the threat rather than a provocation nonetheless it doesn't help ease tensions on the peninsula there has been a slightly more robust response from japan with japan's defense minister saying that these missiles although short range could have been ballistic in which case that could have been a violation of un resolutions which could have consequences the firing seems to have been north korea's way of saying it is unclear to displeased with exercises that are going to be held in august between south korean and u.s. forces and it also could be sending a message to the u.s. and to the administration of president donald trump especially after the heightened expectations of this surprise meeting on the d.m.z. between donald trump and kim jong un less than a month ago they were following that meant to be working level negotiations between officials from both sides to try to set up a way forward to

a another formal summit those negotiations were meant to taken place during july well july is fast running out and so it seems is north korea's patience kim jong un has set a deadline for the end of this year for negotiations to restart and for the u.s. to give some relief from sanctions in return for north korea giving up parts of its nuclear arsenal this does seem to be a reminder of just the size of its arsenal of weaponry that it has at its disposal . and says it's to cut 9 percent of its global workforce by 2023 the rest of its former chairman carlos go on in the vendor has seen the automotive giant struggle to revive growth its management says it's cutting costs by slashing 12500 jobs. also it's coming at al-jazeera including often by civil war the syrian children struggling to survive after the rest of the family were killed by an extra. couple

on the high seas we don't patrol with gone as navy as they tracked down pirates in the most dangerous maritime territory in the world more of them stay with us. hello there is a very wet picture across much of indonesia in particular across into borneo a lot of travel all see as but it's really the rain this rebook continue to stream in and really plunge further south was not so much on friday but really by saturday can see that right heading for the south meanwhile the southwest and java about to get a better day on saturday if you want to singapore and 31 celsius in kuala lumpur all that warm into straight year old there i say not that war we have had some fine and dry weather in sydney for the last several days the weather is all to the south inside because of that but this friday the 20 celsius in sydney now already the

record for july has been broken 8 consecutive days above 20 degrees celsius the average is 16 so that's a record may well extend to another couple of days meanwhile across the great beyond we have got back out in the forecast to melbourne and again are all the mic stand hobart with a high of 12 degrees a little bit cooler for you there on saturday that front is clearing the way taking the rain with us and say we will some slightly fresh air in place which is why the temperatures are a little bit lower and then you see across into new zealand not a bad day on friday 11 in christchurch 15 or clinton makes that of cloud in the child and then the day it's this in a picture a cloud in christchurch at 12. get

closer to that see all together see boy. coming places together. welcome back to the top stories here on al-jazeera puerto rico's governor of a cobbler also york has announced his resignation not the days of street protests he's been at the center of a text message scandal also led to 2 top officials resigning. his 1st cabinet meeting as british prime minister he's appointed mostly brags that

supporters as his top ministers and insist the britain will lead the european union by the october 31st deadline johnson will soon be addressing parliament. and north korea has conducted its 1st missile test since u.s. president donald trump met many a month ago south korea and japan say 2 weapons see off the coast. now at least 14 civilians have been killed in air strikes on syria's province it follows one of the worst attacks on the rebel held area when multiple strikes on a market in southern italy left at least 41 people dead. ahmed is struggling to breathe. after being trapped under rubble for hours he still can't get enough. none of his family can take care of this 3 year old. his 7 year old sister batool is also in intensive care they were severely injured

when their home collapsed after it was hit by an air strike and parents and their younger sister were killed. they were among $41.00 syrians who died on monday when airstrikes hit a popular market and surrounding areas in the opposition controlled town of band in southern italy. these 2 children were brought to our hospital after the massacre and. out of their cases breaks your heart they were in a very bad condition when they are god willing they will get better but they are worried about it was that. it was one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the russian backed syrian government offensive began almost 3 months ago. the neighborhood was repeatedly hit making it hard for the best killers to evacuate the survivors. the 1st strike here so

