for us trend fall on your silly a the top stories this hour. nccu is president donald trump and the grudgingly signs into law he's pressed a major piece of legislation and you build it stops toughen sanctions on russia. was it unconstitutional and significantly floors. brazil voiced doubts if second president in again michelle tend not facing a boat which could see him suspended. and put on trial for corruption. is said to be the most expensive football transfer in history brazil's name of. essentially barcelona full parents yes she's qatari ernest prepared to pay two hundred and twenty two million euros to buy up these contracts .

first though the pentagon has burns it to american troops. killed in a can i stand a taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives. into a convoy of foreign forces in the rest in that province of kandaha. any last month another us soldier was killed in an attack in neighboring helmand province where more than thirteen thousand us and nato troops still serve in afghanistan. even though the combat mission officially ended in twenty fourteen with the trumpet ministration. is currently decided whether or not to send thousands more troops at to the conflict from all we can go to coppola correspondent bailout center larry is that. at the office civil what more can you tell

us about today's attack. well we heard from. police officials in the province of kandahar today. that this was a suicide attack carried by an attacker. driving a van. and this took place have betwee. the district of dom on and the city of kandahar and not very far from the kandahar airfield eye witnesses. there said that at least. for a helicopter flights were seen leaving the area. and at least three year people are carried out. in those helicopters the taliban have said that one of them suicide attackers with the name if i saw the light come the hari. carried out the attack obviously this attack comes i i had a fire. announcement expected by everyone in afghanistan. about dad they future. deployment of extra us and nato. troops afghanistan right now is fighting. a

deadly and bloody war bought sides are trying to. take the fight to their enemies. the united states central command for example. have said that they've released sixteen hundred weapons from here in the first six months of two thousand seventeen. and for a week or ten days and we had ten air strikes by nato. president trump however. is a big loss to send more troops and to the complete anything between three and five thousand. at the daily fifteen years after this war began a lot of people are asking what exactly is the strategy hit. i think if you look back. to the last.

six seven years that this war has been about domestic us politics. everyone knew that president obama could not. really leave afghanistan so their war does announcement the us is leaving the us is staying. and i think that really involved in the taliban and in many ways because they knew that the us was leaving. and. then their their war. talks that the afghans can do it on their own although afghanistan still does not have any airforce. and there's a severe shortage of helicopters and this telecom cope with the roadside bombs on their own. so many people are now saying in hindsight that was a rash decision obviously tied to domestic us politics. and and the question is that when you look at afghanistan. there of the internal dynamics there the issues inside afghanistan corruption i

lock of. governance why people join the taliban for example in rural areas but then there there's a man external. i dynamics as well there is the issue of safe havens in pakistan or. the taliban and that have control of the mortar relied on water. video card islamic state which is is losing. at sirius right into parts of the country. and then you will somehow that a man and. kinda so the kind of leadership. how to actually survive the last sixteen years in the afghanistan and i stand region and there are also fears and? the demeanor of the islamic caliphate how this is in in the middle east. islamic state fighters from many many of those countries

may well just returned back to afghanistan already. the defense ministry spokesman in kabul john doggett was you saying. that they're seeing at least. presence of those foreign fighters experience foreign fighters with sophisticated weapons on the battlefield on the front lines. and and some parts of afghanistan so far this is going to be at a mission of many challenges. and this will involve. a lot of risks because if you use continuous air power then the risk of civilian casualties and the risk of alienating. a population which the afghan government in some international allies have really failed to protect and. to provide services for bailout thank you very much ado about sarah larry that we will be talking more about the increasing presence of isis in afghanistan later in this program city state shameful glance.

