see manipulator something it hasn't done in 25 years with the yuan worth less chinese exports become cheaper allowing to compete better in the u.s. and across the world partly offsetting the u.s. tariffs imposed on chinese imports but it will come at a cost to chinese consumers they will pay more for imports china's central bank is denying the u.s. accusation saying it's a protectionist practice some economists think china allowing more u.n. volatility can only go so far china is trying to say that we're not going to be buoyed by the u.s. and a small reminder to the escalation of the trade war and what china can do about a further escalation for china to use exchange rate as a weapon is highly unlikely because when a drops to say $7.00 or 8 then it becomes a political issue. after share prices worldwide felt in reaction to china's move some experts say the view inside china is not as pessimistic in

a weaker you one was expected at some point in the past the u.s. has been hesitating with the currency manipulator label or a concern that it could trigger a trade war but we're already in one so the consequences are low and the negotiations with the international monetary fund could take up to a year and some feel that the i.m.f. won't act against china despite the u.s. accusation of manipulation when he started mentioning the i.m.f. the question is what could he do there the i.m.f. is a consentual organisation they're not going to take sides in fact 2 weeks ago they already issued their own statement about china's currency and they said that it is and why with international standards despite the arguments the us says it's still planning for a visit from a chinese trade delegation in september. now a better place to talk about all things currency then patel is joining us now effects in global macro strategist at i care a good to have you with us so let's just deal with the very basic simple situation

1st about currency manipulation it isn't easy. name i guess to label the chinese with in your view of a currency manipulator i think if it's a technical question and a logical question the no if it's a literal sense of chinese officials actually intervening and work in the currency markets then yes they are and that it's more of a it's more nuanced than just labeling a country of china of china's size a currency manipulator i think the u.s. have to sort of take a step back and realize sort of why and the history of sort of the chinese currency and you know yes one could argue in the i.m.f. is that this is where the country of china's size should not be having a managed currency or managed interest rate system they should be a fully flexible system but the approach from the us is completely wrong as soon as you apply tariffs as soon as you take a sort of more grass of stance on china they become defensive and i think you know

it just it's sort of his counterproductive to china beijing sort of 2025 vision of opening and liberalising the currency so it really becomes a political call them because actually didn't the us treasury report just a few months ago say they will buy it stands no china wasn't a currency manipulation exactly so from a technical perspective and you know even based on us nor their latest 2015 act was nowhere near sort of labeling current china a currency manipulator you know how to dig out some really old trade law here in 1990 going back to 1908 using some of the similar sort of laws that were played when china was 1st named coats in place of back in the early ninety's so look at think you know this is more of a political state. and the scariest signal for us from from this is actually the fact that the u.s. administration and both if the u.s. treasury are willing to sort of bend the rules if to make

a political statement the question for us is like how far they wouldn't sit bend the rules and what could come next this is of course part of why this is a slight pivot but it's part of a wider trade war which we know about between beijing and the united states when something is described as a war that implies there would be a winner and a loser i'm suspecting the more these tariffs are going on either side and then china saying we're not going to be part of us our cultural imports either. can anyone win a war like this the unintended consequences of this war and the longer it goes on could be quite damaging both sort of risky assets and equity markets and i think is fair to say that you know at some point someone has the euro to but there's just no end in sight yet so any thoughts they don't want might come next either trade wise or currency wise or actually is it a fool's game trying to predict it's yeah i think the last is pretty much the sense of trying to get into the mind of the u.s. administration is always a predictable look we've got the terrorists potentially coming through on september

the 1st there's always these sort of threats of us effects interventions accounts of the chinese sort of currency manipulation claims we put those risks is nuke warm but you know these are policies that 12 to 18 months ago we thought were unthinkable and now we're sort of coming to council and think about them for us it's you know as long as these threats remain on the table is going to be pretty bullish on been known benign scenario for global markets if here's a scenario excuse me that donald trump were to interview or the united states were to intervene in the currency markets how do you think that might play out so it really depends on. the firepower that the u.s. have. on its own if the treasury works intervene without the federal reserve then we put it we put it as a 0 effect sort of impacts we think about the 4 trillion dollar daily turnover in global effects markets the u.s. have barely sort of 18000000000 worth of capital to play with is so you know on its