i arrived as a neighborhood to see what happened i saw destruction and bodies on the streets then we heard on the walkie talkie that the planes are back i was with 2 other people they ran in different directions for those who went to the left where i hid in a store and that is why i survived. no man is home to more than 100000 syrians among them internally displaced from other parts of syria it's not the 1st time it has been hit and people there expect the indiscriminate bombardment to continue but for many leaving is not an option. and you all and i am in the same situation as others if i leave there's no place to go is densely populated the borders with turkey are closed people preferred to die in their homes instead of a life with no dignity or. syrians are being killed every home's the tools and much

family were sleeping when the plane dropped the bombs. they are now left. keeps asking for his father i don't know what to tell him he keeps trying to do and. are now your hands and the war means many other syrian children. 3 explosions have taken place in the afghan capital kabul at least 10 people have been killed one of the explosions was caused by a suicide bomber who rode a bike into a bus and we're getting reports that at least 8 saudis soldiers have been killed during clashes with the fight as the latest fighting took place near the saudi yemeni border the united arab emirates has begun to withdraw some of its forces from yemen says the reduction is aimed at boosting the go see asians with who the rebels to end the war at the same time pictures of emerged of saudi military vehicles arriving at a special camp for saudi u.a.e.

forces in the southern city of aden yemen has been plagued by violence since 2014 and who the rebels overran much of the country including the capital. has more now from the yemeni capital. according to sources saudis have sent more reinforcement to the cost the city of aden where over $20.00 vehicles loaded with dozens of military trial acts have been sent to the cost of the city which is under the control of the supreme council for the secession of the south from the north. knew in forest meant that confirm accounting to all observers that the saudis will. strongly support its existence on the ground where over the past 4 years saudis have been

monitoring and also taking attacks taking a taxi from the skies but now determined to get involved strongly on the ground the situation where is that also many more troops have been sent according to sources to the west coast line of all who data over 11 brigades have replaced the sudanese or have withdrawn due to the. race in this collisions and also what has happened in that country of sudan. boeing has announced its largest quarterly loss on record following the grounding of its 737 max aircraft the company lost $3000000000.00 in its 2nd quarter and sales fell by more than a 3rd a 737 max fleet was grounded in march after 2 crashes in 5 months killed 346 people

a problem with software caused the planes to nosedive christensen to me has more from new york. boeing sold $104.00 fewer planes than it did last year in the 2nd quarter revenue is down 35 percent the announcement sent share prices tumbling the $737.00 max remains grounded as the company works to fix a software glitch blamed for those 2 fatal crashes boeing expects to have that taken care of in the coming months but it will still be up to federal regulators to determine when the $737.00 can return to flight boeing c.e.o. says the company might shut down production if the plane's return is significantly delayed beyond the company's october forecasts the company has said it expects to pay some $4900000000.00 to compensate airlines for the downtime it's also facing lawsuits from the families of the $386.00 victims of the 2 flights experts believe the company will rebound it's just

a matter of when and boeing has been the leader that we need them to get back on their feet and struggling again we've still right now there's a question of trust there's a question of winning the regulators and the government and everyone on board because that's what the airline business is all about having the trust of the people while the company did suffer its largest quarterly loss ever that was offset somewhat by gains in the defense and service contracts pirates are a danger only long the coast of west africa with a rising number of attacks on ships maritime security experts on meeting for a 2nd day and donna to find ways to combat the problem also discussing how to tackle people trafficking drug smuggling and illegal fishing nicholas hawkeye's more from across in gaza where the meeting of maritime security experts has been taking place. protecting vessels sailing across the world's ocean not just a challenge for the 15 navy chiefs meeting here and defense contractors here in the

gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see in the streets of our movies where britain and year round accuse each other of state piracy or in southeast asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogo the admiral of the american navy in europe in africa it's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is fiercely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of

