12 it's been declining with the odd reprieve along the way part of a global trend of course the global economy is slowing down and in fact many countries in and around the world would welcome i would want to have some of the numbers that china is reporting right now but china of course needs to be looked at a little bit differently to most countries and around the world because of the remarkable economic growth that it has been through if we go back to the global financial crisis in 2009 even in that difficult time china didn't report quarterly growth below 6.4 percent well we're beneath that now so naturally that is going to be causing some concern both within china around asia and beyond and of course all this happening amid the trade dispute between china and the united states the latest trade statistics came out on friday as well showing that imports and exports are down and perhaps the most concerning thing is that we don't know when this trade war is going to end yes there's been

a truce declared between the 2 presidents meaning no new tariffs are being placed on each other's goods but we still don't know when those face to face negotiations are going to restart still ahead on al-jazeera a renewed threat from ebola in the democratic republic of congo as the virus threatens a densely populated area. tension between tbilisi and moscow leaves georgia's tourism sector struggling at the height of summer. we're starting here across parts of north asia we are seeing still some rain across much of japan now the heaviest rain is pulling away but we're still going to be watching the area of q sure very carefully now as you can see here on tuesday the rain is back now this area has been flooded. in the past 2 weeks the ground is

still very very saturated so here on tuesday the potential of flooding is going to continue and rise up towards tokyo on tuesday $25.00 degrees there and as we go towards wednesday we're going to be seeing a lot of that rain continue to move up the coast some breaks in the rain secure issue but unfortunately as you can see the rain still stays across much of the region over here toward seoul though it is going to be a hot day for you with a temperature of about 30 degrees whereas a regular down towards parts of china we're still watching the likelihood of flooding across much of the area we did see some flooding over here towards parts of the southeast we're seeing the showers come off and on again as well but for hong kong here on tuesday $33.00 degrees and as we go towards wednesday we do expect to see much of the same across the area maybe even breaking out with more stun in your forecast at $35.00 degrees notice down here towards the southern part of the chart though watching this bloke's push a very carefully for the potential of cyclonic development and for the philippines that means heavy rain in the forecast as well as flooding.

in the center to run 80 again metalhead sent out on an extraordinary journey having traveled the furthest reaches of the muslim marco polo knows world feeling back to the old beijing the city established by complete calm is still today china is stronger. now and china is again a superpower we reflect on how the relationship between east and west has changed. power outages here.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera former south african president jacob zuma has told an inquiry into government corruption that he is the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass the. european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran the us to start dialogue after months of tension britain's foreign secretary has warned the window to save the 2050 nuclear deal with iran is closing. china's economic growth slowed to a 27 year low in the past 3 months as the trade war with the united states by its tax cuts and boosting spending didn't stimulate the world's 2nd largest economy as much as expected. to health workers fighting the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo have been murdered they were killed in their homes in north kivu province earlier doctors confirmed the 1st case of the virus in

a major city that's home to a 1000000 people and experts are concerned the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated area close to the border with rwanda since the latest outbreak last august almost 1700 people have died the health ministry says the patient being treated in goma is a church preacher who touches the hands of worshippers catherine sawyer is joining us from nairobi so what's being done to avoid ebola from spreading. ministry of health officials are saying that the situation is gone why it's pretty much under control they say that the had been preparing for months for such an outcome and they've been sensitizing people for example motorcycle riders being told not to share helmets they say that they have set up hunger washing points in different places so they say that it's very unlikely that this disease is going to spread in goma but it is

a concern daryn because this is one of the major cities in d.r. congo has a 1000000 or so residents and it also right at the border with. mentioned this man whose case was confirmed is a pastor who had gone to war to pray for the patients he was quickly isolated orner arrival in goma and is now being transported back to. one of the epicenters of being transported back heavily guarded by the military the people who were with him in the bass that he traveled in are also been isolated and are being vaccinated as we speak but i also spoke to officials of an official of the international federation of the red cross who says that he is quite concerned though that this disease a baller seems to be coming back to areas like benni in north kivu that where the disease had been contained. actually flaring up in beni again

a place that where we had cases of the beginning where the number of cases that gone down and where we're seeing now. the outbreak raging again and this is the new wave the center of of the outbreak this is concerning because it shows that somehow again that had been made where last very very quickly and so we need to build resilience into the systems resilience into the communities so that today is the virus doesn't keep spreading. into new location that are clear from the virus and then a few weeks or months later they get re-infected and this is what we have been seeing now in happening in india see where more than 20. koren clee infected. the ministry of health has also said that 2 health workers community health workers in bhutan what killed on

