it is difficult right now but having a single currency makes trading a loss easier any. regional leaders have been pushing to integrate they kind of ease they believe they're now closer to having a single currency than at any time but there are struggles. to fit on the level of economic development differs from one country to another for example the economies of nigeria ghana and caught they walk so smaller countries will simply drag the more advanced economies just like europe we all produce raw materials and import most of our needs there is little imports among member nations the c.f.a. is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modeled after the euro has been underway for 30 years and the implementation of the act called west africa was a single currency was delayed several times but

a recent agreement of an african free trade area is sim by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the covered bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year. by degrees. still ahead on the bulletin a defiant donald trump issues an executive order to determine who is living in the u.s. legally and who isn't. hello there it's been a very unsettled picture polls across much of southern europe this some improvement

the weather picture as we head through the next couple of days subjects out on the satellite and actually quite a bit of activity across central regions of western europe but what about the rain just yet but the good news is a sigh is that much of the south in the southeast those strong thunderstorms that really are clearing through certainly by friday the rain pushing the across much of the black sea quite a bit radical central areas and there is a band of rain stretching really from germany down tools and old and if they more widespread rain here on saturday carrying out towards the west in less than london with a high of $23.00 and pretty good sioux across into talky paul strace a 24 hour and $28.00 celsius sunny skies in athens then we had down to northern africa being very warm into tunis for when you get all skew days and again the temperature here is pretty high compared to the average but notice a lot of cloud to talk about and sunny not really anything in the way of range $35.00 is the temperature on friday a very warm day in cairo 40 want to degrees celsius then as we head off into south of the sea that's how much it comes back down again but as you can see tunis up to

about 38 so that's about 6 degrees above the normal but sunny skies but it will be a hot day.

good to have you with these are our top stories more than 120 rebel fighters and soldiers being killed in the past 48 hours in syria that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. for control of a village near hama province which is now back on government control. head on is called the capture of an iranian oil tanker. last week an illegal and dangerous game the chief officer and captain of the tank to have been arrested on suspicion of breaking u.n. sanctions by transporting oil to syria and a 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in a killing 5 people and injuring dozens more in the attack happened in the eastern province of. now talks underway between japan and south korea to try to curb the

fallout from a worsening trade dispute tokyo has restricted the export of key microchip and smartphone components to south korea and that's raise concerns for souls economy and the global tech supply chain japanese officials say the restrictions of south korea failing to properly control the export of sensitive technology to north korea sell it has it denied that demanding evidence and a u. investigation let's get more on this our correspondent joining us live from the japanese capital this is a tense time sadly in what is already a tense relationship. exactly this problem might be seen by many as an economical abroad in between to one or 2 of the measure of economic powers in east asia but actually it has many. political roots and his government is not hiding. shy of saying that the reason

behind the new destructions is the. trust between the 2 countries which was much affected but effected by the recent. south korean courts rule asking for compensation to many of the korean workers who worked under the. rule of the peninsula from 1910 to 1945 so. who is the spokesperson of the japanese government the top spokesperson mentioned. this the last of the trust between the 2 countries is behind this restrictions and the same time ministry of trade just behind me here the minister of trade mr. japanese instead of trade mentioned this destructions are to guarantee japan's national security so actually 2 different positions here and south korea asking

japan to accept united nation committee to investigate the issue with much pressure on japan and maybe. because as i mentioned this is a political and diplomatic issue also it has many aspects and japan has like you saw to the south korean companies of. leaking these technologies and this materials to north korea so now japan has to provide evidence for that and. i don't expect that we're going to see. a solution to this issue very soon we are waiting now for that but he think of the meeting today which happened between south korean officials who came to talk to talk about. this issue with. that mystery behind me and we're waiting now for the briefing about that is this talks but there they are working level talks and we're not expecting a breakthrough through this. for a couple of hours so they thank you very much for that is fat is allowed may following the developments in the japanese capital thank you now the u.n.

