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hotline, the leaders of north and south korea are communicating again in a bid to improve relations. britton's largest and most powerful warship, the h. miss elizabeth cause of concern as it heads to the south china sea. far as small with the sport as face of the tokyo olympics is knocked out of the games. japan sammy o. sako, crashing out of the tennis tournaments in the 3rd round. ah, welcome to the nissan we begin in tennessee where the political crisis continues to evolve. the president has imposed a nationwide nighttime care for a month from the army is on the streets. public gatherings have been banned on sunday keiser. he dismissed the prime minister and put a freeze on parliament issue she. she says that he's willing to hand over

responsibility to whoever the president choose is said, also like the justice and defense ministers. my name is questioning what comes next and a country that's any witness. democracy in the past decade lower, but manly begins on coverage. the rival camps from different sides of the political divide have been protesting outside to new jersey as parliament, the, some anger spilling over into violence. once again, the country is in turmoil. on sunday, people took the streets and several cities in mass anti government protests. less than 24 hours later president case said, made a bold decision. he froze parliament and ousted prime minister hytcher ma, chichi adoption. i find it surprising how some people are talking about a so called cou,

i have followed the constitution. the conditions were met. and among these conditions that were procedural terms and all of these conditions were respected. i then invited the prime minister that i have dismissed and informed him. then i call the house speaker. and i told him that i will be resorting to article 80 of the constitution after which i declare the exceptional measures and the presence of permanent danger. and you said my son to 70. but there was no constitutional court to decide whether the move for legal, under article 80, the, on the street tennis in the cooling for change. many fed up with a brutal cellmates and economy in crisis. high unemployment rates. and the mishandling the pandemic, the party which holds most seats in parliament, has recently pulled the brunt of their anger. we have this political crisis mich. the was conscious that we have ever had international,

have 100 people dying every day from growing numbers. and then we have also a huge crisis. so at this point you could kind of excuse me because you know, are exhausted, they are scared and nobody knows exactly where we are heading. need political turmoil and civil rest security forces stormed without a warrant. the officers of al jazeera in tunis, unexposed the stall what they closed the office without providing any reason. a group of men came in wearing security in civilian clothes. they broke into the office and took the keys and said they were the instructions to speak. spencer, you, inspector general, gave his reactions were dismayed by the usa reports. and we hope that all reporters, including the ones that al jazeera will be able to go about their work without harassment. and we want to make sure that as we have the situation on the ground in

tunisia, that press freedoms are respected. with the fear that lizzie could slide back into a full revolt, similar to the 2011 jasmine revolution, the e u. n. a u. s. a calling for com and the un is following the situation closely. bought a decade home from the revolt. the brought democracy to museums are defined is what direction that country should take lower. but among the out of there are, let's say with him, home in val, who's cover trinity extensively. 4th, hey without the reality is, is that the country seems quiet, the opposition a silent. what do you think their next move will be if they have one on? so i think they are, they have seen what happened since yesterday since before yesterday they have seen the progress of things. they have noticed that the, the army is at least if not on the side of the president, it's neutral and it's not going to do anything about their demands. they have seen

a, the labor unions meeting with the president and not criticizing the decisions and rather mother supportive of them. and also considering that there is a larger chunk of the population that have demonstrated since sunday night to support the decisions of the president. or those factors made the, the opponents of the president and the victims between quotes, the victims of his decisions. i think again, i think twice before they take any, any, any escal measure, they what industries just today, but they have refrained from continuing but after the decision of the president to prevent gatherings in public places. so i mean, it's clear that the, another party and the other parties and in the government in the previous government are waiting to see how they can, you know, how they can approach this situation. there will be either dialogue or they will be waiting for those 30 days to end, but certainly they will take measures with regards to the future. and they have

said that they are adamant they will not agree or not accept. but this is the emergency conditions that have been imposed by the person to continue beyond reasonable. the reasonable time he mentioned. and they know that even internationally, there was no condemnation of what happened. nobody describe the type of coup. so they know that the game is not in favor at the moment, but probably, but the very shortly they are thinking and weighing the options. but let's touch on the international condemnation. the president must be relieved. the international condemnation really hasn't been as vocal as what might have assumed when a prime minister is removed in this manner. but they have been global statements of concern. your concern has been mentioned everywhere consent for the process of democracy, tunisia, but remember that usually what happens is if there is no bloodshed, the studies know if there is no clear fragmentation of the,

of the country like what happened in india or in that in other spring nations, they also will usually wait to see the, the development they will, they have asked for dialogue. they have asked for a consultation. and i see that the usual process on the part of the, of the, of the international community. as far as the technicians are able to add to maintain an assembly of com and follow those hopes that they might come to the negotiation table l sooner or later, the international community has abstained from considering what happened to cool or a dangerous escalation. mom involved in the whole, thanks very much for the update. well, let's get more on the international reaction to this. he has called for a quick return to stability. the us secretary of state anthony blink, and i've spoken of the tennessean president urging him to respect democracy in a phone call. he asked chi say to maintain dialogue with all sides. the white house press secretary jen. psyche struck

