the citizens network. president trump steps up his twitter tirade against the u.k. branding its prime minister foolish and her washington ambassador wacky and pompous . barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera life from that also coming up a u.s. general says washington wants an international military coalition to safeguard strategic waters off iran and yemen plus the bill is stepped

on kong's leader kerry lamb says she's killed the extradition bill that sparked mass protests but fails to convince her critics and why flying out of france is about to get a little bit more expensive. the u.s. president on trump has ramped up his diplomatic route with the u.k. in his latest tweets he called the british prime minister to resume a foolish and branded her massacre in washington a wacky and paul this comes 2 days after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables we criticize the white house the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt has hit back calling trump's comments this respectful wrong well john hendren is live for us in washington d.c. and following developments on this on the story from that side of the atlantic it does seem like the u.s. and the u.k. don't have such a special relationship right now what is the exact status of the u.k.

ambassador to washington. in a word barbara bad it wasn't long ago that donald trump was in the united kingdom talking about that special relationship visiting the queen but just days after the united states celebrated its independence from the u.k. trump is speaking completely differently this is one of his latest tweets about brags that interests him a said i told to reason may outdo that deal but she went her own foolish way and one was unable to get it done a disaster he tweeted i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool now there had been some speculation that this would fit right in with the sort of russian campaign just so discontent between allies but there is reason to believe that perhaps this is an internal leak in the united kingdom the journal who ripped the journalist who reported the leak is a close ally of israel for raj the braggs it back or in the united kingdom that is

important because president trump had suggested that for raj being named as the ambassador to the united states that was a request that the united kingdom politely declined so what is to happen now we don't really know countries don't particularly like the host countries to tell them who their diplomats should be that may be one of the reasons for rogers not the ambassador right now but it puts the 2 countries in a very sticky situation my colleague ellen fisher put together a story with more on that take a look. president friends it was a high profile dinner for qatar's amir she brought together political and business leaders as well as washington's top diplomats pushed missing the uki. disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of president donald trump conduct a career diplomat has been the u.k.'s man in washington says 2016 part of his job

is to file reports back to london it's been revealed he describes the trump white house as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u.s. policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable i worked for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with our superiors here in washington about our interactions with the host government officials with whom we doubt so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically it probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and in a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i don't know the ambassador but have been told he is

a pompous fool came down and could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and it's unlikely he's the only foreign diplomat sending back stock assessments of the u.s. administration but if a new u.k. prime minister was to decide he had to go because of donald trump's anger there's a what that would create a dangerous precedent of foreign leaders being able to veto countries ambassadors there's a lot of history here there's a lot of shared interests and values. this this is a relationship that can withstand you know an awkward period of time. over these cables was just last month donald trump enjoyed a state visit to the u.k. and talked of the historic and the planks between the 2 countries this diplomatic spat has undoubtedly damaged those links alan fischer al-jazeera washington well earlier i spoke to sir i've a robert sees a former british ambassador to yugoslavia ireland and italy and he said that

whoever leaked the memos wanted to undermine the ambassador. i think whoever leaked it militias and mischievously did it to undermine canberra who they regarded probably as an arch you're a file he was ambassador in union or so. and they probably thought that having him in washington was not and youth who was there or what but when relationship we knew there in the us the hope of. but a diplomatic spat with president content breck said both featured in the final t.v. debate between the 2 candidates vying to be britain's next prime minister but as johnson and jeremy hunt are competing to replace terrorism a as conservative party leader rightly as more of the debate which wrapped up just over an hour ago. given the seriousness of the situation is genuinely

extraordinary that this is the very 1st time these 2 faced questions from the public they haven't seen in advance as to what the next prime minister should do to get through the maze of bricks in it and yet again the same false promises that boris johnson arguing that the u.k. would leave with no deal in october and then implement a trade deal with the european union even though one wouldn't exist so the problems of the irish border where they properly belong in the context of the free trade agreement that we will do after we come out on october 31st try to attack jones with this kind of thing he presented himself as a details man despite that not by his opponents being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear not just what they want to hear and the difference between you and me is you are peddling optimism and i'm saying we can make a tremendous optimistic why don't you we thank the diplomatic war that's broken

out between the u.s. and u.k. came up of course once again demonstrating that gap hunt's insisted he would stand up to trump and support his ambassador in washington sometimes things that you have to say to your friends that you rather not say like i said to president trump today because i think its comments about treason may were unacceptable and i don't think he should have made them. while johnson refused to promise to defend the ambassador and refused to say that he would keep him posts well i'm not going to be so presumptuous as to thank you i got a good position the program was called britain's next prime minister much of it was excruciating to watch. yes or yes i will i will get your yes sir you know is the question allow him to respond force you haven't answered any. question about why it was you know both are to raise their hand if they believe the u.k. will leave the european union at the end of october well that's the spirit germany . of course the one thing that both johnson and hunt both have in common is an