secretary general says the world has not done enough to help mozambique after 2 successive psych loans killed hundreds of people and tony has appealed for more aid and support for months on from sidelines and kenneth he says it's clear these disasters are caused by climate change the storms flattened cities and villages the more than a 1000000 people homeless in the u.s. president trump has approved federal resources to do easy and after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods residents are putting sandbags outside their properties or leaving town arcane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday. now the mississippi river which runs through the city was already at record levels before the latest rains hit engineers have implemented measures to protect communities but as nick clark reports that's having an impact on the

environment the medical mississippi river a crucial artery of commerce which drains 41 percent of the entire united states this year it's exceeded all records the volume of water down its course swollen by extreme spring rains and snow melt upstream the mississippi has never been this high for this long it is unprecedented and everyone who lives in new orleans puts their trust in the levee system which protects the city from flooding while upstream the engineers will they try and ease the pressure. and they've done that with a rare opening of the bonnet carre spillway built in the 90 thirty's to colossal quantities of water away from the main river in times of high flood you know but i'm just about 12 times in its history this is actually the 1st year that it's been opened twice in the same calendar year so this is really one of the one of the longest floods on record the spillway will remain open until the end of july but

there's a problem it's upset the ecological balance of the mississippi sound diluting the mix of fresh and so water with devastating effect to coastal businesses now we're starting to see the repercussions which are you know oysters die and the shrimp are moving we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins are you know dying the turtles are dying we have a lot of salt water species now that are being affected heavily due to the rise of the river west it is a multimillion dollar industry here in st bernard parish but it's sitting duck landings it down up to 80 percent the fishermen source of income has been all but destroyed this is a very big impact this is the worst impact that this community has ever seen i mean we've we've been through katrina where we've been completely wiped off the map we've been through beeping we've been through a lot in this community watched over the years in my life this community come and go but this is the worst that i've ever seen. now business is it demanding that the

federal government step in with emergency funding. and so everything is dead and go back out there make no money or show out there. yeah then they need a new thought they don't know how but the fear is with changing weather patterns this could become the new normal you might save a city from flooding but at a cost to a multimillion dollar industry. al-jazeera you orleans louisiana. american president don trump has backed down on plans to force a question about u.s. citizenship and the 2020 census chance as he'll issue an executive order to get the data about how many non-citizens live in the u.s. gabriel and his own devonport from washington d.c. the debate over the so-called citizenship question in america appears to be over president donald trump announcing late thursday he would drop his bid to get the question are you a u.s. citizen put on the 2020 census trump instead said he would sign an executive order

demanding all government agencies compile a list of non-citizens living in the u.s. into a central database arguing the citizenship information was vital to public policy we will utilize these vast federal databases to gain a full complete and accurate count of the non-citizen population including databases maintained by the department of homeland security and the social security administration we have great knowledge in many of our agencies we will leave no stone unturned last month the supreme court heard the citizenship question on the grounds the government's justification for wanting to add it to the census was insufficient. the census is taken every 10 years and the data that derives from it is critical in determining billions in federal funding as well as congressional

representation critics said forcing people to answer if they are a citizen was not necessary and would mean undocumented immigrants would likely not participate in the census leading to an undercount in democratic leaning parts of the country let's call this for what it is this citizenship question has nothing to do with the legitimate needs of the census it is designed to intimidate families trumps america 1st policy has been a cornerstone of his presidency since the very 1st day he took office and a big reason why he was elected was his promise to crack down on illegal immigration trump tied the census question to that and now it's a huge political defeat gabriels andro. washington now a brazilian president is being accused of nepotism after inviting one of his sons to become embassador to the united states eduardo ballz now it says he's prepared

to resign from his current position in congress if the nomination is approved a federal job so the nomination would be in violation of the constitution the president's critics say the movie shows his family have too much influence in politics the american journalist glenn greenwald says he's facing threats and calls for his deportation from brazil after publishing incriminating text messages from the justice minister when he was working as a federal judge greenwald was questioned over the leaks this week by a congressional committee he says they show the says you have more to improperly advise prosecutors in the corruption trial where she jailed former president who is enough here do that it's still but more to his question the authenticity and says they were obtained by criminal means. there's been a very concerted relatively sophisticated and well funded campaign to disseminate information designed to create a public perception that i'm actually a criminal i think in anticipation of the possibility of taking some action against

me that will then at least have a degree of popular public support when israel and president nicholas mother and opposition parties have agreed to keep talking in a bid to resolve the country's political and economic crises the progress follows 3 days of meetings in barbadoes between representatives of the middle and opposition leader han guy though before the talks began with google had said that he was optimistic that they could find a path to peace now european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate or nations between tbilisi and moscow have deteriorated since the visit of a russian politician to the georgian parliament 3 weeks ago speaking at a conference on the e.u. and eastern europe in the georgian city of autonomy from where anderson's reports. it's the annual gathering of east european states and the e.u.