a similar tone. we're concerned about the developments in tunisia which come as attorneys in authority as are seeking to stabilize their economy to front a resurgence in the cupboard. 19 pandemic and improved living standards for alterations we are in touch at the senior level from both the white house and the state department with denise and leaders to learn more about the situation. urge calm and support tunisian efforts to move forward in line with democratic principles. how did you construct how's more from washington d. c. those developments are under close watch by the us and today and a phone call between us state departments. secretary, antony boynkin and the president of tenicia, lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was

a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a qu, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then you as a to, to need, you could be on the line that totaled $1400000000.00 since the countries revolution in 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. well, plenty more had hill and the all the renews are including the secretary of state is on his 2nd trip to warrant. he's described as his priority region. why he's rallying up asian partners with the current resurgence unsafe. whitehouse is refusing to ease pandemic travel restrictions. uninstalled a big win for small nations or the olympic games we'll have that story coming up later.

ah, now the 1st person to face trial and hong kong national security law has been found guilty of inciting secession and engaging in what's being called terrorism tonguing kit was prosecuted for writing his motorcycle into a group of police officers last year. now the law was introduced by mainland china in 2020, in response to pro democracy protests. it gives authority, wide ranging powers to cut down on what they call subversive acts. nathan is a former hong kong politician and pro democracy activist. his rights to jewelry, try always denied which at one on the high court upper court phone call to enjoy. and also he is being trialed by handpicked natural security to structures, which i believe that the, that the, the reasons why that from them pick them is because they can get a verdict that that suit one's political interest. so i think these are

arrangements are what people are disappointed about the roof, lo, injured the show system in hong kong. but i've been brown is telling me now from hong kong correspondent, re lunmark verdict, and a landmark case. avery, what sort of sets the bar for those who are pushing back against this new chinese national security law? yes, in a way it does so. hell. because i think what we've had here today is in many ways a template for future cases of people who been charged under the national security law, especially people of course, who being charged with terrorism offenses also supporting session. so yes, it is in a sense, creating a new bar. the reason the judges gave for their vertical contained in this 62 page document. and in essence, what they say is this, that the defendant tonguing kit had

a protest banner. that contained words but acquainted with a call for independence and also that that slogan was capable of inciting others. so he is not going to face sentencing, possibly in the next few days, although no exact date is yet being fixed. but it's quite possible he'll spend the rest of his life in jail. now, this is a landmark case for all sorts of reasons. so held the hearing, which took place over 15 days, took place without a jury. verdict instead was delivered by 3 judges appointed by the hong kong chief executive carry lamb. and also of course, the defendant did not appear as a witness. of course, where does this really the opposition now adrian, will they disappear or will they just be too scared to raise their voice? if there is an opposition at all in hong kong? well, i can tell you outside the court today, there were no protest this and few signs of support his foot tongue. but that

doesn't mean to say that the sentiment has changed. among many people. here beneath the surface, people are still seething over the events of last year, but it's just not manifesting itself in the way that it once did. i think china will look at today's case and feel a sense of relief. of course they will want talking to receive the full maximum sentence he's facing, which of course is life, but other governments around the world will also be watching us very closely. indeed, i think that part, the hong kong government is going to say, what happened here on tuesday demonstrates that hong kong still has an independent judiciary. and that the media is still free. they were able to report on that case and not certainly wouldn't happen across the border on the mainland. if brian hong kong, thank you though, so says the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to restore communication channels and improve relations. the agreement follows exchange of several letters

between south korean president moon jer in a north korean leader kim jong on it comes amid stalled attempts by the us to engage with north korea of appealing young nuclear weapons program. rob mcbride is insole connected again after more than a year of silence and with into korean relations at a standstill. north korea cut the line last june in protest against defective launching propaganda balloons from south korea. relations hit such a low, the north destroyed the liaison office which had been set up with the south but its been confirmed the leaders of north and south of state in touch throughout exchanging multiple letters down the young tongue tenant. the 2 ladies also agreed to work to regain mutual trust and foster progress on relations again. when jed also south korean president, moon j n, has made restoring relations with the north,

a cornerstone of his administration. and with less than a year left in office, he's determined to get dialogue back on track a sentiment. the south koreans shared with the north. in this 1st phone call, since the inter korean communication liaison lines where restore today, i hope we can continue to deliver good news to the rest of the world. this announcement coincides with the 68 anniversary of the signing of the armistice. the brought fighting and the korean war to an end and event marked by north korean leader kim junglin. visiting a cemetery for his country's war dead. north korea has in the past use the cutting of the hotline as a way of showing its displeasure with its restoration. now it seems similarly upbeat on the prospect of improving ties, stating the whole korean nation once relations to recover from what it calls, setback, and stagnation. also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces

. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera sol daniel kingston is electra and international relations at troy university in san jose. me now from scott. good. have you on the program again. so it seems it's one step forward and 2 steps back. we're trying to move forward with north korea. so how's the price? should we be that sort of low key communications have continued despite the very public route? well, i think there are a few things that line up to make this possible. probably 1st, north korea is probably suffering greater economic hardship than the leadership would like to admit. of course is the lead in said the economic sanctions the pandemic, which has reduced trade to a trickle and cut off modeling which had been

a lifeline and has been a lifeline for years for north korea. food insecurity is worsening. so i think north korea has an incentive to reach out to the south moon. jane has been very consistent in seeking reconciliation with the north and is willing to provide economic aid and assistance to north korea. and of course he's entering a lame duck status. now with the presidential election coming up next march, indeed, you just touched on one of the points that kim jong and ready is getting anywhere with the americans and sanctions of biting. and as you suggested, say, with sort of an agricultural downturns and an unknown sort of coven infection rates in the country. south korea really is only one of the very few lines of communications besides the chinese that could help can john and domestically well, that's right. but the deputy secretary of state when sherman, who was here just recently and had consultations in so i think the binding ministration is prepared to enter into dialogue with north korea. they've said

repeatedly that they are willing to talk under no pre conditions. and i think they've kind of given the green light and supported one gene and approaching north korea. but of course it has to be principle diplomacy. and it has to be some movement on human rights, arms control, and other humanitarian issues, and so forth to make it worthwhile. it's sort of a surprising set of comments back in june. kimber rated is top leadership for lack of action over sort of the coven 19 pandemic, up to saying that the country had no cases. how much of a problem is cov, at 19, in terms of a policy issue for north korea? and how could south korea help than and yet allow young young to keep face? well, i think they're very afraid of depend mac and they should be, north korea doesn't have the public health infrastructure for dealing with such a public health threat. as far as providing vaccines,

there have been consultations with the co backs program, but they have not been able to work that out. north, we probably has issues of problems in logistics, the cold storage and so forth, and actually providing and delivering the vaccines. that's something that north south great could assist them with and do it in a way that does not humiliate north korea. so i think they have a reason to be scared of the pandemic. and that's why they've closed off their border and have taken such extreme precautions daniel kingston from the university. and so thanks very much for joining us from salsa. now the united kingdom is carrying out its most extensive naval deployment and generation, the aircraft carrier, hageman, queen elizabeth is being accompanied by a flotilla of navy ships. and its presence is disputed in parts of the south china sea, not causing concern for its louis has more val column for me. the british navy biggest and most powerful war ship, the

h. m. as queen elizabeth aircraft, carrier is leading up the tiller of navy ships on its maiden deployment. it's the largest concentration of british and maritime power in years. prime minister bars johnson says that deployment will help to strengthen british soft power such as belief in democracy. and the rule of law. analysts say, joe politics is at play. it's also doing it because their attention over taiwan and britain like the you and other major powers have an interest in not seeing that become an arm conflict. and so they have to demonstrate that their country is willing to stand up against the use of force against it. and i also feel it says that early signals are the buying and ministration that britain is a player, an ally, no longer trapped in europe, but able to act independently. taylor is expected to sail through the south china

sea. a large part of which china has laid claim to the part of its mission is to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the south china sea. the chinese government sees this as a provocation. in recent years, it has increased its military spending and growing more assertive in its claims over the south china sea. i mentioned already, height them seems to be in when china begin island building activities in the south trying to see what i'm worried now is that we've the collection of so many military s as in this region. that's going to be the higher chance of miscalculation the you call recently announced it will permanently deploy to war ships in asian waters after the so tell us sales to japan in september. the deployment is part of the british government tilt towards the endo pacific. much like the u. s. pivot to asia on the former us president brock obama. it is in part

a response to china's growing influence. and that makes the south china sea more of a potential flashpoint. florence louis al jazeera qualify for well, us defense agree, lloyd austin has arrived in singapore as part of a week long tour of southeast asia. now austin is expected to rally for a joint effort against what he describes as regional chinese aggression. is 50 sectors stay in touch. you heard wendy sherman has just visited china relations between the 2 largest economies is at an all time low branch of the economy is associate professor of american politics at city university. the united states study center. he's also an expert in us foreign policy. joining via skype from sydney could help you with us mr. connor, on the program. it seems that with 6 months into his presidency, nobody really knows what bite and strategy is for se asia lloyd austin is coming to asia pacific, hopefully with more clarity for america's partners. well,

