when adrian brown is our correspondent in beijing he's joining us live now and this tit for tat round of tyrus is continuing started by the u.s. but this does seem to be a significant escalation adrian. yes a significant escalation martine in the language at least from the chinese side is getting much stronger words like shocked unacceptable accusing the united states of escalating and excel aerating the trade war between china and the united states a morning also that this dispute could have a lasting impact on sino u.s. trade relations now what the united states did on wednesday was to publish a list of potential targets potential terrorists on a whole range of chinese goods and it click tick range everything from dog food to macro all and they'll be a two month consultation period before those tariffs come into effect if they come into effect of course is still possible unlikely there could be a breakthrough in the next two months or so and that in a sense was the u.s. response to beijing's retaliation over earlier u.s. levies we are at the moment martin sort of trapped in a downwa

china correspondent adrian brown and european council president adrian out once again i think the second time in two weeks making another passionate speech about this about this president what did he say. that's right it was a very urgent and impassioned plea by donald tusk he's here in beijing part of a high level e.u. delegation that's participating in the twentieth edu china summit of course on paper elizabeth china and the european union would appear to have a lot in common right now both have tariffs imposed on them by president donald trump both are quarrelling with trump over his trade policies china would very much like to form a sort of coalition a united front with europe against president donald trump but i sense that european leaders are very wary of doing that particularly as president from but at the moment is weighing up whether to impose tariffs of up to twenty percent on imports of all european car so they don't want to antagonize him in any way but certainly don't want to came here with a message aimed not just that is host china but also at the leaders of russia and th

between leaders of china and the european union who are now meeting in beijing our correspondent adrian brown is there and on the face of it both these size the sides the chinese and the european union have a lot in common because they've been targeted by president trumps tyrus yes you would imagine that they would have an awful lot to talk about and you would imagine china certainly hopes that there can be cooperation between china and the european union to form a sort of common front a united front against the united states but the european union is saying it doesn't want to gang up on president trump even though it doesn't agree with much of what he has been saying now within the last hour donald tusk who's the president of the european council has delivered his speech on the opening day of this china e.u. summit and he appealed to the leaders of russia china and the united states to avoid chaos and conflict he said he wanted those countries to work with the european union to prevent conflict now it's not sure what sort of conflict he's referring to whether it means trade war or perhaps th

media so is social media now influencing the government's decision making or china correspondent adrian brown has more china's social media users were unusually energized this week it's one of the few ways people here can let off steam. the hash tag chung chung the vaccine case was viewed more than four hundred and seventy million times chunk chunk is the name of the company that sold fake vaccines that were administered to more than two hundred and fifty thousand children. food is involved in a project that tracks censorship on china's social media he's based across the border in semi autonomous hong kong where laws governing freedom of speech are more relaxed in the vaccine scandal fu says the government is monitoring rather than listening in one way then. mourning the public at the same kind of defend. the propaganda machine you tried to we add. trent comment in in the public eye. the vaccine scandal was being discussed on social media days before state controlled media were allowed to report on it that only began to happen after china's premier league of chung issued a statement just befo

treatment her husband died while serving an eleven year jail sentence for inciting subversion adrian brown's war now from beijing. lucia had said she was prepared to die under house arrest her family feared that was a real possibility as her depression and health problems worse of the artist was never charged with any crime but spent the last eight years of virtual prisoner in her beijing home emerging only occasionally to talk to journalists and her lawyers she was married to lucia who in two thousand and ten became the first chinese person to win the nobel peace prize his award placed symbolically on an empty chair his acceptance speech written just before his arrest. i firmly believe that china's political progress will not stop and i filled with optimism look forward to the advent of a future free china. died of liver cancer almost a year ago he'd been allowed to leave prison for emergency treatment but was banned from leaving china for medical care china's most famous dissident was serving an eleven year sentence for subversion. for now lucia will live in exile in germany which is where

jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish in adrian brown al jazeera beijing . when al group of anyone football fans are heading to moscow for wednesday's well cup semifinal match against croatia and then donning some usually stylish attire for the. waistcoats are a tribute to manager gary southgate has become known for his sophisticated sideline fashion during the world cup campaign and came retailer marks and spencer is fast running out of stock as fans try to copy southgate's trademark look fans are dubbing it why scope wednesday. well funny through the things the sort of the management show caught on. and i'm sure she now will return it with a special coverage. on the very help going to. all who doesn't love a good waistcoat as more never they were covering right here al jazeera dot com is where you need to go for comment analysis and video on demand you can watch us live right there as well. quick look at the top stories now all twelve boys and their football coach trapped inside a flooded cave in thailand for seventeen days has been re