saturday they were killed in their homes they were very effective and very instrumental in spreading awareness in that area so and they've been receiving we are being told threat since december it's not clear who has killed them but this just goes to show how precarious the situation the security situation is in this parts where it is rampant we're seeing community people who live in those communities do not trust health workers a tall many of them are saying that this disease has been brought by foreigners for political reasons others don't believe it exists at all we're also seeing. you know we have militia groups there are talking to him and centers attacking health workers as well so all this making it very difficult for health workers to deal with the situation particularly in rural areas ok catherine sorie with an update from nairobi saying to take a look at these live pictures right now from the u.n. in geneva that's where the u.n. humanitarian chief mark local after is discussing their bowl of crisis let's listen

in for a moment and for preparedness if we don't get an increase in the funding available treatment centers are going to close there will be fewer teams to conduct training or to give lifesaving vaccinations there will be fewer immobile teams and very little to immediately investigate isolate treat and trace each new case no matter where the disease pops up we have started to get some positive momentum in former hot spots like be tender and can't work. but unless we scale up the response we risk losing that we also need to scale up the response in order to deal with the high risk of the virus spreading further you know already that we've had case in uganda you've seen the reports of the recent case in goma unless we're able to scale up to deal with the risk of spread again we will not be successful in getting to 0 cases i want to say to you that from

a purely financial perspective the cheapest strategy is to invest fully at this point and to stop the current outbreak rather than to under invest now and to have the outbreak linger over a longer timeframe possibly spread further geographically so the time to step up financially is now. in order to be outbreak everybody in this room has to play their role we all have to be in the same boat everybody needs to pick up there and everybody needs to row in the same direction it is possible we can. get back to 0 cases in the east india but if we want to do that we have to act in a different way starting from now thank you very much as they were in humanitarian since march local is making an appeal. asking for a scaling up. the international community's response to the ebola crisis in the

democratic republic of congo. and all monsoon rains have left a trail of devastation across 3 countries in appalling 65 people have been killed in floods and landslides dozens of people are missing and 10000 others are displaced continuous rain since thursday has swum towns and destroyed roads and bridges. and in myanmar heavy rain and high river river levels excuse me have forced thousands from their homes the northern kitchen state is the worst affected with 14000 people displaced representatives of yemen's government and the rebel fighters are meeting for a 2nd day the gathering is on board a u.n. vessel the 2 sides are discussing the pullout of forces from the data the redeployment from the key port city is a critical part of the sweden cease fire deal reached in december it's the 1st time the 2 sides have met in 5 months. campaign has.

a dispute with moscow led to a big fall in visitor numbers president. ordered russian citizens to return home and reports from tbilisi. continues to break up the phone many russians normally have at this time of year in this part of the world from the black sea to the capital city to russian easy to find on the i thank you. although some of the ethnic russians who are initially quite scared about making the trip. here because. i came here. in. nations should live. our history. shows that we love each other.

without mentioning him by name many people blaming vladimir putin. what's happening now is a fight. a campaign to try to persuade people. to come to georgia. spend in georgia. started growing and growing it. and. 65. percent of. what started as a small facebook campaign among young volunteers as quickly morphed into something much bigger the campaign is reaching out to russians. there are a lot of people who are political position and politics of their own country and they just travel freely to this country they experience. has. a russian business woman who lives in georgia she says. it has made false claims

that russians aren't safe here i don't feel it now and i don't feel that all the time i live here i live here 8 years and all georgian people all time was a very very friendly. and now it's not change the georgian government good for cost more than $1800000000.00 russian tourists would visit this year now one bank is predicting half that number and $300000000.00 of revenue will be lost if the flight band goes on the placing that shortfall with new markets will be hard if not impossible andrew symonds al-jazeera to please. all the men's singles final at wimbledon on sunday was epic with novak djokovic to beating roger federer after 5 sets and 5 hours of axe and drop of it saved 2 match points before he won the title in a 5th set tiebreaker at $37.00 federer came out just sort of his efforts of become

the oldest ground champion of the open era this was a joke of it 16 major title. it was probably the the most demanding mentally most demanding match i have was ever part of. most physically demanding that against the dollar finals australia they went on the 6 hours but mentally this was this was a different level to try to take the good things out of this match you know just tons of it. you know. and like similar to 08 maybe i will look back at it as things like well it's actually not that bad after all you know but for now it hurts and it should you know like every loss hurts here at wimbledon. well england has won the cricket world cup for the 1st time after a highly anticipated final against new zealand it was settled on crickets equivalent of the penalty shoot out the super over after both sides posted the same

score they willing to watch the drama unfold. one thing was certain that the famous lord's cricket ground in london there would be new winners of the world cup england had been beaten in 3 previous finals but not reach one for 27 years using them to soften before the underdogs who had exceeded expectations and hope to finally land the big prize. use even score $241.00 for each of their 50 overs by scott less to shock into even the semifinals but would it be enough to take the trophy. incan they did heroes step forward just potluck and question which boone penstock by use the poses to pick hitting the might that seem to one of the favorites and with each blow remove some of the failure and doubt this is home to england stocks kept going as wickets fellow around him 15 needed from the final. but he hit 6 e's one from a bizarre overthrow most to me did one manage.