own no chance about having having a more than a signaling effect in sort of curb in the top of the dollar with the backing of the federal reserve they may have great sort of. impact on dollar markets you know if you think about the fed sort of buying more assets in sort of new fresh round of 20 states of easing but you know then we're in the realm of losing in terms of political and u.s. institution credibility so there's always going to be a cost to any sort of extreme policy like this whether it's economics or politics but either way you know it just seems as if $1.00 of those sort of illogical and irrational moves from the u.s. but we've been used to seeing some of these are an illogical and irrational moves over the past 12 months just a quick thought john your neck of the woods in london obviously briggs it is looming the pound is falling your broad thoughts on the state of the currency there and what's next yet it doesn't really seem to be much lower for the pound right now

in the international markets i think you know when we look at sterling's move there is a strong game going on in currency markets of guessing what the right probability for a new brics it is comforting 1st of october so we look at betting markets they put it about 35 percent we look at sort of the currency markets that we back out we think it's around 50 percent or $5050.00 based on positioning so a lot of negativity is priced in it makes me nervous when the markets so one sided soon adds a fresh sort of stunning shorts from here i can't blame the market for sort of being pessimistic on the outlook for u.k. politics again no end in sight but it makes me very nervous in chasing sort of cable lower when you've had such. immense and sentiment you have a move historically when this currency is trading at this disconnect from fundamentals there's always a bounce back and maybe we're seeing a bit of stabilization now we're waiting really for the next move either from the you in you or the bush cabinet when it comes to the brics it sort this this

requires maybe a little bit of opinion on your part but do you think there's a chance that some of this is deliberate letting the pound actually fall yeah i think i've misread sort of what the sort of johnson tactic would be post coming into power you know my my thesis was maybe they'd be running over to the e.u. and trying to sort of get a deal and sure a pursuit of markets maybe this is a game of chicken and egg who's going to blink 1st whether it's going to be the e.u. kayo e.u. my baseline view is that really like you know the odds of a trading terms coming through in 1st of november seem much less than what the market is discounting right now i think the political cost of moving to that regime would be too high for either side of the u.k. or the e.u. so you know whether it's a last minute save the day deal or something to kick the can down the road maybe that's where things that go in here but even then you know starting messes won't find much joy because what comes next for u.k.

politics do we get a general election do we get more sort of uncertainty this just doesn't seem to be a a majority view on what happens come the end of the year when it comes to u.k. politics plenty to keep you busy then viraj patel thank you for joining us living on the slopes of the most active volcano in indonesia obviously has its dangers 275 people in fact were killed when mount merapi erupted 9 years ago since them survivors have returned to their villages and farms and as for once they found out some have found new ways to make a living. when the weekend arrives so do the tourists hundreds of them by the bus load the pollen to off road trucks and head bumping along dusty trails close encounter with indonesia's most active volcano the alert level for mt 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. used to be a cattle farmer but turned to off road driving after his neighbor persuaded him to give it a go. we know where there's been an interruption tourists are a bit weary and stay away but they come back when the government says it's a volcano is dangerous of course but there are also been a fits. he sold some of his cows to buy his 1st utility. now he has 3 this toll has become so popular that there are now about 900 jeeps that cater to visitors the highlight is that 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 doug is on his 2nd visit to merapi. remember 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 addie yes they know how devastating such a cure insists can be. i see knows just how deadly merapi can be. he's the volcano spiritual guardian a traditional role going back generations. he succeeded his father who was killed in the eruption 9 years ago. people still come to pay their respects to him. though farmers take grass from a rap the we take rocks and sand to build houses we need to love more rapidly it's terrifying when it explodes but when it comes down we need to come back and take

care of it. the people of morocco know they live in the shadow of danger but have learned to adapt and even benefit from it. well if you live in a big urban city you've probably noticed the increase in use of electric scooters in the past year or so they don't come without controversy there are accidents there's the how recent felt by pedestrians but the overarching theory is that this kind of tech can help move away from the conventional internal combustion engine and berlin for example of stories of approved the latest venture a sharing scheme for a scooter's which will augment existing electric powered mopeds can it help reduce the carbon footprint of the german capital from berlin dominic kane reports. this is the latest legal way to travel around the east scooter which uses no fossil fuels and leaves a very small carbon footprint but so far there are relatively few in the german