guinea but according to the navy chief in the gerrard the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. in the go to this in the amount of time given and in terms of percentage of comdex on the saw prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent pirates here in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from communities with fine unemployment they see off their shores big container ship and they feel excluded from this global economy every year piracy costs more than $24000000000.00 in order to tackle this issue governments in the region need to tackle the issue of poverty. and inequality now about 1600000 people are facing food insecurity in mozambique of the 2 cyclons struck early this year

like on either side and it just 6 weeks apart flattening cities and villages and killing hundreds saigon also cause widespread flooding washing away crops just weeks before harvest thousands of children remain monarchist experts warn the situation is expected to worsen from. people living on the slopes of the most active volcano in the leisure lead a life of risk 275 people were killed when mount merapi erupted 9 years ago but since then survivors have returned to their villages and farms as florence vary reports some new ways to make a living. when the weekend arrives so do the tourists hundreds of them by the bus load that day pollin to off road trucks and head off bumping along dusty trails for a close encounter with indonesia's most active volcano the alert level for mount merapi is now low it's 9 years since the last major eruption.

turret's allowed to go into the danger zone as close as 4 kilometers from the crater. so. used to be a cattle farmer but turned to off road driving after his neighbor persuaded him to give it a go but. we never there's been an interruption tourists are a bit weary and stay away but they come back when the government says that say the volcano is dangerous of course but there are also been efforts. he sold some of his cows to buy his 1st utility vehicle now he has 3. this tour has become so popular that there are now about 900 jeeps that cater to visitors the highlight is the driving through a river and fans from the 2010 eruption. it's not just nature and the spectacular views that attract the tourists this museum of sorts is a testament to the power of. a collection of household items destroyed in the

eruption in 2010 that killed 275 people and dunn is on his 2nd visit to merapi. family i was very happy and excited my 1st time here but this trip i feel a bit sad thinking about the people who died but it's a good tour it educates people especially for people who live in disaster prone areas they know how devastating such a cure insists can be. assy knows just how deadly merapi can be. he's the volcano's spiritual guardian a traditional role going back generations. he succeeded his father who was killed in the eruption line years ago. people still come to pay their respects to him. though. take grass from a rap be we take rocks and sand to build houses we need to love more it's terrifying when it explodes but when it comes down we need to come back and take

care of it. the people of no they live in the shadow of danger but have learned to adapt and even benefit from it florence al-jazeera mount merapi indonesia. now the french inventor known as the flying soldier has failed in his attempt to cross the english channel on his jet powered flight board frankie's apart and was rescued after falling into the sea as he tried to refuel on a boat he had planned to land on the british coast near dover after a flight of around 20 minutes before my jet ski champion said he hoped to soar above the channel like a. right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera puerto rico's governor of a car that also york has announced his resignation after days of mass treat protests over corruption and vulgar text messages has been at the center of

a scandal that also led to 2 top officials resigning infuriated puerto ricans already frustrated by corruption mismanagement economic crisis and a sluggish recovery from hurricane maria really 2 years ago or so you will be leaving office next month. where despite having a mandate from the people who elected me democratically today i feel that continuing in this position presents insert mountable difficulties adding heard the complaints spoken to my family thought of my children and in prayers i've taken the following decision i announce to you today that i'll be resigning as governor effective friday 2nd of august for astronomers held its 1st cabinet meeting as british prime minister is appointed mostly brigs its supporters as his top ministers and insist that britain will lead the european union by the october 31st deadline johnson will shortly be addressing parliament north korea has conducted its 1st missile test since u.s.