the 1st half a world cup super ifa stokes about my return to school 15 it was too much when you see the side of. england's new star out the last ball to need it one schooled england one incredibly own boundaries count but i am 44 years of world cup cricket at last england hope on the trophy and what i forgot is the home of cricket nords in the paper that having brain washing i think in the last 4 and what you can call it that and a particular style i mean to. wear it as a side and then they're buried and it's been a safe to say forever and a welcome finally for him and so when it's just so nice and take nothing away from england's campaign not just this match but throughout you know the cricket i've played and i just say that one as i think if either way the side walking away with the total today is probably feels fortunate wold cup champions 29 c.

put a 1st time and. a globe and say we're world cup victories in my detainees for some barren precious england's ugly team of only won the world cup once in 2003 the football team once fucking 1966 but this tournament wasn't shown live on free to air television in the u.k. only the final little thing tonight to inspire new generations of the most dramatic of child. al-jazeera cricket ground in london. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera former south african president jacob zuma is making a defiant appearance before a public inquiry saying there is a conspiracy against him as he faces questions about government corruption during his time in office the commission is looking into allegations that he oversaw the

mass. i've been the subject of. talk in this country for. more than. of. people european foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to find ways to convince iran and the u.s. to start a dialogue after months of tension it's the latest diplomatic effort to cool months of heightened tension between iran and the u.s. britain's foreign secretary has warned the window to save the 2050 nuclear deal with iran is closing. we are totally committed to keeping the middle east. if you close the weapons and other countries in the region with us comes

a very very tough dangerous situation so we are looking to find a way to pursue the new deal which we think is the best way of keeping the middle east nuclear weapons free. iran is still a good year away from developing a nuclear weapon we think there are still some closing thoughts within the. hong kong's leader has further anger protesters who are demanding her resignation by calling them rioters she made the comments at a hospital while visiting 3 police officers injured during clashes on sunday tens of thousands of people in hong kong are opposing a proposed extradition bill with china more of these are planned in the coming weeks. china's economic growth slowed to a 27 year low in the past 3 months as the trade war with the united states continues and tax cuts aimed at boosting spending didn't stimulate the world's 2nd largest economy as much as expected those are the latest headlines on

al-jazeera up next it's inside story to stay with us. more protests in hong kong despite the government suspending the controversial extradition bill that sparked the anger so what's fueling the demonstrations night and what will it take to end what's been dubbed the summer of discontent this is insight story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm hala more he had seen weeks of protests in hong kong show no sign of ending the parliament's in these summits on this chinese territory has been vandalised times near the border with china have seen unprecedented rallies and police and protesters have faced off in violence confrontations. well it all started with an extradition bill that would have allowed people in hong kong to be sent to mainland china for a trial the government has since suspended that bill the chief executive even describing it as dade but not the protests happened volved and see why these are frustration at what is seen as growing political interference from beijing jimmy that island ogun has more. tens of thousands of protesters have showed up here

today it is unprecedented for a suburban place like shots and it hasn't seen anything like this in decades unexpected even for the organizers a lot of the protesters here are shouting they're asking for the police to open up the roads and so i allow people to move freely to speak up the message against kerry lam's the government also is quite clear and to a greater extent beijing the plane will continue. to try to. go for. it remains to be seen what sort of concessions will caroline's government be able to offer the will be acceptable to the millions of young people who have been taking to the streets this is gone beyond just the extradition bill corsi all the other issues that's what protesters here have been telling us this bottled up this consent that has been simmering here

in hong kong for decades they tell us the rule of law and the way of life here in hong kong is threatened they want better regulation and they want better protection young people who have come here have been accused of rioting it may seem like that at the onset if you look at the streets but the protest is so different from the 2014 and brother movement here this movement is largely leader less it has been decentralized and that has been brought to so many suburban areas like shot and it has been localized as well even the issues that have come forward now has become all about the protection of basic fundamental freedoms of people what they want they say is accountability transparency and justice. well let's bring in cities panel in hong kong we have emily lau she's a former counselor at the hong kong legislative council and

