legitimacy on the north korean government while undermining international enforcement of sanctions democrats have been more critical chuck schumer the senate minority leader called it a typical trump show and across the airwaves this morning were democratic candidates for president giving interviews saying that this was just show and no substance and in fact there's reports that trump's own advisers had cautioned against making this 3rd face to face meeting with kim jong un saying that the u.s. should be strong in its demands that north korea 1st give up something tangible in its about efforts to denuclearize which up until this point has been mostly talk and very little to show for it obviously going to rub it clearly is a professor at university and he says both sides need to make concessions in order to make progress. really matters is whether or not the north koreans are going to

give up anything and what the americans are going to give them in response you know when the north koreans give us you know 10 warheads in exchange for you know i don't know 10000000000 dollars or something like that right i mean that's all tingly the kind of swap that we're waiting to hear about and we haven't heard that the primary issue of the north koreans have always complained about is that the americans ask for a lot up front we used to ask for complete denuclearization right sort of everything and and then the north koreans would get sort of you know guarantees of security in the future and modernization aid and things like that later on and there's just no way the north koreans going to do it sequencing has always been an issue they want us to move in lockstep sort of we give them something at the same time that they give us something and the americans have been sort of not so keen on that asking for a lot of stuff up front and that's really been the sticking point i mean ultimately nothing's going to happen unless the americans are willing to move at least somewhat simultaneously with the north presence got to bring home something if he doesn't is going to be pictures not his base might not care about that and he can market it as a breakthrough but you know ultimately if there's no movement on the real core issues then it's still sort of

a photo op and i think that's why the president he will probably push this pretty hard right he's got about 12 months to really pull something out from this to say that hey look i did this great thing and use it as a campaign issue if he doesn't have something by next summer it's going to be really hard the israeli forces have released the palestinian minister of jerusalem the fed has wrestling him out there on sunday funny how dumb he was detained at his home in occupy these tourists of them police haven't explained why he was detained but his lawyer says it's in relation to a visit by the chilean president at least 10 others were arrested in different parts of palestine. still to come here at al-jazeera. find out why people in syria is there a frustrated with kurdish forces controlling the area. albanians voting their local election precedented significant.

although there's been some pretty heavy rain recently in central more especially southern china and it's not tom the year i think much of the heavy stuff is going to be a bit further south in the next day or so got a tropical depression trying to form in the south china sea another one charger for the east of luzon and that is where much of the heavy rain is going to be so maybe over the water never less there is rain to fall from one door and through fujian towards japan hong kong you may escape it at least on monday but i wouldn't want to guarantee it now that it's green as you can see the circulation certainly wants to bring the heavy rain just off the coast of vietnam probably of the water and over lose all that does look particularly wet. then the monsoon has burst ahead of itself and it looks from this is oh it's going well suddenly after report it's not

going well there has been some heavy rain in the west once again from mumbai southwards 2 to 300 b.c. the last 2 days but the rest is developing over the water of the bay of bengal overland we don't see much in the forecast it should be raining all over the place and it still isn't 40 to draw degrees up in delhi 43 by tuesday this should be in the middle thirty's and you should be thinking about thunderstorms in kolkata you can elsewhere maybe not. in the year 1271 a gun tell you set out on an extraordinary journey carrying letters from the pope or the great kubelik on. travels through the trees following dangerous roads from the holy land and beyond today chasing the shadow. professor xiao has traveled china tibet with searching questions about the relationship between east and west

has changed. marco polo on al-jazeera. right let's have a look at the top stories here it. certainly security forces are firing tear gas at protests at least one person we understand has been killed we're getting reports that dozens of others have been injured possibly by gunfire but also by the use of tear gas now this is the 1st mass protest since the military killed more than a 100 people at a sit in and that was on june the 3rd the demonstrators are hoping that they can rally around a 1000000 people to show. frustration with the slow pace of change. or

the process leaders are calling on the demonstrators to go towards the presidential palace but we're understanding that the military is blocking their route. donald trump has become the 1st u.s. president to set foot inside north korea he met leader kim jong il now in the demilitarized zone which separates the north from the south. chile is closing its doors to venezuelans who are trying to escape the economic and political chaos at home many have already been given shelter but the chilean government has now changed its rules to stop more of them coming in as a latin america editor lucien newman reports from the border between chile and peru some venezuelans are resulting to walking through minefields to find sanctuary. they're cold hungry and desperate to get to chile where many have friends or family

