the gulf. has. finally granted a visa iran's foreign minister took off for the us friday morning to attend this year's united nations general assembly already underway at its headquarters in new york as he flew so did the tweets responding to his american counterpart u.s. secretary of state. who during a visit to the middle east a day earlier accused iran of war mongering. it's not iran that wishes to fight to the last american rather he's bt hosts who seem to wish to fight to the last american the team host a reference to crown prince muhammad and saw him on the line suggesting saudi arabia wants americans to fight its war with iran that's in a direct quote from a secret 2010 state department memo released by wiki leaks in it former u.s. secretary of state robert gates made critical comments about his country's saudi allies not wanting to get their hands dirty in diplomatic circles no doubt

a deep cut by iran's foreign minister using remarks by pompous predecessor against him back into her run a military adviser to the supreme leader left little doubt about iran's conviction mileti it on the heart of the americans think of any plots the iranian nation will respond from the mediterranean to the red sea and to the indian ocean american should take. seriously any movement against iran will affect the whole region no veiled threats here invoking the name of the hizbullah leader in lebanon a clear nod to a close ally and a reminder to would be aggressors iran has back up the latest world words was sparked when saudi and american officials said an attack on saudi oil facilities claimed by yemen's hoopy fighters was really iran's handiwork iran's forceful denials and rebuke of u.s. and saudi accusations is likely to dominate the conversation well into next week that's when we're expecting iranian president hassan rouhani who was also just

granted a visa it seems to speak at the u.n. in new york. and yemen the rebels have offered to stop all attacks on. their political leader. said fighters would stop targeting the kingdom but only if the saudis reciprocated in yemen. responsibility for the attack on. a week ago. hong kong now in police have fired tear gas to try to disperse protesters in the latest anti-government demonstrations in the territory al-jazeera is in the thick of it all joins us now live from hong kong sarah tell us about what's been happening around you. in the last half an hour or so police here the right place have moved in it's been quite a tense standoff birth for about an hour but they've just got a number of rounds of tear gas to try to disperse these protesters and this particular rally it was a rally that was an initially rejected by police but they appealed the organizers

appealed that decision and that decision was overturned but it was allowed to go ahead on the proviso that it ended at 5 pm local time which is about 15 minutes ago and that hasn't happened and instead these protesters have moved in they've blocked a number of streets you might never see behind me there's a press pack as well as a number of right place we've got hundreds of right place down the end of the street we've got right place in front of us ever got all the streets around us blocked we've also got the m.t.r. stations have been closed around you long which is where we have to turn more which is where we are and 21 is a district on the border of my and the mainland as well as hong kong so it's certainly an area where we stayed in tents and intense standoff for the last hour but prior to that it was a peaceful rally attended by about a 1000 people to several rallies planned today as anderson and sour and there's also been tension between probating supporters and the anti-government demonstrators. yes some several it was what was called

a clean up hong kong day this was organized by the controversial pro china member of the list of assembly a fellow called junius hope that he pushed ahead for the support and he called on the thousands of volunteers to come out and pull down the posters at these lenin walls now there are a number of animals across the city and they've become almost a symbol of the pro-democracy movement but today on saturday a number of volunteers have come in and removed all those those prices. the pro-democracy group the movement has said they'll simply come back on sunday or monday and put those prices back up again now we also have another rally this evening in your lawn now that so far from where we are now this is the 2nd anniversary or 2nd month anniversary of when the attacks we saw with a group of men who wearing the white t. shirts who were led to describe or labeled triads i moved in and attacked those protesters and tomorrow which is something here in hong kong we have another protest in that particular protest will target the airport so even though this extradition build has been withdrawn

a couple of weeks ago and these protests continue to go ahead thank you very much for that siren we'll keep an eye on things with you there in hong kong sour crocked live for us police fired tear gas on protesters in hong kong for another weekend of anti-government demonstrations still ahead on al-jazeera is accused of abusing his power following revelations by a whistleblower about his dealings with a foreign leader plus we examine alliances and divisions in afghanistan in the run up to the presidential election stay with us. hello again to welcome back well here across the philippines things are looking much better for you we did have a lot of rain here and that was all dealing with tropical storm top the feeder bands that were over the area things are going to be approving here on sunday and