president donald trump met kim jong un nearly a month ago south korea and japan say 2 missiles were fired into the sea of the coast at one san early this month north korea warned that military drills in south korea could derail resumption of nuclear talks with washington. well spokesperson for south korea's defense ministry urged its neighbor to end the missile tests. have korean government has been closing monitoring the related moves of north korea and we urge north korea to stop such actions that don't help the f. 43 leave tensions on the korean peninsula south korean government will step up its monitoring busta under us. and closely communicate regard with this. 3 explosions have taken place in the afghan capital kabul at least 10 people were killed one of the explosions was caused by a suicide bomber for what a bike into a bus well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power stations also watching

a theft in south korea around 2000000 dogs are eaten every year but now animal rights groups want the engine tradition taken off the menu when no one east investigates korean dogs friends. and i'll just be around. 2018 a new government came to power in armenia amid widespread optimism that its leader nicole would end decades of corruption and the economic mismanagement but now his administration faces a major to limit whether to proceed with a huge be defined mining project that summer warning will cause enormous environmental damage and endangered one of the world's rarest animal species.

the former soviet republic of armenia has witnessed dramatic changes in the last 12 months. a bloodless revolution led by journalist turned politician nicole pushing a promised an end to decades of corrupt rule this. is just one a snap election and for the 1st time in years there is open to ms m o 1st priority is to continue. to call it will listen and to make a real difference to see nothing in the economy. or mania has enjoyed years of blockades imposed by its neighbors turkey and azerbaijan the country's economy never really recovering from the collapse of the u.s.'s own. previous governments

resorted to leasing its mineral rich manton's to foreign mining concerns it was driven by need for revenue but it's also caused a no miss and one in mental damage even worse say some of the economic benefits were only ever enjoyed by a few new army of oh sure google problem out. there still will go to those who move along but on the notion of who. will cool the loss of slaughters in the he she said beautiful show but it will it's the privilege. of the latest of these mining projects is proving hugely divisive supported by the previous government and poised to begin work it is said to exploit a massive gold deposit in the south of the country but it is being blockaded by activists who believe that profits are less important than on main is unique

environment you can't drink gold or you can't eat gault you can't just bury gold you need pure environment for life. what happens next. where the mind goes ahead all the activists when the battle lies in the hands of the new prime minister nicole pushing in. it's a decision that could affect the future of his administration a threatened ecosystem and even the fate of one of the world's most imperiled animal species. tiny landlocked all mean year is the oldest christian country in the world. blessed with rich soils it is also considered to be the birthplace of wine and even today agriculture forms the mainstay of the economy. the magnificent mind ararat where many believe the remains of noah's ark will one day be found is the national symbol.

today the mountains of armenia like the fabled on remain a refuge for many endangered animals the hunting ground of the world's rarest big cat the koch asian leopard of which there are estimated to be only 10 left in the country. this unique footage was captured by trial cameras. alexander more caution a rule authority on the reclusive animal has been charting the leopard's battle for survival for over 20 years. as an awful events and outdated dodig what. was shelagh the braces show off. and as such i'm not going to be a lot of color loaf. power not whether they get dirty bob years i'd say. what you're not going of course the good lick of.

but the fate of this magnificent beast hangs in the balance with the new mine ready and waiting to get into production as are lots of players many of. them where you are but it was enough to go. deep within the karabakh ridge a mountain called amel saw which translates as the barren place is ironically the side of a massive gold deposit discovered by anglo-american mining company lydian international who intend to extract the precious metal by means of a controversial he pleasing process. maybe an international as of biggest for any western culture during the last for been years we invested about 500000000000 over this project is very important for the economy or.

we designed the project to be. environmentally. safe 1st of all he please just knology doesn't have to face down there is no issues with water no issues with the health of community. but local see things differently and fearful that their lives are about to change forever. the tourism in the free trade which have always been the main source of income will be destroyed if the mind goes ahead. spurred on by the recent revolution for the last 6 months protesters have blocked all roads to the mountain stopping for the mine construction. at 1st we leave out our cars then we bring and now we bring temporary housing like this is the place we are living now. this is our scene well that's we must save almost sorry we thought our hands our