insistence that through sheer force of will they can balance the european union into coming up with a new brics it deal before the end of october when those people in brussels understand that they mean business they will surely capitulates of course those people in brussels watch the television to a know perfectly well that that is the threat they now face and nothing has changed and both the kind of the snow as well even though they won't admit it that there is no time whatsoever to come up with a new deal before the end of october. once come across is the more serious candidates but johnson remains favorites find out soon enough if he's telling the truth about his intention to say goodbye to the european union without the don't sleep al-jazeera the. u.s. general says it wants an international military coalition to safeguard strategic

waters off iran and yemen general joseph dunford says washington is engaging with a number of countries to perfect at the force that says iran's revolutionary guard issues a new threat against u.s. bases and aircraft carriers within range of its missiles america has several military bases in the gulf and they moved a strike group to the region in recent weeks the commander warned that aroused missiles would destroy u.s. aircraft carriers if they make a mistake tensions between iran and the u.s. have been escalating. and this comes as french president emanuel macross top diplomatic advice. has flown to tehran for 2 days as part of an urgent effort to try to deescalate those tensions e.u. countries that signed the nuclear deal live issued a statement calling for an urgent meeting after tehran's decision to increase its uranium enrichment france germany britain and the e.u. expressed deep concern that iran is pursuing activities inconsistent with its

commitments under the deal they called on tehran to fully comply with the agreement china has more now from vienna where the international atomic energy agency is usually hold a meeting on iran on wednesday well in issuing this communique the european signatories to the j c p a the iran nuclear deal france germany and the united kingdom the a 3 collectively they're known as along with the e.u. of course here issuing their response to iran's latest raynier mean richmond moves the communique stressing deep concern over iran's pursuit of activities not in line with its commitments calling for iran if it wants to stay in the deal as it professes to want to do to come back in line immediately without delay and calling on all the parties in terms of a joint commission to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now broadly speaking 2 points to make about this the 1st is that this is not and this is important i think

eve 3 triggering the formal dispute resolution mechanisms contained in the j c p a it's apparently thought that these breaches are not sufficient to warrant a move like that a move that could in itself escalate tensions and have the effect of shutting down the small room for maneuver there remains a 3 of course remember trying to keep the nuclear deal alive delicately here playing the middle ground on the one hand they've got to express some concern on the other hand of course they retain some faint optimism that iran can be talked around that some bridge can be found between washington and tehran faint hope indeed. perhaps but that leads to the 2nd point which is that france effectively now taking the lead in the ether emanuel marker on the president sending an envoy to tehran for meetings on wednesday the intention to urge the iranians to take a backward step but i think ambition very limited according to a french government official they're hoping at the very least for gestures simple

gestures that iran is serious about its intention of remaining within the j.c.b. . china is the man being that the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 on sale to taiwan it would be washington's 1st big ticket military sale to the island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province when he reports from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference it's a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and firmly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as

a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president taiwan in the u.s. continue to consolidate our security partnership together will guard the democracy and freedom of the taiwan strait and stability in the indo-pacific region the type of equipment included in the deal is likely to further anger china in a bid to modernize its defenses taiwan will buy n.t.a. craft missiles and battle tanks the timing of this deal is also likely to be viewed as provocative by beijing it comes amid a truce in a trade war between china and the united states with negotiations possibly restarting next week the u.s. and china have imposed tariffs on each other's goods over the past year but the 2 presidents agreed to pause hostilities when they met at the g 20 summit in japan

last month you they also reiterated their close personal friendship which may be put to the test again if this latest arms deal goes through. beijing. so to come in this half hour italy's hardline interior minister of fishery closes all is once again on your biggest a migrant reception center and that turnaround in ties as capital signs and deal with the u.s. by aircraft boeing. hello which is usual for the worst weather is turning to be in the bite rather than over land for the next frontal system is running through the by fairly quickly it will introduce itself quite happily to adelaide just dragging the edge of the rain through 14 degrees so ahead of it in the sun's out in melbourne the real action is

probably going to be further south over towns mania behind it sun's come out person nice warm 80 degrees or doesn't very much the next couple of days in the sun return to adelaide apart from the breeze again is looking fine there would have been some rain across victoria but further north still looks ok the coast of queensland is ok now as well but by which i mean quiet and sunny rather than windy and wet as was the case a couple days ago and this problem with the case in new zealand south of and at the moment but that could well last through wednesday but beyond that i think not so you get rain particular on the west coast look at the wind direction but still 15 degrees in oakland a day further forward and it's still quite worn off and the sun is rather more prevalent in the sky maintaining the story of rain in japan it's back again from q shoe after to southern honshu i think the next 48 or so wednesday and thursday a light to be particularly wet again.