into monday we're going to be seeing a lot of that rain begin to dissipate you can be seen clear skies as well and dry across much of the area so good news there unfortunately are still going to sing quite a bit of heavy rain across parts of thailand with bangkok here on monday sing attempt a few of about 31 degrees well across parts of southeastern australia there has been a significant system pushing through and you can see the clouds right here they were from tasmania new south wales victoria as well the system is still going to be making an impact across much of the area bring some very heavy rain into the region by the time we do get towards sunday though we do expect to push into the tasman sea for brisbane though expect to see your temperatures going up we're going to be starting here on sunday at 26 degrees by the time we get to monday look at that 31 degrees is going to be a forecast high not so for sydney 22 for you and down here for melbourne we do expect to see a high of about 15 degrees and looking very nice here across the north in the south island of zealand here on sunday but by the time we get towards monday we are going to see some rain pushing to christchurch with

a temperature of 1000 degrees. on counting the cost billions spent on add to fences but drones take out more than alpha saudi arabia's oil production and look at that knock on effect back prospect $30000000000.00 plan to move indonesia's sinking capital and the importance of the dollar tina counting the costs on al-jazeera.

welcome back a recap of the top stories on al-jazeera thousands of people have been protesting across egypt calling on president. to resign there are reports one person has been killed in the northern city of months after suffocating from t. a gas more u.s. troops and missile defense systems of being sent to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to defend against what the u.s. calls iranian aggression iran denies american allegations of involvement in the attacks on saudi oil facilities last week and police in hong kong have fired tear gas to try to disperse protesters in the 16th weekend of on thai government demonstrations in the territory. breaching supporters told on pollsters known as lenin walls calling for political reform in hong kong. the u.s. president does describing the latest allegations of his abuse of power as a quote political hot job donald trump is being accused of asking the president of

ukraine to obtain damaging information about his potential white house while former vice president joe biden his own white house correspondent kimberly hocket with a story. a state visit between the leaders of the united states and australia overshadowed by questions of political impropriety by u.s. president donald trump i've had conversations with many leaders that are always appropriate for the oval office trump defended and downplayed the allegations he abused his position of power during a phone conversation in july with ukraine's president vladimir selenski allegedly asking him to investigate a democratic presidential opponent former vice president joe biden it doesn't matter what i discussed but i will say this somebody ought to look into joe biden statement because it was disgraceful if somebody were to look into that and you wouldn't because he's a democrat but that phone call has now become the focus of a congressional investigation following

a whistleblower complaint from inside the intelligence community when the truck justice department reportedly tried to block democrats accuse the trumpet ministration of a cover up that whole purpose is being frustrated here because the director of national intelligence has made the unprecedented decision not to share the complaint with congress democrats alleged may have tried to help his presidential reelection campaign by pressuring kiev to investigate business deals between ukrainian companies and biden son will biden was vice president according to the ukrainian government trump expressed support for their efforts to investigate corruption during a phone call with selenski in july shortly afterwards the us reportedly began reviewing the possibility of suspending 250000000 it military system. to ukraine the white house announced this month it is providing the money to kenya trump says the accusations are politically motivated it's just another political hack job

after initially dodging congressional requests president trump's acting director of national intelligence has now agreed to testify next week before congress about the whistle blower's complaint this as president continues to deny any wrongdoing while also scheduled to meet with ukraine's president next week at the united nations general assembly can really help get al-jazeera the white house. now with only 7 days to go before presidential elections in afghanistan the taliban is stepping up its attacks and while many hope that i mean action will provide stability. could make a bad situation worse rob mcbride for some couple. this election no physical limits of afghanistan's ethnic diversity testing allegiances and divisions at a time of growing instability. the front runner is the incumbent president i stress

ghani a pashtoon from the country's largest ethnic group. but like the other 16 candidates in this race he's carefully picked running mates to get support from other ethnic groups. that's why they're scared of the unity of this team scared of our plans for government gandhi's vice presidential running mate is a prominent tajik who he hopes will take votes away from his biggest rival dr up. he's served in all afghan governments since the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. at this rally a dollar received backing from one of the major pashtoon tribes. our main purpose is we use the selection and this campaign as an opportunity to share different voices different hopes different visions with afghans to form a warlord how to build them from the community is also backing up to.

this election is a reminder of the country's decades old conflict with another former prime minister and warlords standing for election dean hekmati. but playing on so many fault lines this election has the potential to worsen an already precarious situation still it offers the chance of a new start. over many purposes we use this election in this campaign the sniper to meet. to share different voices different hopes different vision with us as a former head of afghanistan's spy agency drama tool an appeal is a fierce critic of the government's in demick corruption and also accuses gandhi of misusing official resources to help him campaign in spite of his unpopularity afghani has the advantage of being in power and can take credit for what little progress over the past 5 years able to bring together probably more groups than