. but after traveling south for more than a week these venezuelans are stranded on the peruvian side of the border because chile won't let them in without a passport and residency visa. and her 2 small boys are now sleeping on the street unable to wash and like almost everyone here relying on charity for warm clothes and food or they're saying. it's impossible to get a passport to venice well i've been trying for 2 years until last week we could enter chile with our national id card to store. but no longer see chilean authorities. they can't continue to pretend that tourists the worst thing for migrants is to move to another country without being able to get a work permit or access to social services. this is the at the camera desert with the sun is merciless by day and the nights brutally cold. and i live in israel and

are being sent to the chilean consulate in the nearby peruvian town of back not to apply for a visa families with small children are being given priority but most don't have the required documents and the process is painfully slow even chaotic. catalina and in my view a saudi arrived more than a week ago from the once prosperous venezuelan city of monaco where now power fuel and food shortages are acute. the physical man with physically and psychologically worn out with no more money and the living out tear but at least we have hope back home have no hope anymore that they'll be any change. but others have grown impatient. it's easy to miss this tiny sign warning that b. on this point is a minefield mines on the chilean side of the border that have been left over from the days when they were hostilities with neighboring peru now smugglers and undocumented migrants use this route to try to bypass the legal entry points and on

the venezuelans who can't or won't wait for visas to get into chile are using it to . most of the aren't even aware of the dangers of walking through here. chile's just a migrant service is urging the government to relax rather than tighten restrictions but. there is now hundreds of more venezuelan stuck on several of our borders with bolivia to looking for other ways we need to be more flexible or there will be serious consequences. back intact now join a lease and her husband have just arrived with their 2 small children who seem unaware of their protests surroundings. the situation in venezuela is getting worse by the day going back is not an option. as they prepared to spend the night in front of the consulate thousands of more than israel and so reportedly at the ecuador peru border on their way to chile

a wave of economic refugees that authorities may be trying to control but cannot stop. to see human al-jazeera at the chile peru border. let's update you then on what is a developing situation in sudan today because what we're we understand is there are rallies taking a place around the country we've heard the gunfire has killed at least one protester several others have been injured by gunfire maybe as many as 20 this man that's a sedan 2nd city very close to the capital khartoum tear gas is being used in many of the demonstrations we understand particularly in obaid now that's in the west of the country then there's cars sala in the east of the country where the security forces are preventing people from taking to the streets and we also understand that the security forces in culture itself are trying to prevent the protestors moving

on the prison presidential palace and this is a situation as far as we know as you know internet is being cut it's really hard to get verifiable information out of saddam but that's the situation as we know it inside. and we will keep you up to date with as much information as we get but in the meantime sudanese people from in the diaspora around the world they've been holding their own demonstrations in solidarity with the people at home. who is our correspondent she's at a demonstration in london sonia. martine yes just outside of downing street where the residents solves the british prime minister you have several 100 here from the sudanese diaspora many of those who've been living here for years and years and also those who have have arrived table recently who flee sudan for their own safety security more adamant that

that's what's the message here is the fact they want their voices to be heard and that. is the fact that they want a civilian government in sudan and they want to see an end to the transitional military council as well as any form of military rule whether that would be in any shape willful made of or of an influence and any such setup they have in fact been protesting outside the sudanese embassy for more than 6 months every weekend that they will go that underline that message on the school day of course in solidarity with the other demonstrations that are taking place in sudan as well they know of the difficulties that they know how hard it is for the message to get out they know how rampant the repression is upon anyone who goes against the voice of the transition which council but what they are adamant is that they want to take that

message to make sure that it does get out and also in particular of the international. partners that it may have it also is appealing to our countries to support them and what they say will busy be fundamental. for there to be civilly and governments in sudan which is what they are ultimately calling for him much so you're going to go live that demonstration of sudanese supporters of reform in london thank you. for going to albania now because local elections are underway there and that's despite a presidential plea to have been postponed and an opposition boycott the opposition accuses the ruling socialist government of corruption and instead wants a general election or the leader of the opposition democratic party has described the voting for me in this a poor leaders as a farce and says the one sided result could even spark civil unrest

more now from our correspondent john psaropoulos who's in the capital tirana. elections are smoothly underway here in toronto there have been a few early protests this morning but nothing violent and voting centers have seen a proportion of their registered voters come through at this point but not as many perhaps as the socialist party which is the main party participating in this election who would have wished in order to make these elections appear legitimate the socialist party would like the turnout to be strong even if it is only a turnout of its own voters the election is of course being disputed by the main opposition parties which aren't fielding candidates here they're saying that this is a sham the president has canceled them and rescheduled them for october so come monday the question will be whether much of the country will accept the results of these elections and whether the socialist party will move to unseat mayors which in

$24.00 municipalities across the country have had opposition mayors who will likely refuse to yield to their seats because they don't recognize the election and therefore there's a question of what steps the government will take what steps the prosecutor's office will take to manage a smooth transition of power or whether they will allow this question ultimately to be decided by the constitutional court which is still being formed because it's judges are being vetted and that could take weeks or even a few months and therefore the result of this election may remain a matter of dispute for a long time to come that's how about vice's say they've killed 8 election officials in southern afghanistan the attack in kandahar province happened where people were registering to vote at a government office in the district. no less in 24 hours fishermen in japan will resume commercial whaling after a gap of more than 30 years tokyo says some spaces have recovered enough and it no