various ways users try to disguise their descent it's an endless cyberspace game of cat and mouse adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. association of human rights says more than four hundred people killed an anti government process over the past three months it accuses security forces of detaining opponents of president daniel ortega in secret torture centers america and it's only seen human as the story. it's been one hundred days since the began burying their loved ones killed in a conflict too reminiscent of the country's civil war in the one nine hundred seventy s. this week at least three more people were killed in the northern city of reportedly by pro-government paramilitary forces while in an aga a brazilian medical student sympathetic to student protesters was gunned down by unidentified sale it's. at a news conference nicaragua's association of human rights said it had tallied ninety seven killings in the last two weeks alone and four hundred and forty eight deaths since april eighteenth when i walked out. was seen operations outside of the framework of law by armed groups paramilitary a

and russia against a dangerous trade war more now from china correspondent adrian brown. just ten days after the start of a trade war between china and the united states a timely summit in beijing china's leaders are hosting the european union's top officials one of whom had an urgent plea directed at china as well as united states and russia does it come on duty. of europe and china. america and russia. not to destroy his old. much to improve it. not to start through a divorce. which turned into what conflict so often in our history china's leadership wants a united front against u.s. president donald trump's trade policies and is hoping for an ally in the e.u. which is also quarrelling with trump over trade as well as defense to the u.s. trade friction is the problem between us china doesn't want to trade well with the u.s. we think there is no winner from a trade war any actions of violate the world trade organization rule serve the interests of no one. even though e.u. officials disagree with president trump they remain wary about being part of a coalition against him

an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing japan has recorded its highest ever temperature is a deadly heat wave continues to grip the country the temperature rose to forty one point one degrees celsius in the city of course that's northwest of tokyo and that is nearly twelve degrees hotter than the average for this time of year at least thirty people have died over the past month because of the heat. meanwhile firefighters in greece are tackling a fast moving forest fire that's already forced the evacuation of three communities it's burning through a mountain region around forty kilometers west of the capital athens strong winds they keep shifting direction are hampering efforts to fight the blaze. french politicians have questioned the interior minister here hard to call all over his knowledge of an incident in may when president micron's former bodyguard was filmed beating a protester the president himself has not yet commented on the case which is causing him major political embarrassment they've a trait

safety standards it's the second scandal to hit the company in the past week are china editor adrian brown reports from beijing. it is a worrying time for parents across china outside beijing's top children's hospital we found many still absorbing the fact that china's second largest pharmaceutical company has been producing vaccines for babies that are fake you know your god you know the people who made this fabricated vaccine should be executed right away without any hesitation they did it to babies not adults he added this mother is especially concerned her one year old son was inoculated for rabies last month he has a fever and the scandal has heightened her anxiety my son was born very weak he always has been now his dad and i don't know if it's related to the fake vaccines in china or vaccinations to prevent diseases like tetanus hooping cough and rabies are free but now some parents no longer trust the made in china versions. these three chinese vaccines cannot meet correct safety standards i would have to think about buying imported vaccine so far there have been no reports of chil

jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish in adrian brown al jazeera beijing so it's soulsby hospital says the british man who was exposed to the deadly knowledge out nerve agent has regained consciousness officials say charlie rowley has experienced a small but significant improvement and is now in a critical but stable condition the forty five year old was poisoned along with dawn sturgis who died on sunday the nerve agent used on the pair was the same type that form the russians isis cripple and his daughter were targeted with in march. well there been more resignations today from to reason may's ruling conservative party over the prime minister's brights it strategy to vice chair say they are now saying that after breaks it negotiated david davis on the foreign secretary boris johnson both resigned for the same reason within twenty four hours of each other john holl reports trooping into downing street a brand new minister in charge of briggs it dominic robb and the brand new foreign minister jeremy hunt at a meeting of her revamped cabi

