civil disobedience this week and i agreed to resume talks with the ruling military council but madani abbas madani while the protest movement leaders says they will only participate in talks need to a handover of power to a civilian government. meant needs to include i don't know in international guarantees. and. we're only prepared to discuss an agreement that leads to our. i was civil government. without discussion of any other issue. half of all. the u.s. has appointed a new special envoy to promote a democrats agree solution to the nation's political crisis the retired veteran diplomats do not booth travel to hot to mourn when state alongside top u.s. diplomat for africa to board 90 they see attacks against civilians must stop the edge talks to resume between demonstrators and the military next still fly on to a diesel to meet with prime minister rudd and senior officials of the african union who are leading the mediations. let me now bring indeed of use i brought him who's traveled to sudan recently and has been closely monitoring the situation may thanks for the time i have their posi

the government and the people try to make sense of what is happening we are hard in algeria added abba. head on al-jazeera. has prevented police to get tough on crime paul and in a course in the crossfire. and remain in the philippines trying to win the battle against a plastic putting one brick as its high. hello again well across parts of north america we're seeing some very stormy conditions here across the central regions of the u.s. notice those thunderstorms are really building up and it is in this area the central plains that the threat is going to be the highest in the next coming days and also the flooding is expected to remain the same across much of the river valleys so from chicago all the way down towards dallas also to washington we could see some very active weather here on monday now as we go towards tuesday a lot of the rain remains in the same locations really keeping dallas quite wet up towards chicago you're going to dry out but over here towards washington that is where that cold front is pushing through and that is where we do expect to see some severe weather as

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in before dark one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. to much. as. the people of its european have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with unified and democratic str

says it's bound to fail it has more from the occupied west bank the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has reiterated his rejection to the workshop that is expected to be held in a few days he says that while economy is important foreign aid is important the political issue demeans to be the main story here he says that as part of the economy that was released by the u.s. as a part of the whole whole deal of the century the u.s. plans to collect around 50000000000 dollars of aid to the palestinians and said that he doesn't need the u.s. to do so because they want to gather the money from the other countries and he would be doing so himself he said that he's already asking the arabs to help with it's worth noting that the palestinians are now facing a financial crisis as well as that the palestinians have stopped engaging with the u.s. administration ever since the u.s. has decided to move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem announcing drusilla as the israeli capital and other stories we're following the military in the democratic republic of congo is saying 16 fighters have been kil

aware of the state of mind that the palestinians are in right now well palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already said his officials well boycott the summit where the peace plan is supposed to be revealed that has rejected this so-called deal of the century outright how do you how do you think that can be so optimistic about all. i mean that's a good question because they also don't view him as a credible interlocutor it gets of the question of what was the plan at the beginning i mean when they started down this path of making the palestinians absorb all of these concessions they must have known that this would have an impact about their willingness to make a deal president trump has always said that he wants to be the on who strikes a big deal it's unclear it with the actions that so many of his aides have taken if they were really trying to create a warm environment of trust and with which a deal could take place i mean i think we're all going to be asking that. but also have to see the deal nobody has seen it in its completed form yet so we'll see well as you say it's still secret

a guard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation. it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in but had thought one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mccone and.

while the case is far from close, golunov mahmoud abbas home. farfrom close, in russia from the authorities and the people investigating, there is surely a sense of business as usual. a new report by a conservation group says yellowfin tuna stocks in the indian ocean are on the verge of collapse. the blue marine foundation blames overfishing by european fleets and is urging consumers to avoid buying fresh or frozen yellowfin tuna. today is world 0ceans day, one of the focusses is sustainable fishing but the main theme for 2019 is fighting plastic pollution. i've been speaking to luiz rocha from the california academy of sciences. he explained why there is no ban on fishing yellow fin tuna yet. it is very hard. first of all, the stocks assessment differs from the conservation assessment. those are two different things and scientists from different fields can look at the same data and come to different conclusions. fish biologists might say, yes, the stock has declined a lot but it is stable and it is not going to decline any more. whereas a conse

