people are now homeless and wonder how they can afford to stay in the city china correspondent adrian brown reports. a few weeks ago this shinji a neighborhood of southern beijing was home to thousands of poor workers they came here from other parts of china in search of a better life their homes were demolished after government officials decided they were dangerous or illegal the sign is blunt go away quickly this food vendor one of those given just a few hours' notice to pack up and leave. them for a year and i had my breakfast all here business was a bad then the fire happened and we all had to move out we had no choice everything is demolished you know. for low wages migrant workers do the menial jobs that help to keep this city running many are delivery workers footsoldiers of china's booming e-commerce economy but the government's cleanout is now putting pressure on the industry for us in another condemned neighborhood we met honking she he spends most days caring for his granddaughter while his son and daughter in law work. he's been paying one hundred thirty five dollars a month for

the korean peninsula she has been meeting with a visiting south korean president in in beijing adrian brown reports. this is a difficult visit for south korea's leader. unlike the a few sips reception afforded president donald trump five weeks ago the welcoming ceremony for moon was decidedly loci his relationship with his host president xi jinping has improved but remains an easy in spite of their differences the specter of conflict on the korean peninsula has brought these two men together mr made no secret. does not want war sauce called want peace for a diplomatic solution to north korea's nuclear missile programs so does this time china and the us have common language the principal point of friction remains south korea's decision to deploy a united states and missile system in response chinese tourists boycotted south korea and other economic sanctions followed on thursday moonsault to reassure china's leader that the system would only be used against north korea. but in a sign strains over the issues still linger there was no joint media conference as often happens on such occasions t

china has become the third biggest market for the procedure after brazil and the united states adrian brown from shanghai. eleven years ago chen lin decided she did not like the way she looked she since spent more than twenty thousand dollars on injections her visits to this beijing clinic have become his routine is going to the head dresses. for the injections made my chin more pointed and my face longer later i had surgery to my nose which was flat before now it's higher i also made my lips fuller and my skin smoother this was her pre-surgery and before problems with immigration began. once immigration stopped me and made me restate my id card number four times every time i go through immigration the expression of the officer as one of a big surprise the pursuit of physical beauty is big business in china last year three thousand operations were carried out at this beijing clinic alone one of the city's biggest the popularity of plastic surgery is driven by social media and the growing obsession with selfies in a shanghai park i met good who didn't want to be recognised he thought a make

for girls he's now saving for another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al-jazeera shanghai. but a quick recap of the top stories here this hour in the southern philippines at least two hundred people are feared dead following massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mindanao dozens of people are still missing locals described how flood victims had nowhere to run. my. houses were getting flooded but people could no longer exit their homes so they got trapped by the strong waters they were being swept away. they used to be a hundred and three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out so that's what happened here all the hollings and livelihoods gone and we have nine thousand families as of today that are affected and listed to be in our backyard. elsewhere in the southern philippines dozens of people are feared dead in a fire at a shopping mall in the city of devolved started at a call center on the top floor of the four story building trapping people inside p

relations but hasn't been given the woman many south koreans are expecting his china correspondent adrian brown in beijing would not president visit was intended to improve relations with china and while expectations had not been high both sides. they are indicating a willingness to reset their relationship that may not be easy though in his discussions china's premier league chung used a weather metaphor to sum up the state of ties saying both china and south korea and now looking forward to the warmth of spring time but many south koreans see nothing warm about the treatment afforded their president. or journalist traveling with him the beating of a photographer by chinese security guards is being investigated but one popular chinese newspaper says there should be no apology analysts say the incident is feeding into south korean nationalist sentiment the optics of something like that is playing into the kind of anti chinese. feelings within south korea so they're starting to serie action to there is also some feeling that he. did not receive the proper of greeting or the meetings and his high