currently suing china at the w t o a further reminder of this complicated three way relationship adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. it's good to have you with us adrian fell again here in doha but the top stories this hour on al-jazeera it is the big day for football as france take on croatia in the world cup final in less than half an hour fans have been gathering for the big game of moscow as news nicky stadium in paris in croatia capital zagreb and of course in at fans' owns rights around the world. and cast has officially been handed the reins to host the twenty twenty two football world cup russia's president vladimir putin passed the ball to count as a mere fifty first president of the handover ceremony in moscow. we will try to make it an excellent world cup because this event is very important for the whole region as you know many arab countries face difficulties the well coupler help us overcome them a curfew has been imposed in the iraqi city of bass rather tough to police used water cannon. and tear gas on protesters who tried to storm a government building people have been demonstra

drug maker violated safety standards it is a second scandal to hit the company in the past week adrian brown has more details from beijing. it is a worrying time for parents across china outside beijing's top children's hospital we found many still absorbing the fact the china second largest pharmaceutical company has been producing vaccines for babies that are fake so you go to the people who made this fabricated vaccine should be executed right away without any hesitation they did it to babies not adults he added this mother is especially concerned her one year old son was inoculated for rabies last month he has a fever and the scandal is heightened her anxiety my son was born very weak he always has fevers now his dad and i don't know if it's related to the fake vaccines in china vaccinations to prevent diseases like tetanus hooping cough and rabies are free but now some parents no longer trust the made in china versions. of the money to be on the street chinese vaccines cannot meet correct safety standards i would have to think about buying imported vaccine so far there have been no repo

jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish adrian brown al-jazeera. i know. about you. know some of the like. life. stuff. out. there. now. al jazeera. where every you. know. a global appetite for fish is increasing at such a rate some experts predict that within fifty years there could be a total collapse of all the fisheries that we currently have a lie on. and even though roughly a third of the seafood we eat is farmed the majority of aquaculture takes place in land or in shallow coastal waters often polluting locally to systems with herbicides and to both takes fish waste but i'm not. did not come to mexico's baja peninsula to meet a marine engineer who hopes to herald an environmentally friendly future for fish farming. it's. all right. well call the next state your. state. laws let's say you're the north. complex called san juan their costa. that's where the farm. after years of working as an environmental compliance officer at a shallow water fish farm in the usa stephen page had a crisis of conscience. back in two thousand and thre

media so a social media now influencing the government's decision making or china correspondent adrian brown has more china's social media users were unusually energized this week it's one of the few ways people here can let off steam the hash tag chunk chunk of vaccine case was viewed more than four hundred and seventy million times chunk chunk is the name of the company that sold fake vaccines that were administered to more than two hundred and fifty thousand children. food is involved in a project that tracks censorship on china's social media he's based across the border in semi autonomous hong kong where laws governing freedom of speech are more relaxed in the vaccine scandal fu says the government is monitoring rather than listening in one way then. mourning the public at the same kind of different. media as well as the propaganda machine you tried to we ask directly to defend comment in the in the public eye also on social media the vaccine scandal was being discussed on social media days before state controlled media were allowed to report on it that only began to happen after china'

so is social media now influencing the government's decision making his or china correspondent adrian brown china's social media users were unusually energized this week it's one of the few ways people here can let off steam the hash tag chung chung the vaccine case was viewed more than four hundred and seventy million times chunk chunk is the name of the company that sold fake vaccines that were administered to more than two hundred and fifty thousand children. food is involved in a project that tracks censorship on china's social media he's based across the border in semi autonomous hong kong where laws governing freedom of speech are more relaxed in the vaccine scandal fu says the government is monitoring rather than listening in one way the government. morning the public opinion at the same kind of different. party media as well as the propaganda machine you tried to we add the rakli to different comments in the in the public eye also on social media the vaccine scandal was being discussed on social media days before state controlled media were allowed to report on it that only began to

in germany her husband died while serving an eleven year jail sentence for inciting subversion adrian brown has more now from beijing. lucia said she was prepared to die under house arrest her family feared that was a real possibility as her depression and heart problems worse of the artist was never charged with any crime but spent the last eight years of virtual prisoner in her beijing home emerging only occasionally to talk to journalists and her lawyers . she was married to lose shall book who in two thousand and ten became the first chinese person to win the nobel peace prize his award placed symbolically on an empty chair his acceptance speech written just before his arrest i firmly believe that china's political progress will not stop and i filled with optimism look forward to the advent of a future free china. died of liver cancer almost a year ago he'd been allowed to leave prison for emergency treatment but was banned from leaving china for medical care china's most famous dissident was serving an eleven year sentence for subversion. for now lucia will live in exile in germany whi