mom i know we're almost sorry depend on we must save eat right home michael he was not going to while we were on last night were we john are you going to tell your son john i would get your rights reborn or still loved you document your for. i bore sure none of them made her michael j. got although it's been. many. have come to this remote to support the book and he does. people like annie from the capital yerevan he has a 7 year old son is. every time i go to. ask in need to stay with him and i just explain him that if i don't go. who who can go so i feel some moral duty to go there and to stand with them anyway it's a little bit difficult because i'm

a girl and they're all boys but i can say that during this months we became just like family. well let us know when there's just this sort of this nice woman ya got so she'll you start to hear sure should just leave it right it. would publish with. the blockade has proved for a marketplace if. the machinery and trucks lie idle the project is literally frozen. which is it. it's about hollywood or but now it's more because we're lost people. professionals we had a mean 800270 contracts. the blockade is making some people just because of the wider implications. for not coming one day close all the mines

because they will have basically you will be destroyed a big part of your budget thousands and thousands of people will be out of the job armenia's titular head of state president sarkozy and used to be on the board of lydian the blockaders believe he's just one of many power brokers backing the mind his role was more of brokering this potential big investment into into the country as opposed to anything else. on my side has been a fixer for this mining project and we wanted to. we actually asked him directly questions of what was his role and asked him to disclose information that is particularly important at the moment. he denied to disclose

information when you joined the board your science of adventure ality. my cautious is absolutely clear what i did absolutely clear. and on the less the blockade is a wary of the president preferred to put their faith in armenia's new prime minister nicole pushing him on his shoulders the future of the minaya rests a political outsider and in a fired man of the people last spring the shinya was swept into office on an unprecedented wave of popular support. he promised to end the endemic corruption that had told his country under the decade long rule of former president says sock sound of the republican party his attempt to stay in power by becoming prime minister had set off a political earthquake. the legitimacy i mean social. psychological edge this is over

a public good port was there is hope they were not popular even 10 years ago with this except to keep the truth. pushing in a former political prisoner began a long march from the west of the country to the capital yerevan much of the time with his wife at his side in her right at the. height of itself. i doubt it but. we had a good hour to get it behind our back to someone else almost. like it's more of us left and heads home in christiane's us that's important and that's the good knots i levels. most economists that. with hundreds of thousands of supporters on the streets demanding he became prime minister instead of socks in pushing an issue pilot and yvel the travelling. immediately set about tackling corruption with high profile cases like the mayor of yerevan his numerous mansions were filmed by

a drain the video of which went viral on the internet. people were incensed love that there's no options to push you know that those films should be should dish in your us to go well there was a rule in those that stuck in the copy of the show. well not all soon. probably was to be something that in your bus on the. culture of corruption came from the soviet era and it was and it wasn't fought with in the early stages all army as independence just like it was the case on other in other countries it became a norm. the mining industry and body thought corruption say activists extraction permits given by politicians without due process or proper scrutiny had terrible environmental consequences. the armenian environmental front

a volunteer group mom says pollution levels of mines across the country including cars iran are manias biggest we have many mines in armenia and armenia is none that big we have a small country saw but we have huge mines here we have the tailing dom which is one of the biggest in the world. for decades the country's mineral wealth has been plundered by an oligarchy at the cost of the environment lax legislation and very low fines on pollution led to the explosion of mining industry. that's a good corporate mind north of the capital is a typical example even before the mine began operations locals say many of them were compelled to sell the land to the company for

a fraction of its value if they really enjoyment out of. your navy. and shrug or tornadoes wish mannings on its shelter we're told my kids. your socks on your body keep all those that get in you doesn't own it's also worth it. worse was to come it turned out that the tail down had a construction issue and it was cracking and that was a major risk off toxins leaking into the and violence so they had to shut down but no before did released a poisonous discharge into the river bed once one of the cleanest in the country contaminating land for miles around. iraq produces vodka from his sharon trees but there is no guarantee that it's free from contamination by heavy metals discharge from the mine.