russia is always irritated by such familiar images of. what's led the kremlin to ban all direct flights to georgia all the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the capital tbilisi georgia is president didn't want to talk about russia at the conference but the council president did russia recently this is the final flight to churchill unjustified. this is russia and. that may be the case but georgia's leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliament's head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgia's government had become too lenient towards russia. from the russian what do you say to. that. that it doesn't require any further with russia or is really concerned about your presence here at this

conference of. georgia very western. we would like to find ourselves in. europe. in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an occupying force or join your russian me you know higher 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threat for security it means here violation of human rights of people who are living territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e.u. states but as the ink dried on deals with $53000000.00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russia's actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll. to the beach front here they get a reality check this place is normally teaming with russian tourists at this time

of year the tourist official told us that hotel occupancy rates are down by 80 percent if the flight from russia continues the georgian economy is really going to suffer and drew simmons al-jazeera to me in georgia. with the headlines on al-jazeera more than $120.00 rebel fighters and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights they're fighting for control of a village in hama province which is now back under government control. or has more from beirut. was under the government's control the rebels launched an offensive took control of the area and the government recaptured the village this has been

happening for 11 weeks now a war of attrition the front lines have been changed there is a stalemate the opposition is making it extremely difficult and costly for the syrian government and its allies to advance. the truth collapsed and the government went on this offensive they haven't taken much ground they've taken a number of towns but that's it. has called the capture of an iranian oil tanker in waters near gibraltar last week an illegal and dangerous game the chief officer and captain of the tanker has been arrested on the suspicion of breaking u.n. sanctions by transporting oil to syria. a 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in afghanistan killing 5 people and injuring dozens more the attack happened in the eastern province of monger hath no group has claimed responsibility for the attack mediators from the african union say a political transition agreement between sudan's military and the pro-democracy coalition's expected to be signed on saturday the transition deal sets up

a joint sovereign council which will rule for just over 3 years while elections are organized. u.s. president donald trump has approved federal resources to the state of louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans is still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods hurricane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday tokyo has restricted the export of key materials used in smartphone components to seoul raising concerns for south korea's economy and the global tech supply chain japanese officials say the restrictions are due to south korea failing to control the export of sensitive materials to north korea seoul has denied that demanding evidence and a united nations investigation well those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us inside stories coming up next.

al jazeera. where ever you are. testing the special relationship the u.k.'s ambassador to the united states resigns in a public rallies a leaked memo aims as britain prepares for a new prime minister and to leave the european union how will this affect ties with its closest ally this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program dennis now what started as

a leak of secret diplomatic memos to a british tabloid newspaper has led to the resignation of a tough ambassador and to questions about the u.k.'s position in the world kim darrick felt compelled to quit as britain's man in washington after a brow that swept across the atlantic the diplomats who described donald trump and his administration as in secure inept and dysfunctional in his reports back to london when the contents of those top secret files became public the president responded with a barrel of angry tweets the ambassador was abruptly disinvited from the white house dinner for the cattery amir president trump insulted darrick personally and announced that he could not work with all of this on twitter to add to the mix boris johnson britain's likely next prime minister refused to publicly support the ambassador johnson's critics around griot how events unfolded. we really should

stand with our own we send people around the world we expect them to do a particular job we don't throw them under a bus and just because president trump a strain a tantrum it does not mean that we don't stand with him you know when you're faced with a bully you stand up to him and frankly that is a sort of thing that boris johnson really ought to be doing you know when it comes to this president and frankly i don't think this this bodes well for the sort of prime minister that we're likely to get. right let's introduce our guests now in london we have crispin blunt a conservative member of the british parliament in jacksonville florida we have nancy soderberg former deputy national security adviser at the white house and also in london we have matthew paris a columnist for the times newspaper and a former conservative m.p. and clarke for margaret thatcher at the foreign office all of you so very well placed then to discuss today's issue can i start with you though crispin you are

a cricket match in london we're not usually allowed to see you in your sports kit however. how would you use what would you say are the main issues that have a risen as a result of this incident. well people are piling into criticised boris johnson without really appreciating. the fact that he is going to be the next prime minister he's the old on favorite to win the conservative leadership election he has a terrific relationship with donald trump in the view of donald trump and of course that's at stake if he engaged in what i might describe as a conventional way with this issue say he's chosen to say nothing in these circumstances and i think that's probably for him the correct response at this moment right so it's very critically taken as axiomatic that there is of course support for british diplomats around the world absolutely let me put it that a lot of the criticism then that is being a polling out against boris johnson and saying that he's he's that derives he has