almost in this diverse country many say he's the only choice at a time but few options robert bright al-jazeera a couple. millions across the globe have taken part in the biggest climate change protest on record young people want governments to do more to curb emissions before damage to the planet reversible in the process was sponsored by activists tunbridge she says it's clear people want to see action from well. this monday world leaders are going to be gathered here in new york city for the united nations climate action summits. the eyes of the world that will be on them they have a chance to prove that they too are united behind the science they have a chance to take leadership to prove they actually hear us do you think they

hear us. we will make them hear us. and we have a new show here on al-jazeera which will concentrate on the climate emergency in the impact on all of our lives planet s.o.'s will debut this saturday at 730 g.m.t. and here's a taste of what's to come up planets is feeling the heat of the climate an ecological emergency the world's leading scientists the warning of an existential crisis in the face of irreversible changes to the earth's climate al-jazeera prince you a new weekly show planet s.o.s. will set out the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's planet s.o.s. at this time on al-jazeera a scientists in jordan are developing techniques that could help repopulate coral reefs destroyed by mass beaching and other catastrophic events red sea coral is

showing a remarkable resistance to the effects of global warming increasing water temperatures and ocean acidification and reports from aqaba in jordan. when dr phil watt enters the wet lab at the marine science station he knows that the future of the world's corals is not guaranteed so experiments are carried out in these tanks that take advantage of quality spawn in the red sea where nearly 200 species of hard coral have flourished this is that is a lot of us for that is the old what we have done so far is the saw something meets in the c.b.d. we call them blue books or we think in the you quote of the one method involves coral engineering combining fragments of different species of coral each resistant to a different type of disease or other stress factor within a few years they fused together into one creature that stronger than any one part a small miracle of nature all the learning and experimentation here begins with the

basic lesson for us all many people and that will be do not be allies what is the nature of. some people think that those stones present in this is some of those things out of finance and they don't know how much they are. and that's why in many cases they can them without even knowing that killing those beaches jordan only has 27 kilometers of coastline along the red sea waters of its commercial hub are shared by israel egypt and saudi arabia along with ferries fishermen and hundreds of thousands of visitors every year these clear waters are the main reason why tourists come to the gulf of aqaba and the researchers here are preparing for the worst they're growing corals even breezing and storing them just in case climate change wipes out threaten populations this yellow turban area is much bigger than any human gliding past it bigger corals are found here but this one is about 5 centuries old some day it's hoped the cultured corals will outlast

us all red sea varieties are proving to be resilient to climate change and warming seas the scientists practically boast they'll be the. alas to die back in the lab maysoon and her colleagues constantly monitor the reefs health ensuring that pollutants along the coastline are not adding stress to the creatures below too often development comes with an ecological cost there is a high school tis the. dust to be include tucked with coral and when they are in contact with coral. terrorist which is why scientists say it's crucial to keep them at ease especially since the reefs are home to a quarter of all marine life into schapelle al-jazeera aka. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera thousands of people have been protesting across egypt calling on president. to resign their

reports one person has been killed in the northern city of months sora after suffocating from tear gas more u.s. troops and missile defense systems are being sent to soggy arabia and the united arab emirates to defend against what the u.s. calls even aggression iran denies american allegations of involvement in attacks on oil processing plants in saudi arabia a week ago meanwhile yemen's who the rebels have offered to stop targeting saudi territory as long as the kingdom also holds its campaign in yemen the group took credit for the attack on saudi oil sands last week and they've won the saudi kingdom that it will suffer more attacks if the war continues. we reserve the right to respond if they fail to reciprocate positively to this initiative the continuation of this war will not benefit any side on the contrary it could lead to dangerous developments which we do not wish to take place we say this knowing that the ones who would suffer more are the enemy nation. police in hong kong have fired

tear gas to try and disperse protesters during the 16th weekend of anti-government demonstrations in the territory riot police set up barricades as thousands of people march towards government offices protestors are been seen throwing stones and setting up barricades of their own a larger anti-government rally is due to start in the next few hours meanwhile probating supporters in hong kong have torn down so-called lenin walls named after the beatles john lennon and his songs of peace the attacks on posters calling for political reform in hong kong raises fear of further conflict between the rival sides and millions across the globe have taken part in the biggest climate change protest on records young people want governments to do more to curb emissions before damage to the planet is irreversible the week long campaign aims to step up pressure on world leaders who are gathering for the united nations general assembly in new york. those are the headlines on al-jazeera much more now website al jazeera

dot com counting the cost starts now as world leaders gather in new york u.n. secretary general and turn in the terrorist hold a climate action summit to sound the news. but will countries heed the warning and deliver concrete plans to reduce emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe. get the updates as they come on al-jazeera. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera in your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week oil shock not only an attack on the heart of saudi arabia's oil facilities but on global supply the billions spent on air defenses proved to be useless against suspected drones and cruise missiles will impact what happens next and if the markets are ready. i'm