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welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. president has again attacked the british prime minister and the u.k. ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which sharply criticized his white house branded terrorism a foolish. barack and a very big guy e.u. countries that signed a 2015 nuclear deal of call for an urgent meeting of all of its signatories to discuss tehran increasing its uranium enrichment and china is demanding that the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 on sale to taiwan it would be washington's 1st big ticket military sale to the island in decades. qatar has signed several economic deals with the u.s. says the 2 countries seek to strengthen their relationship the agreements were announced at the white house with the qatari emir shake. sonny mehta president donald trump the meeting marks a turnaround in ties between the countries as our diplomatic editor james reports

now from washington raytheon what a difference 2 years makes in front of the emea of president trumps trade and defense agreements between the 2 countries was signed said to total billions of dollars but the long term allies didn't look so friendly and 2017 just weeks after president trouble made his 1st foreign trip to saudi arabia that country the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain. blockade of. around president trump give the green light the president himself was talking tough stop funding stop teaching hate and stop the killing for qatar we want you back. the unity of responsible nations today it's all very different it's

a great honor to be with the emir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world as you mentioned we enjoy a very great relationship between qatar and the benefit of america we're doing a lot together so what's changed the energy aviation and defense they all signed here at the white house a part of it president sees every relationship between the u.s. and other countries in transactional terms what is the profit and loss on the balance sheet but it's also about the missteps that have been made by the countries that continue to blockade catarrh. saudi in the u.a.e. bogged down in a war in yemen and the military operations there continue to cause the death of civilians the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi is believed by many human rights experts including a un special rapporteur to have been a planned execution conducted by the saudi state and the reputation of egypt's

president sisi continues to be tarnished by his country's repression and human rights abuses the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is well aware as tensions rise with iran katter has a pivotal role hosting the biggest u.s. airbase in the region doha is also the venue where american diplomats in the taliban are talking no breakthrough yet but it is the diplomatic initiative that's made the most progress towards ending the longest war in u.s. history james bay and washington. after weeks of huge rallies and pressure from protesters all calls leaders is a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lamb admitted her government's work on the proposed law was a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades but pro-democracy activists i'm convinced that the end now. when to actually marks the end of the veil pride has more now from. after more

unprecedented protests hong kong's chief executive county lamb appeared to yield. with an admission of failure in mishandling this controversial legislation she promised it is now dead there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity always whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. so i reiterate here there is no such plan the bill instead opposition to the bill has resulted in mass protests with some violent clashes between a minority of demonstrators and police pro-democracy groups fear the bill would allow china to extradite political opponents from hong kong to face summary justice in mainland courts a claim the hong kong government rejects but carry lymes concession doesn't go far enough for the protesters to speak feel safe look to. the city should

feel he can legislate it out it's a little bit. i feel that if. we cannot find the what if we are the. protesters believe the chief executive is playing with words and that although her government has given up on plans to introduce this legislation there's nothing to stop a future administration from trying again part of what many people here believe is a gradual erosion of hong kong special freedoms within china the demonstrators are also demanding a full independent investigation into what they claim has been the excessive use of force by the police and breaking got largely peaceful protests. the government's strategy seems to be weathering this period of unrest. hoping public support for the protesters will wane and that its concessions will have an impact it's

counterproductive and all the. way now has the will trust of the. parents who has failed this country on ages of all and all who are starving will have to suffer all. for the pro establishment camp the fact that people have taken to the streets in such numbers is evidence that home homes freedoms like the freedom of expression are alive and well. the bad news for the hong kong government the protesters a promising more rallies but macbride al-jazeera cover. a funeral has taken place for the youngest known victim of the philippines war on drugs 3 year old piano was killed in a police sting operation last week officers say the girl was used by her father an alleged drugs the other as a human shield during