abbas? >> i agree. it's just a matter of, you know -- maybe at one point i would like to highlight your scenario talks about a preemptive strike, where, you know, before they do anything, you know, they are staging something -- >> the rules of engagement, though. if you're getting ready to launch something and you see it. this isn't an rpg -- >> no. >> this is more sophisticated. if you see it, it's the punch being caught before its throne. >> yeah. >> in an roe, we can hit that. >> divergence between your perspective here as a u.s. that is trying to preemptly stop danger versus how it is going to be seen by the iraqis. not seeing you, the images and the intelligence that you are seeing. so it would look like you are really targeting an iraqi group without any provocation. or even being, you know, manipulated that way. that would be damaging. and i think, you know, if you think that some of the people who are going to be making statements that you like, for example, like the sadr's, you have to remember

you probably had more fun dancing to abba. you will never see it but i am very good.online on our bbc website. it's all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, katy and lance. and from all of us, good night. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a lot of football to get through this evening and we will start with the women's world cup in france where there has been a shock that could potentially help england and scotland. japan began their quest to reach a third straight final with a scoreless draw against argentina. they are in the england and scotland group. japan won back in 2011 but could not find a goal against an argentina side who had never before earned a single point in the women's world cup. and they were delighted with the result which leaves england at the result which leaves england at the top of group d after they defeated scotland yesterday. england are on top as the

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. under much. as. the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with unified and democratic strug

international legitimacy this is what was going from the us that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he said that the americans have eroded their. from the international legitimacy and they should go back to it before they consider talking to them they talked to us specifically talked about some parts of the deal that was announced a couple of days ago he said that. includes $50000000000.00 of aid to palestinians and the neighboring countries and that the palestinians if they wanted that money they would be going and asking that a country put themselves because the talks about collecting that money from arab countries it's worth noting that libya is also facing now a financial crisis. if here because regional attorney general who was shot during a rebellion in the north and i'm horrid district has died for the people including the army chief of staff were killed in the attacks made by a high ranking military official. ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the ge

middle east fair consideration at the proposal has been criticized by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas who says it's bound to fail this will present the planet a conference in bahrain's capital and ahmed this week. no i don't think it will be any results from the normal workshop because it was built on wrong foundations which is built on falsehood is false the minimal workshop came to solve the problem but what problem you cannot problem. but there is a political problem it can all make problem with for example when they say they want to give the palestinians an amount of money for the palestinians they should have been into tina statehood so you need to 1st recognize the state after that you can save the state needs this and that. land the occupied west bank. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has reiterated his rejection to them in a workshop that is expected to be held in a few days he says that while economy is important foreign aid is important the political issue demeans to be the main story here he says that as part of the economy that was released by the u.s. as a part of

peace plan for the middle east fair consideration but palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has criticized the proposal saying it's bound to fail the u.s. will present the plan as a conference in bahrain's capital manama this week oh no. i don't think it will be any results from the manana workshop because it was built on wrong foundations what is built on falsehood is false the minimal workshop came to solve the problem but what problem you cannot make problem but this is a political problem it cannot make problem with who for example when they say they want to give the palestinians an amount of money to the palestinians they should have an insidious statehood so you need to 1st recognize the state after that you can say this state needs this and that. now hundreds of thousands of protesters have rallied in the czech republic demanding that the prime minister step down if the latest demonstration and toppling andre bobbish here faces a criminal investigation over alleged fraud some say this is the biggest protest there since the fall of communism in 1989. 250000 people came to this demons

problem of the islamic world speaking earlier of the previous summits palestinian president mahmoud abbas has echoed that same message. we called for an end 2 days really by this time on this topic to me an independent state on the borders of 967 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution. it is a professor in the department of american studies at the university of tehran he joins us from tehran we appreciate your time very much so picking up on what assad rouhani and abbas said do you think there is any hope that the palestinian issue could be a unifying force and this meeting tonight. but it should be this is a meeting of the arab league and the siniora. logic dictates that arabs and i believe there should be a concern about what israel is doing so it's palestinians but israel is doing to its arab neighbors what israel is doing in bombing women and children in other strips on a monthly basis basicall