really mohamed on the island of borneo where indonesia's new capital is to be built we'll tell you why people here are so concerned. and why the almighty dollar is the talk of economic and political life in argentina as the country teeters on the brink of another debt default. it was by any measure and or day shifts attack on the worst attack on middle east oil facilities since saddam hussein set fire to kuwait's oil wells back in 1990 drones or maybe cruise missiles traveling 500 kilometers across saudi territory undetected to strike at the heart of its oil industry and to knock out 5 percent of the world's oil supply as a result of oil prices spiked almost 20 percent now they're still below the recent highs that was $86.00 a barrel last october when tensions between the united states and iran. we're

ratcheting up but just why oil prices remain below those highs has something to do with where our global economy is right now plus the huge reserves the world has accumulated. now according to the u.s. energy information administration the world has 4100000000 barrels of oil in storage 1400000000 held by governments the rest by oil companies and training houses the united states has the capacity to hold 722000000 barrels and china has a store of almost 500000000 barrels so with all that supply and the global economy slowing opec nations have been struggling of late to lift oil prices despite help from russia and other non opec nations now saudi arabia believes it can have the facility up and running in a matter of weeks but if it takes a more than 6 weeks to fix the plants and to restore production levels well prices could head towards that $85.00 a barrel mark so this is

a real test for aramco remember it's already opening up its finances to the world as crown prince mohammed bin salmon attempts to float the company with an ambitious valuation of 2 trillion dollars but this attack which is claimed by the who tease who the saudis have been at war with in yemen for the last few years it just raises so many questions about the kingdom's ability to protect its own facilities not to mention the billions it's paid for u.s. defense systems in fact russia took the opportunity to offer the saudis its s 400 missile defense system. let's get some answers now joining us is james fim or jr he is the c.e.o. of the u.s. based washington institute for business government and society a sketchy title. and earlier in your career you were the u.s. assistant secretary of commerce for trade development and that's ok so we can get on to some of that later but you try to add on but i think right now let's talk about the situation with saudi arabia and the oil attacks and the and the would

have uses the audacity of it the fact that the the linchpin of saudi infrastructure the oil installations the thing which matters the most could get hit like this massively concerning surely it is a day she has. it's quite amazing that it was choreographed in such a way to have spokesman from yemen standing up and saying that they were the ones responsible for it when it now appears from all intelligence that it was a rainy and not only directed but came from arabian soil and so the notion for example that billions of dollars have been spent on the defense of saudi arabia to avoid this sort of thing happening certainly is been concerning i think on everybody's part and what happens next is anybody's guess well what we saw or initially was obviously a big spike in the oil price which settled down again to saddam's then said no we think we can bring this under control what does that tell you about oil prices volatility we still sitting in this sort of 6070 range is there

a risk of it heading up above 8090 i don't think so quite honestly as you and i are talking here the price of oil is around $59.00 a barrel and fortunately saudi arabia was able to calm the markets very quickly after they even had an internal changes to the energy minister to really assure the markets that they would be back on line very shortly and so i think things will be be fine but clearly there's a need to. to watch out for any future incidents that could create chaos so washington and riyadh obviously a big allies the saudis have bought plenty of arms from the us defense systems as well defense systems which you might call into question right now and in fact russia's president vladimir putin's or perfect opportunity and said hey when you buy r s 400 missile defense system because clearly the one you've got isn't working it creates these other sort of battles within battles well president putin has been is

and will continue to be a master chess player. ok. all right let's put your trite hat on if you don't mind and talk about some of that because we can't ignore what's happening between china and the united states as far as the trade war the tariffs war however you want to term it would you see that going now now that both sides sort of pulled back just a little bit for different reasons donald trump started talking about christmas and then because the national communist congress was going to happen oh we'll pull back where where is the so-called trade war right now where you know it's interesting it's an interesting perspective for me because i was host to one of the very 1st chinese delegations trade delegations that ever came to washington d.c. it was so long ago that everyone who came in from from china headed up by the mere shanghai was wearing a mild state tomes. and in those days the the trading relationship was