their home provinces or find somewhere else to live in a city where they no longer feel welcome adrian brown al jazeera beijing. now in a windowless laboratory deep in the core of imperial college london nuclear engineers are trying to make the world a safer place they're using particle physics to try to detect nuclear materials its aim is to one day help border guards make sure nuclear weapons can't be smuggled across countries jessica baldwin went to see their super sensitive dirty bomb detector. the red and yellow light signify the presence of radioactive material is a dangerous life threatening or just what you'd get in a standard medical x. ray scientists at imperial college london are precisely measuring neutrons perfecting a tool to detect radioactive weapons so-called dirty bombs that could be smuggled across borders. it provides the information that the frontline officers need fully automatically which basically means that if there's a real threat the response will also be most foster the risk is real. experts say the threat of a radioactive weapon comes from non-state actors crimin

flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing well leave it to the americans now where net neutrality rules protecting open internet access have been repealed by the us government now the changes could mean large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors hard to castro as well. opposed to the repeal of net neutrality rules in the u.s. and making their voices heard on the streets of washington protesters in the end were not loud enough to sway the vote of the federal communications commission your car i can assure rosen we're still i dissent the commission voted three to two along partisan lines to undo the obama era regulations that the chairman called burdensome and unnecessary that it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails net neutrality rules essentially prohibited broadband providers in the u.s. fr

flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing well kathy novak has more from seoul. president moon j.n. is continuing his four day state visit to china with a meeting with the chinese prime minister and parliamentary leader it's all part of an effort to improve relations that were strained over a dispute over the u.s. missile defense system known as that being installed here in south korea there was no joint statement or news conference after the meeting between presidents moon and she but we're told by presidents moon's office that the two leaders agreed to four general principles on north korea that there should be no more war on the korean peninsula that the korean peninsula must be nuclear free that into a korean relations must be improved and that china and south korea must work together to pressure of pyongyang to come to negotiations but in a sign that the relationship still remains quite frosty we're told that chinese president xi jinping reiterated his position on the missile defense system saying that

flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. eighteen people have been killed in somalia's capital mogadishu after a bomb attack on a police academy police were gathering for the early morning parade when the suicide bomber struck officials say he was wearing a police uniform. has claimed responsibility for the attack egypt has ordered al-jazeera janice mahmut is saying to remain in prison for another forty five days he was arrested in egypt a year ago while visiting family it's now the tenth time his detention has been renewed continues to demand his release is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny hussein has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail for iraqi citizens and one damages in london's high court after it was ruled british soldiers had illegally detained them before subjecting them to cruel and inhumane treatment this comes just ten days after the international criminal court declared there was a reasonable basis to conclude british troops ha

a strength underpinned by a nuclear arsenal that experts say is now the world's fourth largest adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. and next in this series we'll be taking a look at the potential health impacts of nuclear strikes the u.s. tested its weapons at home before it eventually hit hiroshima in japan and to this day the area where those tests happened are still experiencing high levels of cancer that story on the coals for compensation coming up later on al jazeera still ahead right now on this news out there. was. a call for more protests in honduras after a curfew is imposed to end a week of political violence. i'm turning a page reporting from cape town on the world's first successful transplant which happened fifty years ago. and install one of the world's most extreme traces enters its longest day. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east. we've got to try whether it's a good part of china at the moment little bit of cloud over towards the southwestern corner more the way and rain there for vietnam the shot was continued to get driven in by the northeast in the nort

but those wishing to change how they look are increasingly at the mercy of illegal practitioners adrian brown reports from shanghai. eleven years ago chen lin decided she did not like the way she looked she since spent more than twenty thousand dollars on injections her visits to this beijing clinic have become his routine is going to the head dresses. the injections made my chin more pointed in my face longer later i had surgery to my nose which was flat before now it's higher i also made my lips fuller and my skin smoother this was pre-surgery and before problems with immigration began. and once immigration stopped me and made me restate my id card number four times every time i go through immigration the expression of the officer is one of a big surprise. the pursuit of physical beauty is big business in china last year three thousand operations were carried out at his beijing clinic alone one of the city's biggest the popularity of plastic surgery is driven by social media and the growing obsession with selfies in a shanghai park i met good who didn't want to be recognised he thought a ma