me now and already major speeches for the opening ceremony have been delivered by president mahmoud abbas the president of the of course commission and the chairman of the of course commission and even the representative of the united nations for west africans the health and security has been the common denominator of all the 3 speeches and of course it's also expected to be reflected in all of the speeches and all of the discussions that are going to happen in the next few hours here in this building at the presidential palace now president mahmoud abbas said despite the progress recorded by the region over the last one year also. security remain a very very serious issue and so did the chairman of the course commission and the united nations special representative and they said the region needs actually a new approach to deal with the situation they talked about the clashes between herders and farmers the doggone hunters in mali be the farmers and promise clashes in nigeria that has claimed thousands of lives of thousands of lives over the last 3 or 4 years so they have the issue is bec

is serious about its efforts to be in president mahmoud abbas said that while the economy is important and foreign aid is important the most important story here is political the palestinian authority has stopped engaging with the u.s. ever since the us administration has moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem announcing jerusalem as israel's capital and gaza hamas has also rejected the deal and palestinians there have organized a marathon against it saying that the man i'm at work shall be a success. one of many protests. actions have in the west bank that are expected to last. for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of turkey's largest city will not be from the governing party the opposition want to repeat election setback for president russia time. the opposition narrowly won the 1st election and march before the act party forced a rerun claiming fraud with nearly all accounts voted. from the opposition c.h.p. has won 54 percent while the act party has been. is at 45 percent. reports now from istanbul. changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c.s.p. candida

pregnant women in northern italy can go after 10 hours of waiting the moment has finally arrived so abbas wife has given birth to a boy mahmoud. the proud father can hardly believe his luck he sends the 1st snapshot of the newborn to all his friends and relatives. we came here to northern syria say my wife could safely deliver her child i'll stay here until tomorrow and then we'll bring our baby to our hut favor. but a bleak existence with no prospects awaits the family there the camp in italy offers refuge to 800000 people they come from across syria fleeing assad's bombs now they're stranded here in the country's last rebel held enclave they have a vain hope for some security. there are practically no jobs is not enough food water or medicine. and his loved ones have already lived in the camp for 2 years for people in a simple room with tarps there is no protection from the heat his daughters suffers from bronchitis but no one can help here they prefer to go back home to hama but that's simply impossible. to move we can't go back because that is permanent fighting bombing and shooting a

think that's abbas son mahmoud could also share his mother is still weak herself after giving birth the newborn is extremely vulnerable an uncertain future awaits him and syria's last rebel stronghold. few countries in the world there are more women in management positions than russia . but there is still a long way to go before there is truly gender equality. maria gilman over 1st started designing ceramics when she was a psychology student after she graduated she got a job in advertising but all the while she kept up her hobby and finally 3 years ago she managed to turn it into a business when she opened her own pos rework shop. but getting ahead in the male dominated world hasn't been without its difficulties negotiating about money in particular can prove a challenge with certain archaic attitude still prevailing. but you'll often they don't take women seriously as business partners. if i were a man their behavior would be different. they wouldn't be haggling about prices so much better go. despite some suppliers pushing for further discounts maria's pottery business is posting doub

to some of the other global business stories making headlines today abba us has sold 50 new long range plans to american airlines be a 320 or 21 x l r was launched at this week's paris air show and is yet to go into production the deal came a day after the surprise announcement that british airways has put in order for boeing's grounded 737 not just. the f.b.i. is reported to be investigating what the doj about broke u.s. money laundering laws the new york times last month reported that transactions flagged by employees at its compliance division as suspicious were not referred to the authorities some of the transactions were allegedly links to companies controlled by u.s. president donald trump and his family his great. love tons of passengers may be in for some strike chaos this summer with subsidiaries your wings and german wings likely to be hardest hit the focus is on the wage this stuff will vote next week on whether to take action or not meanwhile looked on the says it will retaliate with legal action. vision thing has become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north kor

palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas dismissed the plan, saying it's unacceptable before the political situation is discussed. and just an aside here, the policy means when they're trying to come up with a peace plan, the white house, they did not consult the palestinians about the entire process, so i think it's important to put that out there. >> joining us again from washington is jackie alemany, author of "power up" which i read every day. it's great. the trump administration, president trump thinks he's going to be the guyed to the thing the last five or six presidents haven't been able to do and that's to arrive at a mideast peace plan. what's your take on this? how do you think this is going to go over? >> i think the pount you madint the white house hasn't spoken with the palestinian negotiation committee for nearly a year speaks to the potential for this plan to land with any impact. you know, you have a bunch of leaders meeting in bahrain with jared kushner who has been charged with establishing peace in the middle east, but there is a lot of skepticism and there's even on behalf of th

i think that's abbas son mahmoud could also share his mother is still weak herself after giving birth the newborn is extremely vulnerable and uncertain future awaits him in serious last rebel stronghold. but here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the u.s. secretary of state might bump aoe says the trump administration does not want a military confrontation with iran the comments came after iranian president hassan rouhani said that iran will not wage war against any nation an alleged attack on oil tankers in the persian gulf is fueling tensions between washington and tehran boris johnson has cemented his lead in the race to become britain's next prime minister he took a 126 votes in a 2nd round of balloting to determine who will replace to resume a as conservative party leader the winner will be announced in late july after a nationwide vote among party members in japan has lifted a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake struck off the country's northwest coast the magnitude $6.00 quake knocked out power to thousands of homes and calls m

iranian leaders with a great deal of suspicion in a statement from iran's foreign ministry the spokesman abbas mousavi said for the islamist republic of iran wordplay and expressing a hidden agenda with the new words is not the foundation for practical actions for iran the basis is the united states altering its approach and practical behavior towards the nation of iran but mr pompei was emphasis on the continuation of maximum pressure on iran shows it is the same long running old approach that needs to be revised so the message. there is that for america talk is cheap but for iran economic sanctions have been costly and continued economic pressure from those sanctions on the iranian people is unlikely to set the stage or the mood for any kind of conversation somebody like me because talking is the continuation of the process of pressure he's imposing pressure this may work in the real estate market it does not work in the last experience was not very optimistic and does not provide an optimistic. perspective for a future agreement if we are to take a positive view of things then both the unit

well we've just heard from iran's foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi who gave his weekly press briefing and he began it by diving right into the issue of the drone shoot down the shooting down of an american drone by iran on thursday he said basically framing the shoot down as a retaliation for an intrusion by an american military aircraft into iranian airspace into iranian territory of course something that the united states disputes he said that iran has started to take official action to condemn what they characterize as an intrusion he said that the ambassador to iran from the united arab emirates was summoned to file a formal complaint of course iran saying that there was a base in the u.a.e. from where the drone originated that they shot down over their waters they say he said the most important action that iran has taken so far is petitioning the united nations to look into the matter.

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one don't want to see as if. the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with a unified and d

out on july 7th to see what the europeans will come back with of course the deputy foreign minister abbas our she is in vienna there will be a series of meetings on friday between the deputy foreign ministers from the european signatories of the nuclear agreement and the rains are adamant that the future of this deal is important not only for iran and its economic future but also for the security of the entire region. nato defense ministers meeting in brussels have also been talking about the tensions in the gulf the u.s. defense secretary marcus but is there saying that war with iran is wanted by the americans won't tolerate any further incidents like the tanker attacks the nato secretary general yen sultan berg said the alliance is worried about iran's actions jonah hall has been following that meeting in brussels. acting secretary of defense mark s. but i think broadly speaking successful here at nato in convincing allies that the iran question is a global one in need of a global diplomatic solution as opposed to simply a problem involving the u.s. and iran successful also in setting o

