ring those in the regions particular goal of the united states remains committed to the security of the region while the overage arching policy used to try to push back on on your growing influence of iran in the region. and that's the policy you know whether it has an effective strategy to achieve that is a very good question your eyes bryan hook at the state department said today you know that the united states remains open to a diplomatic solution given the rising tension between the united states and iran by the same token when the president on down it is not necessarily creating conditions that enable that diplomatic solution to occur is in china has struck a partial trade deal which could potentially end a dispute between the world's 2 largest economies that is what donald trump has said he held talks with china's vice premier and suspended a terrify contour in a $50000000000.00 for the chinese imports it was set to take effect on tuesday. but

we've come to a deal intellectual property. financial services. a tremendous deal for the farmers a purchase of from $40.00 to $50000000000.00 worth of agricultural products another big issue that we've come to conclusion on is currency foreign exchange we've also made very good progress on technology transfer and we'll put some of the technology transfer in phase one phase 2 will start negotiations almost immediately after we've concluded phase one and papered it entertaining as a china analyst who advised that the chinese government economic and development issues he joins us from beijing skype talk and he always einar so as to be completely blunt donald trump has made pronouncements throughout the trade war that haven't always ended up being true what do you know about where they actually are on these talks. well in this particular case he's echoing what is being said in

beijing there's been a number of articles and some statements that indicate all the areas that he has mentioned are in fact are in the deal but you know donald trump is in a difficult situation the last 5 court cases yesterday his personal attorney has been to say compromised and he's in a position where he wants to change a narrative obviously from the financial side this will work but he's he's has some bad optics here and he risks this idea that he is caving in in order to get some good press and it's going to a lot will depend on how his base reacts and what he's proposing so are you are are you saying that you think that because of the obvious troubles the n.p.t. an investigation hanging over donald trump that that puts him in a weak position when it comes to these negotiations well obviously it's weaker i mean he is you know he's been going along saying that he was going to demand

a comprehensive. agreement with beijing which would affect how they operate with state owned enterprises subsidies all of these types of things obviously that is not part of the deal and china may be happy with this it might be a play for time but at this point the news cycle is driving donald trump not the reverse as was the case before and unfortunately for donald trump his greatest liability is he does achilles mouth so. i enter. sarah out of ental actual property as i understand it is to one of the big road blocks what is the big sticking point there. well and you know there's this narrative that china has been a wholesale stealing intellectual property force transfers all of these types of things the reality is that china has been taking steps you can see it in their

courts and you can see in the number of cases that are being brought and won by foreign entities here in china so it's not really something that beijing is giving up it was much more of an optics at this point remember in the beginning days china did not have any intellectual property they were not part of the system of registering it when they were outside the w t o so and comes along they basically have nothing to day and they're one of the largest ip producers if not the largest in terms of volume and they have a real they have skin in the game and therefore they are moving to protect entertaining and alice joining us from beijing on or thank you. claymore head and the news hour including. we'll tell you what's behind these chaotic scenes in ecuador's capital. and how one town in the central philippines is trying to break gender stereotypes.

and in sport why it's not just the drivers who are in a spin the japanese grand prix. and this is former ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire her ivanna bitch has given dramatic testimony to members of congress leading the impeachment investigation into the us president she says she was removed from her post because of unfounded and false claims investigation into whether donald trump tried to pressure ukraine's leader that is ongoing and he wanted ukraine's leader to investigate his rival joe biden and joe biden's son who was working in ukraine by hannah has the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you've done of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction

appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly though she also opened a little bit of a chip in that white house boycott of the ongoing investigations it is now known that a number of other state department officials may be appearing in congress in coming

days among them gordon sunderland who was blocked from appearing by state department last week but now he's been served a subpoena is lawyers say that he is willing and ready to appear in congress to give his evidence the documents that were in his position though will not be presented as they are in the position of the state department saying in washington president trump pass an ounce that the acting homeland security secretary will step down and a replacement will be named next week trump said on twitter that kevin that the lennon plans to enter the private sector is how the post sensed april he is the 4th person to serve in that roles and donald trump took office in 2016. protesters in haiti have clashed with police in the capital port au prince a day after a journalist was found shot dead in his car and this traitors are demanding the resignation of the presidential the now maurice they charge police barricades leading to his official residence the killing of this reporter then