well may well have president donald trump has now signed into law the toughest sanctions from russia of its alleged meddling in the u. s. election. trump whose administration is under investigation for alleged ls about half a day the president. the president's own words he considers that at the. end of it all that it was put on his desk for him to sign this isn't really on a cost it's usually starts in this is that even if i think it is. perfectly legitimate to want to punish those foreign nations acting against america's. this is a bit and very quickly and that's even though the tone changes are shot we all drama literally. at saline criticizing vehemently. legislators they're saying that they're basically through this law encroaching on his presidential

authority. and notably the president's ability to conduct foreign policy as he sees fit it is. and no secrets to. anyone at that. this president this administration wanted to ease relations with russia in order to perhaps at least according to this president be able to. negotiate better deals and to try to work out some of the thorny issues and this will of course does precisely the opposite by. i increasing the amount of us sanctions though leveled by the americans against. russians but that those are not the old that's not the only country being a targeted none the less so this president saw. and making it a very. obvious that he is furious. over this law but so obviously he had absolutely no choice the u. s. is top t

holds out an olive branch to north korea. rex arson says the united states isn't seeking to topple the regime of kim jong owned. a statement that comes days off to north korea conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile test. which the country's leader says can strike any target in the united states. we do not seek the collapse of the regime. we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the financial we do not seek an excuse. better to send our military north of the thirty eighth parallel. we're trying to convey to the north koreans we are not your enemy we're not your threat be your presenting an unacceptable threat to us. rex stiller since statement stands in stark contrast to the u. s. presidents. over the past few weeks donald trump has been turning up the heat on pyongyang. i've lost months g. twenty summit he called north korea problem and a menace adding something has got to be done

about its nuclear ambitions. very substantial problem that we all face. the president has also taken on beijing for not doing enough to pressure north korea. speaking to us television on tuesday high ranking republican senator lindsey graham said donald trump will take action. if you s. homeland security is under threat. there will be a war with north korea over their missile program if they continue to try hit america with an icbm. he has told me that i believe him and if i were china i would believe in two and do something about it. china maintains it opposes north korea's nuclear activities and says despite donald trump's statements it doesn't control kim jong gonna. adding a nuclear armed pyongyang is a threat to the world's second largest economy. as well. leading to a crucial vote in brazil now which could be about to oust its second president in the year. michelle tanner has been charged with bribery and if two thirds of lawmakers

agree with the attorney general's tonight. he'll be suspended and his case will go to trial corruption is a widespread problem in brazil the last president was impeached. and a former leftist leader louis inaccurate at the senate vote was recently ha. a jail term for bribery let's go to rio de janeiro for more on that now correspondent matt sandy is that. and matt and what is the latest what's happening in parliament right now. well that hear me but no not money out of it because. early this morning on the being crowned might the times we heard the attorney general michael. k. regret pregnant lawyer. was defined by the whole look usual bungling. are on right now each step cucumber mind that more than five hundred of them. coming up cheap up. minutes to explain. wildwood why what what wha.

decor and make it about what you do you should be removed why should i strongly cups delegation. are unable to defeat that taking a different view. and had this been talking over months hasn't map and how has michelle tina manage to survive so long. well i think a little bit more we do is to keep it real implement the only god can give mister timothy drug young. among the but the corruption scandal. installed that stems from operation carl lewis will be drug young literally years and yet. i'm not on the allegation of corruption and the burger on shocking. it's simply that that big family be delegation employ many people including a few munching previous president leading leading colchis thar an awfully long time. what is it brazilian politicians seem to have a bit of an

honesty problem? i'm well with a very long on that them both in the. you know the very deep cultural talk to them look good well i think. i mean i think the simplest song pocket evr it but. two weeks position of power in brasilia. it's essentially impossible no i'm. nobody would be full of pal. even if. you are personally corrupt you all could meet a pig. monique eurobeat aka yeah i give you comfort them in pots are not subject to the masaki without making yeah i will take place in the formal mohammed wielding the on thursday.