no has no loyalty to anyone and that he was prepared to threaten this senior diplomatic valuable public servant under the bus but it's because nonsense and it's entirely off opportunistic response from people who are campaigning against him own behalf of jeremy hunt for the leadership down in duncan used that expression i kind of classic colorful alan duncan use of use of use of language but the. truth is he hasn't said anything apart from his were gone for kim dark once he had resigned and everyone appears to be cheerfully ignoring the fact that boris is going to be the prime minister on the 24th of july and he brings the table an immense asset for the united kingdom and the terms of the personal relationship with donald trump the 2 things that have brought this issue i was is the is the leak which of course is not on the subject investigation should never have happened

profoundly damaging very difficult to see who benefits from this and of course the sensitivity of dollars and the extraordinary way in which he chooses to communicate . dollars from i wasn't done himself any favors by the. way he's responded to this and he's issued to manage for all the people around him in the white house as well as other countries have got to do business with him right and i'm going to try and find the best way to manage this relationship all right let's go to you matthew also in london you're shaking your head i presume therefore you you don't completely agree with crispin i mean there are many who are suggesting that this whole incident is bringing into question the if he was sovereignty of britain sovereignty of britain's independence from its began. in this so-called special relationship when it does i can't believe i'm hearing crispin blunt saying these things no british foreign secretary that i can imagine before this former foreign

secretary would have done anything but stand stalwartly behind him derek you you absolutely cannot allow other countries to say who they will and who they won't have as their ambassador this is been an act of appalling insolent rudeness by the president of the united states it's very insulting to the united kingdom and all the pro brack said people including boris johnson always talking about how we're going to get away from servitude and vassalage from the european union and then we go proving to the united states just because boris johnson thinks and i doubt whether he's right that he has a special relationship with the president it's it's outrageous absolutely outrageous matthew there are those who pointed out like chrispin that britain post breck's it is going to be deeply in need of friends and quite frankly whoever is to lead the united kingdom most likely boris johnson that they need to be prepared to

make sure that those alliances affirm no matter what well it is certainly true that breaks it is going to put us at the mercy of what friends we have left in the world and that will to some extent include the americans but if we are. how to proceed on the basis of a good deep equal friendship with the united states what we absolutely do not do is . an erratic president to chuck out our own ambassador it isn't it isn't the kind of fame but liberal democratic countries who are allies due to each other right coming to you now nancy in jacksonville florida this cycle special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom has never been one of equals has it has that relationship do you think being damaged by what effectively many say is the sacking of a of a top british diplomat by the tweaks of the us president this has a relationship that has gone through bumps in the past and will in the future but

remains a rock solid we need the the u.k. needs us and i don't see this changing that one iota what's unusual about this is that the president of the united states entered the fray if you remember with wiki leaks we had ambassadors who had to resign ambassador mexico had to resign our investor in libya had to resign but what's unusual about this is the president escalated it to his twitter account and immediately brought it to the fray where the ambassador sir kim had no choice but to resign now. pushed him over the edge but it was inevitable that he would resign normally what would have happened is a state department sort of quietly saying when boris johnson comes to power maybe he could have a new ambassador and then sir kim would be appointed to a new post johnson can make it up to serkin by appointing him to something important when he takes over presumably at the end of this month but there is no

more important diplomatic posts than the ambassador to the united states the having worked there myself the most coveted invitation in washington outside a stay. dinner at the white house is dinner at the ambassador's residence we've all played tennis there we have breakfast their lunch and theirs it's a key card in the wheel of diplomacy in washington and it once the embassador loses confidence of the white house and particularly with this white house because the state department the rest of the government doesn't speak with authority only president trump does and so you have to have that in right circle the minute president put it he had to have rotated out we all thought it would happen a little bit more gracefully and a little bit longer but that's the world and president trump it changes everything right interesting coming back to you i'm peter ricketts the former head of the foreign service of course who called this an act of political sabotage any off the

question what does this say about the state of our country i put it to you again that the the whole if you of of of britain's sovereignty and its status in that relationship with the united states is now being thrown into disarray as a consequence of this. so i have a status there are leaks we've had wiki leaks in the past this is being this is a particularly toxic leak it shouldn't have happened to see who benefits from this so that's one issue and then that combines with this very unusual and sudden emotional erratic insecure president who communicates in this quite extraordinary undisciplined way and he says 2 things that have come together to create the circumstance and sikkim dark took the decision that given what president trumpet said about him that him staying on for another 5 months as the ambassador with the