is serious about its efforts felicity and president mahmoud abbas said that while economy is important and foreign aid is important the most important story here is political the palestinian authority has stopped engaging with the u.s. ever since the us administration has moved its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem announcing jerusalem as israel's capital. this is one of the many protests that he and p.l.o. factions have ruled over in the west bank that are expected to last then when they were just the 2nd kind of the. well just before flying to the conference in bahrain senior white house adviser jared kush there spoke to al-jazeera he spearheaded the so-called deal the sentry and says he's confident it will be a success so i think it's already been a success in the sense that we have every country coming from the region we have a lot of countries coming from throughout the world despite people who tried to get them not to come they're all coming and that's a very big 1st step the 2nd step is that we've been able to get some of the top investors and people from throughout the world t

. >> some of us dance and sing to abba.m the spotlight, tim was wrestling with substance abuse that led to health issues. he suffered from pancreatitis, seen here in the documentary "avicii: true story." released less than a year before he died. >> based on how i've been feeling and the pain i've had today, they don't think i'm going to be fit for the shows anyways. thte ddsf h publicly he along with his fame. >> i think he had a kind of invincible mind state, like nothing can touch me, i'm cape avl of everything, i can party tonight and still do this gig tomorrow and then travel halfway around the world. >> reporter: vincent pontera and solomon al faquay, known as vargas and larola. >> we met him in the early days because he just had released "lemon." ♪ we were there from the beginning. >> he loved writing the songs like super old school, on piano or guitar. never on tracks. he was like super into melodies and loved the structure of melodies and was super picky about everything. he always had a really clear vision where he

the middle east fair consideration at the proposal has been criticized by palestinian leader mahmoud abbas and the u.s. will present the plan at a conference this week. i don't think it will be any results from the minimal workshop because it was built on wrong foundations what is built is false the minimal workshop came to solve the problem but what problem you can problem but it is a political problem you can omit problem with for example when they say they want to give the palestinians an amount of money to the palestinians they should have been a statehood so you need to 1st recognize the state then after that you can save this state needs this and that. hundreds of thousands of protesters have rallied in the czech republic demanding the prime minister step down if faces a criminal investigation over alleged fraud thailand is banning pig imports from laos for 90 days after it recorded its 1st cases of the african swine flu the disease has so far been killed nearly a 1000 pigs and laos so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera will return you to al-jazeera world. and i don't want. the

iranian leaders with a great deal of suspicion in a statement from iran's foreign ministry the spokesman abbas mousavi said for the islamist republic of iran wordplay and expressing a hidden agenda with the new words is not the foundation for practical actions for iran the basis is the united states altering its approach and practical behavior towards the nation of iran but mr pompei was emphasis on the continuation of maximum pressure on iran shows it is the same long running old approach that needs to be revised so the message there is that for america talk is cheap but for iran economic sanctions have been costly and continued economic pressure from those sanctions on the iranian people is unlikely to set the stage or the mood for any kind of conversation somebody like me because talking is the continuation of the process of pressure he's imposing pressure this may work in the real estate market it does not work in the last experience which was not really optimistic and does not provide an optimistic. perspective for a future agreement if we are to take a positive view of things then both t

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm heart region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one don't want to soon as. the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with a unified and de

international legitimacy to this is what looks good from the us that the by palestinian president mahmoud abbas he said that the americans have eroded there. from the international legitimacy and they should go back to it before they consider talking to them they talk to us specifically talked about some parts of the deal that was announced a couple of days ago he said that. includes $50000000000.00 of aid to palestinians and the neighboring countries and that the palestinians if they wanted that money they would be going and asking that a country put themselves because the deal talks about collecting that money from arab countries it's worth noting that it's also facing now a financial crisis 8 children born to eisele $0.05 with a straight answer. doesn't ship of being returned home the children were rescued by aid agencies in syria and taken to iraq. the opportunity now is for these young children who are coming back to australia and i can't be held responsible for the crimes of their parents i mean the fact that you would take a child and put them in a conflict zone like this is despicable a