soil samples from farms in the vicinity shows serious contamination his past trees dried up completely and no longer bear fruit so he's had no choice but to start from scratch in the hope that new plantings fared better. arak films discharge from the mine going straight into the river bank mikado langkow run company may link you don often to languor i think would make on either car think on the market on the chaotic at the wrong buy for noncommercial villainies best news the protesters that will saw fear they will suffer a similar fate if the mind goes ahead but director of sustainability philip you know mania arman step in human remains sanguine about any potential risk recombined them and the crust material all the way down to this facility which is here the hitler just is about 1.12 moments away from the votes that he played facilities

were crushed rock will be does to the cyanide to extract the gold right by the village of ken the vice. versa so i. think it's about 1000 tonnes a year thousands of. and even before the mind has actually gone into production inhabitants of can devise complained of the incidence. you have shot meds of a tongue in their reschedule. marker you have to go to. the south caucasus is one of the richest regions in the world for biodiversity and no we're more so than. the world wide fund for

nature conducted numerous field studies on the mountain that are completely at all it's with the company's assertion that the mind poses new threats to wildlife we found these bought into therefore out that these are at least the species of plant . you for i'm not mistaken 15 species of birds we count one species of mammal this is brown bear. 3 species of snakes perhaps even more importantly than this the proposed mine is cited in the middle of one of only 2 corridors used by the endangered caucasian leopard got on the seat area because like you. have you seen monkeys here it's very important for me gratian of lead part of that and also connects with these ranges so in short i think project is for . color of that. we are one of the corridors probably the

last biggest chart over europe and we should protect it. well if there's a leopard or an odd endangered species you know we will we will produce the syphax you know species action plan. and by by having by changing be environment you actually also create an environment for your species but that's what happens. but it's not just animal species that could be affected. i mean 9 miles from the a muslim mine is the sport and of jimmy famed for its spring water where there is also open hostility solidity and 70 percent of german community these. people are against these they are thinking about their future and german spa place of you know many people go to their house in the summer jimmy could try to visitors from all over the former soviet union it's

a sort of bulge in borden of the south caucasus but this is distinctly a market atmosphere might be about to change if the mine goes ahead according to libyan's environmental and social impact assessment similar projects have experienced increased alcohol consumption new or widening commercial sex networks and prostitution it solution distribution of condoms and information materials in local restaurants and entertainment areas. local businesses are understandably anxious about the future if. shut my 1000 accounts on me as yes oh i'm of us i would jump off earlier i'd had our time without all the meds or school violate. the new general car came up with adults running gently on the wood from. a more fundamental concern is that the close proximity of the mine could i'd firstly

affect jimmy's famous mineral water. and maybe even further afield. this is lake 7 the largest body of fresh water in the caucasus holding some 25 percent of all main use freshwater. levon is captain of a soviet builds research vessel that mamma says the lake yet ideas of them are not really where they were it was a. yeah. small that's got. it just out of those we're probably on your so you were the other there nor does is that there's there was a report she is there of us and i can't believe that. the lake is connected to the catch at reservoir which is less than 3 miles from the mall saw so could any talks discharge from the mine also threaten the lake. according to libyan's

environmental and social impact assessment lake 7 will not be impacted if i recall the words correctly the practice is negligible or there's no impact. however many of your meaning is leading the scientists on most convinced these are biodiversity experts or experts and hydrology or hydrogen ology they're concerned and they've expressed their negative opinion on them on the ballot in the off their risk assessment yesterday up which you look at the problem of would you. have traveled sivana. not by ship but i believe me recall of issues but almost all civil no not secured obfuscates of our day we visited to begin article about you know how to hear. more to me. like

it is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of like serpentor media and the new prime minister has been obliged to take notice the position of prime minister is that there shall be proper. impact assessments and proper investigation understand. is it really that there is a risk for impact on later on as a result of. it's like this of almost i'm right or not so nobody knows whether the most and all sins also are sourced the whole this region is going to damage based on current statement yes no one really knows. the history of positive ground at the border we don't beat me leave your city if you are going hard for this is very easy. such is the importance of this issue