full support of the british government probably wasn't going to do anybody any favors and i think he took the correct decision in the white british interest how do i salute him for it ok maybe not a magnificent career a public servant and no one can blame him but that doesn't take in here that may run into piling up but but everyone then to pot but then when he wanted for everyone then to pile in on boris johnson in the middle of a leadership election when i think he wisely simply said remember he said nothing he didn't endorse president trump's view he didn't then immediately investing heavily in sikkim dart was any difficulty with the president he has already established in trump's would a very good relationship with the next president of the with the president of the united states is the next prime minister the united kingdom and he just i think rather wisely chose in these circumstances not so very publicly engage right i think he made to the right choice but that other people who have who have other

reasons are not an accident or a drawing to a made the wrong choice let our other 2 guests come in i know that but i think this is now out of here and say now he has to you then to my new nancy what did you have to say. by not saying anything he clearly was not endorsing one of britain's finest diplomats and i think it's important that that's why you have the rockets and i think that's a fair criticism but the bigger issue here is that the special relationship is going to be just fine and what happened is that. kim said what everyone in washington is saying talking to all the other diplomats in washington they've all written back exactly the same thing so the bigger question is does this hamper how a diplomat can do his job he has to be able to give unvarnished assessments no one's questioning the assessment by the way. and the fact that it's now leaked it's important to find out who leaked it why and make sure that we can stem that

hemorrhage because no diplomat can do their job if they're at risk of this and every other ambassador in washington with the exception of the iranians and the chinese are saying exactly the same thing maybe not the saudis and this is a fine diplomat former national security adviser doing his job and i really hope that the next pm will find a good job for him going on which is what he wants or is this is unfair to him and matthew is this merely the latest in a long series of rather uncomfortable moments under the trump presidency with the government of the united kingdom he's blown hot and cold it would appear with regard to theresa may and her handling of the bricks at prices for instance. yes the house where he'll always blow hot and cold that the president indeed boris blows hot and cold virus has been in stream li insulting about president trunk but quite a long time ago what would worry me i take nancy's point that this could have been should have been quietly done and just without too much fuss it all the fuss that

there would be over the coming in of a new prime minister we could have had a new ambassador in washington but what would that ambassador have gone to washington thinking thinking that unless he displays almost craven ration for the president of the united states he's going to incur this president's displeasure and go in the same way as his predecessor has and basters have to feel that they are free privately and this was done privately to give governments the unvarnished truth and this is an issue of principle on which as i say any foreign secretary i think would have stood up for secure him and boris didn't write and coming back to you then crispin this does pose serious questions and about britain of the future under a boris johnson premiership and as to how he's going to conduct his relationship how he's going to manage president trump you've already suggested that they get on

rather well president trump has intervened hasn't he in the entire debate clearly preferring boris johnson as a candidate to lead the country but it's going to be a tricky relationship isn't it for him to manage. well any relationship with donald trump is a tricky relationship whoever is managing it because he. does blow hot and go live a relationship however warm little time to be the time you never know when they might they might turn as indeed to reason may has found out she's leaving office he's then being extremely rude about her conduct all the breaks that negotiations criticism i would show i might add but not very policy for the president united states to say however we have a very impolitic president the united states them and that's the problem but the principle problem for the united kingdom is the confidentiality of our communications it's the leak from those communications that is the issue here for

us that's there the practical problem we face going to find out who leaked this and why and how it was allowed to get into the public domain because we will not get counted reporting from our posts overseas if they believe if they're remotely interesting or even simply repeat as this did what was pretty entirely a common understanding of the management of the trumpet ministration in a diplomatic telegram if that isn't going to be spread over the front pages of the newspapers in the way that this was that's that's the problem i see boris johnson is not really the issue their issue here is a very unconventional and impolitic president and the great task leader of confidential information right and nancy how is this that reverberating in the united states but if it in washington circles and beyond. well 1st i just let me add one point about bars johnson assuming he is going to be