yeah yeah. it will refusing to recognize. you at seventy they take the germans are things we twenty today any different. i live in the disease on those right right and when we got done playin. i immediately and he. small medicines he found those unsightly facing technology to venezuela. says those officials take it is what would have completely taken into this. it is therefore with the deepest regret. that we have to report it. that the turnout numbers wee friends between the actual participation on the one announced by the authorities is at least one million votes. italian police are questioning the crew off a might good to rescue ship operated by a german and gi after receipt but he was seized off the coast of lampedusa. it comes off a c. brought in a code of conduct for ngos operating in the

stretch of mediterranean sea between libya and the city. several ngos have rejected the new rules which include requirements to carry armed police officers on board. six hundred thousand people have reached a city by sea from north africa in three years putting enormous pressure. on processing centers in the southern reaches for more that we can go it to rhyme our correspondent josephine mckenna is that. and judge me what exactly is the crew of the juventus accused off right now. well this is quite a dramatic move by the italian authorities and on the prosecutor's guide approached press conference today. to say that brian had evidence all nations as thes interesting that this is happened today. that he say that reinvestigation gross like what time it's two thousand six staying. well this is

happening just days to this organization like several other ngos refused to sign the code of conduct replies by the italian government. which included things like us you know the. transferring. stopping the ngos from transferring microbes from one but yellow. and enforcing. rules that we require to rs i'll with this massive influx of migrants who thing from media crossing the trying age recently. plans after said judge hideously has as long been complaining that it feels like it's been left alone to deal with the market crisis all the

countries in europe by the closing the borders all. at refusing to take in asylum seekers and so easily is now working on his own long term strategy to. to deal with the problem what solutions that come up with so far. well as in addition to this action today we saying very strong action in your time in college policy. are has been deployed on a . and that gives you an indication of where this is heading are you what does that mean in terms of rules. of engagement we dont not by allah amnesty international and human rights watch they're very forthright human rights organizations are very concerned and very opposed to his actions. saying this one main mall migrants will be trashed or sent back to libya and kept in very dangerous and very

are difficult conditions in moderate sentence there. tears of pain thanks very much indeed josephine mechanised reporting from rome previous world record transfer of one hundred and five million nearest lunch steed nice hits. paper france midfielder paul pogba last year but the pavement isn't without controversy this onyx on oakland airports. speeding away from the training ground after saying goodbye to the team he's played for for the past four years. during his time at barcelona neymar scored a hundred and five goals helping them to two league titles three couples del re. and the champions league crown. it was only measured unical by no this will buy that if a player neymar junior accompanied by his father an agent has informed fc barcelona his decision to leave the club in a meeting held at the club's officers.

before this announcement barcelona football club refer to the buy out clause of his existing contract which as of the first of july. totals two hundred and twenty two million euros. an amount which will have to be paid in full looked at in that i cannot. into india. the bios closes more than double the current trickled fee paid for a football player. the twenty five year old is also said to be negotiating a new six year deal in which should receive some five hundred and fifty thousand euros per week. after losing out to barcelona in the champions league last time round. psg fans were thrilled with potentially purging one of their star players. west was good i think the goal is clearly to take a step to what the champions league and with the recruitment of name i think they will get that this is what psg lacks. a really big star someone who was at the top someone who can compete with the current monster such as messi and ronaldo. he's a great player he hurts us last year in the champions league. safe he's with us this time round it'll help us a lot.

but the move could be in breach of you wave of financial fair play rules if it goes ahead. eating to paris receiving a large fine or a trans fat ban. the president of spain's top division who is also accused psg of so called financial doping. unsettling legal would not accept the money for name are. over many have raised doubts whether you make a has the power to block to transfer. but it is a busy season for a decade maybe is with us in the studio and i came to study with another record day of trading. on the dow jones on wallstreet exactly it has now passed the twenty two thousand mark for the first time ever it's a largely symbolic threshold. a but one that has been steadily approaching for a few days now. the dow is up eleven percent overall since the beginning of the year. recent rally is largely linked strong corporate earnings. this wednesday for example strong gains by apple the visit markets around the world. financial sector in particular has also been boosted by policy pledges from the trump administration. the president has been. for the rising.