$4000000000.00 exports 4 dollars 4000000000 dollars imports in the united states had a surplus of about $6000000.00 as of this year at the end of june which would be 6 months from 2019 that has changed dramatically and we. have sent about $52000000000.00 worth of goods to china they've sent us $220000000000.00 so the the trade equation is rather dramatic i think that there is a genuine concern on the part of course of washington of trying to anticipate the 2020 election and what that's going to mean to the american consumer and so i think it's fair to say that there may be a little bit of a parting of the ball in terms of how to be able to deal with this there is no question and president trump has made this abundantly clear that china has proceeded along a path that has been to the disadvantage of the united states and that this has

been building over a long period of time and then what he is doing is simply trying to set things straight. it from what they should have been a long time ago so that is very much the motivating force for him this thing is the word war would suggest traditionally that someone would win or lose that's routes anyone winning here and not and let's remove it from from just the united states and china as well that they are is a global slowdown appearing as well and this is surely a big part of that there's no question but you know interestingly of course the united states has been enjoying its 9th year of progressive growth consumer demand is strong there are points of weakening in the economy but they are minor in comparison with what's going on in other parts of the globe but the united states cannot be by itself in the way says in the midst of the desert when it comes to trade and and the world economy but but there is no question that the president trump feels confident enough in the strength at the moment of the u.s.

economy one of the reasons why he keeps pushing on the interest rate to business to really put his foot down and to try to be able to make some kind of a difference so we'll see what happens well seeing as you mention interest rates the fed finally cussing rights. as per the pressure from the press we keep mentioning donald trump there the kind of town avoided i think but he's been he's been almost you know hassling the fed in saying you know you have got the best interests the country's best interest at heart you're not really working for the country i mean is this is this oppression or is it actually what is needed well interestingly enough there's been no president since the federal reserve was was founded back in the 1920 s. that. the president has exerted so much pressure on the institution. there's no question that that has got to count for something and the the chair of the federal reserve who president trump appointed to the position has been as they say between a rock and a hard place and the concern is not just the u.s.

economy but economies around the world who really are dependent. what those interest rates look like and so you know if we have a bad situation in the global economy outside of the united states it's going to end up on our shores day at some point but it took a long time to be able to bring interest rates to where they are now we faced of course the financial crisis in 2008 and so bringing those interest rates back to a semblance of reality took some real hard engineering on the part of federal reserve now we're in a position where we're going to start cutting concern obviously is that if we do reach a point that we are going to be experiencing a recession what tools will be left to be able to combat that recession and so that's a big question on people's minds but there's also economists who believe that this is the time to do to take down interest rates because when you finally realize that

you have you're in a recession it will have been accumulating over a period of months before it actually hits and so you've got to have a bit of a crystal ball in trying to determine where the economy's going to be but make no mistake that the trade situation between china and the united states is having a direct impact on the federal reserve's decision making powers as to whether they do reduce the interest rate because if we do get into a trade war that is going to have such an impact on the economy that only federal. interest rates and adjusting them is going to be one of the simple but very important tools to be able to contain the economic downfall james no it's been a pleasure talking to thank you for joining thank you very much. let's move to some other stories and as rising sea levels threaten indonesia's capital president joker we doto is planning to relocate that capital to the island of borneo his decision is also about spreading the wealth of the nation more evenly

across the $13000.00 islands that make up the archipelago right now jakarta and the island of java are accounts of 58 percent of the country's economy but as mohammed now reports there are concerns that a move to borneo would adversely impact the very people who live there this largely untouched part of east kalimantan will become the new capital of indonesia if the president has his way. it's in stark contrast to the capital jakarta clogged with heavy traffic smog and sinking the pressure to move is rising along with sea levels which may mean the city of more than 10000000 people could be under water within the next 30 years and this is where the city's relocation may end up borneo island known for its lush rain forest and rare wildlife. while it was chosen for being less prone to earthquakes and floods there are concerns the massive move

will threaten conservation efforts activists say mining and logging have already damaged some areas. and you will destroy the eco system it will cause forest the structure and raise the temperature reste forest fires and during the drought will create a water shortage. moving the capital has been discussed for decades but recently resurrected by president djoko we don't owe. estimated to cost $32000000000.00 it will be one of the world's largest single infrastructure projects. the plan is to build the city on land between east to largest cities public public and summer into connected by this 1000. the 1st stage of construction will be around this will be a presidential palace ministries and housing for governments and schools elsewhere they'll be hotels businesses and offices to meet the demands of the cities of new population. while the new capital is welcomed by many indonesians villages in

passive fear they'll be forced off land they've lived on for generations. we worry about the legality of our land only 20 percent of us have the legal documents to us foreigners have been coming here it's causing tension in the community government leaders in jakarta say the exact site of the new city hasn't been revealed to avoid property speculation. we don't need to ask people when we want to move the capital it's up to the government to decide as long as we don't destroy the environment or harm anybody. while plans are still in the early stages the 1st construction is expected to be complete by 2020 full moving and entire capital city will be a delicate balancing act for indonesia's leaders preserving the natural habitat while building their vision for a new concrete jungle and in addition to that report with indonesia's planning

minister bang bang broad general she began by asking him just how bad the situation was into counter itself. in fact it's not just about your partner but also about java. the big disparity between that islands in indonesia. already contributes almost 60 percent of the economy and becoming the home of almost 57 percent of our population meaning that 150000000 people live in. terms of size it's not of course the lot of just. last. month. and also. it means. crowded and. create that kind of big disparity.