the just days before last december the sniper election called to decide whether pushing him should stay in office he came to the blockade to hear the concerns of the protesters about life and that's you know if it went off and i thought i. don't give a people not to stick by i was there maybe have a killer day to get it because it's like you just need to recover muscles are make a demolition job and from the harvest men are going home carts members from the 3rd are called milling hard evil men are going home carts numbers from benefits from the children. the prime minister moved on to jimmy where he addressed by those in such an election rally he seemed to hint where his sympathies lie on the minds future it 4 stars 1000000 baht topic dhamma if events are as if they only an hour before stakeout would sooner. 40 he mob without god live for

even. if that a minus is i think i got a little knot of good cheer you know i saw a lot of black sheep. if she got really. good a ha catching up made it so i asked bonnie some jack on the child id it meant joel that t.v. gang people right out of kids on the hunt got. on it i got maybe but not that cost me it make it hot so you need to make it they will walk by. and on the last fishing in his safe oh mine is through avoid taking a decision on the animals saw mine the biggest investment project in the history of all mania. now he faces a stoic choice that could either deter foreign investment or alienate the very people who put him where he is it's an uncertain time but one thing seems clear

the blockade is on gang anyway. america is divided like never before all inside is so convinced that they are absolutely correct that the other side is dangerous people in power investigates how partisan politics are writing the civil norms to american democracy every indicator shows america to be the least well functioning democracy of any establish democracy. one of the strange death of american civility on al-jazeera business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together.

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a victory for the people this was the moment they found out after 2 weeks of street protests that your. governor carter rocio said he would try to step down. side. despite having a mandate from the people who elected me democratically today i feel that continuing in this position presents censored mountable difficulties adding heard the complaints spoken to my family thought of my children and in prayer i've taken the following decision i announce to you today that i'll be resigning as governor effective friday 2nd of august. if those on the street she laid it. was. the feeling was the.

same except what are you feeling right now. this is us but you can have your returns from war and we've got to protest the man. they're calling a revolution others might say it's puerto rico's arab spring i was i was euphoric i couldn't believe it i the 1st generation do you know how. proud you feel the 1st generation to get out of the just because we said so we went to his power of a. change of power that began with 2 cabinet members to her arrested by the f.b.i. for alleged corruption one was a minister of education. and was followed by the leaking of private text messages sent by the governor in them he insulted his own people made bolder comments about women and appear to joke about the puerto ricans killed in hurricane irene 2 years

ago. but this was a transition also about a people who rose up and demanded more from their leaders on an island that's a us territory this was an. a resistance movement i would say finally you know all the power energy frustration came out we had everybody with us this is what it was it and it's here to stay we are demanding big changes from our government not just this resignation this is going for a long it's an overhaul of government and our institutions. 2 weeks of taking to the streets these people say they preclude their government and now they can celebrate people's i don't know how does either san juan puerto rico. or column harding is a latin america and lest he joins us on skype from manchester good to have you with us so as you no doubt know puerto rico has had many revolts in the last couple of 100 years is this one though

a turning point. well that's what the people in the streets saying unless it's very much young people who are not taking part in before perhaps and it reflects the terrible economic and social crises that that question rick has been going through . the 2 main parties in question rico either say that question or e-coli becoming a state of the united states or continuing its current. state says as a stray associate state which is a sort of halfway house with certain privileges which is the popular democratic party's view that the current opposition. the independence movement and independence it has never really attracted very much support and pleasure in that it's not impossible that this current wave of no protests and if euphoria was weak and that could lead to more enthusiasm for independence that i somehow doubt is i think the age 8 the current p.n.p.