tariffs adrian brown reports from beijing. just ten days after the start of a trade war between china and the united states a timely summit in beijing china's leaders are hosting the european union's top officials one of whom had an urgent plea directed at china as well as the united states and russia the decision come on duty. of europe and china. america and russia not to destroy his old. butts to improve if. not still starts through a divorce. which turned into a hot conflict so often in our history china's leadership wants a united front against u.s. president donald trump's trade policies and is hoping for an ally in the e.u. which is also quarrelling with trump over trade as well as defense to the u.s. trade friction is the problem between us china doesn't want to trade well with the u.s. we think there is no winner from a trade war any actions of violate the world trade organization rule serve the interests of no one. even though e.u. officials disagree with president trump very main wary about being part of a coalition

an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing electricity unions in venezuela have called for an indefinite strike starting monday in protest at low wages and poor working conditions they're joining the nation's nurses who've been staging industrial action for the past four weeks attending only emergency cases the nurses are calling for more supplies for the hospitals and a dignified salary which is that related in the constitution that israel is suffering from a massive economic crisis including hyperinflation which is over at fifteen thousand percent. paul dobson is a journalist based in venezuela joins us live now from the city of many there thank you so much for joining us i mean were mentioning there that venezuela suffering from a massive economic crisis but it's almost seems to go beyond that now i mean it does seem like the society is slowly fraying tell us a little bit about this strike the impact that it will have but also its significance because these are people that would usually stick by the gover

an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including we look at emerging force that could shake up politics in pakistan no reprieve from a hate wave as record scorching temperatures hit japan. and in sports history is made at the open championship in scotland allianz wins a golf major right. now the syrian regime and its ally russia have stepped up their offensive against eisel controlled areas in the southwestern part of the country people in northern israel have reported hearing sirens go live now stephanie decker she is in these radio occupied golan heights sirens puffs of smoke what's going on now there there is sirens earlier all in the israeli army telling us that this was because they feared incoming but basically they said that rockets landed inside syria what we've been watching throughout the day you're seeing it now sam is the intensive campaign by the syrian government of course backed by the russians to take what is this last pulkit of opposition control

shop as china try to save the two hundred fifty square kilometer like from the asian city of dalí adrian brownreports. china is rich in tradition and this is a relatively new one posing for a wedding photos before the big day. and the high lake in united province is a popular backdrop it's one of china's biggest freshwater lakes and one of its most beautiful. almost forty million people visited in two thousand and sixteen. now that rapid growth in tourism. is taking its toll on these once pristine waters last april the government told the owners of almost two thousand hotels and restaurants near the ancient town of darlie that they'd have to close for a year the order had followed a visit by president xi jinping who'd urged action to save the normally these narrow streets which are such a feature of the old village of dali would be teeming with visitors but since april two thousand and seventeen this place has been like a ghost town and the owners of these businesses simply have no idea when they'll be able to open again a sign of desperation rent contract expiring will sell for low price says

an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing and you can always find much more news and other features on our website to find that go to our w.w.w. dot com. hello again here's a reminder of our top stories and al-jazeera the un's highest court has issued an order and in favor of qatar in the case of brought against the united arab emirates the international court of justice says the measures taken by the u.a.e. amount to a show discrimination and they should allow qatari families to be reunited the u.a.e. is one of four countries that imposed an air land and sea blockade against qatar more than a year ago by eat voters to seven. the united arab emirates is must be sure that one familiar. separated by the measure is adopted by the united arab in the piece on five june twenty seventh. unite. president don trump has warned iran never to threaten the united states again warning it with provoking consequences which few throughout history have suffered his tweets came hours after iranian president hassan rouhani whi

emerging economies the brics china is investing heavily in africa both financially and militarily adrian brown has more from beijing. well this will be president xi jinping third visit to africa in less than six years that is a measure of just how important africa is to china right now he's going to be away for ten days the highlight of his african tour is probably going to be an address he's due to make of the brics forum in south africa brics of course comprises the world's five leading developing economies that's brazil russia india china and south africa and given that china is now in broiled in a trade war with the united states it's fair to assume the president xi will deliver a robust defense of free trade and multilateralism which is something the brics believes in so he's going to be among allies and friends at brics africa has become hugely important to china it recently opened a military base in djibouti on the horn of africa where the united states also has a base china relies on african minerals to help fuel its economy and of course china is behind some of the biggest infrastruct