the next prime minister i think he's got a huge challenge in managing president trump i do think they have a good relationship right now and he can use that until he doesn't and president trump has no loyalty and the minute he has an issue with force he will turn on him equally quickly so he has to kind of walk on eggshells the ambassador will follow borsch johnson's lead the new one but in washington i think no one's worried about the special relationship most of us who've been at the senior levels in washington have spent a lot of time at the u.k. ambassador's residence that will continue i think what they're more concerned about is what does this do to chill the ability to have frank conversations in washington i think you'll have less in writing more on secure lines going back and it will chill the ability of diplomats across washington this probably will not be the last leak it's important to find out who did it but again the special relationship is strong and vibrant and this president is incredibly difficult to manage and the

diplomatic corps will continue has written about that and will continue to write about that perhaps in more secure communications but i do not envy boris johnson's trying to manage the relationship with this very volatile president on the and now my prediction is that probably won't last i'm matthew i suppose one of the mays description ised 1st actions of some presuming he does become the next prime minister of the u.k. will be who he chooses to appoint to this very important position as britain's ambassador to washington he will be scrutinized when he be for every kind of nuance in terms of the appointment. oh yes yes unless i've missed something in the last hour or 2 then we shouldn't rule out the possibility that the present prime minister theresa may in her dying days so to speak well herself appoint

a new ambassador she she she could do that david cameron appointed our own bastard of france in the last days of his prime ministership but if it is boris well everybody knows that nigel farage would actually like to be bastard to the united states however much he professes that he wouldn't i do hope barr is wouldn't do anything as stupid as that i just threw in one thought i heard they had of the foreign office tell members of parliament that this leak couldn't have come from the americans because he said we do not spy on each other i certainly hope that's not true i would be very surprised if the americans had no capability to intercept british telegram traffic and donald trump himself has an interest in the upsetting of overthrowing an ousting of this this ambassador right and christian coming back to you with that point then because whoever whoever did whoever was behind this leak must have had had some sort of political motive

a political game plan and what sort of game plan do you think it was it was i mean this was these were cables that were from 227 teens are quite old and then they were released to a well known newspaper supporting the bretts it process. well that's some guts of course the device important question and one that is most difficult to answer because the only had 5 months left the so so why would if it was the americans who were the source of some people. to donald trump while the us would they do it to take all at risk for such little reward in terms of getting a new appointment. in the circumstances. but if that happens like that doesn't make too much sense and that's the question everyone's trying to work out is. who gains by this it's really a disaster. i think it's highly unlikely

a serious handicap condren future reporting but right nancy yeah it's it's highly unlikely this came from the united states we don't spy on each other that's been a longstanding relationship issue and i am not in the government right now but i would be shocked if that had changed and i think this is clearly some somewhere within the u.k. system but trying to decide who leaked things is a parlor game in washington that always fails and till there's a real investigation it's never who you really think it is and we have the leak in valerie plame cia identity and everyone thought it was someone in the white house turns out it was richard armitage in the state department and i think will be surprised in the end of who in the u.k. system did this it could have been another government as well there are other governments certainly do spy on the u.k. but not the u.s. so we will certainly find out i believe who was the leaker here and that will hopefully be the end of it they'll be able to stem that leak and plug it but it

will provide a chill throughout the diplomatic corps and there isn't a diplomat in washington right now that isn't saying are it who could possibly leak our maybe our communications maybe i shouldn't put that in writing i'll just pick up the line on the secure phone which tend to be actually fairly secure and i think it. chil the work of washington but the bigger challenge here i think isn't the leak so much as what is the u.k.'s role in post brags that world will they actually have breaks in our present trump has told theresa may and has been tweeting about it that he told 3 some a how to exit and get a deal for the brac said he didn't listen to or that's her problem he's going to give the same advice to boris johnson now is not a given that boris johnson will bring about effective exit from brags that the minute he doesn't do that it's clear that he's failed on that trump will have the same relationship with him there it is a logical error and right now they've got the same wild hair the same brash

personality but if my horse doesn't deliver on bracks which president fully supports he's going to lose his confidence and where is his plan how's it going to be different than teresa mayes to me that's the question before the british people and frankly it's of deep concern to the united states right to have a do over iraq well and i'm right about it larry we're running out of how horse handles that is the key question sorry to jump in that sea but we are running out of time i'd like to get the find a way to matthew because of course the british public generally will have no say in who becomes the next prime minister of the u.k. but we're getting an idea oh we of what. some premiership will knock like give us your ideas your take on that within 40 seconds if you can matthew. yes i think he'll be buffeted in all directions i don't think he'll be brave i don't think he'll have a very clear idea where he wants to go or what he wants to do and the last person to speak to him more but likely to be the most powerful person in the in the united