a shootout east of manila the girl's mother though has denied that account and says that the girl was inside sleeping her death has sparked when you'd criticism of the government crackdown which has killed around 6000 people since presently 3 go to ted they took office in 2016. the jury is that shell assembly went into lockdown earlier after shots were fired during clashes between police and a group of shia protesters that macerator say police fired at them killing 2 people after they tried to enter the assembly building islamic movement of nigeria a group that represents the country's minority share muslims has protested regularly outside the parliament calling for the release of their leader has been in the tension since 2050. russian president vladimir putin says he does not support imposing sanctions on georgia a day after banning flights between the countries he made the statement in a televised. an address after russia's parliament recommend that the sanctions it's

in response to weeks of mass protests in georgia against russian influence in its government putin said he didn't want to negatively impact on relations with georgia . politicians often show up to officially open buildings but it's really as hardline interior minister made sure that he was there to formally close a large migrant center in sicily but there's a video toward the center as it was shut down and speaking to reporters he underlined the drop in migrant arrivals to the country it was once the biggest reception center in europe it had been due to close for a number of years due to prosecutors uncovering what they said were illegal activities there so v.b. is refusing to allow humanitarian rescue ships into italian ports resulting in dozens of standoff since italy's populace government took office in june last year . this was a promise i made not only to the sicilians but the italians the biggest migrant

sense in europe a business of dozens and dozens of millions of euro's and it had become as proven by the prosecutor's office ascent to base for the nigerian mafia for drug dealing prostitution theft and stolen goods aggression violence rape and homicide in public gunyah i was considered to be crazy when as a minister i promised i would shut it down because it was a center housing more than $4000.00 people in the past we kept producing those numbers and today it's 0 the french government is said to introduce an eco tax for all flights taking off from the country's airports the amount of tax owed will depend on the type of taken bought varying from $2.00 to $20.00 money raised will be invested in public transport with in france but there has more now from paris. flying out of france will become more expensive for air passengers from next year the new eco taxes parts the french government's environment policy ended fighting climate change that whole city. france is committed to what europe is putting

forward on taxing air travel there is increasing awareness and things are beginning to move but this is urgent like other countries we have decided to put in place an acre tax on air transport on all flights departing from france the tax will only apply to outgoing flights not to those flying into france or transiting fares will increase by $2.00 for an economy class ticket within the european union business class flights outside the you could cost an extra $20.00 the paris's all the airport the response to the tax was mixed posable depreciation is good in principle i suppose but how can we be sure where the money will go a lot it's really thick and on to take for granted nice to see you both specific goodness of biofuel it's always the ordinary people that pay and companies should take more responsibility for the state of the promise climate campaigners say that the aviation industry is responsible for nearly 5 percent of global carbon

emissions the french government says of the new eco tax will raise grow $200000000.00 a year money they say that they will spend on less polluting modes of transport such as rail. the eco tax has already proved unpopular with some investors shares in a france fell after the announcement last year french president demand or mark cost scrapped plans for similar eco tax on diesel fuel that sparked months of yellow face protests but some activists welcomed the move by frauds governments historically have seen aviation as a bit of a no go area intensive taxation or other measures that could help tackle emissions let's hope that at the moment there's that there's a bit more consumer readiness to accept that if we go. going to tackle a climate emergency we're going to have to make changes in our lives passenger numbers are expected to double in the next 2 decades the french government says the situation is only gynt and that other even

a shouldn't should do more to crack down on an industry which is one of the world's biggest polluters natasha butler al-jazeera paris. much more on that story and everything else that we've been covering here on al-jazeera on our web site the address al-jazeera dot com. and now reminder of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. president has once again attacked the british prime minister and the u.k. ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic memos which sharply criticized the white house in a series of tweets donald trump brand the terrorism a foolish and also called the british diplomat kim derek a very stupid guy earlier i spoke to survivor roberts he's a former british ambassador to yugoslavia arland in italy he said that whoever leaked the memos wanted to undermine the ambassador. i think whoever leaked it

militias mischievously. to undermine. who regarded as an arch. you are filed he was ambassador. or so. what. well the favorite to become the next u.k. prime minister boris johnson has refused to rule out suspending parliament to force a new deal breck's it it came during the final t.v. debate between the 2 candidates vying in place to resign me as conservative party leader johnson and the foreign secretary jeremy hunt the winner will be picked by party members on july 22nd and take office later this month it's china as the

manning of the united states immediately cancel a potential $2200000000.00 arms sales to taiwan it would be washington's 1st big ticket military sale to the island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lam has admitted that her government's work on the proposed law was a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades but pro-democracy activists aren't convinced that her announcement marks the end of the bill. well the those are the headlines my colleagues in the house will have more news in half an hour coming up next risking it all of this in borneo struggle to transport giant logs across narrow far strands of. a battle of the countries. with activists inviting sobs stealing livestock

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