in the world so. i don't think it's fair if everything just focusing on just as recently in jakarta because. today is just handed off everything in the shop if you're due to deal with the government you would have to live with the business and then. other some of these you would be even limited to the industrial or manufacturing sector so just not by itself by quantity would be almost 15 percent as a profit. if you include also the metropolitan area which is larger area that could contribute almost a quarter of the economy of the country from that area speaking about the activity happening in east right yeah there is mining this logging and there's all plantations what happens to those sectors when you have an influx of people well i mean of. situation. by the economic growth is lower then.

obviously economic growth they are one of the islands that have a lower economic growth why because of the price their economy depends so much on natural resources like what you mentioned i mean. not months not so much anymore because the production has been declining. mining coal and oil so of course the activity is still damaged but of course the economy cannot depend on the on natural resources because the price is fluctuate dave and then see today is declining so we need to diversify the economy. by for example some of the sector including government services that will be looked at that in the new capital so we know that you are going to be footing the bill of $32000000000.00 us dollars around that where is the money going to come from yeah we are going to in-fight private

sector participation with many way. yes number one is asset management scheme in which there will be a lot of assets that will be left behind when we move the capital that's really the asset that now becoming like this building the office and other government offices is here it's value off in jakarta and also the asset in the new capital so we are going to off one of the assets for. collaboration with private sector and of course private sector we'll probably be good. that afternoon to the government and part of the revenue will be us to build capital other than i said management scheme we have a public private partnership mostly for infrastructure projects related in the new capital and 3rd of course we we in 5 private sector participation as personally for . the house seeing you know to be located in the new capital so basically

we do not want to really disturb our budget there's also some more is about land speculation and the price of landing creasing and some people that we've spoken to in the area has hall have told us that there's tensions brewing amongst the community because they haven't been informed about what's going to happen to where they stay what you say i guess the land that will be used for the location of the new capital will be the land at almost 100 percent all. and mainly it's by the government so we do not we are not going to buy or acquire the land from somebody else problems that will lead on us because as i mentioned almost kind of now under the control of the government if there is less percolation of course the big question will be there everywhere in the world and that happens because the drive

to get the f. on this to get the access of profit that could happen outside the area of the new capital but not in sight and what about resolving the issues in jakarta this flooding this congestion will be leaving the city behind and moving forward on a turning over a new leaf or are you to have a plan in place to fix things happening here are going to obviate. one of the probably not financial and business and but of southeast asia so far that position belongs to singapore. but is a little bit behind so we need to upgrade jakarta but we need also at the same time relief the burden in jakarta by moving all of the government to the new capital but . i would like to see the new capital be like washington d.c. while it will be upgraded and developed like the new york city in the us what about the environmental concerns. has been considered to be the lungs of the us

environmental activists are worried about the impact this is going to have on the land that they don't need to watery simply because number one our location is not going to affect the boat though protected forests in indonesia natural for us the natural forest protected for us we'll still be there. and affected by your capital number to the city itself the capital itself will be the sign with a broad of green and for a c.p. with a minimum 50 percent of the area will be open green space and in fact in the area we are already identified some point so for us and also for. x. mining activities that basically ruining the empire mental condition so we are going to rehabilitate the condition both in concert for us as well as acts mining

location so basically we are committed reforestation rather dead before a station ok well thank you very much indeed for take a look and i thank you. thank you finally this week argentina where the currency is the peso but the u.s. dollar plays a crucial role in economic and political life after president lost a primary election back in august the peso then lost a quarter of its value and now argentina is burning through its foreign reserves to shore up the pace own to pay off dollar denominated debt to raise a bow now with this look at why the dollar dominates in latin america's 3rd biggest economy. it's 10 o'clock in the morning in argentina and the question everyone has is how much is the dollar today argentina is in the middle of an economic crisis and it's the u.s. dollar that's in the spotlight once again france as of i want to crises in

argentina are cyclical and things happen again argentina's look at the dollar and people want to save themselves and sort of the country in general in the past year recession is everywhere even though the national monies that they saw it's the u.s. currency what runs the economy the main reason is inflation because a raise in the value of the u.s. dollar immediately translates to a race in the price of almost everything in the early 20th century argentina was one of the richest countries in the world thanks to the export of beef wheat and other farm goods but things changed in the 1930 s. because of the great depression the united states and political instability and since then argentina has defaulted on its sovereign debt several times and inflation has almost always been in the double digit this museums and shows how they are doing time currency has depreciated over the years and in a way it explains why arjun tines preferred to save in u.s. dollars. the word crisis and devaluation appears repeatedly in the coin museum of