hasn't been given the warm welcome many south koreans were expecting here's our china correspondent adrian brown in beijing would not president visit was intended to improve relations with china and while expectations had not been high both sides are indicating a willingness to reset their relationship that may not be easy though it is discussions china's premier li could chunk used whether metaphor to sum up the state of ties saying both china and south korea and now looking forward to the warmth of spring time but many south koreans see nothing warm about the treatment afforded their president. or journalist traveling with him the beating of a talk referred by chinese security guards is being investigated but one popular chinese newspaper says there should be no apology analysts say the incident is feeding into south korean nationalist sentiment the optics of something like that is playing into the kind of anti chinese. feelings within south korea so they're starting to serie action to there's also some feeling that. he. did not receive the proper of greeting or the meetings and his highest pr

flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al jazeera beijing eighteen people have been killed in somalia's capital mogadishu after a bomb attack on a police academy police were gathering for their early morning parade when the suicide bomber struck officials say he was wearing a police uniform group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack thousands of people have protested in the greek capital athens as part of a nationwide strike against the latest austerity measures. ten thousand protesters gathered outside parliament as politicians prepared to debate the twenty eighteen budget government has agreed to cut spending which is pension benefits and tight and strike rules. egypt has ordered al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein to remain in prison for another forty five days he was arrested in egypt a year ago while visiting family is now the tenth time his detention has been renewed al-jazeera continues to demand his release is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny

their home provinces or find somewhere else to live in a city where they no longer feel welcome adrian brown al jazeera beijing. you know windowless laboratory in the core of imperial college london nuclear engineers are trying to make the world a safer place they're using particle physics to try to detect nuclear materials it's a miss to one day how border guards make sure nuclear weapons can be smuggled across countries just one reports. the red and yellow light signify the presence of radioactive material is it dangerous life threatening or just what you'd get in a standard medical x. ray. scientists at imperial college london are precisely measuring neutrons perfecting a tool to detect radioactive weapons so-called dirty bombs that could be smuggled across borders that provides the information that the front and officers need fully automatically which basically means that if there's a real threat the response will also be most foster the risk is real but experts say the threat of a radioactive weapon comes from non-state actors criminal groups who want to destabilize governments and harm

a strength underpinned by a nuclear arsenal that experts say is now the world's fourth largest adrian brownal-jazeera beijing. still to come here on the al-jazeera news bringing down the house all known to demolition trail coming up for you in school with joe. as promised it's time for the sports news now here's joe starting with go absolutely yes martin we will tiger woods is already looking forward to the two thousand and eighteen gold season after playing his first event in ten months over the weekend was the right winning return the fourteen time major champion was hoping for in the bahamas but he put in a solid performance of the hero well challenge helen gleason has no it's a sight that golf fans have missed tiger woods wearing red and making but he's on the final day of the tournament. but that's what they were treated to at the albany golf club on sunday as the american made it through the front nine in thirty one shots and it's the last few days are anything to go by it could become the norm again what's briefly led this tournament on saturday and was just five shots off the lead h

their home provinces or find somewhere else to live in a city where they no longer feel welcome adrian brown al jazeera beijing. on sunday the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or i can will be awarded the nobel peace prize and the lead up to the ceremony we've been looking at countries with nuclear capabilities and a window less reliable retreat deep in the core of imperial college london nuclear engineers are trying to make the world a safer place by using particle physics to try to detect nuclear materials just a couple when went to see the super sensitive to detect. the red in yellow light signify the presence of radioactive material is a dangerous life threatening or just what you get in a standard medical x. ray. scientists at imperial college london are precisely measuring neutrons perfecting a new tool to detect radioactive weapons so-called dirty bombs that could be smuggled across borders but it provides the information that the frontline officers need fully automatically which basically means that if there's a real threat the response will also be most foster the r