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message of this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation. it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind a lot one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. under much. as in the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with a unified and democrati

iranian leaders with a great deal of suspicion in a statement from iran's foreign ministry the spokesman abbas mousavi said for the islamist republic of iran wordplay and expressing a hidden agenda with the new words is not the foundation for practical actions for iran the basis is the united states altering its approach and practical behavior towards the nation of iran but mr pompei was emphasis on the continuation of maximum pressure on iran shows it is the same long running old approach that needs to be revised so the message there is that for america talk is cheap but for iran economic sanctions have been costly and continued economic pressure from those sanctions on the iranian people is unlikely to set the stage or the mood for any kind of conversation somebody like me because talking is the continuation of the process of pressure he's imposing pressure this may work in the real estate market it does not work in the last experience which was not really optimistic and does not provide an optimistic. perspective for a future agreement if we are to take a positive view of things then both t

flying al-jazeera cannot independently verify the footage mahmoud abbas has more from tripoli forces loyal to the you recognize the government of national accord in tripoli say that they have shut down a drone that shows and it's wreckage that it was made in the united arab emirates their government forces have been showing you video is and pictures of the drone and it shows that it is it the type the type of the drone is called the point h m d that was made in the united arab emirates and also the united arab emirates a flag is shown on the wreckage of the drone we know that.

diplomatic staff and at this abba all the shooting happened on the same day there was an attempt to ousta regional government leader heart of state it's one of the 9 or thomas regions of the country people are ported to be hearing gunfire in the regional capital baghdad of the early on saturday evening it's unclear who is behind that reported coup attempt only harding joins me now live from ethiopia's capital in this adam burke she joins us by the phone near. what more do we know about the assassination. well you know that the heavy duty of the military as you said the hunger turn is that the trying to control the clue. that the federal government has not confirmed killing but the to very real and pretty hard to pinpoint because the 4 star general would from that region. and the how dire the only problem is the part while they are is the capital of the encouragement to decide who to place their events and the whole darted off 1st will be taken to their prime minister obvious appeared on state television saying that the coup failed and that it stopped within an hour or so that it's cheap

american leaders are saying too seriously in a press briefing from the foreign ministry spokesman abbas most of the earlier today he said that american officials seem divided on what policy to come forward with in terms of dealing with iran and that they are waiting to see the practical steps that america is taking and not taking the rhetoric coming from the u.s. from the united states from officials in washington too seriously at all in terms of what those practical steps that they are interpreted really iran's to experience from iranian point of view all that the practical measures they can look at that's all been america's maximum pressure campaign on iran's economy what iranian leaders here call economic terrorism and economic warfare in that press briefing mr mousavi also addressed the expected new round of u.s. sanctions that we're expecting to hear from washington later today and in a sort of just he said what more is there left to sentient in iran that the united states hasn't already sanctioned in the last 40 years he also addressed the visit by american officials to the region

the foreign ministry spokesperson abbas mousavi has been speaking to a local media and he says that iran is ready to guard its borders and any action by the united states will be seen as a red line and any aggression taken by the americans the iranians will respond accordingly but i wanted to look at some of the headlines that have been printed this morning of the newspapers it's the 1st day that we've seen the papers since the downing of the u.s. drone the 1st paper is the news paper and it is the most conservative newspaper in iran its headline reads the destroyed super advanced american spy drone a sharp slap to the united states and we have more from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. to the 2nd newspaper is the iran news paper which is a government owned paper and the headline reads the penalty for passing red line referring to the drone that is shown that the model that was downed shot down by the iranians the 3rd paper is newspaper and that's the reformist paper they had lined reads double achievement one meaning the hunting of the intruding american drone and the 2nd the did they dimini