a joseph it happened during a surge in violence that killed at least 20 people it was known for its coverage of the anti-government protests. hundreds more indigenous protesters have poured into ecuador's capital quito to join the tense day of demonstrations against austerity measures they want the president lenin merino to repeal a law that ended a 40 year old fuel subsidy riot police have fired tear gas to break up the rallies and protesters responded with fireworks at least 5 people had been killed in the unrest and has the latest from quito. tensions are very high in quito ecuador right now after an entire day of protests and demonstrations in clashes between demonstrators and police even now that night has fallen there are still demonstrators in the streets marching for the most part people here have been very peaceful marching marching calling on the current president of the country to reverse track on an economic policy that ends decades worth of fuel subsidies now

these clashes they've been taking place for the last week and it only appears as though they're intensifying even now with the with the night falling if you can see these images behind me that is the national assembly building and people are protesting peacefully they're using makeshift shields they're using some steaks they have they have rocks and they're being met with a there's no other way to describe it but a heavy handed response by by authorities who are using tear gas they're using rubber bullets or using flash bang grenades and there's even been accusations that authorities are using live ammunition to continue to disperse these crowds here in quito. they are his prime minister met has been awarded the surest nobel peace prize maybe 16 year old climate change activists credit than berg among others obvious credited with helping and his country's 2 decade long war with neighboring eritrea robin care creel reports from ethiopia capital addis ababa nobel peace prize for 29 t.

to ethiopia prime minister. ahmed ali the moment leader heard of his prestigious prize and with it praise from his supporters of an ethiopian we have seen dr b. has played a major role in championing social justice. and what we expect know. of the peace progress and development of the nation of parliament is of paramount importance sworn into office barely 18 months ago at the height of civil unrest in ethiopia and during a state of emergency the 43 year old former army intelligence officer hasn't shied away from taking tough decisions. his biggest achievement is making peace with neighboring eritrea following a 21 year long conflict on their border which began with rule in 1998 abi managed

to reestablish normal relations between the 2 countries he also ordered the release from jail of his critics opposition politicians and journalists have even established a ministry of peace which includes some of the government's most notorious ministries such as the national intelligence service and the police force he's also trying to open up the economy allowing foreign investors a sharing traditionally state of monopolies it hasn't been easy though abbie survived an assassin armed with a grenade at a campaign rally last year was. and interests like fighting nationwide forced around $3000000.00 people from their homes abi also survived an attempted coup a few months ago by some soldiers unhappy with his leadership for close allies including his chief of staff were killed in the failed uprising in the am hard region and he's disappointed many of the o.p.'s by failing to quickly transform the economy

the only problem that. they wanted the change to happen immediately. we have now if you can the problems in this country a lot of the economy is growing very fast the amount of. expend should a lot going into infrastructure has been at the expense of livelihoods a general election is jew next may some opposition supporters told al jazeera that that will be the ultimate test of his peace prize i believe will help us an impetus for him to significantly improve his legitimacy it will be understood in a sort of understood us an international recognition for not only for him but you know for the people and for the country in going forward you know tackling the challenges and realizing the ambitions of the mass of the people for democracy inclusive an accountable state as the prime minister received the news of his prize he said he hoped it would promote peace building efforts elsewhere in africa thank

you very much. just for the new. remark if. you don't go after europe and i can imagine. the rest of objectivity. it's possible to work on peace building process in our continent abbie's job of keeping if you would be a united and stable is a big one but he's off to a good start as this year's nobel peace prize laureate robyn kriel al jazeera. town a central philippines has replaced an almost all male police force with women officers it's part of a wider government effort at promoting women in the workplace to reports. they are on a mission not just to apprehend criminals but to break stereotypes. these