i think it's been important for the united states to show its allies and friends in se, asia, and he stays, you're in general and a strategy there as well, where i live that america is listening that america wants strong alliances. that america is not just going to get drawn in, in this region of the world, into a us versus trying to conflict that it's, if it's involved, it's going to be involved with a range of like minded nations and nations want to share particular sort of ventures and this is, i think, necessary to visit after the shanker, lots of was caught off and jane austin, coming to strengthen those relations. but in some ways were frayed during the trump presidency. as donald trump didn't invest that much more data kind of connection across the asia pacific singapore host, the annual shangri la dialogue gets used a stepping stone ready for regional defense ministers plus the united states to attend on an annual basis. they haven't done that through the cova pandemic,

but what the singapore has to get out of this, considering they all one of china's neighbors. and they do like to have cordial relations with its big neighbor to the north. well, i think it, we saw an announcement today that there might be some truth exercises, singapore intrigues going to guam. so i think singapore has been a kenny nation, some regards in the way that it's not overplayed. it's and towards the united states. and they say there are some benefits that have come from that, but it was a small nation nation, not what disputed island or a difficult history with the chinese government. so you know, less less problems in some of its other a station neighbors. but we are seeing the us saying quite openly and supportive, for example, the philippines, that if they were attacked, the issues of the south china sea, the us would be oblige, due to a military pact to actually help them. so countries really need to know,

don't the nature pacific that if they're in bed with america, the u. s. isn't going to let them down. yes, so one hand, i think nations reassured by this, the japanese, i think the strategy and over tried to speed a very happy to have the americans, people like campbell and the administration come out and say, look, we're behind you, you have support support. we've got you back, but at the same time, there does need to be a real focus on diplomacy. i mean, lloyd austin is the secretary of defense. and his role is to talk about defense of lives in relationships. but that it always needs to go hand in hand with the secretary of state and other key officials of thinking. there's always a willingness for not just the united states, but as regional allies, to talk to china, to see come a standing to say really what china's vulnerabilities are. and i don't think we often hear enough of that, but there's a sense of what our child is anxieties and a degree of empathy towards them. maybe a wired in some ways deflating the scenes. the china is this kind of inevitable

sort of super power that will surpass the united states, both united states and china. i have weaknesses have the vulnerable 80, and we so plenty of the american vulnerabilities that last 4 years. and as i think we understand, trying to more by focusing on it and using our rating, we understand this is a society also with a lot of anxieties and vulnerabilities. it's an interesting new approach that the us have because load often get to move on to vietnam in the philippines to god support that. and the approach has similar tones of the sort of the support the u. s. gone from nato and the e u. what just over a week ago, cybersecurity accusations, against china, they think this approach of garnering your friends to say, attack or challenge china works on the one hand, you know, on the other hand, we could still look at the issue we talked about before. north korea there on north

korea. it was a big mistake when the united states play, the north koreans is, was a u. s. versus the north koreans was much more successful when they got the 6 party talks of the board. and more nations were sort of deflected from this antagonism, what's the sort of north korean in the americans? and i think that is the white ford in asia. the united states hasn't always understood asia date play, that asian nations need to be leading their relationship with china. maybe with america and constant america listening involved but not always, america leading. and so i think that's the role. busy of allies to not just say we're on side with america, but to in some ways school america about big concerns and also about been knowledge of how to deal and try it as many nations do across asia. such as a strategy, incredibly dependent on tried with china very successfully. so this has to be looked at, i think, in a very broad why and some of the rhetoric. sometimes it's unfortunate and we need

to simplify it to explain it, but you know that there is, there is a lot the sort of is to be understood here. we'll see what transpires after these meeting friends and connor, thanks so much for joining us from sydney fella. had here when the news are throwing can only avoid defaults on its dense, but serious financial problems remain. we'll have those details from columbus. andrew barton seals the deal. the us combat mission in iraq will come to an end by december 2021. and it's full, we have some sort of jump in metal hope, who is edging others, not to hide behind that disability stories on the other side of the break. ah, the slow moving thunderstorms have again been causing trouble. hale

conforming at them enormously causing some damage. but yet more flooding in parts of england, it doesn't look as though it's moving slow, even though it's 24 hours worth of moving cloud. and these sensitive, lo give you an idea when you see lots of these dos around nothings moving very quickly. and those tend to enhance was falling out of the sky. so once again, 4 constitutes see some pretty big showers in northern italy. the same is true smaller ones, i think in northern fast or of the british isles, low countries. i'm particularly scandinavia. now if you're not in this area or around the edge, for example, it's quite hot there. warnings of hot heat in parts of italy and in hungary for example, temperatures in the middle to high thirties, quite often. not quite as hot narrowsburg as it was, but it's quite pleasant, i think, as it should be. budapest shows more or less maintenance is that level of temperature, the record, but above the average for the next 3 days. now in addition to the slow moving thunderstorms, persistent rein could well be a problem. once again we're talking about.