south korean president and his house put on a united front over the north korean nuclear threat adrian brown has our report. this is a difficult visit for south korea's leader. unlike the a few superset should have folded president donald trump five weeks ago the welcoming ceremony for moon was decidedly loci his relationship with his hose president xi jinping has improved but remains an easy in spite of their differences the specter of conflict on the korean peninsula has brought these two men together mr made no secret. does not want war sauce called want a peaceful and diplomatic solution to north korea's nuclear missile programs so does this tie china and the south koreans have common language the principle point of friction remains south korea's decision to deploy a united states and missile system in response chinese tourists boycotted south korea and other economic sanctions followed on thursday moonsault to reassure china's leader that the system would only be used against north korea but in a sign strains over the issues still linger there was no joint media conference as often happ

trumps national security plan kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington foreign china's reaction from adrian brown who joins us live now from beijing so adrian china has some pretty strong words and pretty strong language in their reaction to this what are they saying there. well you know chinese mandarins of been poring over this sixty eight page report and the softer new we got our first sort of formal response from china's government that came from the foreign ministry spokeswoman hard thing and she basically said that the united states needed to end its fabrications and distortions she said it was time to end the sort of zero sum game policy and in this sort of cold war ideology it was strong language much stronger language actually than donald trump used in his address let's hear more about what you have to say for any country it is futile for them to distort the facts or to smear china we urge you to your scientists dog distorting china strategic attention and abandon the zero sum game thinking in the cold cold war mindset this will only bring home to everyone that you said pushing back agai

over the evictions but he knew that speaking out in today's china could also be very dangerous adrian brown al jazeera beijing. still to come here in the news a surprise on the slopes in little details after the break. celebrations have taken place for the country's national day this he is ceremonies came as a six month long political crisis in the gulf continues. jubilant crowds feel that though how waterfront among the last couple of celebrated its national day. was an event was marked by a display of military might both in the air and on the ground a country house commemorated december eighteenth since its independence in one nine hundred seventy one but never with such magnitude. these are extraordinary times this year three of qataris gulf neighbors saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind along with egypt sever their diplomatic ties with it and imposed an air land and sea blockade they accused qatar of being too close to iran and of sponsoring terrorism. has vehemently denied those accusations but instead of head to qatar many believe some good house come from the ongoing dipl

tours to south korea which resulted in the number of chinese visitors to the country plummeting adrian brown reports from beijing. well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon now after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to wish you separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course china's continued opposition to the anti missile defense system that south korea deployed earlier this year in response to all that north korea has been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade the tween the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the business executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security guards as he was a

and begin to sell defenses to south korea adrian brown reports from beijing. well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon now after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to wish you separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course china's continued opposition to the anti missile defense system that south korea deployed earlier this year in response to all that north korea has been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade between the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the business executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security guards as he was attending a trade functio

adrian brown has been following china's response from beijing well there's been no official reaction yet from china's government that will come probably later on choose day but ahead of president trump speech a foreign ministry spokeswoman said that china defended its trade policies with the united states and outlined what they saw as a win win scenario she said that china would dedicate itself to establishing a strong and fair trading relationship with the united states i think it's fair to say that chinese officials are going to be studying every word of that sixty eight page report before giving their official response but let's hear more about what the foreign ministry spokesman had to say about president trump's remarks well near you may find that we are all willing to work with the u.s. to build a strong stable and sound bilateral economic relationship it is in line with the two countries interests and the expectation of the international community and she also reminded journalists that china's two way trade with the united states last year amounted to some fifty five billion d

a strength underpinned by a nuclear arsenal that experts say is now the world's fourth largest adrian brown al-jazeera beijing it's been a quarter of a century since the first text message was sent to a mobile phone this would go on to revolutionize not only how we communicate but modern language and technology as well paul brennan takes a look. twenty five years ago human communication changed forever in the u.k. a software engineer used his computer to send the first ever text message to a mobile phone just two words merry christmas it was the beginning of a true revolution a revolution not just in technology but also in language and the way we communicate that first text message or s.m.s. showed that mobile phones were capable of much more than just voice calls today's smart phone apps have their origins all way back with that eureka moments of the first text of the limitations of s.m.s. inspired the heavily abbreviated new language and more recently the rise of the m o g now in two thousand and seven u.k. users sent sixty six billion text messages by two thousand and twelve it was one h