capital instead there are lots of these electric mopeds which can reach from 45 to 50 kilometers per hour and which can be hired on the spot for as long as you like and which increasing numbers of berliners are using to move around people like christoph he's an engineer living in the fleet of this area of the city for him having a vehicle he can use at the touch of an apple is very convenient he showed me how it works and the scooter that's there next to the. backdrops and i'm here so it's just 2 minutes walk 3 minutes walk once at the bike the principle is relatively simple but what's the whole experience like in practice there is maybe a one or 2 negative points so the one point is you just have one home at other. companies they have 200 so if you try for a 2nd people you need a 2nd term and then it's a problem if you just have one helmet. and the area regular you can use it it's

limited so it would be good if there if the area would be bigger but all in all it's really cool cool feel. for the firm running this this the green dividend is key yes so we really take care about offering sustainable services which are better ways with green energy and yet basically our customers don't need to worry about charging the school just because we do the job for them and which charge the batteries internally and then drive to each and every scooter with a lot better a level and exchange the battery with full budget for the moment these bikes are still unleashed market but it's pretty clear that the companies concerned have major expansion plans and they see bikes the. as their contribution to the overall fight against crime. al-jazeera. and that is our show for this week but we'd love to hear from you you can tweet or message me directly i'm at. the hash tag is

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an ancient craft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into an easy as rich tapestry. the threads are not just 0. 6 a victory for an erotic but separatist forces in the yemeni city of aden now they've agreed to a ceasefire. hello

i'm don jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. for the foreseeable future i would place the remains of the people the u.n. says it will continue operations in libya despite an attack that killed 3 peacekeepers. at least 70 people were killed in tanzania after rushing to collect fuel from an overturned tonka. on defying a crackdown on protests the biggest opposition rally think is in russia's up. southern separatists in yemen have agreed to calls from saudi arabia for a ceasefire and even then 4 days of fighting in the city as separatists captured bases belonging to the presidential guard but after initially being called in to protect the presidential palace saudi forces withdrew before it was overrun by the violence is exposed on a pound rift in the south the u.s.

military alliance that's been at war with the who think since 2015 while yemen's government is supported by the coalition the southern separatists have been armed and trained by the amorality is over but money has more. heat battles are braced for 4 days in yemen 2nd 38 and since the rebels took over the capital sanaa in 2015. 18 has been the seat of the country's internationally recognized government now key areas including the president to palace have fallen to southern separatists analysts say their goal is to win back the independence the south lost and the 2 yemen see knighted in 1990 this is what they have been fighting for since 2007. that's about. more than 10 years now. since they have been demanding their separation.

and their. chance at the moment to now. is there and i think also the regional and national and international circumstances will be in. their favor of this is what is highly likely to happen that separates this flag represented south yemen when it was independent between 1967 until 1998 group doctors without borders is calling the city. a battlefield. after dozens of the soldiers were killed in a hoot the attack on aug 1st southern separatists accuse the internationally recognized and saudi backed president of failing to protect them and called for the government to be overthrown. many people have fled aden others are trapped in their homes including this aid worker we hear the sounds of mortar shells from time to

time without knowing the source or the target to be hit some houses in the city are directly hit or fire fragments into the houses or the cars for example a group of men sitting in a cafe easter day were hit by a mortar shell the battling side who once part of a saudi led coalition they've been fighting hutu rebels in northern and western yemen for more than 4 years the latest violence threatens to open a new front in the 5 year war which is killed tens of thousands of people. 6 out there a. professor at george washington university he says it isn't clear saudi arabia can broker a deal. it's actually kind of odd that you would have a ceasefire so quickly because that allows the southern separatists to consolidate their gains rather than be ousted rather quickly and so it's clear that saudi really believes it can. and find a solution here and i'm not so sure that they can do that easily even giving their

wealth and their status because the southern separatists have been trying to do this for a long time they have longstanding grievances and it's not clear that there will be an easy deal to make i think this is also a story in many ways of what happens when a proxy war is fought and a power comes in and escalates the conflict but also in some ways stabilizes things on one side of the conflict and then leaves a precipitous plea and what the u.s. did in leaving precipitously is actually further escalate the conflict by leaving a different factions that they had supported stronger against other factions that they hadn't supported and they actually are to blame in part for this mess the u.n. secretary general antonio get pettish has condemned a car bomb attack that killed 3 united nations employees in libya explosion in the eastern city of benghazi moments before a u.n. convoy possibly a real u.n.