a former chairwoman of the democratic party in london we're joined by james palmer a senior editor at foreign policy magazine who lived in beijing from 2004 to 2018 answers in hong kong via skype lauren smart the chairman of the hong kong we go exchange foundation and a member of the silent majority for hong kong political party welcome to you all if i could come to you 1st emily live. assurances have been given that this extradition bow which sparked the protests is dead so why in your view are these protests continuing well i think the chief executive kerry lamb has not really responded to demands of the protesters and the demands of many hong kong people and that is to say that the bill has been withdrawn which is the correct terminology not that the bill is dead i mean people don't know what that means and

people pray that maybe the bill will suddenly rise up from the dead again and also of course the people would like to see an independent inquiry setup chaired by a judge to look into the police brutality and all the chaos in the last few weeks and she has not responded to these 3 months so i will only reasonable and that's why the people are very unhappy i request but were carry to turn round and see we will withdraw the spill we will formally withdraw the spill and you can have the inquiry do you think the process would stop then. i think i think emotion will subside quite a bit of course not maybe not a 100 percent but i think that because these are the demands that have been articulated for so long and if she would come out and say yes i would do these

things i think i think we will see a lot less protests lawrence more what do you say to that the simple way to end these protests once and for all is for kerry lanting to change her vocabulary and withdraw the bell rather than kill it and then. i don't think i would do anything good in cooling down the well in stopping the protests i would say if i could on a bit but the whole the whole you know the business is not just about the bill i mean could have says and there has been prominent very about how importers so the reason has been moved away from the extra extradition bill it is due to other social issues which the people people do not feel happy about so the and also the stepping out of the chief executive is not a matter because whoever stands in opposition to be the chief executive will have

to sammy sosa problem and on hand as an issue to tackle west and the same soren and power in hong kong to tackle with possible felony torn instruments so what are the social issues lawrence marvet you think are at the heart of this. well i think for so many years and sentiment in cooked up has been. in calculator into the mind of so people there's a very subtle and the china and the chinese and the national identity the sentiment. so whenever we talk about china and then to talk about chinese stuff people are not happy about them and his his his picking up this antique chinese sentiment well by and large the large a very very popular newspaper in hong kong and which which are in constant.

highlighting the negative aspects of chinese society china and even about china and hide away and downs you know any thing the chinese have so hong kong people have been so also many is injected with all encountered in clanton with very many negative. ideas about china ok let me china let me put this to james parmeno james palmer. these protests began after the controversy surrounding the so-called extradition bill we hear from one side that if this extradition bill was formally withdrawn that may stop the protests on the other hands were hearing the system and see social issues an anti china sentiment being fermented by the press what was your reading of this why do you think these print these protests are continuing. well i would say well the extradition

bill was the immediate cause the bigger problem is a much wider divide in identity between hong kong is and the people's republic as a whole the mainland young hong kong is do not feel themselves to be chinese only 3.5 percent of young colonies when interviewed say that the chinese the vast majority say that they are global citizens or even more so the hong kong is and those numbers have dropped sharply in the last 10 years but where of course i really disagree with lawrence is that this isn't the result of in calculation or some kind of propaganda it's the result of actions by china by beijing it's the result of things like the kidnapping of hong kong booksellers the political power now on the mainland the sense particularly over the last you know 5 years that the mainland has been rapidly de liberalizing and so from hong kong as point of view

while they want to could have believed that the mainland would move more towards where hong kong is in terms of freedom of speech rule of law and so on now they're seeing the moment go backwards and attempt to force that backwardness on hong kong lawrence i'll give you a chance to respond to that. you know it is true that because china containment policy has been we go well the us is wanting to contain china and hong kong is so serious that it would be political influences financial influences and there is in up the color blue shield which is being used as part of the to the chinese government now where we have hung independence. a couple of years ago and we even see it is quite apparent that hong kong is getting our credibility so i mean you cannot blame the chinese government so i don't think control over hong kong because hong kong is not controlled probably it would go on an independent city. and let me

put these points to you emily lie that the says. this is this is an identity issue rather than the extra bit they actually. per say do you think that younger hong kong or so feeling less chinese and this is this is a wider pushback against. against a perceived oppressor. well i think it is an identity issue yes but the fear of being sent for trial in mainland china is real whether it is the youngsters or their families or other political dissidents who could be the target of this bill it's a concern of many people including the young and of course the young people who are also very very much put off by presidency jim pings

absolutely no respect for rule of law for human rights and look at the situation in seeing john over a 1000000 people being locked up like that and also look at the human rights lawyers the human rights defenders in china and there are many of them suffer a lot and so when the young people here young and old when they see the appalling situation in china of course they feel very very disturbed and they young people of course they don't want to be part of that country and they asked me because they they asked me to see if i can help especially those who hold the british national overseas passports or of course these people are not that young but they asked me what i can ask britain to help because they are british citizens lauren smart let me put that to you youngsters in hong kong are seeing.