iran tension started with washington abandoning the 2015 nuclear deal last year iranian journalist abbas of larning says the u.s. is actually stoking tension with every move. the fresh air or the approach that the americans or their allies have had toward iran has impact that this behavior iran now we are in this collection more than the region as a result of the united states withdrawal from the nuclear deal and then followed by maximum pressure against iran on the one side we're seeing the americans talking about negotiation on the other hand you are using military threats as well as economic war against the country this shows inconsistency as well as i think ambiguity in their policies because i think donald trump is enjoying advisers who have conflict viewpoints towards iran and other international issues and this has caused this broad chaos to the white house in relation and is of iran the solution in the region needs cooperation and talks and diplomacy between different sides in the region this is the argument of iran. procter and gamble the consumer goods corporation has angered r

tangible action and practical steps for the united states to return to the deal and it's a point that mr abbas mousavi the foreign ministry spokesman reiterated in a press briefing earlier today he addressed the idea that the united states will place yet more sanctions on iran we are expecting washington to announce a latest round of sanctions targeting iran once again mr mousavi said what is there left to sanction in iran iranian leader also quoting reports from the russian deputy foreign minister saying that russia will help iran mitigate any future sanctions that the united states is expected to place now mr mousavi began his press briefing by addressing this shoot down of a u.s. drone on thursday framing it as a retaliation for an intrusion on iranian sovereignty on iranian airspace something that the united states denies iran says that it has written a letter to the united nations to investigate what it considers a violation of its sovereignty and of course the u.n. security council is expected to meet later today to discuss the ongoing escalating tensions between the united states and ir

seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in before dark one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the regents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one don't want to sin as you may hate the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with unifie

the official line is that this has been entirely carrie lam mahmoud abbas idea and that beijing backedincompetent way this has been handled and rammed through, whether there wasn't a larger hand behind it. the politician would not commit this kind of political suicide. you have looked back at the history of protest in hong kong. these are protists, given they have succeeded somewhat, has it changed hong kong was make is it a different type of territory? it has hardened hong kong people's result. five years ago, the protest was seen as a failure and people were wondering if people from hong kong had lost their spirit. the government has aggressively pursued an persecuted the leaders of those protests five years ago but events of the past week have shown that the spirit remains as determined as ever and they will come out and protest and they will come out and protest and dissent against policies they feel strongly about. thank you so much for your time and your insights. thank you, it's a pleasure. more now on the mass celebrated earlier at notre dame cathedral, the first in the buildin

african sub region as a whole has occupied a very prominent place in their speeches president mahmoud abbas who said despite the progress of my head the issue of violence that is spreading across the region is a source of concern. or looters to the. entire glaciers. there's conflicts. and terrorist attacks all. these traits. it was me have consequences on the case for the quote it is says to know communities and he who's as well as livelihoods so leaders are desperately trying to find solutions to these problems which the united nations by the way has promised to assist in stabilizing the region however i express believe that the regional leaders need to do more to tackle the cases of rising violence in west africa the captain of a migrant rescue ship is under arrest after defying the italian government she dealt the vessel in lampedusa with migrants on board had been stuck at sea for more than 2 weeks several european countries have agreed to take them and tell reports. judging by the welcome that she received on the italian island of lampedusa corona rickets 8 was seen as both a hero and

destroyed he has moved into iran we heard there from of course the deputy foreign minister of iran mr abbas rocky in vienna ahead of a meeting expected later today when he'll sit down with a joint commission of the remaining signatories to the joint comprehensive plan of action his words there leave little doubt as to the message that iran will be giving to the remaining signatories to this 2015 nuclear deal it's all about the economy as far as iran is concerned that's the problem this year the unilateral pullout from the by the united states the reimposition of what they called for a coney and sanctions akin to economic warfare iran will be pushing this message now what remains to be seen the real big elephant in the room the question that everyone is why.