police officers are the 1st all female police force in the country sorry measures marry young police or pulleys mary's as they are called are from the town of maria in c.q. who are in the sensual philippines male police officers who were previously assigned here have all been moved elsewhere this is seen as a trail blazing move by colonel angela handel who is also the 1st female police director of the city hall or she said she knows how tough it is for females to rise through the police ranks we have women legislators we have women in in the congress we also have women presidents and why not 4 day philippine national police around 20 female police officers now staff this station assigned to protect around 12000 residents and although their arrival is celebrated here the pressure

to deliver is felt deeply. they are made to undergo the same kind of training that male police officers go through. the philippine national police has a 10 percent quota of female officers within its ranks under its reform program for decades female police officers were mostly just assigned to do desk work but that is about to change now they tell us a woman's place is also on the front lines local resident. say they have already felt the difference people are more curious people are more curious nobody noticed the police station before know they understand what they do know and that the people are on our say not other ways public trust in the philippine police has plummeted over the last few years the government's controversial drug war has left

thousands of filipinos dead most of them from impoverished communities and allegations of corruption and abuse of power has affected its top leadership. these police officers vow to give their best because for so long been sidelined this time using their strengths and qualities as women to finally lead and drool in a man's world. dog and. in secure central philippines. still ahead on al-jazeera frustration and anger. says the number of people living in overcrowded conditions skyrockets more follow up on the blockade of qatar al-jazeera has become a target every year a campaign of u.s. targeting assad to our marathon and he has more on saturday's world record attempt .

hello not everywhere in southern china had its fair share is seasonal rains for example so to see anything developing now have is a bit of a bonus it should be a dry season but as you can see there's rain developing in the west some rain developing from hong kong moving north as to where it's wanted so that's in the forecast for saturday and probably sunday we haven't really talked in the dry and northeast monsoon despite the northeast winds however where the rain should be and they are through malaysia and drifting down towards into the not a huge number of big showers here not judging this satellite picture but the main belt is fairly obvious and it's roughly speaking here and going south if it develops showers lucky you it won't always and it doesn't look particularly

promising in java for example on saturday or sunday or indeed the southern half of sumatra cloudy but not particularly wet finally officially the monsoon is retreating now we've been seeing it doing that for about a week anyway and you see again from the satellite development this is roughly speaking the line so a dish or west bengal further south down towards carroll is where you see the heavy rain in the next day or so nothing much more in maharashtra. whether sponsored by cattle or. philippines president roderigo deterred he says he's cracking down on a communist ringback insurgency but some fear it's a deadly campaign to silence his critics as the death toll rises one i want to east investigate do charities new war on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you.

talk to notice there are winners they don't believe in the 2 state solution the do you still believe in the 2 state solution we listen to what i just said it was that pakistan would never start a war i'm anti-war we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the soldier's 0. the latest news as it breaks up into his mouth and started peacefully but the major publication is taken from his father long before his heart for those with details coverage there they get will be having dealt with that 110 meters which is so deep that only have 15 minutes on the seabed from around the world the remains of tomorrow may never be found that is your they still exist yet his legacy lives on. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. going to the truth doesn't lie with us that's what this job.

project al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now. u.s. officials say some american troops have withdrawn from a military position in northern syria they came under fire from turkish troops turkey is pushing deeper into territory held by the kurdish led syrian time a crowd of forces. the u.s. is an additional troops to saudi arabia the pentagon confirmed military hardware will also be sent to bolster the kingdom's to fences following an assault on riyadh's oil facilities last month. and the u.s. and china have struck a partial trade deal which could potentially and a dispute between the world's 2 largest economies donald trump says the plymouth

area agreement covers intellectual property financial services and large agricultural purchases. their opinion has agreed to end tense of 5 talks with the u.k. over the next few days to find a duplex up withdrawal agreement that have stepped up because she follows a meeting between british prime minister forced johnson in ireland sleep early over a car on thursday the 2 men discussed a key sticking point how to avoid a hard border on the island island of ireland john hall reports. there may be life in the prospect of a briggs deal yet e.u. and u.k. negotiators will have to work flat out between now and next week's brussels summit if they are to come up with a framework agreement we are. cautiously meeting leads to darkly the british team of god and now i'm going to debrief 2 countries i don't know about how there are under. one defined but i was already said after. trick cities