analysts say the so called trump trade may be coming to an end. if he can't pass his campaign pledges into law. this from train is i like to call it has had a lot of momentum but you know that's going to start wearing. because we've had no tax cuts we've had no deregulation it's about eighty six companies have reported so far. that seventy five percent had beat on both the bottom and the top line so we have been a very good earnings season the score and that's what's really driving the market. let's take a look at the actual numbers now the dow is holding steady at about twenty two thousand zero si. us up about point one nine percent this hour there. yes mp five hundred still trading up just under the flatline darryl the nasdaq has now passed up above the flatline their. major european indices closed lower dragged down by some disappointing financial results especially from the banking sector. frankfort docks dropping over half a

percentage point. apple shares have soared over five percent is wednesday almost ten years after the first iphone was released apple says it's now sold one point two billion of them. sales increased in the three months the end of june compared to the same period last year. home exchequer has more. mmhm. it's been a tough year for apple's most iconic products. iphone sales dipped in twenty sixteen leading to the company's first annual profit decline in fifteen years. and disappointing figures at this. teen sparked fears the device could be. prime. but according to apple's latest reports sales rose by two percent in the june quarter. bringing the total amount of iphone sold to one point two billion since it was launched ten years ago. a surprising turn around given that sales usually dip during the summer. people expect an iphone to come up with iphone eight i in the fall and so people traditionally papa's on any purchases like why should i buy a new one. when another

one's going to be coming down so they expect that the earnings to be looked at last. it's exactly the opposite happened they blew it out of the park. the projections helped to reassure investors over possible delays in the launch of the next iphone. the june quarter also saw ipad sales return to growth for the first time in over three years. while earnings from other apple services such as the apps store an apple music grew by twenty two percent. apple has forecast revenues to rise again in the coming three months. an optimistic prediction which would confirm its position. as the world's most valuable company. german car manufacturers have agreed to update software on over five million diesel vehicles in the country. an effort to cut nitrogen oxide emissions by twenty five percent. the car industry employs some eight hundred thousand people in germany and they're worried that they may be forced to stop producing diesel technology or see older diesel models and banned from driving in cities. has been a lot of pressure on the government since the

volkswagen emissions cheating scandal in twenty fifteen. and since then countries including france and the uk have vowed to phase out diesel and petrol cars. over the next two decades. environmental activists protested outside the summit in berlin saying that stronger action was needed in germany. can to reduce smog and pollution or take a listen. judging downfield itself question would be better for the germans if we had the courage to face the future. like the french the british like california the norwegians the dutch. for example if we decided to phase out diesel engines by twenty forty. it would mean that carmakers could develop a clear plan for the future. but as it is have just come back and complain that they need more time. and germany will start to lose touch comic finally ended on trees and are trying. moving on some days other business headlines down legal costs as displaced more than a quarter off quarterly profits at the french bank associate vision epad. plunder paid more than nine hundred. rose to settle a case with the libyan and that authority.

not drag on profits twenty eight percent. just over one billion euros. the heir to the samsung empire took the stand in his corruption trial for the first time on wednesday. major young has denied multiple charges including bribery. leaked to the scandal which saw south korea's president impeached and removed from office. it cuts our airways has abandoned its bid to take a ten percent stake in american airlines. plan which received pushback from the u. s.. american and other us carriers are using gulf rivals like cuts are air. of receiving illegal state subsidies which they say give them an unfair advantage. meanwhile does still embroiled in a diplomatic and economic route. neighbors. amazon is going on the ultimate hiring spree hoping to fill fifty thousand up job vacancies in just one day. the internet giant is holding job fairs in a dozen cities across the united states. hoping to interview and hire candidates on the spot mostly for jobs in

amazon warehouses about eighty percent of those positions will be full time. it's part the companies plan to hire an extra hundred thousand workers by mid twenty eighteen. the event appears to attracted a lot of applicants all hoping to join one of the most successful companies at the moment. it's tough out there on amazon is. this number one right now songs on here. no i'm not i'm here frightened. of amazon seems to be a good company. huh. thing you know i can you know what i can say and i think. based on their stock in based on excitement around the company. looks like it has a good future so they have a decision if i get tired. of it beseeches you go high pressure about high stakes her thing where all those thousands of people. applying for this job and that's a lot of savings in a lot of job it certainly it is

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