of the current pro-state. government is heading to defeat in elections next year we'll talk about the government what happens now to the corruption allegations the investigations against it also you know administration. well the the that there be tremendous pressure for these continuing mainly because the corruption allegations that. are out there are very serious and they the president of the supreme court are actually his men with their position. and he can this you know this this this line but i think it's just trying to sweep it under the carpet this is it's not going to work out ross 8 years gone but they need to be anxious to let him out you know the time being that's when they don't have to show that they mean business and they to make things up. corruption is not the only course with glittery trustees and certainly wants the troops retract you mention the economic hardship that the territory faces does this uprising in any way change the

territories economic prospects do you think. we'll have to see i mean i think what it does reflect is they may disillusionment of young people who maybe have higher education but not much in the way of job prospects unlawful it's been a big brain direct from quite eureka people have moved to cicily to central florida and a better answer to all sorts of parts of the united states because they are us this isn't some that didn't touch for rights they become to elect a member of congress for instance but they can move to comes next most states have been doing certain very large numbers so the prospects for michel of the people who stay are not good and of course it's going to freshen our searching and in the current status of course eureka which instantly is the opposition p.p.p. days line. you mention that a lot of the protesters are young people will this force change in what many puerto

rican see as increasingly authoritarian leaders who want a not whole becoming less democratic blurring the lines between the executive in the judiciary attempting to control the media narrative and so on. well there's no indication that it won't take you're quite the centurion at me in other places mexico's relations which they are the president. of a left wing president that there's objecting to big criticisms about press and trade in the system aren't there. we have to see what happens a question economist at the moment it's mass movement on the streets and i think this certainly proves the prospects of the current mayor sam. catherine dealing. who's running to prominence recently to actually because she's one of the people insult to fight during government. and i think she's young she's shoes or we can be with the young people in question and identify with and i think the

prospects for next year and choose if you discount you know she say she's don't you must be very good torrence been interesting to get your analysis column harding there that north korea has conducted its 1st missile test just weeks after expressing more anger a planned military drills between south korea and the us south korea and japan say 2 short range ballistic missiles were fired into the sea off the coast and one san south korea's defense ministry is urging congress to stop its tests last month u.s. president donald trump held talks with north korean leader kim jong un during a surprise visit when he became the 1st sitting american president to step foot into north korea will not only don't. have korean government has been closely monitoring the related moves of north korea and we urged north korea to stop such actions that don't help the effort 3 leave tensions on the korean peninsula south

korean government will step up its monitoring plus to under u.s. south korea cooperation and closely communicate regard with this you know on the. right has more from seoul. south korea and also japan are analyzing data from this double missile launch working with their u.s. allies looking in particular at one of these missiles that traveled a total of 690 kilometers which they believe could be a new type of weapon with reports that possibly this missile has a guided capability unable to get to avoid interception now if this is true then it means that north korea while they have certainly stopped nuclear testing on the launch of bigger intercontinental ballistic missiles are still developing their

weapons systems it's a message that has been driven home with the release of photographs earlier this week of kim jong un the north korean leader visiting a submarine in a shipyard now it's not known whether this is a new submarine under construction of the north koreans claim or simply an older type of sub that is being refitted but the consensus among analysts is that it is a submarine that is large enough to carry submarine launched ballistic missiles a technology that north koreans have been trying to develop over the last couple of years i think people are in south korea and the united states need to be more cars on the bar inspection breaking down of the new type of submarine. and then test firing of our short range of projectiles because if north korea acquires nuclear submarines they can launch nuclear policy missiles then it would be

a game changer those days missile launch it seems to be an expression of north korean anger at upcoming exercises between south korean and u.s. forces in august and also showing its frustration that want. again talks seem to have stalled even after the heightened hopes of the surprise meeting between donald trump and kim jong un the d.m.z. barely a few weeks ago it is the fear of talks collapsing that has led to a guarded response from south korea saying that the launch of the missiles was a threat but not necessarily a provocation japan had a firm response saying that if this does turn out to be ballistic missiles even though they were short range this does violate.