like plan b. c'mon things. we need to do vigilance don't mean intern confessionals e.u. council president donald tusk had warned he was ready to declare the talks dead on friday instead technical talks are thinking place in brothers as we speak of course there's no guarantee of success and the time is practically up but even this. math fields but what's all this renewed optimism based on in truth no one quite knows beyond comments made by u.k. prime minister boris johnson and the irish tea shockley over on thursday that they saw a narrow pass to a deal the pair had met for 3 hours in the northwest of england much of that time in private concessions were made but they wouldn't say by whom and all else is secret well i can certainly tell you that under no circumstances will we see

anything that damages the ability of the whole of the united kingdom to take full advantage of. what johnson is alluding to there is the whole of the united kingdom including northern ireland leaving the e.u.'s customs union it's the holy grail among breakthrough deporter is allowing the u.k. to pursue independent trade deals but prime minister johnson's previous proposals went down in flames when the e.u. . rejected among other things the idea of the checks on the island of. whatever has been concocted as an alternative has now ended what the e.u. calls the negotiating tunnel with just the faintest glimmer of light at the other end jonah how al-jazeera london oliver patel is a research associate at the university college london european answer to that he says he's skeptical a deal can be reached before the brics

a deadline. certainly some ups's an optimism today but i feel a sense of deja vu because we had all of this with series of may she had lots of negotiations with the they came up with a deal and in the end it was rejected by parliament because the e.u. didn't deviate from their fundamental principles and i don't think they're going to now so even if there is a deal in the end between johnson and the e.u. i can't see it getting through parliament because there is no deal which doesn't respect these fundamental principles and as we know so many brics is here and the d.p. are against that so i just don't see there being any middle ground which the e.u. can accept and the brics is in the conservative party can accept. the chilling our relatives of those who disappeared during the dictatorship of augusta pinochet have rejected a proposal to release those convicted of human rights violations they staged a march in the capital santiago on friday and follows a report recommending the early release of people convicted of crimes in connection

with those disappearances more than 3000 people were killed and thousands more tortured or in jail between 173-1900. i think it's an abomination that criminals who committed crimes against humanity get prison benefits without having indicated they are sorry to. say anything against him in those have he added to this least of people asking to be freed with the annual jimmy to any of my image the international human rights tools amount. british police have arrested a man after 3 people were stabbed and another injured during a knife attack in manchester a suspect is being held under the mental health act witnesses say the man was seen running around the shopping center lunging at people with a large knife investigators say they do not believe anyone else was involved in that attack russian opposition leader alexina botany says prosecutors have asked a court to seize his moscow apartment as collateral in a lawsuit the ball they helped organize

a series of anti-government rallies this year in the russian capital were the largest such demonstration since 2011 peaking at around $60000.00 people the united arab emirates is trying to silence the al jazeera news network according to a bloomberg report the u.a.e. is reportedly running a lobbying campaign in washington d.c. isn't a law firm to try to employ and people working for members of the u.s. congress alan fisher has the details. from its embassy in washington and with the 12 connected ambassador to the u.s. as well as the ambassador the united arab emirates has been pushing a campaign to close the al-jazeera media network and report on the news side bloomberg says the embassy has employed a prominent d.c. law firm to meet with congressional staffers trumpet ministration officials journalists and academics to push its case the law firm it can jump straus how and failed a well known company on capitol hill employed a small lobbying firm to help with its operation it paid $100000.00 to the company

definers public affairs in turn it acknowledged it sure was to provide strategic communication support and guidance in furtherance of the interests of the embassy of the united arab emirates with an emphasis on strengthening bilateral relations and regional security of the united arab emirates in particular including issues relating to clients terminations of relations with qatar and accuracy and transparency of qatar or government owned media definer sprang to prominence when it was hired by facebook as the senate was investigating the role it played in possible russian interference in the 2016 election the finers was investigating individual senators it was accused of spreading inflammatory information about its critics and its contract with facebook was terminated bloomberg says thousands of twitter account supporting the u.a.e. campaign were suspended there are also many linked facebook pages many of them pushed the u.s. government to force algis either to register as