cancer drugs is spurring on a real life effort to lower medication prices china correspondent adrian brown explains from beijing well this is a film that's really struck a chord here in china and this is one of the many cinemas in beijing that is now showing dying to survive some of us say that it's tested to become china's movie of the year it is based on the real life story of a chinese shopkeeper who imports drugs from india to sell at a profit to leukemia patients here in china who can't afford to buy those drugs in china at first he's in it for the money the gradually compassion creeps in as he realizes all the lives that could be saved so what impact has this film had on people who see it. i cried many times the feel me is very a list it is shows many problems about the medical care system in china. many ordinary people cannot afford expensive medicine i can feel their desperation this is a sensitive subject because cancer it's estimated claims the lives of some four million people a year in china it is the country's biggest killer and some medical experts attribute some of those can

proposed list the republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless adrian brown has more from beijing. well last week the united states targeted china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that it harmed not just globalization but also the world trade organization saying that china wanted to cooperate with the united states and remained committed to improving the investment climate for countries companies that want to come and do business here in china in the meantime china is looking to build and strengthen alliances with other countries

shop as china try to save the two hundred fifty square kilometer like from the asian city of dalí adrian brownreports. china is rich in tradition and this is a relatively new one posing for wedding photos before the big day. and the high lake in united province is a popular backdrop it's one of china's biggest freshwater lakes and one of its most beautiful. almost forty million people visited in two thousand and sixteen. now that rapid growth in tourism. is taking its toll on these once pristine waters last april the government told the owners of almost two thousand hotels and restaurants near the ancient town of darlie that they'd have to close for a year the order heard followed a visit by president xi jinping who'd urged action to save the normally these narrow streets which are such a feature of the old village of dali would be teeming with visitors but since april two thousand and seventeen this place has been like a ghost town and the owners of these businesses simply have no idea when they'll be able to open again a sign of desperation rent contract expiring will sell for low price says

goes ahead with the terrorists adrian brown has more from beijing. well more angry words from china's commerce ministry on wednesday a spokesman saying that the latest u.s. action was unacceptable and that china was shocked saying that the united states was accelerating and escalating the trade dispute with china he warned that china would take countermeasures but didn't specify what those would be but it's got many firms u.s. firms here in china worrying that perhaps the chinese government might start harassing u.s. firms here now china has also said it's going to sue the united states at the world trade organization we've heard very little from the w t o's so far remember this was the organization set up to deal with disputes just like this meanwhile stock markets here in asia have not been reacting well the hang seng in debts dropped more than two percent on wednesday morning the nikkei index in tokyo dropped also by one percent the markets are worried about inflation and about economic growth china meanwhile is taking measures to try to insulate

republican chairman of the senate finance committee called the move reckless let's go over to adrian brown our correspondent in beijing china not mincing its words in terms of what it thinks is washington's response to this. yeah it's basically said that the u.s. decision is going to harm the world trade organization system as well as free trade generally it says that you know china remains committed to cooperating with the united states and to improving the investment climate for foreign companies wanting to do business here in china but the u.s. trade representative office says the opposite it says that china continues to resort to what it believes are unfair trading practices basically using strong strong arm tactics which means that in some cases u.s. companies have to hand over their know how as a condition for doing business here that's why the u.s. says these proposed tariffs will be justified if they come into force but as you pointed out in your introduction there is going to be a two month consultation process now china has not sort of produced details of how it would respond if

summit china is investing heavily in africa both financially and militarily in china correspondent adrian brownis in beijing adrian what are the key things we should be looking for in this trip. well he's going to be out of the country for ten days which for a chinese leader is a very long trip indeed a very long tour indeed before he goes to africa rob he's actually going to be stopping in the united arab emirates for a day or two the u.a.e. of course is a very important trading partner of china but so is good and so china has to diplomatically tread very carefully in this area because it relies on both for energy exports but the main i guess feature of his visit to africa will be the brics summit in south africa this is going to be addressed by president xi jinping brics is a grouping of the world's leading developing nations that's to say brazil russia india china and south africa and given that china is now in a trade war with the united states i think it's fair to assume that we're going to be hearing a robust defense of free trade a multi naturalism from president xi jinping and he will b