kingdom if he has buckled so quickly on this court else could he not buckle on right ok thank you very much indeed crispin blunt in his cricket gear talking to us from london nancy soderberg talking to us from jacksonville florida and matthew parris also talking to us from london thank you very much indeed for a really interesting conversation and as ever thank you for watching you can see the program again any time you like by going to the web site outages here dot com should you want more discussion you can go to our facebook page facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and there's always a twitter sphere as you well know our handle is at a.j. inside story i'm at martine dennis for me and the whole team here in doha by hannah . it all straggly of a battle rages over the country's bomb and with activists inviting farms stealing

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you know there was no. nothing left it. were and they were still barrage in the camp for palestinian refugees syria. news. it's. more than 120 fighters are reported killed in syria as government troops and rebels fight for control in the northwest. i don't welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha but me it is a problem also ahead turkey perceives the 1st shipment of russian made s. 400 missiles at the center of concern from its nato allies. south korea proposes

a un investigation of japan's claims that a ship restricted materials to north korea violated un sanctions plus. oysters die and the shrimp are moving out we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins are you know dying and extreme weather pushes the mississippi river to record levels taking a heavy toll on wildlife. more than 120 soldiers and rebel fighters have been killed in the past 48 hours in syria as government forces backed by russia continue their push into rebel held territory in the northwest that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the troops are fighting in how a province for how the army out the village which is now back under government control. it is part of a wide offensive to retake problems which began in april about $500.00 civilians

have been killed in the campaign most died in front of them and by russian and syrian government forces were let's get more on this our correspondent to say to hold the is joining us live from beirut in neighboring lebanon which is following all of the developments why is the number of dead overnight on both sides say why is this area so important to the warring parties. well this has been a very difficult and costly military operation from the start we are now in week 11 there has been fierce fighting you did mention more than 120 fighters from both sides killed in this single battle for this single village but this is not the 1st time we're really had such a high death toll just a few days ago in the neighboring province of lock the key of the rebels launched a surprise offensive against the government and in a rare admission the government said that they lost $22.00 soldiers now according to the war monitors syrian observatory for human rights because the warring sides do not divulge much details on the number of casualties in their ranks so h.r.

is reporting that the government lost more than 800 men in 11 weeks of fighting and the opposition lost nearly 1000 men a very high death toll the opposition has been fighting back it's been making it very very difficult for the government to advance the government is finding itself defending its territory instead of advancing now there are a number of reasons for this one turkey is believed to have joined the fight turkey supports the rebels on the ground turkey does not want to lose as a bargaining card it strengthens its position in the go table what we understand from our sources is that turkey provided the weapon sophisticated weapons to the rebels but it's not just that this shows the inept so of the on the part of the syrian army and its allies because iran is not on the ground iranian backed troops are not fighting with the syrian government and some are saying that this is a. such from iran to the russians look you need us on the ground so these 3 turkey

russia and iran who are supposed to be working together in syria are now bargaining and lip that's so interesting say in a because you know years of the syrian government very much being on the offensive in the country after that crucial support when russia and to the war how significant are the losses that we've seen on the civilian government side because of everything that you've mentioned. it's significant you mention previous offensive eastern huta yes it took weeks but what about the rebels who are besieged what the government does really is bomb civilian neighborhoods put pressure on the rebels to surrender and who they were besieged civilians who are being killed they have no other choice but to lay down their arms and live they are not under siege there is a lifeline and that is turkey what the government has done really in the past is concentrate on punishing the local population who lives and who live in rebel controlled areas more than 500 civilians have been killed in the past 2 months or

so among them children 100 children health facilities are being targeted civil defense headquarters have have being to have been targeted ambulances have been targeted but the spite of all this pressure the rebels are not giving up they're not surrendering this is their last stronghold it is an existential battle for them but clearly the regime finding it difficult to push but like i mentioned earlier turkey playing a role and iran playing a role as well as a thank you very much for breaking all of that down for that is the whole the following all the developments live in beirut thank you. we're going to move on to other news now and turkey since received the 1st shipment of the russian f. $400.00 missile defense system the u.s. has previously warned turkey that it could face sanctions over the purchase and that it won't be allowed to purchase f. 35 fighter jets well let's get more on this now we're joined by correspondent sit in course yoda she's following developments from istanbul for us to sit in tell us