a foreign agent that could potentially restrict operations in the u.s. and it would essentially say the company is run by the qatari government a claim firmly rejected by al-jazeera. al-jazeera launched in 1996 with a not a big service in 2006 it became a public utility a private corporation for the public benefit with an independent board of directors in june 8 u.s. lawmakers wrote to the justice department asking to investigate. whether that should register as a form egypt one of the senators was republican chuck grassley from iowa who had been contacted by representatives of the u.a.e. alan fischer al-jazeera and washington. but he looks founder julian assange was remanded to custody on friday after a brief appearance via video link to a london court the hearing was to determine whether he should be extradited to the u.s. faces 18 counts there including conspiring to hack government computers and violating

espionage law it could spend decades in prison if convicted the case is due to be heard again later this month they knew has lashed out at turkey's president for threatening to let syrian refugees flood into europe that there's criticism of his syria operation the president of the european council donald tusk says he won't let the issue of refugees be weaponized greece has been at the forefront of europe's migrant crisis where frustration is growing in refugee camps the number of people living in overcrowded conditions has risen to a record 31000. reports. every day emanuel fetches firewood from the olive grove where he and 6000 refugees live on the island of summers the camp was built to cope with 680 most live in makeshift huts with no electricity or heat and rely on their wood fires for warmth then you.

can eat. here you don't feel. bad here. asylum seekers mainly from afghanistan syria and gonna construct their own homes with timber and water proof sheets handed out by charities sanitary facilities are few and the olive grove is littered with human waste all these problems are supposedly going to be solved in a new camp being built around a disused slaughterhouse in the mountains but it's designed for $1500.00 people nowhere near the numbers currently on the island that's because the 3 month old conservative government's new policy is never to have such overcrowding in future morea camp on the island of lesbos is also a directed numbers 13 and a half 1000 people are packed in and around the camp more than 4 times as many as it was designed to house the manager of the camp for the past 3 years agrees with the government about what the problem is. the answer in a war is

a constant overpopulation we never manage to remain a 3000 as a state into 2 we can never talk people away and tell them where fault if someone has to receive them or register them and cater to their needs. over crowding creates tension a recent fire killed a female refugee causing a riot among outraged others the government is now shipping hundreds of asylum seekers to the mainland but it wants to stem the flow of new arrivals as well it wants and force month of the e.u. turkey statement of 2016 whereby turkey agreed to readmit migrants who don't qualify. 5 for asylum but it is taken under one percent of the asylum seekers who crossed from its shores the government plans to intensify the use of the e.u. turkey statement to return $10000.00 people to turkey next year that's a 20 fold increase on the rate of returns so far and it wants european union members to share the asylum burden by relocating many of the $70000.00 asylum

applicants now in greece 60 percent of refugees crossing the mediterranean to europe this year have arrived via greece e.u. officials say solving the problem here is now the priority jump several close in the east to g.m. . and to nation high unemployment and rising inflation have been major problems for years reviving the economy will be one of the main challenges for the winner of sunday's presidential election runoff. has spent in the town of what i had to say what farmers and other businesses want from their new leader. the elements easy embarking on a journey he hopes earns him a stable income in a country known for its. his plan to thousands of marine. trees they're rich in nutrients and antioxidants but for a business to thrive in his ears have to buy his produce and as did as he has

economic crisis deepens the farmer may have to wait longer to reap the fruits of his labor and. 'd the biggest challenge is financing banks grant loans to wealthy farmers but not to us there is no bank to help young entrepreneurs invest in a strategic sector such as agriculture. young entrepreneurs and business owners say they are growing disillusioned with the government maddie's worry that owns a company assembling parts for vehicles made in china he was hoping to export his cars trucks and pick ups to customers in africa but his business is struggling as to his years recession shows no signs of being we didn't some of this business to produce 1000 units here locally our 1st aim was to maybe in 56 years we start exporting now made here we spent 8 years we still in the local market turn either hydrogen is the world bank's representative into his year he's been pressing

the government to redo ract subsidies for agriculture and dairy products to new sectors that can generate income.