shop as china try to save the two hundred fifty square kilometer like from the asian city of dalí adrian brownreports. china is rich in tradition and this is a relatively new one posing for wedding photos before the big day. and the high lake in united province is a popular backdrop it's one of china's biggest freshwater lakes and one of its most beautiful. almost forty million people visited in two thousand and sixteen. now that rapid growth in tourism. is taking its toll on these once pristine waters last april the government told the owners of almost two thousand hotels and restaurants near the ancient town of darlie that they'd have to close for a year the order had followed a visit by president xi jinping who'd urged action to save the normally these narrow streets which are such a feature of the old village of dolly would be teeming with visitors but since april two thousand and seventeen this place has been like a ghost town and the owners of these businesses simply have no idea when they'll be able to open again a sign of desperation rent contract expiring will sell for low price says

rockets into space than russia in two thousand and sixteen and now it's planning a trip to mars adrian brown has more from beijing. history tells us that it's more than eight hundred years that china's curiosity with space began two hundred years after that they built this place the beijing observatory one of the oldest observatories in the world today it is a museum a permanent reminder of how and when china's space ambitions began in many ways china's space program is a reflection of the country's rapid economic development but china was a late entrant to the space race it only put its first astronaut into space in two thousand and three but today rocket launchers are commonplace and in two thousand and sixteen china actually launch more rockets than russia that was the same year the chinese astronauts spent their longest time in space and also in that year china completed construction of the world's largest radio telescope now this has been enabling astronomers to better understand the shape of the universe and also potentially identify alien forms of life now in two thousand and thirteen

which for now underpins china's economy but a protracted trade war could slow growth by much more adrian brown al jazeera beijing. international criminal court the twentieth anniversary of its founding treaty on tuesday it was designed to be the first to global tribunals capable of bringing justice for war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity but in this era of conflict and growing cynicism many are asking if it will survive another twenty years gena how it pours from the hague. a billion dollars is a lot of money to pay for just four convictions out of ten investigations so say critics of the international criminal court as it turns twenty this week but it has truly global reach and acts as a deterrent to perpetrators of some of the world's worst atrocities so say its defenders the truth is somewhere in between the court was set up basically with so many goals at the same time not only rendering justice and meeting up punishments but also bringing truth bringing reconciliation bringing solace through many victims and i think it set out also to do many things at the same time well appar

overhaul of the industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing. campaigning has wrapped up in pakistan's most unpredictable election yet over one hundred million people will be voting on wednesday in a poll which has been dogged by claims of rigging and corruption former cricketer m.p.t. i.t.v. emraan khan is widely seen as the powerful militaries choice for next leader and he'll be facing a challenge from a shareef he's the brother of the former prime minister now washer we've recently returned to pakistan. to get our ten people have been arrested over the allegedly rape of these sixteen girls by staff at a government funded shelter police in missouri far poor city are also searching for a body after one of the victims said another girl was beaten to death and buried within the complex she was reportedly killed after having a disagreement with staff twenty one girls are thought to have been rescued from the home in total scientists in argentina believe they have discovered the remains of what could be known as the earliest gia

go live tejan brown our correspondent in beijing said was it a firework or a bomb adrian. well that's interesting because the police and the embassy are using different language the police issued a statement several hours ago saying that a twenty six year old man who had detonated what they said was a suspicious firecracker like device but the embassy issued a statement shortly after that saying that it was a bomb that had been detonated outside the embassy whatever it was the alert is well and truly over now marty within two hours of this incident the u.s. embassy was up and running once more and people were queuing in a sort of orderly fashion for visas outside the embassy now we actually spoke to an embassy employee after this incident she told us there was a very loud explosion which happened at about one pm local time she said that staff were evacuated to safe areas of the embassy by u.s. marines now we still don't know the motivation for this attack but here in china martine you do get random acts of violence and often mental illness is a factor we don't know whether

