lands for centuries are having to move because of extreme weather changes the main source of income is agriculture and livestock in the sudden their park region . an estimated 6000000 cattle are a source of meat for all of pakistan. but with a persistent dry spell not enough fodder is available. and what's available is too expensive for many herders many are selling their cattle at a fraction of the market price. though. there were no.