their home provinces or find somewhere else to live in a city where they no longer feel welcome adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the white house has been fielding questions over the u.s. president's health this week concluding an important speech by slurring i'm mispronouncing the familiar words white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. for the white house says it was nothing more than a dry throat this week on president trump slurred his speech wrapping up an important foreign policy announcement god bless the united church thank you very much but many reporters and the american public have been questioning that explanation so much so white house press secretary sarah sanders was the first to acknowledge the concern or all this missing the inquiries frankly pretty ridiculous questions but questions of trump's fitness for office are not new given his reported love of fast food and refusal to exercise them there is his penchant for confrontational speeches pray news they will be met with fire of fury and taunting attacks and social media against foes like north korean leader kim jon

well china has responded to donald trump's statement adrian brown joins us live now from the chinese capital beijing adrian said donald trump warned of this great power competition with russia and china in his speech so what are the chinese been saying well ahead of president trump's address darren a foreign ministry spokeswoman spoke to the media on monday and she essentially defended trade between china and the united states defending those policies and also outlining what she saw as a win win scenario i don't think there's anything in president trump's address that's going to give the chinese any sleepless nights they know that they are a strategic rival of the united states they've heard that all before so yes i think in many ways they are going to be breathing a sigh of relief but on monday as i say the foreign ministry spoke spokeswoman who are churning outlined what she saw as the benefits of the current trading relationship and this is more of what she had to say or merely you may find that we are all willing to work with the u.s. to build a strong stable and sound bilateral e

comfort for good he's now saving for another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al jazeera shanghai now the cost of fresh food is one of the many challenges for those living in canada as remote fun north cold temperatures lack of sunlight and poor soil all means that vegetables and fruit have to be imported from a farm down the lack reports from churchill manitoba on how innovation hopes to bring green shoots of growth to frozen communities. on the rocky shores of canada's hudson bay what is essentially an indoor farm with one crucial difference in turtle we don't have soil into greenhouses bill erickson and his wife diane have been growing vegetables for forty years some inexpensive imported soil others in water pipes full of fertilizer down a hill in a passive greenhouse we do peace being carrots broccoli cauliflower we don't market a lot of them and between october and may it's simply too cold for fresh produce to survive. down at the tamarac grocery store government subsidies are the only way that local people can afford fresh fruit and vegetables it's more e

reception here a reminder that the alliance confronting north korea is fragile and sometimes fractured adrian brown al-jazeera beijing now the police in saudi arabia have arrested a palestinian billionaire who is the head of one of the biggest banks in the middle east's masseria chairman of arab bank which is the biggest lender in jordan he is a saudi passport holder it's the latest move in an anti corruption drive ordered by the crown prince mohammed bin cell man here's n.p.r.'s tie up. he's one of jordan's most prominent businessmen and among the wealthiest but since wednesday musri has been detained in saudi arabia for having what's been described as information relating to corruption the eighty year old palestinian who has a saudi passport is the founder of a major investment group and the chairman of arab bank one of the middle east largest and most influential lenders his detention has shocked family and friends in jordan where his multi-billion dollar portfolio is an important part of the economy that employs thousands of musketry as you know he's like michael bloomberg for the economy of ne

comfort for good he's now saving for another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al-jazeera shanghai. well washington's decision to stop issuing travel visas from its embassy in have has not prevented the unique cuban dance company from winning widespread international attention the group is no stranger to restrictions both at home and abroad the same human reports in the capital have. it's difficult to put a label on the. it's a dance company with very obvious spanish influence. but it's not flamenco. it's much more the in the provocative movements the facial expressions something that is in fact very caribbean. this is the least of cuba dance company a work of art and love that began as an experiment in the opinion that miley i learned to dance ballet spanish dance in flamenco and popular cuban dances cha cha cha folklore kong and so on which i adore and the after a cuban dances they have their own specific music and style and song and we going down the years i wanted to fuse all that into one result a fusion of all those types of dances into one that's what we