an overhaul of an industry which one newspaper editorial said had been contaminated by scandals adrian brown al jazeera beijing. has already struggling to control wildfires around the capital have a new challenge strong winds are now weapon up the flames state of emergency in force in two areas in a short time ago the government said twenty four people have died many things will only get worse diane of four pts. smoke spreads across the greek capital carrying fear of what the summer may bring around athens fires have been golf several towns homes have burned to the ground the hillsides no match for the raging flames thousands of people have evacuated many who managed to escape are still in shock if the course of them is that i think it becomes about us i think thankfully the sea was right there and we went in the flames were chasing us all the way to the water it started burning our bags so we dove into the water yes the fires led greek prime minister alexis tsipras to cut short an official visit to bosnia. just there with but it's i want to believe that despite the adverse weather condition

billion dollars worth of chinese imports which beijing immediately countered our china correspondent adrian brown has the latest from beijing. well on thursday we heard from a spokesman for china's commerce ministry here in beijing this is a regular weekly briefing given by the ministry but of course in the current climate this briefing has a whole new significance he said there were no plans as far as he knew for any talks between china and the united states to try to resolve what could become a very complicated and protracted trade dispute he also said that china was still working on its counter measures against the united states and he once again denied the china forced foreign companies here in china to hand over their know how they're intellectual property as a condition for doing business here in china now of course at the moment china exports far more to the united states than it imports this means that it's going to be harder for china to hit back as hard as the united states is hitting china at the moment and that has led to speculation among some analysts that the chinese might start ha

beijing again urge president trump against escalating trade tensions he has a china correspondent adrian brown. well in theory you'd think that the e.u. and china would be allies right now after all both of fallen out with president donald trump over trade in the case of the e.u. not just trade but also defense china though is looking for more than just trade deals at this china e.u. summit they want an ally a coalition partner to stand up to president donald trump's trade practices but e.u. officials appear wary about wanting to do that at the moment president donald trump is weighing up whether to impose judi's of up to twenty percent on imports of all european cars and so european leaders don't want to do. anything to antagonize president donald trump they don't want to appear to be seen to be ganging up on the us leader now the president of the european council donald tusk came here with an urgent message not just for his hosts but also for the leaders of russia and the united states it is a common duty of europe and china america and russia not to destroy dissolve the. but to improve it n

the issue to mainstream attention in china dying to survive has been a huge box office hit as adrian brown reports now from beijing well this is a film that's really struck a chord here in china and this is one of the many cinemas in beijing that is now showing dying to survive some reviewers say that it's destined to become china's movie of the year it is based on the real life story of a chinese shopkeeper who imports drugs from india to sell at a profit to leukemia patients here in china who can't afford to buy those drugs in china at first he's in it for the money but gradually compassion creeps in as he realizes all their lives could be saved so what impact has this film had on people who've seen it all and i cried many times the feel me is very a list it is shows many problems about the medical care system in china. many ordinary people cannot afford expensive medicine i can feel their desperation this is a sensitive subject because cancer it's estimated claims the lives of some four million people a year in china it is the country's biggest killer and some medical experts attribute

the embassy adrian brown has more from the scene we have spoken to and embassy employees and she told us that there was a very loud explosion and as a result embassy staff were evacuated to what she says were safe of the embassy in this operation was supervised by u.s. marines now we have had in really a report that i can't substantiate but it's in the global times newspaper and it says that some two hours earlier a woman stood outside the embassy and sprayed herself with what appeared to be petrol of some sort and then tried to set herself on fire funerals are being held for some of the two hundred victims of separate eisel suicide bombings attacks in southern syria now the attacks happened on wednesday and the government told city of elsewhere to close to the border with jordan state media says a suicide bomber blew himself up in the market area another bombing reportedly took place in a separate district it comes as government troops continue their campaign to clear and i still hold area that's close to israeli occupied golan heights. hamas military wings as it's on high alert afte

shop as china try to save the two hundred fifty square kilometer like from the asian city of dalí adrian brownreports. china is rich in tradition and this is a relatively new one posing for wedding photos before the big day. and the high lake in united province is a popular backdrop it's one of china's biggest freshwater lakes and one of its most beautiful. almost forty million people visited in two thousand and sixteen. now that rapid growth in tourism. is taking its toll on these once pristine waters last april the government told the owners of almost two thousand hotels and restaurants near the ancient town of darlie that they'd have to close for a year the order had followed a visit by president xi jinping who'd urged action to save the normally these narrow streets which are such a feature of the old village of dali would be teeming with visitors but since april two thousand and seventeen this place has been like a ghost town and the owners of these businesses simply have no idea when they'll be able to open again a sign of desperation rent contract expiring will sell for low price says t