more about this as $400.00 missile system and what turkey plans to do with it. well yes it has been a big debate to have recently in into again an international arena because the u.s. has been forcing turkey to give up on this 400 to so today the 1st batch of those 400 russian missile defense system has arrived to onkar the turkish capital to a military base called moosehead which was which was known to be a congi air base formerly the shipment will continue according to the defense ministry statement recently and as far as we have been told by the defense ministry the s 400 missile defenses so will be operational by october 2900 so in a couple of months but of course this is this is this is this is the point where turkey and u.s. spat spat between the 2 gore side because the usa is even this 400 arriving

to turkey is a matter is a matter of sanctions from washington side until now. until about the 1st batch delivery we haven't heard from the united states set but probably they will have some words to say as well but turkey defense that it's their national software to write because. we want to them by patrick american patriot missiles from the u.s. but the u.s. was on a willing to. to sell the east to turkey that's why turkey sais i have to go to russia and i had to buy this for hundreds so now your reaction is meaningless this is a rhetorical non-career and so we know where the u.s. stands though we're not quite sure i mean. why they would impose sanctions where is nato in all of the senate. well

yes actually turkey in the you not to say sorry are are are the key figures of nato the us is the biggest finance supplier to nato and turkey is the biggest army in the europe and it is one of the. one of the oldest ally and trusts the most trust of all ally for the nato and the us the nato hasn't reacted formally against this 400 purchase of turkey and they have they have always said this is purchasing a defense systems or any weapons is the responsibility of each government so this is under turkish government's responsibility and they were mild about this but when you look at the united states or not to say say that this $400.00 missile defense system would risk the f. $35.00 stealth fighter jet program which is america's biggest defense industry project which is worth billions of dollars and by the way turkey is also a partner in this project with 8 turkish defense industrial companies and the f.

$35.00 fighter jet program lacks the turkish defense industry companies enjoy up to $12000000000.00 so they're not to say say i will kick out the turkish companies out of the f. 35 the fest's them because the s 400. missiles friend then for identification system would risk the f. $35.00 system so this is what they say but as i said the nato has and has never reacted sharply against this as sharp as the united states but of course this is going to be interesting times between washington and korea so then thank you for that so then of course you are live with the latest live in istanbul thank you. the u.k. has rest of the chief officer and captain of an oil tanker seized in waters major broader last week the crew of the grace one the on the suspicion of breaking un sanctions by transport of oil to syria iran's foreign minister has demanded the

immediate release of the oil tanker following a retaliatory threats from 3rd arm person and says iranian boats approached one of its oil tankers on thursday prompting a u.k. warship to intervene iran has denied the encounter now the u.s. 5th fleet says it's working closely with the british navy to defend the free flow of commerce and freedom of navigation through the region so invest riley has been monitoring reaction in the iranian capital. diplomatic relations between iran and the united kingdom have been suffering for many months now and the events of the last 24 hours will not help that situation and the arrest of senior officers of the grace of one the oil tanker that was detained last week off the coast of gibraltar by the u.k. royal marines that is likely to bring the same level of anger from leaders here into iran that the detention of the vessel the seizure of the vessel the oil tanker

brought from the senior most levels of government last week iran's president and other senior leaders calling it a violation of the sanctity of international waterway something that was creating insecurity many senior iranian leaders also called the u.k. move but that was by all accounts taken at the behest of the united states an act of piracy now iran is very angry about the fact that 2000000 barrels of crude oil were in the cargo vessel at the time of that seizure something that iran will find especially difficult now it is trying to continue to boil in the face of unilateral u.s. economic sanctions and iran's economy is certainly continuing to teeter so this is something that leaders will have taken it very seriously and the arrest of these 2 officers will no doubt escalate tensions even further earlier today iran denied reports that islamic revolutionary guard corps naval vessels tried to capture and

seize a british vessel iran's government flatly denied any truth to those reports saying that in the past 24 hours there had been no encounter with any foreign vessels iran's foreign minister zarif calling the u.k.'s version of events again another attempt to escalate tensions with iran. meanwhile most news agency is reporting the united states wanted to punish sank. and on iran's foreign minister last month u.s. treasury secretary stigma newton said mohamed job and zarif would be blacklisted sources have told reuters that the decision not to go ahead with that could be a sign that washington wants to keep the door open to diplomacy with iran a 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up arab.