when a site is over the years argentina has not been able to solve its main problem the economy needs dollars to grow but the country spends more than it produces so it needs to borrow abroad that's what precedent machree did since taking office in 2015 market restoration work to go over the expectation was to generate capital inflows and generate growth through investment. what have you had a lot of pork for your inflows but not as much investment magri was a bit too optimistic it took too long to adjust the fiscal issues they have you had to keep interest rates too high for too long and people already know mistrusts. the value of the business and that's why people have been going to the banks to either buy dollars or get their money out in the lot of the u.s. dollar is not only used by the elite in argentina but by all sectors that run to buy dollars as soon as they have some cash it's how people try to preserve their

cash cost to dollar rise the economy are common in argentina but people like my say it will not work out well and i mean in 19012001 there was an attempt to tie the past so to the dollar it was a converted billeted at that time it was not a dollar a zation but the states did not have a monetary policy it controlled inflation but it devastated the economy to. be tended in that massive crisis in 2001. next few months will be difficult ones for argentina but he's unable to amend an economic pattern that repeats itself over and over again. and that is our show for this week but we'd love to hear from you can tweet or message me directly at kemal h.a.e. on twitter with the hashtag a j c t c or you can drop us an e-mail account and the cost of al-jazeera dot net is the address and plenty more for you on line abound as they were dot com slash c.d.c.

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shouts of protest on egypt streets as thousands demand the resignation of president abdel fattah el-sisi. the u.s. is sending more troops and military equipment to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. in response to attacks on the oil facilities blamed on iran. for months after hong kong's demonstrations began. and anger and passion show few signs of abating on the street. i mean there's a pellet of research laboratory on the red sea i'll show you what jordanian scientists are doing to save all species. of art with sports is the new zealand all blacks battle south africa at the rugby world cup in south australia so far the big sky bag being wrapped against the wii the pads of the action for the for the between france and argentina coming up to.

the thousands of egyptians have joined red nationwide protests there demanding the resignation of president of the fattah el-sisi they accuse him and other military leaders of corruption al jazeera is banned from reporting inside egypt but it's believed that several arrests were made in the capital cairo show that palace reports. from cairo to alexandria to men sora anger and resentment filled egypt's streets people protested against president abdullah fatah el sissy calling for him to resign from on corruption allegations and reassign if they flooded into cairo's to his square before police dispersed the crowd arresting some the square was made famous in 20 live and during the egyptian revolution that toppled former president hosni mubarak the fact that people have been able to actually enter to her square is in itself an incredible achievement for the people in order to try to protest against sisi so it seems that there is this bubble that's growing this

tension that is growing and it seems that momentum is increasing at minute by minute egyptians are frustrated about corruption but it was a businessman in spain that storks the fire calling for the protests muhammad ali started posting videos on you tube and facebook and early september he laid sissy in his military wasted millions of dollars of public. money on palaces and her towns he said he knew because he built them i wonder why spend a huge amount of money building these houses i never understood his decision the problem was that ccs wife didn't want to sleep in the same home when mubarak's wife stayed taken. to a new level i built 5. palace for the president in a military camp in cairo. slightest little one week ago speaking at a youth summit in cairo president says he did not directly address the accusations of corruption against him and his army but he did say this. how much

do you think a day of operations in sinai costs we don't talk about this then we see someone jaring to come out and defame the army someone who wants to shock you panic you someone who dares to try to disparage the great value of our great army when says the little military coup of president mohammed morsi and 2013 he outlawed all an authorized protests a government crackdown followers with tens of thousands of egyptians arrested including journalists like al jazeera is own mahmoud hussein who is now being imprisoned more than $1000.00. egyptian government crushed any protest ruthlessly so the fact that people are prepared to take to the streets tonight i think speaks to the enormous frustration the enormous anger that ordinary egyptians to work. from an egyptian whistleblower posting you tube videos the internet

has galvanized egyptians frustrations and now move to the streets ballasts. so as you've already heard then tahrir square was at the very heart of the violence in the protests that by february of 2011 falso resignation the longtime president hosni mubarak lay said he'd be acquitted of charges that he ordered the killing of demonstrators in june 2 of the 12 muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi he narrowly won egypt's only free and fair presidential election but political strife continued on june the 30th 2013 tens of thousands of people took part in anti morsi protests and then days later then army chief abdul fattah el-sisi he overthrew morsi in a can and the following year. became president after a landslide victory but observers said a crackdown on the opposition made that election genuinely democratic an impossible