security council has met to discuss the convoy attack on the want a situation in the country. i joined others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the un exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work the un's menace doing in libya at the same time assistant secretary general said scores of libyans have also been injured safely the libyan representative can i convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people when he won the peacekeepers have also responded saying the attack will not stop them from continuing their operations in libya. it serves to highlight the continued danger of terrorism because

a country and the limits of effective security control in the absence of one government and one military and police force walking across the country it also confirms that this latest both of us still it is is creating a vacuum easily exploited by hardly called elements that strive on cowles and violence the united nation doesn't in turn to evacuate from libya. for the foreseeable future i would place the remains. people well earlier the libyan warlord to leave after last said his forces will observe a cease fire during the holiday starting from saturday the internationally recognized government in tripoli as already accepted a un request for a truce for the festive period after us forces launched an offensive to take the capital tripoli in april hundreds of people and killed in the fighting. now the 70

people have been killed and dozens injured in a fuel tanker explosion in tanzania it happened in the town of t.v. that's just northwest of the capitol dome or people were trying to collect filled from the vehicle which had overturned malcolm one of reports. the inferno engulfed dozens of people. minutes before a crowd gathered to collect petrol spilled from a truck that tipped over near the town of moore in eastern times and here in this video the last thing i heard is a woman screaming fire. for minutes later video that's too graphic for us to show the people on fire running from the explosion and piles of charred corpses find. this piece and shouts get out of there if it doesn't it was too late.

we are continuing with our investigation to identify the victims and we're looking through the property that has been burned so that we can get an accurate number of all those affected. many of those who came to collect fuel motorcycle taxi drivers for people struggling to get by a few liters of free fuel can help feed a family or keep children in school but collecting it comes with enormous risk. i came here on a motorcycle and as we approached the area we found the truck overturned and the driver got off and asked the riders to get away warning that the vehicle could catch fire the riders didn't listen and continued to fetch the leaking fuel a man tried to steal the vehicles battery and that's when the fire started police say they've launched an investigation dozens are in hospital many with severe burns medics have appealed for blood donors. this community left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya now thousands of

palestinians are expected to gather a mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim festival of. at the same time there are reports that jewish settlers planned to storm the compound there is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and has been a regular flashpoint as both sides lay claim to it but jews refer to it as temple mount the al aqsa compounds a western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound houses the derma the rock and the locks a mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam jordan holds custody in ship of al aqsa mosque but its role has been challenge for peter they will have a force that joins us live now from occupied east jerusalem how you sort of talk us through what's the scene and some must now. well we're here just one of the roads leading to the old city here not but it's true slim towards lion's gate and one of the entrances to the al aqsa mosque compound as you can see thousands of people have been coming through the streets many of them chanting aid prayers as

they've been called on to do by the walk the islamic authority which runs the compound in accordance with the jordanian government and they had also instructed all of the mosques in the area to be closed this sunday the 1st day of eed they delayed the ied prayer from the may need prayer from dawn to 730 to try to maximize the number of people attending at this time that's because at $730.00 in about 20 minutes time would usually be the time that non muslims would be allowed into the site from the other side usually the police prevent non muslims coming in on major muslim festival days such as this one but there have been calls from right wing and religious nationalist jewish groups to be allowed access because this day is also an important jewish holiday of where jews mark the destructions of the 1st and 2nd temples the jewish exile it's a day of mourning fasting but behind that there is also. an increasing political effort to try to get more access to the temple mount as they call it the arsonist

compound where currently only muslims are allowed to pray sometimes when people get inside there is their attempts are additionally to pray and there have been minor skirmishes and clashes in the past what's interesting is usually police as i say don't allow people in non muslims in on muslim festival days in june towards the end of ramadan they did they went against that precedent we're all waiting to see what the decision is today and heidi there's been some recent violence in gaza how is that playing into today's events. yes there is a background of increasing security concerns over the last few days just this morning the israeli army says that its shots a unarmed palestinian man trying to get through the border fence they say that he shot at israeli forces on the israeli side of the fence and that in response there was.