a strength underpinned by a nuclear arsenal that experts say is now the world's fourth largest adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. next in our series we're taking a look at the potential health impact of nuclear strikes the u.s. tested its weapons at home before it eventually hit hiroshima and to this day the area where those tests happened are still experiencing high levels of cancer that story and the calls for compensation later on al jazeera a wave of syrian air strikes has killed at least nineteen civilians in eastern the border near damascus the area has been under siege by the syrian army since two thousand and thirteen about four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trapped there those who managed to escape are living in makeshift camps for her though explains. on an open field just outside the city of hama displaced syrian families have set up camp they are part of the now familiar exiled us from syrian cities and i'll talk from government falls as they endure would weeks of months then fled panicked defenseless in the face of incessant of talks and with little hope of me tha

strength underpinned by a nuclear asked know that experts say is now the world's fourth largest adrian brown al-jazeera beijing will move to south asia now a small because again the gulf india's capital new delhi where health officials are warning that people face a serious risk of a spiritual illness if they go outside quality typically gets worse at this time of the year as farmers burn off vegetation and people build street fires to keep warm doctors have compared breathing the small to smoking two packets of cigarettes a day. we come your daily for a walk near the presidential palace there's a big difference between how things were previously and how they are now we cannot breathe properly while walking as my patients also face many problems here used to be good now we're all facing problems breathing. you're watching all of us there i'm still raw but these are our top stories yemen's ousted president ali abdullah saleh has called for iran to mediate with the who the rebels to end recent inviting fighting has escalated between the who the rebels and their former allies who support salah

security strategy on monday beijing is calling on donald trump to accept its growing influence adrian brown has more reaction from beijing. well chinese officials have been basically pouring over president trump's national security strategy speech in washington the chinese ambassador was first to give reaction he essentially said there appeared to be a contradiction in what the u.s. side was saying on the one hand they regard china as a friend someone to do business with on the other hand they regard china as an adversary and the message coming through loud and clear is that yes china and the united states can be rivals but they don't have to be enemies here in beijing the foreign ministry spokeswoman hard training also fired a warning shot and she had some quite strong language let's hear more of what she had to say john what's in the how we think eventually chair for any country it's futile for them to distort the facts or to china the u.s. side to stop distorting china's strategic teachin and abandon a zero sum game and cold war mindset it will only bring harm to everyone it was presiden

comfort for good he's now saving for another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al-jazeera shanghai. still ahead on in sports the charlotte hornets fighting spirit pays off in the n.b.a. details with. the. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage that they put every day but the message is a simplistic you have been trained good logical rational person crazy monsters and misinformation is rife dismissal and does not well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives of this time on al-jazeera. the a friends being a journalist the crime practicing journalism. mahmoud forseen detained for three hundred sixty five days without charge. journalism is not a crime mahmoud for sane is not a criminal. free mahmoud hussein. it is time for sports james thank you so much defending champions kept our have begun their golf cup campaign in style they beat yemen for a nail in quick city taking the lead after just two minutes through a feat. i may soon move to no

warned the world against quote sleep walking into war over north korea or china correspondent adrian brown tells us more about what happened in beijing. well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon now after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to wish to separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course china's continued opposition to the anti missile defense system that south korea deployed early this year in response to all that north korea's been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade the tween the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the business executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security

to the way they were that is happening but it's i was sorry we lost the connection there with adrian brown but we do have caffeine novak live for us and she joins us from the south korean capital in cells are kathy how is this visit going down with the public there and sell. well if i can pick up on what adrian was talking about there this is an opportunity to mend fences the relationship has as agent was saying been strained in recent times and going into the summit president said that he wishes to solidify the foundation for a new era in the relationship between the two countries based on trust and friendship so that is the hope but unfortunately for both sides what is getting a bit of media attention here in south korea is a scuffle that broke out between chinese security and journalists traveling from south korea with the president mungy and this happened before the summit meeting between president xi and president moon president moon was attending a trade event and some photographers apparently tried to follow the president and were stopped by chinese security and according to the med