longer needs to comply with an international ban about as many on a 100 ports the decision to hunt whales for food may neither be palatable no profitable at home. for more than 30 years the international whaling commission has been locked in a fight its job is to protect whales pushed close to extinction it 3 countries norway iceland and japan have pursued the right to hunt them late last year japan argued there was scientific proof some species had recovered enough to allow sustainable hunting and it pushed again for the $9906.00 ban on commercial whaling to be lifted when the whaling commission rejected japan's proposal japan withdrew and its whaling fleet is preparing to presume hunting minky as well as beat whales but when the fleet returns to the water some things will be different japan says it

will only hunt in its territorial waters not the open seas of the antarctica north pacific where it has until now been hunting for scientific research and it's not clear whether they'll even be a market in japan for the whale meat the ships bring to shore consumption in japan has plummeted from around $200000.00 tonnes each year in the sixty's to just $5000.00 tonnes each year over the last 5 that could be due to the changing tastes of a new generation but changing attitudes to hunting whales a likely affected tune and things at the international whaling commission will also be different japan's departure has arguably lift it weakened but after more than 3 decades fight of a commercial whaling it's now free to concentrate on what it was originally formed to do commercial whaling is now back on the list of threats to the world's whales

but there too is a climate crisis that's already adversely impacting the oceans and marine life within them a looming 38 that could well eclipse them all. that was mariana home and now the heat wave in germany is expected to set a new record on sunday but for people in from also u.k. and spain there should be some relief on the horizon but in the meantime far fighting still battling wildfires in catalonia and close to the capital madrid soaring temperatures in europe are being blamed for at least 8 deaths this week. obviously take a look at the top stories here it out today or so in the security forces of fire tear gas at protesters at least one person has been killed dozens are believed to have been injured by gunfire now this is the 1st mass protest since the military

killed more than a 100 people at a sit in earlier this month where the military denies it's using excessive violence and work with him but i mean let's you know. the military is here to protect protesters but we can't do anything when it comes to food 3 to 5 or 6 people have been hit and we need to go there to sort out the problem you have to know that there are infiltrators people who want to change the current situation but god willing if we reach an agreement and if you understand the situation we will get rid of the snipers who are killing the people right now. more now from here but morgan in juba south sudan. it's very much the same yesterday that his forces reputable forces will protect the protests but that's his concern that there will be a separatist and that there will be people that are multiple just as that will try to target security forces now the protesters are that there is peaceful and armed that's what they're saying and that's what's been happening since december when the

protests started the military council is also calling on the opposition coalition to come down to the negotiating table so that they will work out a will we flung a transitional government donald trump of become the 1st serving u.s. president to set foot inside north korea he met leader kim jong un in the demilitarized zone which separates the north from the south president trump said great progress have been made on the a few of his asian taliban fighters say they've killed 8 election officials in southern afghanistan the attack in kandahar province happened where people were registering to vote at a government office in the memory district local elections are under way now bay near despite a presidential plea to have them to spend and an opposition boycott the opposition accusing accuses the ruling socialist government of corruption and want a general election instead right there is the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera be back in about half an hour with the very latest on the day's news in

the meantime though stay with us for 101 east. in china the government is watching every move its citizens mike for an hour to an hour and those who are a coffee challenge and they also sell a lot of. advanced technology recalled what people say. it all adds up on a person school cop which decides whether they are rude or punched. into

. hannigan and our. one on one 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 getting smarter.

china is positioning itself to lead the world in artificial 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 score they've already got the know how and they use a doctor from their financial credit system alley pat a manager of alli petain jing is chong. here you tell you about

tonight you got a nice so good you just you wait a way to. go through but you're going to come now you're in the us you know when they say can't you go will be are just young souls into things in case you don't see it. 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 3 and a heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step. but

you know draw more to that. actually it's an all fact i'm trying to say that it's the orchard jungle for council. while here. so if you're near the actual truth. it's in the whole. fact that alice in the. hunt for him 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. don't read them tell all my thoughts and i'll. tell you for. now the advantage of.

a model citizen jan will write highly on social credit. every action will be tracked and judged fined by her. for and on whether or not are all those who. make us out. to make. until it turns out well we choke on chains and. don't dance criminal academic and medical records will fade into her school as well as state security assessments. the shopping habits will be another measure of. this school could even change in real time depending on what she puts in

a trolley. by a lot of alcohol suggests dependence lose a couple of points. by a pack of nappies again if you suggest responsibility. 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've got a pretty good score oh i am i think of doing while not the best but yes. top 7 simple answer is what kind of access or what kind of privileges does that give you this is the like for rent cars i don't have to pay

a deposit so you don't have to close it up and this is also a hotel. no deposit for renting this. china's middle class is on the rise. like dan dan they're mostly young urban used to living much of their lives online and on devices. i'm. not. talking about things are much. just. like. you know the telephone. for sure your filter for this way to work in their home you know you don't need a person you know we'll. call you off. your choice because the problem not only will it's your. for you would you.

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would have and what it would have been tougher didn't it have with ashley horn. in 2015 who lost a defamation case after you q.'s to 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. no one in the gulf one. what are born and good powers mean than who maintains he has fully met the terms of his 2050 in case he believes he's blacklisting is political but he has no way of

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