feat president c.c. won a 2nd term in 2018 against a sole minor opposition candidate and more serious challenges either withdrew or were arrested though they are far me is a senior fellow at the center for global policy in washington she says the generational differences we're seeing in these latest protests are something to remark upon. much of the population doesn't live with the post revolution trauma or the memories of the revolution in the way the older generation did you have a group of young people coming in with a different set of demands and different kinds of understanding of a future possibility so those on the streets today are very different than the ones that were there 8 years ago if we look at the economic situation in egypt in 2013 poverty rates were about 20 percent 2019 there upwards of 33 percent and according to the world bank they're actually 60 percent and so when you have much of this

population is number one young did not see the benefits of the revolution and is living in a level of poverty and is clamped down with levels of austerity that is really crippling every day life and then on the one hand you have these media blitzes and releases a video from a man named mohammed badie who is supposedly a regime insider who's not just revealing a level of corruption and government mismanagement but is also showing the people that while the president asks you to sacrifice while austerity measures are increasing and while opportunities for young people are really decreasing he and his family are living a very lavish lifestyle so it could we could be at a crescendo moment that leads to people to break through the fear barrier or this could be a moment where the regime is actually allowing these protests to happen to a certain extent. right with me is mohamed el master hughes chair of the media and

journalism program at the do institute for graduate studies thanks for joining us and. just made the point that this could be a moment a critical moment where. is traction in terms of the protests or it could of course just dissipate like it has in the past where do you think egypt is today. as curious as everyone else to see where this where this all heads we know that muhammad ali is not going to stop releasing videos he's going to continue to urge egyptians to hit the streets and we have to see what happens tonight and also the rest of this week and particularly next friday right now this mohammed has been pacing these videos claiming this grace levels of corruption and lavish spending i mean the message the president calls on the validity of those claims which i guess nobody is able to really prove the fact is that he's tapped into a rich sea of discontent in egypt today so we have to look at the larger context

here so sisi has come out on numerous occasions over the last few years and reminded egypt sions just how poor they are he says we are very poor people and he repeats this line at the same time the government is cutting essential subsidies right there these subsidy cuts of harm to the average the common gyptian subsidies to flour and sugar and fuel and propane tanks and other things now as all of this is going on mohammed ali is saying that sisi is spending tens of millions of dollars on very lavish presidential palaces and a private home by the way for his for his family so this is why this message is resonating so much and you mentioned validity well sisi had a had an opportunity last week at the youth conference to deny mohamed dali's claims in fact he did the opposite he confirmed that he said yes i've constructed these lavish presidential palaces and i'm going to can. even more and i guess how

in decorative the pictures that we're looking on a story how indicative is this if the mood of egypt today sisi has effectively banned opinion polling scientific opinion point so we have no way to accurately determine what his approval rating is we know that his policies of failed the average egyptian as i mentioned 60 percent of egyptians live in poverty inflation continues to rise poverty increases so it's hard to believe that he's supported by a significant faction of egyptians i happen to think that this these protests are representative of a larger movement and if people can simply overcome this fear barrier well like we can to see the continuation of the movement yeah that's another point made by me and that is there is a difference in in terms of this generation it was only 8 years ago that we saw those scenes that led so many people to hope for a better future for egypt but this is a different generation just a is

a part that they do have a a different idea different aspirations but. yeah like all the egyptians they just want to live they want to live a good life they want to be able to provide for the families they want to be able to commute to school and commute to work and they're not able to do that right now and that's the frustration that you're seeing boiling over mohamed el masry thank you very much friends. but the u.s. is sending more troops to saudi arabia and to the united arab emirates in order to boost defenses there against what it calls iranian aggression the deployment follows the attack on saudi oil facilities mike hanna reports. it was a hastily arranged news conference at the pentagon following a meeting of the national security council the secretary of defense announced the further deployment of u.s. forces to the middle east the intention he said to bolster the defense systems of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates the president has approved the deployment

of u.s. forces which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense we will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to enhance their ability to defend themselves it's not clear how many troops the u.s. will provide but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff emphasize this was a defensive deployment and indicated the u.s. would ask its allies to offer their support were contributing to saudi arabia's defense we would be looking as the secretary said for other international partners to also contribute to shirley arabia's defense. the secretary of defense continued to insist iran was responsible for the attacks on saudi oil installations last weekend brushing off repeated iranian denials of involvement but at the same time confirming that the u.s. forensic team working with saudi experts had stalled not concluded its investigation.