over the evictions but he knew that speaking out in today's china could also be very dangerous adrian brownal-jazeera beijing ok time for sports news his son. thank you very much a cricketer australia are celebrating regaining a one of the biggest prizes in the sport they secure the ashes against england with a victory in the third test in perth and were giving some hope on the final day off the water leaked through covers on the pitch it calls a three hour delay to the start of the play but australia returned to claim england's last six wickets and win the match while the margin was an innings and forty one runs as the all says took on an unsaleable three nil lead in the best of five series hazelwood took five wickets in that second innings at the fourth test begins in melbourne on boxing day. it's been amazing couple of weeks and. really enjoyed every moment of it. you know what with putting so much time the preparation. and everything that's come with this series it's been huge and you know that everything's worked out and we've been able to get that and back. you know all the emotions j

reception here a reminder that the alliance confronting north korea is fragile and sometimes fractured adrian brown al jazeera beijing. political instability inter go is high on the agenda as a meeting of west african leaders in nigeria conflicts in guinea bissau and nigeria are also being discussed by members of eco was this the economic community of west african states where the address is at that conversation in a. the leaders discuss economy and politics and of course africa's regional west africa's regional. trouble spots guinea bissau was reviewed to look at the progress made politically and economically there to resolve the political impasse there trouble was mention and in two sentences in his opening remarks at the horse president. called on both sides to resolve this issue i mean could be through dialogue now as the leaders meet in this court hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets across toward demanding an end to fifty year dinners to rule of the end of my family and urging political reforms but what remains to be seen is whether the member nations will force the hands o

flurry of activity could amount to the start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing u.k. prime minister tourism a is meeting european union leaders in brussels a day after a defeat on breakfast at home on wednesday night parliament backed an amendment giving them a legal guarantee of a vote on the final brecht's a deal struck with brussels so he may is hoping a new leader is a proven agreement to move the brics that negotiations onto a second phase in cooperation trade talks underway phillips has more from brussels . the british prime minister comes here on the back of an embarrassing domestic defeat on that legislation back in london that undermines her or forty here in brussels to some extent it raises the question amongst other european leaders as to what sort of mandate to reason may really has it raises the prospect of more defeat as that legislation makes its way through the house of commons in the months to come having said that it seems pretty clear that the e.u. twenty seven are going to agree that britain has made quote sufficient progres

sending a missile defense system to south korea adrian brown reports from beijing. well this is a very difficult visit for president moon his first to china since becoming head of state and the strains in the relationship between china and south korea were i think very evident on thursday afternoon now after the bilateral between president xi jinping and mr moon there was to be no joint statement apparently the two sides are going to wish to separate statements that points to an existing diplomatic impasse over of course china's continued opposition to the anti missile defense system that south korea deployed early this year in response to all that north korea has been doing however there was one area of agreement the two sides did sign a memorandum of understanding to expand trade the tween the two countries this ceremony was watched over by some of the business executives who are accompanying president moon on his trip to china there was no one discordant moment a south korean photographer was badly beaten up by security guards as he was attending a trade function

comfort for good he's now saving for another operation so that he can hopefully close his eyes again adrian brown al-jazeera shanghai let's get some sports news now fire has been having football will start with an english premier league leaders manchester city have extended their winning streak to seventeen matches they be in bournemouth for a mail at our sergio where i got the scoring underway in the twenty seventh minute with rain sterling adding a second shortly after the break where that got city's one hundred primarily goal of twenty seven to make it three nil and in a low completed the scoreline. for those you have dollars after a lot of games in a row winning winning games he's mentally will be ready to do it again and again and that is what they impressed most about that guys. every time there really is to do that. elsewhere holders chelsea were frustrated at everton and a goal is stronger harry kane god is seven patrick of twenty seven team as tottenham burnley while second place man united could only manage a two two draw with leicester leicester equalised five minutes into stoppage tim